Did you die for love at eighteen?

  Another courtyard

  I stayed up all night, sitting by her bedside until dawn. Looking at the woman's peaceful sleeping face, my heart was still worried and couldn't calm down.

  Her body was covered in bruises from being battered, and when he washed her, looking at the slender figure with those bruises, he felt both heartache and anger. The person he cared about so much had been bullied by others like this, and she had been following him for some time now, not to mention that she hadn't fully recovered physically, but also suffered from other people's humiliation.

  Think about what he has done every day, he can touch his heart and say that he has never wronged those people with the surname Xia, but what return did he get?

  Frame him, ruin his reputation, regard him as a thorn in the eye and eliminate him. Cheating him, humiliating him is nothing, he can bear it, but if he still bears it when bullying her, is he still a man?

  Look at her injuries all over her body, her heart is full of hatred. This is the result of his tolerance and indulgence.

  The doctor said that she was not seriously injured, only the head injury was more serious, and it was possible to temporarily experience dizziness, blurred vision, and nausea. As long as the blood clot on her forehead disappeared, she would recover.

  Others may say it's simple, but just thinking about her miserable appearance makes his heart ache with pain. Not to mention seeing it with his own eyes, heaven knows how much he wants to kill that person with his own hands to avenge her!

  He merely disfigured him and yet he still thought himself too soft-hearted...

  Bai Xin felt something was off as soon as she opened her eyes. Everything in front of her was black, and several parts of her body ached. She suspected it was caused by the collision with the window yesterday, but what's with the strip of cloth covering her eyes?

  She raised her hand, just about to pull down the cloth strip over her eyes, when her hand was caught by someone.

  The familiar big hands were thick and warm, making her heart slightly calmer.

  "Awake?" The man's low, gentle voice came, and then she was enveloped in his arms, leaning against the familiar heartbeat, her face stroked by his warm palm. His voice was hoarse, with an unmistakable tension, "Is it very painful?"

  "What's going on? Why is my eyes covered?" She pulled her hand out of his and tried to pull off the cloth covering her eyes.

  Yan Mo hurriedly grabbed her hand again: "Don't move, the doctor said that you should not see light for these two days, and take it off after two days."

  "Oh." Bai Xincheng responded with a single word, thinking back to the blurry scene he had witnessed earlier, and guessing what it was, so he didn't make another sound.

  Leaning in his warm embrace, smelling the familiar scent on him, feeling the tension he emitted, she couldn't help but wrap her arms around his waist, taking in the warmth he gave her, even rubbing against his neck like a spoiled cat.

  "Ink, I'm dying of pain on my body." Unable to bear it, Bai Xincheng muttered in a low voice, her tone rarely carrying the grievance that only a small woman could have.

  He was already worried about her, and now hearing her coquettish words, Yan Mo's face sank, and he quickly put her on the bed, reaching out to untie the belt around her waist.

  "Don't move, I'll apply the medicine again. Just bear with it for these two days, and it will be fine once the bruise fades." He whispered in her ear, and finally, his thin lips lightly touched hers, his deep black eyes filled with tenderness.

  She never complained in front of herself, rarely saw her acting coquettishly, yet it was under such circumstances...

  Bai Xin was originally going to stop him, although the two had been married for some time, but after all, she couldn't be so open in front of him, and with her eyes covered, her body was even more sensitive. Chi Guo returned to Chi Guo, what she feared most was that he would lose control.

  But as she felt his large hand gently applying ointment to her sore spots, she let out a slight sigh of relief. Anyway, she couldn't see his expression, which avoided a lot of awkwardness, and she just let him take care of herself.

  Smelling the familiar incense in the house, she knew they had returned to the other courtyard.

  "By the way, what's going on with that beautiful lady's mansion? What does your young master do?" Although ancient brothels were legal, thinking about him being involved with one made her feel uncomfortable. She was a thorough modern person after all!

  Her own husband actually opened a bar, this is clearly intended to stimulate her to death.

  He gazed at her with a dazed expression, seeing that she was clearly bothered by this matter. His eyes flickered lightly as his thin lips curled up slightly. After helping her apply the medicine and adjusting her clothes, he lay down beside her, letting her rest her head on his arm, before speaking in a soft voice:

  "The Mei Ren Zhuang was brought by my father from Bei Yuan, it's his influence in Bei Yuan. After being summoned back to the capital by the Emperor, he couldn't abandon it, so he moved it to the capital together. Later, Mei Ren Zhuang took root in the capital. I'm just naturally accepting my father's legacy, it has nothing to do with me personally."

