"Yan Niang wasn't the one who experienced a fire before? She really didn't deceive us. Two months ago, a massive fire broke out in the imperial palace. And the place where it started was Ganquan Palace, where she lived. At that time, people even died from the fire. Everyone in the imperial palace thought she had already died."

  Mei looked at Chu Yicheng and said, "But the next day she ran into us. As for how she escaped, I'm not very clear about that either. Only she knows the most about this matter."

  "Oh, so that's how it is." Chu Yicheng said: "Does the Emperor know she's still alive?"

  "Uh, not very clear." Mei Dao said: "Master, there's something else I want to tell you. That is, once I accidentally found out that someone else was also secretly looking for Miss Yan. It seems that someone knows she's still alive in the world."

  Moreover, he has also come to the border this time. Grandfather, are we going to bring Yan Niang with us on our trip to the capital this time?

  "Of course, I'll take her with me. Leaving her here makes me uneasy. Didn't you say someone was looking for her? Chu Yicheng thought to himself: "That's perfect. If I take her away, those people won't be able to find her."

  Mei Zhen worriedly said: "But aren't you afraid that once we arrive in the capital, Yan Niang will return to his side?"

  "Don't worry, I won't let her go back to him again. Now that heaven has brought her to my side, we're meant to be together. I won't let her easily leave me." Chu Yicheng said. Since she was his woman before, now she's his own woman.

  "Oh, that's good then. Grandpa, I've already told you everything I know. I have to go back and eat breakfast now. I'm starving." Mochi said, rubbing his flat stomach.

  "Uh, you can go down now." Chu Yicheng waved his hand to signal her. He had many questions he wanted to ask her clearly so that he could make a decision. As soon as Mei Qian's feet left, Chu Yicheng hastily walked towards his own room. He knew she definitely hadn't left.

  Actually, since the two of them left, Yan Xijun had been staying there all along. She lay weakly on the ground, curled up on the soft carpet, silently shedding tears. The room was clearly warm, but she felt very cold, so cold that her whole body was about to shiver.

  Her father. Is that strict father of hers dead? And Xu Yi, who treated her like his own daughter, is he also dead?

  What did the Yan family do to deserve this? How could he be so ruthless and wipe them out completely? Why is his heart so cruel? Ten years ago, they already killed so many people. Why do they still want to kill now? Haven't they had enough of killing yet?

  What a cruel tyrant.

  She hates him. Really really hates him.

  How long she had been sitting on the ground, Yan Xijun didn't know either. It wasn't until a pair of somewhat chilly hands encircled her and pulled her into an embrace that she slightly came to her senses.

  Although she resisted his embrace, she had cried herself tired and was too lazy to even struggle.

  She didn't even want to wipe away the tears on her face. Anyway, it didn't matter if he saw her miserable side. She didn't care. She wasn't afraid that her current behavior would make him suspicious. Let him think whatever he wanted. Anyway, she was tired.

  If she can't even keep her sorrow for herself to vent, what's the point of her living?

  "Don't cry anymore, it's no use shedding more tears. General Yan will not come back to life because of this." Chu Yicheng hugged her and comforted her in a soft voice by her ear.

  Upon hearing this, Yan Xiu's heart skipped a beat. She immediately pushed him away and asked: "What do you know? I'm not crying for General Yan Da. Don't talk nonsense."

  "Yan Er, you don't need to hide anything from me anymore. I already know everything." Chu Yicheng said, looking at her with a calm expression.

  "You know something." Yan Xijun looked at him with some panic, and only then did she remember to wipe away the tears on her face. She felt a little regretful in her heart, wondering if he had seen through something.

  Chu Yicheng reached out and pulled away her hand that was smearing tears all over her face. He helped her wipe away the tears, looking at her as he said: "Yan Xijun, I already know everything about you. So there's no need for you to pretend anymore."

  He heard him call out his own name. Yan Xijun's bitter smile. "Ah, you know everything now."

  "Now that you know my identity, are you going to take me to your royal brother? This is what she's most worried about now. Given his relationship with the Emperor, he'll definitely do this. If he really wants to send himself into the palace, then she needs to hurry up and escape within these few days. She doesn't want to enter the palace again."

  "No. You're wrong." Chu Yicheng shook his head and said, "I won't send you to the imperial palace, nor will I send you to him."

  "Why." Yan Xijun was stunned this time around. She didn't know whether to be surprised or delighted. He said he wouldn't send himself into the imperial palace, but in her heart, she was puzzled as to why he would do such a thing.

  "You answer my question first, do you want to go back to the palace or return to his side?" Chu Yicheng asked her directly. As long as she dared to say a word, he would unhesitatingly keep her by his side.

  Yan Xijun shook her head: "No, I don't want to go back and I don't want to be by his side either."

  "Hehe." Chu Yicheng smiled happily. "Since you don't want to yourself, why should I send you into the palace? I'm not someone who interferes in other people's business."

  "Hmm, is he really that easy to talk to?" Yan Xijun didn't quite believe it and asked with some doubt: "But you have such a good relationship with the Emperor, and he's your imperial brother, aren't you going to help him at all?"

  If it's like what outsiders say, that they two brothers respect and love each other, then he should have escorted himself back to the capital.

  "Yan Er, actually our relationship isn't as good as you think it is. So I don't have a reason to help him."

  "But..."

  "Don't pretend, Yan Er. Didn't you say it yourself last night? You said you didn't love your husband. Is this true?" Chu Yi Cheng asked. He needed to confirm this information. It was very important to him.

  "I don't love him," Yan Xijun said with a shake of her head. When she saw his eyes filled with despair, she added: "Because I already have someone in my heart."

  "Who? Tell me quickly, who is it?" He was delighted to hear her say she didn't love the prince, but then he heard her say there's someone in her heart and became furious. With a bitter tone, he asked.

  Yan Xijun pursed her lips and said: "Forgive me for not telling you."

  She didn't seem to be joking. Chu Yicheng stared at her for several seconds, grasping her shoulder and saying: "Yan'er, I can tell you that I won't give up on you. Even if you've already fallen in love with someone else, I have a way to make you slowly fall in love with me."

  "Your Highness, I am already your imperial brother's woman. Please give me up. If one day the Emperor finds out that we are together, both of us will lose our lives."

  "He will never have the day to discover it, so you can rest assured." Chu Yicheng said confidently. In the future, the position of the emperor's brother, he is ready to replace him. Therefore, the emperor's brother also has no chance to know all this.

  "You are the king and I am the concubine, we can't be together." Yan Xijun was almost suffocated by his stubbornness, how could he be even more obstinate than herself?