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"Because I don't know when I will fall out of favor. I don't know when I will leave this Palace of Serene Harmony. Huang Shu, even when that day came when you finally get a good Empress to rule the nation. You can draft me to the border. I will stay true to my promise."

"Huang Shu, I'd rather stay in the garrison with the soldiers rather than getting abandoned in a cold palace."

'Cold Palace…' Huang Shu's feet went cold. He was so paranoid that Yunyu might've realized what happened and somehow recovered his memory back. 

"W—Why would you say that? You know that I love you the most, right? S—Something like a Cold Palace is just out of the question," Huang Shu tried to convince Yunyu as much as he tried to convince himself.