In the rain, when the imperial carriage stopped in Jingyang Palace, Gu Yunxi and maids had already kneeled in the hall.

A sense of strange and familiar fragrance slowly lingered in the quiet air.

As soon as Huanan Xin went into the hall, the white silk hanging on the beam engraved with flowers caught his eyes.

He quickly walked in front of Gu Yunxi who lowered her head and kneeled, directly holding her up.

"Yunxi, you behave so boldly! Commandery Princess Jingle is not my biological sister. But for her father's contribution to our nation, she is brought up and valued by my mother. But you... How could you slap her?"

Huanan Xin looked annoyed, sullenly pulled off the white silk, and threw it down. Then he anxiously sighed.

"You can imitate someone, but you shouldn’t imitate those vulgar women! Why do you cry, argue, and commit suicide?"

As a fragrant figure softly kneeled, Gu Yunxi sobbed and cried with tears flooding on her face.

"I commit a capital crime! I know I have made a large mistake, but I don't hope that you are in a dilemma. It is the last time I see you, and I have nothing to regret even if I die!"

"Ah, it's just a thing about some tulips. Although she takes those flowers this year, there will be more tulips next year. She is young and spoiled by my mother, so she is somewhat proud. You don't need to argue with such a child!"

Huanan Xin anxiously stepped and complained.

"Now Jingle has complained to my mother, and then she ran to my Imperial Study and cried. Even if I don't punish you today, my mother will never forgive you later."

"But you should be so easy, having the mind to invite my concubines to drink and play in your palace? Do you think that I love you, so you can ignore the regulations of the imperial harem? You..."

"Your Majesty, you once compromised, you will protect me forever and never let others bully me. Now it is true of your relative being wronged, but hasn't I suffered from injustice?"

Huanan Xin suddenly stopped, watching Gu Yunxi who was crying and appeared fragile. In his mind, some waves suddenly occurred.

He was gradually calm and looked at Dong Zhu in sharp eyes.

"You tell me, what happened?"

Dong Zhu looked worried and frightened, nervously shifting her eyes. After glancing at Gu Yunxi, she quickly lowered her eyes to see the ground.

"Your... Your Majesty... Today in the Imperial Garden, in concubines' presence, Commandery Princess Jingle said Her Grace..."

Dong Zhu trembled and finally crawled, as her face became pale because of fear.

"I should be condemned, but I can't blurt it out!"

"Idiot..."

Huanan Xin widened his eyes and anxiously scolded.

"Your Majesty, it was Commandery Princess Jingle that insulted Her Grace first. She said Her Grace was a second-hand woman, and had no qualification to serve you."

Beside Dong Zhu, Zhiqi lowered her head and eyebrows, answering Huanan Xin in a clear voice.

Huanan Xin was astonished and suddenly silent. It seemed that he was suddenly choked in his throat, being blushed in his face.

Zhiqi continued to incite him.

"Commandery Princess Jingle clearly knows that you adore Her Grace, but she not only insulted Her Grace in concubines' presence, but also hurt Che. Has she ever considered your dignity? Her Grace was so angry that she took actions and gave a lesson to her."

"Zhiqi!"

In the dark, Gu Yunxi was pleased with Zhiqi's smartness. But she still pretended to be unhappy and coldly blamed Zhiqi.

"Inelegant! The girl becomes more and more inelegant..."

Eventually, Huanan Xin was irritated and loudly cursed.

At that time, Gu Yunxi cried more loudly. She sobbed and appeared as weak as the slight rain outside the windows. Even an indifferent man who saw this fragile figure might take pity on her suddenly.

As a sense of ache and sympathy flooded in Huanan Xin's chest, he tried to pull her again. But Gu Yunxi refused to get up, with beads of tears transformed by winding emotions and abundant grievance drenching her sleeves.

"Your Majesty, you just let me be strangled by the white silk. I prefer to hang myself, rather than be drowned in the gossip among the imperial harem..."

"Yunxi, Yunxi! I have blamed you wrongly! You get up, quickly get up."

Huanan Xin directly held Gu Yunxi in his arms and sat in front of the table.

On the table made of rosewood, there was a bowl of marinated noodles which looked fresh and delicious. Those hand-made noodles were all white and like soft jade, evenly lying in the bowl engraved with lotus flowers.

There covered some day-lily, agaric fungus, diced mushrooms, dried bean curd wrapped by golden fried eggs and some green cabbage hearts. With the sesame oil as the flavor, the whole mixed brine coagulated and never became fluid.

On the upper, three pieces of folk fried by hot oil were crisp on the outside, being tender and smooth.

Huanan Xin's eyes became slightly wet.

