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Shen Chuwei’s hand reached out, but due to fear, it shrank back. She stared at the eyes beneath the mask for quite a while before stretching out her fingers to poke it again.

After waiting a moment and seeing no reaction from him, she finally felt confident enough to reach for his mask.

At a glance, she couldn’t see the ties on the mask. After fumbling for a bit, she finally noticed an ordinary silk thread, which did not feel like silk at all.

She gave it a tug and found that it didn’t come off.

How on earth did he tie it?

Initially, Shen Chuwei just wanted to sneak a peek, but now she was thwarted by a mere string. She frowned and produced "Broken Moon" from her Space, a tool sharp enough to slice through iron as if it were mud—was she afraid of not being able to cut this string?

Shen Chuwei gripped Broken Moon tightly, ready to cut, but then hesitated again.

Would he be really angry if he woke up and found the mask’s string cut?

Just as Shen Chuwei hesitated for a moment, her wrist was suddenly gripped tightly by a hand, scaring her nearly enough to throw Broken Moon away.

Ye Suhuan raised his eyes to look at Shen Chuwei, "What are you doing?"

Getting caught in the act of snooping—there’s no getting out of this one~

Shen Chuwei awkwardly smiled, "I just wanted to see what material your mask is made of, that’s all~"

Even she didn’t believe this excuse, let alone Ye Suhuan.

Ye Suhuan glanced at Broken Moon in her hand.

Shen Chuwei subconsciously looked at Broken Moon as well, making the situation even harder to explain.

At that moment, the horse carriage suddenly stopped.

Shen Chuwei inwardly sighed, relieved at the timely stop, "We’ve arrived, let’s get off."

After speaking, she pried Ye Suhuan’s hand off and got out of the carriage without looking back, as if staying any longer would seal her fate.

After disembarking, Shen Chuwei stood outside the carriage for quite a while, but Ye Suhuan did not come down, and she felt it wouldn’t be appropriate to hurry him.

Was he angry?

After a long wait, she finally saw Ye Suhuan slowly emerging from the carriage.

Upon alighting, Ye Suhuan instructed a nearby Guard, "Take Princess Jiuyou back."

The Guard bowed courteously, "As your Subordinate commands."

Shen Chuwei looked at Ye Suhuan with confusion, only to hear him say, "I’ll be leaving first."

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Shen Chuwei was full of question marks, what did Ye Suhuan’s expression mean? It was as if he had become another person.

The Guard took out each item from the carriage and stood in front of Princess Jiuyou.

Although Shen Chuwei was puzzled by Ye Suhuan’s reaction, she didn’t delve into it and turned to go back to Wuyou Palace.

Red palace lanterns hung all over the Imperial Palace.

Ye Suhuan leaned against the wall as he walked, eventually unable to hold back a mouthful of blood, which he spat out onto the wall. The bright red blood, even in the dark of night, was clearly visible as blood.

Ye Suhuan watched the bloodstain for a moment before taking a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiping the blood off the wall.

The bloodstain on the wall wasn’t easy to clean, and in the end, he had to get some water from the lake to barely wipe it away.

After all this, Ye Suhuan finally stood up straight and left.

In the black of night, the lean figure stood tall and straight.

*

It was Xun Qingqing’s first time traveling far from home, she’d been in excitement these past few days. Pulling her gaze back from outside the carriage, she turned to Jun Wuxian, "Axian, where are we going to find Shen Chuwei?"

Jun Wuxian paused in his tea-drinking and lifted his gaze to Xun Qingqing, only to see her face brimming with smiles. He replied with a smile, "We’re heading to Mobei first."

Xun Qingqing drew back the curtain of the carriage and shifted closer to Jun Wuxian, picking up the tea cup and taking a few sips.

"I’ve never been there, but I’ve heard my father and my elder brother mention it."

Jun Wuxian said, "The place is close to the desert; when the wind blows, there will be sandstorms. The living environment isn’t as good as in the Capital."

"That’s what my father said too, but he told it to my younger brother, to make him appreciate what he has." Xun Qingqing finished speaking and laughed.

Hearing this, Jun Wuxian also chuckled. General Xun has always been strict with his sons, but he dotes on Xun Qingqing quite a lot.

"After several days of travel, are you tired?"

Xun Qingqing shook her head with a smile, "Not tired."

Jun Wuxian looked at the delicate Xun Qingqing, someone who had never been out before—how could she not be tired?

"We won’t have an Inn to stay in along today’s journey, and we’ll have to spend the night outside."

The old Xun Qingqing would have naturally struggled with the hardship of travel, not only because she couldn’t bear it, but she would also complain all the way, not to mention spending the night in the wild.

But times had changed, as long as she was with Jun Wuxian, what did a little hardship matter?

Xun Qingqing’s eyes curved into a smile, "I’m fine, it’s the same sleeping in the carriage."

Jun Wuxian smiled and pulled her into his embrace. It was the first time he had a delicate woman with him on a long journey. The trip had become more joyfully filled with pleasures he had never experienced before.