Huanan He and Leshuang ran to the Jingyang Palace one after the other.

Leshuang stayed behind the high wall while Huanan He turned over and entered the Jingyang Palace.

The rain was fading.

As soon as he entered the inner court, he saw that the palace maids and eunuchs gathered in a group under the corridor.

The windows of the Main Hall were pitch black, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Huanan He's heart hit his throat instantly, and the blue veins on his forehead jumped up.

He strode down to the corridor and could not help but push the door to break in, but he was held tightly by several palace eunuchs. They were trying to persuade him.

They were all arranged by Leshuang, and they knew the relationship between Concubine Yun and the Ninth Prince, so they didn't need any scruples.

Huanan He was so angry that he would not listen. While struggling, the hall door suddenly opened.

Gu Yunxi was dressed in messy clothes and had disheveled hair on the temples. She was helped out by Lord Lei and the maid Xiuyu to go out, facing Huanan He's stunned face.

Her face was full of tears. Her eyes were blurry. She couldn't even make out the person a finger away from her, whom she loved the most in her life. Her violently trembling right hand only held a gold hairpin tightly and would not let go.

This was what she found on the ground when she was physically exhausted in the process of resisting the violence.

Unable to escape from the clutches of Huanan Xin, Gu Yunxi was so desperate that she was about to commit suicide when she suddenly fainted on the ground.

Then she was dragged to escape outside.

Lord Lei forcefully pulled Gu Yunxi's five stiff fingers and snatched the hairpin while comforting her in a low voice.

"Her Grace, it's alright. Look, the Ninth Prince! The Ninth Prince is right in front of you..."

From the Main Hall, the panting and groaning of the man and woman continued to pour out, and the voices were mixed, making people’s faces blush and people’s hearts beat faster.

Huanan He's heart was in severe pain. He hugged Gu Yunxi tightly, and his frightened eyes shot at the window.

"Who... Who's in there?"

Xiuyu grimaced, and Lord Lei's smooth neck twitched and tightened, causing a dull pain. Then he said with red eyes.

"It's Zhiqi... His Majesty was drunk, and the girl rushed into the hall in a hurry and took the place of Her Grace."

Gu Yunxi was lying in Huanan He's arms, excited by the damp and cold skirt. After calming down andhearing this, she couldn't help crying silently.

Huanan He was in a sad mood. He slightly increased the strength of the hug and gave a hot kiss on the woman's hair.

"Yunxi, I'm here. Don't be afraid. Don't cry..."

Lord Lei straightened his body at this time, glanced at the palace maids, and said in a low voice with a hint of sternness.

"As always, whoever dares to say anything about tonight's affairs, I will bury him alive!"

The young palace eunuchs and maids nodded in panic and said "yes".

Xiuyu brought a light cherry-colored cloak embroidered with flowers and birds and put it on Gu Yunxi. Lord Lei led his hand and said.

"Your Highness, take Her Grace to the side hall to rest for a while. After the people in the Main Hall stopped, Her Grace will come back to continue acting."

The maintenance and loyalty of the eunuchs and maids touched Huanan He's heart. A layer of water mist appeared in his beautiful eyes, and he looked at the faces of each palace maid and eunuch.

Huanan He choked.

"Thank you very much. I will remember your kindness to Yunxi today. I will repay you in the future."

Lord Lei raised fist salute and greeted.

"Your Highness, don't say that. Time is running out. I'll lead the way, and you two come with me."

Huanan He picked up Gu Yunxi whose body was soft and collapsed, walked into the side hall, sat on the head of the bed, and took the hot tea.

Gu Yunxi cuddled on Huanan He's chest, drank a cup tremblingly, and gradually recovered her energy.

Huanan He's face showed infinite sadness, and he folded the woman's hands into his palms.

"Yunxi, I'd better take you far away. I'm about to go crazy. I'm afraid I won't be able to live a day like this!"

A few crystal tears flashed from the corners of Gu Yunxi's eyes. She shook her head with a wry smile.

