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

Liang Tan pulled the corner of his lips, wanting to say something but feeling weird, he lay down after hesitating for a moment.

Cui Ling looked at her and made sure she was lying down properly before blowing out the candle.

In the darkness, two gentle breathing sounds crossed each other at a distance, quietly reminding each other that they were not asleep yet. The wind outside the window was getting louder and louder, and the room was getting colder and colder. Liang Tan could feel the coolness while lying on the bed. It was not difficult to imagine how Cui Ling felt at the moment.

After a long while, she couldn't help but speak: "Cui Ling."

"Ok?"

"Why don't you come up and sleep?" she said carefully.

Cui Ling was startled, and clutched the quilt tightly with both hands, but her voice was as calm as ever: "I'm not cold."

"Are you really not cold?" Liang Tan asked hesitantly.

Cui Ling responded: "It's not cold."

Liang Tan was still worried and couldn't sleep. Cui Ling had no choice but to light the lamp again and ask someone to light the floor heater.

"…It's only August, isn't it too early to burn the ground heating?" Liang Tan blinked.

Cui Ling laughed: "If you don't have a fever, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep tonight."

Liang Tan followed with a smile: "Yes, then let's burn it. Today's temperature drop will be treated as an exception. When the weather warms up tomorrow, we can kill the earth dragon."

"Go to sleep." Cui Ling said, and extinguished the candle.

Liang Tan lay quietly on the bed, and only closed his eyes silently when he felt the room getting warmer.

The next morning, the weather had indeed warmed up again, as if the cold wind last night was just a dream.

When Liang Tan woke up, Cui Ling had already left. She sat quietly for a while before getting up to wash.

After breakfast, she looked at the eunuch who was carrying the bowl and chopsticks and preparing to leave, and suddenly asked, "What day is it today?"

The young eunuch was so frightened that he quickly replied, "To answer the young lady's question, it is the tenth day of August."

Cui Ling's birthday was in five days, and he would be assassinated two and a half months later. Liang Tan had a plan in mind, so he agreed and let him leave first.

Ever since she wanted to tell Cui Ling about the future assassination attempt but was sternly stopped by Cui Ling, she has never mentioned the matter again. Seeing that the time of the assassination attempt is getting closer, it seems that she can no longer delay it.

Liang Tan couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought of Cui Ling's resistance to hearing these things.

Cui Ling's birthday is on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there is a banquet in the palace every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he is destined not to have a relaxing birthday. Now, with four or five days left before that day, he has already started to get busy.

He went out early and came back late every day, and Liang Tan was not idle either, studying dishes in the small kitchen of the Silijian all day long, and was busy all day long. When Cui Ling took a break from her busy schedule, she would call the servants around her to ask about it. When she learned that she stayed in the kitchen all day, a smile flashed in her eyes.

"Tell her not to get too tired," he warned.

The palace maid hurriedly agreed.

Cui Ling thought for a moment and added: "Don't remind me in my name and pretend I know nothing."

"Yes." The palace maid responded, accidentally glancing at his face, and was secretly shocked when she saw the smile in his eyes.

After the palace maid left, another young eunuch came. When Cui Ling saw him, his expression instantly faded: "How is it?"

"To answer your question, sir, we have already found out. It was Concubine Li who told the emperor about the existence of Miss Liang." Concubine Li was the one who was able to rise to fame by imitating Liang Tan and was noticed by the emperor.

Cui Ling had no expression on her face: "She was the only one who said that?"

"Our people would never dare to gossip with the emperor, not to mention those palace maids. I checked three times and only found Concubine Li." The young eunuch was very respectful.

Cui Ling lowered his eyes and looked at the red stamp on the table.

The light and shadow on the ground gradually moved. After an unknown amount of time, he slowly spoke: "The wealth and glory that Concubine Li stole should now be returned." He was disgusted with hearing Liang Tan's name from the emperor all the time, so he kept this woman. If she was honest and dutiful, he wouldn't mind giving her a good end. What a pity...

The young eunuch understood what he meant and withdrew immediately.

Two days later, Concubine Li hanged herself.

It was a serious crime for a concubine to commit suicide, especially before the Mid-Autumn Festival. The emperor was furious and immediately imprisoned Concubine Li's father and brother, and banished all three of her family members from the capital. The Li family, which had relied on Concubine Li for many years, collapsed in an instant?

And all this was just because of a casual chat she made on the bed.

After this incident it was Mid-Autumn Festival. The emperor had been furious and had spent two days hanging out with other concubines. He was in low spirits at the banquet that day. After drinking two glasses of wine he felt exhausted and left in a hurry.

