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It was a warm winter afternoon. Zi Yuan, who had taken on the responsibilities of a country for five days, had fought with Murong Xiu for more than 300 rounds in a courtyard in a corner of the palace. It seemed as if the Violet Garden had the upper hand, but in reality, the battle between the two was extremely strenuous. It was obvious that Murong Xiu hadn't used his previous martial arts skills, but the skills from the Book of Heaven's Path.

The two of them fought until dinner time. The servant of the imperial kitchens was waiting for them but was helpless.

Murong Xiu continued with the aggressive move of Zi Yuan. He looked at the court lady beside him and looked around at the sky. He said, "Zi Yuan, we've been working for the whole afternoon. Why don't we have dinner together?"

"This is my palace. Even if you are inviting me to dinner, it should be my business, right?" Zi Yuan's attacks became fiercer.

Murong Xiu made a mistake. Zi Yuan took the opportunity to beat him up to the ground, but said in dissatisfaction, "Why should I let me?"

"You're not hungry, I'm hungry. I'm even injured!" Mu Rong Xiu replied lazily as he lay on the ground.

Only now did Zi Yuan realize that it was dinner time. She cast a glance at the court lady who was dodging and sighed, "Someone, pass the meal to me. I'll be eating here today."

One by one, the palace maids who served their meals entered, setting down the dining table and dinner. These few days, Zi Yuan's food was very light, but the dishes cooked by the imperial kitchens were actually quite plentiful. Today, when the head steward of the imperial kitchens saw that Violet Garden was no longer eating in the imperial study, but was having dinner with Murong Xiu. Naturally, he was very attentive in serving the various delicacies that he had prepared.

Zi Yuan had initially thought it was a bit of a waste as she watched the delicious dishes arrive one by one, but after exercising for the entire afternoon, she was really hungry, so she didn't stand on ceremony with Murong Xiu and started to gobble down the food. These delicacies had originally been meticulously prepared by the chefs in their own imperial kitchens. This could be considered to be an advantage for Murong Xiu. Violet Garden thought in her heart.

Murong Xiu poured himself some wine as he looked at Violet Garden's sweet eating manner. He felt a warm feeling in his heart. All these years, he had been hoping for a woman to eat with him and sleep with him. It was just that the woman he hoped for had long been married to someone else. She was even his enemy.

He silently gazed at her, feeling that ever since the Violet Garden was born, her originally cold and stern face had become even more gorgeous due to the light of her maternal nature. The originally cold killing intent between her brows had also become a bit more elegant and feminine. The corners of her lips, which often revealed killing intent, had also become a bit more perky than before. This added a few traces of charm to her charming face.

To be honest, if he had to use force, it could be said that he did not have any qualms when he was in this Northern Desert. If he used force, Zi Yuan would not be a match for him. However, she was also his savior. Although Murong Xiu was a schemer, he was a righteous and honest person. Therefore, if he had to do something against his savior, he would definitely take his life.

Murong Xiu hadn't expected that Helian and Zi Yuan would have seen through his identity, which was why they had allowed him to recuperate in the palace.

The Purple Garden felt the heated gaze from Murong He and felt a bit nervous. Even though Helian Lie said that with Murong Xiu's personality, he wouldn't do anything excessive to his savior at this moment. National hatred was a national hatred, while personal kindness was a personal favor. Murong Xiu clearly knew this. However, at this moment, when the Violet Garden felt the two fiery gazes from Murong Xiu, she couldn't help but raise her vigilance. She was prepared to fight to the death against this person if he wanted to do anything to her.

Perhaps because he saw how nervous Zi Yuan was, Murong Xiu retracted his gaze and continued to drink his wine.

When Zi Yuan felt that he was no longer looking at her, she raised her head and said, "Your injuries haven't fully healed yet. Don't drink so much."

"It doesn't matter, ah. None of you Imperial Physicians bothers me." Murong Xiu said indifferently.

