The first ray of the morning sun, like a thin golden thread, passed through the grass and came into the cave. Gu Yunxi's eyelashes looked beautiful in the sunshine.

Gu Yunxi's eyelids fluttered slightly, and then she opened her eyes.

Outside the cave, birds sang merrily.

"Darling, wake up..." said Gu Yunxi.

Gu Yunxi touched Huanan He next to her, getting up to dress and tie her hair.

She felt sore and itchy all over her body.

She checked her body and could not tell which were recurrent blains from dampness and which were mosquito bites.

"It's morning?" asked Huanan He.

Huanan He, with his silvery hair down and his sleepy eyes open, looked at the embers and quickly wrapped himself in his clothes.

"It's already dawn. We must leave here," said Gu Yunxi.

Gu Yunxi looked towards the hanging sun outside the cave, narrowing her eyes which looked beautiful.

She was decisive and sharp, and she looked different from the weak and beautiful woman who had happy time with Huanan He last night.

After being astonished, Huanan He smiled approvingly and hugged her tightly.

"Darling..." said Gu Yunxi.

Before she could blame him, she was kissed by Huanan He. So, she had to stop saying it.

"Be quiet, Yunxi. I wanna be sure that I remember you by kissing you. My memory is like a chain, which was broken when Huanan Xin broke into the rented house that year and was connected last night," said Huanan He.

Huanan He added, "Yunxi, in the past two years, you didn't stay with me, and I felt that I lived in a strange world. But now, I remember you. I get back to the familiar world."

Huanan He said that tenderly, which made her calm down. She did not hurry to leave here, and then she stared at him, stroking his face softly.

"My darling, now I'm glad that you are as resourceful and handsome as you were," said Gu Yunxi.

Huanan He looked at her, wearing a smile.

"In terms of resourcefulness, I'm now inferior to you..." replied Huanan He.

When he looked slightly down, he could see that the blain marks on her shoulders and collarbone were red and swollen, and some of them festered.

He was shocked and felt sorry for her.

"That's too bad! You just recover from smallpox. We shouldn't have stayed in such a damp place..."

Gu Yunxi smiled calmly, comforting him.

"You shouldn't think so. I get worse, so I can prove to Huanan Xin that I've suffered a lot."

Huanan He sighed and stroked her face, with his head being against her head.

Huanan He said, "To be honest, I never wanna be apart from you again, even for a moment."

Gu Yunxi was sad, leaning against his chest and kissing his robe slightly with her eyes closed.

She replied, "I don't wanna be apart from you, either. I wish we could be together forever, just like last night. But, when you were the Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot, you said that there was something we must do..."

Huanan He hugged her silently, lowering his head and feeling sorrowful.

Suddenly, he heard a noise and became alert.

"Someone is coming here!" said Huanan He.

Gu Yunxi hurried to keep a distance from Huanan He, wrapping her body with her clothes and nervously staring at the entrance of the cave.

Huanan He moved outside slowly, clenched his left fist, and straightened his right hand, being ready to fight against that person.

"My ninth brother? Yunxi? Are you here?" A voice came.

The grass outside the cave rustled, and then the weeds were parted.

Through the sunlight, Huanan He could clearly see that the person who was tall and thin was Gu Di.

"Brother?" said Huanan He.

Huanan He instantly relieved, stepping quickly towards Gu Di. He called Gu Di kindly.

"Brother! Brother..."

Huanan He kneeled on the ground with one knee, showing the fist-and-palm salute to Gu Di. Gu Di was surprised.

"Rise!" said Gu Di.

He hurried to help Huanan He stand up and he was shocked.

"What happened?" asked Gu Di.

"I... I remember everything..." answered Huanan He.

Huanan He's lips fluttered with tears in his eyes.

"It was my fault for not following your advice at that time. And then some former subordinates were hurt because of me. Therefore, you were tired while trying to help and save me. If you didn't tell me the truth, I didn't know when I could finish being upset and what I would do to hurt Yunxi," said Huanan He.

"You... You really remember..."

Huanan He and Gu Di held hands with each other. Gu Di was excited. He felt that his life was gray when Huanan He lost his memory, but now his life was colorful, full of flowers.

Gu Di did not show his feelings, just dropping some tears and laughing.

"Great! That's great!" said Gu Di.

"Your Highness, do you find my master?"

Then came Zhiqi's voice. She was very worried about Gu Yunxi. The eunuch Lei and several monks of Yonglu Temple also came here.

Gu Di suddenly realized something. He looked towards the cave and said to Zhiqi.

"Yunxi is in the cave. You have to come in alone," said Gu Di.

"..."

Zhiqi was stunned and then she looked at Huanan He unconsciously. She realized what had happened.

Zhiqi flushed and pursed her lips. And then she wore a smile, walking into the cave.

Gu Yunxi was sitting on the ground in the cave and tying her hair happily.

After she heard what Huanan He and Gu Di said, she knew that people would hurry to save them. She was relieved.

Seeing Zhiqi, Gu Yunxi was surprised.

"Why are you here?" asked Gu Yunxi.

Zhiqi glanced at the messy grass on the ground and she blushed even more.

Zhiqi realized that Huanan He and Gu Yunxi had s*x intensely last night.

She said to Gu Yunxi shyly.

"You and His Highness went to the hill to fly lanterns that night. But you didn't come back. I was worried about you all night. At midnight, I together with Lei came to ask Master Huichan to gather the monks in order to find you. Then I met across His Highness. He told me that someone wanted to hurt you!" said Zhiqi.

After saying that, Zhiqi was frightened and she hurried to hold Gu Yunxi's hands.

"Master, are you and His Highness in danger last night? I was worried about you!" said Zhiqi hurriedly.

