Madam General, please run slower.

The two people in the room were working out the script for tomorrow's visit, one immersed in the role of a fool, the other was driven mad with anger.

Li really liked Yu Xun's frustrated but helpless look. She couldn't beat him now, so she could only vent her anger in this way. The two quarreled until the middle of the night, and finally Yu Xun was so angry that he ran back to the study. Li occupied a big bed and slept alone.

Chunmei, who was on night watch, watched Yu Xun leave, then entered the room carefully to cover the princess with a blanket. Li woke up the moment Chunmei pushed the door open. In the past month, the little maid would cover her with a blanket on time. Li also changed from being very vigilant at the beginning to keeping a calm and alert look with her eyes closed.

There is no way, you still have to be vigilant. This is an instinctive reaction in your consciousness and you can't control it.

Chunmei felt relieved when she saw the princess's rosy face, but her eyes were red with anger when she turned around and left.

This general is just a big boor! The little princess is weak, and it’s fine that he bullied her for so long, but who would run away after doing that? He must have used the princess as a tool to vent his anger, wuwuwu, my poor little princess.

The other person keeping watch was a maid assigned to the west courtyard by the general's mansion. She patted Chunmei's shoulder soothingly.

After a month of getting along, the people in the West Courtyard had already regarded the princess as their own sister, and could only condemn their general's irresponsible behavior in their hearts.

Little did he know that General Yu, whose reputation among his servants had deteriorated, was now lying on the couch in his study, unable to sleep due to anger. He had never seen such a stupid person since he was a child. What is this beloved husband? What kind of a name is this? It really pissed him off. He just hoped that nothing would go wrong tomorrow.

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The next day, Chunmei pulled Li out of bed early in the morning to dress up. Looking at the heavy jade hairpin on her head, Li felt a headache. Today she was still wearing pink clothes. After a month of recuperation, her face had become more rosy and less sickly. She looked fresh and attractive without makeup, and with the charming woman's bun, she was dignified yet playful.

Yu Xun was also stunned when he saw Li. If she hadn’t been kept in the deep palace, this face would definitely cause a sensation in the capital.

Before Yu Xun could appreciate it for long, the next second the woman's beautiful voice rang in his ears, directly tearing apart all the beauty.

"This dress is beautiful, you can't tear it."

Yu Xun: ...We can’t move on from this topic, right?

Chunmei immediately covered Li's mouth with her hand and whispered, "Princess, please don't say that again, especially in the palace."

Li nodded obediently to show that he understood.

"Let's go." Yu Xun coughed lightly and turned to walk towards the carriage. He really didn't want to chat with this little fool about the topic of tearing clothes or not. After last night's lesson, he would not talk to her if he could.

Li half-lay on the window sill in the carriage, looking at the street scene with excitement, although there was some exaggeration in her acting as a fool, the curiosity in her eyes was real. The hawkers' cries and the children's laughter were all very strange to Li, who lived on the edge of a knife.

There are also mortals in Yuluozhou who cannot cultivate spiritual power, but because of the influence of the Dead Shadow, these mortals are so scared when they see people wearing half masks on the street that they run away and leave their stalls there without paying any attention to them, as if they are the Yama who came to take their lives. However, the Dead Shadow has never made a move on mortals, because they think these mortals are too rubbish, so they disdain to take the task of assassinating mortals.

She had never experienced a busy city at such a close distance. No, she had visited the city before when she was on a mission and close to the target, but she had to be on guard against everything at that time, and all the sounds that were not related to the mission were just noise to her. She had never been as relaxed as she was now.

A slight wave interrupted Li's thoughts. Li looked back at Yu Xun who was resting with his eyes closed. This wave was not like the wave of spiritual power in a cultivator like Yu Xun. It was more like the flow of natural spiritual power. Could it be... a spiritual vein? !

"Tanghulu, is this palace built on a spiritual vein?"

"It looks a bit like a spiritual vein, but not quite." Tanghulu felt it carefully and was also confused. Although it was just a small halo without a face, "This spiritual power is indeed flowing into the palace, but after flowing into the palace, it did not spread out. It doesn't look like a spiritual vein."

