It was still the northern part of Celestial Dragon City.
It was a quiet grove. Ye Wuchen and Long Huang'er were each holding a plump rabbit leg and eating it with relish. Long Huang'er had eaten all kinds of rabbit meat countless times, but none of them were as delicious as the one in her hand.
This rabbit was caught by Long Huang'er herself. Ye Wuchen had only helped her a little in the dark.
"I'm full!"
She raised her hand in a very inelegant manner, and the long bone was thrown out. Then, with a light sound, it smashed into the fallen leaves that covered the ground. When she was with Ye Wuchen, she did everything so casually, completely forgetting her identity as a princess.
She patted her belly and said, "Let's go catch another one, okay? I didn't know that rabbits were so easy to catch."
"That's because I controlled it to run in your direction obediently …" Ye Wuchen smiled to himself.
Ye Wuchen wiped the corners of Long Huang'er's mouth and tidied up her clothes and hair. He smiled and said, "Phoenix, do you know how to play hide and seek?"
"Hide and seek?" Long Huang'er's eyes lit up. He quickly nodded and said, "Of course I do. I often play with those little eunuchs and palace maids. But they are so stupid. I always find them in an instant. "
Ye Wuchen naturally knew that it wasn't that they were stupid, but that they had to use their "stupidity" to please the princess. He smiled and said, "Since Huang 'er is so powerful, then let's play hide and seek … in this forest."
Although this was only a small forest that was less than two miles long, it had obviously existed for a long time. Thick trees could be found everywhere, and they could completely cover an adult.
"Okay, okay. But what kind of punishment will there be if you lose? "
"The loser has to kiss the winner. Does Phoenix dare to play?" Ye Wuchen said.
Long Huang 'er's eyes flickered. She blinked as if she had thought of something, and her face reddened. She whispered, "Of course I dare … But, you have to hide yourself first, and let me find you … You can't hide too far away, or you'll lose."
"Alright." Ye Wuchen smiled and touched her little nose, then gently turned her body over. "Close your eyes. You can only look back after the count of five. Don't be shameless."
He quietly moved his hand away from Long Huang'er's shoulder. Long Huang 'er closed her eyes and before she could even count, she already felt him disappear behind her. Because, she could no longer smell his scent.
After softly counting five numbers, she quickly turned around. His figure could no longer be seen from the front, back, left, or right. It was as if she was the only one left in the empty forest.
"I'm starting to look." She shouted, then took small steps forward, step by step, carefully searching every corner that could hide someone.
Ye Wuchen, who was standing on a branch, was completely blocked by a large patch of withered and dense leaves above her head. He quietly looked at the petite figure of Long Huang'er, and softly sighed. "Is it right or wrong to do this …"
He had several ways to achieve the same goal. But starting from Long Huang'er was the simplest and most direct way. Since he had already started … Ye Wuchen did not plan to change his mind. But whether the result deviated from his expectations or not, he swore to give Long Huang'er a perfect ending. She should not be a tragic princess.
Rustle … rustle … rustle …
It was mid-autumn, and the sound of birds could not be heard in the forest. All Long Huang'er could hear was her own footsteps. She kept walking forward, and occasionally tried to take a few detours. Her eyes were still looking around, but her heart had begun to feel a little uneasy.
"Come out, I can already see you." She shouted to the front.
There was no reply. A fallen leaf floated down from the top of her head, slowly falling to the ground with a soft sound.
She took a few steps forward. For a princess who had stayed in the palace for thirteen years, such a small forest could easily make her lose her sense of direction. She could not even tell which direction she had come from.
It was a short time, but she felt that she had walked for a long time. In the silence, her heart became more and more frightened and uneasy. She was afraid of this feeling, and regretted playing hide-and-seek with him, making her lose his existence. She hoped that he would suddenly appear in her sight, and then carry her, driving away the fear in her heart.
"Come out, I don't want to play anymore, let's play something else …" She was afraid that he was too far away to hear, so she shouted with her loudest voice.
There was still no reply, and the surroundings were frighteningly quiet. Unlike yesterday's thunderstorm, today even the wind was gentle and quiet.
"I really don't want to play anymore … Come out quickly, okay?"
"I admit defeat, come out quickly … I don't want to be alone, I'm so scared."
She shouted loudly. The silence around her caused the fear in her heart to grow stronger and stronger … She began to wonder if he had abandoned her and secretly left. After this frightening thought appeared, she could not get rid of it.
"Come out quickly, I don't want to play anymore, I don't want to play anymore!" Long Huang'er's voice began to tremble. This feeling scared her even more than the night of thunder and lightning. Or rather, in her entire life, she had never been this scared before.
