next day

After a series of rustling sounds outside the Yanyue Palace, it became quiet. I don't know how many hours passed. The warm wind mixed with the smell of December lightly blew over the yellowed locust leaves outside the window. Xu An turned over and freed his left arm that was numb from being pressed.

She only felt that there were countless bugs crawling on her left arm, but it didn't matter. She was sleeping so soundly that she couldn't be awakened by thunder or lightning, and she was still dreaming of getting rich.

"Xu An, Xu An, Xu An!"

Xu An frowned at the increasingly irritable female voice and turned over impatiently, "Who is it? It's so noisy!"

"Are you still going to complete your mission? Half a month is almost up, and you haven't even been to the Demon Realm. Do you really want to die here?"

"I know, I know."

Hearing her impatient mumbling, the man paused and was speechless.

I am so unlucky to have to deal with a scoundrel like Xu An. "I will give you one more month. The deadline is here. If you fail to complete the task, the system will self-destruct."

……

Warm light sprinkled on the window lattice. Xiaoyu would knock on Xu An's door in the past, but today it was unusually quiet.

It was not until noon that Xu An sat up unsteadily and stayed awake for a long time before getting out of bed.

"Xiao Yu--" she called in a daze with her eyes half closed.

"I'm here, Miss." Xiaoyu was right outside the door when she heard the noise. She pushed the door open and brought in food. "Miss, I've prepared some mung bean pastry today. You can try it. You might like it."

"Where's Ze'an?"

"Ah... Young Master..." Xiaoyu moved her eyes and stuttered. After Xu An finished cleaning his hands, he raised his eyes in confusion, "What's wrong? What happened to Ze'an?"

"My lady, Master Ze'an returned to Xiahou Mansion early in the morning."

"Are you in such a hurry to go back? Really, you didn't ask me to come along. I was planning to go back and stay for a few days. Xiaoyu, go and help me prepare the carriage, and we'll set off soon."

"By the way, I'll go see Father Shen before I leave. I sleep until this hour every day and never greet them. It's really not polite."

As he spoke, Xu An also sighed with emotion. When he first met the emperor, he felt that he was extremely majestic, especially when he arranged a marriage for Shen Ran. The emperor's ruthlessness was fully demonstrated. For the sake of the alliance between the two countries, even the daughter of his own brother had to obey.

If it weren't for my mother's romantic debts, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to escape at that time.

But now, the emperor dotes on her to death, and the rewards are piling up like a mountain. She is given gold hairpins and gold jewelry every now and then. She doesn't even have to get up early to pay her respects, and can sleep until she wakes up naturally every day.

Hiss, it has to be my mom. I don’t know what kind of person my dad is. He even surpasses Shen’s dad.

"Miss...Xiaoyu is wrong!"

Xu An was just imagining what her father looked like when she saw Xiaoyu suddenly kneel down.

"Xiaoyu, what are you doing? What did you do wrong?"

Xiaoyu buried her head and stuttered to explain, "Miss, in fact, Master Ze'an has already gone to the border of the Cold Demon Kingdom with the emperor..."

"What? When did it happen? Why do we have to go to the Frost Demon Country?"

"My lady, we will set off at 11:00 a.m., and..."

Xiaoyu was confused. Her hesitation made Xu An ask, "What else?"

As soon as she finished asking, Xiaoyu suddenly bowed her head, "There are also the Third Prince, Princess Liyang, Imperial Censor Zhu, some of the sect's disciples, the young master and young lady of the Wenyuan Marquis's mansion, the madam, the master, Young Master Wenyuan, Young Master Qingyu, and the Second Young Lady..."

A string of names came out of his mouth and Xu An blinked in confusion.

So almost everyone in Xiahou Mansion went there? Even the sect members brought their disciples there?

……

I just woke up from a nap and this person is already halfway there?

Thinking about it, Xu An slapped his face, feeling like he was dreaming.

"Xiaoyu, do you know why they went to the Cold Demon Country?"

"The barrier of the Cold Demon Country has been broken. The demons in the Demon Realm have been controlled by someone and their temperaments have changed. They escaped from the Black Water Pond in the Demon Realm and entered the Cold Demon Country, where they began to wreak havoc. I heard that some of the demons have already fled to the Mist Country, so His Majesty has ordered the border of Mu'an to be sealed off, just in case."

Xu An was puzzled. "Why didn't you tell me? Even Shen Ran went there. How could I, a princess personally appointed by His Majesty, hide in my lair?"

"Miss, the Emperor and his wife don't want you to be in danger. Master Ze'an and the others know that if you knew about it, you would definitely follow them, so they specifically told us to keep it a secret, but..."

