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Yun Jin looked at him and asked curiously, "Where are you taking me?"

Xiao Jingyan smiled mysteriously, a mischievous glint in his eyes: "You'll find out when you get there. Telling you now wouldn't be a surprise."

Yun Jin glared at him, but a hint of anticipation rose in her heart.

She turned and walked to the door, calling Dongxue in.

Dongxue pushed open the door and entered. She immediately saw Xiao Jingyan standing in the shadows, curtsied to him, and then turned to Yun Jin, waiting for her instructions.

Yun Jin lowered her voice and said, "I'm going out with the Prince. If anyone asks, just say I've retired for the night and I won't see anyone."

Dongxue responded with a "yes" and then withdrew.

Yun Jin picked up her clothes, preparing to go behind the screen to change out of the moonlight brocade she was wearing.

Xiao Jingyan suddenly reached out and tugged at her sleeve, saying gently, "You look very good in this dress, there's no need to change."

Yun Jin slapped his hand away, scolded him, "It's inconvenient for you to move around," and went behind the screen to change her clothes.

Xiao Jingyan watched her retreating figure and sighed inwardly.

He walked to the table, sat down, and poured himself a cup of tea. For some reason, he always felt that the tea at Yun Jin's place tasted exceptionally good.

A moment later, Yun Jin changed her clothes and came out from behind the screen.

She was wearing a long cotton-padded coat that reached her ankles, with a white fox fur trim around the hood.

Xiao Jingyan couldn't help but chuckle, "You said that one was inconvenient to move in, but this one is convenient?"

Yun Jin reached out and tugged at the hem of her cotton-padded jacket, revealing thick cotton-padded trousers underneath, and raised her chin confidently.

Xiao Jingyan put down his teacup, nodded with a smile, and said, "Okay, convenient, indeed convenient."

After saying that, he pushed open the back window, climbed out first, and then turned around and reached out his hand to Yun Jin.

Yun Jin placed her hand in his palm, used the leverage to climb over the windowsill, and the two of them quietly walked along the back wall and out of the Yun residence.

Jin Hu was already waiting at the alley entrance in an inconspicuous blue-curtained carriage.

The two boarded the carriage, and as it started moving, Xiao Jingyan leaned against the side of the carriage and suddenly asked with a smile, "We were so busy bickering just now, you didn't eat enough, did you?"

Before Yun Jin could react, he bent down and pulled a food box from the corner of the carriage, opening the lid.

Inside the food box was a white porcelain dish with seven or eight crystal dumplings on it. He took the dish out and placed it on a small table, picked up a dumpling with his bamboo chopsticks, and brought it to Yun Jin's lips. "Eat up, these crystal shrimp dumplings I specially had made for you."

Yun Jin looked at the crystal dumpling brought to her mouth, hesitated for a moment, but still took a bite from his hand. The first bite was full of the fresh and fragrant shrimp flavor, and she said with satisfaction, "Delicious."

She ate two from Xiao Jingyan's hand, and when he was about to pick up a third, Yun Jin shook her head and said, "I don't want any more."

Xiao Jingyan picked up a handkerchief and wiped her mouth. Yun Jin felt the atmosphere in the carriage suddenly become somewhat ambiguous, and her heart skipped a beat.

She hurriedly turned her head and lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, pretending to look at the street scene outside.

Although the shops on both sides of the street were closed, Spring Festival couplets and the character "福" (good fortune) were pasted on the doors, and almost every household had lanterns hanging in front of their doors, creating a peaceful and harmonious scene throughout the capital.

Xiao Jingyan looked at her profile, coughed lightly, and said, "Tomorrow I will go to the manor with Eunuch Fu to deliver the imperial decree."

Yun Jin lowered the carriage curtain, turned to look at him, and nodded.

Once the imperial decree of marriage is issued, the entire capital will know that she is the future Princess Consort. Yun Heting and Liu Zhixue will have to think twice before trying to harm her and her mother again.

