Pei Xiuyan's face suddenly changed.
Wu Mu stood up and looked at him.
He said provocatively: "Have you mentioned your sore point? Since you have a sweetheart and the Ye family has fallen, why not let Ayan go?"
Pei Xiuyan looked at Wu Mu and suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.
He said slowly: "Let her go? Back then, Ye Chuyan desperately wanted to marry me, but she was not willing to leave easily."
Wu Mu's breath tightened.
Ye Chuyan did clearly reject her back then and finally married Pei Xiuyan.
Now that the Ye family's affairs are closely related to Pei Xiuyan, he doesn't believe that Ye Chuyan is still willing to stay in the Qing Palace.
Pei Xiuyan felt relieved instantly when he saw Wu Mu's ugly face.
"The king is going back to spend the New Year with the princess. I'm sorry that I won't accompany you." After saying that, he walked away.
Wu Mu knew that there were many eyes and ears here, so when it was not time to talk to Pei Xiuyan, he clenched his fist fiercely and asked the eunuch to escort him out of the palace.
After leaving the palace, he sent away the eunuchs and walked to Doctor Wei's medical clinic.
He didn't have a chance to ask Doctor Wei today how Ye Chuyan's recovery from his injury was going.
When he walked to the corner of the medical clinic, he suddenly thought that today was New Year's Eve and he wondered if the medical clinic was closed.
Doctor Wei, who was locking the door, looked up and saw a person standing in the dark, and was startled.
He picked up the lantern and took a closer look. It turned out to be the young man delivering the medicine, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh it's you."
When Wu Mu saw it was Doctor Wei, his eyes suddenly lit up. "Doctor Wei, you haven't gone back yet?"
Doctor Wei stroked his beard and said, "I'm waiting for you to come over. I thought you wouldn't come today, so I was about to lock the door and go home to celebrate the New Year."
When Wu Mu heard this, his heart became hot. Nan Gongli is right, Dr. Wei is really a man of his word.
Doctor Wei took out a small wooden box from his arms and handed it to Wu Mu.
"This is something given to you. She said you will know it once you see it."
Wu Mu took the things, touched his sleeves, found a golden jade plaque and handed it to Dr. Wei.
"I can't thank you enough. I give this to you."
Doctor Wei glanced around and saw the word "wu" on the jade plaque, and instantly guessed the identity of the young man in front of him.
He laughed, waved his hands and said, "Doctors have a parental heart, and it's all the old man's job."
After saying that, he picked up the lantern and left.
Wu Mu held the wooden box as if holding a peerless treasure.
He looked around and saw no one in the west. He carefully kicked the things into his arms and left.
Zuiqiu Tower, the largest restaurant in Kyoto, is owned by the Wu family. After Wu Mu came to Beijing, he did not want to live in the Wu family's mansion in Kyoto, so he stayed on the top floor of Zuiqiu Tower.
After he returned to the room and closed the door, he nervously opened the wooden box. Inside was a letter and a bottle of medicine.
He opened the letter, and it was filled with clear and powerful thin gold characters. These were Ye Chuyan's calligraphy.
【This medicine is precious, there is no need to waste it, and there is no need to do anything else for me. When I recover from my illness, I will come to see you again. We can meet and have a detailed chat. Don’t be impulsive. 】
There is no signature, and there is a small vertical line under the paper, which looks like a branch.
Wu Mu felt that her heart was filled with unspeakable feelings.
When he was in the military camp, Ye Chuyan gave him the nickname Xiaomu. At that time, he also deliberately drew a small branch, saying it was his symbol.
This was the secret code that Ye Chuyan and he only knew.
She knew herself too well, knew that she was the one who sent the medicine, and knew that she would act impulsively.
Nan Gongli told him the whole story of the Ye family and the grievances Ye Chuyan suffered in the Qing palace.
Wu Mu couldn't wait to go to Ye Chuyan now and ask Ye Chuyan why he still stayed in the Qing Palace?
