Seeing that Lu Yanluo and Mu Yuebai were talking happily, Chu Xuan became angry and walked out with a stern face, opening the tent.

Out of sight, out of mind. Chu Xuan didn’t want to make himself unhappy.

Chu Xuan was a little confused. What was so good about Mu Yuebai that made Lu Yanluo admire him so much and praise him profusely every time she saw him.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so he just wandered aimlessly around the hunting grounds.

Suddenly, a chaotic sound of footsteps came from behind. Chu Xuan turned around curiously and saw a woman with disheveled hair and messy clothes running towards him. It was Yan Xiwan who was taken away last night.

Chu Xuan looked around and noticed that he had unknowingly walked to the place where the prey was stored in the hunting ground.

There are cages everywhere, most of which contain prey hunted by royal relatives. If they can't finish eating, they are temporarily stored here. They will eat it when they remember. If they don't remember, they will wait until everyone leaves and the servants of the palace will enjoy it directly.

Chu Xuan was a little stunned. He never expected that the emperor would lock Yan Xiwan up here, treating her like an animal.

It seems that what happened last night really angered the emperor.

Yan Xiwan was locked in a cage for a night and was in great pain. She didn't sleep the whole night and escaped from the cage when the guards came to deliver food.

Seeing Chu Xuan's familiar figure in her sight, Yan Xiwan became excited. At this moment, only Chu Xuan could save her.

She didn't want to be locked up here, and she didn't want to marry a crude and ugly stranger!

"Cousin!" Yan Xiwan rolled and crawled, and finally knelt down at Chu Xuan's feet with difficulty, hugging Chu Xuan's legs tightly, crying and wailing.

"Cousin, save me! Cousin, I really don't want to stay here. There are animals howling all night long. I'm so scared that I can't sleep all night! I will die if I stay here!"

Yan Xiwan pleaded pitifully, "And you know, I only have you and me in my heart, how can I marry someone else? What happened last night was all Lu Yanluo's framing of me! She deliberately hurt me! Cousin, I beg you, save me!"

Chu Xuan said nothing. He lifted his foot and wrestled away Yan Xiwan's hand. He said calmly, "Yan Xiwan, you have the fate you are facing today. Isn't it your own fault? If you hadn't hurt A'Luo, how could she have treated you like this! Even now, you still don't repent."

"I know I was wrong!" Yan Xiwan pleaded, "I promise, I will never provoke Lu Yanluo again from now on! I..."

As the two were talking, a hissing sound, a hissing sound that made the hair on your head stand on end, rang in Chu Xuan's ears. His expression started to frighten. It was a snake!

Sure enough, there was a green poisonous snake lying in the grass nearby, spitting out its tongue and looking closely in the direction of Chu Xuan and Yan Xiwan.

Yan Xiwan was crying hard when she suddenly heard the hissing of a snake. She jumped in fear, shouting and backing away.

The snake in the grass was obviously frightened as well, and it raised its head and was about to attack Yan Xiwan.

At the critical moment, a dagger suddenly stretched out from the rear and decisively cut the snake into two.

Chu Xuan looked up in surprise and saw that it was Lu Yanluo.

Lu Yanluo looked calm as she wiped the blood off the dagger and spoke slowly, "It's a pheasant's neck. If it bites it, there's no point in saving it."

Her face looked a little bad. After sending Mu Yuebai away, Lu Yanluo came out to look for Chu Xuan.

I never expected that when I walked over here, I saw Yan Xiwan hugging Chu Xuan's legs tightly, crying like a pear blossom in the rain.

[A bastard man, and he still says he is not kind to women. 】

[I even came here specially to see your little cousin. ]

[If I hadn't shown up in time, you would have been bitten by the snake and died by now.]

Chu Xuan didn’t want to know what kind of poisonous snake it was, he just wanted to find out why Yan Xiwan was so afraid of snakes?

Chu Xuan recalled the time when he lived in Yan's family when he was young.

At that time, his mother had just passed away, and there were countless people in the palace who wanted him dead. He had no choice but to temporarily live in his aunt's in-laws' home - Yan Mansion.

One day, while walking in the back garden of Yan's family, a poisonous snake suddenly appeared in the path that Chu Xuan had to take to leave.

Chu Xuan, who was still a child at that time, was so scared that his legs went limp. Seeing the poisonous snake about to crawl closer to him, a little girl suddenly appeared and without saying a word, she took a stick and hit the poisonous snake in the vital point.

After hitting it dozens of times in a row, the poisonous snake finally stopped moving.

The little girl stood aside, leaning on a stick, panting with exhaustion.

Chu Xuan then noticed that this brave little girl was not even as tall as himself, and the stick she was holding was even thicker than her arm.

To this day, Chu Xuan still can't figure out where the little girl got the strength and courage to kill a snake.

But Chu Xuan didn’t understand at that time. He only knew that he was saved. His body relaxed and he fell to the ground.

The little girl was also very tired, so she threw away the stick and sat next to Chu Xuan.

He said in a baby voice: "Don't be afraid, I have killed the snake, it won't bite you anymore, don't cry."

"Thank...thank you." Chu Xuan was still in shock and raised his hand to wipe away his tears.

The little girl was smart and sensitive. She immediately realized that Chu Xuan was still afraid. She rolled her eyes, stood up and ran to the flower bed nearby, picked a handful of flowers and handed them to Chu Xuan.

"Don't cry, this is for you. These flowers are beautiful, and you are beautiful too, just as beautiful as the flowers."

Since he was a child, Chu Xuan hated people saying that he looked ugly. Whenever someone said that, Chu Xuan would get angry.

But today was different. Chu Xuan was not angry, but rather happy.

The little girl who saved his life was now trying her best to comfort herself.

Chu Xuan felt that the little girl was a ray of light in these dark days, driving away the darkness for him.

Although it was short, it left a lasting impression on him for many years.

That day, Chu Xuan played with the little girl until it was almost dark and then they separated.

Chu Xuan wanted to ask the little girl's name several times, but Chu Xuan, who strictly abided by etiquette and took into account the differences between men and women, finally did not ask.

Later, Chu Xuan was brought back to the palace to be raised, and it was many years later that he had the opportunity to come to the Yan Mansion again.

Chu Xuan asked about the whereabouts of the little girl who saved his life. The Yan family said that there was only one legitimate daughter in the mansion, named Yan Xiwan.

Chu Xuan thought that the little girl back then should be Yan Xiwan. When he asked her privately, Yan Xiwan also admitted that she had rescued him from Shekou.

For many years after that, Chu Xuan always treated Yan Xiwan as the little girl from that year and never doubted it.

But now...

How could the brave little girl who killed a poisonous snake alone be frightened by the snake to the point of screaming and being unable to stand?

If this is the case, then could the little girl who saved him back then really be Yan Xiwan?

Chu Xuan began to feel confused.