Chapter 1100
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In the afternoon, the sun penetrated the clouds and shone on the ground. Although the weather after the rain was a little cool, the sun was still fierce and the ground soon dried up.
Ye Zhen left the palace in such an afternoon. Mo Rongzhan held her in his arms and kissed her cheek from time to time.
"Hot!" Ye Zhen's back was sweating. She pushed Mo Rongzhan away in disgust. "I'm not going anywhere. Will we not see each other in the future? There is no need to be so affectionate. If you really don't want me to go to Chengde Villa, let's go back to the palace."
She was truly a bit angry. Since he had already made up his mind to isolate her from the turmoil of the capital, he would decisively let her go to Chengde Villa and do what he wanted to do. Then he would bring her back. How could she feel good about being so reluctant to part?
If it weren't for his amnesia, she would have fallen out with him long ago!
Mo Rongzhan released her and looked at her helplessly. "Yao Yao, I can't bear to part with you."
Ye Zhen took the fan and waved it gently. "I know. You let me go to Chengde Villa to protect me."
"I know what you think. You think you can protect yourself and face those difficulties and dangers with me. I just dare not take risks …" Mo Rongzhan gently pressed against her earlobe. What if there is a second Qi Ruoshui?
"Then I will wait for you in Chengde Villa." Ye Zhen wrapped her arms around his neck. "Waiting for you to give me a clean and safe world."
Mo Rongzhan's eyes floated with a smile. He kissed her pink lips without speaking.
The carriage left the capital unhurriedly. Ye Zhen fell asleep in Mo Rongzhan's arms. When she woke up, they were almost at Chengde Villa.
The sun set in the west, and the whole mountain peak was illuminated by the setting sun. Ye Zhen lifted the curtains and said with emotion, "I often came here when I was a child, with my brother …"
Mo Rongzhan followed her gaze to the distant plain. "Did you come here to ride with your father?"
Ye Zhen looked back at him with a smile. "How do you know?"
"This is the best place for riding. I used to come here often." He felt a sense of familiarity here.
"That was the former manor of our Ye family. There was a hot spring in the manor. Grandmother liked to take us here. She said that soaking in the hot spring could make people's skin whiter. I also had my own small yard with a hot spring pool behind it …" Ye Zhen recalled the old days, feeling warm and nostalgic.
Mo Rongzhan's calloused fingertips gently stroked the back of her neck. "So fair and smooth … Is it because you often soak in the hot spring?"
Ye Zhen shuddered and glared back at him. "I'm being serious with you!"
"Am I doing something improper?" Mo Rongzhan asked with a smile.
"That is my favorite Zhuangzi, but you gave it to Lu Lingzhi!" Ye Zhen snorted unhappily. Although the Zhuangzi had now been taken back and given to her, she still felt very upset.
Mo Rongzhan coughed lightly, put his arm around her shoulders, and said, "We will build you a bigger manor!"
The corner of Ye Zhen's mouth curled up, but she snorted, "Who cares?"
"I will come often to accompany you," Mo Rongzhan said in a low voice.
"Do you know where I first saw you after I became Lu Yaoyao?" As they got closer and closer to Chengde Villa, Ye Zhen also remembered the past.
Mo Rongzhan smiled. "Here!"
Ye Zhen pointed to the Zhuangzi at the foot of the mountain on the other side. "I met you in the hot spring pool. At that time, I really wanted to kick you to death!"
"I saw you in the hot spring pool at that time!" Mo Rongzhan raised his eyebrows. "To be kicked by you, you must have been fascinated …"
"The second time I saw you outside the gate of Chengde Villa, you looked at me as if you were going to kill me." Ye Zhen smiled. "I should have been thinking about how to stay away from you, not about revenge." "That's right.
Mo Rongzhan chuckled and kissed her for a while. "Fortunately, I didn't let you go!"
Ye Zhen sighed. She and he were probably destined to be together. "You can rest assured that I will stay in Chengde Villa and will not let you worry!"
"Good!" Mo Rongzhan's deep dark eyes were tinged with a smile.
"Here we are!" Ye Zhen said. They had arrived at Chengde Villa. Mo Rongzhan could not let people know that he had sent her personally, so he must go back before tomorrow morning's morning court.
Mo Rongzhan rubbed her palm and let the carriage continue to go into the villa. When they reached the backyard, the carriage stopped. Mo Rongzhan got off with Ye Zhen in his arms. There was already a soft blue glazed sedan waiting for them.
"You go to the house and rest first. I will come to you later!" Mo Rongzhan whispered to Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen frowned and asked, "Aren't you going back to the palace? Aren't you afraid that people will know you are here?"
Mo Rongzhan kissed her cheek. "Here are all my people. No one in the capital will know that I have been here."
"What are you going to do?" Ye Zhen asked.
"There is something I have to tell you," Mo Rongzhan said faintly and asked the palace servant to send Ye Zhen to the east first.
Chengde Villa covered a vast area. Every year during the autumn hunt, the emperor would bring people here to live for more than a month. There were two gardens here, each with a different style of courtyard. Ye Zhen's courtyard was in the west garden, where the spring was located.
This was not the first time Ye Zhen had come to Chengde Villa, but she had not visited it before. She sat in the soft sedan and looked at the surrounding scenery. This time, she could finally stroll around the big villa leisurely.
"Is the scenery in the east garden the same as here?" Ye Zhen asked a palace maid who had been walking beside her.
"Replying to your highness, there are more courtyards in the east garden than in the west garden. It is where the concubines used to live," the palace maid replied in a low voice. Although it was euphemistic, the meaning was still expressed.
Every year when the emperor came to the autumn hunt, he would bring many concubines to serve him. These people all lived in the east garden. Even if the emperor did not bring any concubines, the people in the villa would certainly arrange for women to wait for the emperor's favor in the east garden.
Ye Zhen just smiled faintly and did not ask any more questions.
"This is …" Ye Zhen looked at the place called Daohua Courtyard doubtfully. It did not seem to be the courtyard where she lived before. She used to live next to the Empress Dowager's spring courtyard. She did not seem to have heard of such a place.
"Your highness, the emperor asked people to open up both the autumn and winter courtyards and expand the original Daohua Courtyard. I hope your highness can live here comfortably." The palace maid continued to answer.
Ye Zhen glanced sideways at her. "Did the emperor ask you to stay with me to serve me?"
In addition to Hong Ling and Hong Ying, there were two more unfamiliar palace maids behind her. Ye Zhen remembered what Mo Rongzhan had said. This should be his arrangement.
"Your highness, this servant's name is Dong He. The emperor asked this servant to serve you well."
"This servant's name is Xia He …" Another palace maid followed and saluted.
They were indeed sent by the emperor to protect the empress with their lives.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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