Su Lingyue trotted out and came to a plum forest.

He saw a familiar figure not far away.

"Xiao Changyu?"

Xiao Changyu smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

Su Lingyue did not answer but asked: "What about you?"

"Meditation." Xiao Changyu looked forward calmly.

"Are monks so idle?" Su Lingyue walked over and asked curiously.

"I feel guilty about what happened yesterday."

"Do you know what happened last night?"

Su Lingyue didn't wait for his answer and continued, "Last night, the Crown Princess, my biological sister Su Nanxing, knocked me out. My father used me as a hostage and wanted to kill my husband, your uncle. He almost died yesterday."

Xiao Changyu turned around and looked at Su Lingyue in surprise, "I didn't know so many things happened yesterday."

Su Lingyue said calmly: "The capital has changed a lot now, and many people are not the people you knew before."

"Really?" Xiao Changyu breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you would marry the prince."

"He doesn't deserve me."

"Where's the emperor's uncle?"

"He's...very nice."

When mentioning Xiao Yu, Su Lingyue's heart began to beat again.

"Really? That's good." Xiao Changyu smiled faintly.

"What about you?"

"Very good." Xiao Changyu said calmly.

Su Lingyue looked at Xiao Changyu, who was dressed like a monk and had clear eyes and brows. At this moment, he seemed to be much more at ease than when he was in the imperial city. Su Lingyue was happy for him.

At least you don't have to compete for fame and fortune.

"We will be leaving in the next two days. If you go to the capital, remember to visit Prince Su's mansion."

"it is good."

Su Lingyue was still worried about Xiao Yu, so she said goodbye to Xiao Changyu and walked back.

After taking a few steps, he paused, turned around and asked, "Xiao Changyu, can I pick a branch of your red plum blossoms to take back? He is still lying there, I want to bring one back to show him."

Xiao Changyu smiled and replied, "Okay."

Su Lingyue took great pains to pick a branch of red plum blossom that looked in full bloom. Just as she was about to leave, several branches of red plum blossom were handed to her.

"Thank you."

After taking the red plum, Su Lingyue left the plum garden with a smile on her face.

Su Lingyue stood outside the bedroom door, took a deep breath, and gently pushed the door open and went in.

She shielded her face with the red plum blossoms and carefully moved her feet inside as if they weighed a thousand pounds.

Xiao Yu looked at the people moving in little by little, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Did Yue'er go out of her way to pick plum blossoms?"

The two words "specially" sounded very awkward, as if they were reminding Su Lingyue something.

Su Lingyue listened to Xiao Yu's laughter and did not go down the unstable stairs. Instead, she felt her feet became heavier.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Yu said nothing more. He chuckled and watched her move towards the bed little by little.

Su Lingyue put the red plum blossoms in the vase, sat down beside the bed with a blushing face, and handed the selected plum blossom to Xiao Yu.

Because the temperature in the room is very high, the snow on the plum blossoms has melted into water droplets, hanging on the petals, which is quite interesting.

Xiao Yu took the flower branch, sniffed it gently, and said with a smile: "It smells very fragrant, I like it very much."

As he spoke, his deep eyes were staring at Su Lingyue, so gentle that it seemed as if Su Lingyue could drown in them.

"As long as you like it." Su Lingyue felt irritated by Xiao Yu's gaze and avoided it with a red face.

"Yue'er, come here." Xiao Yu took Su Lingyue's hand and coaxed her in a gentle voice.

Su Lingyue followed Xiao Yu's force and moved closer to him.

A pair of strong arms pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. His hot cheeks pressed against Xiao Yu's slightly cool cheeks. The temperature did not drop at all, but became even hotter.

She hugged Xiao Yu's waist back, leaned on his chest, and listened to the breathing and heartbeats of the two.

"Xiao Yu...I..." Su Lingyue wanted to explain her behavior, but could not find a suitable reason.

Thinking back to her thoughts at that time, she liked everything about Xiao Yu and wanted to know everything about him.

"Yue'er, I understand." Xiao Yu placed his hand on Su Lingyue's back, feeling her heartbeat getting faster, and took the lead in speaking to comfort her, "I'm very happy."

