Yu Qianqian lay sprawled on the ground, panting heavily as she slowly straightened up. Just as she was about to unleash a torrent of abuse on him, she looked around and realized that this place seemed strangely familiar. The long front and back yards, the garden bursting with flowers, and the flocks of chickens and ducks she had personally adopted...

She turned her head and looked around. Suddenly, her face darkened. She scrambled to her feet and looked at Mu Beichen for a moment before she finally managed to scream.

"What...what kind of place is this?"

"What are you still staring at like an idiot for?" Mu Beichen gently patted Yu Qianqian's head with his folding fan, bent down and slowly brought his face closer to hers, smiling leisurely: "Little Ajin has only been away from home for a few days, and you don't even recognize your own home anymore?"

"ah?"

Yu Qianqian saw his face full of resentment and unbearable anger. She felt sorry for herself for having to give up her hard-won position as the Crown Princess in order to save this ungrateful wretch. The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was not worth it.

Because of her public elopement incident, she felt she owed Su Yu too much. So, on the day she returned to the Jing Prince's Mansion, she specifically asked someone about Su Yu's current situation. It was said that Su Heng and his cronies had recently created an unprecedented chaotic situation in the court, so the palace of Jiang Lan Kingdom was not very peaceful. In addition, the old emperor of the Su family was useless and had been put to his own devices by that cunning old man Su Heng. It seemed that Su Yu's situation was probably not much better.

In truth, she should be there for Su Yu through this difficult time, both emotionally and logically. However, ever since Mu Beichen recovered from his illness, he has become obsessed, keeping a closer and closer eye on her. At least for now, it seems she can't escape. How can she possibly get out of this den of thieves?

Suddenly thinking about these things, Yu Qianqian felt increasingly restless. Just as she was racking her brains trying to figure out how to get rid of the Jingwang Mansion and Mu Beichen, she didn't know when that man had run to Fuxi Courtyard. He was holding a bowl of rice and feeding the chickens in the garden in a very professional manner.

Mu Beichen changed his usual style today, dressed as a young nobleman, wearing an ice-blue wide-sleeved immortal robe, with a matching belt tied at the waist, and a white jade crown to tie his hair. His black hair and robes fluttered in the wind. His figure, standing not far away, was slightly thin, as if he had completely blended into the magnificent background.

Yu Qianqian inexplicably felt that he didn't seem out of place at all in this scene, and that he looked very warm and reassuring, something she had never seen before.

Her sparkling eyes lingered on Mu Beichen, glancing back and forth for a long time without moving. But the tall, elegant figure in front of her drew closer and closer until she realized that her vision was being blocked by this shadowy figure, and only then did she gradually come back to her senses.

Suddenly looking up, she noticed his eyes growing darker and darker, with layers of glimmer piercing through them. Yu Qianqian felt a sudden jolt, realizing that since recovering from his illness, this strange expression on his face seemed to be becoming more and more common.

"Achen, how could you..." she slowly opened her mouth and whispered, but was suddenly pulled into Mu Beichen's arms with a sudden force. The hug was so urgent and passionate that it was as if he wanted to embrace her into his very bones and make her one with him.

"Ah Jin, Ah Jin..." Mu Beichen called Yu Qianqian's name softly over and over again, his eyes filled with deep pain as he looked down at her back. "I know I was very wrong before, especially during the time I lost you. Every time I think of the scene of you falling into the abyss in front of me, my heart aches as if it's being torn apart. If I could do it all over again, I would never allow anyone to hurt you in the slightest. I don't care about any favors or friendships. I don't want anything in this life except you."