  Listening to his patient explanation, Bai Xiner's heart finally felt a little relieved. Alright, it was her being too sensitive, but who wouldn't be unable to accept such a thing immediately?

  "What's the beautiful lady doing? Is it just an ordinary brothel?" Thinking of the old procuress who called herself nameless, she felt that it wasn't as simple as she had thought. She was clearly from the Imperial Palace of Feng De, so how could she appear in a brothel?

  "The Mei Ren Zhuang was indeed a brothel, and it was precisely this identity that allowed the Mei Ren Zhuang to conceal its other purposes..."

  Leaning on his arm, Bai Xinzhen quietly listened to him talk about Meiren Village.

  The establishment of the Mei Ren Zhuang also has a story behind it. In the northern territories, due to the phenomenon of favoring sons over daughters, many women suffered from bullying and hardship, and some were even abandoned outside with no home to return to.

  At that time, the ruler of the northern region, King Kitahara, took many measures, but ultimately could not change the phenomenon of many women freezing to death on the streets. At that time, in the beautiful woman's mansion in Kitahara, the behind-the-scenes boss was a close friend of King Kitahara, and seeing King Kitahara's distress, he proposed to take in those wandering women who had no home to return to. However, there was one condition: these women must be willing to receive guests, after all, even if the beautiful woman's mansion had a rich foundation, it would not be possible to support a large number of idle people for a long time.

  Having such a place to settle down, compared to the miserable situation of being homeless and freezing to death on the streets, many women voluntarily joined Mei Ren Zhuang. However, due to the low social status of women at that time, in order to protect these poor women from being humiliated and killed by customers, Bei Yuan Wang secretly arranged for people to teach and train them into skilled individuals.

  In this kind of place, under the indulgence and extravagance, it was also a place where men discussed and chatted. Those women, in gratitude for Huang Wang's kindness, would report to him whenever they heard any news. As a result, Mei Ren Zhuang gradually became an important place for gathering intelligence.

  Bei Yuan Wang was summoned back to the capital, and Mei Ren Zhuang, in order to repay his kindness, also moved to the capital together with him. Although many years had passed, the beauties in Mei Ren Zhuang changed one batch after another, but the rules set by Mei Ren Zhuang itself did not change with the passage of time.

  The beauties of Mei Ren Zhuang are getting more and more cunning with each generation, not to mention their exceptional skills. They are scattered all over the capital city. Unless a man never goes to Mei Ren Zhuang, any man who redeems one of its beauties is essentially buying himself a surveillance device.

  Bai Xinzhi was rescued also because two days ago, Wang Fengde happened to take away two beauties from the Beauty Village, and the voices heard in the garden were those of people from the Beauty Village.

  These things sounded like Arabian Nights to Bai Xiner, and without being there in person, it was hard to feel the reality. But Meiren Village indeed existed, and she had indeed been rescued by its people.

  After hearing the story of Mei Ren Zhuang, her mentality also underwent some changes. Women in this era are humble and nameless, with no status or prestige. They are different from those in a society where men and women are equal. In this era, they do not have many opportunities for self-improvement, and society does not provide them with much space for development. Their path is very narrow, so narrow that it can easily lead to a dead end.

  These women are both pitied and admired. So many years have passed since the death of Huang Wangdu, yet they still guard the Mei Ren Zhuang, even if they were redeemed and gained freedom, they still haven't forgotten that they are people from Mei Ren Zhuang.

  The women of the brothel still know how to repay kindness and righteousness. Looking at other so-called aristocratic families, comparing these women with them is an insult to these women.

  Having lived two lives, it's natural to make comparisons between the white heart and the stained heart, and there are many indescribable feelings in my heart.

  She fell silent for a moment, then suddenly remembered her own affairs and couldn't help but ask: "Mo Yu, where is Xue Ying? Where is she?"

  Every time she woke up, Blood Shadow would basically appear, but after waking up twice, his figure was nowhere to be seen.

  Her face sank: "She was detained by the Emperor in the palace."

  Bai Xin changed color in shock: "What does it mean? Why did the Emperor detain her?"