Gu Yunxi narrowed her watery eyes and smiled, patting Zhiqi's hands.

"Yes. Last night, several killers came to the pavilion to kill me. My darling protected me from being killed, but we fell down the hill. If you didn't meet across one of those killers, he must come back to tell his master that he killed us," said Gu Yunxi.

"What?" shouted Zhiqi.

Zhiqi was stunned and looked around nervously.

"Who dared to kill you? If he wasn't dead, he would know what happened between you and His Highness."

Gu Yunxi smiled positively and did not look at Zhiqi but stared at one corner of the cave.

Gu Yunxi said, "I was frightened before. But now I have something important, which can help us defeat Yue Xilou. With the help of it, we can take revenge on the people who hurt the men of the Eastern Depot."

When Gu Yunxi and Zhiqi were talking, Gu Di came into the cave. As he saw Gu Yunxi's long and loose black hair, he wore a beautiful smile.

Gu Di crossed his arms in front of his body and said to Gu Yunxi significantly.

"Good job! You should cheat on Huanan Xin earlier," said Gu Di.

Zhiqi covered her mouth with her hands, smiling. She went behind Gu Yunxi and took a comb out of her pocket to comb Gu Yunxi's hair.

She was happy for Gu Yunxi.

"Master became the concubine of Emperor Renxian, but she tried to avoid having s*x with His Majesty. What she did was for His Highness," thought Zhiqi.

"Although they can't be in love publicly, they're couple long time ago," Zhiqi also thought.

Zhiqi believed that God would bless them. They would be in love and be together forever.

Gu Di said so because he wanted to make a joke and diss Huanan Xin. Gu Yunxi blushed when she heard what Gu Di said and wore a small smile. Then she was serious.

"Brother Xian, I'm afraid I'll have to ask Master Huichan to provide another house for us to live in. And it would be better if few people know about that place. We need to hide out for a time," said Gu Yunxi.

"It won't be long before someone leads Huanan Xin to the temple. When someone sees us here, she will be upset for not killing me!" added Gu Yunxi.

Gu Di raised his one-side eyebrows with an icy stare and great interest.

He asked, "Yunxi, you have known who wanna hurt you?"

Gu Yunxi smiled and took out a copper card, holding the yellow tassels on it and showing it to Gu Di and Zhiqi.

The card was as big as her palm, with some delicate flame-like patterns carved on the edge.

On the front of the card, the character "Shi" was engraved in the center of the card.

"Ah!" Zhiqi shouted.

Zhiqi was shocked and could not help but scream. She was very angry.

Zhiqi narrowed her eyes resentfully.

She said angrily, "It's she who wanna kill you!"

At that time, Huanan He came into the cave and said to Gu Di.

"Brother, Noble Concubine Hui hurt Yunxi with the help of her family. The killer was surprised to meet me at the temple and he saw that I together with Yunxi fell down the hill. Through the killer, Noble Concubine Hui and her family will know what happened," said Huanan He.

"I agree with Yunxi. In one or two days, Noble Concubine Hui will lead Huanan Xin to the temple," added Huanan He.

Gu Di frowned and was confused.

He stroked his chin thoughtfully.

Gu Di said, "That killer only saw you fall down the hill, and he could not make sure whether you were dead. So, Noble Concubine Hui also doesn't know whether you are dead. Maybe she won't ask Huanan Xin to go to the temple."

Gu Yunxi smiled positively.

"Let's not talk about whether we are alive or not after falling down the hill. Shi Yuanqing wants to kill me because Huanan Xin likes me. And she's worried that Huanan Xin doesn't like her anymore," said Gu Yunxi.

"Now, she really doesn't want me to die. If I stay here with Huanan He, she will tell Huanan Xin that I have cheated on him. And then Huanan Xin will punish me and dislike me. So, Shi Yuanqing will be happy to see that."

Gu Di suddenly realized what Gu Yunxi would do.

"You wanna..." said Gu Di.

Gu Yunxi looked at him with a sly smile.

She said, "Treat her with the way she has devised against me."

At that moment, Gu Di stopped smiling. He looked stunned and tired, being gloomy.

"What's wrong?" asked Huanan He.

Huanan He found that Gu Di was wrong, so he patted his back slightly.

Gu Di appeared to come to life again. He smiled at Huanan He.

Gu Di said, "I'm fine. We should try our best to do it. It's already dawn, and we must leave here quickly. You and Yunxi follow those monks. They'll lead you to a safe place." Gu Di said to Huanan He.

They went out of the cave.

Huanan He helped Yunxi out of the cave. They together with five monks walked in the lead.

Gu Di intentionally walked behind them in a distance, and he suddenly frowned.

"Do you see that?"

He turned to Zhiqi and asked her.

Zhiqi walked side by side with Gu Di, staring at Huanan He and Gu Yunxi. Her eyes were red because she was ready to cry.

"I see that. Some blain marks on her body festered. She suffered a lot. They two are perfect for each other!" said Zhiqi.

Zhiqi felt bad for Huanan He and Gu Yunxi. She wiped away her tears.

Gu Di felt bad for them, too. He was too upset to say anything.

"I know that they didn't live a peaceful life before," said Gu Di.

Zhiqi took a deep breath and smiled bitterly.

"Your Highness, they will live a peaceful life soon," answered Zhiqi.

Gu Di looked down and then turned to the bold girl.

He asked, "You should think twice about it. If we fail, we will be killed. Are you afraid of that?"

It seemed like Zhiqi could take everything in stride. She shook her head.

"What am I afraid of? What I care about is my mom. But she passed away last year. Now, I care about nothing. If my master can live a peaceful life, I'll be happy," said Zhiqi.

Gu Di's eyes became red because he was moved by Zhiqi.

"Good girl. On behalf of them, I thank you," said Gu Di.