"Do you know who gave me that jade pendant?" Yan Xijun said with a huff, he even wanted to take other people's things, what a shameless guy.

  "Who?" Nangong Hong guessed, "It can't be your lover, can it?"

  "How dare you! There's no lover, it was a gift from my mother!"

  "Ah, is it? Then it's even better, isn't it more suitable for Auntie's gift to be given to me?"

  "Don't even think about it, hand over the jade pendant quickly, or I'll shout for someone to take you away to the Heavenly Prison!" Yan Xijun threatened, after all, he was the assassin who escaped last time, and his past mistakes could also be used as an excuse to throw him into the Heavenly Prison!

  Nangong Hong pushed with both hands and his face showed a helpless expression, "Ah, but... even if you call for someone, I won't be able to hand over the jade pendant because I didn't bring it on me."

  No way, he wouldn't give the jade pendant to her. If he gave it to her now, what reason would he have to come find her in the future? He didn't want them to be completely unrelated.

  "What the... You bastard!" Fine, daring to throw away the jade pendant she had been thinking about day and night, Yan Xikun was so angry that she stretched out her hand to pinch Nan Gonghong's neck, saying fiercely: "Go die!"

  "Stop it," said Nangong Hong, gently brushing away her hands. Seeing her puzzled and distressed face, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for her, so he spoke kindly: "I'll bring some back for you next time, okay?"

  He was just talking, how could he really bring it to her? The jade pendant was actually in his pocket, but he didn't want to give it to her.

  "Uh-huh, next time you must bring me along."

  "What were you thinking about when you looked at the sky just now? Do you have something on your mind?"

  "No way!"

  "You deceived me, your face is filled with worry and desolation, what's wrong?" Nangong Hong said: "Don't you believe me? If you treat me as a friend, maybe I can help you dispel your worries."

  "Friend?" Yan Xijun glanced at Nan Gonghong, seeing his sincere gaze, let out a deep sigh and said nothing, just following him to speak a few words. Staying in this harem, there wasn't even anyone to talk to.

  "I miss my sister." Yan Xijun said slowly, gazing into the distance. Through the garden and the courtyard gate, she vaguely saw a beautiful woman smiling and walking towards her.

  "Sister?" Nangong Hong suddenly realized and said: "Oh, it's Yan Hou, I think you're going to see her early tomorrow morning."

  "I'm talking about my own sister," Yan Xijun calmed down, disappointedly withdrawing her gaze. There was no one in the distance; two years ago, her sister had already passed away and gone to heaven.

  "I am not a biological sister of the Empress, she is the eldest daughter born to the first wife, and my own mother gave birth to me and my older sister, but we are just lowly concubine-born daughters."

  Being a concubine's daughter isn't so bad, although Father and the first wife don't like us, Mother is very fond of us, not only teaching us music, chess, calligraphy and painting personally, but also making many delicious dishes for us.

  "But on that day ten years ago, Father was away on business, and Mother fell seriously ill. No matter how my sister and I begged our stepmother, she refused to let us call a doctor to treat Mother's illness. In the end, Mother couldn't hold on any longer and passed away."

  "After mother left, sister was my only reliance. She took care of me meticulously and made me spend every day without worries. Those years were very happy."

  "After several years passed, my sister and I gradually grew up. My sister is two years older than me, she became more and more beautiful as she grew up, and when she reached the age of marriage, people came to propose one after another, wearing out many door sills."

  "Sister originally had someone she liked, but unfortunately, the stepmother intervened and forced her to marry the top scholar at that time. The stepmother just wanted to climb up the social ladder by marrying into a few more prestigious families, so she used sister's marriage for this purpose."

  "Wasn't the champion back then Li Ze Hao?"

  It was true that soon after the sister married him, she became pregnant and gave birth to a son a year later, but they never got to meet, as she had lost too much blood and passed away.

  "My sister has never forced me to do anything, nor has she ever taken advantage of me. So why does this queen sister always take advantage of me and force me to do things I don't want to do?"

  "Do you know? This time entering the palace as a concubine was her request, if I don't listen to her words, she will use the people closest to me to threaten me."

  "It's too despicable, Yan Hou actually turned out to be that kind of person." Nan Gong Hong said indignantly, really couldn't believe that the noble woman's methods were so despicable.

  "She's known since she was a little girl what she wants, and once she sets her mind on something, she won't give up until she gets it. I begged her to let me out of the palace, but she refused."

  "Do you really want to leave the palace?"

  "Hmm, I've always dreamed of it, I, Yager, don't like staying in the imperial palace and don't like this emperor either."

  Nan Gong Hong heard her say with her own mouth that she didn't like Chu Yi Xuan, and his heart was filled with joy. He thought to himself that he still had a chance to win her heart. He had never felt this way about any woman before, and as he gradually came to realize it, he found that he actually liked her very much.

  From the moment he first laid eyes on her, the moment she saved him, he fell in love with this clever and agile little girl. To see her, he risked his life to run into the imperial palace, where he also knew that his life could be forfeited at any time.

  "Follow me, I'll take you out of the palace!" Nangong Hong said urgently, and once they were out, he would treat her well and give her the life she wanted.

  Yan Xijun exclaimed: "Leave the palace?"

  "That's right, now." Nangong Hong has already stood up and pulled her hand to leave.

  "Wait," Yan Xijun struggled free from his grasp and shook her head: "For the time being, I still can't leave, I won't go out of the palace with you."

  "Why?" Nangong Hong looked at her in confusion, not wanting to leave the palace, yet unwilling to go out with him.

  Yan Xijun sighed and said: "I still have many things to do, I'll arrange them first before leaving the palace."

  She is now at the mercy of others, her sister uses Xu Niang to threaten her. If she leaves the palace, her sister will definitely take it out on Xu Niang. Moreover, she has been poisoned and cannot find an antidote without the "Wordless Heavenly Book". The mysterious man in white clothes will not let her leave the palace so easily either.