The morning light glimmered through the window crevices into the meditation room, drawing the outline of a man and a woman at the head of a bed.

Last night, Huanan He fought against hundreds of monks, and he was almost exhausted.

After that, he fainted and was carried into the meditation room where Gu Yunxi rested. Replaced with clean clothing, he was taken care of by Gu Yunxi until now.

She never closed her eyes all night, always lying on the side of the bed quietly and staring at her darling. She watched his long eyelashes fluttering in the gentle light and listened to his even and steady breathing.

Two years passed quickly like a white pony's shadow across a crevice.

In addition to the grey hair, his appearance did not change much as if time had been grateful for the hardships he had gone through along the way and had been exceptionally kind to him.

He was still cold and handsome in the memory.

His warm but lonesome face was as delicate as she was familiar with.

Suddenly, her mind was rushing and her thoughts were back.

In the past, they couldn't stay together much. How hard it was to get such a close distance as now.

Happiness came suddenly like a phantom, making her a little confused.

She began to fear that all this was not real. Even if it was only a short stay, because of her turn or the slight blink of an eye, it would disappear from her eyes in an instant.

With her trembling five fingers, she touched his gray hair. The white glow like snow stung Gu Yunxi's eyes.

A stream of bitterness choked in her throat, and the pain of a thousand sharp blades penetrating her spinal cord wantonly tormented every inch of her nerves.

With hot tears in her eyes, Gu Yunxi cried irrepressibly.

The crystal teardrops fell in an instant on the man's face.

His long, narrowly curled eyelashes fluttered slightly and then he opened his eyes faintly. With the hazy luster of awakening, he looked at the tearful person. At the moment his deep eyes were as beautiful as before, making people willingly fall into the depth just by looking at them.

After a long night's dream, the woman who was with him in the dream was really leaning over the bed and was staring at him intently.

She was so close to him that she could easily feel his heartbeat and body heat. Her weak and quivering body was leaning on him, making his deep beautiful eyes immediately tender with love.

Her constant sobs melted his heart.

"Lady Yun..."

Repressing the pounding rhythm of his heart, he reached out and touched her with a wavering shiver.

He looked carefully at her watery eyes, feeling the reality completely different from his dream.

He was making the most difficult efforts to piece together each memory fragment in his mind.

"Yunxi!"

His eyes finally became transparent in their locked eyes. He woke up and called her firmly.

"Uncle..."

Gu Yunxi was crying. She tried to say something a few times but did not know how to face him and the present predicament.

Startled, Huanan He sat up and stared at her eyes that controlled her sadness with his sharp eyes,

"What did you call me at the temple gate?"

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Gu Yunxi drooped her long wet lashes, and tears gushed out of her eyes, saturating the white veil on her face.

Huanan He also burst into tears. He raised his hands to uncover her veil but was prevented by her, who was not confident.

His eyes showed love and pity.

"You and I have the heart-by-heart blood bond. It is you who protect me for two years... Yunxi, you're my wife!"

A pair of apricot eyes instantly expanded to the extreme. The woman was both sad and happy. She couldn't wait to grasp his hand in her palm and her voice completely changed because of excitement,

"My darling, have you regained your memory? You remember the past, don't you?"

Huanan He's gentle eyes dimmed. He shook his head in frustration and said,

"Not yet. When I came to the temple yesterday, His Majesty suddenly visited my mansion. Thanks to Huanan Xian, I could bluff it out. After that, he told me about the past."

"Yunxi, I am a twin brother with him. Now I can't remember a single thing about the bloody experiences of us and the Eastern Depot..."

The more Huanan He said, the sadder he became. He turned pale and helpless, and his hands and feet were cold.

For a time, the complex emotions of despair, doubt, and confusion converged into heavy turbulence, which made him deeply trapped in it. He was painful and unable to be relieved.

Gu Yunxi was so distressed by this that she leaned into his arms and wiped his tears to comfort him,

"Don't worry. Take your time. One day you'll get better and remember our past. Compared with your safety, those turbulent and displaced pasts are insignificant, and I just want you to be well..."

She held him tightly and dearly, and the touch of the two bodies made her sigh again that time had passed. With the vicissitudes of the years, she recalled several difficult pasts.

Huanan He lifted Gu Yunxi's veil lightly, and her scarred countenance made his eyes suddenly darken.

The palm-sized little face was blue and red, and many acnes had been damaged. The tragic situation was unbearable as if she had been beaten.

Was it the power of heart-by-heart blood bond?

Huanan He watched her astonishedly. The shock and grief crept up in his heart, which was a great touch.

There was a roar in his head and a rage in his chest.

In the midst of all the struggles, he finally believed Huanan Xian and chose to accept the fact.

The Emperor, Huanan Xin, killed his old subordinates, took over his beloved wife, and fooled him all the time.

He finally knew that he didn't have the constitution of avoiding god's damnation, and all the pain and illness he had endured were transferred to the poor woman in front of him. Her weak body had to suffer and resist all of these.

Holding the woman in his arms tightly, he buried his head in the woman's neck socket. Tears rolled down from his eyes, and he was touched by her strength and persistence.

"Yunxi, you have suffered. I, Huanan He, owe you too much..."