How could those imperial physicians dare to say no … Zi Yuan cursed silently. He was angry about his exchange with Mu Rong Xiu. It looked like she had won, but in reality, she had lost more than one match. These seemingly simple moves, however, concealed many changes.

She silently pondered in her heart as she unknowingly drank a few more mouthfuls of soup.

"Why don't you come and fight me every afternoon?" Murong Xiu suddenly suggested.

"Every afternoon?" Zi Yuan was a little surprised. "That might not work. I have to help Helian Approve the imperial report right now. It's very busy."

"Woman, I say you're smart, quite smart. But sometimes, how can you be stupid?" Mu Rong Xiu snorted.

Zi Yuan put down his chopsticks and said unhappily, "I'm full. Someone, clean up."

The people of the palace were very cooperative. No matter how much Murong Xiu ate, they would come up and clean up the leftovers. Mu Rong Xiu had been drinking the entire time, so he hadn't eaten much. He hurriedly stuffed some food into his mouth, not forgetting to curse, "Zi Yuan, you ruthless woman!"

Zi Yuan left with a smile. He thought to himself, "Who asked you to call me stupid?" After that, he continued to ponder over the moves from the afternoon. As he continued to ponder, he unknowingly arrived at the side of the two children. This couple were extremely happy when they saw their mother arrive. They wanted to speak to her, but they couldn't say it out loud. Zi Yuan kissed the children and started playing with them.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind. It was clear that Murong Xiu had deliberately used such a move against her. That way, she would be able to remember their moves even more clearly. Unconsciously, she began to practice. Unknowingly, she began to practice the moves that Murong Xiu had repeated over and over again in the afternoon. She also understood why Murong Xiu said he had to fight every afternoon. She was a bit annoyed that she'd become so stupid. It seemed she shouldn't have been so ruthless towards Murong Xiu …

The next day, news from the new front line arrived. The soldiers of the Celestial Armored Army were extremely powerful. Helian seemed to have encountered a huge problem, and the entire front line was still unable to move forward.

It was noon. Zi Yuan was in the palace, taking the two children's afternoon nap before rushing back to Murong Xiu's palace.

This former schemer, a prisoner under the iron chain of Young Master Xi Li, was leisurely chatting with a palace maid, causing the palace maid's face to flush. The Violet Garden could not help but cough, and the palace maid saluted in panic. When she heard the Violet Garden say she should leave, she immediately disappeared.

"Zi Yuan, have you noticed that everyone in your palace is very afraid of you?!" "That's so boring. I just found a cute girl to chat with, and you scared her away."

With a stern expression, Violet Garden drew her sword and pointed it at Murong Xiu. "Fight every afternoon. Come at me!"

A smile appeared on Murong Xiu's face. "Alright, let's do it!"

It was still some simple moves, but they were completely different from yesterday's moves. It was just that the pattern of their changes seemed to be somewhat similar. Mu Rong Xiu still hadn't used the martial arts he was used to. He didn't know if he was doing it intentionally, or if he had already lost all his martial arts.

"Don't be hasty!" "If I hadn't dodged it myself, your head would have moved!"

Zi Yuan knew that Murong Xiu's words weren't exaggerated, so he threw his sword and punched and kicked.

Zi Yuan was an extremely intelligent person. He had just learned a few moves yesterday, and he could already display them today. But soon after, he felt that he was being watched by someone. He didn't have the time to communicate with the Violet Garden, so he hastily dodged the Violet Garden's attack. He sunk his Qi into his Dantian and used his true qi to switch to a martial arts technique that he was proficient in before.

Zi Yuan was surprised by the sudden change in attitude, but when he saw the mocking smile on Murong Xiu's face, he simply thought that he was looking down on her. She couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with the way Murong Xiu had thought last night that he was sincerely trying to teach her the [Heavenly Arts].

But before long, she began to feel that something wasn't right. It seemed that someone was watching her and Murong Xiu from the darkness. She had felt the same way in the past, but when she and Helian went to investigate who was secretly monitoring them, they always came back empty-handed. Ever since she rescued Murong Xiu and returned to the palace, the feeling of being watched disappeared.