  As for the news in the palace, Yan Mo wasn't very clear about it, but he also learned about it roughly from the person who was summoned to enter the palace. As for the tragic case that occurred in the central palace, he was indeed shocked, only because the one who took action was Xue Ying, and he could understand it.

  What is something she can't do for someone who has been trained as an assassin since childhood?

  And he also wanted to know why the queen had brought his woman into the palace, whether she and King Fude were colluding to deal with them as a couple.

  He didn't tell Bai Xinzhi that three imperial edicts had been issued in the palace, all of which ordered him to enter the palace immediately.

  As for Bai Xing's doubts, Yan Mo didn't hide anything and told her what had happened in the imperial palace.

  Upon hearing this news, Bai Xinzhi immediately rubbed his forehead, and his already slightly aching head suddenly hurt even more.

  "Mo Yu, what is she doing now?" Why has this girl never been normal? "What to do now? Is the emperor going to let her pay with her life?"

  Yan Mo didn't say a word, his handsome face was tense, his eyes were gloomy, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

  "My goodness! Oh no... It hurts me to death!" Bai Xinting couldn't help but cry out, pressing her fingers against her forehead.

  What kind of people did she meet anyway?

  Why don't you use your brain when doing things?!

  How can this be settled now that things have been blown up so big?

  How can that girl be so heartless! Not to mention whether the emperor will take responsibility for himself, just thinking that the girl might pay with her life, she's already guilty of ten capital crimes!

  "Where does it hurt?" Seeing her wailing, Yan Mo was startled and quickly sat up straight, tensely looking at her, "Where's the pain? Let me take a look?"

  Without waiting for a reply, he turned his head towards the anxious low growl outside the door and shouted: "Someone come! Hurry to the palace to invite the imperial physician——"

  Bai Xin was not joking around with him, but really felt an unbearable headache.

  These days, too many things have happened, it's better not to think about them, but once you start thinking, she really gets a headache.

  Feng De Wang and Liu Xue Lan jumped off the cliff, but there is still no news coming back, nor does anyone know whether they have encountered an accident or not, whether they are alive or... Although the two of them didn't have much to do with their husbands and wives, it was because of their husbands and wives that they met with danger.

  After all, Liu Xue Lan lived in their home, and under their noses, a tragedy occurred, they as husband and wife cannot shirk this responsibility.

  This matter has not been settled yet, and another twist has emerged.

  At present, Xue Ying is being detained in the palace, and her life or death cannot be determined for the time being. However, no matter what, she is now her own person. Since returning to Beijing from Mao Shan Village, Xue Ying has been devoted to serving her, even going so far as to wait on her hand and foot. Now that something has happened, how can she just stand by and do nothing?

  To be honest, Xue Ying is a hundred times, no, a thousand times better than her mother!

  What's wrong?

  Her blood shadow ah——

  In retrospect, it was all her fault. She had been careless and forgotten Blood Shadow's origins, neglecting the fact that his way of thinking was different from ordinary people...

  No one knew how much she wanted to knock herself out at this moment...

  ……

  In the Imperial Palace

  Xia Gao didn't wait for Yan Mo's news, but instead waited for news from the imperial physician.

  Upon learning of Bai Xin's injury, he was shocked and vaguely understood some things.

  Knowing that Yan Moyu would definitely not enter the palace, after settling the injured Xia Yunhao, the sky had already brightened, but he couldn't rest either. He let Dequan inform the various ministers that today's court was exempted, and ordered people to prepare a horse-drawn carriage, hurrying to the detached house where Yan Moyu and others lived.

  Bai Xin fell asleep after the imperial physician left, and Yan Mo didn't dare to leave her side in case something happened. When Xia Gao arrived, he didn't seem surprised at all, and directly had someone lead Xia Gao into the room, speaking with him from behind a layer of bed curtains.

  From the imperial physician, Xia Gao already knew about Bai Xinzhu's injury. Now being so coldly treated by his son, although he had grievances in his heart, he couldn't afford to flare up.

  Standing in the center of the house, looking at the bed curtain that blocked his line of sight, he furrowed his brows and asked sternly: "Tell me, is her accident related to Prince Fude?"

  He lowered his eyelids and gazed at the woman sleeping peacefully in his arms, as if he was annoyed that someone had come to disturb him. His face was dark and gloomy, with a cold air swirling at the bottom of his eyes, which could be clearly felt even through the layer of bed curtains.

