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Yulixiao turned his face to look at her. Her long eyelashes were lowered, and the candlelight shone on her face, covering his cheeks with a layer of strange, beautiful light.

What kind of woman could read such a book with such fascination?

He put the book down and looked at her with interest.

This was a strange woman that Yulixiao had never seen before. When the empress dowager chose her as the princess, did she know who she was?

Yu Yan read for a while, then suddenly saw two words. These hundred years, every soldier had to fight for this border trial, and the place where Yun Qin was...

Right now, that husband and wife should have gone downriver and left the world of Sizhou, right? Surrounding the beautiful scenery, the vast desert, Princess Jing Ge was very lucky.

As for her, she truly had no one to rely on anymore.

She stretched out her fingers to caress the light, and said in her heart: I am Yu Yan, Yue'er, do you remember me? I'm a little herring, I think... Go to Sea... I try to shake my tail, try to swim, will one day, reach the vast sea?

There were two burning gazes next to her ears. She quickly turned her head and saw him looking at her, so she slowly withdrew her finger. She pretended to frown and whispered, "My arm is sore."

"Did I ask you?" With a sneer, he lifted his pen to write.

Yu Yan was startled, her heart was frustrated. Staring at him, she also lowered her head and continued to read.

Such a bizarre night was something that Yulixiao had never thought of, and it was also something that Yu Yan had never thought of …

The next morning, Yu Yan woke up from her bed. She couldn't remember when she went up to bed, and she couldn't remember if she came to sleep or if he brought her here by herself, but her hands had supported her for a long time and she couldn't get up. She had a fever, and her head was burning like a bowl of rice milk.

Yulixiao hadn't slept on the bed for the entire night. She still vaguely remembered the military manual that was lying on the floor.

In the morning, Ye Mingyue came over to help Yulixiao wash and change her clothes. Yu Yan found out that Yulixiao only believed in these two women, and had come to serve him every single day. At this moment, there were only the three of them in the room. Ye Mingyue spoke less than Chen Yao. The girl had a soft waist, when she walked, her waist was swaying gently.

Yu Yan forced herself to sit up, she bade farewell to Yulixiao and left with her head lowered.

"Yu Yan, take the water outside for a while." Ye Mingyue turned her head and called out to her.

Yu Yan raised her eyes and glanced at Yulixiao. He stood with his back facing her, and was letting Ye Mingyue stroke the wig on his back.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that she did not move, Ye Mingyue urged her.

Yu Yan went over to take the water. As soon as she bent over, her forehead started to feel dull pain. Her vision went black, and she almost fell down head first.

She didn't know if it was because when Yun Qin left, she relaxed a little and her body collapsed along with him. Or was it because he had been climbing trees nonstop on the hillside last night, sweating, and then blowing on the breeze for the rest of the night? Anyway, he felt so uncomfortable that he wanted to fall on the ground and never wake up!

But Yu Yan didn't want to show weakness in front of Yulixiao and Ye Mingyue. Clenching her teeth, she stood up straight while carrying the water basin, and turned around to leave.

"This King will enter the palace today." Yulixiao turned his face over and stared at her back as he spoke.

Was he talking to her? Yu Yan did not make a sound, and quickly walked out of the hall.

"Your Highness, Mingyue will accompany you. We can serve Your Highness, but the people in the palace will not be attentive." Ye Mingyue's voice sounded out.

"There's no need. It's rough, bumpy going back and forth." Yulixiao said in a heavy voice.

"Brightmoon is not afraid of hard work. Brightmoon wants to serve you." Ye Mingyue spoke a few more words of pleading softly.

"Life and death are unpredictable every day. All of you should stay in the courtyard. You are not allowed to leave as you wish. If there is any unforeseen event, this king will send someone to notify you. You can leave immediately." he said again.

These words sounded like he was telling Ye Mingyue, but it also felt like he was telling Yu Yan that life and death were unpredictable everyday … The words came out of his mouth, heavy! However, he treated his wife and concubine really well!

Yu Yan didn't take herself to be his wife as she looked in from the window. Ye Mingyue was hugging him from behind, her small hands encircling in front of him as she gently caressed his chest.

