"In this generation of the Li family, I am the only descendant left, so my family has raised me as a boy since I was a child!"
Li Yunyan had already prepared her explanation. After saying this sentence naturally, she went to the well to draw water, wash her hands, and wash her dagger.
Xia Xiunian also went over and asked her to help him wash his sword, saying with a pitying tone, "Yanyan, you've suffered!"
He had practiced martial arts since he was a child and knew how tough it was. He couldn't even endure it when he was a child, let alone Yan Yan, who was a girl.
"It's alright! It's just about surviving."
Although Li Yunyan's martial arts skills were obtained through the system, her agility and dexterity were honed through years of hardship and struggle in the apocalypse. Back then, she was willing to risk everything to survive, so she didn't care about the hardships.
Her calm demeanor only made Xia Xiunian feel more sorry for her.
He wanted to reach out and embrace her, but he was covered in blood from the earlier splatter, so he could only squat down to wash his hands and then reach out to touch her head.
Li Yunyan had already washed the blood off the dagger and sword. She took a cloth, dried the blade, and handed it back to Xia Xiunian, her eyes fixed on the man in black on the ground.
"These corpses will need your help to deal with!"
"Okay, leave it to me! These people can also be used as evidence later!"
Xia Xiunian carried the four corpses back to his yard. Li Yunyan fetched water and washed the ground repeatedly. After washing away the bloodstains, she took out some medicine powder to remove the odor and sprinkled it on the ground, then washed it clean again.
Looking at the sky, which was already turning a jade-like hue, I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
Li Yunyan's expression hardened.
"System, please check if Consort Xian has anyone she particularly cares about while she is outside the palace?"
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