My elder sister forced me to become a concubine; I was reborn and remarried into the emperor's

With very limited supplies available, Wei Nanxun could only treat his wounds simply, then tear off a clean undergarment to bandage his largest wound.

By the time everything was finished, it was already afternoon.

Seeing that it was getting late, she could not delay any longer. After settling the people in, she went to find a way out.

But this place was more complicated than she had imagined. It was not the foot of Baiyun Mountain as she had thought, and it was completely unfamiliar with the place where she had climbed the mountain that day.

When she touched the wall in one direction, she realized that she seemed to have fallen into a valley, and the valley was very large, with no signs of human habitation found for the time being.

She returned to the thatched hut and tried to search in a different direction, but she met with the same setback.

We spent too much time rescuing people, and it's getting dark. It looks like we definitely won't be able to get out today.

Wei Nanxun felt both unlucky and fortunate. She had fallen into such a place, but she was also lucky. If she hadn't met that man, she would have been alone in this valley.

Putting everything else aside, it's getting dark now, and if there are any wild animals in the valley, having more people around will give us a greater sense of security.

Fortunately, although she couldn't find a way out, she found other edible fruits by the river and picked up a few eggs that looked like they had been dropped by pheasants or some other bird. The two of them could manage to get by for the night.

She returned to the thatched hut as the sun set, where the man was still lying on the only wooden bed.

His eyes were closed, his brows furrowed, and the golden afterglow of the setting sun poured down from the broken roof, dappling his face.

He added a touch of light to her sickly and haggard face. For a moment, he seemed like a god who had descended from the heavens to rescue her.

Wei Nanxun suddenly stopped blaming fate. She was alive and had escaped the cannibalistic palace. Every moment she was living was a gift from heaven. What did she have to complain about?

Perhaps sensing her footsteps, the sleeping person suddenly opened their eyes.

Those already beautiful and deep eyes, bathed in the glow of the setting sun, became as clear and bright as gemstones, captivating her slightly. At that moment, she seemed to understand a little better those emperors who were obsessed with beauty.

If it weren't for the coughing that woke her up, she doesn't know how long she would have had to keep watching.

Wei Nanxun's face flushed unnaturally. She had been married before, yet she was tempted by good looks!

I really shouldn’t have done that!

She quickly cleared her throat and said, "You're awake? Do you still have a fever?"

The room was dimly lit, and Pei Ji was backlit, so he didn't notice her little movements. He just slowly sat up, supporting himself on the bed.

He shook his head heavily. He had followed his uncle to the battlefield when he was ten years old, and had suffered countless injuries over the past ten years, even teetering on the brink of death many times. Such injuries were nothing to him.

However, this time the wound was left untreated for a while, and in this hot and humid environment, the wound festered deeper, making it look more serious than before.

"Why are you up again? Didn't I tell you not to move around?"

Wei Nanxun stepped forward and helped the man up, then naturally touched his forehead. She felt relieved to find that his forehead wasn't as hot as before.

Thinking the man was still in too much pain to speak, she continued to check his wounds to see if there was any more bleeding. Suddenly, she heard a weak and feeble voice: "I'm fine."

Wei Nanxun paused, realizing he hadn't been driven mad by the fever.

"You're fine? How can you say you're fine when you're injured like this? How did you get these injuries?"

It's quite remarkable that a poor scholar who doesn't seem to have much money could make himself look like this.

But the other person remained silent for a long time, whether because they were too tired to speak or simply didn't want to answer the question.

Wei Nanxun also realized that she seemed to be meddling too much. Although she saved him, the two were just strangers who had just met and were not close enough to talk about these things.

Seeing that his wound had stopped bleeding, she placed the fruit beside him and got up to find a flint in the house.

As the sun set and the valley fell completely dark, she lit a branch in the corner by the dim light, and the house was illuminated again.

She was fiddling with how to cook the eggs she had found, and didn't try to talk to him anymore.

Unexpectedly, a very soft, hoarse, and stiff voice said, "Thank you."

Wei Nanxun glanced at him in surprise, only to see him lower his eyes as if embarrassed. His eyelashes were even longer and curlier than a woman's, casting shadows like butterfly wings.

Was he just shy and embarrassed before?

She undressed him and cleaned his wounds, so he kept quiet and didn't say a word.

She had the most contact with Pei Yuyan in the past, and he was always aloof and would never show such an expression. Seeing him like this actually made Wei Nanxun feel novel, and she no longer cared that he hadn't answered her earlier.

"You look like a scholar from around here. Are you a student? What's your name?"

Pei Ji raised his head, his dark eyes fixed on her. He paused, then said, "Ji..."

寂？

Which one is lonely?

Wei Nanxun's heart suddenly started racing, and she even felt the jade pendant at her waist getting hot. A particularly outrageous idea even flashed through her mind.

But then I heard him continue: "Ji Shouzhuo."

It turned out that his surname was Ji, not the Ji she had thought. She said that there was no such coincidence in the world, and besides, that noble person was in the palace, how could he appear in such a remote mountain forest and share hardships with her?

She gave an awkward laugh, then realized the person opposite her was still staring at her: "Are you feeling down?"

Wei Nanxun felt as if someone had hit a nerve, and immediately shook her head: "What do I have to be disappointed about? It's just that your name, like you, is very old-fashioned."

Shouzhuo, Shouzhuo—what young man would be given such a name?

She was still busy with the eggs in her hands and didn't notice the light in Ji Shouzhuo's eyes, which almost completely dimmed with those words.

"And you."

Just as she was about to blurt out "Wei Nanxun," she remembered that she no longer used that name: "My name is Guan Yue."

Pei Ji knew her; she was Wei Nanxun, the seventh daughter of the Wei family. Although he didn't know how she had coincidentally appeared here, he was certain that her name wasn't Guan Yue.

He raised an eyebrow, emphasizing the two words, and said, "Is the pass difficult to cross?"

"Yes, there are high mountains and dangerous roads in this world, but I will not be hindered by them. I will cross these towering mountains and enjoy life to the fullest."

As she spoke, the image of their skin touching and their necks entwined seemed to reappear before his eyes that day.

Is she really that hedonistic?

Neither of them were talkative people, and one was ill while the other was physically and mentally exhausted. After exchanging only a few words, they fell silent again.

Outside, the night wind howled through the forest, while inside, the sounds of flames engulfing branches and exploding filled the air, making the long night less silent.

Wei Nanxun was tired and sleepy, but she couldn't fall asleep.

In her past life, she shared a bed with someone every night, but that was her husband. Now, she is still unmarried and has another man by her side. How can she sleep soundly?

Moreover, there was only one bed in the room, so she could only sleep on straw on the floor, leaning against the wall, which made it very painful for her, who already had difficulty falling asleep and was a light sleeper.

This is not as good as last night, when I was knocked unconscious and didn't have to think about so many messy things.

She couldn't sleep, so she tossed and turned, thinking about things. She wondered if Pei Yuyan's men had left yet, and that the wedding day was approaching. Why hadn't the wedding taken place yet? Could they please stop chasing after her all day long?

Then I wondered if Zhixia was crying because she couldn't find her, and if someone had discovered that she had fallen into the valley.

After thinking it over, I heard what sounded like wolves howling coming from the mountains.

She suddenly came to her senses; the little monk hadn't lied—there really were wild animals in these mountains!

Then she heard a long sigh, and then he said, "Do you... want to come up and sleep?"