C14

"I don't dare." Yu Yan lowered her eyes again. She wasn't pretending, looking at his face at such a close distance, was too much! It was as if a hot iron net had wrapped around the scar and pulled it out.

"Hmph …" Sneering, he slowly lowered his fingers to her snowy wrist, took it, and pulled it forward, forcing her closer.

"Yu Yan, why did the empress dowager choose you as her wife?"

His breath brushed against her hair, and her long, snow-white hair brushed against her face, making her shiver again.

"Because I have no one to rely on, it is most suitable to use it as a form of entertainment."

"I actually didn't let you die." He sneered and finally let go of her.

"The empress dowager loves …" Yu Yan did not finish her sentence, she only bit the tip of her tongue. She actually mentioned the Empress Dowager, his sworn enemy! In the Houqing Kingdom, Yulixiao had been a person who could change the situation with a stomp of his feet. The emperor trusted him greatly, and the authority of the army entered his hands, so the empress dowager had to give him a few points.

"What a love. This King doesn't want to pity you because she pitied you."

He squeezed his long fingers so hard that she ached and looked up at him.

His gaze fell on the birthmark on her forehead as he mocked, "Such an ugly woman like her to please this king is simply a humiliation."

"King Xiao, please spare me." Yu Yan endured her anger, in the royal family battle, for her to be a sacrifice, stepping on her one by one to bully her!

"You wish." Yulixiao finally let go of her hands, but grabbed her hands and pulled her to sit on his knees, playing with her pepper, saying hoarsely: "You are this king's concubine, so do your best in the future."

"Cooking, laundry?" Yu Yan was startled, what was Yulixiao planning?

"Remember, do your part. Otherwise, This King will..."

He bit down and bit her neck, causing her to scream in pain.

"I'll eat you!" He licked it with the tip of his tongue and spoke slowly.

Yu Yan's heart was suddenly filled with a strange feeling. She covered her chest that was bitten by him with one hand, and turned her head to look at his eyes.

"He's really not ashamed!" He sneered and pulled her from his lap, saying hoarsely, "Someone come."

Yu Yan was so scared that she immediately turned around and covered her own shoulders. The moment she put on her clothes, the door opened and two guards came in with lowered eyes as they cupped their fists in greeting.

"Take her down and lock her up." He picked up the bowl of porridge beside him and began to eat the cold porridge.

The guard dragged Yu Yan into a dark and cold room. Yu Yan sat down while leaning against the door, tightly curling up as her mind went blank. Things that had been so bad lately, things that had never occurred to her, had all broken into her life.

Flee! This was the only thought in her mind; she had to escape! However, if she didn't even know which direction the door was in, how would she be able to escape?

The imperial palace.

Empress Dowager Fu Ye had not slept for the entire night, and Zhao Taizhu was also present. She frowned, her wrinkled eyes shut tightly as she listened to the secret report from King Xiao's estate.

"What did the doctor say?" Only then did Zhao Taizhu open his eyes. He waved his hand to dismiss the guards and turned to look at the empress dowager.

"He was shot in the knees, so that he could no longer stand; he was poisoned with wine, so that his throat was damaged, and his voice changed." Fu Ye shook her head and placed her hand on her forehead.

"Yu Yan can be used on the contrary, doesn't the emperor like her? This can be used as bait. " The Zhao Taizhu said again.

"That girl is not simple. Although she usually has a timid appearance, she is very rebellious. If she is really timid, how could she live these past few years with a radiant face?" As she picked up the teacup, her eyes flashed with a hint of disgust.

"That's even more useful. Those with ambitions are even more useful. Send those two girls to her as well, they will be useful in the future." Zhao Taizhu stood up and said, "Yulixiao is obviously crippled, yet he still dared to appear. There must be something fishy. The princes and princes would visit Yulixiao tomorrow to find out if he had received the late emperor's testamentary edict. "

"Go." Her Majesty waved her hand and said tiredly.

"Fu Ye, you have to rest well." The Zhao Taizhu approached her and patted her shoulder lightly.

"Yes, I'm very tired. Have you found the woman you were looking for?" he whispered, rubbing her head against his arm.

The Zhao Taizhu shook his head and slowly left the Pure Phoenix Palace.

The sky had just begun to brighten a little, when someone opened the door and said to her in a hard voice, "The Duke and Lady Chen Yao need to eat breakfast at fifteen minutes' time, hurry up and cook."

Yu Yan crawled up, rubbed her eyes, and followed the guard out.

"Prince, you always say the word 'punctual' the most. If you miss the timing, you will be punished by military law. Go quickly." The guard pointed in his direction and left with large strides.

Cooking and doing things were all small matters. Yu Yan thought along the way, about how sshe should escape, and how he should save Nian En and Nian An. She could also faintly sense that her life wasn't in danger. However, living crimes were sometimes more intolerable than death. If she was Yulixiao, she would have already died.

