As expected, Mo Wenli's expression changed. Even though it was an extremely short period of time, it still entered Yu Yan's eyes.
"You're very smart." Mo Wenli threw away his cup, and his smile disappeared as well. He looked at her and said: "I lost something in my Cold Water Palace, so I came to ask that person for it."
"Lost what?" Yu Yan asked.
"Madame Wang Zhai." The corner of Mo Wenli's mouth lifted, and the look in his eyes at her became somewhat playful.
"It can't be me, right?" Yu Yan burst out laughing, this lie was too ridiculous.
Mo Wenli waved his hands and laughed: "I'm sorry, I like beauties, they are all fat and thin, delicate and spicy, and no matter what type they are, as long as they are beautiful it suits my taste, but the kind that the wangfei is, they are a little ugly, really don't suit me."
Yu Yan's smile froze, she stared at him angrily and said: "Mo Wenli, you're too much."
"The red blush on your forehead will cover half your face in less than three days. Will you still be beautiful then? There are countless beauties around Yulixiao, I'm afraid I don't like you anymore. "
Mo Wenli was still smiling as his jade white fingers shook in front of her face.
"Hmph, do you think that all men judge others by their appearances?"
Nian An was enraged, she rushed forward and slapped the table heavily. Nothing happened to the table, she cried out as she held her hands in pain.
"If Yulixiao doesn't give you some experts in martial arts, how can he let you bring these two silly girls into the market?"
Mo Wenli picked up the chopsticks and lightly tapped it on Nian An's arm. Lifting his eyes, he immediately sucked Nian An's soul away.
"Princess, go back."
Nian En walked forward and supported Yu Yan as she prepared to leave.
"What exactly am I doing here?"
Yu Yan pushed Nian En's hands away and stared at Mo Wenli.
"I gave him a book. If he didn't throw it away, you can go back and read it yourself. Seeing that you're quite intelligent and interesting, I have a kind heart. Let me remind you, even if the thing on you doesn't die, it will make you an ugly monster. It will also draw the poison into his body and make him a cripple. I will stay here for three more days. Come find me after you've thought it through.
Mo Wenli turned around and picked up the blue and white porcelain wine jug once again. Lifting his head, his elegant neck fell back and the fine wine poured into his mouth.
"Let's go." Yu Yan got up and quickly went downstairs with Nian En.
Mo Wenli's words made her heart tighten. If it was really true, then her matter would be huge, and he wouldn't want to become ugly, nor did he want to lose his life. He absolutely didn't want to implicate Yulixiao.
After exiting the restaurant, he turned his head to look, only to see Mo Wenli still leaning on the railings, sensing the gazes of the three girls. He bent his head down and gently waved his slender jade white fingers, his lips full of smiles, looking extremely radiant.
"This person is too evil, why don't we report this to the king and capture him!" Nian An hurriedly withdrew her gaze, her face red as she whispered into Yu Yan's ear.
Mo Wenli was indeed an evil being, but he was capable, otherwise he would not have been able to sit steadily at the Cold Water Palace for ten years!
"He is a friend of the prince." Yu Yan said in a hurry as she walked forward.
Just as she had thought, who were these people in this city, whether they were enemies or friends? If Yulixiao was not even able to grasp these, then he was really too useless.
Since Mo Wenli dared to fight with Yulixiao and was able to enter Chi Cheng without being pierced in the heart by his arrow, it meant that his relationship with Yulixiao was not that bad.
After looking through Yulixiao's room for a while, Yu Yan was still unable to find the book that Mo Wenli mentioned.
She remembered clearly that when she was at the Tai Zhou Zither Department, Yulixiao did have such a book. At that time, she did not think too much into it, but now, she was regretful that she did not immediately take it out to read!
"Empress, if he finds out that we're looking through her things like this, will he blame us?" Nian An climbed down the ladder, wiping her sweat, her face full of fear and trepidation.
"Yes, I will chop off your head." Yu Yan said casually.
Mistress, please be a good person and don't scare me anymore. One day, my heart will be frightened to death by the Empress!" "Niangniang, although I have made up my mind not to marry and spend my life serving Niangniang, I really want to live a few more years and benefit from Niangniang's glory for a few more years to enjoy a few more years of blessings.
"I'll say it. I'll say it in a hundred sentences. Now I'm the one who's going to be ugly, and I'm not scared to the point that my heart and organs are rotten. What are you so anxious for?" Yu Yan unhappily scolded her a few times, then rolled up her sleeves again and continued to rummage through the books on Yulixiao's table.
She read books and Yulixiao's were even more complicated.
She had only read miscellaneous books, what Yulixiao had read included martial arts, formations, orders, weapons, martial arts, terrain, cities, and even delicacies … What's the point of watching a delicacy? She threw away the food book, sweating with fatigue.
Nian An pulled a handkerchief over and wiped off Yu Yan's sweat, consoling her in a low voice, "But, Empress, you don't necessarily have to look for Mo Wenli for a look? Isn't Chen Yao the genius doctor's daughter? "Your highness is on the verge of death and can even be cured. Your head is just a little sore …"
"You're the one with a sore on your head, find a kid tonight and get yourself out of here!" Yu Yan angrily pushed Nian An's hands away.
