Spring Courtyard Forbidden Pet

Ye Zhen suddenly felt that it was a good idea for him to come here in the dark.

As if seeing through her inner feelings, Li Xuan'an raised the corners of his lips and smiled, "Second Miss doesn't keep her word."

Ye Zhen just released her hands from her clothes, turned around, and slowly gathered her long hair to her chest so that he could see the wound on the back of her neck. She was stunned when she heard the words, "What?"

Li Xuan knew the door was open, so he leaned to the side to let the moonlight shine in from behind. He carefully observed the wound in the white light and whispered, "You said it's not okay in public at the manor, but it's okay in the Taoist temple."

Ye Zhen remembered him shaking the stick with his hand and immediately retorted, "I didn't!"

"But you didn't deny it."

The slender white neck stood out in front of him, easily overcoming his suppressed emotions. He clenched his hands but still couldn't look away.

"I..." Ye Zhen was almost led by the nose. After calming down for a moment, she poured a basin of cold water on him, "There is nothing between me and the Second Master that needs to be kept secret."

Li Xuan saw that the edges of her sunburned skin had turned slightly pink, and she immediately remembered that her body was also red that night in the attic.

When he spoke again, his voice was a little hoarse, "Second Miss doesn't have it, but I do."

How dare she ask you what you have?

Ye Zhen felt that the topic could not be brought back, so she turned around and gritted her teeth and said, "Second Master is the Grand Master of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he is also the future leader of the Qing Sect, who has profound Taoism and is blessed by a yellow robe."

"So what?" Li Xuan bent down and tried to get as close to her as possible.

Ye Zhen was enveloped by the strong sandalwood scent and couldn't help but hold her breath. "Second Master, if you protect a woman like this, you will be suspected by others sooner or later."

"I can't control what others say, and I can't do anything about it." His eyes were dark, releasing something in a place where no one could see.

"So be careful with your words and actions, control yourself, and you will naturally be able to control right and wrong." Ye Zhen pinched her palm, using the pain to force herself to wake up, "I am grateful for your help in the assassin matter, but I feel uneasy about involving you in this mess."

In the dim light, her emotions were difficult to detect, but Li Xuan was accurately touched by the firmness in her tone.

"My humble effort has caused trouble to the Second Miss." He laughed at himself, clearly aware that his unbridled feelings had not received the response they deserved.

Therefore, the suppressed discomfort becomes more severe and bites back.

His eyes darkened, and he waved his hand back to block a barrier on the door.

Ye Zhen knew what kind of magic he had cast when she saw the blur outside the door. She instinctively took two steps back, but was grabbed by his big, bony hand. "Why are you hiding?"

“They can’t hear or see.”

"Today, I want to ask the Second Miss a clear question."

Ye Zhen was panicking and out of control, "W-what did you say?"

"Don't you really know why I am pestering the Second Young Lady?"

It was the first time that Ye Zhen felt the pressure he exerted at close range. The warm breath was too full, like a water bag pressing on the chest, making it hard to breathe.

Since that night in the attic, he seemed to have forcibly pulled a thread between them. Originally, the end of the thread was only touching Ye Zhen's clothes, but it slowly entangled her without her noticing. Now, she didn't know where to find the end of the thread if she wanted to untie it.

Ye Zhen was not an innocent little girl, and it would be hypocritical for her to pretend to be hypocritical at this moment. She took a deep breath and said, "Second Master and I are from two different worlds."

She finally raised her eyes, her eyelashes and eyes were as wet as ever, "What can I do to stop being connected to you by fate?"

Li Xu'an's teardrop mole trembled in the corner of his eye, "If I say that you have to go through the knife mountain and the oil pan, will the second young lady also do it?"

Ye Zhen's throat tightened. "Xiao Yan's matter was my fault in the first place. I deserve to be punished."

His breath continued to fall, from heavy at first to as light as a cloud, and Ye Zhen's heart tightened little by little.

After a long while, he finally put away all his pressure and stepped back a distance, "Okay."

"Pindao understands."

His voice was so soft that only the two of them could hear it, but it seemed to hit Ye Zhen's heart with a bang.

"Miss, there is no need to risk your life. Just because we are connected by destiny, it won't be a problem for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and left. As he stepped over the threshold, he made a vague gesture with his right hand, and the barrier immediately dissipated.

Sancho rushed over and said, "Why are you setting up a barrier? You, you guys..."

