The thought of 'staying together for a lifetime' only flashed through my mind for a moment.

Xie Chang'an quickly realized that, given his current physical condition, his life might be very short.

When they first met, Ye Jingchen also mentioned that he would only live to be thirty.

Before Ye Jingchen appeared, he felt it wouldn't matter if he died at thirty; the sooner he died, the sooner he could reunite with his family.

But now, he suddenly doesn't want to die so young.

If someone could always be by his side, life might not be so boring.

However, Xie Chang'an then thought that the Xie Chang'an that Ye Jingchen liked was the reborn version of himself. In other words, Ye Jingchen would be waiting for him in the future, and the two of them would love each other very much in the future.

People are always greedy; he wanted to hold onto Ye Jingchen in the present while also looking forward to seeing him again in the future.

"Can you tell me about what happened between you and the other me?" Xie Chang'an asked on the way back to the palace.

"Didn't you deny that you were my Crown Princess? Why do you want to know about our relationship now?" Ye Jingchen asked with a smile.

"Just a bit curious," Xie Chang'an said, feigning indifference.

"Since you know that the other me is a reborn person, aren't you afraid?" he asked Ye Jingchen.

He still finds the word 'rebirth' unbelievable even now.

"Why be afraid? Anyway, I'm not the original Ye Jingchen. We've all died once. The difference is that he was reborn in his own body, while I was reborn in someone else's body. Our experiences are equally bizarre," Ye Jingchen said with a smile.

Although Xie Chang'an had similar suspicions before, he was still surprised when they were confirmed.

"What are you surprised about? Do you think you'd fall for the original Ye Jingchen?" Ye Jingchen asked, amused by his expression.

Xie Chang'an shook his head repeatedly.

Although he had avenged himself and his family, there was still a deep-seated hatred between them. Even if Ye Jinghe hadn't killed the original owner, he would have. So how could he possibly have fallen in love with him?

“We knew each other’s secrets from the beginning. He needed to save his family, and I wanted to survive in this unfamiliar place, so we hit it off and started working together.”

"He had a very unlikable personality when he was little, but he was very cute, and I've always liked cute little kids..."

Ye Jingchen told Xie Chang'an some interesting stories about studying together in Wenhua Hall when they were young, and then they returned to Zichen Hall.

"That's all for today. We can continue another day when we have time. I'm a little sleepy and need to go back for some rest." Ye Jingchen said goodbye to Xie Chang'an with a yawn.

"How can you sleep so much?" Xie Chang'an said helplessly.

He also wanted to hear Ye Jingchen talk about his childhood, because the story included not only him and Ye Jingchen, but also his family.

"Maybe it's because I was a pig in my past life," Ye Jingchen said, using Xie Chang'an's words to shut him up.

Seeing Ye Jingchen's "I'm a pig, and I'm proud of it" expression, Xie Chang'an was speechless.

Unlike Ye Jingchen, who could sleep as soon as he returned to the side hall, Xie Chang'an still had to deal with the backlog of government affairs that had accumulated over half a day.

However, after the task of reviewing memorials was delegated, he had far fewer things to deal with and finished them off quickly.

That night, Xie Chang'an didn't even stay up late and went to bed early.

However, when Xie Chang'an attended court the next day, he was criticized by the court officials, led by Yan Xu, for half a day because he had not attended the morning court session the previous day.

Seeing that they all looked exhausted and clearly hadn't had a good rest, Xie Chang'an, who had slept well, didn't bother arguing with them.

After the court session, he found that there was still very little for him to handle, less than a tenth of what he usually did.

Without having to read mountains of memorials or deal with trivial matters among court officials, Xie Chang'an felt that even the air was much fresher.

It feels so good to have someone carrying the burden for him.

Although he lacked a capable wife and siblings, he had ministers. Since one minister was unreliable, he could get several ministers to work together on a task.

Although doing so is somewhat wasteful of time and energy, it is not his time that is wasted, nor his energy that is consumed. When those officials can no longer bear it, they will naturally find ways to reform and innovate in government affairs to reduce their own burden.

In this way, wouldn't the emperor be the one to benefit?

In retrospect, it was all thanks to Ye Jingchen's reminder.

"What is he doing today?" Xie Chang'an asked, summoning Xie Geng.

"Young Master Ye is still sleeping," Xie Geng replied.

Xie Chang'an glanced at the water clock on the table, frowned, and asked, "He hasn't been sleeping since last night, has he?"

"Yes," Xie Geng replied.

Xie Chang'an's face showed displeasure. "Then he didn't eat breakfast? Why didn't we wake him up?"

"We called him, but Young Master Ye said he doesn't eat breakfast and told us not to bother him," Xie Geng said helplessly.

It's always incredibly difficult to wake Young Master Ye up. They don't know how the people around him usually manage to get him up, and they all want to learn from their experience.

Because Xie Chang'an also had the effect of "quenching thirst by looking at plums", he originally wanted to wait for Ye Jingchen to come to him on his own initiative. However, after learning that Ye Jingchen had been sleeping since last night, Xie Chang'an couldn't help but worry that there might be something wrong with his body. After all, it's impossible for an ordinary person to sleep for so long.

Xie Chang'an summoned a royal physician and led him to a side hall.

When he arrived, Ye Jingchen was still asleep, showing no sign of waking up.

"Go and take his pulse," Xie Chang'an said to the imperial physician.

When the imperial physician saw Ye Jingchen lying there, he thought there was something wrong with him. He took his pulse for a long time, but found that his pulse was steady and his breathing was long and regular. There was nothing wrong with his body at all.

"Your Majesty, this man—" The imperial physician had also heard that His Majesty had hidden a man in a side hall of the Zichen Palace. He had thought it was a rumor, but he never expected that he would actually see this man today.

He was unsure how to address the man whom His Majesty had kept as a "golden house," and after hesitating for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, this young master is perfectly healthy; he is probably just asleep."

"Is he really alright? Then what were you hesitating about just now?" Xie Chang'an asked coldly.

He even thought that Ye Jingchen really had some health problem!

The imperial physician dared not tell Xie Chang'an what he had been hesitating about; he hadn't lived enough yet.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! My medical skills are inadequate!" He quickly knelt down to beg for forgiveness.

Can the conclusions drawn by someone with poor medical skills be trusted?

"I only want to know if he is alright?" Xie Chang'an asked.

"He should be fine..." the imperial physician said tremblingly.

"Should?" Xie Chang'an asked back with a particularly grim expression.

The imperial physician immediately broke out in a cold sweat and dared not answer Xie Chang'an's question easily.