If it was to survive, he could make Ye Chuyan live a better life. The young lady of the Wu family is much more comfortable than the Qing princess.
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Pei Xiuyan returned to the house, smelling of alcohol.
Li Fu was shocked when he went out to greet him. He had never seen Pei Xiuyan lose his temper when he was drunk. Today, Pei Xiuyan seemed to be restless and a little drunk.
Li Fu hurriedly arranged for his servants to prepare hot water. When Pei Xiuyan saw Li Fu, he couldn't help but think of the day when Li Fu and Zhao Yujiao punished Ye Chuyan.
Unable to help being upset, he sent Li Fu away.
He sat in the bathtub, Wu Mu's bright black eyes and the words "Why don't you let her go" kept echoing in his mind.
He shook his head, packed up casually, got up and went to the study. I found a letter from the desk, put it in my sleeves, raised my legs and walked out.
Ye Chuyan did not rest, she was kneeling in the courtyard, burning ingots in front of the brazier.
Bai Zhi knelt beside her and kept chanting, "Master, please give me your spirit in heaven to keep my lady safe."
Ye Chuyan pursed her lips and said nothing, her face turning slightly red as reflected by the brazier.
Since becoming a princess, she has spent every New Year's Eve waiting, expecting Pei Xiuyan to accompany her during the New Year. Unfortunately, Pei Xiuyan would go to accompany Zhao Yujiao every time.
She hates herself very much now, why she didn't spend time with her family well in the first place. Nowadays, I am separated from my father and brother, and my mother, sister-in-law, and niece don’t know what the situation is.
I just hope that Pei Xiuyan can keep his promise and let his mother write to him.
Pei Xiuyan entered the courtyard and saw such a scene.
All the red Spring Festival couplets in the yard were torn down and white Spring Festival couplets were hung. Ye Chuyan and Bai Zhi both knelt by the brazier to burn ingots.
It's not like celebrating the New Year here, it's like observing filial piety.
Looking up to see Pei Xiuyan, Ye Chuyan's eyes showed no fluctuation.
"I tore off the Spring Festival couplets. I wrote the white Spring Festival couplets and hung them up. I folded the ingots myself. If the prince feels that it has ruined the New Year atmosphere in the palace, it is up to you to beat or scold him."
Bai Zhi wanted to speak and opened her mouth. She didn't know that this was the right time to speak. She held it back for a long time and said, "My lord, the princess also misses Mr. Ye. I hope you don't blame me."
She never expected that Pei Xiuyan would come today, and she was worried about Pei Xiuyan punishing Ye Chuyan.
Pei Xiuyan understood that Ye Chuyan was observing filial piety for Ye Jin. He silently walked to Ye Chuyan, squatted down, picked up a few gold ingots and threw them into the brazier.
"Your Majesty, are you feeling guilty? Are you worried that your father will seek your life?" Ye Chuyan glanced at Pei Xiuyan.
Pei Xiuyan thought for a moment and whispered: "What happened to the Ye family is my fault, and I also have my own reasons."
He seemed to have an uncontrollable desire to explain everything to Ye Chuyan.
"The prince wants to say that it was the emperor who forced you. In order to keep the Qing Palace, you had to attack the Ye family, right?"
Ye Chuyan had a sneer on his face.
Pei Xiuyan turned to look at Ye Chuyan, looking at each other from west to west.
The flames in the brazier reflected in Ye Chuyan's eyes, which were astonishingly bright, and the sneer on her lips had not yet subsided.
He should have expected that Ye Chuyan was so smart that he would see through everything sooner or later.
Ye Chuyan didn't wait for Pei Xiuyan to speak, and continued: "Dad told me before he was executed, don't blame you. I come from the Zhongding family, how can I not understand the affairs of the court."
The tone was frighteningly calm.
She slowly stood up, and Pei Xiuyan also stood up.
The two of them were clearly standing opposite each other, but they seemed to be miles apart.
