The night was quiet and the people were quiet.
His eyes were dark and deep like the night sky, containing all the hustle and bustle of the world. Her eyes were clear and bright, as pure as a lake in the highlands, untainted by a single speck of dust, eternal and unchanging.
Their eyes met and the world was silent.
Unknowingly, he slowly moved closer and his breath fell onto her little face. She did not move, but her heart was beating fast.
His eyes moved down and fell onto her tender red lips. He slightly lowered his head and slowly, slowly moved closer to her lips.
He had never kissed her so quietly and gently before. His movements were very slow.
This was the first time she did not move back or feel any fear. She even felt a little bit of anticipation.
She did not move as her eyes looked down at him approaching. This was the first time she had seen him approach her. Her eyelashes trembled a few times before she closed her eyes.
But who would have thought that at this time, mama Zhao's voice would come from inside the room, "Princess Consort, you're back?"
Suddenly, Long Fei Ye froze and Han Yunxi immediately opened her eyes to look inside the room. She saw mama Zhao walk out.
The two of them were still in the same position as they were about to kiss. When mama Zhao saw this, she was first stunned. Then she gave a loud cry and turned to run away.
If she had quietly left, then it would have been fine. But with her loud cry, Long Fei Ye's reason had already been pulled back.
His warm eyes suddenly became calm and he immediately raised his head. Han Yunxi did not move and remained silent.
The two of them were silent for a while before Long Fei Ye finally spoke, "Rest. I still have to go out. There's something I need to ….."
Who would have thought that before he could finish speaking, Han Yunxi would suddenly stand on her tiptoes and gently peck him on the cheek. She was very nervous, but she still pretended to be calm, "Un, you can go!"
She did not wait for him to reply as she turned and ran into the room. Her figure quickly disappeared from his sight.
Long Fei Ye did not expect this at all. He was stunned for a while before he recovered. Rubbing the side of his face, he couldn't help smiling as he gave a soft laugh.
"Woman ….." He muttered to himself. He felt that it was inconceivable that there would be a day when he would allow a woman to kiss him.
Never mind, didn't he already allow this woman to hurt him at close range?
Han Yunxi stood in the attic and watched Long Fei Ye's figure disappear at the end of the backyard before she withdrew her gaze.
Her face was still hot. Thinking about how bold she was just now, she was scared, but she couldn't help but laugh.
He laughed at himself and also laughed at Long Fei Ye.
Love is a risk.
If you like someone, then be brave and love them well!
Long Fei Ye, I really like you.
Long Fei Ye walked all the way to the back door with a pensive look on his face. His fingers kept stroking the side of his face and didn't let go.
By the back door, Chu Xifeng had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Long Fei Ye's actions, he only found it strange. He wanted to ask, but didn't dare.
"How is it?" Long Fei Ye asked.
"Your Highness, I've investigated clearly. Gu Beiyue is on duty at the palace today. He won't return to the Gu Estate for a single night," Chu Xifeng replied honestly.
Long Fei Ye nodded and prepared to leave without further instructions. Chu Xifeng quickly asked, "Master, Gu Beiyue … what's wrong?"
Long Fei Ye immediately gave him a cold look. Chu Xifeng knew he'd asked too many questions. "Master, please forgive me. This subordinate doesn't know anything."
Only then did Long Feiye leave with large strides.
Chu Xifeng really didn't understand. His master had only told him to check if Gu Beiyue would be at the estate tonight, but nothing else.
Just what was he trying to do? What was there to investigate about a weak Imperial Physician Gu?
Chu Xifeng couldn't think of a reason no matter how hard he racked his brains. He was too lazy to think any further and headed for the front door. He had to watch over Eunuch Xue.
Eunuch Xue was still kneeling in front of the Duke of Qin's estate. No one was guarding him, so he didn't dare to escape.
He couldn't rise unless His Highness Duke of Qin told him to. These were the rules. As someone who'd lived in the palace for a long time, he knew that such things could be serious or trivial.
If the Duke of Qin didn't look into it, then it was a trivial matter. But if he got up, then it was a serious matter. Even if he disobeyed the Duke of Qin and offended his superiors, he could be sentenced to death.
He could only wait obediently and hope that his master could save him.
But Eunuch Xue was overthinking things. He had no idea how many assassins Chu Xifeng had sent after him tonight.
"What, he didn't succeed again?!"
Emperor Tianhui didn't sleep at all, but kept an eye on Eunuch Xue's movements.
"Your Majesty, none of the men we sent came back."
"A bunch of good-for-nothings!"
Emperor Tianhui paced back and forth in his study. He would never allow Eunuch Xue to kneel in front of the Duke of Qin's estate until tomorrow morning.
If there were more people tomorrow morning and the news got out, where would he put his face? Long Fei Ye's actions were clearly a slap to his face!
A few hours ago, he'd dealt with Han Yunxi with both grace and power. Long Fei Ye hadn't said a word, but now he was making fun of Eunuch Xue and declaring war on him!
No matter what, Eunuch Xue was his first battle, so he had to win.
"Someone come, hire assassins from the City of Daughters. Kill him and take away the corpse!" Emperor Tianhui ordered. He didn't want to keep a useless thing like Eunuch Xue around.
"Your Majesty, it'll take at least three days to hire assassins from the City of Daughters. Eunuch Xue won't be of any use then," Eunuch Chen said timidly.
