Chapter 104 Madam, please walk slower

Yue Li quietly ground ink for him, not saying a word to disturb him, but just staring at him with her watery almond eyes. He Yanchen couldn't bear it any longer, so he threw the letter aside and stood up helplessly:

"Go change your clothes."

Yueli cheered, threw away the ink stick and ran into the inner hall.

Lian Qiao tied her hair into a simple bun, put on a jade hairpin that was low-key but not lacking in status, and dressed her in a pear blossom white butterfly skirt. After changing into these, she looked like an ordinary official's daughter.

Yue Li came out and found that He Yanchen had also changed his clothes. He was wearing a jade-colored brocade robe, the same color as hers.

"Your Majesty!" Yueli trotted over and took his arm. "Your Majesty, are you deliberately wearing the same color as me?"

He Yanchen took her by the hand and walked out: "I just have a telepathic connection with Jiaojiao."

In front of the palace was a carriage with a plain appearance, but it was very comfortable inside. It was covered with a soft deerskin blanket, a soft couch, and an incense burner in the corner.

He Yanchen only brought Ji Ming and Chu Yi with him, and there were imperial guards and secret guards in the dark to protect their safety.

Yueli got on the carriage, lifted the jacquard curtain and looked around curiously.

"What are you looking at?"

"I want to know where the secret guards are hiding. Your Majesty only brings a few guards with him. What if we encounter bad guys and we don't have enough people?"

He Yanchen's face darkened, and he brought the person to sit in his arms: "What have you been thinking about all day?"

Yue Li leaned back in his arms, tilting her head back and smiling, saying, "I've been reading a storybook lately. Every time the heroine goes out, she runs into danger, and then the hero comes to the rescue."

"Please stop reading this." He Yanchen looked worried. "I'm not smart to begin with, what if I become even dumber the more I read?"

Yueli bit the back of his hand angrily.

He Yanchen chuckled: "We are still some distance away from the capital. It seems Jiaojiao doesn't want to stay here any longer."

Yueli pushed him down: "I'm not afraid of you!"

A crisp sound of a whip was heard outside the carriage, and the carriage drove steadily towards the capital.

Since he didn't bring any spare clothes, He Yanchen didn't do anything rash. He just held Yueli and picked up a book to read to her.

Yue Li felt dizzy after listening for a while: "Your Majesty, please stop reading. I don't like to hear this."

"So what do you like to listen to? A book about a hero saving a beautiful girl?"

"Is it not possible?" Lian Qiao was afraid she would be bored on the way out, so she handed her a book. Yue Li flipped through the pages and showed it to him. "These anecdotes are well written. I'm not going to take the imperial examination, so I don't like reading your Majesty's books."

Yue Li looked at him, but He Yanchen stared at the contents of the book she had opened.

Suddenly, the man chuckled and tapped the page with his slender fingers: "Read to me, what's written here?"

Yueli turned her head to look at the book Lianqiao had picked up at random. She didn't know which one she had picked up, and she began to read along with where He Yanchen pointed: "Zhang Sheng carried Yu Niang out of the pavilion, sat on a stone bench under a locust tree, undressed, and tore..."

Yueli blushed and couldn't read any more. She just wanted to read it quietly by herself. What was Lianqiao holding?!

"Huh? Why don't you read anymore?" He Yanchen placed his hand on her waist, and the warmth of his palm was transmitted to Yueli through her thin skirt. There was a charcoal fire burning in the carriage, and she felt her face getting redder and redder.

Seeing her pause, the man continued, "Prick the peach blossom's core, leaving sandalwood marks and tooth marks on the arm..."

"Don't read..." Yueli turned around and covered his mouth, "This is not my book..."

He Yanchen raised the corner of his mouth slightly and took her hand away: "If it's not yours, could it be mine?"

"I didn't expect Jiaojiao to read books like this alone."

Yueli blushed deeply and buried her head in his arms without saying a word.

He Yanchen smiled mischievously, picked her up and placed her on his lap: "Last night, Jiaojiao bit me on the shoulder. Doesn't that just fit the saying 'the arm leaves a sandalwood seal and the fragrance of teeth marks'? So you learned it from here."

Yueli just wanted to find a place to bury herself.

"Let's try this again when we get back tonight." He Yanchen didn't let her go and pointed to another paragraph.

Yueli whimpered: "I was wrong. I will never watch this again..."

"See, I won't stop you." He Yanchen couldn't help laughing when he saw her hiding like a quail. She actually had moments of shyness.

The palace was not far from the capital and arrived in half an hour, so He Yanchen didn't have time to do much.

But when Yueli got off the carriage, her legs felt a little weak, and she leaned on his arm with red cheeks.

The streets of the capital are bustling. As the sun sets, more and more people come.

The two walked along the moat. Yue Li quickly put aside what happened in the carriage and looked around to appreciate the scenery along the way.

There were river lanterns hanging on the treetops by the river. He Yanchen asked her, "Do you want to write one?"

Yueli nodded, and the two of them bought two river lanterns and squatted by the river, watching them slowly drift away.

"Husband, I want to go there." Yue Li's blurted-out name made He Yanchen stunned for a moment. He held the woman's hand tightly, causing Yue Li to look at him in confusion.

There was a group of people gathered at the bridge ahead, and Yueli wanted to join in the fun.

He Yanchen's Adam's apple rolled. Meeting her puzzled gaze, he opened his thin lips and said, "Madam, please walk slowly."

Yueli smiled and took his arm: "Let's go together."

There was a group of people gathered by the bridge. Yue Li couldn't see clearly what they were doing. He Yanchen gave a signal and Chu Yi squeezed in to find out.

Not long after, Chu Yi came back with a speechless look on his face: "Sir, Madam, a man and a woman just jumped into the river and were rescued."

"Jump into the river?" Yueli's eyes widened with curiosity. "Why?"

"I heard that because their families did not approve of their marriage, they wanted to commit suicide together."

He Yanchen: ...

"Okay, let's go." He pulled Yue Li, who was full of curiosity, away from the crime scene, fearing that her brain would become worse after hearing too much gossip.

But Yue Li was depressed all the way, and she looked at He Yanchen with hesitation, wanting to say something.

"What do you want to say?"

Yue Li recalled the scene in her dream again, He Yanchen was holding her in the sea of ​​fire, and the flames engulfed their figures.

"If I die, will my husband commit suicide for me?"

He Yanchen: ...

"When I get back, I'm really going to confiscate all those notebooks of yours."