After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

Yan Yu developed a fever in the middle of the night and his whole body was burning hot.

Xiao Chengji sensed something was wrong and called the imperial physician over overnight, and the entire palace was brightly lit.

Several imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau followed him to the palace. They had been taking the emperor's pulse all the time and were called over by Huo Ha overnight, thinking that something had happened to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin.

In the winter night, water freezes into ice. Huoha was wearing thin clothes, but he was sweating all over. He hurriedly urged the doctors to leave: "Hurry up, hurry up! If it's too late, His Highness will kill someone!"

There was a cold bright moon hanging in the sky, the ground was covered with a layer of silver frost, and strings of palace lanterns moved quickly in the cold night and soon arrived at the residence of the King of Qin.

Xiao Chengji was wearing a black robe embroidered with a golden python. His handsome face was so cold that it seemed to be dripping with water. The imperial physician was so frightened when he saw him that he almost knelt down: "Your Highness."

"Go inside." Xiao Chengji said coldly, "See the princess."

The dark green curtains fell to the ground, and the half-hollowed out Ruyi patterns brought out a little light from inside. The faint scent of burning incense filled the palace. Compared with the cold outside, the room felt like warm spring.

Through a handkerchief, the imperial physician felt the pulse of Princess Qin and wrote a prescription: "Princess, your body is weak to begin with. You must have been frightened during the day."

Xiao Chengji returned to bed only after everyone had left.

He wrung out a warm handkerchief and wiped Yan Yu's face.

After a long time, Yan Yu slowly opened his eyes.

She has a small face, a pointed chin, drooping eyelashes, and looks unhappy.

Xiao Chengji certainly knew that Yan Yu was pretty, but under the dim light, she had removed all her makeup, and her facial features looked like they were carefully carved out of white jade, as if they would break at the slightest touch.

It was also at this time that Xiao Chengji began to understand some men like King Zhou and King You of Zhou who had ruined the world because of beauty.

He coughed: "Would you like some water?"

Yan Yu still felt a little uncomfortable.

In fact, she didn't want to come to the capital or get married from the beginning. It would be great if she could be a carefree girl all her life, without having to see anything or hear anything. All the sisters, sisters-in-law, and aunts in the Shao family were good people, without so much intimidation and intrigue.

But people always have to accept what is in front of them.

After accepting it, you will have to do the same thing with blood on your hands.

She shook her head gently.

Xiao Chengji felt so pitiful when he saw her like this, his eyes were misty, and even a hard-hearted man couldn't help but feel pity for her. He touched Yan Yu's face with his big hand and said, "Do you want to eat something?"

Yan Yu shook his head again.

Xiao Chengji stroked her chin with his calloused fingertips: "What do you want?"

Yan Yu whispered, "I miss my grandmother and want to go home."

As far as she could remember, she had never been separated from her grandmother for such a long time.

When people are sick, they always miss warm people and things. In the past, when Yan Yu was sick, the old lady always took her to her room to sleep and watched her all night long.

"Nonsense." Xiao Chengji's tone suddenly turned cold, "Wherever I am, that's your home."

Yan Yu's tears suddenly fell.

Xiao Chengji looked at her crying, and felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. He raised his hand to wipe Yan Yu's tears and held her in his arms: "You just know how to cry. What's wrong with you following me? Have I ever treated you badly?"

Yan Yu's bones ached from being strangled by him; his strength was really too great.

She was a little sad at first, but when Xiao Chengji disturbed her, her emotions faded instantly: "My shoulder hurts, Your Highness, please don't hold it so hard..."

She hissed slightly and felt pain in the bones of her shoulders.

Xiao Chengji relaxed a little.

Yan Yu took off his shirt, revealing half of his shoulders: "Look, there must be fingerprints."

Her skin was originally white and so tender that even the slightest force would leave marks. When he held Yan Yu's shoulders just now, he did leave obvious finger marks.

Xiao Chengji's ears turned red instantly. He didn't expect her to be so bold as to take off her clothes in front of him.

He had never stripped her naked before, nor did he have any strange habits. He never touched her randomly. He always did things seriously and maintained the demeanor of a gentleman.

As soon as Yan Yu's shoulders were exposed, he pulled her clothes back: "This king doesn't want to see it at all."

Yan Yu was so angry that he turned his back and ignored him.

The medicine is still being boiled and we have to wait until dawn.

The maid dissolved the pills prescribed by the imperial physician and brought them to Yan Yu to drink. Xiao Chengji took the bowl of medicine, tasted it to see if it was hot or cold, and the sour and bitter taste made him feel nauseous.

Xiao Chengji asked the maid to bring over two or three kinds of candied fruits. The deep red crabapple was wrapped in a layer of amber-like honey, and the pitted candied dates were also wrapped in molasses. Next to them were several plates of sugar roses, sugar osmanthus, and candied plum blossoms.

He fed it to Yan Yu and let him taste it. Yan Yu was already used to drinking all kinds of medicines, and he had remembered how bitter it was. He held the medicine in his mouth and drank it slowly, then put a piece of osmanthus candy in his mouth to get rid of the bitterness.

Xiao Chengji asked the maid to leave, then hugged Yan Yu again and touched his forehead.

Her forehead was still burning hot, her face was also burned bright red, and she looked weak.

"Did someone scare you today?" Xiao Chengji asked, "Or did someone make you unhappy?"

Yan Yu sighed.

What else can I do?

The cat was a gift from the Queen Mother to Xiao Jiashan. It belonged to the Fifth Prince. Even if Wei Ruxuan stewed it, she had no reason to blame her.

It's someone else's business, what else can she say?

If a real fuss were to be made about Wei Ruxuan being cruel and ruthless, others would instead think that Yan Yu was meddling in other people's business, even asking about a cat in someone else's room.

I can only bear this anger for the time being and find an opportunity to retaliate another day.

Xiao Chengji is her husband, so she can only tell him what she cannot tell others.

Yan Yu leaned in his arms and told him the story again. Xiao Chengji's face turned pale and he said, "Tomorrow I will have someone find you a more expensive one."

"Forget it, I don't want to raise anything." Yan Yu said softly, "Your Highness, don't bother with this."

She couldn't stand the fact that Wei Ruxuan was deliberately taking her life to vent her anger.

Yan Yu wanted to cry again as she thought about it, and buried her face in Xiao Chengji's shoulder: "Both of them bullied me, Your Highness, we can't let them suppress us in the future, you have to protect me well."

Xiao Chengji and Xiao Jiashan are destined to live and die respectively in the future. Whoever is suppressed will die. Although no one says it, everyone knows it in their hearts.

Even they both knew it in their hearts.

Xiao Chengji hummed, and felt the slight warmth and wetness on his shoulders. He hugged Yan Yu tighter and said, "If I marry you, I will protect you for the rest of my life."