The fog was thick and the air was wet. He couldn't see more than three steps away. He walked through the long corridor, looking as if she had something on his mind. He kicked the hard wood, took a deep breath in and raised his eyes in panic, only to see Yulixiao sitting on the chair with a longbow in his hand. He nocked three dark blue arrows with his tail nocked, the strings tight.

"Greetings, Prince." She bowed.

"Princess Hua-Yang has been a princess for too long. What's the matter with waking up so early?" He turned his head, his long snow-white hair stained with dew.

Yu Yan pursed her lips, her eyebrows lowered.

He continued to shoot and ignored Yu Yan. Yu Yan let out a long sigh of relief and turned to leave. Before sshe had taken a few steps, there was a loud sound, and with another step, he actually couldn't move anymore. She turned her head and saw an arrow nailing her long skirt to the ground.

"This King wants to drink water." he said flatly.

Yu Yan used all of her strength and did not pull out the arrow. She only tore off her skirt and poured water for him. When her gaze landed on the man's finger, she couldn't help but sigh. The man's hand was truly beautiful. Her original face shouldn't be bad, right?

"Too many eyeballs?" he asked coldly, his eyes cold.

"Yu Yan understands her crimes." Yu Yan quickly lowered her head.

"My lord, the princes and princesses have arrived." The guards hurried over to report.

Yulixiao acted as if he did not hear it, and continued drawing his bow to shoot. Yu Yan raised her head to look, only to see a group of young men quickly walking over. Alone with Jing Ge, the woman, everyone seemed to be in a hurry, as they were all dressed in embroidered clothes, and Yun Qin was among them.

"Royal Uncle …"

Jing Ge's rouge coloured dress rushed through the thick mist, and the soft sound of her crying voice could be heard. Since she was young, she had always loved to follow Yulixiao and follow him closely. Unfortunately, the sobs stuck in his throat and turned into a sharp "ah" of fear!

No one could be unmoved by such a white-haired man!

A group of people stood at the foot of the stairs, staring blankly at Yulixiao. His deep eyes turned cold and he suddenly drew back his longbow, aiming at the space between Jing Ge's eyebrows. Before anyone could react, an arrow had already whizzed out, brushing past Jing Ge's perky hair before it quickly entered the thick mist …

"Royal Uncle!"

Jing Ge pursed her lips, twisting the silk handkerchief in her hand, wanting to go closer, but did not dare. Seeing Yulixiao like that, she finally started crying.

"Royal Uncle, how did you become like this?" How did you break your face? Has the imperial physician come to see them? "

The rest of the princes cupped their fists and bowed, each with a complicated expression on their faces.

The sound of a horse came from the fog.

Everyone quickly turned their heads, only to see a handsome golden horse slowly walking out from the mist, and the one seated on it was actually a woman, Chen Yao.

Her black hair was like satin, fluttering in the wind. The wide green cloak hung down to the horse's belly. It was obvious that it belonged to a man. One corner of the cloak was embroidered with a dark peony flower.

When King Xiao's mother was still alive, the late emperor ordered that only she was allowed to wear a peony embroidered on his cloak, because he was the only one fit for a peony. With such a doting gaze, there were no longer two people present.

This was the cloak that the imperial concubine had left for Yulixiao! In that case, in his heart, the only person suitable for the peony was Chen Yao.

"Why is big brother Ning Xi angry again?" Chen Yao slipped down from the horse, took off his cape and handed it to the guards, then slowly walked to Yulixiao's side.

With light steps and a slim waist, she was indeed beautiful. Yu Yan also wanted to praise her beauty.

Chen Yao took out an emerald jade bottle from her waist, shook it, and laughed softly: "This is the newly gathered flower dew, I'll go make some tea for you."

Yulixiao nodded slightly, a gentle light flashing within his eyes.

The two of them exchanged glances, treating everyone else as though they were made of glass and they didn't pay any attention to each other.

Yu Yan wanted to leave but was unable to do so. Standing there, she was like a wooden stake, and no one paid attention to her. Just as she was at a loss over this, Chen Yao turned around, gently pulled her hand, and said gently: "Elder sister, go make some tea. I've already made the morning porridge and small dishes, you can bring them over."

"Yes." Yu Yan turned around and stared straight at her, causing her heart to ache. Just now, she had never dared to look at Yun Qin. What she did not want to look at was the most forgiving Prince Consort in the dynasty, Jing Ge's lover.

She rushed to the kitchen and boiled some water in a small copper pot. She put the tea in the pot, boiled the tea and brought it along with the porridge and side dishes. The mist gradually dispersed, and the five princes, Jing Ge, and Yun Qin sat down at a small side. Chen Yao sat beside Yulixiao and was pressing onto his legs.

"If you press on it more every day, one day you will be able to stand up." She spoke softly, and everyone's gaze all landed on the two of them, no one noticed when Yu Yan came in, and even Yun Qin was looking at him, with his complicated gaze, as though he was looking at something. Love rivals...

Yu Yan tried her best to pull her gaze away from Yun Qin. They were both in the same city, yet they seemed to be separated by the heavens.