He was Emperor Tianhui's second favorite by his side. Although he dearly wished that Eunuch Xue would never come back, he still had to remind Emperor Tianhui.
Three days later, Eunuch Xue could get up again, but Emperor Tianhui had lost all face by now.
"Send more men. If we can't handle this, bring your head to me!" Emperor Tianhui was furious. Just like that, a happy night had turned into a sleepless night.
The next day, Eunuch Xue was still kneeling in front of the Duke of Qin's gates, safe and sound. It didn't take three days, but groups of onlookers had come and gone in the morning. News quickly spread throughout Tianning's capital city and even to the neighboring cities.
The capital city, which had been jittery at the slightest sound, was suddenly filled with turbulent undercurrents. Everyone was on tenterhooks. Everyone knew that His Highness Duke of Qin had made his stance clear!
With only three days left until the empress dowager's birthday, many people were guessing that she'd have a hard time celebrating her birthday this year.
Long Fei Ye was really too busy. Han Yunxi guessed that she'd have to wait until the day of the empress dowager's birthday to see him again.
Grand Concubine Yi was famous for her face, while the empress dowager was famous for her fondness for receiving gifts, especially on her birthday. Han Yunxi had long heard that the empress dowager didn't accept gifts ahead of time. She liked to accept them one by one at her birthday banquets and open them up on the spot. If she wasn't satisfied with anything, she'd embarrass the recipient on the spot.
Heaven knows how long the court, civil, military, and noble families had been busy preparing her gifts?
Gift-Giving was a very particular matter, especially when it came to a person of high status in public.
If it was too shabby, it'd be mocked and ridiculed, which wouldn't be enough to express sincerity. If it was too expensive, it'd attract jealousy and overshadow the person in power. Thus, the gifts had to be appropriate, both to suit the person's desires and surprise them.
But for Han Yunxi, it wasn't the same. She'd have to make things difficult for the empress dowager without giving her a hard time.
Han Yunxi was conflicted when Chu Xifeng came to pass on Long Fei Ye's words. He said there was no need to prepare any gifts, and that she should just rest well.
Is he planning to give away Mu Yingdong's Medicine Fan? That thing must be the empress dowager's favorite!
Han Yunxi considered giving it to the empress dowager. Perhaps she could even negotiate terms with the empress dowager and have the emperor rescind his orders to exempt her from the trip to the western mountains.
"Is His Highness ready?" Han Yunxi asked.
"This subordinate didn't see His Highness prepare anything, so he probably didn't," Chu Xifeng replied honestly.
Han Yunxi nodded thoughtfully. Perhaps Long Fei Ye really was planning to use this chance to protect her with the Medicine Fan.
Aye, the Medicine Fan was a good thing. Her heart ached for it!
Han Yunxi was still busy without any gifts. The empress dowager's birthday banquet wasn't a small occasion, but the biggest one she'd ever attend after marrying into the Duke of Qin's estate. She was going to represent the mistress of the Duke of Qin's estate and stand alongside Long Fei Ye in front of all the civil and military officials and noble families. Her clothes were very important!
Her clothes, hair accessories, jewelry, and makeup couldn't be done carelessly. She couldn't lose face for the Duke of Qin or herself, either.
Zhao mama had long prepared multiple sets of custom-made clothes, but Han Yunxi wasn't satisfied with any of them.
Tomorrow was the day of the banquet, so there wasn't enough time to order them herself. She might as well go out and buy them herself. In the capital city, there was no need to worry about not finding good things with money!
Han Yunxi and Zhao mama left the house early that morning. Needless to say, they did find quite a few things to their liking after browsing through a few stores.
When it was close to noon, the two of them entered a restaurant to eat their fill before going back. Unexpectedly, Han Yunxi had hardly reached the stairs when a chair came crashing down on her head.
"Mistress, watch out!"
Zhao mama reacted quickly and pulled Han Yunxi out of the way. The chair landed right next to Han Yunxi's feet and shattered into pieces.
Han Yunxi was still in a state of panic. She'd never been this scared even when faced with a group of assassins, but this chair had come too suddenly.
"Manager! What's going on? Are we still doing business or not? "Zhao mama immediately shouted angrily.
As soon as she finished speaking, the sounds of fighting came from upstairs. Soon enough, a group of people ran down the stairs like they were running for their lives.
"They're fighting! It's too scary! "
"Then they're two tigresses!"
"Tsk tsk, you can't judge a book by its cover. Hurry up and leave!"
… …
Two women were fighting upstairs?
"How unlucky. Zhao mama, let's go to another restaurant."
Han Yunxi was too lazy to pursue the matter. She was about to leave with Zhao mama when they heard a familiar voice from upstairs. "This lady doesn't care who you are. If you don't apologize today, don't even think about leaving!"
Han Yunxi halted her steps. "Mu Ling 'er!"
She recognized the sweet voice as soon as she heard it. It had to be Mu Ling 'er.
This girl hasn't left yet? Who's she fighting with?
Soon enough, another voice came down the stairs. "Damned girl, listen up. This lady is Chu Qingge from Western Zhou's Chu Clan. Don't die without knowing who killed you!"
Eh … Chu Qingge!
Han Yunxi licked her lips in amusement as she smiled … enemies were destined to meet on a narrow path!
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