"I'm happy too." Su Lingyue murmured softly.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yu fell into a deep sleep again. Su Lingyue did not get a good rest at night, so she lay beside Xiao Yu and slept until night.

After dinner, Su Lingyue called Yan Qing and Yun Ting to accompany Xiao Yu. She was very worried about the Queen, so she took Caidie Caiyi to the Queen's side.

When Su Lingyue arrived, the queen was sitting at the table, writing something.

"Aunt, are you practicing calligraphy?" Su Lingyue asked curiously when she saw the paper taken away by Aunt Cui.

"No." The Queen sighed and said, "It's to choose a concubine for the Crown Prince."

Since Nanny Cui took it away, it meant that the Queen didn't want Su Lingyue to know who it was, so Su Lingyue didn't ask any more questions.

"How is your aunt? Are you feeling better?" Su Lingyue sat down next to the queen and put her hand on her wrist.

The Queen shook her head and said, "I'm fine. I heard you were kidnapped yesterday. What happened?"

Su Lingyue felt the Queen's pulse and found that she was indeed fine. She breathed a sigh of relief and said calmly, "I don't know where the black-clothed man came from. I heard from Xiao Yu that he was my father's men."

The queen looked at Su Lingyue with a scrutinizing gaze, trying to find anything unusual on her face, but found nothing.

Su Lingyue stared at the queen, met her probing gaze and asked, "Aunt, if father wants to kill me, will you stand on his side?"

The queen frowned and did not answer. After a moment, she asked, "Is the man who held your majesty hostage one of Xiao Yu's men?"

"No." Su Lingyue answered calmly: "He was the guard I bought. When he saw that I was being held hostage, he pretended to be my father's man and held His Majesty hostage to save me."

When the queen heard Su Lingyue's words, her face was full of disbelief. She seemed to have not expected her to tell the truth, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Father, how is he?" Su Lingyue asked.

"Demote your position and place the entire palace under house arrest." The queen said in a deep voice. Her usually calm eyes darkened slightly and her face was filled with pain.

Su Lingyue could understand the struggle and entanglement in the queen's heart.

Su Lingyue looked at the queen sincerely with her bright eyes and said softly, "Aunt, have you ever thought about not being the queen, leaving the palace and being free, and being with me? How about I take care of you in your old age?"

The queen was silent for a moment before she spoke: "Yue'er, I have been the queen for twenty years. Without the support of Duke Dingguo's Mansion, it will be difficult for me and the prince to move forward. Leave the person to me and I will take care of this matter."

This result was within Su Lingyue's expectations, but she still felt a little disappointed.

"Aunt, I don't know where he is. He never contacted me after he left." She held on to the last glimmer of hope and said, "Aunt, I had a dream. Do you want to hear it?"

The Queen looked puzzled, "What dream?"

Su Lingyue said in a deep voice: "Before I got married, I had a dream that Su Nanxing pushed me down the stairs. I was disfigured and married to the prince. After I was alone in my empty room for five years, the prince and my uncle conspired to rebel, killed you and His Majesty, and made Su Nanxing the queen. The prince dug out my heart and I died."

"Miss Yue, is that true?" asked Aunt Cui in disbelief.

Su Lingyue nodded at her.

When the queen heard Su Lingyue's words, her face was filled with shock. After a long while, she spoke: "Yue'er, that was a dream, not reality."

Su Lingyue chuckled and said, "But aunt, before the wedding, Su Nanxing wanted to push me down the stairs and ruin my appearance. Because of that dream, I avoided it in advance, but Su Nanxing ended up ruining my appearance."

"Aunt, I know this is hard to believe, but this is the truth." Su Lingyue's nose was sore, and she hugged the queen and said, "Aunt, I really want to save you. I heard you being killed in my dream, which is more painful than dying myself."

Hearing Su Lingyue crying, the queen couldn't help shedding tears. She gently stroked Su Lingyue's back and was silent for a long time before speaking, "Yue'er, let me think about this matter again, okay?"

Su Lingyue nodded, "As long as Aunt wants to leave the palace, Yue'er will do her best."

After Su Lingyue left, Nanny Cui looked at the Queen and asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do? Is the Crown Prince still choosing a concubine?"

The queen held her forehead and shook her head, "Let's put this matter on hold for a while."

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