"Hurry up!" Yue Nanchen touched his chest and shouted in a low voice. He couldn't let Yao'er go!

"Yes, yes!" The eunuch quickly took the order and trotted with the guards carrying the sedan chair all the way to Merlin.

In the plum forest, Shuiyao was strolling leisurely in front. Yue Nanxuan caught up with her and shouted, "I thought of it. Why don't we go to see the lanterns tonight!"

Shui Yao paused and turned around lazily, chuckling, "Today is neither the New Year nor a festival, where did the lanterns come from?"

Yue Nanxuan strode up to her, his eyes sparkling, and said seriously, "As long as you want to see it, it's there!"

Shui Yao was startled and looked up at the seriousness in his eyes. At this moment, white snow began to fall again. The feather-like snowflakes formed a white vortex in the wind. Along with a breeze, the fine snow accumulated on the plum branches flew up with the wind and fell all over Shui Yao's head and face.

"Wait!" Yue Nanxuan whispered, leaning down and stretching out his hand, as if he wanted to brush the snow off her hair and shoulders.

Shui Yao's eyes darkened, and she instinctively wanted to dodge, but when she saw the figure outside Merlin, she stopped.

She held her little face high and smiled softly, letting Yue Nanxuan's big hands gently caress her shoulders, hair, and even accidentally brushing her little face. She felt the trembling of the man's fingers...

When Yue Nanchen arrived at the Plum Forest, as soon as the sedan chair stopped, he hurriedly opened the curtains, asked two eunuchs to help him get off the sedan chair, and headed towards the depths of the Plum Forest. However, he did not expect to see such a scene of clothes...

The bright sunlight shone on the figures of the two people standing facing each other. The woman was dressed in white, whiter than snow, and the man was dressed in black, noble. The two stood there quietly, the woman slightly raised her face, allowing the man's fingers to gently caress her...

"Cough, cough!" Yue Nanchen was so angry that he coughed twice. He quickly bent down and covered his mouth with his hands.

He licked his lips, and a salty-sweet taste came into his throat. He only heard the eunuch beside him shouting softly, "My Lord, you are vomiting blood!"

Quickly clenching his palms and hiding his arms behind his back, Yue Nanchen scolded coldly, "Why are you yelling so nonsense?"

The eunuch quickly lowered his head and dared not say another word.

Yue Nanchen's cough did not alarm the two people. Shui Yao seemed to put her hand to her lips and breathed gently. Yue Nanchen immediately smiled, took off the fox fur and draped it tightly on her.

Shui Yao smiled faintly, turned her head slightly, turned her back to Yue Nanchen in the distance, and took two steps forward. Yue Nanchen's cloak looked a little funny on her, but it also made her look even smaller.

She walked slowly, clearly smiling, but the smile did not reach her charming eyes. Her fan-shaped eyelashes trembled violently, and the swaying shadow was like a dying butterfly.

Yue Nanchen looked at the two people who were gradually going away, and his heart seemed to be tugged at by something. Behind him, blood oozed out from between his fingers and dripped onto the remaining snow, red as fire...

Night finally arrived. The banks on both sides of the moat were hung with lanterns, red, yellow, blue and white, which made the ice on the river colorful and beautiful.

A man in bright yellow clothes was beside her, his eyes fixed on the woman. The room was filled with sandalwood, but he could only smell the plum scent on the woman...

"Now that the Giant Clam and Louxi Kingdom are in rebellion, and the Miro Kingdom is eyeing them covetously, you are leisurely organizing a lantern festival, Yue Nanxuan, this seems to undermine your reputation for wisdom and bravery, right?"

Just when Yue Nanxuan thought the woman was about to fall asleep, she suddenly chuckled, turned over gracefully, and said in a lazy voice.

"Yes, I understand how King You of Zhou felt at the time. To win a beautiful woman's smile, he set fire to the beacon towers to trick the princes.

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Yue Nanxuan laughed softly and looked up at the lanterns on both sides of the river. The lanterns stretched for ten miles and were decorated by a thousand craftsmen who worked for an entire afternoon. He did so much just to make Yao'er smile!

Shui Yao lowered her eyes slightly, and the scene of Yue Nanchen waving Nanyue's military flag and standing on the parade ground quickly popped up in her mind. He was so passionate and excited, it seemed that Yue Nanchen was more suitable to be the master of Nanyue!

Her eyes darkened, and she quickly shook herself off, not thinking about it anymore. She just smiled lazily and said, "It's a pity that I'm not Bao Si!"

Yue Nanxuan whispered, "It would be great if we could keep this wonderful time!"

Shui Yao stretched out lazily and curled up on the couch, "Yuen Nanxuan, I want to discuss a business deal with you!"

Yue Nanxuan was slightly stunned. "Talking about business again? Didn't you say you wanted to try to be together? What business?"

