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The candle flame swayed a few times as the wind blew. Under the light, there were two silent figures. One was extremely gentle, while the other was completely silent.

Xiao Lan didn't know when she fell asleep. That night, she had many messy dreams that were as clear as mist and as blurry as before. Even when she woke up, she was still in a daze.

The courtyard was very quiet. Xiao Lan, who had opened her eyes, was silent for a few seconds before she regained her clear consciousness.

After recalling everything that happened yesterday, Xiao Lan felt as if he'd had great dreams after great dreams, but the numbness around him once again told her that everything was real.

The room door was pushed open, and Xiao Lan thought it to be fragrant, so she didn't look up.

"Your subordinate Bai Ling greets Your Highness."

An unfamiliar female voice sounded from beside her bed.

Xiao Lan's gaze froze as she turned around to look. She saw a girl with handsome features and a relaxed demeanor kneeling not far from her.

Bai Ling …

She was quite suited for this name. Looking at her gloomy aura, it seemed as if anyone who disliked her would be hung on that person's neck.

Xiao Lan retracted her gaze. "Xuanyuan, I sent you."

The woman called Bai Ling was stunned for a moment when she heard Xiao Lan call out Xuanyuan Yun's name, but it only took her two seconds to regain her calm.

"Yes, Your Highness specifically told me to carry you wherever Princess wants to go."

Carry her.

"Heh."

Xiao Lan couldn't help but sneer.

She had really become a cripple.

"No need."

She had legs, not a complete cripple.

Xuanyuan Wentian had said that she couldn't go more than 100 steps, so she would take 99 steps. If the distance was too far, then she would walk with half an incense stick of time.

Xiao Lan sat up, "Where's Ning Xiang?"

Xiao Lan had just finished speaking when Ning Xiang walked in carrying the items she had woken up with earlier.

"Princess, Ning Xiang is here."

As the little girl spoke, she respectfully passed the wet brocade handkerchief to Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan received it and briefly wiped his face.

As she sat in front of the bronze mirror preparing to turn her hair, she discovered that her swollen and bleeding lips and bruised neck from yesterday had all healed.

It was as Xuanyuan Po had said. It was hard to tell if it was his golden words or the effects of the ointment.

Clean up properly and eat breakfast. During this time, Xuanyuan Dong has not been seen.

Although she didn't know where Xuanyuan Po had gone to, she could faintly feel that although the entire National Protector Temple seemed calm, it was actually shrouded in a suffocating atmosphere.

She lowered her head to look at the outfit that Ning Xiang had specially prepared for her this morning. If she wasn't mistaken, this outfit should be the dress that the imperial women should wear when they went to worship the Divine Buddha.

Xuanyuan: This is to ask her to go to the front hall and kowtow with the royal family.

Was he going to break with the Empress Mother who loved him most?

Because she...

"It's really not worth it." Xiao Lan muttered silently.

Xiao Lan's words were indistinctly heard by Ning Xiang, but she didn't hear them clearly.

"Princess, what did you say?"

Xiao Lan glanced at Ning Xiang with a profound gaze. "Nothing much, I'm just going out for a walk."

As she spoke, Xiao Lan walked from the inner chamber to the center of the courtyard.

The place where Xiao Lan stood in the courtyard was exactly where Xuanyuan Feng had stood yesterday.

Xuanyuan Wentian's finger had pressed down on the hole on the stone table, making it more and more clear under the morning light, causing her heart to tremble even more.

He reached out his hand and gently brushed the dried blood on the edge of the hole.

Xiao Lan couldn't stop herself from letting out a long sigh.

It really was a bad fate.

Unknowingly, Xiao Lan stood silently on the spot for an hour.

Everyone in the courtyard looked at Xiao Lan with puzzled expressions. They didn't know why their princess was standing so upright beside a stone table for such a long time.

Just when everyone was becoming more and more confused, Xiao Lan slowly moved her footsteps.

Yesterday, he told her that the medicinal pill given to her was called the Dissolving Bone Pill, and it was impossible for her to take a hundred steps. Today, she wanted to see if what he said was true or just a lie.

Xiao Lan walked very slowly and steadily.

One step, two steps …

Fifteen steps, thirty steps …

Fifty steps … Eighty Steps …

Ninety steps, ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine.

Xiao Lan's footsteps stopped slightly as he clenched his fist.

Lift your leg, a hundred paces.

Xiao Lan stood on the spot in silence for two seconds without anything out of the ordinary.

Then he raised his leg again, jumped up, and landed on the ground. One hundred and one steps.

Right after Xiao Lan's footsteps descended, waves of intense pain instantly assaulted her entire body. Xiao Lan's expression instantly became incomparably ghastly pale, and cold sweat rolled down her forehead one after another.

It hurt, it really hurt!

She quickly ran to Xiao Lan's side. "Princess, what's wrong?!"

Xiao Lan endured the pain and slowly lifted the corner of her mouth. "I am testing the pain."

As soon as Xiao Lan finished speaking, a low and indifferent voice sounded out from behind them before Ning Xiang could finish her sentence.

"Then should I still test death?"

Everyone raised their heads to look, and in the next moment, they bowed respectfully.

"Your Highness."

The fragrance quickly left the room.

Xiao Lan could feel Xuanyuan Wentian's approach. She wanted to turn around or move her body, but the pain was too much and she was not allowed to move at all.

A pair of hot palms landed on her shoulders, and with a slight force, she turned around completely.

Xuanyuan Wentian's pitch-black eyes were like the deepest abyss.

"You don't need to doubt Ben Wang's words," he said. "Ben Wang said to feed you the Dissolving Bone Pill. That would be the Dissolving Bone Pill. Your actions are asking for trouble. It's not worth it."

Xiao Lan held her breath, enduring the pain as she slowly looked at Xuanyuan Yun.

"No, it's worth it, because only after pain will a person have a deep memory, and only then will they learn a lesson."

"Oh? "Then are you giving me a long lesson now?"

Xiao Lan secretly smiled at Xuanyuan Yun. To him, she had already fallen for it completely. As for the lesson, it had already been countless times longer, it was just that this time it was even deeper.

Xiao Lan's voice was downcast. "After what happened earlier, I now completely understand that the one hundred and one steps is really very painful."

As he gazed into Xiao Lan's deep eyes and deep eyes, Xuanyuan Yun suddenly walked forward and directly held Xiao Lan by the waist.

"Since you already know, don't ever leave again."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked out of the courtyard with Xiao Lan in her arms.

The actions of the two were too sudden. The silent crowd could not help but freeze on the spot.

Err … Why did the prince carry the princess away …

When Xuanyuan Yun was about to step out of the courtyard with Xiao Lan in his arms, everyone finally reacted and quickly followed him.