  "Why doesn't His Majesty take the trouble to ask Fu De Wang directly?" His voice was extremely low, but it couldn't hide the indifference in his words.

  "Fude Wang was burned by a big fire in the mansion and is still unconscious!" Xia Gao gritted his teeth.

  "Is that so?" Yan Mo's soft response was filled with cold air, even colder than before. "For someone who tried to violate another man's wife to still be alive is already a blessing from heaven."

  At these words, Xia Gao's pupils suddenly widened: "What did you say?!"

  That beast actually dares...

  He can now be certain who did it at Fu De Wang Fu!

  But he never thought there was such a dirty inside story!

  The queen admitted that she was the one who brought Princess Chong into the palace, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get out of Princess Chong where she went, and didn't expect to be fooled by that beast!

  The other day, when mentioning the crimes committed by that beast, King Xiang still had a mind to cover up for him. Unexpectedly, in such a short period of time, he personally took action. It turned out that behind his back, that beast actually did such a thing!

  It serves you right!

  Xia Gao's chest was trembling uncontrollably, these past few days he had been unable to calm down due to the matter of Feng De Wang falling off a cliff. Now with the addition of the tragic events in the imperial palace and Fu De Wang being injured, he now hated it so much that he wished he could vomit blood and die.

  "Your Majesty, my wife and child are injured and need to rest. Forgive me for not being able to welcome you warmly. If there's nothing else, please return to the palace." The indifferent words came one by one from behind the bed curtains. "For the past two days, I'm afraid I've been too busy. Since Your Majesty has come, I'll take this opportunity to ask for leave. I need time to care for my wife and child, and temporarily cannot handle state affairs on behalf of Your Majesty. Please don't blame me."

  What else can Xia Gao say?

  He's not seeing his son being extremely attentive to this woman for the first time, didn't he also quit his official position for her sake last time?

  With great difficulty, he steadied his nerves and didn't refuse. "I'll go back first, you take good care of her, if you need any medicine, send someone to the palace to get it." Considering this maid had helped him before, he naturally wouldn't make things difficult for the couple.

  Less than a quarter of an hour later, Xia Gao left the other courtyard and hastily returned to the palace.

  Something big has happened in the imperial palace, and a solution must be found. The most important thing now is to silence others to prevent controversy in the court...

  And there's also the matter of Fu De Wang...

  This beast, he now truly can't wait to kill him with his own hands!

  ……

  In the imperial palace, Xia Gao had been absent from court for three consecutive days. As for what happened in the Zhong Palace and the Fude Wangfu, although the news was blocked, the officials in the court still heard the rumors. Some even dug up a part of the story without knowing who it was.

  It's just that Xia Gao deliberately blocked the news, so people didn't dare discuss it openly.

  Three days later, all officials received an imperial edict. The edict stated that Xia Gao demoted Xia Yunhao from the position of Crown Prince to Duke of Fude due to his lack of virtue and moral character, stripping him of his royal status and banishing him to a remote border region, never to be allowed to enter the imperial court again for all eternity.

  As soon as this edict was issued, the whole court was in an uproar. All officials requested to see and ask about the reason, but Xia Gao refused everyone at the gate with a dragon's body illness.

  As for Xia Gaoben himself, since his accession to the throne, he has been governing the country with benevolence and diligence, loving the people, and the Shu Xia Kingdom has been prosperous and peaceful under his rule. However, due to the matter of the crown prince, he feels ashamed to face others despite his achievements.

  For three days, he steeled himself and thoroughly investigated Prince Pongdeok's Xia Yunhao. The result was that if he hadn't looked into it, he wouldn't have known, but after seeing the results of the investigation, he almost vomited blood and fainted from anger.

  He admitted that over the years, due to guilt, he had been somewhat biased towards Cheng Wang. However, he also sincerely cultivated the eldest son who was established as the crown prince from a young age. He never expected that the eldest son not only killed his brother and father but also plotted in secret for a long time. During Xia Yunhao's reign, he colluded with court officials, bribed officials, excluded dissenters, and ensured his own position in the court.

  In short, it's just one word away from being utterly despicable!

  With a heavy heart and a bitter taste in his mouth, he had no choice but to make a ruthless decision.

  It is shameful to expose family ugliness and cannot be made public, so he can only refuse the courtiers' visit and hide in the palace with a gloomy spirit.

