After her luck was taken away, she fell in love with the woman who traveled through time.

Liang Tan, who was sleeping, felt the coolness of his fingertips and couldn't help but snort. Cui Ling withdrew his hand abruptly as if he had been electrocuted and twisted his fingers awkwardly.

Liang Tan slept until almost midnight. When he opened his eyes, he saw Cui Ling sitting on the footstool and sleeping soundly on the edge of the bed.

Liang Tan stared at him for a while and said helplessly: "Why do you frown even when you sleep?"

As she spoke, she reached out her hand to smooth his brows. Cui Ling, who was sleeping soundly, moved a little, and the next moment he slowly opened his eyes.

"Did I wake you?" she asked, blinking.

Cui Ling stared at her for a moment, and after making sure it was not a dream, he sat up and said, "No, I wasn't asleep to begin with. Why are you awake at this time?"

"I'm hungry." Liang Tan looked at him eagerly.

Cui Ling laughed and asked someone to go to the small kitchen to make some food and send it over.

Liang Tan hadn't eaten a single bite of food since she traveled through time. When she saw the freshly cooked food, she suddenly forgot about everything else. Cui Ling watched her concentrate on eating, and stood by her side, picking up food for her with chopsticks.

"You haven't had dinner yet, right? Don't just focus on me." Liang Tan glanced at him.

Cui Ling raised his lips: "I'm not hungry."

She ignored him and directly picked up a meatball and handed it to his mouth: "Ah——"

Cui Ling smiled and bit the meatball. Liang Tan was satisfied and forced him to sit on the chair: "I've already said that I'm no longer the queen. You don't have to follow the rules of master and servant."

"It's my duty to serve you." Cui Ling's voice was gentle.

Liang Tan glanced at him and said, "There is no right or wrong. If you continue like this, I will not live here anymore."

She was powerless now, and couldn't go anywhere except here, so this threat was nothing. Cui Ling nodded seriously and said, "I will change."

Liang Tan was satisfied then and took the initiative to help him set the table.

After the two of them finished their meal, Liang Tan turned around and fell onto the bed, lying there motionless.

"Go out and digest the food." Cui Ling advised.

Liang Tan looked at him lazily and said, "Maybe tomorrow. I'm too tired today."

Thinking about how she was caught and escaped today, Cui Ling didn't say anything more and just stood there motionless.

Liang Tan closed his eyes and dozed off for a moment. When he opened his eyes again, he found that he was still standing there. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Anything else?"

Cui Ling's Adam's apple moved, and his black eyes looked at her steadily: "I want to stay."

Liang Tan was stunned for a moment, then sat up: "Then I'll go to the side room." There are the most rooms in the palace anyway.

Cui Ling pursed her thin lips, neither nodded nor shook her head, just looked at her quietly.

Liang Tan understood and said helplessly: "There is only one bed in this room."

"I can sleep on the floor." Cui Ling replied.

Liang Tan had a headache: "Why are you doing this..."

"Madam," Cui Ling called her, then remembered her instructions, so after a moment of silence, she spoke again, "Liang Tan."

It was the first time he called her name, just two simple words, but he said it very awkwardly.

Not only did he sound awkward, Liang Tan also felt awkward listening to him, but both of them concealed this awkwardness very well.

"Liang Tan," he called her again, "I'm afraid you'll leave."

"I'm already back, why would I leave?" Liang Tan smiled helplessly.

Cui Ling stood there stubbornly.

Finally, Liang Tan gave in: "Put on two more quilts. The floor is too cold."

After getting her permission, Cui Ling was finally happy. He immediately went to the closet to take out all the quilts, then carried them all the way to the door.

Liang Tan saw what he was planning and quickly stopped him: "No!"

Cui Ling frowned and turned back: "Do you regret it?"

"…I'm not regretting it. It's just that there's wind at the door and you'll be cold at night." This person must be afraid that she would leave. Liang Tan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Come over here, don't stay there."

Cui Ling was silent for a long time, but finally walked towards her and put down the bedding beside the bed.

Liang Tan breathed a sigh of relief and lay down again. Cui Ling made the quilt and turned off the light, and the room suddenly fell into darkness.

One of them was lying on the bed, and the other was lying on the floor, but neither of them felt sleepy. They just listened to each other's breathing quietly.

After a long while, Liang Tan asked, "Cui Ling, have you been doing well these past few years?"

Cui Ling glanced sideways, his eyes piercing through the darkness and landing on the bed curtains. After a while, he said, "Not good."

Although Liang Tan had read the original text, he still held on to hope, hoping that the five years he appeared could change his miserable situation in the original text. But when he heard his answer at this moment, his heart trembled.

