Spring Courtyard Forbidden Pet

Baoyue Tower has three floors. The first floor is three connected halls, the second floor is where the Taoist boy and Sancho usually live, and the third floor is Li Xuan'an's room.

At this moment, Li Xuan was sitting on Sancho's bed, which had not been folded yet. He was only wearing a thin white inner garment. He covered his lips and coughed several times, making Sancho's heart jump out of his chest. He hurriedly put an outer garment on him and said with a worried look on his face, "I took care of you all night, and you ran to my room as soon as you opened your eyes."

"you···"

Sancho wanted to say, why are you not living up to expectations?

Li Xu'an's face was pale, he didn't even have the strength to lift his eyelids, and he scolded in a hoarse voice, "Nonsense!"

"There are so many people coming in and out of the mansion, and you just brought her in like this, and even left her in my room!"

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Ye Zhen curled up on the couch, with a circle of dark circles under her long eyelashes and a look of worry on her face. He almost thought he was dreaming.

He staggered over with his heavy body, and stretched out his hand as if possessed by a ghost. He came back to his senses when he touched the soft and delicate skin.

Then he fled in a panic and knocked open Sancho's door. Sancho woke up in shock, drew the mahogany bell from his waist and shouted, "Who are you, you evil monster? How dare you covet the beauty of the national teacher!"

Just this one sentence made Li Xuan'an feel uneasy.

Sancho handed over a cup of hot tea and said, "If you don't stay in your room, will you stay in mine?"

"You!" Li Xuan'an rarely suffered a loss in words, and stared at Sancho with his eyes like cold knives.

Sancho thought, why are you being so rude to me now? Yesterday, you complained about your grievances in front of others like a three-year-old child. If I tell you, I'm afraid you will be so angry that you will waste half of your life's merits.

Sancho was worried about his health, and smiled and said, "You vomited blood yesterday and passed out. Miss Ye was very worried. She first watched you all the way in the carriage, and then followed you to Baoyue Tower. She insisted on seeing that you were okay before she felt relieved."

"You also know how serious the situation is when you are unconscious. Yun Zhui and I are so busy that we don't have time to serve your sweetheart. Ugh!"

Before Sancho could finish his words, Li Xuan covered his lips.

There was indescribable sadness in his eyes, "Don't talk nonsense."

Li Xuan only asked Sancho to save his face. How could he forget why he vomited blood!

"How could you let her look at me when I was unconscious..." He clenched the teacup, his voice dry, "Did I say anything nonsense?"

Sancho's eyes twitched twice, and he said nonchalantly, "I wasn't here, so I didn't hear it. Go ask her."

"I!" Li Xuan was about to say something, but finally said helplessly, "Forget it. You, thank her for me, and then take the prescription I wrote for Ye Jinglan. The medicine on it is hard to find, but she doesn't have to worry, the sect's medicine store has it. I will arrange it when we get to the mountain."

Sancho was puzzled, "Why don't you..."

Li Xuan shot him a cold look, and Sancho gave in, "Go, go, I'll go!"

Ye Zhen had no appetite and just drank a cup of warm tea to refresh herself.

Although Sancho spoke beautifully, the fact was that when Li Xuan woke up and saw her, he left despite his serious illness.

He had the energy to settle her and Liuxia, but he was unwilling to meet her or say a word to her.

Seeing her indifferent expression, Sancho couldn't help feeling guilty. If he hadn't intentionally dragged her to the Marquis' Mansion, he wouldn't have to face Li Xuan's cold butt.

"Second Miss, he is a strong-willed person who cares about his reputation and doesn't like to let others see his vulnerable side. Don't overthink it."

Ye Zhen forced a smile, "It would be troublesome if it gets light. Can I leave through the side door now?"

Sancho choked up, "This, this is not good. You took care of the Second Master all the way, how can you go out through the side door? Besides, it's not even daybreak yet, it's not safe."

Ye Zhen had already fixed her hair and makeup, and without being polite to him, she stood up and walked out.

"Please thank the Second Master for taking care of Jing Lan. I see that some medicinal herbs are hard to find, but I have some connections with the Cui family to buy them. Let me go back and contact them."

Sancho followed behind and waved his hands repeatedly, "The sect's medicine storehouse has everything, don't worry."

"How can it be the same?" Ye Zhen had already gone downstairs to the second floor, but she didn't know where Sancho's room was, so she couldn't help but stop at the stairs.

"It is a blessing that Second Master can let Jing Lan join us. How can I always cause trouble for you?"

