After being reborn, I went on a killing spree in the imperial court.

Their eyes met, and the air seemed to freeze. Cao Yuan saw complex and unreadable emotions in Chu Yan's clear eyes.

Cao Yuan blinked hard, quickly got off him, and looked away.

She stood up and observed her surroundings, pressed herself against the wall to listen to the sounds outside, and tapped the wall with her sword sheath.

"This wall seems to be hollow! There must be a mechanism inside!"

"By the way, who knocked me out from behind? Do I know them?"

Chu Yan's expression was unusual. "I don't know if you two know each other?"

Cao Yuan was puzzled. What do you mean, "I don't know"?

Cao Yuan didn't think much of it and turned to continue looking for other passages.

After an unknown amount of time, Cao Yuan was so tired that she leaned against the bed and fell asleep. Chu Yan turned his head slightly, his gaze remaining fixed on Cao Yuan's face.

The door to the dark room suddenly opened from the outside.

Chu Yan struggled to sit up, leaning against the wall and warily looking towards the door.

Xiao Hanjing, wearing the mask Chu Yan wore when he went to Chen, placed the tray on the ground and said, "Oh, the princess is sleeping quite soundly! Why isn't she sleeping in bed?"

Chu Yan patted Cao Yuan on the shoulder. Cao Yuan opened her eyes, rubbed them, and looked at the person standing at the door.

"Who are you?" Cao Yuan immediately lost her sleepiness, drew her sword, and pointed it at Xiao Hanjing's neck.

"Princess, you've already forgotten me after only a few days?"

Cao Yuan looked at Chu Yan, then at him, and stood up. "Oh, you're Xiao Xing! Brother Xiao, are you planning to keep us imprisoned here indefinitely?"

Chu Yan looked at Cao Yuan, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. Was she blind?

"Why did you hurt him? Aren't you friends? Although you are from Shu, I, Cao Yuan, will not let you get away with harming someone from Wei!"

"I think Princess, you should change his dressing! Otherwise, you might end up with a corpse." Xiao Hanjing placed the tray on the ground.

After saying that, he left.

"Hey, what do you mean! Open the door, open the door!"

Cao Yuan pounded on the door in frustration, but the person on the other end had already left.

Cao Yuan looked at the tray on the ground and wondered, "Should I change the dressing?"

She glanced at the bandages wrapped around Chu Yan's body. If she removed them, wouldn't that be...?

Thinking of this, Cao Yuan's face instantly flushed.

"Are you coming by yourself, or...?"

Cao Yuan didn't offer to help him, lest she be accused of lacking self-respect.

"I can't do it with one hand! I'm not changing it." Chu Yan shook his head helplessly and shook the shackles he was wearing.

"How can that be! If you die before the dressing is changed, wouldn't I have made a wasted trip?"

Cao Yuan carried the tray over, and the two sat on the bed, their eyes meeting.

Chu Yan noticed her unusual behavior and gave her a wink, as if reminding her what she should do.

"Oh!"

Cao Yuan then realized what was happening. She adjusted her breathing and carefully cut the bandages off his body.

Chu Yan was completely naked from the waist up, his strong arms showing smooth lines. As Cao Yuan changed his dressing, his chest muscles rose and fell with his breath, and sweat streamed down his neck, making Cao Yuan's face extremely hot.

What's wrong with Cao Yuan? She grew up in the military and has treated other wounded soldiers before. She's also been a wife for ten years. Why does she seem so helpless, like a naive young girl?

To be fair, her figure is much better than Xue Xinian's skinny self.

Cao Yuan couldn't help but smile.

"What are you laughing at?" Chu Yan looked at her coldly. What was so funny about bandaging a wound?

"what?"

"Hiss~" Chu Yan gasped.

"Ouch, did I hurt you?"

Chu Yan didn't say anything. That's true, how could he not feel pain after being injured like this?

After the medicine was applied, Chu Yan felt as if all his strength had been drained away, and he leaned weakly against the wall.

His handsome face was now deathly pale, devoid of any color, as fragile and easily broken as a blank sheet of paper.

They look so adorable.

Seeing this, Cao Yuan felt a pang of anxiety and carefully picked up the bandage to begin bandaging Chu Yan's wound.

The bandages wrapped around Chu Yan's body from the front and then around to the back, forcing Cao Yuan to put her hands behind his back as well.

From a distance, the two appeared to be embracing.

Chu Yan tilted his head slightly, his gaze fixed on Cao Yuan, who was intently bandaging his wounds.

Her face was so close that even the fine hairs on her face were clearly visible.

As Cao Yuan moved, a few strands of her jet-black, lustrous hair would occasionally fall down, gently brushing against Chu Yan's body and bringing a faint, ticklish sensation.

However, this feeling also stirred ripples in Chu Yan's heart, making him feel itchy and tingly.

"All right!"

Cao Yuan stood up and started tapping the wall with the arrow again.

"How about we take a break?"

"No! I have to get back to the palace right away! I killed my fourth uncle and my father has confined me to my quarters."

"You killed the Fourth Prince?"

"That's a long story!"

Chu Yan had no idea that so many things had happened in the capital during his time here.

Cao Yuan moved the porcelain on the shelf in front of her and noticed something was amiss.

She twisted the only piece of porcelain that was still moving.

She actually discovered another hidden door.

"I'll go scout ahead first."

Cao Yuan returned to the secret room after about half an incense stick's time.

"Let's go! We can get out!"

"You go!"

"What do you mean? I found the exit, but you're not leaving now?"

“I have difficulty moving around, you go first, they won’t do anything to me! Besides, these shackles are different from ordinary shackles.”

"A grown man, why are you dawdling like that!" Cao Yuan turned her back, drew her sword, and walked towards him.

"what are you up to!"

"It's alright, the shackles are hard to cut, I'll just chop off your hands!"

Before Chu Yan could react, Cao Yuan had already raised her sword and slashed at him.

"No!" Chu Yan turned his head away.

When Cao Yuan opened her eyes again, she had actually cut the chains on her shackles.

Chu Yan looked at her in disbelief.

"What are you looking at? The shackles are hard to cut, but I can cut the chains."

"Hurry up and put your clothes on."

Cao Yuan took an undergarment from the side, helped him put it on, and then squatted down on the ground.

"doing what?"

"I'll carry you on my back! Hurry up and stop dawdling."

Cao Yuan grabbed his arm and carried him on her back.

"Lord Chu, you really are a bit heavy!"

That damn Chu Yan, couldn't he just come down and walk around?

He was still thinking of lying to her!

Finally, Cao Yuan carried him out of the secret passage.

The two rested in a wasteland.

"You rest here for a bit, I'll go get the horse."

Cao Yuan went around in circles and finally found the horse she had come from. Although there were two horses, Xuan Feng was nowhere to be found!

That's really unreliable.

Cao Yuan could only bring over one horse.

"Get up quickly, let's go back to the city!"

Chu Yan got up from the ground and walked behind Cao Yuan when everything went black and he suddenly collapsed onto her back.

Cao Yuan's heart skipped a beat. "???"

"Lord Chu..."

She slowly turned around, and Chu Yan fell into Cao Yuan's arms.

"Hey, Chu Yan! You're trying to take liberties with me again!"

When Cao Yuan saw him lying on top of her, she pushed him away forcefully.

Only then did she notice that the bandaged wound on Chu Yan's chest was bleeding.

"Oh no, I must have used too much force just now!"

"Chu Yan, Chu Yan, hang in there! I'll take you back right away!"