Tears began to swirl in her eyes, and the world in front of her became blurry. She was so scared that she was powerless to kneel on the ground, and her body curled up as she began to cry. The cry, which was obviously a child's voice, carried a heart-breaking sorrow, and echoed in the small forest.
A pair of hands embraced her slender waist from behind, and then held her in his arms. The owner of the hands said softly, "Who made my little princess cry? Let me tell you, your future husband will teach him a harsh lesson."
"I caught you." The crying Long Huang'er suddenly smiled through her tears, and her two hands tightly wrapped around his neck, as if she was afraid that he would run away from her again, "So, you lost."
Her smile was real, and her tears were also real. But she was not angry, nor did she complain. Ye Wuchen's heartstrings were gently tickled, and he couldn't help but tighten his arms around her.
"Alright, I've lost. How will my little princess punish me?"
"You said that the loser should kiss the winner once … No, many times, you can't go back on your words." She slightly pouted, closed her eyes, and quietly moved her face closer to Ye Wuchen. Her delicate snow-white face was still dotted with pearl-like glittering tears.
Ye Wuchen's heart was filled with infinite pity, and he gently kissed her face, eyes, and kissed away her tears one by one. Finally, he stopped on her delicate lips, and gently sucked the sweetness of a young girl. Even he himself was surprised why he would do such a thing. Perhaps it was because of her tears and her tearful smile when she saw him.
Long Huang 'er blushed as she bashfully enjoyed his affection and this intimate action that made her heart beat faster by countless times.
Long Huang'er's obsession with Ye Wuchen was mostly due to her instinctive dependence on someone close to her. And this gentle kiss caused this feeling to slowly deteriorate. It made Long Huang'er's feelings for Ye Wuchen gradually turn into deeper and deeper feelings for him in the following period of time.
It was also from this moment onwards that Long Huang'er was no longer simply a chess piece that Ye Wuchen used to scheme against Tenryū Province. His original plan that had been brewing for a long time also changed dramatically because of this.
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When Ye Wuchen returned to the Yeh family, it was already the setting sun like blood. At the door, he coincidentally bumped into Ye Wei, who was about to step through the door. His expression made Ye Wuchen's heart skip a beat, and he asked, "Did something happen?"
After roughly calculating the time, Ye Wuchen understood in his heart, and his lips curled up in an almost imperceptible smile.
"Yes, this afternoon, the Empress suddenly fell violently ill. Her entire body turned black, and her vitality decreased. She collapsed on the bed, and didn't even have the strength to speak. All the Imperial Physicians and Light Magicians in the palace are helpless, and no one has ever seen such a strange illness. "Ye Wei said with a frown. At this time, everyone in the palace was guessing that someone had used some strange method to harm the Empress, and the Lin family, who were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, insinuated that the Yeh family was the culprit.
"Oh, I see. There are countless famous physicians in Tenryū Province. With His Majesty's ability, a small illness shouldn't be a problem for him. "Ye Wuchen said indifferently, clearly not caring about this matter at all.
"This is not a small illness." Ye Wei shook his head with a serious expression, "Her entire body turned black, and her vitality decreased, but we still can't find the cause. According to the Imperial Physicians, according to the current situation, the Empress will die by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. "
After the fall of a country, this matter could be big or small, and for the Lin family, they would definitely make a big deal out of this matter. Before the truth came to light, they would use this method to put the blame on the Yeh family. This was also the way the Lin family had done things for so many years. And for such a big matter, the Lin family would definitely make a big move.
Ye Wuchen responded indifferently, acting as if this matter had nothing to do with him, and had no interest in asking further about it. He leisurely walked back to his small courtyard, and shouted at the entrance of the courtyard, "Cher, Oculum, let's go shopping!"
Ning Xue was lying on the bed, teaching Oculum how to read and write. Although she didn't know many words, and all of them were taught by Ye Wuchen, she was especially serious in her teaching. Oculum listened attentively, and didn't get distracted at all. He looked like an obedient student.
"Brother is back!" Hearing the shout, the two of them jumped off the bed at the same time, and ran out of the courtyard one after the other.
At this time, the Imperial Palace was in a mess. The Imperial Physicians of the Imperial Palace, the famous "Divine Physicians" of Tianlong City, came in and out, and all of them were sweating — of course, it was cold sweat.
Empress Lin Xiu lay motionless on the bed. She didn't even have the strength to speak, let alone move. She could only open her half-open eyes, which were filled with despair. Her face was covered with a layer of strange gray gas, which obviously didn't float on the surface of her body, but seeped out of her body.
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