Saving the foolish general, she accidentally becomes his favorite.

Ye Li pretended to be sick, and she fainted weakly on the table.

Startled, Mo Chen shouted, "Wife! Wife!"

Ru Feng hurriedly ordered his servants to summon the family physician, and the mansion was instantly plunged into an emergency.

The doctor hurried along, his mind filled with anxiety.

The eunuch stumbled and fell again as he was jostled by the servants and physicians coming and going from the general's mansion.

Ye Li quietly opened her eyes, winked playfully at Mo Chen, and then mouthed:

“Tell him we’re not feeling well, so we won’t be going to the palace for now.”

Tai couldn't hear Ye Li's voice, but Mo Chen kept a close eye on the young lady. When he saw her "speak" again, his happy face suddenly turned very tense as he listened to her words.

Mo Chen immediately asked anxiously, "Wife! Where do you feel unwell?"

Fearing she would be exposed, Ye Li could only continue to feign illness and remained in bed.

He mouthed to Mo Chen:

"It's fake, but please tell this eunuch that we are both unwell, with old wounds that haven't healed and new ones that have been added, so we can't get out of bed. We'll come to the palace to express our gratitude later."

This was the first time Ye Li had ever used such a long lip-reading technique, and she didn't know if he would understand it, but to her surprise, he did.

As expected of an ever-victorious general, he is indeed very capable!

Mo Chen frowned deeply, and immediately after she finished speaking, she said to the eunuch:

"My wife and I are not feeling well and cannot get out of bed. We will go to the palace after we are better."

Upon hearing this, the eunuch asked, "Is Mo Chen sick and not coming to the palace?"

If that were the case, then his disrespectful words to the royal family today would not have reached the Emperor's ears.

As if grasping at a straw in despair, he hurriedly said obsequiously:

"Since the general's injuries have not healed, he naturally needs to rest well. I will speak to the Emperor properly."

Then the eunuch smeared oil on the soles of his shoes and quickly slipped away, as if some ferocious beast was chasing him.

Once outside the courtyard gate, he took a breath, then resumed his smug expression, directed the servants and maids to put the things away, and left.

As the eunuch walked, he was making his own plans, hoping that the general would stay ill for a long enough time.

The emperor would then be unaware that he had offended the royal family, and this grave offense of disrespect would thus be dropped...

This method is excellent!

So the eunuch decided to go back and exaggerate the general's condition, hoping that the emperor would not remember to summon him for three to five months.

After that, rumors spread throughout the neighborhood that the general's wife was frail and unable to take care of herself, and that the general, despite his own illness, had fallen ill from exhaustion while caring for her.

There are also rumors circulating that the general's wife is ugly and thin, and has no competitive edge. In Tian Shu Kingdom, all noblewomen consider plumpness to be beautiful, so she is not a good match for the general at all.

It seems the General's Mansion will soon have a few more concubines and maids. Suddenly, the unmarried women of various aristocratic families started to get excited.

The eunuch acted out of selfish desires, but unexpectedly, this incident helped Ye Li and Mo Chen escape the emperor's test.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xuanyuan Ming waved his hand and said with schadenfreude, "In that case, there's no need to go to the palace."

Just then, the emperor's father-in-law entered the palace to report something. Upon hearing this, he said with suspicion:

"Your Majesty, this General rarely misses his shifts due to illness, could it be..."

The eunuch hurriedly added fuel to the fire:

"Oh dear, Your Excellency, you don't know! Wasn't the General assassinated on the streets of the capital? His wounds hadn't even healed yet. Today, he was holding his wife, covered in blood. Oh, the scene..."

The eunuch vividly brainwashed the emperor's father-in-law, who seemed to realize something and then stopped pursuing the matter.

Let's put this matter behind us.

On the other side, the mansion bestowed by the emperor.

Originally, Mo Chen's wife was supposed to live in the General's Mansion after the wedding, but the Emperor bestowed a mansion upon them, and the two of them held their wedding ceremony here and stayed temporarily.

Mo Chen took good care of Ye Li, serving her tea and water, and showing her concern and care.

Seeing that he was sweating with nervousness, Ye Li felt both touched and guilty, so she quickly mouthed to him:

"I'm not feeling unwell, I'm lying to him."

Mo Chen stared wide-eyed, his mouth agape in astonishment, big enough to fit a large egg...

His silly and adorable appearance is really funny...

Ye Li found Mo Chen's expression amusing and chuckled softly.

