Her hair was cloud-like and beautiful! She opened her eyes and found herself back in the third year

Chapter 68 I will not let you become a widow

Qin Yizhen nodded, then lay down, but she was a little tense. She held his hand and kept looking at him, refusing to fall asleep.

He reached out and covered her eyes: "Why are you staring at me?"

The pain and fear in her eyes as she looked at him confused and worried him.

"I...I dreamt that something happened to you..."

Qin Yizhen didn't know how to explain that she had returned to the present from the past. It was too absurd and unbelievable, so she could only use 'dream' as a substitute.

She bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes and falling onto the pillow, soaking it. "Am I really useless...?"

She felt utterly useless, as if she couldn't do anything. In her previous life, it was Empress Dowager Cheng and Emperor Jing'an who avenged him. In this life, she had returned to the past, wanting to stop all of this, but she didn't know how to do it.

Perhaps because the people around her protected her too well, she spent half her life confined to the inner quarters. Although she had some skills in handling matters within the inner quarters, she was helpless when it came to many things outside.

She didn't even... she didn't even know how things had happened, or how Fang Shixin and Liang Xize had harmed him.

"Since it's a dream, it's all fake. I already said, you're just worrying too much about me, so what you think about during the day manifests in your dreams..."

"That wasn't a dream!" Qin Yizhen shook her head vigorously. "Cheng Yan, maybe none of it was a dream, maybe it all actually happened!"

She still remembers the days she spent in a daze, feeling like each day was an eternity, and the pain in her heart. Even now, she seems unable to move on.

She felt anxious whenever he wasn't by her side.

“Cheng Yan, it’s Fang Shixin and Liang Xize. These two are trying to harm you. Liang Xize may seem like a womanizer, but he is actually ruthless and cunning. He is a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, waiting for his chance to strike. He is only thinking about taking your head and going back to Xiliang to become the crown prince.”

"And then there's Fang Shixin... She's a really strange person. She seems to know a lot of amazing things, from making velvet flowers to curing smallpox. She knows them all."

“Many times she seems like she can’t cause any trouble, but I also feel that some things that pop up from time to time are very dangerous. Plus, she’s a bit crazy, so I’m very worried about you.”

Cheng Yan, with his sharp mind, seemed to instantly understand why she had suddenly changed her attitude towards him after hearing what she said.

"So you dreamt that I died?" That's why you changed your attitude towards him?

Qin Yizhen nodded repeatedly, tears streaming down her face.

Cheng Yan laughed and reached out to wipe her tears: "Alright, stop crying. If you cry like this, people will think you're mourning my death."

Qin Yizhen suddenly choked up. Now she didn't know whether to cry or not. She just felt that he was very mean and glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense."

He reached out and touched her face: "I'm not talking nonsense. Then don't cry anymore. If you cry like this, people will think I did something to you."

Qin Yizhen wiped her tears with the corner of the blanket, looking at him with red eyes: "I'm serious, don't take it lightly."

Although Qin Yizhen wasn't particularly clever, she understood one principle: if you can't handle something yourself, find someone who can.

If the other party can handle the matter, that would be best. If they can't handle it either, then it's better for the two of them to work together than for her to mess around alone.

“I’m serious.” Cheng Yan straightened his expression and said to her, “I will not let you become a widow.”

Qin Yizhen: "?!"

She looked bewildered, seemingly confused by the topic.

Cheng Yan sighed and reached out to cover her eyes again: "Don't think too highly of me. I've always been selfish. No matter what happens, I'll do everything I can to survive."

“You, my elder sister, His Majesty, and Huizhen are my closest relatives. I came here today for your sake. If something were to happen to me, how heartbroken you would be. How could I possibly abandon you?”

"But what if it threatens the world? Are you doing this for us?" Qin Yizhen asked him.

"If it really comes to that, I will do everything in my power to survive. Even if I can't protect this world, I will always lead you to a place where the enemy can't find us, and live a peaceful life."

Qin Yizhen blinked.

Cheng Yan held her hand and continued, "If I have done my best and still cannot defend it, then the fate of Eastern Qin is sealed."

"As for the people of Dongqin, it's just a change of ruler to them, nothing more. Even the officials only need to submit and obey. Even if they can no longer serve in the court, they can most likely keep their lives."

The four kingdoms of Eastern Qin, Western Liang, Southern Qi, and Northern Wei were originally four families formed after the collapse of the previous dynasty. This land was still part of the Nine Provinces, and the people were still the people of the Nine Provinces. No matter which family eventually unified the world, they should treat the people well.

To put it simply, it's about four brothers fighting over the family fortune, each wanting to seize the others' share and completely inherit their ancestors' property.

If one day a foreign tribe were to invade, the four families would likely be able to immediately join forces and defeat the invaders so decisively that they would never return.

"so......"

"So what you're thinking will never happen; you must be having a nightmare," Cheng Yan asserted.

Qin Yizhen was also confused by what he said: "Really...really?"

"Absolutely." Cheng Yan insisted again, and then leaned down to kiss the corner of her lips. "I still want to have a few more children with you. How can I bear to leave you as a widow? If you marry someone else, I'll be turning in my grave."

"No, I definitely won't marry anyone else." Qin Yizhen shook her head vigorously.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yan felt he should be happy, but his heart felt heavy, devoid of any joy.

"I'll take all of this to heart, and Fang Shixin and Liang Xize will be watching too. Just treat it all like a nightmare, sleep it off, and forget about it..."

"I will always be with you. Even when our lives come to an end and we both die, we will be buried together in the same bed in life and in the same coffin in death. I will always be by your side, so don't be afraid..."

Cheng Yan comforted her for a few moments, and she relaxed a lot. As soon as she relaxed, she felt waves of fatigue wash over her and she was a little sleepy, but she wanted to look at him a little longer and couldn't bear to fall asleep.

Seeing her like this, Cheng Yan coaxed her, "I didn't sleep all night. I'll take a shower and come back to sleep with you for a while. You go to sleep first."

"Really?"

"real."

Hearing this assurance, Qin Yizhen finally felt much more at ease. She held his hand, closed her eyes, and fell asleep. Before long, she drifted off to sleep.

Mr. Hu arrived in a hurry and was led into the bedroom by a maid. He saw Cheng Yan sitting by the bed and went forward to pay his respects.

"Master Hou."

He was in his early forties, dressed in a dark blue robe, with a stubble of green beard. He didn't look like a doctor, but rather like a refined scholar.

Cheng Yan looked up at him and nodded, saying, "No need for formalities. Keep your voice down; the princess has only just fallen asleep."