Xiao Jingyan continued, "My mother wants to hold the wedding as soon as possible. My father and I don't want to stay in the capital for too long. They're used to being free outside, and there are too many rules in the capital. They feel uncomfortable staying there for too long."

Yun Jin stared at him for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Is it that they want to hurry, or that you want to hurry?"

She regretted asking the question immediately, so she quickly pursed her lips, lowered her head, and picked up her cup, pretending to drink water.

Xiao Jingyan was silent for a moment, but finally admitted, "Actually, I also want to marry you as soon as possible."

Yun Jin thought for a moment and said, "We should wait until Yun Xiu gets married."

Xiao Jingyan moved closer to her and whispered, "Can't we be on the same day? It would be perfect if we were on the same day, so the Yun family could have double the joy."

Yun Jin shook her head: "Let Aunt Lian discuss this with my mother. If my mother agrees, I will have no objections."

She felt that Chu Wanqing would not agree.

Xiao Jingyan nodded helplessly: "Alright."

He decided to discuss with his mother first thing tomorrow morning about marrying Yun Jin as soon as possible.

As the two were talking, the carriage slowly came to a stop.

Jin Hu leaned close to the carriage and said, "Sir, we've arrived."

Yun Jin lifted the carriage curtain and got out of the carriage with Xiao Jingyan, only to find that the carriage had stopped next to the viewing tower by the moat.

She turned to look at Xiao Jingyan, puzzled, and asked, "Why did you bring me here?"

Xiao Jingyan didn't explain, but simply extended his hand to her, a mysterious smile playing on his lips: "Let's go."

Yun Jin placed her hand in his palm, and he led her up the stone steps one by one.

The moment the two reached the highest point of the observation deck, their view suddenly opened up.

In the distance, the outline of the imperial city stands majestically in the night, with lanterns on the palace walls forming a winding golden dragon, a magnificent sight.

The banks of the moat are dotted with lights from thousands of homes, exuding a warm and authentic atmosphere of everyday life.

Yun Jin couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, murmuring, "So beautiful."

Xiao Jingyan leaned against the railing, gazing into the distance.

His voice was deep, as if he were recalling a distant past: "Back then, when my father and mother sent me back to the capital, I would often come here by myself and stay for half the night."

Yun Jin turned to look at him and asked softly, "Back then, when you were alone in the capital, were you often bullied?"

Xiao Jingyan nodded and said with a self-deprecating smile, "Back then, several princes ostracized me, and some noble sons in the capital, seeing that my father and mother were not in the capital and I had no one to rely on, joined forces to isolate me."

I was young and stubborn back then, and when I got angry I would fight them. I fought at the Imperial Academy, at the hunting grounds, and once I even fought with the Third Prince at a palace banquet.

"Did you win or lose?" Yun Jin turned her head to look at him and asked curiously.

Xiao Jingyan suddenly laughed: "There are wins and losses, but most of the time I win. I'm willing to go all out; if it really comes down to it, I'm willing to risk my life. I often think back to that little girl in Qingping County who snatched me from the jaws of wolves. Am I, a man, really less capable than a girl?"

Yun Jin hadn't expected her to be involved here. She turned to look at him and asked softly, "You've been punished quite a few times for this, haven't you?"

Xiao Jingyan shook his head and said smugly, "They do want to complain, but my father and mother are not in the capital. They have nowhere to complain, and they can't very well go to His Majesty and say that I beat them up."

Yun Jin detected bitterness in his words and asked softly, "Who taught you your kung fu?"

Xiao Jingyan said, "He is my master, my mother's fellow disciple. He has a very eccentric personality, but he is very powerful and rarely encounters an opponent in the martial arts world."

"You must have suffered a lot learning kung fu, right?" Yun Jin asked softly.

Xiao Jingyan smiled and said casually, "It's not that hard. Compared to the knives I get on the battlefield, the hardship of training is nothing."

He turned to look at her, and suddenly asked curiously, "Who taught you your kung fu? And your medical skills, as well as your knowledge of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting?"