Gao Minyue's hands were not as soft as Yu Qingwu's, and her movements were even more crude and unreasonable, utterly devoid of romance.

Xie Jin Yan's face darkened, his eyes instantly turning cold. His fingertip shifted, covering Gao Minyue's wrist.

He heavily pried her hand away.

Then, he stood up.

He didn't say a word, but his face was filled with resistance and disgust.

Gao Minyue sprawled on the bed, staring in shock at Xie Jin Yan, who deliberately kept a distance of ten feet from her. A strong sense of humiliation instantly surged into her heart.

"Why!"

Her face was filled with jealousy and hatred, and she gazed at Xie Jin Yan with tears in her eyes for a moment, but still unwillingly opened her mouth. "Why can she, but I can't? Senior Brother, where am I inferior to her?"

She was filled with tears, and her resentment reached its peak.

If that slut hadn't framed her and forced her into the bed of a cook, she would have been the Crown Princess long ago.

But now, not only had that slut not been punished, she had also usurped her position and taken everything that originally belonged to her.

Thinking of this, Gao Minyue became even more angry. She stumbled out of bed and walked towards Xie Jin Yan again, looking at him痴痴, crying, "Senior Brother, I know, you嫌弃I'm not chaste, you嫌弃I've been married, right?"

"But do you think Yu Qingwu is chaste? That night, she was also drugged with aphrodisiacs, and she had long been defiled by someone…"

"A Yue!" Xie Jin Yan shouted, stopping her with a sharp voice.

He harshly甩开her hand, then tried to calm his emotions. He took a deep look at her and said coldly, "A Yue, you and she are different."

"Even if Senior Sister is not chaste, I will still marry her."

These few faint words caused Gao Minyue's mood to plummet to the bottom.

No matter how foolish she was, she could hear the meaning behind them.

Gao Minyue laughed bitterly and slumped to the ground.

Xie Jin Yan squatted down and gently patted her shoulder, speaking in a gentle voice, "A Yue, Uncle Gao treated me like his own son, and you will always be my little sister. I hope that in the future, you can get along peacefully with your sister-in-law. She is not a bad person. If you don't make an enemy of her, she will naturally protect you."

"Who wants her protection! I only want you, Senior Brother, I only want you to protect me!" Gao Minyue frantically beat the floor with both hands, crying hysterically.

Xie Jin Yan didn't say anything, only silently accompanying her.

Only when she was tired of crying did he slowly get up and sigh, "Rest well and don't make any more trouble."

"Senior Brother, didn't you… used to hate her the most?" Gao Minyue bit her teeth, her eyes scarlet, and while feeling jealous and resentful, she couldn't help but ask the question that had puzzled her for a long time.

Hearing this, Xie Jin Yan paused slightly, slowly turned his head, looked at her seriously, a mocking smile tugging at his handsome face, his eyes dim in a way they had never been before. He shook his head and said, "Perhaps, it was because of the childishness of youth, always thinking that if I did something bad, I could get her to think highly of me."

"Or perhaps… it was because I couldn't get what I wanted, it was hate born of love…"

When they were young, Xie Jin Yan and Yu Qingwu were actually the best of friends.

At that time, he was very timid, afraid of snakes and afraid of bugs. His fellow disciples laughed at him for being like a girl. Only Qingwu told him that it was not embarrassing for boys to be afraid of snakes.

That autumn, someone put a snake in his quilt, scaring him so much that he wet his pants. It was Qingwu who secretly washed his pants for him, protecting his little boy's dignity.

He thought that when he grew up, he would definitely marry Qingwu as his wife. But later, as he grew older, she actually fell in love with someone else…

Xie Jin Yan hated it so much. He wished he could kill that man, he hated that she only treated him as a younger brother…

He began to target her crazily, bullying her…

"A Yue, the aphrodisiac incident was your fault in the first place, so don't mention it again in the future."

Pulling himself out of his memories, he said softly to Gao Minyue, and stepped out of Chunfang Pavilion.

Gao Minyue was stunned in place, looking at the empty doorway, her face gloomy, her eyes gradually turning resentful.

That slut Yu Qingwu not only stole the position that belonged to her, but also stole Senior Brother. She was determined to make her wish she were dead.

*Bang*, another loud crash of porcelain shattering.

Along with Gao Minyue's cries, the maids all retreated to the courtyard, and not a single one went to dissuade her.

After making a scene like this for more than ten days, seeing that Xie Jin Yan no longer comforted her, Gao Minyue restrained herself a little.

Perhaps feeling that Xie Jin Yan was unwilling to touch her because he嫌弃her for not being as good at dressing up as Yu Qingwu, one early morning, Gao Minyue led several maids out, saying that she wanted to order some clothes and rouge.

Inside Qingning Courtyard, Yu Qingwu had been lying down for more than ten days and had recovered a lot.

Apart from her right hand still hanging in front of her chest, there was nothing seriously wrong with her.

It was just that she would still get headaches from time to time.

In the afternoon, Granny Xun invited the imperial physician to come. After the diagnosis, the medicine was changed, and she lay back on the bed.

When she woke up again, it was already evening.

Xie Jin Yan didn't know when he had entered the room. When Yu Qingwu opened her eyes, he was sitting beside the bed. Seeing that she was awake, he reached out to help her up and ordered Granny Xun to serve dinner.

Yu Qingwu took his hand and let him hug her up, softly asking, "When did Your Highness return?"

Xie Jin Yan carried her to the table, then took a coat and put it on her, saying gently, "It's been a while. I saw that you were asleep, so I didn't wake you."

"I heard that Imperial Physician Chen came to see you today. Are you feeling any better?" His eyes were gentle. As he spoke, Granny Xun had already set out the dishes.

Xie Jin Yan picked up a piece of winter melon and put it in Yu Qingwu's bowl…

Yu Qingwu held chopsticks with her left hand and calmly put it in her mouth.

Since that day, their relationship had eased a lot and become a lot more ambiguous.

Basically, every day, Xie Jin Yan would come to accompany her for dinner.

Sometimes Gao Minyue would send people to make a scene, but Xie Jin Yan ignored them.

"Your Highness, Crown Prince, something has happened." Speak of the devil, Yu Qingwu was just wondering what kind of tricks Gao Minyue would pull out today when Granny Xun suddenly walked in.

Xie Jin Yan frowned and asked impatiently, "What's wrong with A Yue again?"

"That… Your Highness, I don't know what happened, but Miss Gao beat the Third Miss Shen and the Eldest Madam Shen on the street. Now the Shen family has locked her up in jail."

Granny Xun looked embarrassed. After a pause, she very reluctantly took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Xie Jin Yan, stammering, "This was sent by the Shen family, saying that Miss Gao and those two fought because of this letter."

As she spoke, she unconsciously glanced at Yu Qingwu.

Seeing Granny Xun looking at her, Yu Qingwu immediately understood what was going on.

What was coming, had come after all.

The corners of her mouth slightly raised, Yu Qingwu secretly looked at the man beside her.

She saw that his face was becoming more and more ugly. Seeing the signature at the end, that handsome face was covered with a layer of gloom. He still cared about his A Yue after all.

For a moment, the way he looked at her changed, anger rolling in his eyes. He heavily smashed the letter in front of her and asked coldly, "Senior Sister, did you write this letter?"