Spring Courtyard Forbidden Pet

Li Xuan asked Ye Zhen to wait in his sedan chair.

Although the Jinyiwei had cleaned up the place, one could still smell the crabapple fragrance on Meng Qianru's body. There were also two boxes under her feet, which were quite heavy when the Jinyiwei carried them out.

Ye Zhen's eyelids jumped. This was done intentionally to increase the weight of the sedan. With one more person sitting in it, it would look as heavy from the outside as if there were two people sitting in it.

Ye Zhen used the excuse of chest tightness to sit under the shade of a tree to rest.

The breeze blew her hair and skirt, and the tension brought by the fight gradually disappeared. Ye Zhen breathed a long sigh of relief, accidentally moving her right foot and gritting her teeth in pain.

Thinking that although he had escaped from Marquis Dingyuan's Mansion, he was covered in injuries, he realized that being too proud would lead to failure.

In fact, compared to the seven years of torture she had endured by Li Chengge in her previous life, this was nothing. It was just that Li Xuan saw her in such a miserable state every time, which made her feel helpless but also somewhat fortunate.

So, no matter how cruel and heartless your words are, you will still be taken care of by others the next day.

If it were someone else, they would have thought she was playing hard to get or was being cunning and pretentious.

Fortunately it was him.

Liuxia found a cup of hot water. Seeing her pale face, Ye Zhen was still frightened. She was afraid that she had not yet recovered from the trauma. She held her hand and comforted her, "I'm not thirsty."

"Your lips are all chapped. Drink."

Liuxia's expression changed, and her heart softened, "Second Miss."

Ye Zhen smiled at her, "Be obedient. If you get tired, who will help me?"

Liuxia's eyes instantly turned red, but the little girl gritted her teeth and endured it, "I'll drink it."

"That's right, sit down and rest for a while."

Liuxia sat on the ground beside her, grinning foolishly, "The best luck in this life for this servant is to serve the Second Young Miss."

Ye Zhen was moved by the innocence and happiness in her eyes. She reached out and rubbed Liuxia's head, "Silly girl."

Liuxia followed her closely and saw that in the pavilion not far away, many people were surrounding Meng Qianru. Two personal maids were boiling water to clean towels, burning incense and making tea...

I grumbled to myself, this is really troublesome.

"The Imperial Master asked the princess to ride in his sedan chair earlier, so why did he suddenly let you ride in this sedan chair?" Liuxia just said casually, "Is the Imperial Master confused too?"

Ye Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.

The moment that thought came to her mind, she grabbed the hem of her clothes with both hands and couldn't help but look at Li Xuan'an's back, only to find that the white clothes were blindingly bright.

Li Xuan deliberately left a group of people alive that night in order to lure out the enemy. They ordered the old woman to kill him in Baiyun Temple. Li Xuan ordered a strict defense, which resulted in Feng Ting being unable to sneak into the temple to look for people.

In this case, the road back to the city was the last hope. He had the Jinyiwei ambushed all around early, calculating that Feng Ting would definitely appear. Or, he deliberately used this road to lure the enemy, because it was almost impossible to pass on the message in the middle.

Ye Zhen had suspected this since he said that the old woman received two different instructions.

Since Feng Ting wanted the person alive, the sedan chair was his only target. Therefore, Li Xuan asked the guards to create the illusion that there was someone sitting inside. Even if Feng Ting was suspicious, this place was not far from the capital, and if he didn't take action now, he would have no chance.

and···

Ye Zhen's throat tightened, and Li Xuan suggested that Meng Qianru take his sedan chair that was being watched secretly. Was it actually to protect himself?

If the assassin chooses to attack during the march, Meng Qianru is of noble status, and all the guards will protect her at all costs. If Meng Qianru and himself squeeze into the same sedan chair, the weight of the sedan chair is different, and she will easily become a living target for the assassin.

But swords have no eyes, isn’t he afraid that Meng Qianru might make a mistake?

Fortunately, Feng Ting chose to act when they were resting, probably because he saw Li Xuan and Meng Qianru together, and also to avoid making things worse. But it was still too risky to pin hope on the assassin.

Ye Zhen's mind went blank for a moment.

