When the prince is reborn, he will only hit me if he doesn't hit the wall!

Xu Baiyu crawled on Rong's skinny body, pursed her lips to restrain herself from crying out loud, and let her tears silently soak the corners of Rong's clothes and cuffs.

This was Rong's last instruction, asking her to pretend that she didn't know the truth and had never come here to meet her. Only in this way could Yang and others relax their vigilance and let her live in Xu's house.

Qiu Lian was also very sad to see this. Even though she knew Xu Baiyu was heartbroken, she still reminded her: "Miss...you can't stay any longer, otherwise when the sun rises, the Second Madam's efforts will be in vain..."

Xu Baiyu panted, raised his head, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I will definitely... not let Yang and Xu Mingxi go..."

Under Qiu Lian's forcible pulling, the two of them left the deserted courtyard and returned to Hanxing Courtyard.

On the second day, Xu Baiyu was still anxious and asked around for news about Rong. He even tried to inquire about Rong's situation from the maids in Chaohui Courtyard.

"Xi'er, look at that little bitch, she's so anxious. Her eye sockets are swollen like walnuts, but she still refuses to give up and keeps looking around for the whereabouts of the Rong family. She even found us out of sheer desperation.

She also tried to bribe the little girls around us, wanting them to secretly tell her where the Rong family is, hahahaha!

I wasted my money and jewelry, but found nothing."

While eating melon seeds, Yang told Xu Mingxi about Xu Baiyu's recent situation.

"Um……"

Xu Mingxi supported his forehead with his hand and responded lazily.

"This morning, someone reported that Rong died in the deserted courtyard last night! She finally died, and I finally got rid of my anger. If I wasn't afraid of more trouble, I really wanted to hang her for two more days and torture her...

You are right, Xi'er, don't worry about Xu Baiyu anymore, just keep fighting!"

"Hmm..." Xu Mingxi was still weak, and Yang realized that something was wrong with her. She patted the melon seed shells in her hand and leaned over to look at her: "Xi'er, what's wrong with you? Why are you so listless... Are you sick?"

As he said this, he placed his hand on her forehead, and the touch of his hand was indeed warm, nothing unusual.

Xu Mingxi lazily moved Yang's hand away without raising his eyes.

"I don't know what's wrong. I just feel uncomfortable all over recently, but I can't tell where I feel uncomfortable. My throat is very dry, and my body itches from time to time... I also feel very tired all the time..."

Yang was worried about her, fearing that something might happen to Xu Mingxi, so she hurriedly asked the court doctor to come and see Xu Mingxi.

However, the court physician examined him for a long time but could not figure out the cause. He only said that Xu Mingxi felt refreshed and that he probably had excessive liver fire. He then prescribed some heat-clearing and dryness-relief prescriptions and left him alone.

Qingyang, who was watching through the lifted tiles on the roof, saw everything here and sneered in his heart.

This thing cannot be detected at first sight if it is detected in small amounts and multiple times, and it will be too late when it is discovered later!

I was secretly proud of myself for acting secretly and no one noticed.

*

After resting for a few days, Xu Xinyue felt much better.

I'm going to the bookstore today to see how the sales of the subsequent stories are going.

Just as she was about to go out, she saw Xiao Chan hurriedly reporting: "Miss, Miss Xia is here, and the princess is here too."

Xu Xinyue was surprised and delighted, but changed her mind and said, "I'll go to the bookstore later. You go prepare some tea and snacks. We don't need anyone to serve us here."

Xiao Chan agreed and went out.

The cheerful voices of Xia Xueyao and Qin Lingruo came in instead: "Yueyue!"

Xu Xinyue invited the two to sit down and smiled: "Why are you here?"

"I'm not worried about you!" Xia Xueyao grabbed Xu Xinyue's hand with a look of fear on her face: "You don't know, we were scared to death that day! You were lying there, unconscious, and it seemed like you were having a hard time breathing. I was almost scared to death!"

"Yeah..." Qin Lingruo didn't care that Xia Xueyao interrupted her and nodded in agreement.

"That day I really felt guilty towards my brother. He clearly asked me to take good care of you, but I ended up taking good care of you until you died. Now I am too embarrassed to see her... I had no choice but to contact Yaoyao and come to visit you together. What happened to you that day? Have you found out? Who poisoned you?

That’s not right. You and I are so close, how could anyone’s actions escape my eyes? Who dares to poison in front of me...” Qin Lingruo frowned and thought.

"It's nothing. I didn't poison you. It's just that my constitution is incompatible with red sunflower. I can't eat too much. That day was the first time I ate it, and I was a little greedy..."

“Is that so!?”

Xia Xueyao and Qin Lingruo were both shocked. They never expected this to be the reason.

"Then you are too unlucky... But although the red sunflower tastes good, it is rare in Kyoto, so it doesn't matter if you eat a few bites... It's just that because of you that day, we didn't want to attend the banquet in the end. Even when the second brother wanted to take Yaoyao for a walk, Yaoyao refused. He was dressed up very well that day!"

"Hmm? You mean, he was dressed in bright red that day, like a groom, and he was dressed up carefully?"

Xia Xueyao opened her eyes wide and stuffed a bite of dessert into her mouth. "Is that so? I remember he was very low-key before?"

"I'm very low-key...but I'm just concerned about someone's poor eyesight..." Qin Lingruo muttered softly while drinking tea.

"By the way, did you go back to look for Qin Leng later?"

"Yes, I did. I even asked Xue Hexin to get him some food. The little brat was very kind and insisted on taking it back to eat with his nanny.

I also found out about it later. Qin Leng's mother was originally a concubine. Because of the struggles in the harem, she was sent to the cold palace. Unexpectedly, she was pregnant. Because the concubine had no one to take care of her and her mother's family was in decline, Qin Leng was able to survive.

In fact, the child had a hard life. At first, he relied on his mother to earn some money by embroidering and sending it out of the palace. Later, his mother passed away, and his nanny took care of him...

The two of them have depended on each other until now... It's so miserable in the cold palace, I don't know how he managed to survive until now.

However, since I know about it, I will not sit idly by and do nothing. I have decided that I will protect him from now on."

After saying that, Qin Lingruo slapped the table with a gangster-like look on his face: "I am here, and no one else will bully him except me!"

Seeing her like this, Xu Xinyue and Xia Xueyao couldn't help but chuckle. How could a palace with such complicated rules raise a princess who was so like a "mountain king"?

"That prince will probably not let it go that day, so you better be careful in the palace."

"Prince? Are you talking about Qin Jizhao? He is just a scoundrel, always teasing cats and dogs. He is not even as good as his brother Qin Zhaolie. There is no need to be afraid of him! Yueyue doesn't need to worry. You seldom go out, so it should be difficult for you to run into him!"