"No. In such a situation, none of us have the right to escape. It's Zhiqi who has been wronged."

The sadness condensed between his brows was like the rain outside the hall. Huanan He hugged her tightly and sighed deeply.

"I'm useless. I'm not as good as a girl who has no power. Yunxi, my heart is so bitter."

Gu Yunxi leaned on the man's chest and was attracted by the thick smell of blood. She searched in surprise and found his wound.

In an instant, her complexion changed greatly. She hugged his injured arm and exclaimed uncontrollably.

"Darling, how could you be hurt? How could it be? Who did it?"

Huanan He stroked her back with a big warm hand and comforted her.

"You calm down. Calm down."

"No, you shouldn't be injured. How can the heart-by-heart blood bond fail? How?"

Gu Yunxi's mood fluctuated greatly, and she kept talking endlessly and hysterically.

"It's okay. It's okay. I'll know after I contact Hua'er's people. Don't worry..."

Gu Yunxi's eyes were wet, "Does it hurt?"

Huanan He put a kiss on her forehead and smiled.

"It doesn't hurt. It doesn't hurt when I see you."

"Then tell me where you got injured and who injured you?"

Gu Yunxi asked in a rushing voice, not giving herself and her husband a chance to catch their breath.

Huanan He paused, his face embarrassed.

"Tell me quickly!"

"Okay, I'll tell you..."

Huanan He knew that he could not prevaricate, so he had to explain honestly.

"That day, Ying'er went to my mansion to make a scene. I was so angry that I might have hurt her, so I just went to the Shuofeng Hall to see her."

"She knew that I wouldn't get hurt or get sick. She should be playing with me, but she actually cut me with scissors..."

Looking at the woman's complex and changeable face, the man deliberately added.

"However, thanks to her mentioning that Huanan Xin is now in the Jingyang Palace, I felt something was wrong, so I came here."

"She's well-informed..."

A shadowy gleam flashed in Gu Yunxi's eyes.

Hearing that her husband especially entered the Palace for that girl, willingly ran to the Shuofeng Hall, and was injured by scissors, Gu Yunxi frowned immediately. Her expression was clearly unpleasant.

She turned her head away slightly and bit her nails with her teeth.

"I couldn't figure it out just now. Huanan Xin's drinking capacity is not bad. He only drank five or six cups of wine. How could he suddenly go crazy while sitting there?"

Huanan He frowned coldly.

"He's used to acting, so he wasn't drunk at all!"

Gu Yunxi shook her head.

"He came here just to ask me about the cooking competition with Ying State, and at the time of the meal, he also said that the officials of the cabinet would have a discussion with him in the Qinming Hall, and he would definitely not drink too much."

"However, when I resisted, I felt something was wrong. Not only was his body hot, but his consciousness was also in a trance..."

"You mean Huanan Xin was drugged?"

Huanan He was shocked.

"But who would dare to do this sorcery against His Majesty?"

Gu Yunxi's face was filled with a contemptuous smile, and there was a cold light in her eyes.

"I guess the purpose of that person's drugging was not to plot against him."

"What do you mean?"

Huanan He became more and more confused and watched her slowly stand up with his exploratory eyes. She took two steps in the hall and said calmly.

"Ying'er did it. She must have done this. It must be!"

Huanan He hurriedly got up and chased after her, shaking his head unacceptably.

"Impossible. Why do you suspect her for no reason?"

Unable to wait, Gu Yunxi grabbed the man's wrist. Her eyes reflected the flickering candles in the empty palace, like starlight shining brightly in the dark night.

"Darling, you have to believe me. At that time, she came to the Jingyang Palace and poured wine for me and Huanan Xin herself."

"She hates me so much. Why did she come here for no reason? Why did she choose that pot of imperial wine?"

"The philter must be hers. It must be!"

"This argument doesn't work. Ying'er is just young, how does she understand those dirty things? Besides, what is the purpose of her putting philter in that wine?"

Huanan He was resolute and his tone was as calm as a mountain.

Gu Yunxi was immediately stunned on the spot, and her heart was getting colder as if soaked with the cold dew of late autumn.

