The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Everyone in the house turned their heads to look outside at the same time, only to see a group of people appear at the door at some point.

A man was in the center, wearing a dark satin robe, a belt with moon-white auspicious cloud patterns, a golden crown to hold his hair, his back was straight, and he exuded an unparalleled noble aura.

The man was wearing a golden mask with a lifelike golden dragon hovering on the right side of the mask. His forehead to nose were all covered by the mask.

This person was none other than the regent of Zhongyue State—Ye Xiaohan. Even though he was sitting in a wheelchair, he could not hide his intimidating aloof temperament.

Everyone in the room was shocked, and their hearts trembled.

Wei Bai pushed Ye Xiaohan into the door, and Ye Xiaohan looked around coldly.

Ye Chufeng walked forward and saluted with just the right amount of respect: "Nephew Ye Chufeng, I pay my respects to the Emperor's uncle."

Eunuch Li and others knelt on the ground and followed suit, "Greetings to King Ye, may your Majesty live a thousand years, a thousand years, and a thousand thousand years." The greetings came one after another.

"Yeah." Ye Xiaohan replied calmly, but his eyes were looking at Yun Mujiu.

A dark blue cross-collared moon-shaped skirt and a platinum-white mercury-beaded hair crown that tied up most of the black hair, leaving some hair loose.

Her eyebrows were lightly drawn, her lips were lightly painted red, and her little face was powdered but her complexion was pale.

The short hair on Yun Mujiu's cheeks was tied up along with her long hair, so you couldn't see that she had short hair. The scars on her forehead and face were covered up with some kind of makeup, so you couldn't see any signs of injury.

Ye Xiaohan came to Yun Mujiu, and Yun Mujiu bowed and saluted: "My concubine greets the prince."

Ye Xiaohan stretched out his broad palm towards Yun Mujiu.

Yun Mujiu was startled for a moment, but reacted quickly, holding Ye Xiaohan's right hand with a shy smile on his face.

No matter what her relationship with Ye Xiaohan was, they still had to pretend to be nice in front of others. If the two of them were not in harmony openly, it would only cause trouble for others to see it.

Ye Xiaohan felt the softness in his hand and frowned slightly. Why were Yun Mujiu's hands so cold?

He blurted out: "Why are your hands so cold if you don't put on more clothes?"

When these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Did they see it right? Did they hear it right?

Ye Xiaohan, who is stern and has murdered many people, actually held a woman's hand in public and said caring words!

Eunuch Li and Doctor Shi were also surprised that the relationship between King Ye and the Princess was really so good!

Ye Chufeng glanced at the clasped hands of Yun Mujiu and Ye Xiaohan inconspicuously, and a ripple appeared in his calm eyes.

Yun Mujiu smiled at Ye Xiaohan: "I'm fine. Maybe it's because I just went out and got a little windy, so my hands are cold."

Eunuch Li's expression was instantly awkward, because Yun Mujiu had left the courtyard and rushed to the main hall to receive an imperial decree. Seeing that Yun Mujiu did not dress up formally, it was clear that she had just heard the news of receiving an imperial decree and hurried over.

Ye Xiaohan's tone slowed down slightly, and he gently put Yun Mujiu's hand into his chest, "I will help you warm your hands."

Yun Mujiu was startled and didn't dare to make any big movements on her face. At the moment, she felt embarrassed, but she had to cooperate with Ye Xiaohan in acting in front of the palace people.

She said in a panic: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I'm not that cold." Yun Mujiu glanced around and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's just that... there are other people..."

Ye Xiaohan didn't say anything until he felt the temperature of Yun Mujiu's hands rising, then he let Yun Mujiu pull his hands away.

Seeing this, Wei Bai tactfully moved to the side, making room for Ye Xiaohan's wheelchair.

Yun Mujiu withdrew his hands, and seeing that no one was pushing Ye Xiaohan's wheelchair, he could only lean his hands on the back of Ye Xiaohan's chair.

Eunuch Li and others were all frowning. They came here to do serious business, not to watch King Ye and his wife show their affection!

Eunuch Li put on his signature smile, "Your Majesty, may I announce the decree now? I am here on the orders of the Emperor to deliver some gifts to His Majesty and Princess."

"Yes." Ye Xiaohan said coldly.

Eunuch Li was standing with the imperial edict in his hand. Ye Chufeng was the prince in the queue for issuing the imperial edict, so he did not have to kneel.

As for Ye Xiaohan, the late emperor gave him a privilege—no need to kneel down to receive an imperial decree. Even if the current emperor, Ye Haolian, is in power, he cannot disobey the late emperor's will.

Everyone else knelt on the ground to receive the order, including Yun Mujiu.

Yun Mujiu took a step forward, knelt beside Ye Xiaohan, and received the order together with Ye Xiaohan.

Ye Xiaohan's eyes narrowed slightly and his gaze turned towards Yun Mujiu.

Yun Mujiu half-bent his body, revealing a delicate and stubborn profile. Ye Xiaohan secretly observed Yun Mujiu's situation, and his sensitive nose smelled a very faint smell of blood.

The wound on Yun Mujiu's body split open!

Eunuch Li coughed lightly, then opened the imperial edict and read in a sharp voice: "In compliance with the will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees..."

The content of the imperial edict was extremely simple. It was that the emperor was concerned about the health of Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu, so he specially sent a lot of rare medicinal materials from other countries as tribute, and wanted his imperial physician Shi to treat Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu. In addition, coupled with two major events that happened recently in the Ye Mansion: the Ye Mansion was attacked, and Yun Mujiu was falsely accused of being a witch, the emperor also gave Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu a bunch of valuable items as a consolation.

Eunuch Li closed the imperial edict, walked forward a few steps, and held the imperial edict in both hands. "Your Highness, please accept the imperial edict."

Ye Xiaohan didn't say anything. Eunuch Li lowered his head and looked at Ye Xiaohan's golden mask from the corner of his eyes. He was panicking. Ye Wang had killed three martial emperors in the battlefield of Xiyi. Unfortunately, Ye Wang was disfigured in that battle, and no one had ever seen his true face since then.

However, Ye Xiaohan was not actually disfigured, he just spread the news that he was disfigured. Only people in the Ye Mansion could see Ye Xiaohan's true face, and people outside still thought that Ye Xiaohan could only wear a mask because of his damaged appearance.

Eunuch Li's hands began to tremble, and as soon as his eyes turned, he thought of Yun Mujiu. He tried to smile, "Your Majesty, I will let the princess take over first."

Eunuch Li took a step to the side, handed over the imperial edict, and said with a smile: "Princess, please accept the edict."

Yun Mujiu took the imperial edict and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Li." This imperial edict was useless and unimportant. Ye Xiaohan disdained to accept it, but she was the owner of the Ye Mansion, so she had to accept it.

Yun Mujiu took a deep breath, stood up, and the others followed suit.

Ye Chufeng turned and looked at his follower Cangfeng, "Present the gift list."

He took the gift list from Cang Feng's hand and said to Ye Xiaohan, "Uncle, this is the list of supplies given by my father. It lists the details."

"Yes." Ye Xiaohan tilted his head slightly and looked at Butler Zeng. Butler Zeng stepped forward to take the letter and said, "Thank you, Seventh Prince."

Ye Chufeng smiled politely, his peach blossom eyes half curved.

"Since the emperor has issued an order, why are you here?" Ye Xiaohan's eyes were sharp. He remembered that the first time Yun Mujiu concealed something was related to Ye Chufeng.

Ye Chufeng has never had any connection with the Ye Mansion, so there is no need for him to follow Eunuch Li to announce the decree.