Yulixiao turned his head, and his eyes met Yu Yan's gaze, which was shining brightly, like the light of the stars and moon in a quiet night. Yu Yan's heart tightened, he immediately turned his face away, and walked away with the water basin.

After a while, his wheelchair was brought out and placed at the back of the carriage. He also got on the carriage. The group left the courtyard. After the ruckus, the small courtyard sunk into silence.

Yu Yan's head hurt even more. After lying in the room for a while, she heard Chen Yao and Ye Mingyue's laughter coming from outside.

"Sister, what do you think about me wearing this?" Ye Mingyue's voice was clear and bright.

"Your highness has always liked my sister's beauty." Chen Yao's gentle voice sounded.

"But your highness loves me the most, while your elder sister likes your highness the most. Even your highness doesn't …" As for the Mystic Spirit lady, she had been here for several nights … This Yu Yan is also... " Ye Mingyue's voice fell a little.

"Little sister, when has the prince ever been important between you and me? Little sister, don't think too much. The prince has his own arrangements. You and I have been together with him for many years. How can other people compare with him?" Come here, we will split the tea leaves. The prince wants to drink it tonight. Ping`er, go call Miss Yu Yan out. "

Hearing that, Yu Yan's heart became extremely annoyed, she covered herself with the blanket, she did not want to listen to the servant call him. The two of them didn't live in this courtyard, so why did they come here to share the tea leaves? It was clear that the other party was trying to cause trouble for him, and she was even trying to demonstrate her prowess!

"Girl, go out. Mrs. Yao hates people who are lazy." the servant whispered.

Yu Yan rubbed her head in pain, then lay down for a while before getting up and leaving.

Seeing that she had come out, Chen Yao nodded her head and said softly: "Yu Yan, run over to the steward and bring the items on the list over. This is all used by the Prince;

Yu Yan received it, and saw more than ten names written on it, all of them were medicinal ingredients.

"Yu Yan, why are your face so red?" Ye Mingyue looked up at her and asked softly.

"What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?" Chen Yao also swept her gaze across them, her tone still soft.

"No, I'll get the medicine." Not wanting to hear the two women being so noisy, Yu Yan just picked up the order and left. The two people behind started chatting again, talking about flowers and grass, it was extremely boring.

When he arrived at the manager's office, he was in the middle of arranging people to hang lanterns, but when he saw Yu Yan, he lowered his hands to greet her respectfully. It was completely different from the attitude she had when she came to ask for Yulixiao's whereabouts.

Although Yu Yan had been demoted as a servant, but after spending a few nights with Yulixiao, the servants were used to looking at people's faces. They knew that she was different from the others, so the manager's attitude was naturally much better.

"Girl, come and get it yourself. I'll just have them send it over later. If you need anything in the future, just send someone to get it." He smiled as he received the list from Yu Yan.

"This is what Lady Chen Yao wants, she asked me to bring it personally, please take it out." Yu Yan nodded lightly, her tone bland.

"Yes, please follow me." The manager immediately nodded, and brought Yu Yan to the warehouse.

The storage rooms in the other courtyards were divided into categories, including medicinal herbs, simple tools, and even weapons. The manager entered the pharmacy and like usual, moved the weapons out, also known as bags, a total of twenty big bags. Yu Yan was immediately dumbfounded when she saw them, she was afraid that they weighed more than ten kilograms. Why is it so much?

"Your highness was waiting to take a bath. This is Earth Dragon Grass, it's best to connect the bones." The manager wiped his sweat, looked at the herbs, and then looked at Yu Yan, "Otherwise, will I personally accompany the young lady back?"

Yu Yan nodded, she got the manager to bring a basket over, split some ingredients and put them inside, then slowly dragged them back.

She had not yet eaten breakfast, and she was too dizzy to walk for long before she began to feel faint. The steward dragged some of the medicinal herbs and followed behind her. After enduring for a while, he said worriedly, "The young lady's complexion isn't good. I will call someone to come and get the vein for the young lady."

Just as Yu Yan was about to nod her head, a servant quickly came over and whispered: "Manager, Madam Chen Yao is calling you."

The manager immediately nodded, and instructed the servant to call the doctor over for Yu Yan to have a look, and then help Yu Yan drag the things over, then she quickly walked towards the small courtyard.

The servant looked at Yu Yan, then looked at the basket.

