Feng Yunshu rubbed her nose and frowned. "I don't know. I feel like someone's talking bad about me behind my back..."
"It's already late autumn. Winter is just around the corner. You're dressed so thinly. How can you not catch a cold sitting here?"
Helan Yanting strode forward, frowning as he sized up her thin clothes from head to toe. Then he took off his fur cloak and draped it over her shoulders.
The cloak still carried his body heat. Before he did this, Feng Yunshu didn't feel that cold. But as she felt the warmth from the cloak, she suddenly felt a pleasant warmth spread through her body, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of comfort.
The temperature had dropped quite quickly these days. When she went out, she didn't bring any thick clothes. But since she was a cultivator, she wasn't very sensitive to temperature changes, so she didn't feel that cold.
"I've already had people prepare some thick clothes for you all. Especially you, with your slender build. I've ordered them to prepare a top - quality fur cloak for you to keep out the cold. It would be troublesome if you caught a cold."
"Your Highness, I'm not that delicate. Look at me—" Before Feng Yunshu could show off her so - called "robust" physique, "Achoo!" She let out another loud sneeze.
Then, Feng Yunshu silently retracted her unfinished words, rubbed her itchy nose, and nodded obediently. "I think I really need to add some clothes. This weather is really..."
Helan Yanting saw that the tip of her nose and her cheeks were a bit flushed. The way she nodded obediently was so cute, like a juicy peach that made people want to take a bite.
"Come on, let's go have some hot mutton soup to ward off the cold."
At the mention of mutton soup, Feng Yunshu instantly perked up. She quickly nodded and followed Helan Yanting out of the camp.
Xiaoling silently followed behind. She was silently complaining in her heart that her master had a man and didn't care about her anymore. Just then, she heard Feng Yunshu call her. "Xiaoling, hurry up and follow. If we're late, there won't be any meat left..."
Xiaoling was overjoyed. She waddled her short, chubby legs and quickly caught up.
During the meal, Feng Yunshu learned from Helan Yanting that Dongfang Yuan had agreed to his conditions. So Helan Yanting's men had rescued him and secretly sent him to a safe place to recuperate.
After hearing this, Feng Yunshu nodded in agreement. "That's good. But I think he won't give up easily. There'll probably be some good shows later."
Helan Yanting nodded. "Indeed. The show is about to start."
Feng Yunshu was just about to sit back and watch this upcoming revenge drama, but unexpectedly, she met the protagonist of this drama that very day.
Since Helan Yanting was discussing military strategies with General Shi and others, Feng Yunshu felt a bit bored on her own. She thought about resuming her old business of alchemy.
But since she didn't bring any alchemy materials when she came out, Feng Yunshu planned to gather materials locally. She intended to go up the mountain to see if there were any precious medicinal herbs.
She had just been on the mountain for a short while when suddenly she heard someone call her. "Yunshu!"
Feng Yunshu thought she was hallucinating. Then the voice came again. "Yunshu, stop!"
This time she was sure she wasn't hallucinating, and Xiaoling, who was with her, also heard it.
"Master, master, it seems like a man is calling you! There's actually someone else in this deep mountain..." Xiaoling was also very surprised.
Feng Yunshu turned around and looked in the direction of the voice. She never expected to see Dongfang Yuan here.
In sight, Dongfang Yuan was wearing a long blue round - collared robe. His face looked unusually pale, and his whole figure was a bit thin.
Dongfang Yuan's face seemed extremely surprised and a bit disbelieving. He took a few hasty steps forward. Because he was in such a hurry, his steps were even a bit staggering. Feng Yunshu even suspected that he would trip and fall, but that didn't happen.
"I knew you were still alive! You're really here. Great! Great!"
As Dongfang Yuan got closer and looked at the woman in front of him, his expression became even more excited.
Feng Yunshu sized him up. Thinking that she was wearing a veil now and her face was a bit more gorgeous than before, she wondered how he could recognize her at a glance.
Anyway, she didn't want to have anything to do with him anymore.
"Sir, you've mistaken me. I don't know you."
Feng Yunshu said lightly. Then she turned around and was about to leave.
"Yunshu!" Dongfang Yuan quickly reached out to grab Feng Yunshu's sleeve, but Feng Yunshu nimbly pulled back and took a few steps back to avoid his action.
"Sir, I'm not the Yunshu you're talking about. You've really mistaken me."
"Impossible. I know you're Yunshu!"
This time Dongfang Yuan's tone was very firm. "Since I knew that Helan Yanting was still alive, I've always felt that you must still be alive! With his feelings for you, how could he just watch something happen to you.
"When I followed him from afar and saw you walking out of the camp with him, I knew it was you! Because according to Helan Yanting's personality, he would never be so close to any woman other than you!"
Well...
After hearing this, Feng Yunshu wanted to say something to cover it up, but she felt that his analysis was really reasonable and irrefutable.
"Hehe," Feng Yunshu thought it was a bit funny. "Your Highness the Third Prince really knows the Prince very well. If Your Highness were a woman, I might be jealous."
"Yunshu, you finally admit it."
The overjoyed look on Dongfang Yuan's face made Feng Yunshu feel a bit sad. "Thank you, Your Highness the Third Prince, for your concern. But whether Yunshu is alive or dead doesn't really matter to Your Highness, does it?"
"How could it not matter? I've said that I will never let anything happen to you. Even if you hate or resent me now, I still don't want to see anything happen to you!"
"Why are you here? Is all this part of Helan Yanting's plan? He planned his own fake death long ago, including your disappearance, just to take you away secretly, right?"
"These things don't seem to matter much to Your Highness, do they? What does it matter what the truth is?"
Feng Yunshu thought that Dongfang Yuan was really sick. He was completely stuck in a dead end and was almost going crazy.
"Your Highness the Third Prince, if you have nothing else to say, Yunshu will take her leave."
Feng Yunshu turned around to leave, but heard his deep voice behind her. "Aren't you afraid that I'll spread the news that you and Helan Yanting are still alive back to the Dan Kingdom?"
Feng Yunshu paused slightly, but didn't turn around. She let out a soft laugh. "Your mouth is on you. How can I control what you say?"
After saying that, Feng Yunshu was about to leave when Dongfang Yuan quickly chased after her. "Wait! Yunshu, can't you really forgive me?
"I was young and impulsive back then and did those things that hurt you. Now, all I feel is guilt. Over the years, I haven't been able to fit anyone else in my heart except you..."
Dongfang Yuan's expression was full of regret. His face looked like he was about to cry.
"Can you give me another chance? I can promise you that I'll make you the principal concubine! Just wait a little longer. Once I ascend to the throne, you'll be the most noble empress!"
Feng Yunshu's arm was being grabbed by him. Dongfang Yuan was surprisingly strong, and she couldn't break free for a while.
"Your Highness the Third Prince, let's talk nicely. Do you really have to be so pushy and make things ugly?"
Feng Yunshu's hand hurt from being grabbed, so she had to turn around and glare at him coldly.
Feng Yunshu didn't know if the original owner would be touched by his words and change her mind. But she was sure that the current her in this body would definitely not accept him.