In the carriage, Mo Xuetong put down the curtains.

Are you still hungry? Ive had people prepare dinner. I havent had it so can you have it with me? Feng Yuran unwillingly averted his eyes from her face. He suddenly raised his lips in a smile and then pointed to a small chest under the tea table. Look over there.

Mo Xuetongs mind was still on what she had seen and didnt instantly react. When she realized, she found there was already a smile on his handsome face. His slim finger was right beside her, pointing at that place. Suddenly, she remembered the feeling when his hand tightly hugged her so she blushed.

To cover it up, Mo Xuetong hurriedly turned to take a few bowls of dishes from the chest under the table.

The dishes had been kept warm. When tearing open the protective thick cloth, the aroma of food permeated.

Lets go back! Feng Yuran lazily said.

Instantly, the carriage drove slowly and steadily.

You actually slept with an empty stomach and didnt even wake up when I carried you out. I dont know what youve done to exhaust yourself so much! Coldness flashed across Feng Yurans eyes, and he thought inside, People in Mo Manor really dont how to look after her.

Eat some. Ill send you home later.

It was indeed different from her last life. He, was not Sima Lingyun!

Just now, she was comparing him with Sima Lingyun. However, they couldnt compare at all. She had been worried that he might hurt her. Now, she found it really funny. He cared about her health, and it greatly eased her mind.

Moving the tea table over, she scooped a bowl of rice for Feng Yuran and then prepared one for herself as well. She sat aside, bit the chopsticks, and found that those should all be dishes she enjoyed. At that moment, she turned to look at him.

This is your favorite, stir-fried vegetables in season. Have a state. Its still warm. Feng Yuran tidied his robe, titled his body and put a cushion to support himself. It was really inconvenient for him when he had injuries in his chest and stomach.

How do you know I enjoy this? It was stir-fried fresh bamboo shoots and they should be very rare right now. It was just in spring and they should just come on the market not long ago!

Feng Yurans beautiful eyes contained pride and many other kinds of affections. Darting a glance at her, he languidly said, Isnt it easy to know what you like?

His words left Mo Xuetong speechless. Then, she pouted and picked up some bamboo shoots to have a taste. It was so fresh and crisp that she almost screamed.

It was a really well-cooked dish, but, most of all, the fresh bamboo shoots in season whetted her appetite.

Seeing her enjoying the dish, Feng Yuran picked some more with his chopsticks and put them into her bowl, smiling. Eat more if you like them! If you keep losing weight like this, youll be bony when you marry me.

His words made Mo Xuetong blush. She didnt say anything and just glared at him in embarrassment, picking some dishes and placing them in his bowl.

Feng Yuran was a little surprised and then squinted his handsome eyes. Satisfaction filled his phoenix eyes and he quickly took a bite of the food.

It was quiet in the carriage. The atmosphere was sweet and there was an affectionate feeling in the air!

When they finished dinner, Mo Xuetong cleaned the table a bit, sat back on the couch, and gave him a handkerchief. Feng Yuran was grinning from ear to ear and wiped his mouth when the handkerchief was still held by Mo Xuetong. When she placed the handkerchief back on the table, he grabbed her hand and said, Tonger, how about I marry you first?

His words startled Mo Xuetong, who raised her hand to feel his forehead in surprise and then feel hers as well.

I mean it. Tonger, you should just marry me first. We dont need to live together for now. You can still be in mourning for your mother. Two is better than one when youre in mourning. And I can stop worrying about you when I know I can take care of you. Now, things are getting messy. Its true that your father has a high rank, but he wont necessarily be able to protect you. Feng Yuran pulled her white, delicate hand and pressed his cheek against it, coaxing.

I want to protect you, but I dont have a proper reason. Now, the Empress Dowager has targeted you and you couldnt have explained yourself clearly just because your father hadnt agreed on us yet. During the following days, King Ning will act more quickly and so will Eldest Brother, Third Brother, and Bai Yichen. Its really wrong to promote you to be a princess recently. The Princess Royal wants to protect you but Im afraid shes stretching thin.

He slightly squinted his eyes and coldness flashed across his eyes. He didnt say the words in the depths of his heart. Tonger actually have been engaged, and shes most likely to be engaged to

Such knowledge was enough to make him anxious.

No matter what happened, Tonger would be his, and no one could take her away from him.

I dont think it will work! Mo Xuetong considered and shook her head without giving an explicit answer. Recently, things indeed had happened to her one by one. In the harem, more than one had targeted her. Though Princess Royal was nice to her, as Feng Yuran had said, her ability fell short of her wishes. For instance, last time in the monkey incident involving Fifth Princess, Fifth Princess did it, but no one punished her in the end!

She could understand that, after all, she was not a real royal compared to Fifth Princess!

Tonger, you may rest assured that when you finish the mourning, I will explain it to Father. But Im really worried about you now! If things like that happen again, I dont know if I can still control myself. Feng Yuran turned his head, affection and sorry in his black eyes obvious. He reached out to stroke her smooth air and said dejectedly, I failed you and have let them kidnap you. I might head to the uncivilized south recently, and Im worried that

The thick helplessness in his words swept away her hesitation like a gust of wind.

Moreover, the meaning of his words even made Mo Xuetongs hair stand on end, and she instantly looked sober and alert.

In her last life, the man ruthlessly and publicly killed his mothers family in the royal hall, then went to the uncivilized south, and had never been heard from again!

What made him commit such a crime and then exile himself in such a cruel way? How could a citizen of the central plains understand the uncivilized south? Being away from the central land meant staying away from the center of the fight over supremacy and also the throne itself. What made him so desperate that he ceased to care about anything in the Qin Kingdom?

