The palace maids guarding the entrance were so frightened that they hurriedly ran away.

Tuoba Yu placed her on the bed and covered her shivering body with his blanket. He then stretched out his arm to hold her back, but she was still trembling so badly in his embrace that he could even hear the sound of her teeth chattering.

His heart ached as he remembered that she was still wearing the wet clothes. He quickly took off the blanket and prepared to peel off the wet matter for her.

Only then did he extend his hand as if he had thought of something. He creased his brow in frustration, then suddenly picked her up and walked out of the hall.

He walked around the palace's winding hammer fence and entered a large hall that exuded an exuberant feeling of spring.

The eunuch guarding the door saw a flash of yellow before his eyes and hurriedly knelt down, his head on the ground.

Tuoba Yu kicked open the tightly shut door and quickly walked over, "Close the door!"

The eunuch didn't dare to hesitate as he crawled up and closed the door with his eyes lowered.

Inside the palace, there was a pond that was filled with dense water vapor. The jade walls of the pond were shining with a bright light, and streams of clear spring water gushed out from the small holes in the walls.

Tuoba Yu gently placed Shen Zhi Qiao on a warm rock by the side of the pool. Before he could take off the buttons on her clothes, he was grabbed by a small, ice-cold hand.

Tuoba Yu froze and lowered his head to look.

Her face was deathly pale, but her pair of large eyes were bright as they stared at him. His heart couldn't help but soften as he gently asked, "What's wrong?"

Shen Zhi Qiao closed her eyes, as if she was trying her best to suppress something. She moved her slightly green lips and weakly glared at him. "You're not allowed to take it off!"

Her voice was soft and tired, and it sounded somewhat coquettish.

His previous actions were already rooted in Shen Zhi Qiao's mind. As long as he stretched out his hand, she couldn't help but think that he was going to bully her again.

But this time she was already like this, how could he still …

"Your clothes are completely drenched. If you don't take them off, you will get sick!"

As Tuoba Yu spoke, he turned around and pressed her hand down. He didn't give her another chance to argue with him. He exerted force with his hands and instantly pulled off her clothes.

Shen Zhi Qiao was stunned for a moment, his pale cheeks instantly burning with two blush. He weakly clenched his fists, wanting to die.

However, Tuoba Yu didn't do anything bad to her this time, so he seriously placed her gently into the pool.

With his skin soaked in warm water, Shen Zhi Qiao, who originally wanted to struggle, calmed down. However, his expression was still tense. His hands were tightly clutching his clothes without loosening his grip.

She was afraid, she didn't want to stay in the water, she was afraid of the feeling of being unable to reach the shore.

Forgetting the embarrassment and anger from being stripped naked by him just a moment ago, a layer of mist gradually appeared in Shen Zhi Qiao's eyes. Her big eyes looked at him in panic. Her lips moved, but she didn't say a single word.

At this moment, her helplessness caused Tuoba Yu's heart to clench. He gently caressed her back and said, "It's alright. With me here, I won't let anything happen to you. Be good …"

Shen Zhiqiao still held on to his clothes and refused to let go. Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes and dripped into the hot spring.

Seeing her like that, Tuoba Yu nearly carried her and left the place.

But he couldn't!

Her body was frozen in the cold pond, and her lungs sucked in the measured lake water. If she didn't soak in a bath to dispel the cold, he was truly afraid that she would get sick.

The phoenix eyes, which had always been unfathomably charming and charming, suddenly became filled with a myriad of emotions. "So, the hot spring water here isn't as thick as the water in the human body …"

As he spoke, he slowly pulled her down.

His voice was almost magical, and he held his breath as he stared into her eyes. He let her down until her feet were at the bottom of the pool, where the warm water reached only to her waist.

Shen let out a sigh of relief, and the hand holding onto his lapel also loosened a bit.

Seeing that she didn't reject him as much as before, Tuoba Yu gently placed her on the side of the pool and let her lean against the jade.

The jade stone was soaked in the hot spring water and felt warm. Waves of melting energy entered his body from his back. Shen Zhiqiao leaned his head against the side of the pool and closed his eyes in enjoyment.

She was too tired to think that her life would ever become so uncertain.

She thought she could stay in the house of the Marquis forever and live a happy life under the warm care of Qi Mujing.

She never thought that the two people who were filled with love and affection a moment ago would finally become strangers.

As she sank into the icy water, a thought flashed through her mind.

Perhaps, the heavens had brought her back from the dead and brought her to this strange Eastern Tomb Dynasty. Its purpose was to let her experience the feeling of parting with someone she loved the most, to experience a marriage that made her heart ache.

It was also at that moment that she suddenly thought it through. Some people only started their lives to add a bit of color to it, plastering it with colors, black and white and yellow and grey. He might not be able to walk with you to the end, but he was enough to make you experience everything in life.

Qi Mujing, isn't that the kind of existence you are?!

He had made her happy for the past six years, warm, sad, desperate, but he could not bring himself to hate her.

Letting out a light breath in her heart, she made a decision that made her feel relieved. From then on, she would no longer insist on staying in the evening.

If she stopped loving him, she would be relieved of everything that had happened. She would then be able to be reborn and begin her life once again.

Moreover, other than Shen Shuzhi, which Qi Mujing did rather ruthlessly, the previous six years of caring and pampering for her was enough to make her grateful.

She opened her eyes and peeked through a crack. She saw the young man's devilish brown eyes staring at her with a sinister glint in them.

For some reason, her heart started to beat faster. She quickly lowered her eyes, only to see that her body in the water was not covered at all …

Breathing in a cold breath, Shen Zhi Qiao opened his eyes wide and looked at him, suppressing the fear that was on the verge of bursting out of his throat.

But when she saw the boy in the bright yellow uniform, he was kneeling beside her like a perfect marble statue.

Shen Zhi Qiao immediately covered his mouth with his hands, his heart pounding rapidly. The red anger on his face had already spread to his neck.

Her face was rosy and tender, her lips were pale, her black and white pupils were misty, and she looked as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Tuoba's pupils suddenly darkened …

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