"He?"

"What's going on? Is the Ninth Prince really here?"

"We spent all morning going to the temple from the Palace. Where did he come from? Does his horse have wings?"

"Hey, isn't it obvious? Even fools can see it..."

"Shhh, my sisters, be careful about your words. Don't make His Majesty unhappy..."

The news that Huanan He came to see the Emperor caused a lot of discussion in the crowd.

Especially among those concubines, some covered their mouths with embroidered handkerchiefs while others covered their faces with moon-shaped fans. They whispered to each other with vivid expressions.

Hearing these words on the side, Commandery Princess Jingle couldn't help but blush and bow her head in shame and indignation.

Learning that the Ninth Prince really came to the temple, Shi Yuanqing, Noble Concubine Hui, was frightened. She suddenly opened her bright eyes wide and angrily stared at Counselor-in-chief Shi at the head of the civil officials.

Her expression was serious and stagnant, and a pair of dark eyes were sharp as blades as if she had been questioning her old father with terrible anger, "You say that you have already sent someone to deal with the two people. So how can he come here at this moment?"

Counselor-in-chief Shi and his daughter looked at each other from a distance. He saw that her two aggressive eyes were like sharp arrows, which were intending to penetrate his body. Counselor-in-chief Shi felt terrified and lowered his head to avoid his daughter's eyes.

On the side, Tie Guying, Chiliarch of the Eastern Depot, got close to Yue Xilou and asked in a low voice, "Lord, you see..."

Yue Xilou slightly lowered his eyes, looking directly at these people. With a wisp of cold air in his foxlike eyes, he smiled, "That's interesting. Keep seeing the fun."

Emperor Huanan Xin looked ferocious. He gasped in anger and shouted at the Honour Guard who knelt down on one knee, "Does he dare to come? Go to take him here!"

The strong Honour Guard trembled due to the roar. He kowtowed and ran down in a hurry, quickly calling a person.

In public, his hair was untied, and his silver hair was scattered behind his head. Every single hair was stained with dirty dust.

He was dressed in rags with his strong body exposed in the tatters of his robe.

The concubines screamed one after another. These young women closed their eyes and turned their heads, not daring to look at the silver-haired man again.

The man did not panic or feel shy. He steadily bowed his hands to the Emperor and smiled coldly, "Huanan He pays respects to Your Majesty. May long live, Your Majesty."

Commandery Princess Jingle trembled with horror in her eyes. She looked at him with fear and heartache and asked in a sobbing tone, "Ninth Uncle... What happened to you? Why are you in such a state?"

In the chaos, Noble Concubine Hui calmed down first.

Originally, she had made sufficient preparations and planned to lure the Emperor to the temple.

Once the woman could not be found, she could successfully put a crime on her so that the Emperor would believe that the woman had eloped with his Ninth Uncle.

However, the appearance of the silver-haired man completely disrupted her plans.

At present, since the man was not dead, she also had a coping approach.

Noble Concubine Hui waved the light yarn water sleeve majestically beside the Emperor and shouted, "You're so bold, Huanan He. All the concubines are here, but you dare to be nearly naked and hard on His Majesty's eyes!"

Even as the sound of her voice died away, she turned her head, raised her eyebrows, and looked at the young Emperor,

"Your Majesty, since Ninth Uncle has come, quickly ask him where Sister Yun is."

"Your Majesty!"

Commandery Princess Jingle was stunned and involuntarily shouted out, signaling that the Emperor should not be impulsive.

She stood there with hatred and looked at Noble Concubine Hui who had overweening arrogance.

Obviously, what this woman had just said was tantamount to pointing out in public once again that the relationship between Lady Yun and Ninth Uncle was not ordinary.

However, the young Emperor was already utterly discomfited and he didn't care about the advice of others.

Others didn't know that, but he knew the unknown background of Huanan He. With heart-by-heart blood bond, he would not be infected with smallpox at all.

The Emperor with the intention to kill him in his aggressive eyes slowly stepped towards the silver-haired cool man, "Where is Lady Yun? Where do you hide her?"

The silver-haired man smiled indifferently. He didn't move his bright beautiful eyes and firmly stared at the mighty Emperor. He said nothing.

He clenched his low-hanging palm into a fist, secretly gathering some internal strength.

As long as Huanan Xin took a few steps closer, the man would slap out and kill him on the spot.

Commandery Princess Jingle suddenly ran between the two men, raising her arms to stop Huanan Xin from getting closer.

When seeing Ninth Uncle, the girl suddenly felt that her heart had been plucked by a ghost's hand. An indescribable pain overflowed out, tearing her chest.

However, the man in her eyes was still cool and handsome. After all, he was the man she had loved.

"His Majesty, don't doubt Ninth Uncle. He's not what you think he is. Absolutely not!"

"Your Highness, don't be deceived by him anymore!"