  ……

  Fude Temple

  Upon learning that her son was injured and dethroned, Empress Chu had not returned to the palace for three consecutive days, staying by Xia Yunhao's side until he woke up.

  Nowadays Xia Yunhao has not only lost his original beauty, but also suffered severe burns on his body. It can be said that except for the fact that he is still alive, he has almost become a useless person.

  The son has become like this now, Empress Chu had long cried out all her tears, and seeing him wake up was even more heart-wrenching beyond description.

  "Empress Dowager..." On the bed, Xia Yunhao, who was covered in injuries, weakly called out as he saw Empress Chu appear in his mansion.

  "Imperial son, are you awake?" Chu Ling sat on the edge of the bed, looking at him with a mixture of heartache and tension. So many things had happened, she didn't know how to start telling her own son about them. She hadn't closed her eyes for several days in a row, and now her face was pale and haggard, her eyes red and swollen, her usual radiant complexion hidden behind exhaustion, as if she had aged ten years overnight.

  "Mother, I... lost." Looking at Chu Ling, Xia Yunhao's voice was hoarse, his originally beautiful phoenix eyes now dull and hopeless.

  From the moment it caught fire, he knew he had lost, and lost miserably!

  It's him, too impatient!

  He originally had a supreme position of honor, and in fact he was also clear that even if the emperor did not like him, as long as he did not make mistakes, the future throne could still be his, just because he was the eldest son, just because he was established as the crown prince since childhood.

  A momentary greed and jealousy prompted him to take action prematurely, without considering the consequences, only to end up with nothing today.

  At that moment, he was somewhat regretful of his past actions. Why had he been so impulsive? Why hadn't he just stayed as the crown prince, superior to all others? Why had he listened to others' words?

  What's the use of knowing all this? Now he has become like this, those scorching pains are clearly telling him that in this life, he is not destined for that position...

  "Son, cheer up." Chu Ling's heart ached as she looked at the despair in her son's eyes, and tears fell again. "Son, don't be afraid, I'll always be with you, don't think too much, okay? For your own sake, for mine, you must cheer up..."

  In Xia Yunhao's ear, Chu Ling kept saying comforting words. No one was more heartbroken and desperate than her, but she knew that she couldn't fall down. If she fell down, what would happen to her imperial son?

  Chu Ling's soothing voice continued to enter Xia Yunhao's ears, Xia Yunhao listened quietly for a long time before softly saying to Chu Ling: "Mother... the child is a bit tired..."

  Worrying about his body, Chuling naturally took his will as the main priority, wiping away tears and tucking him in, speaking in a sobbing tone: "You rest well, Mother won't disturb you for now, remember Mother's words, don't think too much about anything, taking good care of your body is the most important thing."

  Just after Chuling left

  A figure slowly stepped into the room, each step so cautious and gentle, as if afraid of disturbing the person on the bed at any moment.

  Xia Yunhao hadn't fallen asleep. Since Empress Chu left, his eyes had been staring blankly at the top, his thoughts long gone.

  The room was very quiet, so quiet it seemed as if it could suffocate people.

  A faint sound approached him, and he gradually came back to his senses. He turned sideways to look, and for a moment, he was stunned.

  "What are you doing here?" Suddenly, for a moment, he wanted to turn his head and not let the other person see his disheveled state, not let them see his already ruined face. But the other person's appearance made him seem unbelievable, his gaze fell on that silhouette, looking at her seriously and intently for the first time.

  "I was worried about you, so I came to take a look." The woman's voice was very low and gentle.

  "You can leave, don't come back again. I'm like this now, you appearing here, I thought you were here to humiliate me." Compared to his usual dignified and arrogant tone, Xia Yunhao's voice was very low and light at this moment, as if he had changed into a different person.

  "We've met before, Bi'er has come today specifically to bid farewell to Your Excellency."

  Upon hearing this, Xia Yunhao's eyes flashed with a hint of complexity. Looking at the figure by the bed, he asked in a low voice: "Are you leaving? Has He Ming abandoned you?"

  The woman shook her head and didn't say another word. She suddenly sat down beside the bed, slowly stretching out her hand to cover his face wrapped in white cloth.

  At her touch, Xia Yunhao furrowed his brow, but didn't refuse, his gaze deepened, looking at her with a complex expression, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat for no reason.