"I'm having a hard time when you're not around." Cui Ling continued to stare at the bed curtain. He shouldn't have told the truth, shouldn't have made her sad, but after meeting again after a long separation, he didn't want to pretend that everything was normal.

Liang Tan was indeed sad: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have died."

Cui Ling heard this and raised the corners of his lips a little: "Stupid or not, who wants to die?"

"Fortunately, it's all over. I will be with you in the future." Liang Tan whispered to comfort.

Cui Ling responded softly: "Yes, it's all over."

Liang Tan turned over and looked at him on the ground. Thinking of the assassination in the original text, she pondered for a moment and then said, "Cui Ling, you know I can predict the future, right? I dreamed of it again this time..."

"Don't say that!" Cui Ling sat up suddenly and scolded her harshly before she could finish her words.

Liang Tan was frightened by his tone and didn't dare to speak for a long time.

Cui Ling was breathing heavily and it took him a while to calm down.

"Liang Tan, don't say that," he heard himself say in a very calm voice, "leaking the secrets will easily bring disaster."

Liang Tan didn't expect this to be the reason, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "When did you become so superstitious..."

Before she could finish her words, she met his dark eyes in the darkness.

Cui Ling is no longer the same person she used to be. She has enough momentum that a single look from him can make her give in: "Then I won't say anything. I won't say anything again."

After hearing her assurance, Cui Ling realized that he was too fierce. After a moment of silence, he spoke in a hoarse voice: "Liang Tan, I can't lose you again."

"I know." Liang Tan said as he leaned most of his body out of the bed, knocked on his head with difficulty before going back.

Cui Ling touched his forehead and couldn't help laughing.

The room became quiet again. Liang Tan rolled around on the bed twice and soon fell asleep. However, Cui Ling was still not sleepy. He got up from time to time to look at her sleeping body. He barely fell asleep until dawn.

Although he fell asleep, his sleep was not sound. He had more than a dozen dreams intermittently before he suddenly opened his eyes and subconsciously looked at the bed.

There was nothing up there, as if no one had ever slept there.

Cui Ling suddenly stood up and ran out barefoot, but bumped into Liang Tan just as he was about to run out the door.

Liang Tan groaned and quickly hugged him, so he was not knocked away by him.

"Why are you running?" She covered her head in frustration.

Cui Ling looked at her steadily, raised the corner of his lips for a while, and then became the calm and expressionless Master Seal: "Nothing, go out for a walk."

"You go out... without wearing shoes?" Liang Tan raised his eyebrows.

Cui Ling's Adam's apple moved: "Well, I don't wear much."

He said so, but still turned back. Liang Tan looked at him and finally couldn't help laughing.

Listening to the laughter behind him, Cui Ling rarely felt embarrassed, but he still raised the corners of his lips.

Liang Tan then lived in Cui Ling's room. Fearing that she would have a bad influence on him, she almost never went out during the day. She only occasionally went out with Cui Ling at night to get some fresh air. This was only when Cui Ling invited her. If he didn't ask, Liang Tan would simply not go out.

Even though she kept a low profile, everyone in the palace knew that the Lord Seal had a woman in his room. There were all kinds of discussions, but they didn't dare to spread it to Cui Ling. Liang Tan had no way of knowing anything, and she stayed in her room all day, eating cakes and drinking tea, and her life was more comfortable than when she was the queen.

Because she lived alone, Cui Ling was afraid that she would be bored, so he no longer focused on official business as before. He hurried back home as soon as his shift was over almost every day. Except when summoned by the emperor, few people could see him.

The people who worked with him had a pretty good time lately, because he was in a very good mood every day and even spoke to them in a friendly manner.

He is the Master Seal holder who is always known for his strictness. I didn't expect that he could be so easy to talk to.

It was another evening, and it was time for Cui Ling to get off duty. However, the aging emperor continued to ponder over the chessboard and had no intention of letting him leave.

Cui Ling waited for a long time with her eyes downcast. Seeing that he still didn't move, she raised her eyes to look at the young eunuch serving below.

The young eunuch hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Concubine Li is still waiting for you."

The emperor's expression was slightly moved, and it took a long time for him to realize: "It's getting dark, it's time to go."

"I'll take you there." Cui Ling stepped forward to support him.

"Just ask someone else to take me back. Go back now. Don't think I didn't notice that you have been absent-minded since just now." The emperor glanced at him, "What's wrong? Have you been bewitched by the maid in your room?"

Cui Ling's eyes moved slightly: "This slave deserves to die."

"Okay, it's just finding a partner. There's nothing to die for. Just go back." After the emperor said this, he asked someone to help him leave.