Her fingers slid down his back, and her smile was reassuring,

"It's nothing. That year, I was taken away by Brother Xian, and you and the Eastern Depot looked for me for two years. You and I have been separated, and I have waited for you for two more years."

"Darling, don't worry. Slow down. The worst is that you can no longer find the memory of the past. As long as we are still together, there will be no more difficulties."

"Huanan Xin... Why! I have always regarded him as a wise Emperor, but he has done such a thing. He is worse than a beast!"

The man became agitated suddenly and pushed away the soft and gentle woman in his arms. He looked down with red eyes and fiercely looked at the corner of the soap-blue thin quilt on the bed. He seemed to face the enemy who was absolutely irreconcilable and gritted his teeth, wanting to pounce on him and eat his flesh and bones.

Gu Yunxi took a deep breath and sat down on the edge of the bed to comfort him,

"The most important thing at the moment is to raise our own bodies. Where there is life, there is hope. Darling, you must also go down the mountain earlier. Just after you left here yesterday, the Eastern Depot came to the temple. In the future, the situation will be dangerous, and you and I must deal with it carefully."

Huanan He looked gloomy, and he rolled his deep eyes filled with sadness.

He let Gu Yunxi rest her head on his chest and said softly,

"I don't want to leave here. I don't want to leave you. Let me accompany you for a while. At present, only the temple is a world that belongs to you and me. When you go out, you will have another identity."

With a pause, he changed the topic,

"Yunxi, I must find a way to take you back from the Emperor!"

Gu Yunxi opened her eyes in shock, "This matter must be considered in the long run."

Huanan He's eyes softened, and he watched her for a moment and leaned down to kiss Gu Yunxi's lips.

Gu Yunxi was stunned, only to feel that this lingering love came suddenly. Then she was intoxicated by his eagerness, wrapped her arms around him, and kissed him.

After a long time of tenderness, the man suddenly looked up. His focused eyes holding a hint of playfulness, he asked her with a smile,

"In the past, did I kiss you as I did just now?"

Gu Yunxi smiled, nodded, and took the initiative to kiss him. With a red halo on her cheek that was covered by accumulated scars and sores, she pulled away from him.

"How do you feel like that? Do you remember it?" Gu Yunxi tilted her head and asked,

"I used to kiss you like this, darling."

Huanan He licked his lips with his pink tongue and felt the sweet fragrance that belonged to her alone and remained on her.

With a slight groan, he frowned and looked at her. He shook his head and snickered,

"No, I don't remember it. Or will you kiss me again?"

Gu Yunxi flushed. When she was about to blame him, there was a slam of the door outside,

"Master, I come to serve you."

"It's Zhiqi." Gu Yunxi smiled and turned her head to explain to her darling,

"She used to be in Yunyao's palace. Now she has followed me. She can be trusted."

"Yunyao?... Is she Concubine Yu?"

Huanan He held his forehead and tried to recall something.

Fortunately, his current memory was not bad, and he remembered exactly what Gu Di said.

When Gu Yunxi nodded to affirm him, Zhiqi took the eunuch Lei into the room. After greeting, they served the two masters to clean their faces and helped Huanan He to change the air-dried robes.

There were no other clothes in the temple except for the monk's frocks. Huanan He had to make do with it for the time being in order to stay here.

Having missed the time of breakfast, the two of them sat at the wooden table, drinking tea and talking about the past.

The taste of the tea was very special. There was a hint of frankincense in the sweetness like a light smoke mist, which lingered between the mouth and teeth.

In terms of the color, the deep liquid was as clear as blood, lying in the porcelain white cup body and enchanting like fire.

"The aroma of this tea is very special. Is it Pu'er Tea?"

Huanan He raised the cup and watched it. Then he took another sip, and his look slowly transitioned from elegance to confusion.

"This tea is called 'Relieving Sorrow Tea'. It is prepared according to the formula of The Exquisite Collection of Delicacies written by my mother Pei Rushi."

Gu Yunxi tasted her own tea with a smile and her disfigured face was blurred by the aroma of tea.

She wasn't worried about her face.

Anyway, the mermaid bead's powder and Xiangyu Powder she brought when she left the Palace had the effect of healing and repairing the face.

Seeing Huanan He contemplating the tea in the cup, she could not hide her smile and explained in detail,

"To make Relieving Sorrow Tea, you need to take the best Moonlight Tea and mix it with the overyear maple dew. The team can calm the spirit, so it gets the name."

Hearing this, Huanan He was confused,

"I've heard of Pearl Tea and Mei Tea, but I've never heard of Moonlight Tea."

Gu Yunxi smiled sweetly,

"There is a special tea planting tribe in the Dian area of Da Yi. The girls who pick tea are virgins and have no menstruation. Whenever the new tea grows, these girls will take the branches and buds with their lips and stick them on the chest."

"On the night of the full moon, they have to lie flat in the moonlight with the leaves in their arms and roast the tea leaves with their own internal strength through pranayama. Then they get Moonlight Tea."

Seeing that Huanan He was fascinated by what she said, Gu Yunxi took a sip of tea,

"Those tea pickers have to go through strict screening and practice the art of pranayama since childhood. Once their menstruation comes, they will lose the qualification to pick the tea forever."

"That's why my mother wrote down these words when recording the recipe for this tea: The maple dew is easy to obtain, but Moonlight Tea is rare."