After being thoroughly violated, he ran away with the enemy emperor's child.

Every February, the Zhao Kingdom would hold a hunt, a rule established by Emperor Zhao Taizu to boost morale and demonstrate national power.

Therefore, barring any major events such as natural disasters or man-made calamities, every monarch would go to the hunting grounds in February without fail.

"In addition to setting up defenses, you should also select some clever guards to keep a close watch on the Yong people, and make sure they don't run into Aci."

Mo Yan explained a lot, and Wu Xu listened quietly with his head slightly lowered.

Until he waved his hand and said, "Go."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Back in the palace, Chu Junci had already woken up.

The person who had just woken up rarely looked so dazed, and Mo Yan's heart softened. He stepped forward and took the person's hand.

"Aci".

He curled his lips into a smile, about to say something, when Chu Junci shook off his hand and said coldly, "Mo Yan, I remember everything."

In an instant, all the color drained from Mo Yan's face.

His heart felt like it was sinking to the bottom of a valley, which terrified him.

"What...have you remembered?"

Has she remembered her identity as a young general? And then the next step is to leave him...

Thinking of this possibility, Mo Yan's breathing became heavy. He felt like a prisoner awaiting trial, his heart filled with unease.

"I remember—"

Chu Junci glanced at Mo Yan's face, "You fed me medicine, causing me to lose all my memories from Falling Snow Cliff until now."

call……

Mo Yan breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know whether to be happy or scared. He was happy that his Aci hadn't remembered the past, but scared that his Aci had remembered that he had fed him medicine.

It has been more than half a month since the last time I gave her the medication, and by now the effects should have worn off.

So much has happened during this time—the cold war, the injury—that he couldn't bear to give Aci any more medicine, so he kept putting it off until now.

He lowered his head, like a puppy that had done something wrong: "Aci, I'm sorry."

"I'm afraid of losing you, afraid that you'll leave me after you regain your memory."

He had nightmares almost every night, dreaming that his Aci had left him and he could not find her anywhere in the world.

"Aci..."

He carefully touched his wrist: "It was my fault, please don't be angry, okay?"

"The imperial physician said your injuries haven't fully healed yet, so you mustn't get angry."

"..."

Chu Junci ignored him. In fact, besides recalling his memories of Luoxue Cliff, he also seemed to remember something else.

But the information was fragmented and intermittent, preventing him from obtaining much useful information.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that he is not Mo Ci, but Chu Ling.

Xie Yunzhou did not lie to him.

Chu Ling... the ruler of Yong Kingdom, and also Mo Yan's rival.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look up and think to himself: Mo Yan, if you knew my true identity, would you still bow your head and admit your mistakes like you did today?

Perhaps they wish they could kill me.

The thought flashed through his mind, but Chu Junci showed no sign of it. "I'm not angry."

"Really?"

Mo Yan looked up. "Are you really not angry with me, Aci?"

"Um."

"Great, I thought..."

Mo Yan didn't say anything more. He took Chu Junci's hand and kissed it: "Aci, I'm so happy."

The fact that Aci wasn't angry with him for doing such a thing means that Aci's feelings for him have grown a little more.

This guess made Mo Yan's smile widen, and he gently pulled Chu Junci into his arms: "Aci, I will always be good to you."

"But you must also remember the vow you made that night, and never leave me, okay?"

The vow made that night...

Memories drifted back to that night. Chu Junci was expressionless. The vow was made by Mo Ci. What did it have to do with him, Chu Ling?

Furthermore, Mo Yan's words aren't something that can be fulfilled simply by making a vow...

"Do you know?" Chu Junci didn't answer, so Mo Yan asked again.

"understood."

Gently pushing Mo Yan away, Chu Junci leaned against the headboard: "Mo Yan, I'm thirsty."

Hearing that he was thirsty, Mo Yan quickly poured him a glass of warm water and fed it to him.

As the warm water went down, Chu Junci's lips became moist. Mo Yan saw this and his eyes grew even deeper. After a moment, he lowered his head and kissed her.

As his gaze swept across Aci's face, Mo Yan felt he couldn't get enough of kissing her. Every part of his Aci was exactly what he wanted.

He lowered his head, wanting to kiss her again, but Chu Junci pushed him away: "No."

"…All right."

He placed the teacup back on the table and returned to the tatami mat: "Is Aci really not angry with me?"

"real."

His words were a mix of truth and falsehood, but Chu Junci remained expressionless: "I should be angry, but when I think about how you would rather wait to die than hurt me, I don't feel so angry anymore."

Before Mo Yan could even feel happy upon hearing this, Chu Junci continued, "You said last time that you wanted to attack Yong, was that true?"

Last time, General Fu let slip in the Imperial Study. Although Mo Yan blamed everything on General Fu afterward, Chu Junci wasn't stupid and naturally knew that he was the one who issued the orders behind the scenes.

Mo Yan remained silent for a few moments, then denied it: "No."

"I have no intention of attacking Yong."

Aci is, after all, a person from Yong State, and has a close relationship with Chu Ling. If she knew that he had sent elite troops to press on the border, she would definitely be angry with him and would also advise him to withdraw his troops.

He could no longer obtain the snow lotus from the Yong Kingdom's treasury.

Even if Aci were to steal the snow lotus, he would never consume it...

But his Aci still needs snow lotus to nourish his body.

His body was too weak.

So he repeated, "That's all in the past. I don't want war now."

"real?"

"Um."

He will tell Aci the truth after he steals the snow lotus and gives it to her.

Even if Aci is still angry, he will accept it, as long as his body can recover.

"Alright, enough about others. You've been lying around all day, how about going out for a walk?"

The sun was shining brightly today, and Chu Junci looked out the window at the scenery outside, as well as the swings gently swaying in the breeze.

A few days ago, Mo Yan also installed a swing in the Zichen Palace, exactly the same as the one in the Qiyue Palace.

"Okay," he agreed.

Upon hearing his agreement, Mo Yan immediately found him robes and a fox fur coat. After dressing him in them, he carried him out of the Zichen Palace.

"Put me down."

"OK."

With his feet firmly on the ground, Chu Junci looked at the scenery in the courtyard. Not far from the swing, several pots of green plum blossoms had been transplanted, just like the ones he had seen in the greenhouse before.

"I saw that you liked them last time, so I had some transplanted over. Qiyue Palace also has some," Mo Yan explained.

As for the Yanci Palace, which he originally intended to use for the two of them to live in, Chu Junci had fainted there last time, and he did not want Chu Junci to set foot there again.

"Um."

Chu Junci didn't say anything, and looked away: "Walk with me for a bit."

The two walked out of the Zichen Palace, followed at a distance by a group of guards who dared not approach and disturb them.

Although the sun was shining brightly today, it was still a bit chilly. Chu Junci pulled his fox fur coat tighter around himself and suddenly asked, "Mo Yan, what kind of person do you think Chu Ling is?"