A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 474: Falling into the Cold Palace

The sky is clear and the sun is setting. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sweet osmanthus is still fragrant and the yard is full of yellow chrysanthemums. However, there are also falling leaves and the autumn wind is bleak and a little desolate.

Luoying had been lying in bed for most of the day since she woke up and felt very bored. She endured the pain and got up and walked to the window. She glanced at the osmanthus tree in the yard and vaguely saw the young guard Ashan limping under the tree and gently sweeping the fallen leaves. After a moment, he turned around and smiled at her.

"The prince is back?"

"Is that girl awake?"

"My Lord, Miss Tumi has already woken up this morning."

The noise outside woke Luoying from her trance. When she learned that it was Yan Han who came back, she couldn't help but feel panicked and her wound began to hurt slightly. But she could no longer hide and had to endure the pain and turned around to greet him, but Yan Han had already pushed the door open and walked in.

"Tu Mi greets the prince!" Seeing this, Luo Ying hurriedly knelt down but was pulled into Yan Han's arms.

"Are you feeling better?" Gently stroking her face that was haggard but still incredibly beautiful, Yan Hanxie's eyes gradually filled with warmth, and he asked with concern.

"Much better. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness." Luoying smiled with her beautiful eyes slightly curved.

"Girl, why did you block the sword for me that day?" Luoying's smile naturally made Yan Han intoxicated. He immediately bent down and gently kissed her soft red lips, whispering.

His lust arose but he suppressed it forcefully. It was the first time he was so caring towards a woman.

"If it weren't for the prince's rescue, Tumi would have already fallen into prostitution and lived a life worse than death. Tumi will always remember the prince's kindness and will repay him, even if it means sacrificing her life."

"Silly girl, I didn't save you out of kindness." Yan Han chuckled and looked at her with a hint of teasing in his eyes.

"But the prince has always been very good to Tumi!" Luoying raised her eyes and looked at him with an innocent look.

"As long as you are happy." Yan Han raised his eyebrows, smiled dotingly, and then said: "Now that you have woken up, you will go back to Shangjing Palace with me tomorrow to recuperate. Only when you recover well can you become my princess in a glorious manner."

What? Princess?

"Your Highness, you can't do that!" Luoying was so shocked that she couldn't help but take two steps back. Her face turned pale. She quickly lowered her head to hide her panic and saluted.

"What did you say?" However, Yan Han had already seen her panic. His evil eyes were cold and dark, and his tone became a little colder.

"Your Highness, Tumi is just a slave girl that you bought from a brothel madam. How can she be your princess if she is of such a low status? If this gets out, not only will your reputation be affected, I'm afraid even the royal family of Xiyue will be affected..." Luoying saw that she had angered Yan Han, so she knelt at his feet and tried to persuade him. However, before she could finish her words, he pulled her up again and said with a wicked smile:

"You don't need to worry about my reputation. If the royal family of Xiyue Kingdom becomes a laughing stock, I would be more than happy. Anyway, I will marry you!"

Seeing the provocation in the other person's evil eyes, Luo Ying realized that this person had always been unrestrained and didn't even care about his own reputation, so how could he care about the reputation of the royal family? So her panicked persuasion had already backfired.

Luoying was desperate and at a loss for a moment, but she would never marry her mortal enemy! However, the pair of evil eyes in front of her were so aggressive that she had no time to think carefully. She could only use the pain as an excuse to delay and look for an opportunity to speed up the revenge action.

"What has Tumi done to deserve such kindness from the prince?" Luoying calmed down and pretended to look at Yan Han with a tearful expression of gratitude, then she groaned in pain and fell weakly into his arms.

Upon seeing this, Yan Han immediately carried her back to the bed and raised his hand to pull her clothes to check her wound, but Luo Ying shyly dodged and said, "Since the prince wants to marry Tu Mi, can you follow the etiquette?"

"Little girl, you've just been made the Princess of Han and you're already putting on airs and talking about etiquette in front of me?" Seeing her shy and charming look, Yan Han actually began to look forward to their wedding day in his mind. An unprecedented warmth welled up in his heart, and he unconsciously withdrew his hand and pretended to smile, then leaned over and pecked her cherry lips lightly again, then stood up and called the maid Xiaochun in.

The next morning, Luoying followed Yan Han with a heavy heart and left the villa to Shangjing City of Xiyue Kingdom.

"What's wrong? Is the wound still hurting?" In the carriage, Yan Han looked at the worry between her brows and asked with concern.