The words were on the tip of his tongue, and he was so excited to watch the show, but he saw that Li Xuan was exhausted, as if he had just come back from a disaster. There were no visible scars, but he also didn't feel any energy.

Sancho choked, "What, what happened? I was fine just now."

Li Xuan held his shoulders for the first time, half of his body weight pressed on him, "I'm tired, let's go back."

Sancho's heart tightened, and he carefully supported him, wondering, "Did you use Taoism to heal the second lady?"

Li Xuan did not answer.

The sound of the door closing in the next room brought Ye Zhen back to her senses. She felt empty and uncomfortable in her heart. She had never felt so lost even when she was tortured by Li Chengge in her previous life.

Her mind was blank, and when she looked down she found herself touching the rosary on her wrist, over and over again, as if only this could curb the emptiness in her heart.

Liuxia also noticed that her expression was not right, and called out carefully, "Second Miss?"

"Go to sleep."

Ye Zhen got straight on the bed, staring at the ceiling, and would only blink when she heard faint noises from next door.

It's okay, you'll be fine after a good night's sleep.

She forced herself to close her eyes.

But as soon as Li Xuan'an entered the room and Sancho closed the door, he leaned on the table and vomited blood and fainted. Sancho was terrified, and he felt his pulse and gave him medicine, but Li Xuan'an vomited out all the medicine he had taken.

Sancho worked all night, and at dawn he bowed towards the east again and again with dark circles under his eyes. His waist was almost broken. Fortunately, Li Xuan finally woke up.

"You better open your eyes now. If you don't, I will run into a wall and die before I see the Three Pure Ones to apologize."

Sancho sat down on the ground, breathing heavily.

Li Xuan'an's lips were pale, he closed his eyes and said weakly, "I'm sorry to have made Junior Master-Uncle worried."

"I used my spiritual energy earlier, but the blood clots in my chest didn't go away. But after I vomited it out yesterday, it got better."

Sancho covered his little heart and snorted softly, "It's better this way."

Li Xuan sneered, "What else could it be?"

Sancho thought to himself, I was rejected!

Hey, it’s no wonder that he pesters others. If he hadn’t practiced Buddhism, his children would probably be running around at his age!

Alas, even the great Imperial Master cannot escape the law of yin and yang.

*

When the Taoist priests at Baiyun Temple finished their morning service, three sedan chairs were ready outside the door. One with a yellow phoenix embroidered on it belonged to Princess Pingyang, the other with a yellow crane feather embroidered on it and magic bells hanging on the four corners naturally belonged to Li Xuan'an, and the last one was the blue cloth patterned sedan chair that could be seen everywhere on the street.

The abbot thanked Princess Pingyang again and tried to flatter Li Xuan. As soon as he reached the sedan chair, he heard Li Xuan's indifferent voice from inside, "At the end of next month, if there are pilgrims that the abbot is familiar with, please introduce them to me in advance."

The master of the temple could not help but feel delighted. "Thank you, Imperial Master! Thank you, Imperial Master!"

Ye Zhen did not see Li Xuan and Meng Qianru when she came out. Yin Xiang led her to the last sedan chair and said, "Second Miss Ye, please check if there is anything missing and tell me."

Ye Zhen nodded and saluted towards Princess Pingyang's sedan chair, "Thank you, Princess."

Yin Xiang raised her eyebrows and smiled, "After all, the Second Miss has protected the princess from disaster. If she wasn't afraid that you couldn't handle it, the princess would have wanted to give you her sedan chair."

When Ye Zhen heard this, she thought it was a sign of trouble, so she turned around and got on the carriage.

The mountain road was rugged and the guards led the way in front of the sedan bearers. Even so, the bearers had to wipe the sweat from their foreheads after every steady step, for if they accidentally hit the two nobles, they would be in great danger of death.

Ye Zhen's sedan bearer was not so careful. Not only did he fall behind the sedan in front, but he also stepped back and forth with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Ye Zhen bumped into the sedan several times.

Liuxia couldn't bear to watch it any longer, "Can't you walk slower?"

The sedan bearer glared at her and said, "It's almost gone in front of us. If the princess blames us, will you take the blame for us?"

Liuxia bit her lip, "You can't knock our young lady."

The sedan bearer chuckled and said, "We can't help it. The road is not easy to walk on. Please bear with the grievance, Miss."