But now, the feeling of someone secretly watching her had returned! And Murong Yi was currently sparring with her, so who exactly was the person who was secretly monitoring her? Enemy or friend? The reason why Mu Rong Xiu didn't use the Book of Heaven's Art to spar with her was because he noticed that she was secretly spying on him. It looked like Murong Xiu's martial arts skills were much higher than hers and Helian Lie's!

That's right, someone was indeed secretly spying on Zi Yuan and Mu Rong Xiu. This person was precisely the young duke of Dongping Kingdom, Feng Lingxue.

After Feng Lingxue stopped Dongping Country and Western Li Country from forming a life and death alliance, he and his royal brother even resolved the gap between them and explained to him why they were protecting Ye Blueblue and preventing his assassination plan. The king of Dongping Kingdom finally accepted his explanation, but at the same time, he also made a request for him to go to Beiyue Country and abduct Murong Xiu to Dongping. Although Feng Lingxue felt that there was absolutely no need to do this, the king of the East Peak was still his brother after all, and this matter was merely to hasten the rapprochement between Dongping and the North Vietnamese. Thus, he privately agreed to his brother's request, and secretly did not carry it out, but hid within the Eastfence Town, and trained his new Meiji, especially that woman called Lady Fang.

However, while he was enjoying himself in the gentle countryside, he received a secret report that Helian had personally fought in the west and had encountered Murong Xiu's Celestial Engineer. He had fallen into a difficult situation. He couldn't help but worry about Zi Yuan, so he left the water stronghold, asked Ellie to continue training the newbies and the immature beauties in his place, and went to Beiyue Capital alone, sneaking into the palace. Unknowingly, he became entranced when he saw Murong Xiu using a martial arts technique that he had never seen before. Even though Murong Xiu had changed his technique, he still couldn't help but want to continue watching the beautiful figure of Zi Yuan.

However, for some reason, as these two people fought, they got closer and closer to him. Sensing the danger, he quietly left the safe zone where the two of them were standing.

When Mu Rong Xiu and Zi Yuan arrived at a secluded spot in front of Feng Lingxue, he had already run far away. Zi Yuan said bitterly, "Who the hell are you?!"

Murong Xiu looked around and smiled. "It's probably the Empress's admirer."

Zi Yuan twisted his arm around Mu Rong Xiu's shoulder and said, "Don't talk nonsense! "Although I know that you can heal your broken arm, but I don't believe that you won't feel pain if I break your arm like this!"

"Aiyo, yo, yo …" Pain! Pain! Aunt! Let go! Fortunately, your child is young. If you were to grow up and see their mother being so violent, then in the future, you would also become very violent. "Let go!"

Zi Yuan tortured him for a bit before releasing his hand. "Sigh, speaking of my child's education, I am truly quite frustrated. "As someone who has had children, do you have any suggestions?"

"Since when have I had children?" Mu Rong Xiu turned his arm around, thinking to himself, "Fortunately, I'm still alive. Although I can channel my powers to heal my wounds, the aftermath is still quite troublesome. If I didn't drink to ease that indescribable numbness and pain, I wouldn't be able to sleep last night."

"Didn't you bring the king of your country up?" Zi Yuan mocked.

"Stop talking!" Murong Xiu said unhappily, "But don't learn from me. If you learn from me, when your child grows up, even you and He will be locked up. What should we do then?"

"That's right! The children that you taught, they were still those kinds of children! " Violet Garden thought for a moment, then continued, "But, actually, I still somewhat resemble you. Don't you think that there's still a shadow of you?"

"Humph!" Yeah, you've learned how to scheme. If not, you wouldn't have played Liu Dun the wrong way. It's just that he didn't hit on you! " Murong Xiu snapped.

"Why are you so angry!" Zi Yuan was in a great mood and really wanted to discuss the issue of their child's education with him, but Murong Xiu definitely wouldn't bring it up.