  After the incident, he only saw his mother guarding him by his side and did not see anyone else. Even Sandor, who had been following him for many years, did not see him appear, nor did his queen, who also didn't show up for some reason.

  But this woman who shouldn't have appeared was standing in his room, gazing at him with an extremely reluctant look...

  "Your Highness, Bi'er is leaving, Beijing is no longer a place where Bi'er can stay. This time I came specifically to bid farewell to Your Highness, and I don't know when Bi'er will be able to meet with Your Highness again..."

  "Where are you going?" At this moment, Xia Yunhao's gaze at her was much gentler, perhaps he had realized his own defeat and outcome, he put away his usual high-and-mighty attitude, using his rare serious gaze to look at the woman.

  The woman pursed her lips, and after a moment suddenly said: "Wang Ye, considering Bi'er has followed you through thick and thin, today let Bi'er take care of you, as a farewell gift for Bi'er, okay?"

  Xia Yunhao looked at her with a complex expression for a long time before slowly nodding his head.

  ……

  The next day

  Chu Ling fainted in the Fongde Wangfu.

  At the same time, news of the death of Wang Xiaoyu and a woman in the mansion also spread throughout the capital instantly.

  When Xia Gao heard the news, he was also heartbroken and grief-stricken. Although Xia Yunhao had been stripped of his title and demoted to a commoner, Xia Gao still ordered that his body be buried in the imperial mausoleum. Although the funeral was extremely low-key, it was still an acknowledgment of his identity as a descendant of the Xia clan.

  For many days in a row, the entire Shu Xia Imperial City seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds. The Emperor's dragon body was ill, and he had not attended the morning court for many days.

  Another courtyard

  Bai Xincheng was also shocked when he heard the news.

  Although she had guessed that Xia Yunhao and Bai Xingbi were having an affair, and that the child in Bai's belly was likely Xia's, she hadn't expected them to die together.

  These days, she was kept in the house all day long. Although her injuries had almost healed, and her eyes, which had been on the verge of blindness, were saved thanks to the imperial physician's meticulous treatment, Detian still didn't dare to be careless and continued to keep a close eye on her.

  It's said that the Emperor has not been attending court for a long time, and Bai Xin had also guessed some of the reasons. Not to mention the Emperor's bad mood, even a certain man in her family had been depressed for several days.

  "Mo Yu, why don't you go into the palace and take a look at him?" She couldn't help but suggest as she looked at the man reading with his head down at the edge of the table.

  You've been reading this page for almost an hour, can't you just turn to the next page?

  Obviously worried to death in his heart, but he had to pretend to be calm in front of her, and hadn't seen such an awkward person.

  "Who's there?" The man didn't move, he just raised his eyelids slightly, and was calm to the extreme.

  Seeing him still pretending, Bai Xinzhen was speechless.

  "Never mind, since you don't want to go see him, I'll go instead. After all, he is my father-in-law, if I don't go visit him, it won't be right." She said as she started getting dressed and ready.

  And she also wanted to go into the palace to take a look at Xue Ying.

  The emperor has been dragging on the blood shadow's case and hasn't dealt with it yet. It's precisely because of this that people are even more uneasy.

  Kill or chop, at least make a sound, after all she is still the master of Blood Shadow!

  Seeing her get out of bed, Yan Mo hurriedly put down the book in his hand and walked over to pick her up, holding her tightly in his arms without letting her move.

  "What are you going there for? You haven't even taken good care of yourself yet. Now that you're going, who knows if others will think you've brought them bad luck!"

  Upon hearing this, Bai Xin's mouth twitched slightly at the corner. He looked up at him and said with a straight face, "So are you going or not?"

  Looking at his gloomy and expressionless handsome face for the past few days, she knew it was because of Fu De Wang's matter. No matter what, he was still his brother. Compared to her cold relationship with Bai Xin Bi, although they were not close, they had grown up watching each other since childhood.

  He didn't want to go to the palace, the main reason was that he didn't know how to face the emperor, did she think she didn't know?

  She put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and after doing all this, Mo Yu sat down at the head of the bed, looking down at her: "I'll go to the palace later, you stay in the house, don't go anywhere, okay?"

  Bai Xin's eyes sparkled with mischief: "I also want to enter the palace, I want to take a look at Xue Ying."