Cui Ling followed him to the door, and when he walked away, his eyes suddenly turned cold: "Someone come."

"Master Seal Holder." The palace servant hurried forward.

"Find out who is talking too much in front of the emperor." Cui Ling said coldly.

The man quickly said yes.

It had already gotten dark before I knew it. It was just a few days until August 15th. The evening breeze had already taken away the heat, bringing a slight chill.

Cui Ling hurried to his residence, but before he got there, he saw a candlelight on the window from afar. A smile flashed in his eyes, and his heart, which had been restless for a day, finally settled down.

"This is not good, Cui Ling, you should calm down." He warned himself in a low voice, and only walked into the house after adjusting his mood.

Liang Tan, who was lying on the bed reading a storybook, heard the noise coming from the door and immediately put down the book in his hand and jumped out of bed: "You're back."

"Slow down." Cui Ling closed the door with his backhand and looked up at everything in the room.

In just a few days, a dressing table and many cushions were added to the room. There were always cakes and fruit plates on the table, and the candlelight gave off the smell of home.

Cui Ling came back to his senses and reminded him: "Don't jump when you get out of bed in the future, or you might sprain your ankle."

Liang Tan sighed: "I'm young and strong now, it's okay for me to jump around."

"You were never old before." Cui Ling raised his lips.

Liang Tan laughed: "Older than your mother, but not old?"

The smile on Cui Ling's lips suddenly faded.

Upon seeing this, Liang Tan realized that he had said the wrong thing and immediately stood still somewhat awkwardly: "Sorry." Although his parents lived a good life for a few years after the change in the plot, they eventually passed away the year before last due to old illnesses left over from their time at the border.

She thought he was upset because she mentioned his parents.

Cui Ling knew she had misunderstood, but he didn't know how to explain that he just didn't like her mentioning seniority. After a moment of silence, he changed the subject: "I heard from the waiter that you haven't had dinner yet?"

Liang Tan exhaled lightly: "I want to wait for you to come back and eat together."

"Don't do this again in the future," Cui Ling walked forward and tidied up her messy hair, "I can't always come back in time."

"I know. If you come back too late, I will eat by myself." Liang Tan said with a smile.

Cui Ling responded softly and sat down at the table with her.

Liang Tan hadn't spoken the whole day, but now that she saw him coming back, she couldn't help but talk more. Cui Ling knew she was lonely, but he didn't ask her to go out more often. Firstly, he was afraid that she would be hurt again, and secondly, he wanted to monopolize her and didn't want her to be seen by anyone.

He knew that he shouldn't have any dark thoughts about her, but he couldn't control himself and had to come back to accompany her in person as much as possible.

Liang Tan talked for a long time before he realized that he was just listening quietly. He felt a little embarrassed for a moment: "Am I talking too much?"

"No, I like to listen to it." Cui Ling looked at her.

Liang Tan sighed: "Cui Ling, don't indulge me like this all the time."

Cui Ling's eyes flashed with a smile when she heard this. It turned out that she knew that he was indulging her.

The two chatted for a while until Cui Ling showed signs of fatigue, and Liang Tan suggested taking a break.

Cui Ling responded and took out bedding from the cupboard and spread it on the floor.

Since the first day he stayed here, he has been sleeping on the floor. As the weather gets colder, the blankets on the floor become thicker and thicker. Liang Tan slept in caves for a long time in his previous life, so he knew that the chill coming from the center of the earth could not be blocked by any blankets, so he felt very uncomfortable: "This is not a long-term solution, why don't I move to the side room."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a whistling sound of wind outside the door. Liang Tan opened the window and took a look, only to find that the weather had suddenly changed.

It looks like the temperature is going to drop. Liang Tan frowned and went back to the bed.

Cui Ling's hand stopped.

Seeing this, Liang Tan said hurriedly: "Look, I've been back for so long, I will definitely not leave again, you don't have to worry... If you are really worried, you can lock my door and windows every night, so you can always feel at ease, right?"

Cui Ling raised his eyes and looked at her.

In just nine years, his momentum has changed a lot. Liang Tan looked at him now and was a little scared: "...If it doesn't work, ask someone to send a bed. You'll get sick if you keep sleeping on the floor like this."

"Now, everyone in the palace thinks you are my lover," Cui Ling said calmly, "The emperor also knows of your existence."

Liang Tan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"If we sleep in separate rooms, or if we add another bed, something might happen." Seeing that there was no disgust in her eyes, Cui Ling gradually relaxed his clenched hands.

Liang Tan stared at him in a daze, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He smiled awkwardly at him and said, "I thought I hid it well enough... If everyone thinks so, it will be difficult to add a bed."

"So, go to sleep." Cui Ling's eyes were gentle.