Mo Chen felt relieved when he saw Ye Li start to smile, but he was very curious:

"Why did you lie, my lady? If you didn't want to go to the palace, you could have just said you didn't want to."

Faced with Mo Chen's barrage of questions, Ye Li had no choice but to explain:

"Because it would be dangerous to enter the palace, I will enter it later."

“If going to the palace is too dangerous, then we will never go to the palace again, or you can just stay home and pretend to be sick.”

Upon hearing that she was unwilling, Mo Chen immediately shielded her from all difficulties.

Ye Li felt as if a feather had brushed against her heart, or as if a lake had been swept by it, creating ripples.

She increasingly felt that being with Mo Chen made her feel warm and valued at all times.

For the first time, she took Mo Chen's hand and mouthed to him:

"Let's go to the palace together from now on, because we'll have to face it eventually."

Annie the kitten didn't show up or cause any trouble in front of outsiders today, but she quietly whispered something at the foot of the bed:

"I shouldn't be here, I should be under the bed..."

Ye Li thought to herself, "You follow that eunuch for me and see what he does. I'll bring you fish when he gets back."

Upon hearing this, Annie the kitten exclaimed joyfully, "No problem, I'll arrange it right away!"

The kitten quickly ran out, and Mo Chen smiled when he saw it leave.

He had a smug look on his face, as if he was the one who stayed until the very end.

Ye Li looked at Mo Chen and for a moment she even thought he had a big tail, wagging it defiantly...

The general's unexpected charm is quite...

Cute.

Although she was a little worried about the various power struggles she might face in the palace in the future, she couldn't bear to see Mo Chen fall into danger since he had saved her.

Today's situation was purely lucky; she managed to find a handle on the eunuch. Even the little cat Annie seems quite formidable in this era; everyone calls her the Golden Tiger.

Judging from the eunuch's frightened appearance today, he probably doesn't know that Mo Chen has lost his memory.

If he still wants to save his life, he should delay Mo Chen's entry into the palace; otherwise, the emperor will punish him for the crime of disrespect.

Ye Li sighed and said, "Let's wait a little longer."

Seeing his wife's sudden sorrowful expression, Mo Chen felt uncomfortable and couldn't understand why she was so sad.

Instinctively, he gently embraced Ye Li, this time not just holding her but daring not to touch her.

Instead, he actually touched her shoulder, pulled her into his arms, and said guiltily:

“My wife, I feel so sad when you’re upset. Is there something I did wrong? Tell me, and I can change.”

Mo Chen said in a low voice:

"If you don't like me touching you in public, I promise I won't touch you in public anymore. I'll only hug you in the room, and no one else will know, okay?"

It was only when this was mentioned that Ye Li remembered that he had indeed been very well-behaved outside today.

In any case, in the patriarchal society of ancient times, the only person who could take such good care of her and protect her is Mo Chen. Since they are already married, it's not hard to accept that they fell in love after marriage.

Ye Li listened to his heartbeat and nodded gently.

From this angle, as they embraced, Mo Chen couldn't see her lips, so she opened his palm and wrote on it:

"Thank you."

"What does my wife want to thank me for?"

"You did a great job today. You even knew how to be considerate of my feelings."

"Does my wife think I did a good job today?"

Ye Li smiled and hummed in agreement.

She then felt Mo Chen's chest tremble with happiness, and he grinned, revealing his signature hearty smile:

"If my wife thinks I behaved well today, then I'll do it every day to make her happy!"

Then his large hand naturally began to stroke Ye Li's waist from her shoulder, occasionally sniffing and kissing her hair.

Ye Li looked completely bewildered.

Why did it start again?

So she pressed his hand down and asked him, "What's wrong?"

Mo Chen tilted his head in confusion and asked, "Doesn't my wife like me to hold you?"

"When did I ever say I liked it when you hugged me???"

"You said you did very well today."

"But what you're doing now is something that happened last night, not today."

"Isn't a day only counted if you sleep? I haven't slept since last night."

Ye Li: ………………

Is it too late to call the eunuch back now?

Mo Chen's logic is so flawed that even elementary school students would find it absurd.

Ye Li could only comfort herself, telling herself that the person in front of her had lost his memory in order to save her, so she shouldn't be angry.

She grabbed Mo Chen's groping hand, pressed it firmly against her thigh, and then wrote words on his palm:

"I've only seen you since I came here. Where are your family members?"

She hasn't even served tea to her in-laws yet...

I wonder if my parents can get along with such a gentle general?