Xuan Yanyu felt a sharp pain in his heart. "It's not your fault. You are not wrong, Ningning. You blame yourself for running around and not bringing the maid with you. You are so smart. Think about it. If Pei wanted to harm you, even if you brought the maid with you and didn't run around, she would still think of other ways."

"It's obviously your fault. It's Pei. She's vicious. Don't blame yourself. You're not wrong."

"No, Xuan Xixi, no..." Yan Yuning trembled all over, "If I don't run around, Pei can't touch me at all. She can't... can't touch me at all..."

The man was silent for a long time before he said, "It was you who brought you into the palace, but you didn't stay with you. It was your fault."

"No...no..." Yan Yuning was a little incoherent.

"Ningning!" Xuan Yanyu put her down, turned around and hugged her in his arms, saying sullenly, "You're not running around. No matter where you go, you're not running around. In Xuanzhao, there's no place you shouldn't go."

"Xuan Xixi... I'm sorry."

"sorry……"

Yan Yuning cried and hugged Xuan Yanyu tightly, mumbling, "I'm sorry."

Xuan Yanyu's eyes flashed with pain, and he gently comforted the girl who was crying and about to faint, "It's gone, it's gone."

Yan Yuning couldn't help crying, her chest felt suffocated and she couldn't breathe, and her abdomen began to ache.

Xuan Yanyu held up her tear-soaked face and softened his voice, "Ningning, Ningning?"

Before he could start to say words of comfort, Yan Yuning's eyes went dark and she fainted in his arms.

——

Opening her eyes again, Yan Yu Ning looked at the bright bedroom. Did she... did she faint again?

"Ning Ning."

“Xuan Xixi…”

The two spoke at the same time. Looking at the man's bloodshot eyes, Yan Yuning turned her head away.

Xuan Yanyu leaned over the bed, begging with a hoarse voice, "The child has left, so he has left. Can you...can you stop scaring me, stop being sad, please...please."

Hearing the man's suppressed sobs, Yan Yuning felt a pang in her heart, "Tuo."

Over the next ten days, Yan Yuning didn't shed a single tear and was smiling all day long, just like before. After Xuan Yanyu accompanied her for more than ten days, he gradually felt relieved and started to attend court.

Start preparing for their wedding.

Yan Yuning had just chosen her wedding dress when Xuan Yanyu, who had just left court, walked into the hall carrying Xuetuan.

"Xuan Yanyu!" Yan Yuning "rescued" the little guy from the man's hands and comforted him.

"Woof." The little guy tugged at Yan Yuning's sleeve, wagging his tail and barking at Xuan Yanyu.

"Hey?" Xuan Yanyu lifted the little guy's ears again. The latter struggled twice, licked his paws, and looked at Yan Yuning pitifully.

Yan Yuning nodded its head with a smile, "I will not be biased towards you. It's your fault that you are so vicious."

Xuetuan seemed to understand, or perhaps because Yan Yuning didn't take it immediately, he lowered his head and rubbed the man's palm suggestively.

"Tsk." Xuan Yanyu picked up Xuetuan and looked at the little guy with his eyes wide open. "Where did Yechen find a puppy that's smarter than him?"

The corner of Ye Chen's mouth twitched behind him, as if he was scolded by His Highness...

Yan Yuning chuckled, picked up the little guy, rubbed its furry belly, and looked at Ye Chen jokingly, "Come on, try to get His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to praise you for being smarter than Xuetuan next time."

Ye Chen: “…”

I feel like the Crown Princess scolded even more harshly than His Highness.

"Ningning, the wedding date is in the middle of next month." The man sat down, took the tea handed to him by Ye An, and took a sip.

Yan Yuning's face turned pale. After she regained consciousness, she smiled and walked to the man, blinking and saying, "Your Highness, so soon? I'm not ready yet."