Yu Yan understood, it was Chen Yao who did not allow others to help him. Who would have thought that Chen Yao, who seemed so magnanimous, would actually use such a petty method. She couldn't drag on the ingredients and didn't want to drag on any longer, so she just threw the things here and walked away clapping her hands.

She wasn't a person that liked to provoke others, but if others provoked her, she wouldn't be willing to endure it in vain. Furthermore, the thing that she hated the most in her life was fighting for her love with another woman, as if that man was a precious treasure. She wanted to snatch him away, but because she had fought over him a few times, it was extremely boring and she was not willing to play this childish game with Chen Yao and the others …

Sitting down at the stone table in the backyard caused even more headaches. Sweat kept pouring out, and he lay down on the table, dozing off again.

Yu Yan rarely got sick in these past few years, she had things to do everyday as she skipped and jumped about, feeling that she was pretty strong. The illness did not have anything to do with her, but today, it was like a huge mountain pressing down on her, causing her small tree to bend in an instant.

No one came to call her, no one paid any attention to her, she just lay there for the whole day, struggling to wake up once, but couldn't support her fragile body, so she sat back down.

The wind blew, and dusk fell.

She was in a daze as she dreamt of many things. After the sword lights and shadows left, it was time for her father to hold her on his lap and teach her how to read the Blue Codex.

She started with reading the code, and read the words one by one. They were engraved in her heart. He dreamed of Yun Qin again, only ten years old, climbing up a tree to pick her a few persimmon seeds. The branch suddenly snapped, and he fell straight onto the ground, his nose and face swollen black and blue. The next day, he followed his father to train his lightness skill. She looked at him sitting on the branch and smiled at her with a lowered head. "Little Cyan Fish, is it sweet?"

"It's not sweet, it's sour. You lied to me …" The little girl stood under the tree, her head tilted upwards, her mouth puckered in jealousy at the sight of the persimmon.

"Little Cyan Fish, don't cry." He panicked and fell down from the tree again.

She shrieked and shuddered and woke up, covered in cold sweat and light feet, and it was dark all around her, and there was a rustling in the grass, and some little animal ran past her feet, probably a rat — afraid of that, she held on to the table and turned her head to look at the courtyard, where the lantern was hanging, and the lute was playing, and he must have come back.

She didn't want to go over there. She didn't want to see Yulixiao standing so high up in the sky with everything on the line. She didn't want to be trapped so easily.

She dragged her feet as she headed back, still having to pay his respects first. He was sitting under a tree in the courtyard, slowly eating her meal. Chen Yao waited on the side as she played the lute.

Although Yu Yan was hungry, she didn't have much appetite.

"Where did you go?" He turned his head and stared at her.

"Let's go." she whispered.

"This King said this morning that you are not allowed to go out. Didn't you hear?" His face was drawn and his eyes were cold.

Yu Yan looked at Chen Yao, and although she did not know what these people said to him, she was too lazy to explain, she lightly pursed her lips and stared at the tip of her feet in a daze.

"Pa …" He slapped the chopsticks on the table, and the wooden chopsticks unexpectedly broke into two. Everyone trembled in fear and didn't dare to breathe.

"Don't be angry, your highness. It's just that Miss Yu Yan is in a bad mood, that's all." Chen Yao quickly tried to persuade him softly.

"All of you, go down." Yulixiao frowned, and said unhappily.

Chen Yao retracted his hand, glanced at Yu Yan, waved his hand, and led everyone out.

"Come here." Yulixiao said in a deep voice.

Yu Yan looked up at him. His vision had turned black as he plummeted forward … Faintly, his nose hurt, and he lost all feeling …

Yulixiao caught her, his big hands stroking her forehead. His face darkened as he carried her into the house.

Yu Yan's forehead was so hot that it could fry eggs!

"Have Chen Yao come over." As he shouted, the footsteps outside immediately became chaotic.

Yu Yan laid on her bed and started to talk nonsense.

"Dad, I'm done memorizing them. I've also finished writing. Can I go watch the show?"

"Dad, hurry up. The show is almost over."