When it came to looks, Yu Yan really cared about it a lot. She wanted to be both talented and beautiful, not to be a talented girl without beautiful skins! Then, how would Yulixiao fall for it?
Nian An stuck out her tongue and lightly slapped her mouth.
"What powder did you rub on it? "So fragrant?" Yu Yan sniffed and looked at Nian An suspiciously.
"Nothing? It's the Rose Ointment that the Empress doesn't want. I just applied it a little, could it be that the Empress wants it? " Nian An was shocked, and hurriedly asked her.
"Nope." Yu Yan looked at Nian An gloomily.
"Empress, stop looking for it. Drink some water." Nian En came over, placed the cup of tea in front of her and said softly, "With the blessing of the gods, the Empress will be extremely fortunate."
"This kind words are useless. I have to find the root of this problem." Yu Yan pointed at her own forehead, and looked at Nian En.
She had spoken no more than ten sentences throughout the entire day!
Nian En glanced at her before putting away the tea tray. She then went to clean up the mess left behind by the master and servant duo, many things slipped under the bed. Nian En then sat down on her knees and wiped everything clean before rearranging everything.
"What happened to her?" Yu Yan whispered to Nian An.
Nian An shook her head and said puzzledly: "I don't know either, I've been like this lately anyways."
Yu Yan frowned, staring blankly at Nian En's back.
Nian En seemed to have heard their words, as she lowered his head, kept the things the two of them messed up, and walked out with his head lowered.
"Presumably, he's the same as me, scared out of his wits! "Don't worry about her. She'll be fine in a few days." Nian An pushed Yu Yan around and started to rummage through again, "In any case, you must find something the Empress wants, treat the sore on the Empress's forehead, and make her a beautiful empress. I will be the empress director of the empress palace in the future."
"You want to be the head steward?" Yu Yan's mouth twitched, she also laid down, and together with her, they searched around under the table and the bed.
Needless to say, after Yu Yan searched under the bed for a long time, she finally found the book!
Yulixiao really knew how to hide. He wrapped it with a brocade cloth and rolled it into a roll, and stuffed it into a place close to the foot of the bed.
Just as she was about to open her mouth, she heard a wave of suppressed vomiting sounds. It's Nian En!
She quickly got up and looked, only to see Nian En covering her lips, quickly running out.
Was this girl sick?
"Let's go take a look." She immediately had Nian An follow along.
After watching Nian An run far away, she walked to the window and opened the book.
"Forgotten Butterfly?"
Her delicate eyebrows tightened as she quickly scanned the yellowed pages.
The two words "Forgotten Butterfly" were extremely unfamiliar. However, according to the legends of the Great Cloud Empire, she had heard from the people in the books that there were several stories about how the Emperor of the Great Cloud Empire, Chen Hu, had actually wanted to exchange his death for the life of Empress Eunuch Xi.
This book only recorded the origin of Forgotten Butterfly, and also how they were infected with the Forgotten Butterfly's poison … Yu Yan's heart sank. A vicious method of offering the female infant as a sacrifice, her father would never do it! Her father doted on her so much that it was impossible for him to carve this thing on her forehead! Ever since she could remember, this thing was on her forehead, she had always thought it was a birthmark, it did not hurt at all, if not for the recent strange events, she would not have been able to link it with the Forgotten Butterfly.
She closed the book, and thought back to the scene when she bumped into Sulanqi in the palace. Sulanqi's expression was extremely shocked, and he recognized her at that time?
Could it be that it would really be like what Mo Wenli said, that she would become ugly?
He pulled out the copper mirror and looked at it for a long time, feeling even more depressed than before.
There was a sudden thump on the roof, and a white shadow fell from the window.
She stood up and looked out. October shook her big head so that the long snow-white hair danced and turned slowly to look at her. Her large blue eyes stared at her for a moment without moving, and then she stalked over to the window.
This fellow had always been arrogant!
Yu Yan grabbed the green bean cake on the table and brought it to its mouth, asking softly: "Are you coming from his place?"
October glanced at the green bean cake in her palm, turned her head disdainfully, and lay down under the window. Her large claws lightly rubbed against her face, and she lazily closed her eyes.
"Ahh, can you not be so arrogant?" Yu Yan sighed, this was something that the chef had prepared meticulously, he actually hated it to the point that he couldn't even be bothered to look at it.
"It eats meat." The guard standing at the side could not help but speak.
"But he's so fat." Yu Yan said casually, as if she was toying with a little kitten and a little dog.
October quickly turned her head, her jade green eyes slightly moving, staring at her very viciously.
"I'm fat." Yu Yan slid down and sat properly as she stuffed the pastries into her mouth. At this time, Yulixiao had arrived somewhere. Did he miss her?
She missed him! She wanted to lean against him and tell him how anxious she was, how scared she was, how worried she was — afraid of becoming ugly, afraid of dying, afraid of losing all the good things she had just enjoyed …
After sitting blankly for a while, she took out a brocade handkerchief from her bosom and picked up a brush, wanting to write a few words, but she could not think of what to write. After hesitating for a while, she flipped out a rouge paste and wiped it on her lips.