Chen Qinghan quickly wiped her tears: "Why are you crying? I don't feel that hard. Now our temple is safer than the palace, isn't it?"
Cai Lian finally stopped crying: "That mansion is indeed worse than the one in the Prince Xuan's Palace. After the Prince Xuan was deposed, his temper became worse and worse. He would take his anger out on others at the slightest provocation. He also had to worry about being sold by the Queen. Now, he is indeed worse than the other mansion. It's just that I feel sorry for you..."
Chen Qinghan dipped her clothes in the river water, wiped them with soap nuts, and rubbed them twice. Then she smiled and showed them to Cailian: "Is it clean now? It's not difficult."
Cai Lian finally burst into laughter and said, "You are a clever girl, and you learn things quickly."
Chen Qinghan then continued to wash clothes. After a few tries, she gradually got the hang of it.
Suddenly she heard footsteps. She looked up and a smile froze on her face.
Su Yan walked slowly closer, his deep eyes fell on her rubbing red hands, and suddenly his heart ached.
Chen Qinghan was a little stiff. He put down his clothes and stood up. "Master Su, are you coming to the temple to burn incense?"
He stared at her: "I came to find you."
Cai Lian walked away silently.
Chen Qinghan's eyes flashed with panic and embarrassment for a moment, but he forced himself to remain calm: "What's the matter?"
Su Yan suddenly raised his lips and smiled sarcastically: "You ask me what's the matter? Don't you know it yourself?"
"I don't know." Chen Qinghan said coldly and turned his head to look away.
Since they met again, she had never looked him in the eye. She thought, she should forget everything in the past, otherwise, she would not be able to accept it.
Su Yan's throat was blocked: "Chen Qinghan, you are as cruel as before."
His eyes were faintly red. "Have you really slept peacefully all these years? Don't you have the slightest regret? Today, I thought you would at least come to beg me."
Chen Qinghan lowered his eyes. "I was the one who wronged you in the beginning. Now you are rising step by step and your career is going smoothly. It can be said that you have achieved what you wanted. Everything I am suffering now is also my retribution. It shows that the blue sky has eyes."
Listening to her calmly say these words, Su Yan did not feel relieved at all. Instead, the anger in his chest became even more suppressed.
Su Yan stared at her intently: "You also know that everything you are experiencing now is retribution."
He watched her rubbing her red hands together, his eyes trembling slightly, and his voice became much calmer: "If you beg me, I can find a way to get you out..."
Chen Qinghan clenched his hands in his sleeves, suppressed the soreness in his throat, and looked up at him: "Meng Yan, I am no longer the Chen Qinghan of the past."
Su Yan's face stiffened slightly.
She looked at him and said word by word, "It's been sixteen years. Who would still remember that they loved someone when they were sixteen?"
"I know you have an obsession in your heart, but the one you can't let go of is not me, but the one who once was Chen Qinghan, not Princess Xuan."
"I've been in the palace for ten years. How do you think I could have lived so peacefully until today? I've been fighting with so many women in the inner courtyard. I've been calculating and scheming to achieve my goals, and I've used many tricks and schemes."
"Do you think I'm still the same innocent person I used to be? I've changed a long time ago."
Chen Qinghan lowered his eyes, turned and left.
Su Yan stood there stiffly, his face gradually turning pale.
Cai Lian trotted to keep up with Chen Qinghan's pace. She couldn't help but look back at Su Yan and said to Chen Qinghan, "If Master Su is willing to help you, why don't you leave here?"
Chen Qinghan shook his head: "I am a sinner. Now I can live a peaceful life in Zhaojue Temple. Why should I cause trouble for him? We are not the same kind of people."
"But Lord Su can put aside past grudges and come to you, so why can't he..."
"He won't come again." She pulled the corners of her lips, but tears rolled down her face.
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Xie Mansion.
When Xie Xianyu came back from his work, it was already dusk.
"The young master is back." The little maid shouted.
Wanruo was lying on the couch reading a book. When she heard this, she turned over without even raising her head and faced inside.
Xie Xianyu came in through the curtain, then briskly walked over to the soft couch and sat down, pinching her face: "Why didn't you sleep for a while?"
His voice was unusually gentle.
She frowned slightly and gave him a strange look.
"I don't want to sleep." She looked away, her tone perfunctory.
She was so angry with him this morning that she didn't want to pay any attention to him.
Instead, he was very patient: "Then it's time for dinner."
"I don't want to eat."
"What's wrong? No appetite?" he asked gently.
Wanruo shuddered all over, and finally looked up at him: "Is there something wrong with you?"
"It's okay," he held her and sat up, "You still have to eat less. I'll have someone serve you food, okay?"
His bad temper made her unable to vent her anger.
"oh."
He then ordered the meal to be served. He lifted her onto his lap, then placed her in his arms. He bent down to put her shoes on, and spoke casually, "By the way, I received a letter from the prefect of Qingzhou today."
Wanruo leaned in his arms and responded nonchalantly, "What's wrong?"
He put one of her shoes on before looking up at her: "Lin Han is getting married."
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