He was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly. "If you forget the past for the first time, I'll help you forget him."
Yu Yan buried her face into the blanket, took a deep breath, and then laughed bitterly: "Where did my charm come from, for the Emperor to love me so much?"
"You are just so charming! Among the myriad of flowers and shrubs, only you, Yu Yan, are unyielding and independent from the world, causing others' minds to waver, unable to extricate themselves. "
"You might as well say that I don't want to bother with you. That's why you're interested. "You like to abuse yourself. You have three thousand beauties in the harem, and everyone loves you so much that they want you to go to hell. Why don't you go find happiness in a gentle village?" Yu Yan clenched her teeth and said softly.
The wick snapped a few times, burned out, and went out.
The only thing in the room was the moonlight, which seemed to bring with it an endless coolness. The mountain wind blew, rustling the books and books on the table. They did not stop for a long time, just like how the two of them could not calm down.
"I only want you." He finally spoke again, this time without further talking to her. He tugged at her shoulder, turned her around, and continued to tear at her dress.
The sound of the silk ripping apart suppressed the two people's hurried breathing.
Both of Yu Yan's hands were pressed behind his head and his legs were firmly held in place. She had also tasted this kind of coercion from Yulixiao, but Yulixiao didn't make every bone in her body hurt like this. He only made her feel pain in one place …
As expected of brothers, even the hobby of forcing others was the same.
"If you want me, you have to give me a title. You have to announce it to the world and give me the title of 'Queen'. Otherwise, I don't believe that you'll like me." She was finally in pain and could no longer hold on. Her voice trembled as she said these words.
Yu Tianqi's movements paused as he stared at her for a long time. His pupils contracted slightly as he nodded his head lightly, "Alright, I'll seal you as the later."
Yu Yan hurriedly said: "Then don't touch me today, I want the golden phoenix dragon candle to burn. I want to wear a phoenix coronet and gown, I want the phoenix palace to cheer for you.
"What? You think I don't dare?" Yu Tianqi suddenly laughed lowly, his voice had a hint of desolation.
Yu Yan tried her best not to evade his gaze, and only after he was done laughing, she said in a low voice: "If you dare, then do it. If you succeed, then I will definitely not tell you about leaving again.
"Are you mocking me? You can't even give me a false name?" His eyes darkened again, and he asked coldly as he cupped her face in his hands.
Yu Yan pursed her lips, and quickly pulled up the blanket to cover his body. Her clothes were all over the place, and it couldn't cover her body anymore.
"I promise you everything." Yu Tianqi's eyes became even sharper, he stood up, stared at her for a while, then pointed at the book, then said: "I want you to write down everything you said, write it down as proof, I will do it tomorrow, and you will do it tomorrow, I think this is fair enough."
Yu Yan's breath tightened, he really did not want to engage in a business loss. She sat on the bed for a while, then pulled down the sheet and tightly wrapped it around her. She quickly walked over to the desk, dipped the brush in ink, and quickly wrote down those few sentences on a piece of paper. Then she threw the pen down, picked up the paper, and handed it to him.
"Wash yourself up tomorrow, and wait for me to take you to the palace." Yu Tianqi glanced at the words on the paper and the expression on his face finally eased up a little.
Yu Yan turned around and stood with her back facing him.
After leaving the room, he turned to look at her again. With a smile, he said in a low voice, "Sleep well, I'll come back tomorrow night."
Yu Yan did not make a sound, she retreated until she reached the door, and then used her strength to push the door open.
How could she not know that Yu Tianqi was forcing her on purpose? When it came to men compared to women, women were always weak.
She raised her wrist and saw a purplish-red circle around it. He was really willing to spend so much effort on a woman he 'liked'.
"No matter what, I like you. It's true. Otherwise, I would have gotten my hands on you long ago. I wouldn't have waited until today."
Separated by the door, his voice slowly drifted in.
Yu Yan immediately covered her ears.
"There's one more thing I want to tell you. Didn't you always want to know more about Yulixiao? He has already called himself the emperor, and currently Chi City is the main city. The Fourth Madam is still accompanying him, especially Chen Yao, who is always by her side and doesn't even come to find you. Do you think he likes you? "
"Hurry up and leave."
She knew that Yu Tianqi's words were half true and half false, and couldn't be counted. But it had been so long, and Yulixiao still hadn't found her.
He had Chen Yao and Mingyue, as well as mercury to deal with her … Forget it, no man can be trusted!
She sat down on the edge of the couch and stared blankly at the moonlight.
Yu Tianqi stood by the door for a while longer before walking away. The small courtyard regained its tranquility. In the small forest outside the yard, small animals were skipping about. There were shadows of people moving about, but when they looked closely, they felt that it was only the shadows of the trees under the moon.
On the second day, Yu Tianqi was not in the future. On the third day, someone suddenly came up the mountain to send her an imperial decree. The Imperial Jade Seal was clear;
All of the servants in the courtyard called her Empress, this made Yu Yan very annoyed. How did she know that he had made a declaration to the world? Or was he just lying to her?
