The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

Late at night, when everyone was asleep, Yu Wantai wandered around in the alleys, making turns and twists. After making sure there was no one behind him, he jumped into a courtyard.

The yard was dark and empty. He tiptoed to the door of the east wing and suddenly heard a slight noise from inside. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, there was a creaky sound and the door was pushed open from the inside.

"Since we're here at your house, please come in and sit down!" A clear male voice came from inside the house.

Yu Wantai was familiar with this voice. After hesitating for a moment, he strode into the house.

Almost at the same time as he stepped into the room, candles were lit in the room. The man stood with his back to the woman and slowly lit the remaining candles. He then took out a hairpin and straightened the wicks one by one.

The man's movements were leisurely and slow, and his mood inexplicably calmed down.

The door was closed from the outside, leaving only two people in the room. Yan Yongchen lit the last candle, put down the hairpin, turned around, and said, "Why are you still standing, my lord? Please take a seat!"

Yu Wantai bowed and waited for him to sit down before sitting down on the armchair beside him. "I would like to thank my father-in-law for helping me with today's matter on Xixi's behalf."

"Sister Xi is my biological daughter. It is only natural for me to help her. It is not worthy for Prince Rong to come to my house specially to thank me." Yan Yongchen said in a light tone, and there seemed to be a sense of alienation in his words.

After a moment of silence, Yu Wantai confirmed that he would not speak again. He could only ask the question in his heart, "How did my father-in-law know that Xixi was in trouble? How did he plot against the concubines and princes under the emperor's nose? What is your purpose in stirring up trouble?"

Yan Yongchen raised the corners of his lips and asked, "Does Yan have to answer the prince's question?"

"This prince wants to hear it. It's up to your father-in-law to decide whether to answer or not." Yu Wantai intuitively knew that Yan Yongchen would tell him something, so he was not in a hurry to press the issue.

Sure enough, Yan Yongchen glanced at him, lowered his eyes and chuckled, "Since Your Highness wants to hear it, it's not a bad idea for me to tell you a thing or two."

The night wind was freezing cold. When Yu Wantai came, he was in a bad mood, and when he left, he felt extremely depressed.

After returning to Shuangxinju, he took off his nightgown, warmed his body beside the charcoal brazier, then lifted the quilt and lay down in it.

Even after drinking the tranquilizer, the beautiful woman in front of him still slept uneasily, her brows were tightly furrowed, and there were traces of tears in the corners of her eyes.

He stretched out his fingers, gently smoothed out the twisted eyebrows, carefully wiped away the traces of tears, and depicted the eyebrows and eyes that were engraved in his bones over and over again.

He regretted marrying her into the palace, shouldn't have put a heavier yoke on her, regretted having her...

But the most useless thing in the world is regret. In the current situation, he has no choice but to move forward.

The next day, when Yan Muxi woke up, Yu Wantai was no longer beside her. Seeing Yinxia coming in to help her get up and wash, she asked, "Where is the prince?"

"The prince went out early in the morning. He might have something important to tell him." Yin Xia lowered her eyes and did not dare to look at Yan Muxi, for fear of being discovered.

When the sky just brightened, Yinxia came to the main courtyard to serve, and happened to bump into Yu Wantai who was going out. She subconsciously asked, "Is the prince going out? Is the prince's wife awake?"

The prince not only did not answer her questions as usual, but his eyes were cold. He then strode past her and walked out the door. After he had passed her, he said, "The master's affairs are not something you, a servant, can inquire about. Just take care of your own business."

The Crown Princess has just experienced a setback and must hope that the Crown Prince will be by her side. She dare not tell the Crown Princess the truth, for fear that she would be sad if she knew.

Hearing that Yu Wantai had gone out for something, Yan Muxi did not ask any more questions, "Hurry up and help me dress up. Today is New Year's Day. Don't let my father and mother wait too long. By the way, Dongyu will distribute the New Year's money for me later."

