After a flurry of activity, Doctor Li applied medicine and bandaged Pei Zhixuan's wound.

"Young Madam, this wound is deep inside your lungs. In the next three days, you must closely monitor whether His Highness has a fever. If he does, please administer acupuncture to cool him down immediately." Doctor Li stood at the door, carefully instructing Shen Yunjiao.

In his eyes, the Crown Princess was also a highly skilled doctor, and he felt most at ease entrusting his patients to her care.

Moreover, the patient was none other than the Crown Princess's own husband, so she would surely be even more heartbroken.

"Also, there's no need to change the dressing today, but starting tomorrow, the Crown Princess must change His Highness's dressing and feed him medicine every day."

"I understand," Shen Yunjiao said with a soft sigh and a nod.

She looked at Pei Zhixuan, who was lying on the bed with his brows furrowed, and sighed silently.

It looks like she'll have to go back to the Pei residence again.

Shen Yunjiao told Fuxia to go back and pack her things quickly, and to inform Shen Zhizhang and Shen Qinghuai of the whole story.

As for how to exile Shen Yunmo, Shen Zhizhang must have made his own decision.

Pei Zhixuan had fallen into a coma before he even drew his sword, and he had a strange dream.

In the dream, Shen Yunjiao and he were an ordinary couple. Their house was small, but there was a peach grove in the backyard.

Shen Yunjiao sat in front of a blue stone table in the middle of the peach grove, holding a few peach blossoms in her hand, intending to put them into a pink porcelain vase.

Seeing Pei Zhixuan approaching, she was overjoyed, waved to him, and said shyly, "Husband, you're back."

Pei Zhixuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly strode over to her side.

Seeing that he had sat down, Shen Yunjiao smiled and showed him the flowers in the vase: "Husband, look, these are the flowers I arranged, aren't they pretty?"

"Beautiful." Pei Zhixuan gazed at her intently, wanting to reach out and touch her cheek.

At this moment, Shen Yunjiao suddenly stood up and dodged away, her face suddenly turning extremely cold: "Pei Zhixuan, didn't I tell you to stay away from me?"

"Me." Pei Zhixuan choked up, wanting to say something more, but Shen Yunjiao suddenly turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared completely.

"No, don't leave me."

Pei Zhixuan tried his best to reach out and grasp her, but his hand found nothing.

Pei Zhixuan suddenly opened his eyes and realized that it had all been a dream.

He had already returned to the Pei residence and was lying on his bed in Chunhe Courtyard.

The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to get out of bed, but Ping An, who was watching over him, quickly pressed him down, saying, "Master, you are still injured, you must not get out of bed."

"Where is Shen Yunjiao?" Pei Zhixuan asked, frowning.

"The young mistress is brewing medicine," Ping An quickly reassured him, placing a pillow behind Pei Zhixuan's back to make him more comfortable.

"All right."

Pei Zhixuan relaxed slightly, but the pain in his body still made him instinctively feel very weak.

I don't want Shen Yunjiao to leave.

Pei Zhixuan had only one thought in his mind.

But before that, he had to do something else.

"Ping An, where is Zi Yu?" Pei Zhixuan asked calmly.

Ping An was stunned. "Madam Fang should be in Yuanhe Courtyard."

"Go and call her over."

——

Fang Ziyu was stunned when she suddenly saw Ping An in Yuanhe Courtyard.

"Ping An, is something the matter?"

"Madam Fang, the young master needs to speak with you."

Fang Ziyu paused her tending to the flowers and plants, straightened up, looked at Ping An, and said calmly, "I understand. I'll get ready and come over right away."

After their marriage, Pei Zhixuan never lived in his own courtyard, but instead lived in the Chunhe Courtyard next door.

Fang Ziyu had actually guessed why Pei Zhixuan was becoming increasingly distant from her.

Isn't it only now that he realizes he loves Shen Yunjiao?

Fang Ziyu gave a cold laugh.

Sure enough, all men are the same; they all crave what they can't have.

She changed into her usual plain white dress and went alone to Chunhe Courtyard.

As she stepped into Chunhe Courtyard, she saw a young girl in a turquoise vest carrying a pile of firewood toward the kitchen.

The girl saw him, paused for a moment, then walked away without any expression.

All the maids in the Pei household wore pink clothes, except for one maid who wore pink clothes.

Shen Yunjiao.

She actually came back?

That bitch, didn't she say she wouldn't come back? Why did she change her mind again?

That bitch is so pretentious!

Fang Ziyu thought bitterly, but she still had to remain calm and followed Ping An into the main room of Chunhe Courtyard.

"Husband! How did you get hurt?"

Pei Zhixuan saw Fang Ziyu's panicked and worried face and forced a smile, "Ziyu, I'm fine. I want to tell you something today."

"I was injured, and Shen Yunjiao came back to the Pei residence to take care of me."

Fang Ziyu nodded sadly but obediently and said, "I saw it."

“Ziyu, I want to tell Yunjiao what happened between us.” Pei Zhixuan lowered his eyes. “You and I both know that nothing actually happened between us.”

"But my husband, you said you would take care of me for the rest of your life, have you forgotten?" Fang Ziyu shed two lines of tears as she knelt before Pei Zhixuan's bed and sobbed softly.

“Of course I haven’t forgotten, but Ziyu, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have stayed by your side as your husband. I will still continue to take care of you, but—my heart…” Pei Zhixuan pinched his brow as if he had a headache, and after exhaling a breath of turbid air, he slowly said, “My heart belongs only to Shen Yunjiao.”

Fang Ziyu burst into tears, "But, we..."

She wanted to try to salvage the relationship, but after all, as Pei Zhixuan said, nothing had actually happened between them.

She originally thought that after she tricked Shen Yunjiao away, Pei Zhixuan would slowly fall in love with her. But in the end, she found that Pei Zhixuan would rather stay alone than have too many opportunities to have contact with her.

Her mother, Madam Fang, once tried to drug Pei Zhixuan, but after he discovered the trick, Pei Zhixuan became even more unwilling to stay in his own courtyard.

Did Pei Zhixuan only feel gratitude towards him from beginning to end?

Fang Ziyu didn't want to believe it, but for now, she had no choice but to compromise. As long as she could stay by Pei Zhixuan's side, she would find an opportunity later.

"Ziyu, you can still stay in the Pei residence. I won't go back on my word. Besides, perhaps Shen Yunjiao can help you—"

"No need, Your Highness."

Fang Ziyu interrupted Pei Zhixuan, "I will deal with my own pain. Please, Your Highness, do not say anything that would cause me to misunderstand, just out of pity for me."

After Fang Ziyu finished speaking, Pei Zhixuan was speechless.

He knew that what he was doing hurt Fang Ziyu.

However, it would be unfair to Fang Ziyu if he continued to maintain an ambiguous relationship with her.

"Feel sorry."

Pei Zhixuan reached out, intending to pat Fang Ziyu's hand as before, but he silently withdrew his hand halfway through the air.