Yu Tingyi, who had calmed down slightly, suddenly narrowed her eyes: "Ahhhhhh—"

The sound was even more piercing than before, and anger seemed to pour out of the scream; the hatred in the eyes could not be concealed no matter what.

She used all her strength to break free from the old woman holding her down and desperately lunged at Yu Nanqing!

It's him!

That's him!

He's the one who ruined her life!

Why is he still standing here perfectly fine?

Why is he still alive?!

Kill him! Kill him!

However, before he could even touch Yu Nanqing, he had already fallen headfirst.

Fortunately, Emperor Yuanhe caught her in time, but Yu Tingyi went crazy and frantically grabbed at Yu Nanqing. Because she used too much force, the wound on her neck burst open and blood gushed out!

"Aaaaaah—" Yu Tingyi cried out in hatred!

She hated that she couldn't tear Yu Nanqing to pieces!

She was right in front of him, yet she couldn't touch him at all.

"Tingyi! Calm down!" Emperor Yuanhe shouted, frowning.

But Yu Tingyi grabbed the dragon robe, her eyes filled with extreme resentment, pointing at Yu Nanqing and staring unblinkingly at Emperor Yuanhe, screaming wildly.

It's him! It's him, my royal brother!

It was all his conspiracy!

She became like this because of Yu Nanqing!

However, she couldn't utter a single sound when she tried to say something.

Emperor Yuanhe knew perfectly well what Yu Tingyi meant by that look, but even if he did, what could he do? Yu Tingyi was completely speechless!

Even if she screamed until her voice was hoarse, he couldn't convict Yu Nanqing based on just one look from her.

Moreover, given her current delirious state, any accusation against her would be completely unfounded!

"Yu Nanqing, get out!" Emperor Yuanhe roared coldly!

They thought that bringing Yu Nanqing along would expose his weakness, but they didn't expect that Yu Tingyi would be the first to succumb to the shock.

Yu Nanqing watched this scene quietly, and upon hearing this, turned around and walked out decisively.

He never wanted to come in the first place.

Seeing this, Yu Tingyi screamed even more agitatedly. Emperor Yuanhe held her tightly and glared at the imperial physician, roaring, "Hurry up and think of a solution!"

The imperial physician hurriedly took out a medicine bottle from his medicine box, poured a few pills into his palm, and tremblingly put them into Yu Tingyi's mouth.

Yu Tingyi struggled to eat, but Emperor Yuanhe restrained her, and she swallowed the medicine after a few screams.

A short while later, he collapsed and fainted.

Emperor Yuanhe lifted her onto the bed, with the imperial physicians kneeling and crawling on the ground following closely behind. As soon as Emperor Yuanhe let go, the imperial physicians did not dare to delay for a moment and began to treat the princess's injuries.

Yu Tingyi's injuries had already been mostly treated while she was unconscious, and the most important thing now was for her to rest and recuperate. But no one expected that Yu Tingyi would cause such a commotion after waking up.

At this point, not only did the wound reopen, but the burns on my body also needed to be treated with medication again.

Burns are inherently difficult to treat, and with such a large area of ​​burns, it's impossible to restore the original appearance.

The imperial physicians almost all understood that if they couldn't cure the princess, they would probably lose their lives.

Emperor Yuanhe harbored a deep anger within himself. He was already injured, and now, fueled by rage, his wounds began to ache again.

Fortunately, the assassins were arranged by him, and the injuries were merely superficial.

"No...no good..." a royal physician suddenly stammered, "He...he has a high fever!"

Upon hearing this, the imperial physicians were immediately filled with panic. Some administered acupuncture, some prescribed medicine, some tried to lower the fever, and some wrote prescriptions. In a hurried and chaotic manner, everything fell into disarray.

Emperor Yuanhe angrily rebuked, "So what if she has a high fever? If you can't save the princess's life, none of you should live either!"

Living in the palace, how could he not know the consequences of a high fever? Not to mention the concubines in the palace, even ordinary people in the city might die the next day if their high fever didn't subside.

Emperor Yuanhe gritted his teeth: "Where is the imperial son-in-law! Why isn't he here when the eldest princess is so ill?"

Immediately, a maidservant knelt down in a panic and reported, "Your Majesty, when His Highness first woke up, the Prince Consort bit him and splashed medicine all over him, so... the Prince Consort thought His Highness didn't want to see him, and to avoid further upsetting His Highness, he... left."

"This is utterly absurd!" Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuanhe couldn't muster any anger towards Si Yang. He simply said, "Summon him here. After all, they are husband and wife. How can the other person avoid seeing the Princess in distress?"

"Yes." The maidservant hurriedly withdrew.

On the other side, Yu Nanqing had just returned to the Prince's Mansion when he happened to run into Su Wanyan returning in the Prince's Mansion's carriage.

She was sitting in the driver's seat with Xiaobu, holding mung bean cakes wrapped in oil paper in her hands. She chatted and laughed with Xiaobu the whole way, and her little fingers were covered with leftover cake crumbs.

Yu Nanqing saw it from afar, and a sharp pain shot through her heart. An inexplicable jealousy instantly overwhelmed her, and her face darkened in an instant.

However, before he could react, Su Wanyan spotted him and exclaimed in surprise, "Yu Nanqing?"

Her bright eyes sparkled with surprise: "You went out today too? Just got back? What a coincidence, we just happened to bump into each other at the gate!"

In the blink of an eye, Yu Nanqing's dark expression vanished, his heart stopped aching, he stopped being jealous, and he felt as light as if he were floating on a cloud.

A smile couldn't be suppressed from her eyes, and she quickly took two steps forward, replying, "Mm."

Before the carriage had even come to a complete stop, Su Wanyan had already stood up. Yu Nanqing's heart tightened, and he quickly reached out to support her, saying, "Slow down, there's no rush."

Xiao Bu was also startled and quickly told the horse to stop.

Su Wanyan, holding Yu Nanqing's hand, jumped down from the carriage and handed him the mung bean cake in her hand: "Want some? I just bought it."

"Mm." Yu Nanqing's lips unconsciously curved into a smile: "Let's give it a try."

He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, and Su Wanyan asked, "Where did you go after leaving the manor?"

The two walked side by side into the mansion.

"I just returned from the Princess's residence," Yu Nanqing said.

"The Princess's Residence." Su Wanyan was a little surprised: "Why would you go to the Princess's Residence?"

"Hmm?" Yu Nanqing asked curiously, "Why does Yan'er think I won't go?"

"Didn't I say we can only call you by your name?"

"..." Yu Nanqing opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but saw that Su Wanyan seemed not to care. He heard her say, "I thought you would avoid suspicion at this time."

She leaned slightly closer to Yu Nanqing, who bowed slightly in response. She then whispered, "Emperor Yuanhe can definitely guess that you were the one who injured the Princess so badly. He already has suspicions about you. If he reveals any flaws, wouldn't you be in danger?"

Yu Nanqing bent down and whispered in her ear, "The Princess is mute."

"What?" Su Wanyan looked at Yu Nanqing with surprise, and lowered her voice: "You made her mute?"