After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

"I don't want to leave, but I can't leave. Who can't leave, Mu Xiu?"

Wan Ning picked up an apple from the fruit plate, walked straight to the bench next to Mu Xiu, lay down casually with her arms behind her head, raised the apple with her other hand and put it into her mouth.

“Hey——”, Mu Xiu stopped him immediately before he could put down the pen in his hand: “You haven’t washed it yet.”

Snatching food from the tiger's mouth, Wan Ning frowned and took out the apple to examine it carefully, complaining: "The apples placed in the prince's room are not washed. That's it. This plate of apples is useless. When will you remember to eat it again?"

Perhaps because of the excitement just now, the ink from the tip of the pen dripped onto the half-written paper - a medium-sized ink dot, which was quite eye-catching.

"It's tasteless and sour, but it looks lively when you put it there." Mu Xiu stared at the words he had just written on the paper. It was his most satisfying work so far, but it was a pity that there was an unexpected ink spot. The ink spot was not big, and it could be hidden with some thought; but it was not small either, and it was deeply imprinted in his heart.

Whenever he saw this work again, he would always remember the location of this ink spot immediately. Even if others didn't know it, he could see it clearly. Mu Xiu hesitated for a moment before picking up the pen and ink. He immediately put away the unfinished work on the table, folded it together and threw it away as trash.

"What a waste..." Wan Ning rubbed the apple on her clothes with disdain, took a bite without hesitation, it was indeed a little sour but still acceptable, and added: "It's a gift from heaven, it won't make you sick if you eat it if it's not clean, do you understand, little brother?"

"I don't understand, I don't understand. How could I understand these things? I still don't understand why you came here today?" Mu Xiu sat on the chair behind the desk, sitting upright and looking at Wan Ning with a frivolous look.

Wan Ning immediately sat up and straightened her back, and asked, "So you didn't listen to all I told you just now?"

"You've said so much, how can I know which one is the key point?"

"All of them! They are all the key points!" Wan Ning stood up excitedly and briefly summarized it again: "It was Concubine Yi who asked me to escort the other three concubines from the Wuming Palace out of the palace, but she herself was unwilling to leave and said that she couldn't leave."

Mu Xiu lowered his head and chuckled triumphantly, saying, "You are able to summarize it concisely and accurately, aren't you?" But when he looked up and saw Wan Ning's aggressive roll of eyes, he immediately put on a friendly face and replied in a friendly manner, "Since she came to ask you to send the other three concubines out, she must really think this place is not good. But she doesn't want to leave, and specifically mentioned 'can't leave', maybe she has some unspeakable reasons?"

"Empress Yi has been in the palace the longest. Unlike the other concubines in the Wuming Palace, she was once truly favored and had a happy time with the retired emperor. It can even be said that she was the exclusive favorite. She was the most popular at that time. It is really sad to see her current situation. I hope she really has her own difficulties, and is not still harboring illusions about such a ruthless retired emperor. If so, it will be difficult to deal with." Wan Ning murmured her guess and couldn't help but worry for Concubine Yi.

Mu Xiu looked up at the expression on her face, then quickly lowered his head and said calmly, "You are still like this, just like when you first started working, always liking to imagine and assume various situations and set limits for yourself. Wan Ning, you can't solve the problem this way, but will instead frame yourself. Sometimes you don't have to think too much, just ask and do it, the answer is often on the way."

She wanted to retort, but when she saw the sincerity and calmness on Mu Xiu's face, she understood that he was not trying to show off or teach her, but really wanted to give her some advice, so she let the storm go. She nodded calmly, smiled at each other and said, "Thank you for the reminder! I will try to find a way to send the other three concubines away first. Prince Mu Xiu, maybe you can help me think of a solution?"

"I?"

"It's you. Why don't you ask your emperor for help? He loves you so much, he would not refuse to help with such a small matter, right?" Mu Xiu turned his head and avoided her sight.

Wan Ning stepped forward and stood in front of the desk, supporting herself with both hands, with a look of disbelief in her eyes, and said, "Because the six-month period is almost up, although I have some clues here, they are only clues, so I will also have to leave the palace this time. If I ask Ziheng for help, I am afraid that there will be complications."

Hearing her answer, Mu Xiu looked at her face carefully and asked, "Aren't you going to tell him that you're leaving?"

Wan Ning turned around and leaned against the table, with her back to Mu Xiu, and there was some reluctance in her voice: "I told him that I would leave one day, but I never said when. I came suddenly, and I should leave like a gust of wind, without any drag. Maybe one day when he wakes up, he can't find any trace of me, and maybe he will think that this was all a dream."

"Does this feel cruel?"

"I know!" Mu Xiu hadn't finished speaking yet. When Wan Ning heard the word "cruel", she couldn't help but raise her voice to interrupt him and stop him from continuing.

Silence. After a moment of silence, Wan Ning's crying voice broke the awkward silence.

"It's better to suffer a short pain than a long one. I'm afraid that once I tell him the time, every day before I leave will be more painful. I'm afraid I won't have the courage to see him again, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to meet him again in this life, and I'm also afraid I won't want to leave. Jiang Zhifan, I seem to..."

"Wan Ning", Mu Xiu was suddenly called by her real name in modern society. He immediately whispered her name to comfort her, but it was of no avail.

"In love with him."

"..."

Wan Ning, with her back to Mu Xiu, wiped away her tears stubbornly, smiled with difficulty, pretended to be calm and said self-deprecatingly: "The one who plays with the eagle will still get pecked in the eye by the eagle. I admit that I had some intentions of taking advantage of it at the beginning, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. So, I have to leave here as soon as possible and look for clues outside the palace."

Mu Xiu watched her vent her emotions quietly, waiting for her to turn her head so that only the left side of her face was facing him. He could still see traces of sadness, and his heart suddenly twitched.

"Mu Xiu, can you help me? We are teammates who traveled through time together and are going back together. We are the people who know each other best in this world. I can trust you completely, right?"

Mu Xiu was stunned, looking at her red eyes and fragile appearance, he was in a trance, not knowing how to respond for a moment. Even though he had seen the conspiracies and secrets in the world, when he saw the innocent eyes, he really wanted to tell everything. But he knew that willfulness had a price, especially as the guardian of the butterfly jade pendant, he had more mission than her.

He lowered his eyes and deliberately avoided her gaze, smiled bitterly, and replied:

"Yes, you can trust me completely."

"Thank you, Jiang Zhifan," Wan Ning responded with a sincere smile.

"I'll help you get out of here. I'll help you!"