"Okay, I'll remember that." Dong Yu's voice was muffled.

Yan Muxi sighed in his heart, but forced a smile on his face, "It's not a big deal, it's over, don't take it to heart, be happy."

Yinxia was the first to grin, "The Crown Princess is right, the old year has passed, we should welcome the new dynasty happily."

Jin Chun and Qiu Zhu also forced themselves to smile. Seeing this, Dong Yu could only try hard to suppress his puffy cheeks and smile along with them.

It's just that, the way she bared her big white teeth and tried to pretend to be happy wasn't much better than crying.

In Zhuxiang Hall, Yan Muxi found out that Yu Wantai was also there after she entered the hall. After greeting the old Prince Rong, she asked, "Why didn't the prince invite me to come to Zhuxiang Hall?"

"I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't call you. Mother hasn't woken up yet, so it doesn't matter if you come late."

Yu Wantai's tone remained the same, but Yan Muxi still heard something strange in his words, as if they were not as intimate as before.

They waited until the end of the morning hour before Princess Rong woke up from her coma. She was awake for only a quarter of an hour before falling asleep again.

In just a few months, Princess Rong's hair was no longer black, her eye sockets were sunken and wrinkles appeared. At first glance, she looked like the same age as the old Prince Rong. Only the soft light in her eyes when she was awake proved that she was still as pure as before.

Before going to bed at night, Yan Muxi took out the ointment and asked Yu Wantai to help her apply it on the wound.

In fact, the wound didn't hurt much anymore, she just wanted to find a reason to be close to him and feel more secure.

Yu Wantai carefully helped her apply the medicine. She took the opportunity to get close to him, but he refused her on the grounds that his injury had not healed yet.

She felt a little uncomfortable, but after thinking about it, she let it go. There were so many things going on now, and it was normal for Yu Wantai not to want to touch her. Even if she succeeded in getting pregnant, Princess Rong might not be able to see the birth of the child.

The next day was the second day of the Chinese New Year, and married women would return to their parents' home as usual.

Just before leaving, Yu Wantai said he had something to do and asked Yan Muxi to go back to the Yan Mansion alone.

"Sir, do you have something important to do?" Yan Muxi asked doubtfully.

Unless the relationship between husband and wife is not harmonious, or the wife is out of favor, she will go back to her mother's home alone during the New Year holidays.

Yu Wantai explained in a gentle voice, "Fan Mingyao was suspected of fraud and was sent to prison. He was only released and returned home the day before yesterday. He is hosting a banquet at Hua Man Lou today. As a good brother, it would be unreasonable for me not to show my support."

Yan Muxi thought she had misheard. She thought Yu Wantai had something serious going on and chose to leave her alone to go back to her parents' home, but it turned out that he was just supporting his so-called brother.

"What do you mean, Young Master? Could it be that the bad friends outside are more important than your own wife?" Dong Yu couldn't stand it anymore and questioned angrily.

Yan Muxi pretended to be angry and scolded, "Dongyu, don't be rude to the prince."

She knew Dongyu was speaking up for her, but it was a big taboo for a servant to talk back to his master, and she should not tolerate it.

"Miss~" Dong Yu was very dissatisfied in her heart, but out of consideration for Yan Muxi, she bowed and apologized, "My words and actions were rude, I hope the prince can forgive me this time."

Seeing Yu Wantai lowering his eyes and keeping silent, Jixiang, who was standing beside him, received Yinxia's look and hurriedly wiped the sweat off his forehead and urged, "Master, let's go out quickly. If we go late, we'll probably be fined again."

Yu Wantai looked at Yan Muxi and said, "I'll go ahead. If Hua Man Lou can finish early, I'll pick you up at Yan's house."

Yan Muxi forced a smile, "Okay, drink less. I'll wait for you."

Seeing that the master and servant really left the house, Dong Yu was so angry that he jumped up and down. After being glared at by Yin Xia several times, he swallowed the curse back.