Marrying Gold and Jade

There is nothing Pingyao dare not do, at least she thinks so.

"You are right. I want to go find my father."

"so late?"

"It will show my sincerity if I am late."

The more Pingyao thought about it, the more reliable it seemed. He turned around and calculated the distance from Wangyue Pavilion to Qianqing Palace.

I couldn't help but complain: "Why is this place so remote?"

Lin Yu: "Who said it was on the way just now?"

Then a gust of cold wind blew by, and she rubbed her arms, "Okay, the clothes and the lamp are for you, my princess, go quickly."

Pingyao saw that she was thin and also remembered that she was often sick, so he took the initiative and said, "Okay, then you can go in quickly. I will go to my father's place now."

The two said goodbye in the dark courtyard, and then Lin Yu turned around quickly, pulled Qingdai and ran into the hall.

It's too cold, it's really too cold!

"I really can't believe she ran all the way from Kunning Palace in the freezing cold wearing that dress! If it were me, I would have frozen halfway through the journey!"

Protected by Qingdai, Lin Yu entered the door. The charcoal fire inside was burning brightly, and his curled up body stretched out slightly.

When I looked up, Mingyuan was still in the hall.

"You're still here." Just as he was about to talk to someone, Lin Yu remembered that there was someone behind him, and turned to Qing Dai and said, "Okay, it's so cold, you should go back and rest early."

Qingdai didn't refuse. As soon as the palace door closed, the girl's cold palm was rolled over.

Mingyuan's hands were big and his palms were warm and he easily took both of her hands into his palms.

Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, feeling something was strange. Then he realized that Yuan did it too naturally.

Without even asking permission as before, he felt cold and just did it.

"Better?"

Thinking of how he put clothes on her before going out, Lin Yu felt similar blushing again, not to mention that her fair little hand was still in his palm.

She didn't even have the energy to perceive, and she said "much better" while silently trying to pull her hand back.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly tightened his grip and said, "Keep it warm for a while."

So he went back to the table and sat down again, with Lin Yu's hands pressed tightly against his palms.

"How can the love poison be cured?"

"Ah?" Lin Yu seemed to have his mind and spirit grasped by someone, and his reaction was a little slow.

Mingyuan rarely saw her confused look when she was with him. His slightly rough knuckles slowly stroked the delicate skin of her palm, and he slowed down his tone.

"I'm telling you, how do you get rid of the love poison he planted on you?"

Lin Yu only felt her palms itchy, but she didn't know if he did it on purpose. She controlled herself and didn't struggle, and said truthfully: "Give birth to his child."

The intertwined fingertips paused.

Then Lin Yu continued, "But I don't want to."

Even though Xu Jinxuan has been more well-behaved recently, Lin Yu is very clear that his goal is to keep her by his side. Even if she wants to have a baby, he may not cooperate.

"It's better now that you're here. I'm not as dependent on him as before."

"Then, Ayu, have you ever thought that you can rely on me in the future?"

Before Lin Yu could react, Ming Yuan followed her hand and squatted in front of her, just in time with her.

With just one arm resting on the edge of the table, the disparity in size gave her the illusion of being embraced in his arms.

"That night we were just... we were able to suppress the onset of the poison." He paused, skipping over the details of the two people's bodies pressed together, and continued, "If we stay together forever in the future, it doesn't matter whether he is there or not, whether the poison is cured or not."

Lin Yu suddenly became very nervous. She stared at his handsome face and clear eyes and was speechless for a long time.

What he just said was tantamount to asking for marriage.

But A Yuan is A Yuan after all, he left room for maneuver so that Lin Yu would not find it difficult.

"I……"

The boy still raised his head, waiting patiently for her reply; even if it was not a reply, an attitude would be enough.

Of course Lin Yu knew how much he cherished her. Even though the onset of the poison was inevitable, even though she was caught in the act of stealing from her in the middle of the night, A Yuan always kept her dignity.

But the deeper the love, the more guilty Lin Yu felt.

She is no longer the girl she used to be at home.

A lot of things changed during the time I was with Xu Jinxuan.

"I, am no longer..." Lin Yu pursed her lips. The four words "innocent" were still difficult to say. Instead, she turned her head away and blinked her eyelashes twice.

"From Songjiang to the north, and then to the first time I arrived at the palace, I was with him the whole time, and I still had the love poison in my body." She took a deep breath, "Xu Jinxuan and I..."

"Needless to say."

Lin Yu turned her head with a little surprise and saw that he was looking up at her again.

He spoke again: "If you find those things difficult, you don't have to tell me. I just want to ask, if the poison is not cured, can I stay by your side."

Then he took one of her hands, put it to the side of his face, and slowly rubbed the back of her hand with his cheek.

"Miss."

Lin Yu felt a chill down his spine when he heard this voice. After all, he couldn't speak when he was a house slave. Although that was his status at the time, it was the first time he heard him call him like this.

"You are no longer..." Lin Yu wanted to remind him that he had regained his identity and was no longer a servant.

But Mingyuan took the lead and said, "The lady said that I belong to you."

Lin Yu's eyes did not blink, he felt that these words sounded familiar.

It was a long time before I remembered that I had just come back to life and found him moving flowers in the corridor of my home.

What was the first sentence you said when you met?

Obviously Mingyuan remembered it better than her. What she said was, "You belong to me, come with me now."

In Mingyuan's heart, this seemed more like a vow, which she was required to keep fulfilling in the future.

Lin Yu saw him squatting in front of her. He was still young, and the way he rubbed the back of her hand was really adorable.

She also thought about how he had died for her, and even if she returned to the palace now, she would have almost no relatives.

If A Yuan were to leave me, wouldn't it be too pitiful?

"Don't worry," Lin Yu raised his other hand almost subconsciously and caressed his head, "Even if there was no love poison to tie us together, I would still be with you."

"A Yuan, I will always stand with you."

From the moment she took the initiative to extend her hand, a dark fire ignited in Mingyuan's eyes.

After a long while, he nodded seriously.

It was getting late, past the time he would normally leave.

When he returned to the main hall, the soft color he had brought from Lin Yu hung on his face until the eunuch who was close to him closed the door and said to him: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has taken the bait."

The young man's face paused, his facial features clearly did not change, but his expression revealed the gloom that Lin Yu suspected that he had seen it wrong that day.

"it is good."

Facing this eunuch with whom he was most open-minded, he did not hide the fact that he could speak.

"On the day of the Little New Year's Eve, remember to cause some trouble for Lin Ji."

The eunuch bowed and replied yes.

Ming Yuan couldn't say it directly. He didn't like Lin Ji either. He always felt that Lin Yu cared too much about him.