"You need to rest well if you have a fever." After saying that, the little girl, like a super strong guard, picked up the little boy wearing a dragon robe, carried him directly to the bed, and then rudely threw him off.

The little boy seemed to be experiencing setbacks for the first time, or perhaps he was angry because he felt he had lost his dignity since it was the first time a woman had carried him.

Her cute face puffed up with anger, but she was weak all over due to the fever, and her face and neck gradually turned red. Her breathing became a little rapid.

"Wait for me, wait for me to recover... I will definitely... I will definitely exterminate your entire family. How could you... how could you treat me like this? You even dared to feed me raw ginger."

He felt his mouth was full of the taste of ginger, burning and pungent.

Why would someone carry ginger with them? Could she have been the reincarnation of the Ginger Goddess in her previous life?

"Ah Wu has no father or mother. If Your Majesty wishes to kill Ah Wu, then after Your Majesty recovers, it will be done as Your Majesty desires."

"Go to sleep, you'll feel better after a good night's sleep. That's what the senior brothers and sisters of Xingchen Mountain do when I'm sick."

The little girl in front of him reached out and gently patted the little boy's head, coaxing him like a child.

"How dare you... how dare you touch my head! I'll tear you to pieces!"

"As you wish."

"I will turn you into a human pig."

"As you wish."

"I'm going to drag you down and feed you to the wild dogs and wolves."

"As you wish."

No matter what the little boy said, the little girl kept repeating, "As you wish."

Jiang Ningyuan's mind shifted to the image of the arrogant little boy who had grown into a man, now dressed in a dragon robe that made him appear even more majestic and lifelike. When he saw the little boy's face, Jiang Ningyuan was stunned.

That face looks exactly like his!

However, his face had a more violent look than his, giving off an unapproachable vibe.

“Your Majesty, a country cannot be without an empress. The eldest daughter of the Prime Minister’s family is well-educated, intelligent, and capable. She is suitable to be the empress and assist Your Majesty.” A calm yet familiar voice came from beside him.

As the boy in the dragon robe turned around, Jiang Ningyuan was able to see the speaker's face clearly.

That was clearly...

It's clearly Jiang Yuan!

"I have already told you, I already have someone I love!"

"Ah Wu, I have said that I love you and want to marry you as my queen."

The man looked at the calm girl with a sinister gaze, roughly grabbed her wrist, and forced her to look up at him.

"Ah Wu is the Imperial Preceptor. The Imperial Preceptor's duty is only to protect the country and assist His Majesty, and to seek peace and safety for the country."

"But I love you, and I only want to marry you!"

"Ah Wu, the person I want to marry is you! You know my feelings perfectly well, so why did you push me away!"

The man seemed enraged by those words. He flipped over and pinned the petite and delicate girl beneath him, repeating over and over that he liked her, his tone full of pleading, as if he were begging the girl in front of him to fall in love with him.

"Your Majesty, ah, it has no heart, it cannot feel pain, it cannot love, and it has no emotions whatsoever."

"What is liking? Ah Wu doesn't know. Ah Wu only knows how to do his job well and assist His Majesty."

The girl's dark eyes stared resolutely at the man. Despite being pinned down and her wrists aching from being gripped so tightly, she never begged for mercy, as if...

They don't seem to feel pain.

“You are heartless, but you are a person, ah, heartless, you are a person!” The man gripped the girl’s wrist tighter, his emotions running high.

"What do you mean, 'Ah Wu'? From now on, you won't be called 'Ah Wu'!"

"Since you like to say 'as you wish,' from now on... your name will be Jiang Yuan!"

"I bestow upon you the name Jiang Yuan!"

"Even if you are heartless, you should still have a name that a person should have, and you should live freely like everyone else. Ah, nothingness will only shackle you!"

“Ah Yuan, you should fly freely like a bird, and you should live like a normal person.”

"You say you are heartless, that you have no emotions or desires, but I will do everything I can to fill your heart and give you the emotions and desires that everyone should have!"

"I am not afraid to wait. Even if I wait until I die of old age, I will have no regrets. I will only have one empress in this life, and that empress can only be you!"

"But... could you please stop pushing me away and stop making me marry someone else as my empress?"

The man's eyes were bloodshot, and he choked out his words.

He leaned down, pressed himself against the girl in front of him, held her tightly, and pleaded humbly.

From the moment he first saw her, he thought to himself that she was a fairy.

While I was surprised by her lack of intention, I felt even more sorry for her.

The girl's heart stirred, and she stared blankly at the top of the palace.

A red line is slowly growing on my wrist.

She was unintentional, but at this moment...

It hurts a little.

"Jiang Ningyuan!" Jiang Yuan called out when she saw Jiang Ningyuan standing there dumbfounded.

Jiang Ningyuan snapped out of his daze, looked at Jiang Yuan in his arms, his eyes reddened, his throat was bitter and choked with emotion as he gently said, "A Yuan."

Jiang Yuan was stunned, and a voice overlapped with Jiang Ningyuan's voice in her ear.

As Jiang Yuan looked at Jiang Ningyuan in front of her, a figure flashed through her mind.

She looks exactly like Jiang Ningyuan, but her personality is quite different from his. However, the tone of her voice when calling out "Ah Yuan" is exactly the same!

"Hurry up!" Jiang Yuan didn't have time to think about why Jiang Ningyuan's call of her "A Yuan" sounded familiar. She snapped out of her daze and urged Jiang Ningyuan to leave quickly.

If she could, she hoped Jiang Ningyuan would put her down and turn away.

The dark energy was targeting her. If Jiang Ningyuan put her down, the dark energy probably wouldn't chase after him.

Even if they chase after her, she can buy Jiang Ningyuan some time.

Oh no!

It's too late!

Seeing the black mist only half a meter away from her, Jiang Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

Snap—

Thump—

Just then, a crisp sound came, as if something had broken and fallen to the ground.

The black mist that was heading towards them let out a scream, and then vanished before their eyes.

Jiang Yuan looked at the beads scattered on the ground. Each bead emitted a bright red light, blocking the black energy coming towards them.

Reddish-brown stone beads!

Is Jiang Ningyuan the one she met in the old street before?

Reddish-brown stone beads are difficult to collect. It's considered impressive for an ordinary person to have one or two, and even rarer to have a whole string of them.

It should be said that in this world, only the man I met in the old street has that quality.

Because they are difficult to collect.

Even she only has one string.

Before Jiang Yuan could think it through, a murderous aura rose around her.

Jiang Yuan looked up at Jiang Ningyuan in front of her, and her expression suddenly turned ugly.

malevolent aura...

Such powerful malevolent energy!

How could Jiang Ningyuan have such a strong murderous aura!

Even though she had met countless people, she had never seen anyone with such a murderous aura as Jiang Ningyuan.

It sent chills down her spine and left her stunned.

She had been by Jiang Ningyuan's side before and hadn't noticed anything different about him compared to ordinary people...

Could it be that the reddish-brown stone beads suppressed the evil energy for Jiang Ningyuan?

The black energy that was originally heading towards the two stopped and took a few steps back when it sensed the malevolent aura.