If he went there, he might never return. Thinking about the possibility, she suddenly found that maybe heaven brought her back to life not just to avenge herself and stop the fall of Fu General Manor. Maybe heaven did it for the man as well, because she didnt want him to lose his life in the barren south!

She didnt want him to repeat his last life where he gave up on himself!

Her jade-white hand took the initiative to touch his face. At that moment, she made up her mind. She fluttered her eyelashes and looked at his pretty face. She suppressed the embarrassment in her eyes, bit her lips, and said while looking at him in the eye. If you dont go to the south, Ill marry you earlier!

Feng Yuran didnt expect her to agree so easily. He was originally going to give her puppy dog eyes, but now he just froze. Luckily, he reacted fast to hold her and said in an excited tone, Tonger, are you really willing to marry me earlier?

Feeling satisfied, he found his lips lifting up involuntarily. Well, he could finally sleep well then. His Tonger was so fine that he lost count of the people who secretly wanted her, which was really disturbing! If he married her earlier, he could stop those people from coveting her. They couldnt have expected that he married Tonger when she was still in mourning.

Dont go to the south! Falling into his arms while being careful not to touch his injuries, Mo Xuetong insisted.

OK, I wont go. I wont go anywhere Tonger forbids me to go. Feng Yuran happily patted Mo Xuetongs shoulder. The happiness in his black eyes settled down like dense ink. Now, he would regard whatever she said right and should listen to her, and he just agreed to everything she proposed!

Anyway, he was just saying and wouldnt really go there.

But, about my father Mo Xuetong hesitated a bit.

Feng Yuran immediately understood what she meant and, out of joy, patted his chest at once to promise her. Tonger may rest assured that Ill talk to your father. I promise Ill give you a proper title and wont mistreat you in the future.

The pair of shining eyes was flashing with spectacular brilliance, so bright that people could not take their eyes off him. There was even a dazzling smile on his handsome, flawless face. Seeing him smiling so brightly, Mo Xuetong couldnt help feeling happy and having a faint and shy smile on her lips as well. She tried to cover it up while leaning in his arms, feeling reassured like never before.

She didnt have to try, and he would help her get rid of problems!

The feeling of being greatly doted on melted her heart, and it was never as cold as before!

Her heart shook, felt joy and sweetness, and even flipped and jumped

Sensing Mo Xuetongs joy, Feng Yuran smiled even more widely. When the lamp in the carriage cast light on his gorgeous face, especially when it did so to his eyes, they would shine like stars and flash with numerous strong emotions. At that moment, he didnt know what to say and could only hold her tightly. Things quietened down in the carriage.

Tonger, you may rest assured that I will never betray you. Ill only love you, only you!

Feng Yurans words rang by her ears like vows. He only wants me and will only love me

Mo Xuetong felt her nose turning hot and tears welling up in her eyes!

She already became lost for words. In her last life, she died because of the fight in the harem. If one were to really look at it, she would be considered as a loser. Though rising from the ashes in this life, she could still feel that shadow over her heart. Therefore, the best solution she came up with was to safeguard her heart. When she did that, she could finally turn ruthless.

Only by being heartless could she bear watching her husband keeping taking concubines and then coolly handle traps and plots from those concubines. Only when she became ruthless could she stay invincible, away from a broken heart or a mental breakdown, and have everything done in her way.

She would only need to be a strong-willed matriarch!

In the future, her children, the inheritance, and her love life wouldnt matter!

She didnt know when she started to believe that Feng Yuran only acted rakish to shun the war in the royal family, and he actually kept things to himself and had self-discipline. Nonetheless, it was all in her guess. Now, hearing him saying such words in such a sincere tone, she felt greatly touched!

She couldnt believe her ears.

Tonger, are you listening? Mo Xuetong didnt respond, so Feng Yuran reached out, ready to scoop up her head. However, she clung to his chest and would not let go no matter how he tried.

I am listening. She said through a muffled voice, slightly wriggled, and then mildly added, Thank you!

Though she did not respond directly, this kind of reaction also made Feng Yurans heart flip, and he involuntarily held her even tighter.

Your Highness, weve reached Mo Manor. Outside the carriage, the coachman gently knocked. They didnt know the carriage had stopped.

Tonger, Ill walk you in. Feng Yuran slowly sat up and Mo Xuetong hurriedly crawled out of his arms. While taking the time to straighten her hair, she wiped the tracks of tears by the corner of her eyes and then asked gently, Do your wounds still hurt?

These kinds of wounds dont matter when I have had them for you. Now, Qin Yufeng will at least stop messing around for a while. Since Eldest Brother has injured himself, my third brother really cant do anything big on his own. We might as well take a break together. He sounded jokingly, reached for the cloak by his side to wrap her up, and then carefully fastened it to reveal her face, which would make it easy for her to breathe.

The cloak tightly wrapped around the palm-sized, small face appearing pitifully before him; so Feng Yuran couldnt resist stealing a kiss on her cherry lips. Then, when she was about to erupt out of embarrassment and anger, he again reached out to hold her and opened the door. He slid out of the carriage, treading the familiar road to her Qingwei Garden.

When Mo Ye opened the windows and accompanied Mo Xuetong into the room, Feng Yuran held her hand and gently said, Wait for a few more days. Then, he turned around to leave.

Mo Ye unfastened the cloak, helped her take off the coat and led her to the bed. Mo Ye had already prepared a stove and the bed was warm. Sliding between the sheets, Mo Xuetong couldnt help but groan out of comfort. After a deep sigh, she suddenly remembered what she had promised him earlier and blushed scarlet. She lifted the quilt to cover the smile at the corner of her mouth!