Xing Lai perked up upon hearing this. Look, she was asking for death, and no one could stop her now. She was truly going to die.
"Yes," Xing Lai immediately agreed and ordered Su Qianyan to be taken away. Su Qianyan did not expect this outcome and continued to shout, which annoyed Yu Jingchen.
"If you can't control your mouth, let your mouth be slapped. Su Baolin has disturbed the imperial presence. Slap her twenty times as a punishment!" Yu Jingchen commanded.
Oh wow, serves her right. Xing Lai looked at Su Baolin with pity. Her face was probably ruined and wouldn't recover for the rest of their time in the temporary palace. This was only the first day of the spring hunt, and she had already been punished. Su Baolin's future days would likely be difficult.
Moreover, the slapping injured her face, so she wouldn't be able to appear before these people for the entire duration of the spring hunt.
Su Qianyan was dragged away, and finally, it was quiet. Yu Jingchen looked at Nan Zhiyun, who was sleeping in his arms, his heart softening. The young girl was indeed young and carefree.
Su Qianyan... he did have some recollection of her. After Nan Zhiyun left in his previous life, he happened to see Su Qianyan in a red dress. That back view reminded him of Nan Zhiyun when she first entered the palace, so he made her a Shu Fei.
He himself couldn't quite understand why he did that. Later, when he had free time, he would visit her. He ordered a lot of red fabric to be gifted, and he made Su Qianyan wear only red when she was in front of him.
But... he felt the feeling from that first glance was gone. He couldn't pinpoint what he was disappointed about. He always felt a void in his heart.
After Nan Zhiyun left, he inexplicably found himself thinking of her appearance and their daily interactions. He never touched anyone in the harem again, including this Su Qianyan...
Later, he heard that Nan Su had adopted a child before his death. He thought that after he was gone, someone would remember Nan Zhiyun. But unfortunately, Nan Su also passed away early, leaving only that child.
Yu Jingchen couldn't figure out what was going through his mind when he had the child brought back to the palace... and then had Su Qianyan take care of him.
Unexpectedly, in the subsequent interactions, he kept seeing Nan Zhiyun's shadow in the child, and he grew more fond of him. In the end... on his deathbed, he gave his position to him.
As for Su Qianyan... he was actually resistant in his heart. In that lifetime, he hadn't established an empress, and no matter who it was, he felt they couldn't fill that position.
Now, thinking about it... Yu Jingchen looked at Nan Zhiyun. Perhaps he had developed strange emotions after Nan Zhiyun left in his previous life.
"I can't quite see myself clearly anymore," Yu Jingchen said to the sleeping Nan Zhiyun.
In the evening, the convoy arrived at the temporary palace. Yu Jingchen saw that Nan Zhiyun was still asleep and was reluctant to wake her, so he carried her down from the carriage.
Everyone watched, but they no longer found it strange, as they had seen His Majesty escorting this Shu Fei to a banquet last time.
"Shu Fei will reside with me from now on. There's no need to arrange another temporary palace for her," Yu Jingchen commanded.
"Yes." As expected, Xing Lai wasn't particularly surprised. If they were to live separately, he would have been the one surprised.
With that said, Yu Jingchen carried Nan Zhiyun back to his palace. It had already been prepared, and no one dared to be careless, as it was where Yu Jingchen would reside.