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

"But the good times didn't last long. Not long after, he started nagging me again that I should make an empress."

"Empress? Whom does A-Yun want to make empress?"

"..."

A familiar voice drifted from behind. Chu Yun turned around, "A-Chuan? Didn't you go to the Xie residence?"

"Ah Yun hasn't answered me yet, who she wants to make empress." Gu Chuan smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

"No, what do you mean? Aren't you my queen?"

-

As his memories returned, Chu Jun resigned and returned to Qianhe Palace. After finishing his breakfast, he reviewed several memorials.

The archery and horsemanship competition will be held in four days. It happens to be a day off, and he and A-Li will go together.

After reviewing the memorials, he drank a bowl of herbal soup, which was prepared according to the prescription of the divine physician and was to be taken once every seven days.

Ah Li arrived almost immediately after I finished drinking the herbal medicine.

He held a candied hawthorn and a small windmill in his hand. "Brother, I brought a gift for...."

"..."

Chu Junci sighed helplessly, "A Li, it's too early to give a gift now."

"oh."

Chu Li sat down opposite him and placed the little windmill on the table: "You can play with the little windmill later, as for the candied hawthorn, I'll eat it first."

He took a bite of the candied hawthorn and squinted his eyes with pleasure.

"Did you sleep well last night, brother?"

"it is good."

"But I heard that you might have trouble sleeping in the early stages."

"It's all in the past."

"All right."

After swallowing a candied hawthorn, Chu Li tilted her head and looked at him: "Brother."

"Um?"

"I dreamt of my father and father yesterday. They said they knew about this and told you not to blame yourself."

"..."

"Father and Father also told us to take good care of ourselves and not to think too much."

"…Um."

Chu Junci looked up: "A-Li, your brother knows."

"Uh-huh!"

Chu Li took another bite of the candied hawthorn. What he didn't say was that after dreaming of his father and father, he had another nightmare.

In his dream, Mo Yan became his sister-in-law!

He married his brother! And he's been staying at their house ever since!

That shameless Mo Yan kept pestering his brother, even saying things like, "What do you need a face for? Having your brother is enough..."

That's absolutely shameless!

Thinking of this, Chu Li was furious and thought to himself: With him around, this dream will not come true!

Mo Yan wants to be his sister-in-law? In the next life... no, dream on!

"A-Li, what's wrong?"

His expression was too obvious, and Chu Junci asked in confusion, "Why are you suddenly angry?"

"no."

Taking a sip of tea, Chu Li smiled and said, "Brother, you're busy, right? I'll come see you again tomorrow."

"Go."

Watching Chu Li's departing figure, Chu Junci went out of the courtyard for some fresh air, and returned to the palace a while later.

As darkness fell and fewer people entered the city, a figure suddenly jumped out from the second floor of an inn.

Dressed in night clothes, he moved swiftly through the darkness, heading straight for the palace.

Before long, he arrived outside the palace, and after observing secretly, he carefully jumped onto the roof.

He carefully navigated past the patrolling soldiers, searching for that extremely familiar figure.

Can--

"Assassin! Help!"

"There's an assassin!"

The guards nearby spotted him, shouted, and a large number of guards rushed towards him.

"..."

Mo Yan cursed under his breath, then stood up and looked around at the layout of the palace.

Soon, he looked at one of the palaces, and his intuition told him that Aci was there.

Just as he was about to go forward, an arrow suddenly shot towards him. The archer was a young man in armor with his ponytail tied high.

Mo Yan had met him once before; it was him who escorted Aci into the city at the border between the two countries.

As the arrows flew, Mo Yan quickly dodged to the side. But as soon as he dodged one, a second, a third, and a fourth followed in quick succession…

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" Three sounds rang in his ears. After he stood still, several guards had already surrounded him below the rooftop.

Not far away, there was a group of archers, who seemed intent on riddling him with arrows if he took another step forward.

Damn it.

Mo Yan narrowed his eyes, realizing he had no choice but to leave temporarily. Although his martial arts skills were good, he could leave unharmed even if he couldn't break through the encirclement.

He jumped off the palace gate and quickly disappeared into the night.

After circling around a few times to make sure no one was following him, he returned to the inn.

Pushing open the window, a red fox fur coat was clearly visible hanging on the rack. Mo Yan took off his mask and drank a few sips of water.

Sitting at the table, he recalled his actions from tonight. He was certain he had moved very quietly and wouldn't have been noticed under normal circumstances, unless…

They were prepared.

Such a large-scale patrol, with hidden guards at almost every location, perhaps... Chu Ling knew there would be assassins.

The speculation grew stronger, and Mo Yan clenched his fingers. A quarter of an hour later, he sneaked into the Xie residence.

Compared to the heavily guarded imperial palace, the Xie residence was much less guarded. Since Xie Yunzhou left the capital, the Xie residence was practically unguarded.

Only some old servants and household servants lived in the mansion, so Mo Yan found Xie Yunzhou's bedroom without any trouble.

Pushing open the door, Mo Yan went straight to the mechanism. After twisting a vase, a hidden door appeared in front of him.

The hidden door opened, revealing a secret room inside. Mo Yan strode in and saw several portraits hanging inside.

The first piece is a landscape painting, with a line of small characters on the back—

This was given to Yunzhou when he was five years old.

The second image is of twin flowers in bloom, and there are also some small characters on the back—

This was given to Yunzhou, who was six years old.

The third painting is "Deer Seen Deep in the Forest," and there are also some small characters on the back—

This was given to Yunzhou when he was seven years old.

……

There were five more different portraits, all inscribed with "Presented to Yunzhou".

The characters on each painting have evolved from childish to mature, demonstrating the writer's progress. But more importantly, these characters belong to Aci.

Mo Yan had seen Chu Junci's calligraphy, which was identical to the calligraphy on the back of the portrait. This could only mean that Chu Junci wrote all the calligraphy and painted all the portraits.

The thought of "Xie Yunzhou and Chu Ling having an extremely good relationship, and the two even sleeping side by side" flooded back into Mo Yan's mind, making him almost insanely jealous!

A surge of intense jealousy rose within Mo Yan as he stared at the paintings, wishing he could burn them to the ground!

Aci has never drawn a portrait of him!

Aside from jealousy, his heart began to race, and he finally realized: he had mistaken the person for someone else.

Aci is not Xie Yunzhou, that wild man is!

The scoundrel who once hid in the cabinet of Qiyue Palace and later ran away with Aci is Xie Yunzhou!

Realizing this, he couldn't help but take a step back, and in a daze, he remembered a question that Aci had once asked him.

That day, Aci asked him, "Everyone says that you and Chu Ling are evenly matched. In your heart, what kind of person do you think Chu Ling is?"

What was his answer again?

As Mo Yan recalled the events, his face grew paler and paler.

He said "Chu Ling is no match for me" several times in a row, and even gave several examples...

At that moment, Aci got angry, and he stupidly asked Aci what was wrong...

Mo Yan, you big idiot! How can you be so slow?!