The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

Jin Chenyuan's request was not difficult to fulfill, so Yue Li readily agreed.

After their conversation, Yue Li roughly understood the reason why Jin Chenyuan was in this state.

Seeing the bloodshot in Jin Chenyuan's eyes, Yue Li asked, "Has Ayuan not been getting enough rest these past few days?" His eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep, and the dark circles under his eyes were even more noticeable against his fair skin.

"Yes, ever since you left, I've had dreams every night that you're in danger. I wake up in a fright every night and then I can't fall back asleep." Jin Chenyuan continued to express his longing. He felt that his way of expressing his feelings in the past was too subtle, which made Yue Li feel that she wasn't that important to him.

What he needs to do now is to make Yue Li truly feel her place in his heart, and let her know that he can no longer live without her.

"Li Bao, ever since you entered my life, ever since we got together, I can't accept you leaving my life anymore. I really can't live without you. Please don't leave me again, okay?" Jin Chenyuan hugged Yue Li tightly, looking into her eyes. Yue Li saw the seriousness in his eyes as he spoke the words he had kept buried in his heart.

Overwhelming emotions poured down on Yue Li, catching her completely off guard as she had only thought that Jin Chenyuan had some feelings for her.

To be honest, she was quite comfortable when she was with Jin Chenyuan.

After all, apart from being a bit domineering, Jin Chenyuan took good care of her in every other aspect of her life.

She never expected that after only a few days of cultivation in the mountains, Jin Chenyuan would abandon his usual reserve and lay bare his feelings for her.

Yue Li moved her lips, but with Jin Chenyuan staring into her eyes, she didn't know how to answer for a moment, after all, she knew she couldn't reciprocate Jin Chenyuan's feelings in the same way.

All she could promise was, "As long as you don't do anything to betray me in the future, I will definitely not leave you."

Hearing Yue Li's reply, Jin Chenyuan couldn't deny feeling disappointed, but he was already content with those words from Yue Li.

He buried his head back in Yue Li's shoulder and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Li Bao. I won't do anything to betray you so that you won't find an excuse to leave me."

"Alright, let's go back. You don't look well right now." Yue Li said, stepping out of Jin Chenyuan's embrace and taking his hand.

"Let's go back. You can get a good night's sleep when we get back."

"hiss!"

Jin Chenyuan cried out in pain as Yue Li pulled his arm.

"What's wrong? I didn't use any force!"

Isn't this a bit too fragile?

Before Jin Chenyuan could react, Yue Li rolled up his wide sleeves to see if she had hurt his wrist.

However, beneath the sleeves, an arm wrapped in white cloth and slightly bleeding was visible.

"You're injured!" Seeing the bloodstains on the white bandage growing larger, Yue Li asked in surprise, "How did you get injured?"

"It's alright, Li Bao, don't look anymore, it'll be fine in a while." As he spoke, Jin Chenyuan was about to lower his sleeve to cover his injured arm.

Ignoring Jin Chenyuan's attempt to conceal her presence, Yue Li reached for her waist, where she usually kept her purse, but found nothing there.

Only then did Yue Li realize that she hadn't hung a purse on her waist in her haste to leave a few days ago.

She had no choice but to redirect her hand from the purse to her sleeve, using the slightly loose sleeve to take out a bottle of healing pills from her storage space.

While opening the jade bottle, pouring out a pill, and stuffing it into Jin Chenyuan's mouth, she said, "No matter how you got injured, let's heal first. In your current state, how can you expect to get better?"

Jin Chenyuan quietly watched everything Yue Li had done for him, and the darkness in his eyes faded somewhat. His heart, which had felt empty these past few days, finally found its home.

The healing pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, and a tingling, itchy sensation began to spread across Jin Chenyuan's arm.

Knowing the effects of the medicine, Yue Li began to unwrap the white cloth wrapped around Jin Chenyuan's arm after feeding him the healing pill.

After the white cloth was removed, Yue Li could see the wound on Jin Chenyuan's arm. The wound was jagged and uneven, clearly not caused by a sharp weapon.

In just a moment, Jin Chenyuan's previously bloody wound began to shrink, then scab over, and then fall off.

In the blink of an eye, Jin Chenyuan's arm returned to its previous state.

Touching Jin Chenyuan's arm, which had fully recovered, Yue Li suddenly remembered what the guard had said: Jin Chenyuan had sent people to the mountain to look for her these past few days.

Stopping what she was doing, Yue Li looked at Jin Chenyuan and said, "Did you also go up the mountain to look for me? You even went deep into the mountains, encountered a wild beast, and got injured?"

Although he knew that the pills in Yue Li's possession had miraculous effects, seeing them with his own eyes and experiencing their effects firsthand still shocked Jin Chenyuan.

Looking at his arm, which was now completely healed, and recalling the doctor's words.

The doctor said that even if his arm heals, it will leave a scar, and the scar will be very unsightly.

But now, there isn't a single scar on my arm, not even a trace.

Yue Li's words interrupted his shock. While straightening his sleeves, Jin Chenyuan thought for a moment and said truthfully, "Well, the day before yesterday, when I led people up the mountain to find you, we encountered a pack of wolves in the middle of the mountain. We were surrounded and attacked by those wolves. I wasn't paying attention at the time and was scratched on the arm by a wolf's claw."

Jin Chenyuan spoke lightly, but thinking about it, one can imagine how dangerous it must have been.

"Among your group, you're not the only one who got injured, are you?" Yue Li asked with certainty.

With their master injured, what good will come of it for the other guards?

"Yes, I'm the one who's least injured," Jin Chenyuan said helplessly.

"Look at you! I left a message saying I'd be back in a few days. How could you be so bold as to lead people into the deep mountains?"

"Here, take this bottle of healing pills. You took one, and there are 19 more in here. Give them to your injured subordinates." Yue Li directly stuffed the bottle of healing pills into Jin Chenyuan's hand.

"Isn't this too precious?" He had never seen such a miraculous pill before Yue Li appeared.

"Nothing valuable, my life is more important." She had quite a few of these pills piled up in the corner of her space.

Moreover, her cultivation level has already reached the fifth stage of Qi Refining, and she will soon be able to advance to the sixth stage of Qi Refining.

Even if there were medicinal herbs available now, she could still refine low-priced pills.

Upon hearing this, Jin Chenyuan did not refuse, after all, the injuries of the people who had gone up the mountain with him were indeed too serious.

If he only relies on the physicians of the prefecture for treatment, those people he has painstakingly trained might end up with disabilities.

He put the jade bottle into his bosom, took Yue Li's hand in his large palm, and led her back.