As soon as the emperor left, Cui Ling also left, but she did not go to the harem with him. Instead, she turned around and went back to the Imperial Household Department.

The candlelight on the window was still warm and bright. Liang Tan was running into the house with a plate in his hand. When he saw him, he was stunned for a moment: "Why did you come back so soon?"

Cui Ling rushed forward and took the plate: "The emperor is not feeling well, so we have to end the banquet early."

"…But I'm not ready yet." Liang Tan was speechless.

Cui Ling laughed and followed her into the house, only to see two dishes already on the table.

"How about what I did?" Liang Tan asked for credit.

Cui Ling nodded: "Liang Tan is really amazing, she can even cook." During this period, he called her name more and more easily.

"Don't give me that! How dare you say you didn't know it before?" Liang Tan sneered.

Cui Ling smiled without saying anything and put the plate in his hand on the table: "Didn't you say it's not ready yet?"

"Yes, there is still one dish that has not been cooked." Liang Tan said, and hurried back to the kitchen.

Although he knew that she had been studying cooking these days and should have no problem cooking a few dishes, Cui Ling was still worried, and hurriedly followed her when he saw her leaving.

"Add some firewood to me." Liang Tan instructed him.

Cui Ling immediately rolled up his sleeves, squatted in front of the stove, and added firewood as she instructed.

The small kitchen had no doors or windows, so everything inside the room could be seen clearly from outside. The palace servants were so shocked to see the usually high-handed Master Seal squatting obediently in front of the stove to help out that their eyes almost popped out of their heads. They didn't dare to look any further and left in a hurry.

Cui Ling kept a smile on his lips. After adding firewood, he helped cut peppers. He had never done this before, and the peppers he cut were of different thicknesses. Liang Tan looked at them with disdain: "I thought you could do everything very well, it seems that I overestimated you."

"I have never learned it before, so naturally I am not very good at it. If I practice more, I will be able to cut better." Cui Ling looked at her.

Liang Tan sighed and said, "That may not be the case. Learning to cook requires talent."

After that, she snatched the kitchen knife from Cui Ling: "Let me do it, you're too slow."

However, she was not very skilled at cutting.

Cui Ling was so frightened that he was about to say that Liang Tan would do it himself, but Liang Tan cried out in pain and dropped the knife.

"What's wrong?" His face changed.

Liang Tan's face was distorted: "Tsk, it was cut."

Cui Ling immediately grabbed her hand and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was only a small wound. Then he saw that Liang Tan was in so much pain that tears were about to come out.

"The chili pepper... it hurts!" The wound itself didn't hurt much, but the chili peppers were on it and it was a different story! Liang Tan felt his fingers were burning and he was about to feel unwell.

Cui Ling's face was solemn. When she heard her say it was spicy, she put her finger into her mouth without thinking.

When her fingertips hooked onto the wet and hot lips and tongue, Liang Tan was stunned for a moment, and then she felt her fingers being licked lightly. The soft and wet feeling made her open her eyes suddenly, and Cui Ling's face was clearly reflected in her eyes.

Cui Ling originally just wanted to clean the spiciness from her fingertips, but when he met her confused eyes, his gaze suddenly darkened.

The two people fell silent suddenly. If the fire in the stove had not been still crackling, Liang Tan would have thought for a moment that the world had stopped.

"Does it still hurt?" Cui Ling looked calm.

Liang Tan glanced at the small wound on his finger and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Cui Ling responded and turned to look at the peppers on the table: "Let me cook this dish."

The topic changed so naturally that Liang Tan was relieved: "You don't know how to do it, so I'll do it."

After saying that, he was about to get the knife, but Cui Ling stopped him.

Liang Tan had no choice but to instruct him to cook the last dish. Cui Ling followed her instructions step by step. Although he was a little unfamiliar with the method, he did not make any major mistakes. A quarter of an hour later, the two of them carried the dishes into the house.

"Ting ting! This is my birthday gift to you for your 27th birthday." Liang Tan stood in front of the table with a smile on his face, and a faint smell of oil smoke still emanated from his body.

Cui Ling's eyes flashed with a smile: "Thank you, I like it very much."

"Please sit down quickly, the food is getting cold." Liang Tan urged.

Cui Ling responded and picked up the chopsticks. Under her expectant eyes, he tasted every dish and finally nodded: "Delicious."

"No matter what I cook, you say it's delicious." Liang Tan glanced at him.

Cui Ling smiled and did not deny it.

The two chatted for a while, and Liang Tan took out a small wooden box from his arms: "This is also one of the gifts."

"There are gifts?" Cui Ling was really surprised this time. After all, the person who served her had never mentioned it.

