I heard familiar words.

Ye Lanyin sniffed.

"Hua Xin, help me out."

She is now divorced and cannot meet with other men alone. Even if the regent is fond of her, she has to consider his reputation.

Hua Xin knelt down worriedly, holding onto the bedside, and said, "Madam, you are weak and cannot go out."

Ye Lanyin said in a low voice, "Then get me a cloak, I'll be in the courtyard."

Seeing that Ye Lanyin was determined to go out, Huaxin had no choice but to find a thick cloak in the closet and drape it over her shoulders.

"Good, good, good, my mother has finally figured it out."

[Now you're finally looking at my dad properly!]

When the Regent heard that Ye Lanyin wanted to see him, his heart was pounding.

He then searched outside for a bronze mirror, intending to tidy his clothes and hair.

When Ye Lanyin came out, she saw his comical actions.

He burst out laughing.

"Hehe, let me... take a look..." The Regent scratched his head blankly.

Ye Lanyin pulled her robes and walked out the door.

In October, the sunlight is long and slanting. Although it is not as scorching as in May, it still carries a sense of warmth.

A gentle breeze blew outside the courtyard, and Ye Lanyin's mind was filled with a trace of old memories, a feeling that was both familiar and strange.

"Your Highness, why are you here so early today?"

The Regent smiled and walked to Ye Lanyin's side, and they walked together in the courtyard.

"Yesterday, you were acting like that. I came to ask you what happened?"

Ye Lanyin's calm eyes were bloodshot, her eyes slightly red, as she stared blankly at the Regent.

Seeing that Ye Lanyin remained silent, the Regent suddenly adopted a stern expression.

"Could it be that the Marquis of Zhenbei has come to humiliate you again?"

Ye Lanyin shook her head. "No."

"That is..."

Why has the Regent remained unmarried for so many years?

After a few seconds of hesitation, the regent smiled and said, "I spend most of my time on the battlefield, where I could lose my life at any moment..."

"What I'm saying is, why are you now so openly expressing your affection for me?"

"I saw that drama of stealing a minister's wife. If I hadn't divorced the Marquis of Zhenbei, wouldn't you have been afraid of being scorned by the world?" Her eyes were brimming with tears as she looked up, trying not to let them fall.

The regent grew anxious seeing her like this.

She then hastily pulled a handkerchief from her bosom, saying, "Don't cry."

Ye Lanyin stared at the handkerchief, momentarily stunned.

Isn't this the handkerchief she lost when she went to Zenfeng Temple to pray for blessings last year?

How did it end up with the Regent?

The regent then realized he had grabbed the wrong handkerchief, and he said awkwardly, "Um, this is my imperial sister..."

Ye Lanyin suddenly grabbed the handkerchief, trying to find something.

Sure enough, I found my name on the corner of the handkerchief.

Her voice trembled as she said:

"What's this?"

The regent opened his mouth, trying to explain, but found he couldn't find any excuse.

Ye Lanyin continued:

"So, all these years you've been delaying getting married because of me?"

"Lanyin, I..."

Hua Xin nervously looked around the courtyard, then walked to the gate and sent the other maids away.

"Go to the front hall and clear away the weeds by the door."

The maids curtsied and said, "Yes, Sister Huaxin."

The regent reached out his hand, trying to comfort Ye Lanyin, but then, remembering that it was against etiquette, he withdrew it.

"Lanyin, don't blame yourself. None of this has anything to do with you."

"This is just my wishful thinking, it's my own choice."

“I know that you only have the Marquis of Zhenbei in your heart now, but I am not afraid. I am willing to wait until you completely forget him…”

Ye Lanyin bit her lip.

"I broke my promise to go to the cabin back then because his carriage crashed into mine, and I fell off. I don't remember anything about you now."

"Because I didn't feel any pain at the time, my maids didn't notice anything either."

Upon hearing this, the regent was greatly alarmed.

Back then, he met Ye Lanyin under the guise of being the son of a minister. Over time, the two developed feelings for each other. Later, he sent a letter to Ye Lanyin, intending to reveal his true identity to her.

He waited in the cabin for a whole day and night, but Ye Lanyin did not appear.

Just then, an urgent matter arose at the border, and he had no choice but to leave with General Sun.

He had planned to visit her again when he returned, but a year passed before he was able to see her. On the day he rushed back, Ye Lanyin was getting married in full regalia.

His heart sank to the bottom, and in the end, he stood on the tower, enduring his grief, to watch her get married.

"You...have amnesia?" His voice trembled.

Didn't she dislike him back then?

"Yes, I remembered everything last night: the unfinished painting, the candied hawthorns on Shili Street, and the peonies in the garden."

Upon hearing this, the regent shed tears of deep sorrow.

The girl he cherished so dearly back then was actually hit by the Marquis of Zhenbei?

"Are you... okay with your head? Is anything bothering you?"

Ye Lanyin shook her head. "No, everything is fine."

Upon hearing this, the regent was at a loss for what to do with his hands; he couldn't stand or sit properly.

She paced back and forth around Ye Lanyin with unsteady steps, not knowing what to say.

I feel like getting angry, but I also feel that the timing is perfect.

Hahaha.

Is he about to find a partner?

"Lanyin, it's all in the past now. We must look forward."

"It's alright, we're still young, and we live next door to each other, we have a long future ahead of us."

"I promise I will make you marry me willingly. I promise I will never mistreat you like the Marquis of Zhenbei did."

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