My master was seriously ill and about to pass away. Before his death, he sent me to the Imperial Hospital in the palace as an apprentice.

The real purpose was for a mother and son living in the cold palace.

Consort Yun and her son, Feng Qianyan.

After giving birth to Feng Qianyan, Consort Yun was weak and was poisoned. Although she was treated in time, the poison had already entered her heart meridian, and she did not have many years to live.

Not long after, she was framed by other concubines. She did not defend herself; she only had one request: that her child be allowed to enter the Cold Palace with her.

My master gave me an ancient medical manual and a martial arts manual, instructing me to teach Feng Qianyan after I entered the palace.

Feng Qianyan has an exceptional talent for martial arts. He practiced martial arts according to the secret manual and surpassed me in just a few years.

However, his talent in medicine is not as great as mine.

After Consort Yun learned that I was my master's disciple, she treated me as her own son.

Later I learned that Consort Yun was my master's lover, but they were destined to be apart.

To avoid being discovered, I can only come once every few days, and each time I come, it is to teach Feng Qianyan martial arts.

However, when his martial arts skills surpassed mine, I visited less often.

Because I was warned by the senior physicians of the Imperial Medical Academy that I should not go to the Cold Palace again.

I think I have completed the task that my master gave me very well. I will go less often to avoid trouble in the future.

Later, I discovered that the Second Prince, Feng Qianlin, would often visit the mother and son, plead for them, and help them punish the palace servants who bullied them.

He was even punished by the emperor for this.

It must be said that the Second Prince was truly different from the other arrogant and domineering princes.

When I was framed by some jealous disciples of the Imperial Medical Academy, he stepped in to help me, which prevented me from being punished.

At the time, I thought to myself, "He's willing to help Consort Yun and Feng Qianyan, who are of little use to him, so he must really be a good person."

Not long after, someone ambushed me and crippled my martial arts.

Since then, I have been devastated and feel like a useless person.

Fortunately, Consort Yun kept comforting me, and the Second Prince also took good care of me.

My mood has improved.

Two years later, a palace maid suddenly appeared in the cold palace.

At first we were all wary, but later I found that she treated each and every one of us with sincerity.

I gradually came to trust her.

She knew my martial arts skills had been crippled, and she tried her best to find a way to cure me.

She was willing to sacrifice her own body to prolong Consort Yun's life, and she was willing to test poisons to refine medicine for Qian Yan.

I can't find a reason not to believe her.

I can't even find a reason not to be attracted to her...

She's a great cook, and every time I eat her food, I feel an urge to marry her.

But I know for sure that it's impossible for us.

Because Qian Yan likes her.

And she liked him too.

I can only bury this unrequited feeling deep in my heart.

Not long after, Feng Qianlin took Qianyan out of the Cold Palace, so that he could study like the other princes.

Besides me, Qianyan also regarded him as his mentor and helped him protect him from many of the princes' schemes.

Although Consort Yun was still in the Cold Palace, her life was not as bad as before.

Tian Tian has been taking care of her.

During the three years she was there, she brought us many wonderful memories.

However, this period of peace was short-lived; the emperor passed away, and the palace underwent a dramatic change.

Feng Qianlin disregarded brotherhood and nearly wiped out all the princes in the palace.

I also discovered that Qian Yan had spies around him and in the Cold Palace.

But on the day of the palace coup, he removed all his spies.

He killed the princes, but not him.

Qianyan and I thought he was willing to let us go.

So, Qianyan and I decided to go to the Cold Palace to rescue Consort Yun and Tiantian.

Tian Tian gave us some pastries she had just made, and then asked us to pack some important items while she helped Consort Yun.

As a result, before we even had a chance to leave the house, we were struck by excruciating pain.

She poisoned me and Qianyan; I can't believe it.

When we returned to the room, Tian Tian... was actually strangling Yun Fei!

This is something I never dreamed of.

Moreover, she was acting on the orders of the Second Prince, Feng Qianlin.

No wonder... Feng Qianlin didn't attack us...

It turns out that they gained our trust from the beginning only to kill us.

My martial arts skills were also crippled by Feng Qianlin's men.

There's no sincerity in this palace.

I thought Qianyan and I were doomed.

Unexpectedly, we are still alive.

We woke up at the General's Mansion. It was General Ren who saved us; he is Qian Yan's maternal uncle.

From the first day Consort Yun entered the Cold Palace, she instructed General Ren to make arrangements for Qian Yan, so that if any trouble were to arise in the palace in the future, he would stand by Qian Yan's side.

General Ren said that our bodies were abandoned in the woods in the western suburbs. He originally intended to give us a proper burial, but unexpectedly, we still had a chance to survive.

Later, the doctor who treated us said that perhaps it was because we both had high levels of martial arts skills and internal strength that we were able to survive.

I had a glimmer of hope that maybe...maybe this was just Tian Tian's plan.

But she never appeared again after that.

The image of Consort Yun's death completely shattered my illusions.

Three years later, she appeared before me again, this time with Qianyan.

To be precise, it was with Yan Yan.

Perhaps due to the excessive blow, Feng Qianyan developed mental problems and suffered from personality splitting.

I felt very uncomfortable when I saw the two of them hugging.

I can't tell if it's because I'm jealous or because I'm angry at her betrayal.

I imprisoned her in the dungeon.

I noticed she wasn't in good health, which reminded me of the past three years.

I forced myself to forget those things. I thought it must have been a trick she used to deceive me, and that she must have had ulterior motives for coming back.

Afterwards, she explained what happened back then to me.

I was thrilled; for a moment I believed it, but I couldn't believe it.

Finally, she proved with her own body that what she said was true, and I also discovered Consort Yun's letters.

What she said is all true.

She and Qian Yan reconciled.

I think I should give up completely.

I joined the army.

In the army, I met a brother with whom I got along very well. He understood me and I could be completely at ease in his presence.

It wasn't until I accidentally saw her body at the very end that I realized she was actually a woman, Xiaoxiao!

I think that now that I've seen her body, I have to take responsibility for her.

She confessed her feelings to me.

It turns out she had always been in love with me, and she came to the military camp for my sake.

But she refused to let me take responsibility for her.

Because marriage is a major life event for her, she wants to marry not only the person she loves, but also the person who loves her.

So she said, "I'll only talk about taking responsibility for her when I'm sure of my feelings."

As for seeing her body, she said that as long as I don't tell anyone, no one will know.

If I really want to take responsibility, then let's pretend I never saw it.

From then on, she appeared in my dreams all the time.

I think I've made up my mind about how I feel.

I married her not out of a sense of responsibility.

It's not because he wants to marry her...