The cold palm covered in her palm finally felt more comfortable, but Xie Yangui's body suddenly froze. She looked at the beautiful hand in her palm and blinked.

But then she raised her head and let go of Zhou Jin's hand as if naturally. As if nothing had happened, she took the lamp from his hand and said, "Lead the way for me."

"Okay." He responded in a low voice, and he and Xie Yangui walked around in circles and came to a remote courtyard.

The door was slightly open, and no one noticed that the owner inside had gone out.

Xie Yangui followed him into the house, holding the lamp and looking at the simplicity in the inner room.

The orientation of this room was not very good. Even with the windows open, the room was extremely hot and stuffy. Not to mention a sickly person, ordinary people could not stand it. It was obvious that Emperor Mingde did not take him seriously.

Thinking of him hunched over alone in this room, coughing hard, looking so weak, it was a waste of his good looks.

Now that she had openly rejected the marriage... Xie Yangui suddenly felt guilty in his heart.

"Wait for me here. I will be back in a quarter of an hour at most." When she turned around, Xie Yangui's expression had returned to normal. She put the lamp in her hand into Zhou Jin's hand, raised her head and told him.

"Okay." He agreed, holding the lamp and watching her leave.

The curtain in the room moved slightly at this moment. He frowned, and the gentleness on his face disappeared. He turned around and looked behind the curtain, "Come out."

The voice was cold, not at all as gentle as before.

Behind the curtain, a man in night clothes came out and saluted him, "Master, everything is ready according to your arrangement."

"I got it." He agreed and returned to his previous appearance, "Go ahead, don't let her find out."

The man responded "Yes" and quickly disappeared from the house.

When Xie Yan came back, Zhou Jin was sitting on the soft couch beside her with a lamp in her hand. She got a large piece of ice from nowhere, and in addition there was a food box.

With just a few punches, the huge ice cube was shattered, so she turned to look at Zhou Jin and asked, "How much ice should I put in?"

"Half is enough." Zhou Jin came forward and responded, then she put only half of the ice in the ice pan, "I'll take the rest away later."

Ice in summer is a rare thing. Even if you are in the palace, you must be frugal. Xie Yangui found something to put the remaining ice cubes in, and opened the food box.

"Here are snacks made by my aunt. They are easy to digest and won't make you uncomfortable even if you eat them before going to bed. Also, if you wake up early and feel hungry, you can also use them as a cushion."

At this time, Xie Yangui couldn't go anywhere else to find ice and food, so he simply went back to Qifeng Palace to get them.

"Thank you, General." Zhou Jin thanked her.

"Okay, it's really getting late, I have to go back and have a rest." Xie Yangui waved his hand casually, looking at his room, thinking about leaving the lamp.

"I will rest after you leave. If you don't need the lamp, you can take the lamp back so that the imperial concubine will not ask about the meeting between you and me." Zhou Jin handed over the lamp.

"It's not a shameful thing, I'm not afraid to ask." With that said, Xie Yangui still took the lamp, "Then you can rest, I'm leaving."

Without waiting for Zhou Jin's response, she strode out of the house and disappeared into the courtyard in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Jin stood there, with a smile appearing on his lips for a while. He coughed a few times, glanced at the ice in the ice mirror, and walked slowly to the inner room.

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Xie Yangui didn't sleep very peacefully. One moment he thought of the scene where he said he refused to marry in the court, and the next moment he felt Zhou Jin's cold fingertips touching the palm of his hand.

Her mind was complicated and she thought a lot, and she fell asleep late at night.

When she woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning. Xie Heng had gotten up early, listened to the palace servants' report, and came to the palace where Xie Yan stayed.

"Aunt." With her long hair disheveled, Xie Yangui sat on the bed and reached out to hug Xie Heng.

"I heard that you went to Taoran Pavilion to enjoy the lotus last night. I asked people to pick some lotus pods early in the morning and made lotus seed soup for you. Get up and eat it quickly." Xie Heng said in a warm voice while stroking Xie Yangui's long hair.

"After breakfast later, I will accompany you to find His Majesty. You must call off your marriage to the Seventh Prince today no matter what."

Hearing Xie Heng mention the breakup of his engagement with Zhou Jin, Xie Yangui couldn't help but have those beautiful eyes appear in front of his eyes.

She thought of the serious look on his face when answering questions yesterday, and subconsciously held Xie Heng's hand, "Aunt!"

"You kid, why are you so surprised?" Xie Heng asked her with a smile.

"Aunt, why are you so disliked by Zhou Jin? Is it because he is weak?" Xie Yangui was a little puzzled. Her aunt had always been tolerant, and the princes and princesses in the harem all got along well with her.

"It's not that I don't like him, it's just that my attitude is different when it comes to you. Among the princes in the palace, he is the only one whose marriage is undecided. Naturally, it's not just because of his health."

"You yourself said that my aunt is not happy with him. She probably knows His Majesty's attitude towards him. Otherwise, how do you think the word "Jin" in his name comes from?"

Xie Heng rubbed Xie Yangui's hand, lowered his eyes, and frowned slightly, "Sincere, cautious. There are so many words, but I chose this one. Your Majesty is reminding him to be cautious, but now he has given you a marriage to

How can I agree with him?"

It turned out that this was the reason, Xie Yangui breathed a sigh of relief.

She met someone yesterday, and she was somewhat interested in seeing him. She thought that if her aunt was dissatisfied with his physical condition, or disliked his biological mother's humble status, it would be really difficult to deal with it.

But if it is because of His Majesty's attitude, there may be some changes.

Furthermore, she does have some considerations of her own.

"Tell me, what do you think?" She was thinking about it in her mind when she was suddenly asked, so she raised her eyes and looked at Xie Heng.

"Aunt, why do you ask like that?" Xie Yangui had a flattering smile on his face.

"You were raised by me when you were four years old. When you were seven years old, you moved back to the old house. After that, you went to Liaobei and rarely came back. And because of the weak body, the seventh child did not come out even during the New Year, but you knew that he

His name and current situation must have been investigated by someone."

"Yesterday you were in the palace begging His Majesty to break off the engagement, but today you asked me why I'm not happy with him. Tell me, have you met him?"

After all, she was the one taking care of the grown-up child, so she wasn't completely unaware of the twists and turns in her belly.

"Xie Yangui, I can tell you that Zhou Jin is not in good health. In the future, when it comes to bed... ahem, it may not be possible. You are in your prime years. Don't just look at your face and ignore it."

"Aunt, I'm not that kind of person!" Xie Yangui hurriedly asked for explanation, but Xie Heng reached out and tapped his forehead twice.

"Since you were a child, if you saw a good-looking person in front of you, you could eat two more bowls of rice. My aunt knows what you are thinking. If you are just greedy, at worst, my aunt will help you look for someone. Even if you are better than the seventh child, you will never be unable to get in.

your eyes."

"But if you want him to die early, then you can be freed and no longer imprisoned by marriage, then you can consider it, but..."
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