Yaoyue had long forgotten about the blood-covered man; if someone hadn't told her, she probably wouldn't have remembered that such a person existed.
"Make him pack up and leave Embroidered Jade Valley as soon as possible," Yaoyue coldly ordered. "If his words or actions are even slightly out of line, kill him and use him as fertilizer."
Lianxing stood to the side with her head down. She knew that her sister only wanted to see Jiang Feng and had no interest in anyone else. Even bringing that unknown man into the Yihua Palace was for Jiang Feng's sake.
It was Yaoyue who set the rules, and it was also Yaoyue who broke them. As the second palace master, Lianxing dared not question her.
The girl in white, having received Yaoyue's instructions, was about to return to make arrangements for Yan Liang when she turned around and saw Jiang Feng, a pale-faced and handsome young man standing at the palace entrance, smiling gently at the group of people in the center of the hall.
When Yaoyue saw him suddenly appear, she was quite displeased that the person looking after Jiang Feng had failed to do his job properly and had appeared here. Jiang Feng was completely unaware of this. He did not hear the whole conversation between them, but simply smiled gently and thanked Yaoyue. Then he mentioned the seriously injured man he had met on the road.
"Where is that young master Yan Liang?... I am in a similar situation to him, I wonder how he is doing now."
Jiang Feng looked at Yao Yue with gratitude, but also felt a little embarrassed by the request.
The girl in white hesitated and looked at Yaoyue, who glanced at her and said, "Take that person to the Li Palace and tell him he doesn't have to leave in a hurry."
Jiang Feng was puzzled, but the girl in white respectfully withdrew as ordered. Jiang Feng smiled slightly at Yaoyue and Lianxing in the hall, and then followed the girl in white away from there, returning to the place where he had woken up.
In the empty palace, Yaoyue sat alone on the throne, gazing at Jiang Feng's back with an inscrutable expression. Lianxing glanced at Yaoyue secretly, then lowered her eyes again. The two sisters did not talk much about Jiang Feng, but Lianxing already understood that her sister had fallen in love with Jiang Feng at first sight and even wanted to keep him in Yihua Palace forever.
Jiang Feng was completely unaware of what was happening. When he first met Yan Liang in the carriage that day, he noticed that Yan Liang's injuries were more severe than his own, and he was also younger than him. Now, with Yao Yue's help and things settled down, Jiang Feng couldn't help but worry about Yan Liang. Therefore, he decisively decided to follow the girl in white to find Yan Liang, instead of waiting in the palace as Yao Yue had suggested.
Yan Liang lay half-lying on the stone table, lost in thought, waiting for the girl in white and Jiang Feng to arrive. His vision had been obscured by the blood covering his face, so he didn't know what Jiang Feng looked like, but when he saw the young man following behind the girl in white, he knew that the young man was Jiang Feng.
The only man in the Yihua Palace who is also handsome can only be Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng struck up a conversation with the girl in white on the way and learned her name. After sitting down at the stone table, he thanked her very earnestly: "Thank you, Miss Yi."
The girl in white was surnamed Yi and named Yaoqing. Yan Liang was fortunate enough to learn her name after Jiang Feng thanked Yi Yaoqing, and he smiled and thanked her in return.
Both expressed their sincere gratitude with a smile, but the feelings they conveyed were completely different.
Thus, Yan Liang once again clearly felt that he was being disliked.
He didn't take it to heart, but instead talked with Jiang Feng after Yi Yaoqing had left. From Jiang Feng, he learned about the situation of the martial arts world and gained a general understanding of the place he was in—Xiuyu Valley Yihua Palace, which only accepted female disciples and was a forbidden area in the martial arts world.
...Looking at it this way, Jiang Feng's situation is very dangerous.
Yan Liang thought so.
Jiang Feng was puzzled by Yan Liang's apparent lack of knowledge about the martial arts world. When asked why, Yan Liang explained, half-jokingly, "I probably have a head injury, so I don't remember much about the past."
"Don't you even remember why you were injured?"
