Tian Yu stood guard outside until midnight, shivering from the cold. Everyone was asleep, and all that could be heard was snoring. Several soldiers on night watch sat down around the fire to warm themselves. Tian Yu sat down with them and chatted for a while. The soldiers all knew Tian Yu, so they all called her Mr. Tian. Tian Yu asked, "Where did the Marquis bring this rice from?"

"Sir, you don't know? The Marquis brought his own rations and even paid for a lot more himself," said Soldier A.

"I see!"

“That’s right, the Marquis’s mansion has no pots left, what’s the point of having rice?” Soldier B said.

"Where did the pot go?"

"Didn't the Marquis tell you, sir? Wasn't it the pot that Gale took from the Marquis's residence last time?" Soldier A asked in confusion.

"I remember now, look at my memory, I'd forgotten!" Tian Yu said with a smile. It turned out that the two pots last time were given by Zhao Moyan. No wonder Jifeng came back so quickly. She was wondering why he was back so fast.

"What will the Marquis eat from now on?" Soldier C asked worriedly.

“Why are you worrying? With the teacher here, how could our Marquis go hungry?” Soldier A said.

Tian Yu smiled but didn't answer. It seemed they didn't know what had happened between her and Zhao Moyan. They thought she would end up with Zhao Moyan, but she didn't expect Zhao Moyan to leave so angrily that day and still be helping her silently. Tian Yu was starting to regret it. Should she explain things to him?

"Sir, you should go back and rest too! Don't worry, we're here to protect you, nothing will happen." Several soldiers urged Tian Yu to go back to his room to rest.

"Alright! Thank you all for your help." The soldiers' reminder brought Tian Yu back to her senses, and she nodded with a smile.

Tian Yu returned to her room, hesitating whether to go in. She thought Zhao Moyan should be asleep by now, but the light was still on. She stood there for a while, arms crossed, the night air too cold. She thought she'd just go in and grab a coat. There was no one around. Tian Yu gritted her teeth and pushed the door open. Seeing Zhao Moyan asleep on the bed, she quietly closed the door, went to the bedside, peeked at him, and softly called out, "My Lord! My Lord!" She waited a long time but there was no response. Zhao Moyan remained motionless, his eyes tightly closed. Tian Yu… Having confirmed he was asleep, Tian Yu tiptoed to the wardrobe, took a blanket, wrapped it around herself, and sat down at the desk, intending to write for a while. She noticed Zhao Moyan on the bed had turned over but hadn't woken up, so Tian Yu felt relieved and began to write. As she wrote, Tian Yu started to doze off, her grip on the brush becoming unsteady. Just as she was about to lie down, Zhao Moyan appeared behind her and hugged her from behind. Startled, Tian Yu woke up, turned around, and saw Zhao Moyan. She quickly put down her brush. Zhao Moyan said, "Are you planning to sleep here?"

"My lord! I'm fine! I often sleep here, it's alright, you should go to sleep!" Tian Yu reached out and nudged Zhao Moyan.

Seeing Zhao Moyan's gaze, Tian Yu wondered if she had said something wrong, and quickly explained, "What I meant was, I often write until very late, and sometimes I fall asleep without realizing it. Look, I'm all prepared, it's fine." As she spoke, she pulled the blanket over herself.

Go to bed!

"No need, I'm fine here. You go to sleep, you have a lot to do tomorrow."

"Okay! Then I'll stay with you." Zhao Moyan said, releasing Tian Yu, pulling the blanket off her, and wrapping himself in it as well.

Tian Yu looked at the two embracing and blinked, saying, "My lord, how about I give you this one and I'll go get another one?" As soon as Tian Yu finished speaking, she remembered something.

Zhao Moyan pulled Tian Yu aside and said, "No need! This is fine. Didn't you want to write? Go ahead and write!"

Tian Yu closed her eyes, remembering what the soldier had said, then opened them again and smiled, saying, "Whatever you want, as long as the Marquis is happy." Then she sat up and continued writing, while Zhao Moyan reached out and covered her with the blanket.

Tian Yu wrote a few words but couldn't continue. Zhao Moyan, who was beside her, propped his head up and kept watching her. She had no mood to write anymore, so she simply put down her pen, turned to him, and said, "My lord, I want to ask you a question."

"explain!"

"I've never understood why all these refugees suddenly came to my place?"

“I already sent people to investigate. Someone told them there was food here, which is why they all came.”

"who?"

"I don't know, I haven't found it yet."

"Thinking about it carefully, there are only a few people who want to harm me."

"It must be them."

"How boring, using something like this to settle personal scores."

"I also have a question for you?"

"Go ahead and ask?"

Why did you say that?

Tian Yu looked at Zhao Moyan, unable to think of an explanation for a moment. Should she tell him? If she didn't tell him, how should she explain it?

Zhao Moyan reached out and put his arm around Tian Yu's waist, pulling her into his embrace. Looking at her, he said, "It's to protect me and Tangyuan." He had never believed Tian Yu would do this from the beginning, and seeing her today only confirmed his suspicions.

Instinctively, Tian Yu reached out to stop Zhao Moyan's chest from getting closer and closer, staring at him with wide eyes and nervously reminding him, "My lord, you are already engaged to the daughter of the Cui family."

As soon as Tian Yu finished speaking, she felt the hand on her waist tighten. Zhao Moyan was angry. He looked away and then looked at Tian Yu again, saying, "I can cancel this marriage if you just say the word."

"But that would be disobeying the imperial decree, and you would die!"

"I don't care!"

"I care!" Tian Yu blurted out, then realized she shouldn't have said that and quickly added, "What I mean is you're Tangyuan's father, you can't be hurt, if..."

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