Seeing this scene, for some reason, Mu Qingwan felt as if her whole heart had been soaked in sour vinegar water, which made people unable to help but shed tears, but at the same time, all the grievances and complaints were melted away involuntarily.

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She watched blankly as he came closer and closer, standing in front of her, staring at her through the hot steam coming out of the bowl of soup in his hand, "What's wrong? I don't know him anymore?"

"I...why are you here?"

He leaned over and looked into her eyes: "Don't you want to see me?"

"Am I not in a dungeon? Why did I get out? Where is this place?"

She asked all her questions in one breath, her eyes fixed on the bowl of black concoction in his hand.

He put his arm around her shoulders, hugged her and walked inside, "Drink this first and then I'll tell you slowly."

"What is this?" she asked, pretending to be confused.

In fact, she had already guessed it when she smelled it. She just wanted to see how the man would answer.

Xia Houlie's handsome face turned red as expected, but he quickly covered it up and pretended to be nonchalant:

"It's a decoction to relieve pain. Isn't your... painful..."

At this point, when he saw Mu Qingwan's half-smiling expression, he felt a little embarrassed. In order to cover up his embarrassment, his tone involuntarily became rough, "What are you doing looking at me? Drink it!"

Mu Qingwan suppressed her laughter, pretended to be aggrieved and pouted, "So fierce..."

He hugged her into his arms, bit her earlobe, and hummed, "If you don't want to die from pain, just be good."

While she was saying harsh words, his big hands had already reached into her cold belly, ironing it and rubbing it gently.

This slightly relieved her pain, and her frown relaxed, but the bitter smell from the bowl of medicine still made her frown:

"This medicine is so bitter..."

"If you don't mind, I can feed you myself." Xia Houlie squeezed her hand with a warning look in his eyes.

His meaning was so obvious that Mu Qingwan immediately chuckled. This medicine can relieve women's menstrual pain. She didn't believe that he, a grown man, was really willing to feed her with his mouth, so she blurted out: "I don't...

..." Before the word "fear" came out, he had already blocked his lips, "Well..."

Then, the warm and bitter liquid slowly flowed into her mouth, and before she could react, it had already slipped into her throat.

After feeding a whole bowl of medicine, his lips had not left, still entangled with hers. It was not until Mu Qingwan felt that she was about to suffocate in his domineering kiss that the force on the back of her head disappeared and instead wrapped around hers.

waist.

Xia Houlie hugged her tightly and breathed heavily, trying to calm down the fire burning in his body.

Seriously, I don’t know what kind of medicine Yunluo took, but it still has an effect even now.

Mu Qingwan felt his tight body and the heat coming from the place close to her. Her face suddenly felt hot, and she hurriedly pushed him away and distanced herself from him.

She couldn't let him mess with her current condition.

"What's wrong?" Xia Houlie took her back again, but she began to refuse, looked up at him and asked:

"Why are we here? You don't have to go back and deal with those women?"

When she thought of what happened yesterday, there was a faint pain in her chest. Thinking of his indifferent attitude yesterday, she felt a little aggrieved, but she couldn't break free from his grip, so she had to look away and look at the two chasing and playing on the ground.

A puppy.

"This is a house I bought, not far from the palace. You will live here from now on, and I will send people to take care of and protect you." As he spoke, he pulled her face back and matched his forehead with hers.

, "It's just that there will be less opportunities for us to meet in the future. I can only come over to see you occasionally. Do you want to know it well?"

No matter how much anger and grievances Mu Qingwan felt in her heart, they disappeared without a trace after hearing his words. She just thought of him fighting alone in the palace in the future, and she couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart:

"I'd better go back with you. We are one, and we should share blessings and hardships, right? Don't worry, what happened yesterday was an accident. I will be careful in my words and deeds in the future, and I will never let them catch me again.

Handle, okay?"

When Xia Houlie heard what she said, his heart suddenly felt sweet and warm. He closed his eyes and leaned over to press several kisses on the top of her hair. He took her into his arms again and said:

"Wan, your words are enough. But the palace is dangerous and treacherous. If you are not careful, you will be in danger. After what happened yesterday, I don't dare to take risks anymore. I can't bear to do it."

"But..." Mu Qingwan was about to say that she didn't care, but was interrupted by him:

"Wan, be good, if you want me to feel at ease, just stay here. I will come out to see you whenever I have a chance. Only when you are safe can I let go and deal with Yun Chuyi and the others without any worries.

Got it?"

He said so, and Mu Qingwan had no choice but to swallow her words no matter how much she said. After a moment of silence, she nodded in his arms.

"Then you must be careful. Remember to eat on time and rest on time. No matter how busy you are, don't push yourself. If your stomach is not good, don't drink, don't eat spicy food, don't eat cold food..."