"I will have someone buy all the herbs as soon as possible. If I can't catch up with them, I will send them directly to Qingzongmen."

Sancho heard her firm tone and knew it was difficult to refuse, "Then I will take you back."

Ye Zhen wanted to refuse, but after all, it was not yet dawn and she had just encountered an assassin in broad daylight, so she did not dare to act rashly at this moment, "Thank you, Taoist Priest."

"It should, it should."

Li Xuan watched her go downstairs and out of the yard from the window of the room. His nails dug deep into his palms and he didn't feel anything until they were almost bleeding.

He didn't want her gratitude or pity.

These two things were not what he wanted, let alone what could satisfy him. As long as he thought of her and Dong Zhang... he could no longer restrain himself. He was afraid that he would say something unpleasant again, afraid that he would not be able to resist questioning her.

Even more afraid...she admitted.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Li Xuan leaned against the windowsill and coughed violently. Ye Zhen had clearly gone out the side door, but she seemed to hear him coughing. She subconsciously turned around to look up at the attic, but all she saw was darkness. She couldn't help but laugh at herself.

Sancho took out a talisman from his arms and recited the incantation. The talisman paper then lit up like a lantern. There was no visible fire, but the talisman stayed lit forever.

Liuxia was extremely surprised and couldn't help but praise, "The Taoist priest is amazing."

Sancho was praised and couldn't help but bragging, "It's nothing, nothing."

"This is the simplest Taoist technique. Generally, a person with good comprehension can learn it after practicing for three to five years."

"Ah, you still call it easy after so long?" Liuxia was curious and wanted to say something to make Ye Zhen look less disappointed. "Then how long have you been practicing?"

Sancho looked up. Fortunately, it was dark, so he couldn't see his eyebrows that were about to fly up to the sky. "Half a year."

"Then you are really amazing."

"I think so too. It's a pity that the Taoist world has such a freak like the National Master, which makes us all look stupid."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen recalled the several times she had seen Li Xuan perform magic, especially the time he had attracted lightning, which seemed so easy.

Sancho gnashed his teeth, full of envy, "He mastered the art of lighting a lamp in just three days! You heard me right, three days!"

Ye Zhen was surprised in her heart but her face remained calm.

Liuxia was already dumbfounded. Thinking about the health of the Imperial Master, she couldn't help but ask, "Second Master is so powerful, why is it that every time he gets sick, it seems to be very serious?"

"And I often heard him coughing."

Speaking of this, Sancho also sighed, "It wasn't like this originally. When he was twelve years old, he encountered a robbery and then a sword pierced his heart, deep enough to see the bone. It took him more than half a year to recover from the injury, not to mention..."

He didn't continue, as if avoiding something. "From then on, he developed a root of disease. We cultivators are most afraid of interfering in the cause and effect of the mortal world. He protected the fate of the Great Zhou and accumulated merits for the Li family and the Marquis' Mansion, but it was inevitable that he would lose his own blessings."

Sancho looked at the cold crescent moon in the sky. The man who always smiled was unconsciously shrouded in unspeakable sadness. "The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty can all be protected by him, but no one can protect him."

Ye Zhen's heart skipped a beat, thinking of him protecting her from disaster, thinking of his instinctive avoidance of warmth, thinking of no one even buying him a sweat towel, thinking of his room being just like any other inn...

My chest suddenly ached for no apparent reason, and the air I breathed in felt like a cold knife piercing my bones.

"We're here." In front of Sancho was the Ye Mansion. He shook the talisman paper and the light disappeared immediately. "Second Miss, please have a good rest. Today... it's my fault. Thank you for your hard work."

Sancho really has some regrets.

Ye Zhen shook her head and thought for a long time, "Please ask the Taoist priest to tell the Second Master that Miss Dong rarely leaves the palace. I, I don't really like to listen to idle talk, so I went shopping with Miss Dong."

"It was only after I left the city that I learned that Miss Dong was going to pick up the general."

"If I had known I was going to meet the general, I would not have drunk."

Sancho's dark eyes sparkled, and it took him a while to nod heavily.

This guy!

The second lady to her little nephew...

Sancho almost ran back home, eager to tell Li Xuan what he had said, but he still kept his eyes down and said, "Yeah."

Sancho had a face full of question marks. Just, just gone?

He didn't understand. Li Xuan believed what he saw. When Ye Zhen and Dong Zhang looked at each other... there was throbbing in each other's eyes.