"Don't worry. I'll definitely be all right."
Ye Tangtang returned to her palace, ate something simple, and went to sleep. Only after Ye Tangtang was sound asleep did Shen Qingqing leave the palace hall and head to the Imperial Study.
Early the next morning, Ye Tangtang was woken by a clamor. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, climbed out of bed, and pricked up her ears to listen to the commotion outside.
Had the fighting already started outside??
Ye Tangtang immediately changed her clothes. Before she had even finished fastening her buttons, she rushed to open the door and ran straight into Jun Yuyuan. He stood there, more than two heads taller than her.
With Ye Tangtang's buttons still undone, her white inner garment showed beneath her clothes. Jun Yuyuan glanced at it impassively, then immediately looked away. "Get properly dressed."
"Jun Yuyuan... what are you doing here?" Ye Tangtang lowered her head again to fix her clothes, missing the faint flush that crept onto the tips of his ears.
He said quietly, "Did you forget what I said yesterday? I'll keep you safe."
No sooner had Jun Yuyuan finished speaking than something soft settled against his arm. Ye Tangtang had already draped herself over the boy's arm, hugging it with both hands.
With this mighty pillar to cling to, she would definitely be safe. After all, he was the male lead, with a male lead's halo over his head.
"Jun Yuyuan, do you know what's happening outside? Has Emperor Father won yet?"
"I'm not sure yet. Let's go take a look first."
"Okay."
Ye Tangtang climbed onto the city wall. Outside, the armies had already begun slaughtering one another. The King of Yue had learned that Consort Shu had taken her own life and launched an all-out attack, heedless of