She began to give instructions one by one. Xia Houlie listened with a smile and watched her tears slowly flow down. He leaned over and kissed her on the lips, "Fool, why are you crying? It's not like I won't come back once I leave..."

Before he could finish his words, Mu Qingwan covered his mouth with anger in his tearful eyes: "Don't talk nonsense!"

"Okay, okay, we all need to be well. I will try my best to come out every night. If I don't come, don't wait. Go to bed early, okay?"

"Yes." Mu Qingwan tried hard to restrain her tears, "Also, I planted some vine grass in the back garden of Changxin Palace before, and it should have grown by now. The vine grass can detoxify hundreds of poisons. Remember this when you go back.

Ask Aunt Chu to pick some, crush them and take them, just in case."

"Is there anything else you want to tell me? My nagging little lady."

"Ignore you. People say serious things to you, but you say I'm nagging."

Xia Houlie quickly pulled her body over, kissed her pouty lips, and begged for mercy:

"Okay, okay, it's your husband who made the mistake. Madam, you have a lot of money, so please spare your husband this time."

Mu Qingwan hugged him tightly, cried and beat him on the back: "What should I do? Damn, I started to miss you before we were separated."

"Me too." He kissed her hair and comforted her: "The short separation now is to stay together for a long time in the future. We all need to be stronger, you know?"

Mu Qingwan nodded, wiped away her tears, and smiled:

"Hey, don't worry and go back to the palace. I will always be good and wait for you to go home."

After saying that, she pulled him up, and then pushed him to the door with determination, "You should go back to the palace quickly. It's time to attend the morning court. Don't arouse their suspicion."

Xia Houlie stroked her face and kissed her on the forehead, then turned and walked towards the door.

"Hey..." Mu Qingwan watched him walking further and further away, and finally couldn't help but call out. Xia Houlie stopped, turned around, and stared at her tenderly, and the two looked at each other from a distance.

They were sitting there, one in the yard and the other at the door of the house. Their thoughts were like a tangled thread, tightly binding them together.

Mu Qingwan tried her best to put a smile on her face. She couldn't let Lie worry about her. "If you can't come over because of something, you must send someone to send me a letter, you know?"

"Don't worry, I will do it." Xia Houlie's deep eyes were locked firmly on her, watching her desperately holding back tears and pretending to be strong. At this moment, he really wished he could turn her into a small person.

My son, I hold him in my arms, stay with him every day, and never need to be separated again.

He saw the two little guys Nuan Nuan and Lan Lai kept picking at the hem of her skirt, and finally she couldn't help but squat down and scolded her softly, with an endearing smile on her lips, and he couldn't help but laugh too.

Staying with the woman I love, with the occasional noises from two cute and naughty puppies, the years are quiet and peaceful.

If life can always be like this, there will be no regrets.

However, there were too many problems in front of him, and he had to face them.

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Three days passed quickly, but Xia Houlie never showed up. Every night, Leng Ji came to tell her, "Master said that he can't come tonight. He wants you to go to bed early and take care of yourself."

Although longing grew like grass in her heart, Mu Qingwan tried her best to hold it back. Every night she made a stomach-nurturing supper and gave it to Leng Ji, asking him to take it to the palace to give to Xia Houlie. She also prescribed a stomach-nurturing prescription.

Let him be handed over to Aunt Chu and ask Xia Houxie to drink it every day.

On this day, Xia Houlie finally found some time and walked out of the palace without stopping, and walked into the courtyard, but there was no one there.

He was a little puzzled when he heard a noise coming from the small kitchen in the backyard.

She walked over curiously, only to see two palace maids assigned to serve Mu Qingwan busy around her.

He walked over calmly, glanced at the two palace maids, and the two quickly and quietly retreated, leaving this place to the two masters who had not seen each other for a long time.

At this moment, Mu Qingwan was wearing an apron and working in front of the stove. The slender belt was strangling her slender waist and outlining her figure.

Xia Houlie only felt a "sniff-", and a fire ignited in his heart, and the sound seemed to burn his whole body.

Her long black hair was tied up in a loose bun with only a white jade hairpin, and her snow-white neck was exposed. It had a graceful arc and was as thin as white porcelain, making people reluctant to look away.

She was so serious that she didn't even know she was being stared at by a man.

"Luoxia, bring me some salt..."

Mu Qingwan took a spoon and tasted the corn soup in the pot, and frowned, it seemed a bit bland.

Xia Houlie looked around subconsciously, only to find that the two palace maids had been sent out by him. Seeing that she continued to stir the soup and stretched out her hand, he had no choice but to go to the chopping board next to him to rummage.

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Chapter completed!