Jiang Feng's eyes widened slightly, a hint of worry appearing on his face.
"I don't remember," Yan Liang said lazily, propping his head up with his hand.
The boy's arm, which was sticking out of his sleeve, was covered in bandages. His neck, face, and almost every exposed part of his body were wrapped in bandages, which showed how serious his injuries were.
Jiang Feng was upright and kind, and as an elder, he naturally felt concerned for Yan Liang. Now, seeing Yan Liang's miserable state and even his loss of memory, he felt heartbroken for him and angry at the ruthless nature of the perpetrator.
As he was deep in thought, he suddenly heard a rumble in his stomach. He looked up at Yan Liang, whose eyes, peeking out from the gaps in his bandages, were smiling. The other man said frankly, "I'm hungry. I haven't eaten anything since I woke up."
Jiang Feng was taken aback: "After I woke up, a girl prepared food for me... Didn't you have any?"
Yan Liang: "...No."
This differential treatment pained Yan Liang deeply. He didn't care about other aspects, but people need to eat. Even if he wasn't good-looking, he should at least consider the injured person's stomach after saving them. Wouldn't it be a loss if they starved to death?
After Yan Liang told Yi Yaoqing that he was hungry, the girl visibly became impatient, but she still patiently instructed someone to prepare food for him.
Yan thanked her politely, seemingly unaware of the starkly different attitudes Yi Yaoqing and the other girls in the courtyard had towards him and Jiang Feng.
He didn't care, but Jiang Feng did.
Jiang Feng felt a mix of emotions, and he was somewhat envious of Yan Liang's nonchalant attitude. Seeing that Yan Liang was eager to start eating, he got up to say goodbye.
After saying goodbye to him while sitting on the stone bench, Yan Liang watched the young man walk away into the distance. Staring at the other man's handsome back, he felt that he had vaguely grasped the essence of the situation.
They deliberately separated him from Jiang Feng, and the Grand Palace Master named Yaoyue probably liked Jiang Feng very much.
Yan Liang lazily ate his rice; his hands were weak, and his chopsticks looked awkward. Yi Yaoqing saw him from afar and was displeased. Yan Liang noticed her gaze, looked up, and smiled at her.
Although she couldn't see Yan Liang's face, Yi Yaoqing knew he was smiling.
This person seems to be someone who loves to laugh.
Yi Yaoqing looked away. She had overheard Yan Liang and Jiang Feng's conversation and knew that Yan Liang claimed he couldn't remember his past because of a head injury.
Whether Yan Liang is clear-headed or not is none of her business.
Yan Liang finished his meal slowly and wanted to clean up himself, but Yi Yaoqing complained that he was too inconvenient to move around, so she had the other maids clean up the dishes and told Yan Liang to stay obediently in the courtyard and not to run around.
Yan Liang tried to fight for his right to go out, but Yi Yaoqing coldly refused, remaining unmoved by his words.
"Can't I go see Brother Jiang Feng?"
Yan Liang asked a question.
"No." Yi Yaoqing was extremely cold and aloof. "Since you have entered the Yihua Palace, you must naturally abide by the rules of the Yihua Palace."
"...He can come to me, but I can't come to him?" Yan Liang wanted to reach up and touch the back of his head, but he put his arm back down in pain halfway up.
Yi Yaoqing: "This is the Palace Master's decision, and you must abide by the rules."
No matter how much Yan Liang tried to persuade him, Yi Yaoqing firmly refused to allow him to run around. She then explained to him the rules he needed to follow in the Yihua Palace, and finally turned and left, not wanting to talk to him any further.
After talking for a long time without managing to secure even a shred of rights for himself, Yan Liang stood alone in place, looked around, and sighed softly.
This place is too small; it's not enough for him to play in.
Yan Liang's presence was too weak, and he was trapped here and could not run around. The other maids would not talk to him, and Yan Liang could not talk to them because he had agreed to the rules. Only Yi Yaoqing would occasionally talk to him when she changed his dressings, but even then, it was only a few words.
