She had thought she wouldn't be able to sleep, but to her surprise, she drifted off to sleep, the pleasant, cool fragrance bringing her immense peace of mind.
Once her breathing was even, Chu Mubai gazed intently at the peacefully sleeping woman.
Xia Yixin...
At first, he thought it was just a dream, but it brought her to him. His body and soul were calling her name, as if she were a woman engraved in countless reincarnations. A voice told him that she was his.
After Xia Yixin fell into a deep sleep, it was as if she had fallen into a black abyss. She struggled to find her way in the darkness, but her hands and feet seemed to be tied up. She struggled, and a feeling of despair suddenly overwhelmed her.
The system's voice in my mind was muffled, as if through a pane of glass: "...countdown...10...8..."
The road ahead, the familiar cool scent emanating from the man.
Lu Yan... Lu Yan!
She suddenly opened her eyes, gasping for breath. It took her a moment to realize where she was. She subconsciously looked at herself and found that she was still in her blanket, but because she was a restless sleeper, the blanket was wrapped around her. Chu Mubai was sleeping properly with his back to her.
She breathed a sigh of relief. It was still early, and the morning light had just begun to seep in through the window. She tried to recall the events of her dream, but she couldn't remember anything. All she could remember was a dull ache in her chest, as if she had been punched.
"System, what's going on? Why did I suddenly remember someone from the previous world?" She still remembered that name.
"Um...maybe it's a system problem, a small bug, nothing important~ But I forgot to tell the host some good news, congratulations on the male supporting character's happiness level increasing by 30, now totaling 60 points!"
Overnight, Chu Mubai's happiness level actually increased by 30?
She suddenly felt a flutter in her heart. Perhaps becoming his wife would be good, even though she was destined to leave after completing her mission...
Xia Yixin hesitated for a moment, then drifted off to sleep again.
Unbeknownst to her, Chu Mubai, who had his back to her, slowly opened his eyes after she fell asleep, his gaze clear and bright.
She had just been talking in her sleep, and he vaguely heard the word "Yan." The name she uttered in her sleep seemed to contain longing and love.
It's not Prince Rui.
Could it be that man, Yan Jiu?
Chu Mubai's eyes grew increasingly dark. Were those words she spoke before just a lie?
No.
Chu Mubai immediately dismissed the guess, but the suspicion was like a seed that had been planted, just waiting to take root and sprout.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.
Xia Yixin quietly made the identity of "Yan Jiu" disappear. Chu Mubai's happiness level reached 80 and then stopped moving. His life value, on the other hand, successfully reached 90. However, in certain special situations, such as when the new emperor summoned him, he would take a "yandere pill" given to him by Xia Yixin, which successfully avoided the new emperor's suspicion.
It was published a month earlier than the original work.
Rumors suddenly circulated in the capital that someone from the Valley of Divine Physicians had been born, but the news was vague and unsubstantiated. However, because of Chu Mubai's living example, more people followed the news to the south to search for the divine physician from the Valley of Divine Physicians than in the original story.
During the Qingming Festival, a light rain began to fall outside in the early morning. The gloomy and sticky atmosphere made people reluctant to get out of bed.
Xia Yixin opened her eyes; the person next to her was still asleep.
She lazily didn't want to get up, propping her head up as she looked at him. Chu Mubai's jade-like aura was even more pronounced as he lowered his eyes. His handsome eyebrows, straight nose, and eyelashes as long as small fans would make any woman jealous.
She was secretly admiring how handsome the man was when she met a pair of deep, narrow black eyes.
"Does Madam like it?"
Her face flushed bright red, and she turned away, too embarrassed to look at him. "It's alright," she said.
Chu Mubai chuckled, looking at the little guy who was curled up in a ball with his back to him, saying one thing but meaning another, and felt his heart was full.
After getting himself ready, Chu Mubai returned to the bedside and affectionately rubbed her head. "Don't stay in bed. Didn't we agree last night that we'd go to Taiping Mountain to pay respects to our ancestors today?"
Every year during the Qingming Festival, after accompanying the officials and the emperor to pay respects to their ancestors, Grand Tutor Chu would return and take his entire family to the Chu Family Ancestral Hall on Taiping Mountain to worship their ancestors and pray for blessings.
Xia Yixin had little interest in this ancient ancestral worship ceremony, but Chu Mubai's next words made her eyes light up.
"After the ancestral worship ceremony, I'll take you to Guijie Street."
"Okay, okay!" Xia Yixin sat up and shooed him away, "Get out of here, I need to get dressed."
The more time he spent with her, the more he felt that he had spoiled her like a child, but he liked her this way even more. Chu Mubai smiled and ruffled her hair before going out to wait for her.
Xiao Man, who had been waiting outside, went in to help Xia Yixin get dressed and wash up after Chu Mubai came out.
The light rain outside couldn't dampen Chu Mubai's good mood.
During this time, he suddenly understood the thoughts of the kings in those books who were bewitched by enchantresses. He was sure that if it were Xia Yixin, he would rather be the monarch of a fallen kingdom, as long as he could hold her in his arms every morning.
In previous years, the Minister's Mansion was always the grandest and had the longest procession for ancestor worship during the Qingming Festival. After all, Minister Xia had more than a dozen concubines and a bunch of children.
This year, however, Minister Xia suffered a series of setbacks and hastily held the ceremony before retreating. On the contrary, the Chu family's ancestral worship ceremony was low-key but not simple. Many worshippers even went to see it from afar, pointing to the elegant gentleman standing behind Grand Tutor Chu in the procession.
Chu Mubai, dressed in a simple white robe, appeared even more like an immortal, pure and untouched by worldly dust, while the woman who was always by his side attracted the attention of many.
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