Under the porch, Noble Concubine Hui was in a majestic state. She squinted and couldn't wait to shout, "As a prince, he was not in the mansion at that time. When His Majesty arrived at Yonglu Temple, he also turns up. It's clear that he has an affair with Lady Yun! The demon monk Huichan helps you to illicit intercourse at the temple, which is really abominable. Let alone kill him, it's reasonable to kill all the monks of the temple!"

"Ha-ha..."

The silver-haired man suddenly looked up and laughed. He looked at the woman with his mocking eyes, "Your Grace, are you arguing irrationally? If I really, as you say, have an affair with the master of the imperial harem, why will I hurl myself willingly into the net when His Majesty personally comes to the temple? And people in the Palace know that Lady Yun gets out of the Palace due to smallpox, which is easily contagious. Do I want to die if I have an affair with her at this moment?"

"You..."

Noble Concubine Hui raised her dark long eyebrows and sneered, "Your Highness, do you say that I argue irrationally? Well, then you should make it clear to His Majesty now. Why are you in the temple at this time in a disheveled manner? Where is Lady Yun now?"

"She..."

The silver-haired man turned his clear eyes and silently looked at Huanan Xin's scarlet and angry eyes. He asked with a forced smile, "Your Majesty, do you really want to know?"

"Tell me!"

Huanan Xin howled like a mad demon, violently grabbed the man's slightly open placket, and pulled the man in front of him.

It was at this moment!

With a distance of two fingers, the light suddenly burst out in the silver-haired man's blade-like eyes. When he was about to take action, he was interrupted by a familiar gentle voice behind him, "Your Majesty, help me. Your Majesty!"

The crowd on the opposite was in a state of confusion and then split to the sides.

Supported by a guard of the Eastern Depot, Gu Yunxi walked haltingly to the scene.

Without any jewelry and hairpins, she was disheveled. Her light feathered fine gauze dress was dirty and broken, and her appearance was not much better than that of the silver-haired man.

There was an uproar.

A glimmer of clear light flashed in Yue Xilou's eyes. He commanded Chiliarch with his hands and whispered in a deep voice, "Where did our people find her? Check it now!"

His intuition told him that this woman of Jingyang Palace looked weak in appearance, but she was extremely troublesome.

If possible, Yue Xilou did not want the Eastern Depot to have anything to do with her at this time.

The concubines on the other side made noises, "Oh, there will be something coming up. The woman and Ninth Prince are both in disarray."

"Yeah, look at that dirty look. Shouldn't they go to the mountains and roll on the grass?"

"How shameless! How dare you come together to meet His Majesty!"

As opinions varied, Commandery Princess Jingle looked numbly at the man and woman not far away. Her teeth bit her lower lip tremblingly.

With tears in her eyes, her world fell into endless darkness. She could no longer feel any warmth or color.

At this moment, she felt that she was already dead. Strangled by the handsome but heartless man, her soul was far away from the world with sorrow and unwillingness, leaving only a weak outer form without warmth and feelings.

"Yunxi?"

Emperor Huanan Xin looked at the little woman who seemed to drop from the skies with a pale face. He just took a step in surprise, but suddenly realized something, and staggered to stop.

"Your Majesty, you have to help me! Someone wants to kill me!"

Gu Yunxi glanced at the silver-haired man who looked shocked with her tearful eyes. She rushed to the feet of the Emperor and pulled on the hem of his robe with her small hands. She cried like a warbler, making people tremble.

"Your Majesty, last night I went to the mountain behind the temple to look for nigrum fruit and encountered more than a dozen killers. If Ninth Uncle hadn't appeared to save me, I would never have seen you again..."

The cry, like a sweet rain pouring down in the air, instantly extinguished the anger in the young Emperor's heart.

Even if the beauty was covered with a light veil, the delicate and lightsome fair body was enough to make Huanan Xin melt and feel dizzy.

Regardless of the others, the Emperor leaned over and held the beauty in his arms.

"Your Majesty, she has smallpox!"

Noble Concubine Hui, Shi Yuanqing, couldn't tolerate it any longer. She shouted bitterly and trembled with anger.

"How dare you say this at the moment?"

Huanan Xin roared without turning back, shocking the woman.

He lifted the veil with his trembling fingers and looked at Gu Yunxi's face with acne in bruises and purple wounds. The anger in the Emperor's eyes was even more fierce.

"Dear, don't be afraid. Tell me who is going to harm you. I will decide for you!"

Noble Concubine Hui couldn't bear it. She became red in the face and interjected in an aggressive tone to the delicate woman in the arms of the Emperor.

"Lady Yun, how dare you! Do you still deceive His Majesty with sweet words? You say that you met assassins last night. Why did Ninth Uncle also appear in the mountain at that time? There were no assassins there. Even if there had been, it would have been that you two had a lovers' rendezvous there and were found!"