A bowl of marinated noodles reminded him of the past time, when he was a prince, Gu Yunxi was a maid and there were plenty of friends accompanying them.

He thought perhaps it was the happiest period in his life.

"Have you made it for me?"

Huanan Xin slightly asked, as he held Gu Yunxi in his arms closer to him.

Gu Yunxi was disgusted in mind, but still showed some sadness and dissatisfaction in her face.

"Previously, you came to see me and said you wanted to eat the noodles. But now someone has said I am not pure and clean. Presumably, what I have made is also not clean. Your Majesty, you'd better not eat it."

"Ridiculous!"

Huanan Xin covered her mouth and turned to be serious.

"The fact that you are insulted represents I am also insulted. From now on, I give you the right to directly kill anyone who dares to say such words. As for Jingle, you just give me more time. At most within a year, I will let her go to the northern regions or Southern Jiang, and marry with people of our affiliate nations!"

Gu Yunxi plucked Huanan Xin's hand, as her eyes shifted coquettishly.

"Your Majesty, you needn't be so careful. She is a Commandery Princess, while I am just a vulgar woman. So, you let me go and allow me to go back to the village. Then we will be apart distantly, and I will never upset you."

Huanan Xin grasped Gu Yunxi's soft hand and pressed it on his chest, saying in a soft voice.

"It's my blame. Just now, I shouldn't blame you wrongly and snap at you."

In Gu Yunxi's watery eyes, a flicker of coldness crossed.

"I understand, Your Majesty. You have your own bitterness indeed. But until now, although I have suffered a lot, it is the first time that I am blamed for the unclean body. "

"Now I am your concubine and there are many present sisters. After the accident, if I hadn't invited and treated them with great meals, wouldn't they quietly talk about me later?"

Huanan Xin nodded.

"Yes, yes. From now on, you just do what you want to do. Yunxi, I will not leave there and accompany you this evening. What do you think?"

With his index finger, Huanan Xin raised Gu Yunxi's jaw and forced her to directly confront with his eyes.

In the brown and deep eyes, a wave of sexual passion fiercely occurred.

His handsome face with a little coldness gradually turned to be larger in her eyes. Ignoring Gu Yunxi's fear, Huanan Xin said in a softer voice.

"I have been waiting for you for a long time... Yunxi, I believe you also desire for this?"

The situation suddenly changed, which made Gu Yunxi instantly nervous.

She had ever thought, being trapped in the imperial harem of Huanan Xin, she would be forced by him one day.

But she had never thought the condition would happen today.

According to the regulations of the imperial harem, the Serving Token of ill concubines such as her had already been moved by people of Jingshi Office.

When it could be put back to the tray of Huanan Xin, the warrant of the Imperial Hospital was a need. People of the Imperial Hospital would provide a certificate sealed by "the Imperial Hospital", in order to prove the recovery of the concubine. And the certificate should also be restored in Jingshi Office.

Now Huanan Xin suddenly raised such a claim, which largely made Gu Yunxi astonished.

Then a wave of stream quickly came to her face, when Huanan Xin's clear and thin lips had already been close to Gu Yunxi's.

"Your Majesty!"

The instant when Gu Yunxi was going to scream, she turned to coquettishly mutter, which charmed Huanan Xin physically and mentally.

She flexibly turned over and escaped out of Huanan Xin's arms, turning around and smiling.

"In maids' presence, you don't care about that, but I am shy."

Huanan Xin grasped her sleeve and greedily kissed it which was covered with the fragrance of makeup. He happily muttered.

"Later when I make love with you, they will have to stand in the outside. You must be shy..."

Gu Yunxi tried to retake her sleeve, fawning and smiling. Then some delicate teeth slightly showed.

"You should eat the noodles, please. When the noodles become cold, it is not good for you to eat cold meals. I will order a maid to go to the kitchen and let them take us some wine and meals. I am happy and want to drink some wine together with you."

Then she slightly shifted her eyes to Zhiqi who was looking at Gu Yunxi in astonishment.

Zhiqi had been going on well with Gu Yunxi for some days, and she gradually knew the experiences of Gu Yunxi and Huanan He. As a result, Zhiqi was willing to help Gu Yunxi to keep herself intact in the Palace.

Now it was an emergency for Gu Yunxi. Even an ignorant person could realize, in this evening Huanan Xin would live in Jingyang Palace and love his Lady Yun.

Gu Yunxi loved another man in her heart, in order that she must be not willing to serve Huanan Xin. However, could she find a good way to avoid that?

When Zhiqi and Gu Yunxi looked at each other in their eyes, she saw Gu Yunxi blinking and shifting her eyes to the shadowed windows.

Hearing the slight sounds of rain outside, Zhiqi understood. She silently nodded and quietly left out of the hall.