Time travel, quick transmigration

The woman, holding her child's hand, watched Shi Yan's carriage drive away before turning and leaving. Shi Yan sat upright in the carriage, somewhat regretting not having called her guards to subdue and beat the purple-clad youth.

With a "whoosh!" followed by a sudden jolt, Shi Yan, who was deep in thought, almost fell over in the carriage.

"what happened."

Shi Yan's soft voice rang out.

The coachman outside immediately replied.

"Your Highness, a young man has blocked our carriage ahead."

Before the boy arrived, his accompanying guards had already surrounded him, looking ready to pounce.

Upon hearing this, Shi Yan's brows furrowed slightly. She then got up and lifted the carriage curtain to look. She saw that the person blocking her carriage was none other than the young man she had seen before, riding a white horse, dressed in purple, with a flamboyant and bright appearance and an arrogant expression.

The boy's eyes met Shi Yan's, his phoenix eyes gleaming with light.

"You are Princess Consort of Shou. Why did you meddle in other people's business just now? That woman took her child out but didn't take good care of her child. The child was almost trampled to death by my Liuyun. Such a foolish and ignorant woman should be taught a lesson."

Shi Yan was unaware of the reason why the boy had whipped the woman. Although she had some reservations about the woman's negligence, it did not mean that she approved of the boy's behavior.

“Even if that woman was indeed negligent, it doesn’t give you the right to whip someone at will. What, are you allowed to discipline others, but not others are allowed to give that woman a little money to treat her injuries?”

Shi Yan's face was beautiful and charming, and her smile was even more captivating.

"Or is it that in this imperial city, only you, young master, can act with impunity, disregard the safety of innocent people, and run rampant without restraint?"

"Could it be that the young master came here specifically to give this princess a few lashes?"

Shi Yan raised her chin slightly, looking both proud and aloof. Combined with Yang Yuhuan's already stunning beauty, her half-smiling expression seemed particularly ostentatious to Xiao Huanling. Xiao Huanling realized he had lost his composure in front of a woman two years his senior, and his ears burned with desire.

"You're... just making excuses. I can't be bothered to argue with you."

He had indeed come to confront her intentionally, but Xiao Huanling found that he couldn't muster any anger in front of Shi Yan. Moreover, after hearing from passersby that the Princess Consort of Shou had helped the woman he had whipped twice and had rushed over, his anger had dissipated considerably.

Now that he's calmed down, even though he's still unhappy that Shi Yan interfered in his business, he really can't bring himself to whip Shi Yan.

To him, the Princess Consort before him was like a delicate peony, and he was truly worried that he would damage her with a single lash of his whip.

"Hmph! I won't bother with you."

With that, he pulled on the reins, turned his horse around, ignored the guards surrounding him, skillfully bypassed them, and galloped away with a whip in hand.

Shi Yan didn't miss Xiao Huanling's slightly arrogant and awkward expression before he left, and she chuckled inwardly, her impression of Xiao Huanling improving slightly. She even wondered if she had seen wrong; he seemed to be fleeing in a panic just now.

"Okay, let's go back."

After instructing the driver to continue driving, Shi Yan lowered the gauze curtain and sat back in her original seat, pondering the upcoming audience with Prince Shou. Naturally, she didn't take the little incident that had happened today to heart.

That night, the moon was bright and the stars were few. After bathing, Shi Yan changed into a light blue nightgown, removed the jeweled hairpins and ornaments from her head, and walked to the bedside without any makeup, looking at Li Heng who was already fast asleep. Li Heng had a satisfied expression on his face as if he were having a sweet dream, and in fact, he was.

"Xiao Ba, the recipe you gave me, when ground into powder and added to the soup, worked quite well for Li Heng. It was such a small amount, but the effect was unexpectedly good."

0804 took Shi Yan's words as praise, and put on a smug look with her round head.

"That's right, look who cast him."

Shi Yan found it somewhat amusing to hear 0804's adorable, childlike voice.

"Yes, yes, yes, you're the best!"

"There's not much to do to pass the time in ancient times. I'm not in the mood for reading right now, so I'm going to go to bed early. We can talk again when I'm awake."

As Shi Yan spoke, she took off her shoes, got up, and lay down on the innermost side of the bed. She had confidence in the prescription given by 0804. Judging from Li Heng's appearance, she believed that even lightning from the sky could not wake him up.

Seeing that Shi Yan had really closed her eyes and was about to go to sleep, 0804 suddenly darted to Shi Yan's cheek and touched her nose.

"Yan Yan, it's still early, play with me a little longer."

She refused.

0804 had no choice but to give up.

"Yan Yan, if you want to know anything in the future, just ask me directly. If it weren't for that maid named Xiao Die's simple mind, with your indirect questioning and your personality that has nothing to do with Yang Yuhuan, she would have aroused her suspicion long ago."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yan gave a soft "hmm" to indicate that she understood. She did not explain to 0804 that she was not that stupid. She knew that many things varied from person to person and there was no need to explain too much.

"Alright, little one, you're still young. If you worry too much, you might not grow up properly."

0804 didn't like the sound of it.

"Others are already a hundred years old. When we accumulate enough merit together, the God will reward me and help me change to a new form. At that time, I can also grow tall and beautiful like you."

Shi Yan couldn't help but feel a little curious about the main god that 0804 mentioned, but she didn't intend to investigate too much.

"In that case, I wish you all the best in achieving your goal. Now, go to sleep, I'm going to sleep too."

After saying that, he stopped talking.

0804 felt something was off as it listened to Shi Yan's words of blessing, but couldn't quite put its finger on what was wrong.

Shi Yan slept soundly through the night. The next morning, she was awakened by 0804. Shi Yan was stunned for a moment before realizing what she was supposed to do. She immediately messed up her dark hair, slightly exposed her shoulders, moved to Li Heng's side, rested her head on his shoulder, and then closed her eyes as if she were fast asleep.

Li Heng slowly awoke from his sleep, and the first thing he saw upon opening his eyes was Shi Yan's beautiful sleeping face. Shi Yan leaned on his shoulder, her flawless face catching his eye and making him momentarily dazed. Recalling the sweet intimacy of the previous night, his heart was filled with tenderness. Seeing that the beauty was still fast asleep, he gazed at her greedily for a while before carefully moving his shoulder and sitting up from the bed.

After washing up with the help of the maids, Li Heng changed into a blue casual robe and left the bedroom. Once the room was quiet, Shi Yan slowly opened her eyes, sat up from the couch, took out a small bottle from beside her pillow, and smeared the cherry juice she had prepared on the sheets. The bright red cherry juice was enough to fool anyone.

Judging from Li Heng's demeanor, Shi Yan knew that he genuinely liked Princess Yang Yuhuan, but when it came to his own interests, Yang Yuhuan meant nothing. Li Heng's feelings for Yang Yuhuan were merely liking, not deep love. Therefore, Shi Yan felt no remorse for deceiving Li Heng.