"Dad, that's obviously not the case. Why did you confess …" "Stop fighting …"

Yulixiao sat by the side of the bed, listening to her incessantly talk, his long eyebrows knitted tightly. Suddenly, she stretched out both of her hands and grabbed the air, tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes as he shouted:

"Yun Qin, you and the princess are very good, right?

Yulixiao looked at the little hand she was holding in midair, and the expression in his eyes slowly dimmed.

"My prince, what's wrong with Yu Yan?" Chen Yao hurriedly entered with a face full of concern.

"Give her a pulse." Yulixiao stood up and stepped aside.

Chen Yao bent down and touched her wrist. After listening for a while, she said softly, "The wind is cold, I will go open the prescription."

Yulixiao nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Don't prescribe the medicine too fiercely, she's weak."

"Yes." Chen Yao's face changed, she walked to the side of the table and started writing a prescription.

Yulixiao glanced at her, and then sat down on the side of the bed and stared at Yu Yan. Her face was flushed red, and he was sweating profusely, but his lips were terrifyingly white.

Her lips moved and she spoke again.

"There's more, poking around, poking around, what's so great about it …"

Yulixiao was startled, he did not understand at first, but after thinking about it, he understood, his breathing became heavier, and his hand gently caressed her face.

"What's so great about a man? Why should he be the emperor? That day, in this place, when everything …"

This was the most brazen thing that Yulixiao had ever heard, the man didn't dare to say it like that yet.

Her appearance was delicate and delicate, but her heart was so big that he couldn't even touch her skin.

She swung her little hand over, tightly grabbed his sleeve and vaguely muttered, "Yulixiao, I'm in pain."

This was a girl's voice. It was as soft as the wind, as soft as the moonlight, it couldn't be held at all. Just a breath of air was enough to disperse the sound, burying it away.

"If you don't love me, love me, don't be my husband … I am not an ant, I am Yu Yan … "

She tilted her head, and the tears fell from the corners of her eyes again. They were flowing like strings of beads that had been cut off, and were sparkling and scalding hot.

Yulixiao's hand that was covering her forehead suddenly stopped, his eyes gradually revealed a strange luster as he stared at her. She could always say things that would shock him, surprise him, surprise him, and make him want to explore the little world hidden in the depths of her heart even more.

Chen Yao brought the prescription over for him to see. She opened the prescription using her hands, but her eyes were staring straight at Chen Yao. He said lightly: "You go and fry it yourself."

Chen Yao's face reddened. She nodded lightly and turned to leave.

"Get someone to bring Nian En over." Yulixiao turned to look at the manager.

The manager quickly nodded and whispered, "Yes, this servant will do it now."

"Where did she go today?" Yulixiao asked again.

The steward bent down and said even more respectfully: "Miss only said that she was walking in the courtyard. Mrs. Yao let me go and saddle your lion, so I don't know where Miss went.

Yulixiao waved him away.

After the steward left, he wiped off his sweat and walked hurriedly to the front yard.

Now that the hall had quieted down, Yulixiao turned to look at Yu Yan, and said in a deep voice, "If you want others to love you, you can't keep others in your heart. Since you're unwilling, why haven't you left for three years? Men should be strong, women should be soft. If you don't want to be strong like men, then you will naturally be tired. "

Of course Yu Yan couldn't hear him. She was burned out and tired, too, so she slept soundly and curled up into a ball, like a newborn baby in a small safe house. She didn't want to think about one thing and listen to one word more …

The disease came like a mountain collapsing, it went away like silk. With Yu Yan's illness, it dragged itself for almost half a month, and the spot on her arm where the spider had bitten him had already turned into a red dot, which did not fade at all. Doctor Bai had come by and applied some medicine, but it didn't seem to have any effect. However, it didn't hurt or itch, and just passed it like that.

Seven days ago, Yulixiao brought the three of them back to the Duke Palaces. Yu Yan's residence had also undergone a small change. He gave her a small courtyard "Crane Zither Academy" in the south.

Although he did not have the status of an imperial concubine and was not living in the largest courtyard, this small courtyard was the closest to his hall. This also made people understand one thing: Yu Yan's position was not below the fourth wife's, and his position as an imperial concubine was still empty.

Nian En had been waiting in the yard for a few days at first, but now she followed him back to her own yard.

