"Unexpectedly, this seemingly simple cup of tea has such complicated implications?"

After hearing the detailed explanation of Relieving Sorrow Tea, Huanan He was enlightened. With eyes brightened, he re-appreciated the red and transparent amber liquid in the cup and sighed,

"To drink this tea, from getting maple dew to making tea, it will take a year."

Gu Yunxi smiled,

"That maple dew is also precious. It requires thousands of pure tender maple leaves with a suitable amount of acacia honey. After processing, only a small jar of maple dew can be attained."

"It is because the natural ingredients are not easy to obtain that the food is so valuable. My mother's book, The Exquisite Collection of Delicacies, contains 28 original dishes, including sauces, soups, desserts, staples, and dishes. The cooking methods include frying, stir-frying, steaming, deep-frying, and instant boiling."

Huanan He frowned. He touched the sweat on his forehead with his fingertip and tried hard to recall,

"Pei Rushi... The Exquisite Collection of Delicacies... Sorry, Yunxi. I..."

Gu Yunxi knew that he was in a hurry to split hairs, so she lowered her eyes and walked over. She said softly,

"It doesn't matter. Don't think about it if you can't remember it. You sit for a while, and I go to Zhiqi's room to take the medicine. Fortunately, there is a small kitchen in this yard. Let Lei light a fire and I will cook dinner."

Unwilling, Huanan He pulled her into his arms and forbade her to go,

"You still have injuries on your body, so why bother? Besides, in the past, we were couples, so why should you avoid me now?"

Gu Yunxi sighed reluctantly.

Although her darling was amnesiac, he was still sweet and dependent on her.

"Today is July 7, Girl's Day, and it is the reunion day for us, so I should cook for you personally. I am now covered with bruises and acne, dirty and not very good. I do not want to affect my darling's appetite."

She expressed her lips and put her hand on his blocking hand. Then she smiled warmly.

Huanan He gently rubbed the soft hair, which was like a fine deer antler, beside the woman's ear pinna with his nose. He said with a little pity and was a little flattering,

"I just want to see them, clearly. Each of them exists because of me, and I want to see them to motivate myself. I can't live in a foggy way all the time. Yunxi, I want you to be my wife again."

They looked at each other. Gu Yunxi saw that he finished talking seriously with a straight face. Then The beauty and prosperity of the pupil got in the way of the sharp edge of the ice under the eyes.

She sighed softly and simply compromised.

Zhiqi obeyed her master's orders, put a tray in the room, and left.

On the tray were a bowl of thick purple viscous juice, half a cup of Xiangyu Powder, and clean crocus cloth.

Gu Yunxi's laughter concealed depression,

"The juice of nigrum fruit is used by Yue Xilou to test me last night."

Huanan He looked serious, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes,

"Test? Could it be..."

"He has recognized that the assassin who sneaked into the imperial harem that night to deliver the nigrum fruit to me was you."

Huanan He was momentarily frightened. His eyes were firmly fixed on Gu Yunxi, and he slowly said several words,

"How can it be?"

Gu Yunxi slowly unbuttoned the tassel orchid leaf buckle at the collar of the plain robe and narrowed her eyes,

"Darling, you can't remember that now. You fought with him at the border of western tribes. If you fight against him again, it is not impossible to be recognized."

"Yesterday, the reason why Huanan Xin personally came to your mansion was that he had doubts about you long before the servant in your mansion delivered the letter."

"The reason why I know the assassin that night is you is the heart-by-heart blood bond. You picked flowers that night and broke your hand, and I felt something on my side. When I received the basket of flowers and fruits, I immediately thought of it."

Huanan He suddenly took a tumble. He looked gloomy and was full of self-blame.

He grabbed Gu Yunxi's thin waist with one hand from behind her and carefully removed her kirtle.

Gu Yunxi felt that the movement behind her obviously stopped as if he had been hesitating. For a moment he continued to help her take off her close-fitting underclothes.

"First help me with the juice of nigrum fruit."

Gu Yunxi's ears blushed red and crossed her arms in her chest.

Although they were a couple, they had been separated for a long time. She stood naked like this in front of his eyes, so she would more or less feel embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, but now I realize how stupid I am."

The man behind her choked up, full of emotions shattered by her scales. For a moment his lips trembled, and he was about to be emotional flooding.

He wrapped his arms around her slowly and very lightly, fearing that the slightest force would hurt her.

"Yunxi, Huanan Xian once said that I entered the Palace, disguised as a eunuch to avenge the deceased emperor, and commanded the entire the Eastern Depot. However, I was so stupid that I can't even protect my wife. How can I complete such great achievements?"

His few words made Gu Yunxi feel a strong sense of frustration and sadness.

She turned away from shame and leaned on his chest lovingly,

"Today, you are still excellent, but one of the souls is temporarily lost. Sooner or later you will find it back. Then you will know how great you were and still are. Darling, don't be afraid. I'm here."

Huanan He wept and immediately felt countless warm golden sunlight falling on his cold and deep heart, which added a trace of warmth.

Wrapping one arm around her, he used his other hand to rub the nigrum fruit juice over her whole body. After pulling out the acne, he began to apply Xiangyu Powder.

