The next morning, Guan Zhiyue, still half asleep in bed, suddenly sat up. She turned her head to look at the empty space beside her and felt relieved. She wondered how long ago he had been gone, without her even noticing.

"Phew~~~"

"I'm so scared! It's freaking terrifying! What on earth is this?!"

"Bilian, where are you?"

Guan Zhiyue dared not sleep anymore. Now she felt that every time she lay down, she would think of that jerk from last night, who had come to her bedroom without a word.

"Your Majesty, you're awake!"

"You woke up too early today, didn't you? Are you going to exercise?" Bilian came in and looked at Guan Zhiyue happily.

Guan Zhiyue looked at Bilian, scrutinizing her from head to toe, as if trying to see right through her.

"Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something I haven't done well enough?"

Bilian paused awkwardly as she tidied the quilt, turning her head to look at her mistress, wondering what was wrong with her now.

"Bilian, there's something I've been wondering about and I'd like to ask you."

"Ah, Your Highness, is there something you need to ask me?" Bilian looked at Guan Zhiyue with great curiosity, especially at her arms crossed and her inquisitive expression.

Guan Zhiyue didn't reply, but continued to scrutinize Bilian from head to toe, as if she wanted to find a hole in her before she would stop.

"My lady, have I forgotten something?"

"No, right? What's wrong, Your Highness? Why are you suddenly asking these questions? It's really puzzling."

Are you sure you don't?

Bilian didn't know whether she should tell or not. Her whole family said to keep it a secret, but seeing her mother's attitude, she decided to take a gamble.

"Your Majesty, this servant does not know what you are talking about?"

Guan Zhiyue was truly baffled by the fleeting surprise on Bi Lian's face. It was rare that the original owner of this body actually had some secret that she couldn't remember.

"Bilian, your mother wants to eat hot pot, and I also want to drink some alcohol. Aren't you going to arrange something for me tonight?"

"Your Highness, is something on your mind? Why do you suddenly want to drink?"

Guan Zhiyue looked at Bilian's evasive eyes and couldn't help but smile, saying, "What? Can't I drink alcohol?"

"Hehe, no, you can drink it, of course you can drink it."

"What's wrong? You look like you're unwilling."

Bilian gave an awkward laugh and said somewhat reluctantly, "How could that be? If Your Highness wishes, how could I possibly refuse?"

"Really? Then I'd like to know if you're hiding something from me. Will you tell me?"

Bilian was startled by Guan Zhiyue and quickly said, "Your Highness, it's not that I didn't want to tell you, it was Master who ordered it."

Guan Zhiyue stared blankly at Bilian, who blinked back at her. Guan Zhiyue smiled gently at Bilian.

"Bilian, what are you saying? Hmm! It sounds like you're hiding something from me!"

Upon hearing Guan Zhiyue's words, Bilian tried to run away in a flash, but Guan Zhiyue grabbed her by the back of the neck. Because Guan Zhiyue was quite large, Bilian couldn't break free from her grip.

Guan Zhiyue pressed Bilian down into the chair, looked down at her, and trapped her inside the chair, placing her hands on the armrests on either side of the chair.

"Come on, tell me! You're the one who'll tell me, or how do I do it?"

Bilian swallowed hard, lowered her head and bit her lip tightly, stubbornly daring not to look at Guan Zhiyue or make a sound.

Guan Zhiyue straightened up, pouted, and nodded with satisfaction. She looked at Bilian and said, "Really not going to tell?"

Bilian turned her body away from her and stopped looking at him. Anyway, her mistress couldn't do anything to her.

Guan Zhiyue looked at Bilian and nodded with satisfaction, muttering to herself, "Very good, very principled."

"Bilian, I wonder what the Emperor would think if I told him I wanted to replace you?"

"Ah! Your Majesty, you mustn't!"

Guan Zhiyue looked at Bilian and said casually, "Fine, since you've already said no, then give me a reason why you can't!"

"Oh dear, Your Highness, this is not something I can decide. It's something Master forbade me to say. If you want to know, you can go home and ask Master. Anyway, I can't tell you."

Guan Zhiyue thought for a moment and said, "Oh, I see. I knew it. That explains why I've been having these kinds of memories floating around in my head lately, as if I'm trying to remember them."

"What? Your Majesty, do you remember?"

Guan Zhiyue looked at Bilian, nodded with a somewhat aggrieved expression, and frantically pounded her head, saying sadly, "Oh dear, it's all my fault, it's all my fault."

"I clearly remember it, but I just can't recall it. I'm so sad, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to die of sadness."

Seeing Guan Zhiyue scratching her head in distress, Bilian hugged her with heartache and said with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty, don't think about it, don't think about it. How can you remember your memories from when you were three years old?"

"But I feel uncomfortable. I keep feeling like there are a lot of blurry images floating in my mind, and I can't connect them. I feel so sad."

"Your Majesty, please don't be like this, please don't be like this. It was only when I was three years old. Let me tell you, let me tell you."

Guan Zhiyue looked up at Bilian with tears in her eyes. Her nose was red, her eyes were brimming with tears, and her whole face was flushed, making her look pitiful.

"Your Majesty, it's alright, it's alright, I'll tell you."

"Well, tell me, I have a terrible headache, those dark shadows are flickering around."

Bilian gently patted Guan Zhiyue's back and softly comforted her, "This story begins with Your Highness's birth. When you were born, the Madam passed away. Later, the Old Madam raised you until you were a month old. After hearing that your health was still not good, she sent you to Guiling Valley."

"Returning Spirit Valley? What is that for?"

"This is the largest medicine valley in our Mingluo Continent. You lived in this medicine valley until you were four years old. Although I grew up with you, I never saw you before you were four years old, so I don't know what happened to you in the medicine valley. But thankfully, you are cured."

"Then do you know who else is in Medicine Valley with me?"

Bilian shook her head after hearing Guan Zhiyue's words, indicating that she didn't know and no one had told her.

"Then tell me, what is my father hiding?"

Bilian thought for a moment and said, "Master said not to tell you that you lived in Medicine Valley."

"Why?"

Bilian shook her head, seemingly unaware of the situation, but then, as if remembering something, she said, "Perhaps the master feels guilty towards you!"

"What guilt?"

"Oh dear, Your Highness, don't you know this? You were sent away when you were just one month old, and you were gone for four years. Your family never went to the Medicine Valley to look for you until you were four years old when they were notified to bring you back."

"Master must have felt guilty for not letting you know. How could he be so heartless as to abandon you in Medicine Valley for so many years!"

Guan Zhiyue was still somewhat uneasy after hearing this. So what exactly happened in the past few years?

Seeing Guan Zhiyue lost in thought, Bilian decided to ignore her and leave quickly; it was too dangerous...