  He gently stroked her face with his hand, saying in a low voice, "Don't worry about Blood Shadow, besides, even if you went, you wouldn't be able to see her. She's someone the Emperor has cultivated, and he won't let you easily meet her."

  "Then do you think the Emperor will kill her?" The Emperor has not announced the outcome of the Imperial Palace's handling, and it has been hanging like this for a long time. She is also worried about it all the time. Not to mention that she wants to save someone, now she can't even see anyone.

  Knowing what was on her mind, Yan Mo let out a sigh and said, "You don't have to worry too much about her, trust me, she'll be fine."

  The person whom the emperor has spent a great deal of effort cultivating, how could he be killed so easily?

  It's just a matter of suffering a bit.

  But for someone like Xue Ying, who can disregard even his own life, what's a bit of hardship?

  He didn't dare to tell her these words clearly, if he did, she would only become more concerned and worried.

  His words of comfort slightly eased Bai Xin's tightly wound heart.

  The two of them said a few words, and then Mo Yu left the other courtyard and went to the imperial palace.

  Deep in the mountains and old valleys

  Xia Li Xun has been fortunate these past few days that his endurance is strong enough, otherwise he would have been driven mad by a certain woman.

  He had originally planned to find a way back to Beijing earlier, but he didn't know that a certain woman suddenly refused to leave, and not only did she refuse to leave, but also said something about planning to spend her days in this desolate and uninhabited deep mountain valley.

  Just hearing her say those words was enough to make him vomit blood.

  He is a dignified prince of the previous generation, with a wealthy family and a prominent status. Why should he live in this desolate place like a savage instead of seeking to rule the world or enjoy wealth and honor in the capital?

  This woman is obviously doing it on purpose!

  Deliberately trying to give him a heart attack!

  And as for that 'one husband one wife' nonsense, he really wished he could leave immediately and never recognize this woman again.

  Looking at the whole world, how many men are monogamous? Moreover, marrying a wife is fundamentally not up to him to decide.

  Although Emperor Cheng of Han was said to have favored Empress Zhao Feiyan alone, didn't he also have a bunch of women in his harem?

  He could be certain that this woman was intentionally making things difficult for him!

  Liu Xue Lan didn't know what kind of good medicine Xia Li Xuan had brought her, anyway after applying the ointment he gave her, the wound healed quickly. Previously at Bai Xin Ran's place she was also recovering well, and now after using those ointments, she was almost fully recovered.

  These days, neither of them has said anything. She really wants to ignore a man who keeps following her, but he won't leave no matter what she says, so she can only continue ignoring him to the end.

  Although the mountain valley is desolate and remote, it won't starve you to death.

  When she was thirsty, she went to the stream to drink water. When she was hungry, she went to pick wild fruits. If she really wanted to eat something nutritious, she would go into the forest to hunt for pheasants or other small game. After several days, she not only didn't feel miserable but instead felt extremely comfortable.

  Then, I simply won't go.

  I thought a certain man would get tired of her and leave directly, but after waiting for several days, there was no sign of him wanting to leave.

  Just thinking about how they've been entangled for so many years, and maybe still will be in the future, makes her feel suffocated. Anyway, no matter how she looks at a certain man, he just doesn't seem right.

  That evening, looking at the woman sitting by the fire pit eating roasted meat alone, Xia Lixun could no longer bear it and stepped forward to snatch the roasted game from the woman's hand. With a dark face, he growled at the woman: "Liu Xuehan, have you had enough? How long do you want to linger here?"

  He snatched the food from her, but Liu Xuelan didn't get angry. She calmly picked up another piece of unroasted game from a nearby rock, threaded it onto a wooden skewer and continued to roast it.

  "Liuxue Lan!" Xia Lihuan glared angrily. But no matter how wide he opened his eyes, the other person treated him as if he didn't exist.

  With great difficulty, she had just managed to roast the wild game in her hands again, but before she could even put it to her mouth, it was suddenly snatched away from her once more.

  She took a glance at the stone beside her and saw that there was nothing left to roast, she expressionlessly patted her hands and lifted her skirt hem to leave.

  "Where are you going?" Xia Lixun suddenly grabbed her wrist, scowling and asking. It was already dark, what did she still want to do? Wasn't she afraid of running into some beasts or wolves?

  "I'm going to find something to eat." She replied faintly without turning back, and casually shook her hand, trying to shake off the big hand.

