Longing comes like an overwhelming tide.

Once he started thinking about them, Ye Jingchen found himself unable to lie down any longer.

"Xie Geng, go ask your master if I can see him?" Ye Jingchen asked the hidden guards nearby, having been lying on the soft couch for a long time without being able to fall asleep.

Xie Geng didn't say anything, but immediately went to relay the message.

"He wants to see me?" Xie Chang'an was somewhat surprised when he heard Xie Geng's message.

After so many days of testing, he had actually begun to believe Ye Jingchen's words. However, believing was one thing, but he didn't really want to deal with this Ye Jingchen.

He instinctively felt that this person was dangerous.

"Bring him to the Xuanzheng Hall." Xie Chang'an thought for a moment and then instructed the eunuch beside him.

Xuanzheng Hall was where he handled government affairs, and he still wanted to test this person again.

When Ye Jingchen was brought over, Xie Chang'an was reviewing memorials.

When Ye Jingchen arrived, he neither bowed nor approached. Instead, he chose a spot that was neither too far nor too close, but where he could clearly see Xie Chang'an. He then moved a chair over and sat there, staring at Xie Chang'an.

The eunuch was startled by his actions and scolded, "How dare you! You don't even bow to His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty hasn't said anything, why are you in such a hurry?" Ye Jingchen glanced at him and said casually.

That one glance was enough to make the eunuch's heart skip a beat, and he dared not speak again, instead looking at Xie Chang'an.

Xie Chang'an looked at the memorial as if he hadn't heard anything.

The eunuch didn't know what Xie Chang'an meant, but he didn't dare to target Ye Jingchen anymore, so he retreated to the side with an awkward smile.

Ye Jingchen ignored him; all his attention was focused on Xie Chang'an.

Wearing a crown robe, Xie Chang'an looked very dignified, but also gave off a very obvious sense of aloofness.

In fact, Xie Chang'an also possesses this sense of alienation, but he only applies it to outsiders.

Xie Chang'an was very focused when reading the memorials. He processed them very quickly, but there were so many memorials piled up next to him that it would probably take him a long time to finish reading them.

It seems that Xie Chang'an did not take his previous words to heart. However, it is understandable. How could a suspicious emperor listen to a stranger who suddenly appeared?

Ye Jingchen stared at Xie Chang'an with great interest. As the one being stared at, Xie Chang'an felt a little overwhelmed by Ye Jingchen's intense gaze.

"What do you want from me?" Xie Chang'an put down the memorial in his hand, looked at Ye Jingchen, and asked.

"I miss my Crown Princess, but I can't see her right now. I can only look at you to ease my longing for her," Ye Jingchen said with a smile to Xie Chang'an.

Xie Chang'an's face darkened because of this sentence.

“I am not him!” he said coldly.

"I know, but it doesn't matter. You two look alike. When I see you, it's the same as when I see him," Ye Jingchen said, then smiled at Xie Chang'an.

"Did you think I wouldn't kill you—?"

"Do you want to know how your family is doing in the other world?" Ye Jingchen asked.

Xie Chang'an remained silent.

"Our ancestor is in good health. He can still walk around with a dragon-head cane, and he can eat and sleep well."

"My grandfather returned safely from the northern frontier years ago and lived a leisurely life at home with my grandmother, enjoying the company of their grandchildren."

"My father guarded the northern frontier, but the northern barbarians have been driven out by the Crown Princess, so there has been no war in the northern frontier in recent years, and it is very peaceful."

"Since the Crown Princess and I got married, my mother went to the northern frontier to be with my father. Unfortunately, they have not yet received any good news."

"But don't worry, the Duke of Zhenguo's family line has not died out. Both my second and third uncles have children, and both have sons and daughters."

Ye Jingchen spoke with a smile, and Xie Chang'an's expression slowly changed.

Although Ye Jingchen was talking about family members in another world, and although he couldn't see them, he was already content as long as he knew they were alive and doing well.

He had never dared to dream of such a scene before.

“The other one is still somewhat useful,” he said.

"He is a reborn person. If he cannot change the fate of his family, what is the meaning of this rebirth?"

"Of course, I also made a great contribution to protecting the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. Otherwise, the Crown Princess wouldn't be so madly in love with me and so eager to marry me!" Ye Jingchen said proudly.

Upon hearing this, Xie Chang'an's initial感动 (feeling of being moved) vanished, and his expression twisted again.

"I don't believe it!" he said, emphasizing each word and gritting his teeth.

"What don't you believe in?" Ye Jingchen asked with a smile.

"I don't believe another woman would willingly submit to a man!" Xie Chang'an said with a dark face.

Even if this person saved the entire Duke Zhenguo Mansion!

Ye Jingchen didn't know whether Xie Chang'an was willing or not, because he and Xie Chang'an had never disagreed on their positions.

Xie Chang'an does have a strong desire for control, but Ye Jingchen doesn't care about the position of superior or inferior. As long as he doesn't exert any effort and is comfortable, that's enough for him.

However, Xie Chang'an seemed quite bothered by this, so Ye Jingchen remained silent, simply watching Xie Chang'an until Xie Chang'an's expression became increasingly uncontrollable, at which point Ye Jingchen gave him a meaningful smile.

"You've got it wrong. Although the Crown Princess married me, I'm too lazy and don't like to move, so I'm the one on the bottom."

Ye Jingchen spoke frankly, but Xie Chang'an's face was like a paint palette, with patches of black, red, blue, and purple—it was quite a sight to behold.

He suddenly remembered the first time he met Ye Jingchen, when he grabbed Ye Jingchen's wrist, his sleeve slipped down, revealing a fair arm covered with ambiguous marks.

Were all those traces really left by him?

If there are so many on my arms, then what about my whole body—

he--

wrong!

Is it another version of him, someone so driven by desire?

Xie Chang'an suddenly found it difficult to look this person in the eye.