After hearing what Xiaoyu said, Xu An supported her chin helplessly. She didn't know what to say.

After a banquet, he took a nap, but when he woke up, his whole family had gone to the battlefield, while he was still being kept in a greenhouse.

What should I say?

I am a goddess after all, and having me with you will definitely be a great help.

No, I have to go. The demon's sex change might be caused by a fallen devil. Most of Mu Anjun's men have no spiritual power, so their lives may be in danger.

"Xiaoyu, do you have a blueprint for going to the Cold Demon Country?"

"Miss... The Cold Demon Country is very far away. There is no way to get there without someone who knows the way."

Hearing her young lady's question, Xiaoyu naturally understood what she meant, but she could do nothing about it.

"Is the city gate still accessible now?"

"My lady, Censor Zhu has sent people to guard the city gates, and the Third Prince has also ordered you to stop them if you see them. The Royal Guards are also guarding outside the Yanyue Palace. I'm afraid we can't even leave the palace right now..."

Although Xiaoyu spoke weakly, her words gave Xu An a headache.

These men...are really...

Never mind, this can’t stop me.

"Xiaoyu, go find a doctor now and tell him that I have caught a cold."

"Yes."

After Xiaoyu left, Xu An rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, packing up all the gold, silver, jewelry, and fine clothes.

The bundle was filled with gold and silver jewellery alone, leaving little room for clothes.

"It seems like I brought too much money..."

Never mind, with money in hand, everything can be settled.

"Miss, Doctor Xiao is waiting outside the palace."

Xu An tightened his bag and said, "Let him in. I'll wait for him in Hanting."

"Yes."

After a while, she not only waited for Doctor Xiao but also waited for Asu Pei Ye.

"Xu An, why are you still staying here if you are not feeling well?"

Hearing the sound, I saw Asu Pei Ye rushing over with his hands clenched, followed by Doctor Xiao and Xiaoyu.

"I have met Princess Shen Yue."

"No need to be so polite." Xu An stood up and was about to help the imperial physician, but Asu Pei Ye took her arm with one hand and held her, "It's so windy outside, go in and take her pulse." As he said that, he was about to pick up the woman in front of him.

"Wait, I don't have a cold, Doctor Xiao, I need your help." Seeing Asu Pei Ye's action, Xu An lowered his hand and held his wrist, looking at the doctor with a serious expression.

"What do you want, Princess?"

Xu An came forward and whispered a few words, and the doctor's face changed drastically. He knelt down quickly and said, "Princess, please forgive me. I'm afraid I can't do anything about this."

"Doctor Xiao, if you succeed, you can get any reward you want. Just help me."

"Princess, please forgive me. I dare not disobey your Majesty's order."

……

Seeing his panicked look, Xu An frowned and sighed, "Ah."

"You go down first and tell them that Princess Shen Yue is seriously ill in bed and ask them to prescribe some medicine for her cold." Asu Pei Ye waved his hand to signal the imperial physician to leave.

"Yes."

After everyone left, Xu An turned around and sat down, folding the cup in his hand with a gloomy look on his face.

She still underestimated the emperor's rigor in doing things, and now it seems that she can't even step out of the palace.

Even if we step out of the palace, there are still people arranged by Zhu Yu at the city gate. Once we leave the city gate, the Mu'an border will also be sealed...

God, can these men not be so reliable at times like this?

"You'd rather look so sad than ask me to do something?"

Asu Pei Ye leaned sideways with his chin supported with an expectant look on his face, and there was a hint of excitement in his eyes when he said this.

"Do you know what I'm going to do? How can you help?" From the way he said it seemed that he had a way, Xu An immediately raised his head and asked.

"Isn't it just about escaping from the palace and Mu An? I naturally have ways to help you, but..."

Asu Pei Ye smiled and half-closed his eyes with a hint of amusement. He deliberately hesitated to speak and looked carefully at the expression on Xu An's face.

"But what?"

Seeing the dazed look of the woman in front of him, he couldn't help but smile more obviously. He slowly moved his face closer to her ear and said seductively, "But you have to call me husband~"

"?" Xu An paused, a little confused. What did she hear? He actually asked her to call him husband? !

Seeing that she didn't come back to her senses, Asu Pei Ye chuckled, "You can call me husband or Pei Lang, my lady, just call me whichever one and it will be twice as effective as before."

……

As he was speaking, a cold hand suddenly pushed his face away, "Don't force me to beat you."

Xu An had a stern face, but Asu Pei Ye was even more shameless. He first held the cold hand tightly, and then pulled the other hand over and held them together.

He smiled like a scoundrel, "My lady, your hands are so cold, I will warm them for you. If you call me husband, I will pick the stars from the sky for you if you want them."

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