Liang Tan was quite pleased with his expression and said, "I kept it a secret on purpose."

Cui Ling took the box with a smile, opened it and saw an ear of corn.

"Although it's not very well made, it's still pretty good compared to the one you're wearing," Liang Tan said, looking at the jade pendant on his waist. "It's a bit strange to use an old tassel to make such a fine piece of jade."

Cui Ling followed her line of sight and saw that the tassel on the jade pendant had already become frayed, and the threads were torn in some places. It looked out of place with both the jade pendant and the robe.

"This tassel was originally on the jade pendant and I have never changed it." Cui Ling replied.

Liang Tan sighed and said, "When I gave you the jade pendant, I didn't expect you would like it so much. If I had known, I would have found you a better one."

"This one is very good." Cui Ling said, taking off the jade pendant he had worn for nine years and handing it to Liang Tan, "Liang Tan, change it for me."

Liang Tan took it with a smile, untied the tassel on the jade pendant, tied his own on it, and then turned around to throw the old one away.

Cui Ling quickly snatched it away: "Why throw it away?"

"There's no point in keeping it." Liang Tan was at a loss.

Cui Ling pursed her lips: "I want to keep it."

Since he said so, Liang Tan did not insist any more and continued to talk with him while eating. When they were almost done with dinner, it was time to get down to business.

Liang Tan carefully looked at his expression, and after confirming that he was in a very good mood at the moment, he slowly said, "Cui Ling."

"Hmm?" Cui Ling looked up.

"On the second day of November, you will be assassinated. You must be extremely careful." Liang Tan quickly said what he had been holding back all night.

Cui Ling's face flashed with obvious shock, and when he reacted, his face instantly darkened: "I already said no..."

"I know. I'm not allowed to reveal the secret. I promise this is the last time. I won't do it again in the future." Liang Tan swore hurriedly.

Cui Ling didn't listen, turned around and walked away with a cold face. Liang Tan hurriedly followed him: "What are you going to do?"

"Take a dose of Fearless Powder and forget about what happened tonight." Cui Ling said expressionlessly.

Liang Tan had known him for such a long time that he knew the names of some of the prescriptions. When he heard him mention Wuweisan, his eyes widened immediately: "Isn't that a drug that can drive people crazy if taken in excess?"

"The amount is just right, and I will only forget some of my memories," Cui Ling continued, "As long as I forget, it won't be considered as you revealing the secret."

Liang Tan was anxious: "How do you know if the amount is appropriate? You are not allowed to go!"

Instead of listening, Cui Ling sped up.

Seeing that he was about to leave the yard, Liang Tan immediately became annoyed: "Cui Ling, stop!"

Cui Ling still walked out.

"Stop right there!" Liang Tan referred to himself as "this palace" in front of him for the first time.

Cui Ling suddenly stopped and turned to look at her after a long time. The red bloodshot in his eyes was clearly visible: "You are not the queen now."

"You also know that I'm not the queen?" Liang Tan walked up to him with a stern face. "My only identity now is your Cui Ling's partner. If you insist on forgetting about the assassination and not making any preparations, and if you die at that time, what do you think will happen to me?"

Cui Ling lowered his eyes and refused to look at her.

Liang Tan took a deep breath and said, "Besides, my death had nothing to do with the disclosure of the secret. If you force these two things together because you are worried that I will die, then you are making a big mistake."

After that, she slowed down her tone, "Besides, I came back for you. If you die, even if your enemies don't take action, I won't live alone."

Cui Ling was stunned for a moment, and finally looked at her.

"So instead of worrying about whether it's a secret or not, you might as well find a way to live for a long time, okay?" Liang Tan looked gentle, as if he was looking at a child who was having a bad temper.

Cui Ling stared at her for a long time before lowering his eyes.

Liang Tan knew that he was convinced, so he smiled and took his hand and walked into the house. Halfway through, he suddenly remembered something: "I shouted so loudly just now, no one will hear it, right?"

"No, there's no one in the courtyard." Cui Ling answered absentmindedly. Every time he returned to his residence, the servants would leave one after another. Now that he has been back for so long, those people should have left.

Liang Tan was still worried, so he stuck his head out of the house and looked around. He only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that there was no one outside.

"There's still some food, let's finish it all." She glanced at the table.

Cui Ling responded softly, then sat down at the table, lowering his head and eating in silence.

Liang Tan stared at him for a long time, and finally said sadly: "I should have waited until after your birthday to tell you." She was only thinking about the happiness of her birthday, and he might not be so angry, but she forgot that birthdays only come once a year, and she shouldn't ruin a beautiful day.