He spent his days idly recuperating in the Yihua Palace, bored out of his mind, and even began to miss the days when he would chat with his friends in the snow and run around outside. Yan Liang tried to get Yaoyue or Lianxing to agree to let him leave the Yihua Palace through Yi Yaoqing, but Yi Yaoqing always brushed him off with excuses like "the Palace Master is busy".
During the ten days he was separated from Jiang Feng, he did not see Jiang Feng again, nor did he see either Yao Yue or Lian Xing. It seemed that Yan Liang had been forgotten by everyone in this corner.
However, compared to Jiang Feng, who is now imprisoned in the detached palace, Yan Liang thinks it's a wonderful thing that he has been forgotten by everyone.
Although Yi Yaoqing did not reveal Jiang Feng's situation to him, Yan Liang secretly did some calculations after seeing Jiang Feng that day and found out that Jiang Feng's luck in love was both good and bad. He could not find him now except that he was imprisoned.
After a short period of rest, he no longer needed to wear bandages on his face. Yan Liang reached out and gently touched the scabs on the wounds on his face, lost in thought.
Being too good-looking isn't necessarily a good thing.
Jiang Feng was imprisoned by Yao Yue because of his appearance, and the original owner's serious injuries were also related to his appearance.
The wound on his face was inflicted with a dagger, deep and vicious, more severe than the wounds on the rest of his body.
My forehead, cheeks, chin, and even the bridge of my nose were all maliciously scratched.
The system was eager to buy medicine to heal wounds and remove scars for its host from the store, but Yan Liang was indifferent to this matter. The system asked him why, puzzled and aggrieved. Yan Liang replied: "What if my face becomes too handsome after the wound is healed? I probably won't be able to leave then."
The system thought of Jiang Feng and inexplicably felt that what Yan Liang said made a lot of sense, but it still insisted on removing the scars. It discussed with Yan Liang that it would buy medicine to remove the scars as soon as it left Yihua Palace, and Yan Liang agreed with a smile.
He was just joking when he said that. Yan Liang was thinking that since he stayed in the Yihua Palace and never went out, if he suddenly had scar removal cream in his possession, it would definitely arouse suspicion.
Yan Liang's face was covered with unhealed wounds, making him look ferocious and terrifying. As a result, there were even fewer people in this already deserted place. Only Yi Yaoqing would apply medicine to him.
Today, as usual, Miss Yi applied medicine to Yan Liang's back, which was out of his reach. Yan Liang rested his arms on the table, looked at Yi Yaoqing in the bronze mirror, and made his request again.
"Could you please ask the First Palace Master and the Second Palace Master for permission to leave?"
Yi Yaoqing lowered her eyes as she applied medicine to him. The air was filled with the fragrance of herbs. Hearing this, she looked up into the bronze mirror. In the mirror, the boy with a ferocious and terrifying face smiled and stared directly at her.
"You used the healing medicine from Yihua Palace, wore the clothes from Yihua Palace, and ate the food from Yihua Palace, yet you still think about leaving?" Yi Yaoqing said calmly. "I have told you more than once to patiently wait for the Palace Master to deal with you."
“I am deeply grateful to the Yihua Palace for saving and taking me in, but I am penniless and useless to them. I would be better off going out to earn some money to repay your kindness.”
Yan Liang remained serious and expressionless.
"How do you plan to make money?" Yi Yaoqing retorted. "Your mind is empty right now; you'd probably rather invest money than make it."
Just as Yan Liang was about to speak, he heard a soft, melodious, and childlike voice coming from outside the house.
"Even if you don't leave, the Yihua Palace can still afford to support an idle person like you."
Author's Note: I'm late _(:з」∠)_
I had a full day of classes today, so it's late. Sorry everyone! Thank you to all the angels who voted for me or watered my plants between 2020-04-08 21:52:39 and 2020-04-09 23:50:08!
Thank you to the little angel who threw the landmine: Wenren Yousi (1);
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