Qing and Lan saw their master finally take a sip of porridge, and they couldn't help but smile with relief.

  Chu Cheng Ming couldn't stand the smiles on their faces, thinking they were mocking him, so he coarsely said: "You two get out and wait."

  Lan discontentedly cried out: "Master, I don't want to go out......" When she received the master's icy stare, before she could finish speaking, she slunk away.

  "You shouldn't disappoint their loyalty to you!" With a hint of sourness in his heart, Yan Xikun saw the infatuation Blue had for him and said with a tinge of acidity: "That Miss Blue has a crush on you, you've hurt her feelings."

  "What does it have to do with me?" Chu Cheng Ming said indifferently.

  His careless appearance and heartless words still made her a little happy, she couldn't hide the joy in her heart, deliberately putting on a serious face said: "You're not good to others, be careful she betrays you, by then you'll regret it."

  "What's there to be afraid of? She won't dare!" Chu Chengming was full of confidence, his subordinates still clear in his mind.

  "I found..."

  "What did you find?" Yan Xijun saw that he said half of what he wanted to say but didn't continue, leaving her in suspense.

  Chu Cheng Ming suddenly stretched his neck, leaned in front of her, and stared at her with two bright eyes: "Have you fallen in love with me?"

  "Go die, how is that possible!" Yan Xijun happened to put down the bowl in his hand and swung it open with force.

  But his words still made her face flush with embarrassment, and her heart beat rapidly.

  "Haha!" Chu Chengming was amused by her appearance and laughed with a pleasant mood.

  "Don't laugh! You self-righteous guy!"

  "Don't smile if you don't want to," Chu Chengming withdrew his smile and said seriously, "Let me advise you one thing, you must not fall in love with me, otherwise your ending will be miserable!"

  "Who would fall in love with you, shameless!" Yan Xijun pretended to spit, stood up and walked to the window, staring at the sky in a daze.

  "I know I'm charming, who made me so handsome, more beautiful than Pan An. Every woman who has seen me will fall in love with me uncontrollably, however, consider yourself lucky, not many people have seen my true face..."

  "Got it," Yan Xijun interrupted him bluntly, turning around to look at him: "Are you really going to be his enemy?"

  A dark look flashed across his face, and Chu Cheng Ming gritted his teeth: "Yes! If I don't avenge this, I'm not human!"

  No matter when, he can't forget the scene where blood stained the carpet, and his loved ones fell one by one in front of him.

  Worry crept onto Yan Xijun's eyebrows as she sighed and said, "Don't you understand yet? You can't beat him."

  "How would I know if I don't try!" Chu Chengming said, undeterred. He had prepared his revenge plan for over a decade and even if he knew he would lose every battle, he would still charge forward fearlessly.

  "Well, I can only wish you good luck then!" Yan Xijun gazed at the sky with a pale belly and said: "It's almost dawn, I'm going back."

  Chu Cheng Ming also gazed up at the sky, time really flies, a night passed so quickly. He shouted outwards: "Qing, come in."

  "What's the matter, master?"

  "Send her back to the imperial palace!" Chu Chengming said, then closed his eyes and lay down.

  Yan Xijun took a last look at him and followed Qing away, she knew that no matter what, it was impossible to persuade him to put down his hatred, it was just too difficult!

  When Qing sent her back to the imperial palace, the sky had just brightened up. Yan Xijun was afraid of running into guards during the daytime, so she let Qing return when they were almost at her palace.

  She hadn't walked many steps before running into someone she shouldn't have seen, and Yan Xijun couldn't help but think of the idiom "narrow road to meet an enemy". She even had some doubts - was this person waiting for her on purpose?

  She gazed up at the sky, and the dawn was still not out. The whole sky was a silver white color. She felt puzzled, why did she come out so early?

  Forget it, one step at a time, Yan Xijun made up her mind and walked forward, preparing to pass by her side.

  Who would have known that this calamity would be unavoidable; it seems that no matter what, it cannot be escaped.

  "Haha, isn't that Yan Zhaorong? Where did the Qing go this morning?" Zhang Xiaoyan asked in surprise, blocking her way.

  She gave Zhang Xiaoyan a cold look, Yan Xijun hadn't forgotten the last time she was taught a lesson by her. Seeing her made him lose his good mood, and he said indifferently: "Get out of the way!"

  "Wow, you're quite temperamental!" With a smile on his face, Zhang Xiaoyan didn't get angry and asked instead: "Where did Yan Zhaorong go so early in the morning?"

  "Mind your own business." Yan Xijun waved away the hand that was blocking her path, preparing to walk past her.

  "Yue'er, stop her!" Zhang Xiaoyan shouted to her personal palace maid. Yue'er immediately stepped out and blocked her way.

  Zhang Xiaoyan turned around and came back in front of her, sneering: "Isn't Yan Zhaorong going to meet her lover?"

  "Zhang Xiaoyan, don't talk nonsense, and don't say such unpleasant things." Yan Xijun said angrily, she hadn't forgotten that Zhang Xiaoyan had been demoted to Zhao Yu, one rank lower than her.

  "Oh, since there isn't, then where did you go?" Zhang Xiaoyan pressed on tightly.

  "What were you doing so early in the morning?" Yan Xijun pointed to the nearby Ganquan Palace, "You seem to be coming from the direction of my palace, what are you sneaking around here for?"

  Her face turned pale, Zhang Xiaoyan said excitedly: "Who's sneaking around? Don't talk nonsense."

  "Whoever spouts nonsense has their own reasons, I won't pursue what happened at your palace, let me leave!"

  "It's not that easy to leave!" Zhang Xiaoyan glared at her viciously, then suddenly sneered, "While those slaves are not around you, I'll teach you a good lesson."

  "Take her away, Moon!"

  Something was amiss, Yan Xijun wanted to escape but was restrained by the palace maid named Yue'er, who shouted: "Zhang Shaoyuan, you dare to cause trouble, I won't forgive you!"

  "Hah, just wait till I get rid of you, and see what you can do to me?" A flash of murderous intent crossed Zhang Xiaoyan's eyes as she ordered Moonchild, "Quickly, bring her along, follow me!"

  When Yuer restrained her hands, Yan Xijun knew that Yuer was skilled in martial arts. In the instant when Yuer knocked her unconscious, she quickly took off one of her shoes and threw it into the nearby bushes.

  A splash of cold water woke her up, and before Yan Xijun could lift her head, someone grabbed her hair and pulled her head up with force.

  "You're finished now, you won't be so lucky this time, no one can save you."

  The air was filled with a musty smell, and the morning light shone through the old wooden window onto Zhang Xiaoyan's occipital bone. She stood with her back to the sun, her face gloomy, and a pair of dark eyes gleaming with a menacing cold light, making her look like a dark ghost from hell.

  How did she find such a dilapidated house? Yan Xijun had lived in the Cold Palace, but she had never seen such a deserted and broken-down house.

  "Don't look around, let me tell you, this broken place is completely unknown to anyone, so don't think about others coming to rescue you."