The autumn hunt lasted for ten days. For the last six days, after Su Yan had recovered from her illness, she went horseback riding with Su Zhan and his wife and Qin Yan. She even rode with them into the mountains for a ride.

I witnessed Qin Yan single-handedly fight and kill a huge tiger!

Qin Yang tried to contact her many times during this period, but she always stayed with Qin Yan and Su Zhan, and the two of them couldn't exchange any words.

Each time Su Yan glanced at him with a troubled and sad look, she would lower her head and avoid eye contact with him.

With Su Zhan and Qin Yan present, Qin Yang couldn't very well ask her why she had suddenly distanced herself from him, and he felt increasingly tormented.

After returning to Kunjing, Su Yan fell ill again.

It took a month of recuperation in the palace for him to recover.

However, Qin Yan did not want to let her return to the War King's Mansion, so he told the outside world that she had not yet recovered from her illness and continued to keep her in his palace, eating and sleeping with her, and whispering sweet nothings to each other every night.

Another month passed quietly. Su Yan couldn't stand the torment of only drinking soup and not being able to actually eat meat, and she was so angry that she wanted to go and stay at the princess's residence.

Anyway, Qin Yan publicly claimed that she lived in the princess's quarters in the palace, and this was the place she was supposed to live.

She had only been staying at the princess's residence for two days when Chen Yilin, who had just been released from confinement for three months, suddenly came to visit her.

Su Yan knew that her visit was not out of kindness and wanted to know her purpose, so she agreed to let her in.

After some awkward, rambling conversation, Su Yan had grown impatient with entertaining Chen Yilin.

Honestly, she's so slow and hesitant when she speaks; it's made her lose interest in knowing her purpose.

Su Yan then picked up her teacup, lowered her eyes, and slowly blew on the steam, signaling Chen Yilin to leave.

Chen Yilin then revealed her purpose, "Princess Chang Le, do you know how I entered the palace?"

"I don't know." Su Yan thought she had some clever scheme, but it turned out to be nothing more than this?

Chen Yilin raised her hand to adjust the seven-tailed phoenix hairpin in her hair and said with a smile, "The concubines in this palace, apart from myself, are all those court officials who couldn't bear to see His Majesty without anyone to serve him. They bothered His Majesty every day, asking him to select concubines, so that they could enter the palace as decorations."

"However, they were not chosen by His Majesty himself, but by the court officials."

Even Consort Xian had to force her grandfather, who was also His Majesty's mentor, to beg His Majesty to accept her before she could enter the palace.

"Only I was selected into the palace by His Majesty himself, without any recommendation from anyone!"

"So? What do you want to say to me?"

Su Yan was a little bored. If the system hadn't told her earlier about Qin Yan's purpose in choosing Chen Yilin to enter the palace, she might have been provoked and hurt.

But she already knew Qin Yan's purpose, and now, looking at the smugness and pride in Chen Yilin's eyes, she could only laugh.

Chen Yilin looked at her, her eyes filled with jealousy and disdain.

Jealousy is jealousy of her beauty.

The disdain stemmed from her status. Despite her beauty and favorable circumstances, Qin Yan still didn't take a liking to her. Not only did he not bring her into the palace, but he also bestowed upon her the title of princess, thus eliminating any possibility of her entering the palace.

What a waste of such a beautiful face!

Chen Yilin herself is ambitious, but secretly she doesn't care much about propriety and morality, and she thinks that other women are similar to her.

Therefore, he was worried that Su Yan would pester Qin Yan relentlessly, seduce him, and even use tricks to lose her virginity to him, forcing Qin Yan to take her into the palace.

She also felt that with Su Yan's looks, plus her status as the younger sister of the King of War, who was deeply favored by Qin Yan, Su Yan's status would definitely not be lower than hers or Zhang Shuyi's once she entered the palace.

She would at least be a Noble Consort.

Although the Imperial Concubine and other consorts were all of the first rank, the Imperial Concubine was the head of all consorts, which made her different from the other consorts.

Chen Yilin didn't want any woman to step on her head, so she absolutely couldn't let Su Yan enter the palace!

"Host, the main villain has arrived at the gate of your bedroom and will be right outside the door," the system suddenly reminded you.

What a coincidence!

Wouldn't it be a waste of my time to sit with Chen Yilin for half a day if I didn't let him hear something?