Yu Yan was able to walk around. In the small courtyard, there were a few trees with pear blossoms, they were snow-white. Nian En picked some of them, stewed them with wine and made many pear flower cakes for her.

Nian An liked to look more beautiful. She used the Pear Blossom to dry the powder and smeared some oil on her body.

Amongst the three of them, Nian An was the easiest to be happy. Just this little pear blossom paste made her feel like she was a fairy, humming a little tune as she bustled around the courtyard.

Yu Yan liked Nian An because her happiness was very simple. It would always affect her in the shortest amount of time and make her happy as well.

"Empress, look at this." Nian An went back and raised a clump of green grass. She said with a smile, "I found a wild orchid, I want to plant it in a flower pot. Niang, leave it in the house."

"Alright." Yu Yan laughed and watched her bounce off to find a flower pot.

"Empress, you're feeling better now. It has been two days since the prince has come to see you. Why don't you bring some pear cake to take a look?" Nian En took a small box and placed the Pear Blossom Cake inside.

"Not going." Yu Yan rarely had peace so she didn't want to see him.

Nian En looked at her, then brought the food box over and stuffed it into her hands, "Go take a look, and after hearing that the Prince's injuries have increased greatly in the past few days, the pain is so great that he can't sleep. When you were ill, he guarded you for several nights. The nonsense you said could scare people to death, yet the prince pretended not to hear a single word of it, allowing you to say whatever you want. It was also the prince who had ordered the doctors to treat Lady Xu's injuries. Now that you've saved her life, you have to thank them, right? "If possible, I can also invite someone to go out and visit Lady Xu."

"Not going." Yu Yan still two words, indifferent, put down the food box. Lady Xu had nothing to do with her anymore, so perhaps she would be safer. She didn't want to implicate anyone else.

"Why not? The duke of Tong City has already left. Empress, you have to make plans for yourself. Also, there are still many lawyers waiting for Empress to write some. Nian En had a good temper and took out the thing she was interested in to persuade her.

"Take a look to see who it is and bring the bill in. I'll write it down here, then you can hand it over." Yu Yan took a book and read it under the tree.

"Eh …" Nian En could only sigh.

Yu Yan pretended not to hear, and quietly flipped open the book.

She knew about Yulixiao's subsequent visits, it was just that she didn't want to speak. Whether it was Yulixiao spoiling her or pampering her, he just wanted a woman who would obediently and gently follow him. He had many women like that, if Yu Yan couldn't do it, if she were to do it, he would definitely clash with Chen Yao and the others, and cause trouble for himself. Why must she do it? Haven't you seen enough of this? Women kill each other, but men still hug each other, letting themselves down for nothing.

So, why spoil men?

"We can't go, Steward Fu is here." Nian En walked over and patted her. Seeing the fat figure that appeared at the courtyard door, she said softly.

sighed softly and turned his head to look. Steward Fu was like a big white goose as he waddled towards them, when he was in front of her, he cupped his fists and said in a high-pitched voice, "Miss, the empress dowager has come to reward you. He wants you all to go to the front courtyard with his to receive his reward."

"What reward?" Yu Yan asked in surprise.

The empress dowager's body hasn't been well recently, so she ate Ramadan and never came out for a walk. She said that during the festival she wanted everyone to accompany her to the palace to admire the moon. Steward Fu cupped his fists and said with a smile.

"Let's go." Yu Yan could only stand up and walk outside while holding Nian En's hand.

After lying on the ground for so many days, his steps were still somewhat lacking. As he went through the Pear Blossom Forest, more and more pavilions and pavilions appeared. From the east, a group of people also came.

Yu Yan purposely slowed down her pace, and slowly walked away, wanting to pass by them. She went around the fake mountain, then stopped and stuck her head out to look, the group of girls were extremely beautiful, like Qiu Xuanling and Ye Sujian.

She glanced around before asking softly: "Nian En, that person who loves beds, who do you think has been in her room these past few days? How interesting is it to babble without feeling? Qiu Xuanling is really able to shout "I love you, your highness" into her face, how can I love you so much? "

The breathing behind her became heavier, and she laughed first. She turned around and said, "I actually broke my mouth too, becoming a woman with a broken mouth. It's time to hit my mouth, I often say disaster comes from my mouth …"

She swallowed her words back. A disaster had really come out of her mouth!