Su Bei thought she was back in her mother's womb, but before she opened her eyes, she heard screams from all around her: "Ah! Monster! Monster!"

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of basins and bowls falling to the ground, and the sound of frightened footsteps.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw the sunlight shining through the window. The leaves outside were tender and green.

The floor was a mess, so she had no idea what had happened.

"Abei?" A voice suddenly came. Su Bei turned her head abruptly and saw Chu Younan still wearing the silver mask and looking at her with surprise and suspicion.

Su Bei raised a hand to him, and at that moment, she understood why those people were shouting "monster".

Her hands were dry and wrinkled, covered with age spots. She didn't look like a teenager, but more like an eighty-year-old woman...

"Chu...Chu Younan..." She opened her mouth and found that her voice had also become old.

He is still so young, how could this happen? ! Chu Younan slowly took two steps forward and whispered, "Abei, is it really you? Are you awake?"

His eyes were still as bright as stars, but from his eyes, Su Bei saw that he looked like an old woman with a head full of white hair.

Just like Bei Shijing, but unlike her, her beauty has not faded...

Chu Younan saw her panicked look and understood everything she was thinking. He quickly stepped forward, sat beside the bed, held her dry hand, and said in the same gentle voice as before, "Abei! I'm here, don't be afraid! No matter what you become, I'll always be here!"

Su Bei wanted to say something, but she started coughing like an eighty-year-old woman, gasping for breath.

Chu Younan patted her back while ordering, "Yun Rou Yun Xi! Put up the screen! Call the imperial physician! And get all the people who were serving here out..."

"No!" Su Bei quickly covered his mouth, "Don't... don't kill anyone!"

She saw murderous intent in his eyes.

"But they..." Chu Younan held her hand tightly, his eyes filled with extreme sadness.

"I am a monster now...you can't do that because of me...cough cough..." Su Bei coughed again and was out of breath.

Chu Younan sighed softly, and then said: "Don't worry, I won't kill them, I won't kill them..."

As he spoke, he held her in his arms and changed his tone, "Don't call the imperial physician! Let the queen come!"

Yun Rou's voice was heard outside: "Yes! Your Majesty!"

Su Bei suddenly came back to his senses and looked up abruptly, "Little Tangyuan! Where's my little Tangyuan?!"

"She's taking a nap. I'll have someone bring her to you right away..."

"Don't! Don't scare her..." Su Bei lowered his head, then said, "Yun Rou, is she not dead?"

Chu Younan stared at her, "She's not dead. When Chu Youheng ordered her to be executed, my fourth brother bribed the executioner and saved her."

"So what happened next?"

"Later, Chu Youheng died, Xiao Han turned Chu Youchen and Yaruo into human pigs, and my fourth brother ascended the throne and became the emperor."

"Did I become like this today?"

"Yes!" Chu Younan kissed her wrinkled forehead and said softly, "It's been more than half a year and you haven't woken up yet. Today, you suddenly..."

He choked up a little.

Although she is awake, judging from her appearance, she should be dead soon...

Su Bei's eyes were also blurred, and she cursed in her heart: Why did God play such a trick on her, one moment she was a baby, and the next moment she was an old lady...

Wait a minute! Suddenly something flashed through her mind.

When she was born, some people called Bei Shijing a monster. She also heard that Bei Shijing's voice became old, but when she was one month old, she saw that she only had silver hair but a young face! Chu Younan read everything she was thinking. He couldn't help but be ecstatic and held her hand even tighter, "Abei! Don't worry, this is not permanent, you will be fine soon!"

Feeling his burning gaze, Su Bei lowered her head. He was only twenty-two years old, and she really didn't want to be seen by him in this state.

But Chu Younan held her tightly in his arms, "Abei, don't be afraid, I'm here, I've always been here..."

"Chu Younan, why are you so nice to me?" Su Bei hugged his waist tightly.

"Because you are Su Bei, and because Chu Younan loves Su Bei, no matter what you become, I will be with you..."

There was silence all around, so quiet that one could almost hear each other's heartbeats...

Sweet little bubbles surged in their hearts...

"Abei! Abei!" Xue Jinrong's sudden arrival interrupted their embrace.

Su Bei quickly buried his head in Chu Younan's arms and said anxiously, "Don't come over here!"

Xue Jinrong's voice became even more anxious, "I came all the way from the palace, and you didn't even look at me! Do you know that I've had three miscarriages and my body is so weak!"

Su Bei suddenly turned around and asked in surprise, "How come you had three miscarriages?"

Xue Jinrong forgot to answer and stared at her in amazement, "Abei...how could you...how could you..."

Chu Younan hurriedly explained, "Come and help her. She suddenly became like this after she woke up today!"

Xue Jinrong walked forward slowly and hesitantly felt Su Bei's pulse, but the confusion in his eyes gradually turned into despair.

Su Bei saw all this, but she still had hope in her heart, "How is it? Am I okay?"

Xue Jinrong held her hand tightly and lowered his head, "It's nothing, I'm in good health, it's just my appearance..."

Before he could finish his words, a drop of something warm appeared on Su Bei's hand, followed by another drop. Xue Jinrong hurriedly got up and ran out.

Su Bei looked at her tears falling on his hands, and his heart sank. "How about... you go and ask?"

"I...Okay!" Chu Younan hesitated for a moment, but still let her lie on the bed.

He stood up, looked at her deeply, and then strode out.

In the hall, Xue Jinrong's crying could hardly be suppressed. Even though she was biting the handkerchief, Chu Younan could still hear it clearly.

“Empress, she…” Chu Younan paused behind her.

Xue Jinrong did not look back, but seemed to be holding back for a long time before he spoke: "The oil... is gone... the lamp... is dying..."

Chu Younan's heart sank.

What aged was not only her appearance, but also her body.

He didn't know when Xue Jinrong left, nor did he know when he arrived at Fengyao Pavilion. When he came to his senses, he was standing in front of a group of hairy monkeys.

Separation and death were inevitable, but he waited for her to wake up, only to receive such news...

He pondered for a long time before picking up the monkey and turning to go to Lingfeng Pavilion.

In the room, Su Bei had fallen into a deep sleep. Indeed, an eighty-year-old woman is just as sleepy as a three-year-old child.

Chu Younan sat beside her bed, looking at her quietly for a long time...

He always felt that the story would not end like this...

Just as Su Bei once thought, he would not die...