Obviously, she was hurt, but the man in front of her defended the suspect in every possible way.

Gu Yunxi felt cold, and her tone became stiffer and more urgent.

"Why do you trust her so much? Her purpose for doing this could not be more obvious. She wants to be the Ninth Princess. She defended you in every way at the Yonglu Temple but was rejected by you, so she firmly believed that it was because of me that she can't be with you. She poured philter into the imperial wine and toasted Huanan Xin and me with her own hands. She wanted to see with her own eyes that both of us were drugged by philter. Once I slept with Huanan Xin, I had to accept my fate. Then no one can stop her anymore!"

Huanan He looked at the woman's angry face with a slightly aggrieved expression.

After she finished speaking quickly and chatteringly, he stretched out his hand and hugged her shoulders, softly coaxing.

"Okay, don't be angry. I'll let Xiaobei check it out tomorrow."

"I know you don't like Ying'er, but I know her best. Although she is unruly and willful, she is not bad, and she will never have such a scheming."

Gu Yunxi's eyes widened in amazement.

"Darling, do you mean that because I hate Ying'er, I am targeting her?"

Tonight, Gu Yunxi could no longer remain calm.

She raised her hand and pointed directly at the gate of the palace. Her facial features were achingly resolute. her eyes were as cold as lightning, and she said.

"Have you ever imagined that I could get out of there and stand in front of you unscathed all because Zhiqi sacrificed herself?"

"She is loyal, and she is a virgin. She knows that she will not have any future with His Majesty, but..."

She held her breath in her chest, unable to breathe.

Gu Yunxi choked up and couldn't tell anymore, and she burst into tears.

At this moment, she suddenly suffered a feeling of being helpless, and she felt as if her heart had been cut by a steel blade, and the pain was unbearable.

With her turbid eyes full of tears, she burst out the anger and resentment of being abandoned towards the man who was facing her.

The grief in Huanan He's heart instantly penetrated into his internal organs, and his hesitation brought the disappointed softness in his eyes, and he cast a glance at the woman.

He felt sorry for her, but he had no doubts about Jingle.

He approached her again in a pleasing manner, his fingers lingering on Gu Yunxi's smooth neck.

But she no longer appreciated it and retreated sideways. She turned her head away and stopped looking at him.

Huanan He felt extremely tired and sighed faintly in the face of the jumping candlelight.

"Yunxi, I'm not defending Ying'er. It's just that she has been with me for the past two years. I think I know her very well..."

A sneer interrupted his persistence.

Gu Yunxi nodded. The corners of her lips twitched, and the cold flames in the bottom of her eyes burst out aggressively.

"Your Highness, you said it very well. I only know now that the years I spent in the Eastern Depot with you were no better than the two years that the Commandery Princess spent with you!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

His faint smile disappeared. Huanan He's eyes were scarlet, and he couldn't bear it any longer. He scolded Gu Yunxi with a pained and anxious expression.

"As soon as I heard that something bad happened to you, I rushed over desperately, but you said the nonsense to tear my heart! Do you want to relieve your hatred? Well, I can immediately rush into the Main Hall and kill Huanan Xin!"

In a moment, his eyes softened inch by inch.

He looked sad.

"The reason why I trust Ying'er is she really looks like you when you were a girl. I hurt her with my own hands. This trust is the only thing I can give her right now. Do you want to take it away?"

The bottom of her heart collapsed suddenly, and Gu Yunxi stood tremblingly, stubbornly holding back the tears in her eyes and restraining the tears from falling easily.

There were ups and downs in her heart, and she gritted her teeth fiercely.

"Go. You don't need to come again."

There was no point in forcing him to stay.

Huanan He closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he became cold.

"Okay."

The door of the hall was wide open, and the side hall was silent for a while.

The heavy rain stopped, and the rain continued to hang down to the eaves, falling into a thin curtain of water.

Gu Yunxi stood in front of the door, facing the quiet wind alone and enduring the bone-chilling cold.