"Yeah, it hurts a little." Luoying nodded with tears in her eyes, looking aggrieved, but secretly she was still worried about revenge.

"Just bear with it for now. I'll ask the imperial physician to see you when we get back to the capital." Seeing her like this, Yan Han felt so sorry for her that he held her hand and comforted her.

"Your Highness, how could a servant like Tu Mi alarm the imperial physician? Besides, my injury is not a serious one. It's just that Tu Mi is weak and can't bear the pain. The wound will heal after some time." Luo Ying quickly raised her eyes and shook her head at him, advising.

Yan Han was just saying this casually to comfort her. After all, inviting the imperial physician had to be approved by Yan Qiao. He had just had a quarrel with this elder brother early yesterday morning, and he didn't want to ask that person for help again. Fortunately, the little girl was sensible and spoke out to dissuade him, so he readily agreed.

Luoying leaned in Yan Han's arms, drowsy. She had been in a daze all night and felt uneasy and had not slept well. Now she was really sleepy.

The carriage drove for half a day and arrived at Shangjing City. In front of Prince Han's mansion, Luoying was dazed when she saw Yan Han carrying her out of the carriage again. She immediately opened her eyes and begged him, "Prince, let Tumi go by herself?"

Knowing that he had many concubines in his mansion, Luoying, who grew up in the deep palace, knew that jealousy among women was particularly terrible, and she didn't want to be hated as soon as she arrived.

"The palace is deeper than the villa. Don't try to be brave since your wound hasn't healed yet. Be careful not to tear the wound again." Yan Han ignored Luoying's pleading and continued to carry her into the palace.

The royal mansion was of course magnificent, luxurious and noble. As a princess of Langguo, Luoying was accustomed to these magnificent mansions and had no interest in viewing them. At most, she memorized the general layout and routes of the palace. However, what puzzled her was that the entire palace was as quiet as the villa.

Yan Han carried Luoying straight into a bedroom in the backyard and put her down safely. Then several maids who had been waiting in the yard followed the two beautiful women and hurried forward and knelt in front of them.

"There were indeed many concubines in the mansion before. Now I am worried that you are too young to control those mature women, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future. I simply sent them all out of the mansion." Yan Han took Luoying's hand and said lightly, then pointed at the two beauties in front of him and continued: "They have only been in the mansion for a short time, but they are well-behaved and sensible. I will keep them to keep you company."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for thinking of Tumi." After hearing this, Luoying couldn't help but lament for those poor women who were discarded like objects. On the surface, she could only bow to Yan Han and express her gratitude.

"This is your future princess. Please serve her carefully from now on." Yan Han pulled her up, then looked down at the beauties and maids kneeling in front of him and gave them instructions.

"Your servant greets the prince and the princess!" Everyone obeyed respectfully upon hearing the words.

Since Luoying was carried into the palace by Yan Han, everyone in the palace couldn't help but exclaim in admiration when they saw the peerless beauty in the prince's arms from afar. It was really as the rumors said that she was Chang'e in the moon, so beautiful that it was no wonder that the prince loved her so much. Even the two beauties who were complacent about being able to continue staying in the palace felt ashamed and sad when they saw her.

"Everyone get up!" Yan Han smiled lightly and said in a calm voice.

Luoying looked absentmindedly at the high wall outside and began to worry. The palace must be heavily guarded. Even if Brother Chenming and the others came with her, how could they contact her?

Seeing Luoying looking listless, Yan Han thought she was tired from the journey and injured, so he immediately asked Xiaochun, the maid who came from the other courtyard, to help her into the bedroom to rest.

"Your Majesty, Miss Tumi has already entered the Prince Han's mansion with Prince Han."

In the side hall of the imperial palace, a dark figure appeared in front of Yan Qiao and bowed and greeted.

"She's coming to the capital so soon. It seems her injuries are not serious." Yan Qiao frowned when he heard this. He felt a headache when he thought that his second brother insisted on marrying this woman. But his own queen actually agreed to his second brother's nonsense after hearing about this yesterday. Isn't it ridiculous for the Queen of Xiyue Kingdom to recognize a maid of unknown origin as her sister?

But the Queen's concerns were not without reason. Her second brother Yan Han had always been at odds with her. The Xiyue Kingdom had not yet accomplished its great cause, so they could not allow the brothers to turn against each other. Rather than letting him insist on marrying a maid in public and making a fool of himself, it would be better for them, as his brother and sister-in-law, to worry about and plan for him.

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