Little Purple

Jin Lan stopped, looking at Hu Zi with anxiousness, wondering if the bite woke her up. Her eyes were still closed, she was still sleeping. He looked glad, it seemed like she was just having a bad dream.

"I can't do this, stop!" Hu Zi punched and screamed. She seemed like she was in terror.

Although the pain subsided, it still hurt when he tried to move so he was still on top of her—curious as to what kind of dream she was having to make her have such a reaction.

"That bear is three times bigger than me! Shou Shifu is crazy!" She made an angry yet scared expression. "There is no way that I can fight it ah!"

"Shou.... Shifu?" His eyes widened a bit. He thought that it was weird for such an amazing woman who earned a dragon title at such a young age to suddenly agree on marrying a cursed prince like him. "Shou is a man's name, is it not?"

"Shifu, help!" Hu Zi punched his chest, getting crazy by hitting and kicking around. "Let go, you brown bear! The bear got me! Shifu, I swear it is trying to crush me!"

Hu Zi grabbed Jin Lan's hair and pulled it, making the poor cursed prince hissed in pain. He thought. "...Just what kind of Shifu is he?" He broke a cold sweat. "What did he do to terrify her to her dreams like this?"

"Master Shou... Shou!" Hu Zi seemed to calm down a bit. "Shou! Come back here... don't leave me..."

Lan eyes widened at her tone, he looked at her expression that was full of sadness and longing. He frowned. "Where is this man now? This girl is even willing to marry me while having him in her heart. Does that mean that he is already…"

"Shou, you demon, come back!" Hu Zi called her master name again and again. "Come back..."

Jin Lan sighed, he wondered what Jin Ning did to his mother, the previous empress, when she was upset. He remembered a scene when he was you. When his mother found out that she couldn't have another baby, she cried and Jin Ning tried to calm her down by hugging her, covered her in his embrace.

he tried to move a little, he was glad because it didn't hurt like it was before. He calmly took his now big hands to her cheek and gently caressed the cheeks that were wet because of her tears.

Even though she was still in her land of dreams, she could still his warm hand caressing her. Her breathing calmed down. Jin Lan laid down next to her, reaching his arms out and brought her closer to his warmer body.

Hu Zi could hear his calm and steady heartbeat as he put her ear near his ches and listened to his heartbeat. Slowly, Hu Zi became calm.

His hands were no longer cold like before because he took much energy from Hu Zi and let it flow in his body. Some of it leaked, making Jin Lan thirsty again. But he there was no way that he could drink her energy again, she would die. The leakage made him wonder whether there was a way to her energy inside.

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The next morning, Hu Zi woke up. She looked to the side and found no one on the other side of the bed.


"Where is he?" Hu Zi came down from the bed. But when her feet touched the ground and she tried to get up, she fell to the floor instead. Her eyes widened. Her feet felt very sluggish, it hurt everywhere, it felt like that time she woke up after defeating a bear. "What the hell? Is it because I sleep inside a place that was sealed that why my body felt like this?"

She always had a good sense of touch and was a type to woke easily if something bothered her sleep and making her feel uncomfortable. But after what happened to her family, she kept having nightmares. When she didn't have nightmares, she would feel restrained and extremely tired to woke up. She thought such was probably the reason why she was still able to sleep soundly in a place full of element seal.

Just when she thought of that, she smelled a familiar scent. She looked at the beautiful table beside the bed and saw a cup of tea. She was very familiar with this horrible tea.

Her master force-drink her this tea, right after his hellish training. The tea bitterness was unmatchable, all kinds of medicine paled in comparison. But, this tea was a very nutritious tea and can replenish her energy, making her stronger.

After her Shifu fell from that cliff, she didn't foresee that she would smell this tea scent again.

Hu Zi cautiously peeked at the tea. She found honey by the tea side and a note.

"Mix the tea with honey and drink - Lan." She frowned. "Such a short note."

Before she drank the tea, she put up all her guards, prepared for the upcoming bitterness. To her surprise, she didn't feel the bitter tea at all. "This is regretful… If only I knew this a decade ago!" Now that she thought about it, her Shifu must have known about mixing the honey to reduce the bitterness! "That damned white demon…"

Hu Zi looked at the open window, she saw the cursed prince shoveling the snow on his own. His body was too small. He fell and fell again. She took her coat and went outside.

She picked the fallen cursed prince, he was even shorter than her, had a thin body and pale face.

"You are too small and weak for this, just let the servants clean the courtyard."

Jin Lan looked at his wife's face, her dark eyes stared at her purple one for a long time until Hu Zi felt uncomfortable. She wanted to say something, but then…