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

"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 was alone in her residence, Cui Ling was afraid that she would be bored, so he stopped focusing on official business these days and hurried back home almost every day after his shift. Except when the emperor summoned him, few people could see him. The people who worked with him had a good time recently, because he was in a very good mood every day and was actually a little friendly when talking to them.

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.

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 Miss Gu's existence." Concubine Li was the one who was favored by the emperor and rose to fame by imitating Liang Tan.

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 took two steps at a time and rushed forward to take the plate.