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The drunk Jiang Wan knew nothing of this.

It was only on the morning of the second day that she heard the chirping of birds outside the window. Only then did she slowly open her eyes.

When he turned around, he saw Xiao Rui sleeping beside him with her eyes closed and breathing heavily. She looked as if she had just drunk a cup of honey.

In her previous life, she had hoped that when she opened her eyes, she would be able to see this scene.

Why were his eyelashes so long?

Jiang Wan, who was lying beside Xiao Rui Xuan, looked like a curious baby.

The naughty girl couldn't help but stretch out her finger and slide down Xiao Rui's forehead, nose, lips, and chin …

As soon as her fingers touched his thick chest, her attention was drawn to the scars on his body.

In this life, the wounds on his body were far less than in his previous life, but on his stomach, there was a light pink scar that was two to three inches longer than in his previous life.

Jiang Wan subconsciously stroked this light pink scar, her mind thinking about that New Year's Eve when the two of them were together.

At that time, she was still grieving over the fate of the two of them.

Suddenly, a large hand grabbed onto her hands that were 'exploring' her surroundings. She raised her head slightly, and saw Xiao Rui staring at her with a twinkle in his eyes.

"You … "You're awake …" Thinking back to their experiences last night, Jiang Wan was a little afraid to look into his eyes.

"Yes." "Yes," Xiao Rui replied lazily. She turned around and brought Jiang Wan back into her sphere of influence.

Jiang Wan, who was suddenly trapped, turned her body uneasily, but she heard Xiao Rui say from above: "Don't move recklessly …"

Jiang Wan raised her head to look at him in astonishment, only to see that his eyes were actually filled with an enchanting look.

Xiao Rui took a deep breath, put her hand under Jiang Wan's body, pulled her close to her side, and kissed her forehead. "Don't move, you need to rest."

What do you mean I need to rest?

But then, upon thinking about it, Jiang Wan's face reddened.

Was Xiao Rui hinting to him that he wanted to double the opening speed of the Plum Blossom Meet?

"Today... What are we going to do? " Their previous experience with each other had taught her that as long as she managed to distract Xiao Rui's attention, she would be able to turn the situation around.

"We are going to the palace to show our gratitude." Xiao Rui hugged Jiang Wan, her fingers carelessly stroking her back, "Then we'll have to get engaged in the afternoon."

You want to enter the palace to express your gratitude, but you still want to be engaged to someone else?

There were two more things that she had never experienced in her previous life.

The two got tired of the bed for a while longer before they called someone to come in and change.

Clove and Jasmine followed the two pretty maidservants and entered the room. A grandma followed behind the four of them and swiftly withdrew the white silk that was previously spread out on the bed into a red lacquer box.

Seeing this, Jiang Wan's face turned slightly red. When she looked at Xiao Rui, he had already changed into a moon-white robe from the other two maidservants. He stood there elegantly, causing Jiang Wan to be stunned.

Seeing Jiang Wan looking straight at him, Xiao Rui lowered her head and sized him up. After not realizing that something was wrong, she asked softly: "What's wrong?"

"No …." "Nothing …" In front of a room full of people, Jiang Wan was unwilling to admit that she had fallen in love.

Clove and Jasmine had just helped Jiang Wan put on a thin, silvery-red shirt when a servant came to ask where the breakfast was placed.

Jiang Wan looked at Xiao Rui Xuan, but didn't think that Xiao Rui would throw her a "you make the decision" look.

"In the West Room, then." Jiang Wan thought for a while and said.

The woman answered and left. It didn't take long for someone to carry the table in and place it on the big brick bed next to the window.

Thinking of the need to enter the palace to express her gratitude, Jiang Wan only ate a bit of the last few things. After all, in the palace, such as a toilet was not an easy thing to do.

After breakfast, Xiao Rui went back to the inner room to change into his court uniform. He wore a golden silk crown, a red blouse that covered his lower body, and a crown that only the crown prince could wear.

But what made Jiang Wan feel strange was how he, who clearly had a rosy face just now, suddenly turned pale and extremely weak.

Jiang Wan, who was wearing her first rank Life Wife attire sat in the five black painted carriages, but she couldn't help but sneak a peek at Xiao Rui beside her.

"Don't worry, Imperial Concubine Cui will take care of you once we get down there," Xiao Rui said as she sat in the carriage. She looked at Jiang Wan sideways, "I've already asked for Feng Jing to take a look at you."

Jiang Wan answered with an "Oh", absent-mindedly, as her hands couldn't help but touch Xiao Rui's face.

However, the moment they touched his face, Xiao Rui quickly dodged.

"What's that?" Jiang Wan was certain that although she only lightly touched it, the sensation coming from her finger told her that it was absolutely not the skin of a normal person.

Xiao Rui helplessly glared at Jiang Wan, but was helpless to do anything to her like a child.

"This is a fake mask …" He patted his face to make sure that the mask he put on hadn't been touched by Jiang Wan.

A mask?

The legendary disguise technique?

Jiang Wan opened her eyes wide and once again turned into a curious baby.

No wonder every time he saw Xiao Rui greeting him, his face would turn white! So there really was a hidden mechanism.

"There are some things I'll tell you when I get back!" Xiao Rui signalled to Jiang Wan to keep quiet, and the carriage they were in also stopped just in time.

The emperor just so happened to have left for the morning assembly, so he invited Xiao Rui over to the study set up for him. Jiang Wan was brought by the servants to Imperial Concubine Cui's palace, the Hall of Clear Sky.

Because Empress Kang Yi had passed away, Imperial Concubine Cui was in charge of matters of all six palaces. She was the most respected woman in the entire imperial harem.

When Jiang Wan left, Imperial Concubine Cui had just woken up to eat breakfast, so she could only obediently wait for the summons in the courtyard outside the hall.

It was just the beginning of the morning, but the scorching sun had already risen, shining its light on Jiang Wan's Seven Zhai crown, causing beads of sweat to form on her temples.

She was also wearing a long, red robe, and it looked more like she was tied up like a shackle, preventing her from moving even a little bit.

The head eunuch, Feng Jing, who was serving Imperial Concubine Cui, glanced over from time to time at Jiang Wan, who was standing in the courtyard.

Imperial Concubine Cui glanced at him, then put down the piece of silver in her hand and calmly said, "I didn't know you were a person who cared for women."

Feng Jing groaned in his heart.

Before the great ceremony for the selection, someone took one hundred thousand silver and found him.

He wanted to think of a way to have Imperial Concubine Cui marry a girl called Jiang Wan to the sickly Crown Prince Jin, Xiao Rui.

If he can do it, a hundred thousand taels of silver will go to him.

If he couldn't do it, then the matter of him secretly raising his foster son, Feng An, stealing the woman and accidentally killing her would no longer be an issue.

When Feng Jing heard this, his expression immediately changed.

No matter what, he was still a Chief Eunuch of the Greencloud Hall. How could he be coerced like this?

However, the man advised him that even though he had a bit of glory now, he would still have to rely on his godson in the future.

Since he could protect his foster son and earn 100,000 silver, why not?