C298 The Princess Love Clouds

"Don't worry, Princess. This servant has promised you before. I definitely won't act foolishly."

"That's good. Go and rest."

"Yes."

Xiao Yue came out of her room, and the small hand that was tightly clenched under her sleeve quietly let go as a trace of desolation appeared in her eyes.

"Lady Liu, if you know the relationship between me and the one I love, I'm afraid you don't want to know who he is."

She muttered to herself, her eyes filled with an involuntary sadness.

After Xiao Yue left, Liu Ruo Qing sat there and continued to write her stories, conveniently waiting for Yan Yuan.

But by the time it was over, Yan Yuan was still not back yet.

Her eyelids were already starting to move up and down, but she didn't want to sleep first, so she had to force herself to stay awake.

However, she couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep on the table before the time it took to boil a cup of tea.

When Yan Yuan came out of the study room, it was already past half time.

Returning to East Garden, seeing that the light in the bedroom upstairs was still on, Yan Yuan frowned.

"Don't tell me the silly girl is still awake?"

You left her in the cold because he was too busy dealing with things that suddenly happened in the imperial court today.

If she didn't have dinner to eat, would she be angry?

Yan Yuan couldn't help but begin to blame himself in his heart.

He headed upstairs. When he pushed the door open, the room was quiet and there was no one on the bed.

Looking around, only then did he see Liu Ruo Qing sprawled on the table and sleeping soundly.

The light in his eyes unconsciously softened as he walked forward.

Picking her up from the table, he saw that her face was stained with some black ink, like a cat that had just finished stealing food and hadn't interrupted her.

Yan Yuan chuckled softly, reminding him of the time when he intentionally punished her to copy the Prison Officer's Regulations.

Her face was also full of stains …

Thinking about that time, Yan Yuan's eyes filled with a doting smile.

He bent down to pick Liu Ruo Qing up from the chair and lightly walked to the bedside and placed her on top of it.

Because he was worried about Yan Yuan, he didn't sleep very deeply. The moment Yan Yuan put her down, she woke up.

He opened his sleepy eyes and saw Yan Yuan standing in front of him. His eyes lit up.

Her voice was a little hoarse from waking up.

"Did I wake you?"

Liu Ruo Qing shook his head, not hiding her thoughts in the slightest, and said: "I was going to wait for you to come back in the first place, and then fell asleep while waiting."

"Can't you sleep without me?"

Yan Yuan sat beside her and teased.

Liu Ruo Qing gave him a disdainful look, and said: "I was worried about you, okay? The butler said that you've met with trouble, and didn't even eat dinner."

In the face of Liu Ruo Qing's undisguised affection, Yan Yuan was naturally very happy in his heart. At the same time, he felt guilty because he had neglected Liu Ruo Qing tonight.

"I made you worry."

Yan Yuan lightly touched her face that was still smeared with ink, and said: "Go and wipe your face first, it's as dirty as a cat's."

"Is there?"

Liu Ruo Qing touched her own face and walked to the copper mirror to take a look. Seeing that the corner of her mouth was covered in ink, she realised that it was somewhat dirty.

Just as he was about to wipe her face, Yan Yuan had already wrung a towel from her face and helped her clean it.

"What are you writing, with all those papers on the table?"

Yan Yuan asked as he wiped her hair.

"Dream of the Red Chamber."

"Dream of the Red Chamber?"

After helping her clean her face, the two of them leaned against the bed and sat down. Maybe it was because they slept for a while, but Liu Ruo Qing was not really sleepy.

"This is a story I wrote for my restaurant. It will be useful on the opening day."

"What story?" Tell me about it? "

His long arm lazily stretched out and embraced Liu Ruo Qing.

Having been bothered by what had happened today, now that she was in his arms, all of his fatigue seemed to have disappeared.

That kind of motivation and satisfaction was something that he couldn't find in others.

"It's a very sad story. When my restaurant opens the day after tomorrow, I'll let you listen to it. At the same time, give me some pointers."

She raised her eyes and looked at Yan Yuan with a smile, seeing tiredness between his brows.

"What happened today? "It's rare to see you like this."

Yan Yuan held her hand and gave her a comforting smile, then said: "It's nothing much, when the Eastern Ocean came to me, the ship was pierced through by the water bandits just after we crossed the river. All of the envoys were killed."

"It's that serious?"

No wonder Yan Yuan looked like he had a headache.

Emissaries of the Eastern Ocean came to the Easternum to participate in the Grand Examination. Coincidentally, their boat was pierced through by someone when they passed through the seas of the Easternum.

Deep down, it wasn't just a water bandit.

There might be a conspiracy.

"En, the envoys' bodies were washed to the riverbanks. Now, all of them have been sent to the capital. However, from the list of envoys sent over from the East Ocean Continent, there seems to be one less important person."

"Who is it?"

"The princess of the Eastern Ocean, Wu Wu Yun Ai."

Speaking of which, Yan Yuan frowned.

Liu Ruo Qing was easily able to notice this tiny movement and was a little unhappy in her heart.

"Good, you dare to be so depressed because Princess Yun Ai has disappeared."

The sour tone in Liu Ruo Qing's tone brought Yan Yuan back to reality. Seeing the dissatisfaction on her face, she could only smile helplessly.

"What are you thinking about?"

He reached out and pinched her cheek, worried that she would misunderstand, and hurriedly explained, "Divine Martial Yun Ai was the most beloved daughter of the Eastern Ocean Emperor, Xiong Guang. Yun Ai's mother was the only wife of Xiong Guang, and Empress Wu died less than half a year after Yun Ai was born."

Liu Ruo Qing quietly listened to Yan Yuan's narration. Although she knew that Yan Yuan had no intimate relationship with the princess of the Eastern Ocean, hearing him call his by his name, Liu Ruo Qing couldn't help but to feel a little annoyed.

Other than his sister Yan Chang, this was the first time she had heard Yan Yuan call a girl this intimately.

"Well, then?"

Suppressing the stifling taste in his heart, Liu Ruo Qing asked.

Yan Yuan did not notice her abnormality and continued: "Do you know how the Divine Martial Emperor passed away?"

Liu Ruo Qing shook her head, and continued to recall: "The Divine Martial Empress was originally the Queen Mother's personal maid, during a large assembly, and she fell in love with the Prince's Divine Martial Supreme at first sight, then she married the Divine Martial Imperial Prince and went to the East Ocean Continent with him."

"Twelve years ago, at a assembly in the imperial court, the Divine Martial Empress came to visit with Yun Ai, who is not even half a year old. On the day of the assembly, the People from the Divine Artefact Hall barged into the palace to assassinate my royal brother.

Liu Ruo Qing was startled, she did not know that there was such a good reason behind this.