The cloth with medicinal powder suddenly stopped on Gu Yunxi's chest. The man's slightly drooping gaze stopped somewhere for a long time.

Even if there were ugly sore marks there, the towering silhouette made people fail to resist the temptation after staring for a long time.

Gu Yunxi quietly looked at Huanan He's face. His gradually confused eyes made her aware of something.

With a little maidenliness, she waited. Finding that he didn't continue to apply the medicate to her, she was about to blame him.

Suddenly, his pupils narrowed, and he cried out to her as if awakened,

"Papaya milk soup?!"

Gu Yunxi raised her face, and was so happy that tears rolled in her eyes,

"Darling, tell me what do you remember?"

―

The summer night was long, and the palace lights and candles in Miaoyin Hall were flickering, causing the oblique shadows on the ground to be thin and lonely.

Shi Yuanqing sat quietly in front of the gold-encrusted hibiscus makeup table, looking directly at an expressionless face in the bronze mirror.

The yellowish complexion seemed to have lost its charm like a waxwork.

With sunken eyes, her once beautiful eyes were now obscure.

Two dark marks on her lower eye sockets were obvious, revealing the fact that she had not slept peacefully for many days.

This disheveled woman with terrible makeup was the most favored Noble Concubine in the past!

Shi Yuanqing caressed her dry cheeks, and some slightly hairy touch made her sigh.

It was clear that it was midsummer. Why was it that what came out between her lips and teeth was the slightest chill?

Shi Yuanqing had a layer of goosebumps all over her body. She involuntarily put her cool hands into the large wide sleeves of the silver neon with Albizia flowers and trembled slightly.

"It's cold..."

She faced the bronze mirror and whispered faintly. Her emotions were unrecognizable.

"Your Grace... Are you still cold?"

The chief maid, Hongjing, stood on the side with hands crossed. She quietly looked at the dense sweat on the woman's nose and forehead and rolled her eyes. Then Hongjing tentatively asked her,

"The ice basin in the hall has all been taken away. Your Grace, you feel unwell. I... do I need to ask for an imperial doctor for you?"

"No!"

Suddenly, a roar shook the beam. The woman's fierce face was reflected in the bronze mirror, and Hongjing changed her face in surprise. She retreated backward in shock.

Noble Concubine Hui did not turn back. Her round eyes were red with the fierce light inside.

"The imperial doctors cannot cure my heart disease!"

She huffed and puffed. After breathlessly finishing speaking, she clenched her fist and slammed into the dresser. The sharp pain from her finger bones immediately caused her to moan and frown.

"Your Grace, you can't do that!"

Hongjing was so frightened that she knelt down on the ground. She painfully took the woman's hand and rubbed over and over again. With tears in her eyes, she turned firm with sharp eyes,

"Please rest assured, Your Grace. I have already ordered it."

"Well." The woman's fierce anger slowly subsided like a python controlling all of its evil spirits. She leisurely turned to the chief maid and said slowly,

"This time, we must succeed."

Hongjing gave a sly smile,

"Your Grace, you can rest easy. Tonight it's Girl's Day and the Palace is the liveliest with so many people. His Majesty is also busy with the upcoming visit of the envoys of Ying State. Who will pay attention to Yonglu Temple?"

Shi Yuanqing gave a satisfied smile and reached out her hand to raise Hongjing's jaw.

"Hongjing, will you blame me for being heartless and cruel?"

The chief maid turned pale and shook her head vigorously under the clamp of the woman's two fingers. She looked very pious.

Shi Yuanqing let go of her, facing the bronze mirror. Her haggard eyebrows fainted with a few traces of misery, and she said sadly,

"In the past, I was accustomed to being favored and having fame. I thought that this would last forever, and there would be no more variables."

"Now I lose the favor and the company of His Majesty overnight. Miaoyin Hall has become the Moon Palace..."

The woman turned suddenly, facing the chief maid with a sorrowful expression. She stiffly grasped her wrist and said rapidly,

"Hongjing... Hongjing! Tell me quickly. Do you feel cold too? When you step on every lotus carved brick and stone on the ground, do you also feel like you have a thorn in your heart or like you are walking on thin ice? In this imperial harem, are you living every day extremely hard?"

Hongjing sobbed and exhorted, "Your Grace, you should not think more..."

Shi Yuanqing sneered and said to herself,

"I just feel cold. I stepped on every brick and stone in the imperial harem, and the chill makes my heart tremble."

"Hongjing, I'm homesick. I remember when I was young, on Girl's Day, my mother took me to the street to see the lights, which was so lively."

"On last year's Girl's Day, His Majesty accompanied me..."

Hearing this, Hongjing was grieved. She put her hands on the woman's knees, trembling and crying,

"Your Grace, don't be sad. You just need to wait. After tonight. After tonight, His Majesty will return."

The woman's eyes became bright again as if she had been full of joy and encouragement by the words of Hongjing.

She held the chief maid's hands and spoke nervously to herself,

"Yes, yes. It is that sl*t who gets in the way of me. She should be d*mned! Only when she dies will His Majesty come back and love me again! This matter cannot be blamed on me... Don't complain about me..."