Su Yan blinked gently, and the glint in her eyes vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

She then said to Chen Yilin, "No matter what you want to say, I don't want to hear it. You can leave now!"

Seeing the sadness that she couldn't suppress on her face, Chen Yilin felt that she had guessed what she was thinking, and said with some contempt, "What I want to say is that His Majesty only has eyes for me and in his heart!"

No matter how shamelessly you cling to His Majesty in the palace, he will never take a liking to you or bring you into the palace as a concubine!

The teacup in Su Yan's hand fell, rolled on her knee, and then landed on the floor with a "bang".

"I didn't stubbornly stay in the palace!" She bit her lower lip in shame and indignation, her tears stubbornly refusing to fall.

Her voice rose considerably, and the palace maids outside the door heard it.

Qin Yan, who had already reached the bottom of the steps in front of the door, had sharp ears and eyes due to his martial arts training. He not only heard Su Yan's words, but also heard what Chen Yilin said to Su Yan.

He was furious at what Chen Yilin had said to Su Yan, but worried that Su Yan would misunderstand him and be sad, so he quickened his pace and stepped up the stairs.

It was winter, and people were chatting on soft couches in the side hall of the palace. Thick curtains were placed at the door to keep out the wind and snow. Chen Yilin was focused on attacking Su Yan and didn't hear any footsteps at all.

With a face full of sarcasm, she relentlessly mocked Su Yan: "You didn't? Then why didn't you recuperate at the Prince of Zhan's residence? Why did you stay in the palace for two months to recuperate?"

Even His Majesty's younger sisters, who have reached marriageable age, have moved out of the palace to establish their own residences.

You are merely His Majesty's adopted sister; what right do you have to remain in the palace to recuperate?

You don't think no one can see through your dirty thoughts, do you?

You don't actually think that by clinging to the palace, His Majesty will grant you permission to enter and become a royal concubine, do you?

wake up!

You're nothing but a pitiful wretch in His Majesty's eyes, a short-lived ghost. How could His Majesty possibly allow you to enter the palace as an imperial concubine?

Su Yan stood up excitedly, her chest heaving and tears streaming down her face.

She clutched the front of her shirt tightly with both hands, her flushed face quickly turning deathly pale.

The moment Qin Yan strode into the side hall, Su Yan closed her eyes, coughed up blood, and then collapsed to one side.

"Ayan!" Qin Yan was shocked by the sight of her vomiting blood. He paused for a moment before using his light-footed skill to rush over and catch her.

The little girl in my arms had her eyes closed, her lips and chin were stained red with blood, her face was deathly pale, and her breath was so weak that it was almost imperceptible!

Qin Yan panicked completely. He touched her face and kept calling out, "Ayan? Ayan? Wake up, don't scare me, Ayan? Don't scare me... Someone, someone come quick!"

The chief eunuch rushed in from outside the door, and before he could even stand still, he heard His Majesty roar, "Find the imperial physicians! Quickly, bring all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital to the Taiji Hall!"

"Yes, yes, yes, this old servant will send someone to find him right away!" The head eunuch's scalp tingled when he saw the person vomiting blood and unconscious in His Majesty's arms.

Is Consort Yi out of her mind?

How dare you anger His Majesty's beloved to the point of vomiting blood and fainting? Do you think you've lived too long and want to report to the King of Hell sooner?

The head eunuch hurriedly ran out and summoned the junior eunuch.

He's an old man, he can't run fast enough, so this matter needs to be handled by the eunuchs and guards.

Qin Yan picked up Su Yan, turned around and saw Chen Yilin sitting on the soft couch, trembling. The murderous intent in his eyes was palpable. "Someone come here."

"Your Majesty!" The chief eunuch rushed back after giving his orders, just in time to hear the Emperor's summons. Ignoring his hat which was askew, he hurriedly ran into the room.

"Consort Yi spoke disrespectfully to me. Take her to the gate of her own palace and make her kneel there. Slap her a hundred times!"

As for the other punishments, let the little girl decide when she wakes up.

After saying that, Qin Yan ignored Chen Yilin's wailing and pleas for mercy behind him, picked up Su Yan and rushed out, wrapped her tightly in the thick cloak he had just put on, and then used his lightness skill to leap away.

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