Li Xuan went to San Qiao to get medicine, and the other party had already prepared it for him. "It can promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and there are also pills for internal use to regulate breathing."

Sancho gave him three bottles in total, and at the end he said jokingly, "It tastes sweet!"

Li Xuan smiled and said, "Thank you, Junior Master."

Sancho couldn't help smiling when he received his thanks. He deliberately acted like an elder and patted Li Xuan'an on the shoulder, saying earnestly, "You have a nice smile. Save it for Miss Ye Er to see."

"I have prepared the things for you. Don't lose face as the Grand Master and the successor of the Qing Sect."

Li Xuan laughed, what does this have to do with anything?

Sancho looked around and whispered in her ear in a serious tone, "You were said to be aloof from women before, but now you are. If you are rejected again, then...it will be bad if it gets out."

Li Xu'an raised his eyebrow, "Master Junior, are you not worried about my Dao roots?"

Sancho said shamelessly, "If you want beauty instead of Taoism, I, Yu Chenzi, might be the next leader of the Qing Sect."

As soon as I said this, I wanted to laugh, but when I turned around and saw Yinxiang coming over to the princess, I had to hold it back.

Yin Xiang's face turned pale. "Master Imperial Master, the princess feels sick and can't drink water. Please go and take a look."

"I beg you, my servant."

She knelt down in tears and everyone heard it.

Li Xuan pursed his lips, his eyes cold.

Sancho's suppressed smile gradually turned into heartache, "The princess might be frightened, Second Master, go and take a look. I'll go and give Second Miss some medicine first."

Sancho reached for the medicine bottle in his hand, Li Xuan clenched his palms and turned back to look at Ye Zhen.

She also leaned against the tree trunk and closed her eyes for a moment to take a nap. Willow leaves fell in the wind and were caught by the gauze on her left cheek. Ye Zhen's long eyelashes moved slightly.

Only she knew that her heart was beating so fast that it was about to jump out of her chest, but she didn't dare to move at all.

But Li Xuan is so smart, he probably knows that she is pretending, right?

This made her feel even more uneasy.

Sancho laughed, "Oh, the second young lady is sleepy."

The coldness in Li Xuan'an's eyes melted away without him noticing, "I'll go to the pavilion first and come back to see her."

These words were also spoken to Ye Zhen. Her heart trembled slightly, and she didn't know how long she had to pretend.

Soon, Meng Qianru's intermittent voice was heard, so soft and boneless that it made people feel distressed.

She called the Second Master again and again, and Li Xuan's response was very low. Although she couldn't hear what he said clearly, it always made Ye Zhen prick up her ears unconsciously to listen.

"It's nothing serious. I ate too much candied fruit and didn't digest it. Empty your stomach. If you feel nauseous again, just smell this bottle of medicine to relieve it."

Li Xuan handed a small red porcelain bottle to Yinxiang, but his sleeve was pulled by Meng Qianru.

Her face was pale, and she looked at him with moist almond-shaped eyes, "Second Master, please take a rest here."

He seemed not to hear the hint of begging in her heart, and said calmly, "I won't bother you, princess."

Meng Qianru smiled bitterly and slowly loosened her hand, but when he turned around, she couldn't control herself and reached out to grab him, but unfortunately she only got a little bit of the hem of his clothes.

He walks so fast.

The footsteps were still far away, but Ye Zhen could hear them clearly, every beat, and even her heart was beating like a drum.

As we got closer, we could already smell a faint scent of sandalwood in the wind.

But the footsteps were so light that she could hardly catch them. She leaned against the tree trunk, breathing evenly, and leaned slightly to the right as if she was afraid of touching the wound on her face.

Li Xuan stood a few steps away, looking at her gentle profile, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Ye Zhen heard him whisper something to Liuxia, and Liuxia gradually walked away.

In order to avoid being noticed that she was pretending to sleep, she had to continue to keep her breathing steady, but after not hearing any movement from him for a while, she could no longer bear it.

Before I knew it, my breathing had tightened.

After a few small movements, Li Xuan'an's warm palm covered her swollen and painful right calf, and with a little force, she bit her lip and groaned, sitting up straight, and saw him half-crouching in front of her, with his head raised like that, and a smile at the corner of his eyes, "Don't pretend anymore?"