Several eunuchs knelt down respectfully in front of her. They held up the golden tray in their hands, and another eunuch came forward to take off the red cloth. His hands hung low, and he said in a low voice:
"Empress, there's no need to doubt. It really is an imperial edict for the world, and tonight, a phoenix carriage will come to pick you up and bring you down the mountain. The emperor said that if esteemed Empress doesn't believe him, it won't be too late to light a phoenix and gold candle in the palace. The emperor's intentions definitely aren't fake. I request esteemed imperial concubine to dress up first. This is a phoenix coronet."
Yu Yan's fingers lightly slipped past her ice-cold phoenix robe. This was her only chance to go down the mountain!
With a resolute heart, she took the golden tray and let the eunuchs out.
"Empress should first take a bath."
However, the eunuchs did not go out. Instead, they turned around, wanting to lead her out to wash.
"Such a lousy rule."
She glanced around unhappily.
"Precious plans, moreover the time is still early."
The eunuchs smiled and coaxed her to the bath.
That was a hot spring. If not for this spring, Yu Yan would really have been frozen silly by the night in the mountain. Taking a bath every day would really be able to relieve her pain.
"Actually, there was originally no bathtub here. For the sake of the Empress, His Majesty had specially dug a small canal and brought warm spring water here. He set up this bathtub just to make the Empress happy." the servant girl whispered as she waited on her.
"Why didn't you say it a few days ago? It's filled with good words today."
Yu Yan tilted her face slightly, lowered her long eyelashes and said indifferently. Then she untied his belt, waved her hand, and threw it to the servant girl.
This way, she had the authority of a one-hundred-percent empress. The maidservants didn't dare to say too much. Knowing that she didn't like everyone watching her, they respectfully left.
It was stuffy here, but it was quiet. If it wasn't for Yu Tianqi's territory, allowing her to stay for a few more days, be it eating, drinking, or reading, he would still be able to survive.
It was just that he did not like it. The good scenery had become a rotten valley.
He slowly walked into the warm pool water, and after soaking it in water for a while, he turned his head to look at his Phoenix Robe that was beside him. He could not help but think of what Yulixiao was doing now. A man's ambition couldn't hold a girl like her.
Just as he was lost in thought, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside.
She frowned, had Yu Tianqi sent someone over? She just got in!
"Wait outside." Without raising her head, she spoke coldly.
When no one answered her, she turned her head in displeasure and continued to berate: "Are you not going to listen to my words?"
In the dense white fog, a tall figure stood still, his dark eyes penetrating the steam and looking into her eyes.
Yulixiao, who had been thinking about him day and night, had actually appeared without a sound! This way, she would be unprepared to stand in front of her!
Yu Yan's heart suddenly sank. With a splash, she stood up from the pool and stuttered, "You … "You …"
"Why am I here?"
He took a step forward and turned his head to look at the phoenix robe that was placed at the side. His narrow waist bent slightly and his fingers hooked onto the red hue. With a lift and a shake, he unfurled it.
A golden phoenix pierced through the clouds and a peony bloomed.
"The empress sure has a big front. Do you feel at ease living here?"
He turned around again, his eyes sharpening.
Seeing him act this way, the joy in Yu Yan's heart suddenly shattered into pieces. Before he even asked her, he had already determined his guilt, what else was there to say?
She calmly got out of the water, reached out to grab the phoenix robe in his hand, and softly said, "Wear it for me, there's no clothes …"
His fingers tightened and his breath caught. Footsteps sounded outside, and his long fingers slowly loosened.
Yu Yan heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly put on her clothes. Only then did she pull out her wet hair, only to see the door being forcefully pushed open, and a group of guards rushing in.
Looking at Yu Yan who was dressed in phoenix robes, she could not help but be stunned.
Yu Yan quickly turned around with her back facing the crowd, buttoning up her shirt. The water droplets all over her body quickly soaked her robe. When the wind blew on him, he felt a cool breeze.
"Your Highness, everyone in the courtyard has been cleaned up. There were no guards on the two paths down the mountain. These are the eunuchs of the palace who have come to send off Feng Guanxia in her formal attire. " The guard cupped his fist and said loudly.
Everyone dodged, and threw a eunuch in front of Yulixiao.
"After you entered the palace, this is true." Yulixiao said in a low voice, it was not a questioning tone at all.
Yu Yan turned her face slightly to the side, while Yulixiao was also staring at her.
There were actually no guards. How could this be possible? Could it be that it was withdrawn today? Although Yu Tianqi liked to play games, Yu Yan believed that Yu Tianqi would not admit defeat to this matter. Since it was a struggle, he would definitely fight to the end, why would he give up to Yulixiao?
No matter what, letting Yulixiao's people see that she was wearing the Phoenix robe with Houqing Kingdom was a matter of great disgrace to Yulixiao.
Yu Yan blinked her eyes, decisively turned around and hugged onto Yulixiao's shoulders tightly, saying softly, "Take me with you, I have been waiting for a long time."
Yulixiao's hands wrapped around her, pinching her waist, stroking it up and down a few times. He held her tightly in his hands, flicked her up, and carried her on his shoulder.