"But Xi'er told me not to tell you..." Su Jingzhan felt a little guilty. He hadn't been told to tell him, but he had accidentally blurted it out. Su Jingzhan slapped himself on the mouth for his foul mouth.

"So, will you tell me or not?" Yue Xiyuan's dark eyes narrowed dangerously.

"Alright, I'll tell you. The Emperor felt guilty that time and wanted to learn medicine from me. I didn't want to agree at first, but you know Xi'er's personality. I couldn't handle it, so I gave her a few medical books to read first. But she was afraid you would scold her, so she wouldn't let me tell you."

Oh dear, Xi'er, don't blame Brother Jingzhan, it's just that your fourth brother is too terrifying...

"Does Xi'er know that your words don't count?" Yan An looked at Su Jingzhan teasingly, increasingly feeling that Su Jingzhan's feelings for Yue Xi were unusual.

"You can't expose me, otherwise..." He didn't want Yuexi to think he was a liar, and he didn't want Yuexi to lose faith in him.

"Or what?" Yue Xiyuan scoffed dismissively.

"..." Of course, Su Jingzhan couldn't do anything. Yuexi was his imperial sister, and besides, he couldn't beat Yue Xiyuan.

"Forget it, it's better to do some things, so I don't have to think about this and that all day and fall into other people's traps."

Yue Xiyuan wasn't angry that Yue Xi was learning some medical skills. On the contrary, Yue Xi had something to do, so even if she was used by others again, she would have the means to protect herself. After all, it's hard to guard against a hidden arrow.

"That's good, you scared me to death." Su Jingzhan was still quite afraid of Yue Xiyuan, after all, this guy was heavy-handed, but he was more afraid that Yue Xiyuan would teach Yue Xi a lesson again because of his carelessness.

The pitiful look on Yuexi's face was still vivid in his mind. Even Su Jingzhan, who was usually carefree, felt guilty. If he hadn't failed to notice something was wrong, Yuexi wouldn't have given the jade pendant to the Emperor. From that moment on, Su Jingzhan studied the medical books that Yan An had given him diligently and benefited greatly.

"These cold noodles won't taste good in a while, so don't send them to Xi'er. I'll make her a bowl when I go to pay my respects to my aunt another day."

They can't go to the palace today; they have other things to do.

"I knew my junior sister was the best." Just thinking about how happy Yuexi, such a lovely person, would be to finally eat the food she had been craving, Su Jingzhan's face was full of smiles, looking like a lovesick fool.

Before long, the five of them had finished all the cold noodles that Yan An had made. Yan An took Qi Yan Yan to walk around and eat, while Yue Xi Yuan and the other two went to the study to discuss matters.

Yan An and his companion strolled to a pond in the backyard, each holding a bowl of fish food. They would occasionally sprinkle some into the pond, where the colorful, agile fish eagerly scrambled for the food.

Although Yuexi and Qi Yanyan are both older than Yan An, Yan An has a soul from the modern world and is already eighteen years old, so she doesn't feel that she is much younger than them.

"Yan Yan, do you still think Yue Xiyuan is as scary as he seems?"

"It seems... not as scary as I imagined. I know the Regent is incredibly brave and not the person I thought he was, but I was still very afraid. Now I feel much better. Thank you so much, An'an."

Qi Yanyan was still a little nervous and scared when talking about Yue Xiyuan, but she was much better than before. At least she was able to dine at the same table with Yue Xiyuan just now.

That's right, how could someone as adorable as her look like a cannibal? If anyone should be eating, it should be her who eats him...

It has to be said that Yan An's vision was too narrow. Yue Xiyuan before was not only capable of eating people, but he clearly didn't even spit out the bones.

In the study, Qi Hongchen asked in surprise, “Xiyuan, are you saying that Yue Zhixiao’s lair is in the moat? But he was only a few years old then, and he had already started plotting?” He still couldn’t believe that Yue Zhixiao had already planned this when he asked the late emperor for a reward.

"At that time, the Emperor had not yet established a Crown Prince, and the moat was a gift from the Emperor, so it shouldn't be that. That house was built by a master mechanic named Ji Yuan. The Emperor saw his outstanding abilities and wanted him to serve in the court, but he was proud and did not want to be bound by the court, so he refused. The Emperor then gave him an old site on the east side of the city and let him do as he pleased. In less than half a year, a courtyard that did not look luxurious was built. Many years later, the Empress Dowager was framed and the entire Situ family was wiped out. A daughter of the Situ family was saved by the Taoist Tianxuan. Later, the descendants of the Situ family found out the truth and killed the mastermind. At the same time, another person disappeared from this world, namely Ji Yuan. The Emperor announced to the world that the Situ family was innocent."

Some things are not fully recorded in the imperial history; these are things he discovered over the years through his secret investigation.

"Why did Ji Yuan disappear?" Su Jingzhan listened to Yue Xiyuan's explanation, but there was something he didn't understand. It was reasonable for the Situ family's young lady to kill the mastermind, but why did Ji Yuan also disappear?

"He had an affair with the mastermind behind it all, who was the imperial concubine at the time. The two were childhood sweethearts and had pledged their lives to each other. But fate played a cruel trick on them. One of them became the imperial concubine, while the other had a chance to become a master mechanic. Later, the two met again in the palace and rekindled their romance. The Situ family was also the assassins he hired."

"So that's how it is... So there must be a trap in the moat, and Yue Zhixiao has already discovered it. He's even keeping an army inside!"

If Yue Xiyuan hadn't discovered these things, they probably wouldn't have guessed that Yue Zhixiao had such a deep scheme.

"So tomorrow morning, I will go to the moat with An'an." Yue Xiyuan said, sounding a little thirsty. He was about to take some tea leaves to brew a pot of tea when he picked up the glass jar and saw that it was already empty.

"Su Jingzhan!" Yue Xiyuan's face was somewhat ferocious as he uttered a few words with difficulty.

It wasn't that Yue Xiyuan was particularly reluctant to part with it, but this was the first jar Yan An had given him, and he treasured it dearly. Moreover, he had only drunk one cup. Last night, Su Jingzhan insisted on having tea with him, and since he didn't have the habit of drinking tea at night, he let Su Jingzhan brew it. He spent the whole night preparing the gift in the study, and only drank one cup the next day because he was a little sleepy. He never expected that when he saw it again, there were only a few pieces left.

"Hehehe... I couldn't help it, I couldn't help it..." Su Jingzhan said guiltily, praying in his heart that Yue Xiyuan wasn't that stingy.

Sigh... How come I didn't realize Su Jingzhan was such a jerk before? So what if he drank it all... Who told him to go to Tianshan and bring this guy back? Yue Xiyuan was starting to "regret" it.

“You…” Yue Xiyuan thought that if he brought another can in the future, he would never let him drink it again, but when he thought that this guy would definitely pester him shamelessly, he didn’t say the last words. After all, it would be pointless to say them.