Mi Shan and Li Changyu exchanged a glance, both already having their own answers.

It seems that

Someone already knows something.

"Let's talk about it outside."

Li Changyu said coldly, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her up.

The moment Mi Shan got out of bed, her knees buckled, feeling both sore and painful.

I couldn't even stand still.

I almost fell.

Li Changyu paused for a moment, his handsome face slightly flushed, then picked her up and carried her outside step by step.

Do you regret it now?

"If you have the guts to use that kind of curse on me, you should be prepared to suffer the consequences."

Mi Shan was filled with remorse.

"I didn't know that I had to be the one to remove the curse. If I had known, I would never have let you use it."

Upon hearing this, Li Changyu's expression suddenly darkened, and his voice carried a hint of coldness: "Those who harm others will ultimately harm themselves."

"You won't let me use it? Who are you going to give it to?"

"The dog emperor, Prince Rui? Or Academician Qiao?"

"I forgot, you don't like old people."

"Otherwise, she wouldn't have remained a virgin even after serving the emperor several times."

At this point, Li Changyu's lips unconsciously curled up slightly, but the smile quickly disappeared.

Perhaps subconsciously, he did not want Mi Shan to become Li Shengyuan's woman.

But from a rational perspective, he is the third entity that stands between Mi Shan and the emperor.

"What does this have to do with Academician Qiao?"

Mi Shan muttered to herself,

"Just now, I seem to vaguely remember you telling me to call you something like Xie..."

"You've got it wrong." Li Changyu's expression changed slightly, and his handsome face turned frosty.

He must have lost his mind.

At that moment, he actually made her call him by his real name.

We haven't avenged our great grudge yet; we were too careless.

"Really? But I vaguely remember that there was such a thing."

Mi Shan was suspicious and confused, and dared not be sure.

"When Consort Mi Hui is moved, she becomes confused and says whatever comes to mind. Now she's even imagining a man out of thin air. Is it because I haven't satisfied you enough?"

"How about we try again?"

"I'm full! Don't come anymore, I really can't take it anymore." Mi Shan exclaimed in surprise, waving her hands repeatedly, a shy blush appearing on her face.

She bit her lip, feeling both resentful and unwilling.

Three times!

She nearly fainted three times!

"Li Changyu, have some decency! How could you say such a thing?"

Li Changyu pursed his thin lips and said nothing more. He carried her away from the cave, but after walking for a while in the bamboo forest outside, he heard a familiar voice.

"Second Brother, it really is you!"

Prince Rui leaned against one of the thick, green bamboo stalks, its shadow swaying gently in the breeze.

As dusk settled,

He turned and walked out, his deep, cold eyes staring straight at the man's back.

Li Changyu, holding the woman in his arms, stopped and didn't turn around.

The wind blew by.

She tossed his loose black hair.

The robes fluttered in the wind.

"Speak up, Second Brother! I trusted you so much! You said I could come out, and I came out!"

"Who knew you'd use me as a decoy? To make a fool of me!"

"While you're hiding here having fun, who is that woman? Bai Lingyu, or Mi Shan?"

When he mentioned the name Mi Shan, his voice trembled slightly, and the bright red he saw when they first met came to mind.

He gripped the bib he had picked up tightly in his hand.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't be sure.

They really thought they were a pair of lovebirds having an affair in the mountains, seeking thrills in this Buddhist grotto.

Go outside,

Examine the fabric, pattern, and gold thread used for the embroidery of this bodice closely.

It's not something ordinary people can afford!

Even ordinary palace maids probably couldn't afford to wear them.

It could only be a concubine or higher.

"Second brother, if you turn back now, we can still be brothers. But if you just leave like this, I'll go and report you to the Empress Dowager right now."

Mi Shan nervously grabbed the hem of his clothes and looked at him hesitantly. Li Changyu also seemed to be considering his options.

"Why don't we just tell him the truth?"

Mi Shan said.

Can you do it?

Li Changyu asked.

Mi Shan nodded, indicating that she could accept it.

"If you insist on digging to the bottom of things, you'll only hurt yourself." Li Changyu said coldly, turning around with Mi Shan in his arms, a dark glint in his eyes.

"Mi Huifei, it's you...it really is you! Why! You and my second brother, you're doing this to me!"

Prince Rui wept inwardly, and in his anger, he punched a bamboo stalk.

"Second brother, you actually did the thing I most wanted to do but dared not do. What exactly happened?"

"As you can see, we had no choice, Prince Rui. I am in trouble now. I was falsely accused of being a demon by Prince Pingxi and that monk, and had no choice but to flee. I have been cursed."

Mi Shan lied without changing her expression, glancing at Li Changyu with feigned composure, but in reality, her heart was pounding wildly.

"That evil curse was extremely dangerous. Fortunately, the Crown Prince came to our rescue, otherwise..."

This doesn't count as lying.

The actual situation is pretty much the same.

Li Changyu remained silent with a cold expression, seemingly acquiescing.

"So, Second Brother was saving you? How hateful! Why wasn't it me who discovered Consort Mi Hui! I remember you said you liked me!"

Li Yu finished speaking.

Mi Shan then received a cold look.

It was sent by Li Changyu. Although he didn't say anything, it carried an inexplicable sense of danger.

"The first time we met at the mansion, Consort Mi Hui said that she was instantly captivated by me and fell at the feet of my handsome appearance!"

"I remember it all clearly, and I have kept you in my heart."

Prince Rui clutched his chest, his words coming from the bottom of his heart.

Mi Shan's face flushed red and then turned pale, unsure of what to say.

"I never imagined that you and my third brother had such a past. It seems I'm just an outsider."

Li Changyu felt she wasn't embarrassed enough, so he wanted to add fuel to the fire.

Mi Shan held her forehead and took a deep breath.

"This is not the time to talk about these things, Prince Rui. I know you are very sad, but everything is preordained."

“If you truly pity Shan’er, please do not tell a fourth person about this.”

"Otherwise, I really would have no way to survive."

Upon hearing this, Prince Rui was moved. He met her gentle, spring-like gaze, then glanced at his second brother, whose face was cold and aloof.

them……

They are all the people he cares about most!

"I won't say anything. If you need anything else, I'll cover for you!"

He glanced at Li Changyu, made up his mind, finished speaking, and looked away.

"Although it is heartbreaking, I have said it."

Second brother, you will always be my only brother.

He was a troublemaker since childhood, and when facing the Master, he would copy his second brother's homework if he didn't finish it.

When he got into trouble, his second brother always took the blame for him.

Now it's his turn to cover for his second brother!

Li Changyu's eyes flickered slightly, and a trace of emotion appeared on his handsome, pale face.

It wasn't surprising, since Prince Rui could have wanted to report him.

They went there a long time ago and wouldn't have waited outside the cave for so long.

To his surprise, this foolish younger brother actually regarded him as his only brother.