Li Yunyan closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, calling out to the system in her mind.

"System, is Ying Huai still there?"

[Host, you have enough points to exchange for combat power; you can experience it directly!]

Oh! She lived too comfortably in the last small world and forgot she knew martial arts!

She calmed herself down and listened carefully. Sure enough, she heard very faint breathing sounds on the roof. He was still up there!

Ying Huai is indeed still alive.

He is His Majesty's secret guard; wherever His Majesty is, he is there, protecting His Majesty's safety closely.

He was even present when His Majesty and the ladies of the palace were having fun.

He was all too familiar with those scenes. No matter how many concubines His Majesty had changed, the basic routines were always the same.

So most of the time he considered himself a dead man, a beam hanging from the rafters, a brick in the wall, a tile on the roof. Without eyes, without feelings, without thoughts.

But this concubine is different today.

She's so beautiful!

He couldn't help but glance at her again because of her beauty.

Just one glance.

When he regained his composure and began to think of himself as a dead man again, he heard her refuse His Majesty's advances.

He looked at her again, surprised. Where did she get the audacity to refuse His Majesty?

The emperor's majesty inspires awe. Other concubines would fawn over His Majesty and obey his every word. No one had ever refused His Majesty's favor before!

What's even more puzzling is that His Majesty actually agreed?

This was the first time he had ever witnessed such a peculiar scene since he became a bodyguard.

I couldn't help but take a few more glances, and I remembered this extraordinary woman's face and her name.

He Beiyi lay on the bed, his mind filled with countless thoughts.

He had assumed that Li Yunyan was like other women, seemingly innocent and naive, but actually quite cunning. Even if she wouldn't let him touch her tonight, she would do everything in her power to please him, talk to him, and try to deepen their relationship.

Unexpectedly, she didn't say a word, and as soon as she got into bed, she closed her eyes and didn't move at all.

Is this... a genuine desire to sleep?