  "Take it!" Xia Lixuan's chest heaved with anger, clearly showing that she was really going to go find something to eat. Helpless, he could only return the two strings of game to her.

  "I don't want something that others have touched, you'd better keep it for yourself."

  Upon hearing this, Xia Lixuan spat out blood again. "......?!" He hadn't even finished eating yet!

  "Take it away!" He roughly stuffed the wooden branch with wild game into her hands, and threatened, "If you dare to throw it away, I'll eat you today!"

  Thinking of what happened two days ago, he is still gritting his teeth.

  He went out of his way to pick wild fruits for her, but she didn't even show any gratitude. Instead, she smashed everything he picked. The game he hunted, she wouldn't even give it a glance. Every day, she only ate her own food, drank her own water, slept in her own bed, and didn't care if he would starve to death.

  Doesn't everyone say that women take care of men best?

  Why can't this woman take care of him?

  He was so angry that he deliberately starved himself for a whole day, but the other person didn't even give him a straight look, let alone show any concern. At that moment, he wasn't on the verge of starving to death, but rather suffocating from anger.

  Holding two strings of roasted game, Liu Xuelan didn't refuse, turned around and sat down on a nearby rock, biting one mouthful with her right hand and another with her left, savoring the food with relish.

  "......?!" A certain old man who was completely ignored expressed extreme frustration. His face turned pale, and the sound of grinding his teeth grew louder. Can't this woman leave some for him?!

  It's been a few days since Liu Xuelan has been living by the rule of sleeping as soon as it gets dark. After finishing her barbecue, she casually wiped her mouth and lay down on a pile of dry grass, closing her eyes to start sleeping.

  She had just closed her eyes when someone appeared beside her. Without even lifting an eyelid, she expressionlessly turned over and continued sleeping.

  "Yǔ Xuě Lán." The man suddenly called out beside her ear.

  “……”

  "Xuě Lán." This time his voice was much softer, with a hint of magnetism.

  “……”

  "Lan'er..." Suddenly, the man's tone changed, his intimate term of endearment whispered with enchantment.

  "...?!" The woman behind him inexplicably shuddered.

  "Lan'er, can't you just stop bothering me and come back with me? Look at this place, it's so desolate that even birds won't shit here. There isn't even a decent place to sleep. Living here is just self-torture."

  Behind him, the man's low and husky voice was unusually patient and gentle.

  "Who says there's no bird poop here? I see this place is full of bird poop everywhere. If King Pongdeok can't get used to it, then please leave quickly." The woman spoke indifferently.

  Looking at the woman with her back to him, Xia Lixun's face turned black, as if his face was covered in bird droppings, and he looked as ugly as possible.

  The fists of both hands suddenly grasped the woman's shoulders, pulling her back, and the phoenix eyes sprayed fire, staring at her: "Speak! Are you going to follow this king or not?"

  As for his anger, Liu Xue Lan merely lifted her eyelids and gave him a faint glance. "I'm not related to you, nor do I have any dealings with you, so why should I follow you?"

  "You!" Xia Lixuan suddenly narrowed his eyes and coldly snorted, "You won't follow me? Then I'll take care of you right here!"

  He turned her into his own woman, and he didn't believe she still wanted to dump him!

  Looking at his face suddenly pressing over, Liu Xue Lan quickly turned her head away. The last time he bit her was unbearable and she didn't like it one bit, so naturally she wouldn't let him take liberties with her again.

  Xia Lixun originally just wanted to scare her, so that this woman would be softer, but as a result, she saw the woman not only hiding and not letting him get close, but also with a face full of disgust, suddenly his whole face turned even darker.

  He grasped her shoulder and went even more wildly to capture the woman's lips.

  Liu Xuelan was already not weak, and with this rejection of him at the moment, he almost went all out to prevent him from succeeding.

  The two of them were shouting on the dry grass heap, neither willing to show weakness.

  One desperately wants to take the woman down, another desperately wants to push the man away.

  One is determined to knock down a woman, and one is cold-hearted enough to kick away a man.

  It's not like fighting, nor is it like flirting, but the action of grabbing and pulling lacks any beauty or tenderness.

  After dozens of rounds, Xia Lixuan's eyes spewed fire, and he couldn't wait to bite the woman in front of him to death.

  Liu Xuelan was also furious, looking at this man who had suddenly turned into a beast, she wished she could kick him to the sky.