But the master is so sensitive to the fluctuation of spiritual energy that it almost didn't notice it. Suddenly, it felt so useless o(╥﹏╥)o

"Could it be that the spiritual power is too weak and dissipates before it flows out?" No wonder those with the highest talent for cultivation in the Qianwu Dynasty were all members of the royal family. They won at the starting line from the moment they were born.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Tanghulu's eyes lit up as if he had thought of something. "Since there is spiritual energy flowing in the palace, the master can practice." If the master can practice, then its ability will become stronger. When the time comes to accept the inheritance, it will be able to help the master. Brave Tangtang is determined not to be a little waste.

Li sighed helplessly, "My meridians are blocked now and I can't absorb spiritual energy. It would be great if I had a marrow cleansing pill." The pills that she exchanged her life for in her previous life should have been divided up by them. It was really a bargain for them.

The carriage stopped at the palace gate.

"Princess, you can't take the carriage for the rest of the journey." Chunmei lifted the curtain and reached out to help Li get off the carriage. She didn't expect this heartless general to do this.

"It's okay. I ate a lot of cakes and I'm full and have energy." Li touched her stomach. Before leaving, Chunmei was worried that she would be hungry, so she prepared a lot of snacks for her in the carriage. Li couldn't control herself and ate too much.

Tanghulu: Master, you didn’t think of controlling me...

Yu Xun looked at her slightly bulging belly and suddenly wanted to reach out and poke it, but before he touched it, he heard a crisp "pop" sound.

Yu Xun didn't feel anything this time, but Li hurt his hand.

Oops, I was too quick.

Li cursed inwardly, but looked at Yu Xun vigilantly, "You can't tear it..." He immediately covered his mouth halfway through his words and looked at Chunmei fearfully with an expression that said, "I didn't mean it."

Yu Xun naturally heard what she hadn't finished saying. His surprise at being beaten was replaced by shame and anger. "Do you remember what I said to you last night?"

Seeing her nod obediently, Yu Xun stretched out his hand and motioned for her to hold it, "Let's go."

Li looked at his outstretched hand and hesitated for a moment, and finally she leaned on his arm. Although it was just acting, Li still didn't want to hold hands with this man for some reason. One reason was that her first impression of Yu Xun was too bad, and she was afraid that she would break his fingers if she couldn't help herself.

Another reason was that Qu Tangli's body was not yet of marriageable age. Compared with Yu Xun, a rough man who had already reached the age of twenty, her hands were thin and small. Whether she felt comfortable or not when he held her hands was one thing, but it also made her feel like she was being controlled, and she really didn't like this feeling.

Yu Xun didn't care, as long as he could achieve his goal.

Just as Li had guessed before, Qu Tangli's return visit was not that complicated. After worshiping the ancestors and paying respects to the emperor, the process was over. Even the banquet was not spared for her.

The explanation given by the Ministry of Rites was that she did not marry according to the formal etiquette of a princess, so there were not so many rules. In the hundred years since the founding of the Qianwu Dynasty, there has been no precedent for a princess marrying a general. No emperor would be willing to see a general with military power dominate. Emperor Qu was just attracted by Qu Tangli's identity as a fool and used it to involve Yu Xun back to the capital.

After a while, Li met this father, who she had few memories of, in the imperial study. The Crown Princess had already given birth to her third child, but he still clung to the throne. Look at his half-white hair. He was in his early fifties, but he had worked himself into an old man who was about to be buried.

After the two of them exchanged greetings and had tea, the emperor sent Li to the harem to have a heart-to-heart talk with the queen. He was too lazy to even be perfunctory with his foolish daughter. If it weren't for the prediction of the national teacher that made him worried, he would have sent her away with a cup of poisoned wine when he learned that the ninth princess was foolish.

Now, it is enough to know that the person is still alive, but it is also okay if he is dead, so that he has a reason to hold Yu Xun accountable.