Shui Yao raised her eyebrows lazily and played with the hair on her chest. "Let's put things in perspective. I keep feelings and business very separate. What's more, we are just trying it out now, there is no love involved!"

Yue Nanxuan sighed, "Okay, go ahead!"

"I have a batch of arms now. I wonder if Your Majesty is interested?" When talking about business, Shui Yao immediately perked up and smiled. "I guarantee that they have great lethality and are reasonably priced. They are just right for Your Majesty to use on the battlefield!"

"Munitions?" Yue Nanxuan was stunned. "What is that?" He asked, and suddenly an idea came to him. "Ah! Could it be the one you showed me that day, the one that would catch fire when it was touched?"

"Yes!" Seeing Yue Nanxuan's interest, Shui Yao immediately changed her expression. She picked up Qiao Lai and said calmly, "That day, I wanted the emperor to believe that I, Wuxing Palace, have the ability to help the emperor solve his problems. Now that the emperor knows the power of those weapons..."

She leaned over.

"How about it? Are you interested in cooperating?"

Yue Nanxuan hesitated slightly and raised his eyes, "What do you want this time?"

"A piece of land, 100,000 taels of silver, and 300 craftsmen!" Shui Yao raised her eyebrows, "You won't lose money on this deal. If you don't agree, I believe Louxi Country and Giant Clam Country will be interested!"

Yue Nanxuan chuckled, "Are you discussing business or threatening someone?"

Shui Yao lazily curled up on the couch without making any comment, and just asked, "Do you agree?"

Yue Nanxuan turned his head again and looked at the lights on both sides of the river. "Yao'er, can we not talk about business today? We can talk about anything, but not business!"

Shui Yao was startled, and looked up at the man. His pair of black eyes sparkled and were full of affection... She turned her head and looked out the window. She felt a little uneasy in her heart, but soon, she looked back and smiled, "Okay, let's not talk about it today, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

The two stopped talking, just feeling the pleasure boat slowly gliding on the ice, the lanterns on both sides of the river against the stars in the sky, blinking...

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the prince seems to be unwell!" As soon as Yue Nanxuan returned to the palace, Doctor Hu knelt down in front of him in a hurry, "The prince vomited blood today, his pulse is unstable, and he caught a cold..."

Before Doctor Hu finished speaking, Yue Nanxuan asked anxiously, "Caught a cold? He lay in his room all day, how could he have caught a cold?"

The eunuchs on the side immediately knelt down, and the leading eunuch said, "Your Majesty, today the prince went to Merlin, vomited blood in Merlin, and fell into a coma after returning!"

"Merlin?" Yue Nanxuan almost jumped up. Merlin... Nanchen went to Merlin? Could it be that he...

"Why did the prince go to Merlin?" Yue Nanxuan asked coldly.

The eunuch kowtowed quickly and said, "I was too talkative. When the prince woke up and looked for the emperor, I said that the emperor was with Miss Lan in Mei.

Lin, the prince must go, but...”

"Asshole!" Yue Nanxuan's eyes darkened, and he rushed forward and grabbed the eunuch's collar, "Are you new here? You have been in the palace for so many years, don't you know what to say and what not to say? I think I am too kind to you on weekdays, and you don't even know the rules of this palace. Come, drag these ignorant eunuchs away and beat them to death!"

When the last two cold words were uttered, the four young eunuchs were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, shouting for mercy from the emperor, but they were still dragged out by the guards. From a distance, the screams of the young eunuchs could be heard, but calm was soon restored.

Yue Nanxuan clenched his hands, stood coldly in front of the desk, and closed his eyes tightly.

When Doctor Hu saw the emperor like this, he was so frightened that he dared not say a word.

"Come here, prepare the sedan chair, I want to leave the palace!"

"Yes!" The guard responded quickly and went down to prepare.

A quarter of an hour later, a sedan chair carried by eight people drove out of the palace gate and headed towards the Lanshui Medical Clinic.

In the Lanshui Clinic, Shuiyao looked a little tired, but she still carefully read the blueprint of the military factory and handed it to Lan Yi, "Just do it according to this. Remember, the people you choose must be loyal, and this must be done in secret. Don't leak a single bit of it!"

Lan Yi took it respectfully and whispered, "Yes, Master!"

Shui Yao nodded, rubbed her face tiredly, and whispered, "It's getting late, I need to rest, you should go and rest too!"

Lan nodded and was about to leave when she heard a knock on the door. A maid said, "Palace Master, the emperor is here and he said he has something important to tell you!"

Shui Yao's eyes darkened. Yue Nanxuan came so late... She frowned slightly, walked to the bed, and handed the exquisite white jade bottle under the pillow to Lan Yi, "Give this to the emperor, remember to collect five thousand taels of silver!"