In the evening, Li Shushu washed up as usual, put on her pajamas and was about to go to bed.

But then I heard a low and urgent knock on the door.

Lian'er went to open the door.

Lian'er had also come to the palace banquet before, but at that time the prince wanted to talk to Li Shushu, so he found an excuse to have her sent away in advance.

Later, after Xia Muyan decided to keep Li Shushu in the Eastern Palace, he thought that having someone close to her to accompany her would help relieve her boredom, so he called Lian'er over again.

Lian'er was filled with doubts. Wasn't her master married to the Third Prince as his concubine? Why did the Crown Prince imprison her in the Eastern Palace?

However, when she saw that her master was so calm, and that everyone in the East Palace was very polite to them, she gradually began to feel relieved.

After all, it is not appropriate for servants like them to interfere with their master's thoughts.

After opening the door, Leng Qi bowed outside the door.

"Miss Li," he called softly, not "Prince's Consort" or something like that. It was the Crown Prince who asked them to call her that.

"His Highness drank too much today and came back to bathe. He doesn't usually like to be served. He's been in the bathhouse for half an hour. I called him several times, but he didn't respond. When he finally answered, he didn't come out. He just said he felt dizzy and asked me to find you to help him!"

Li Shushu: ...

Before she could even open her mouth to respond, Lian'er started to complain, "What's going on? He won't let anyone in, but my young lady is married. It's not okay for men and women to be intimate with each other, okay? If others knew about this, how would they view my young lady?"

Leng Qi: "This...?", with an embarrassed expression on his face.

Li Shushu knew that it must be Xia Muyan who had done something wrong. It was useless to tell Leng Qi about it, so he could only ask again: "You didn't ask him, can you and A Li go in?"

"Your Highness only wants you to go."

Li Shushu pondered for a moment.

Whatever, it’s not like I haven’t seen him naked before.

As for her reputation? After being detained in the Eastern Palace for so long, she probably had lost all her reputation...

Maybe he really encountered some difficulties?

The summer weather was already hot, and she was originally wearing a plain white nightgown with her hair loose. She thought it would be inappropriate to go out in this image, but she was afraid that people would not be able to wait for her if she dressed up, so she had to ask Lian'er to get her a thin cloak, and simply tied her hair behind her head with a ribbon.

Follow Leng Qi out of the room.

Lian'er wanted to go with them, but Leng Qi stopped her, "His Highness has instructed that only Miss Li can go."

"This..." Lian'er looked worried.

Li Shushu turned around and comforted Lian'er: "Go to sleep first. Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Lian'er had no choice but to nod nervously in response.

Although she had lived in the Eastern Palace for some time, Li Shushu had never set foot in the main hall where the prince lived.

This was her first time here, and it was no different from other places, cold and deserted, and the decoration was not even as good as the side hall where she lived, just like the first impression he gave people.

Leng Qi took her directly to the bathroom door.

Li Shushu knocked on the door and called him, "Your Highness, Your Highness..., how are you?"

No one responded.

At this moment, Li Shushu also became a little anxious: "Xia Muyan, Xia Muyan, if you have nothing to say, just say something!"

"Shu'er, come in..., the others..., let's go!"

After a long while, he responded.

But the voice sounded unusually hoarse, and there was something very wrong.

Hearing this, Li Shushu had no choice but to give Leng Qi a soothing look before gently pushing the door open and walking in.

A rectangular bathtub, ten feet wide and fifteen feet long, was cut into the bathroom. Next to it was a couch with a cloth draped over it and soapberries placed beside it.

Xia Muyan leaned against the pool wall, her hair loose, her long, strong arms stretched out beside the pool, her head slightly lowered...

The clothes may have been taken off in a hurry and were piled up in a mess on the ground. There was no heat in the water in the pool.

But he closed his eyes tightly, his face was extremely flushed, his thin lips were slightly parted, and he was breathing slightly.

Li Shushu walked over gently, a hint of worry in his voice: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

As she got closer, she could finally see that although his chest was bare, his pants were still on.

His skin was also abnormally pink, and where it came into contact with the water, a trace of heat was emitting.

Li Shushu squatted down, stretched out her white jade fingers, and carefully tested the water temperature. It was cold, icy cold. The water should not be just cold water. Someone should have added ice cubes in it intentionally.

"Xia Muyan, how are you?" She spoke with more concern and reached out to try to shake his shoulders.

At this moment, no matter what secular etiquette is involved, I can't care about it.

He suddenly turned around, faced her, and opened his eyes, "Shu'er..."

The corners of his eyes were red, and his eyes were full of tears, revealing temptation...

"Have you been drugged?" Li Shushu bit her lip and looked at him.

What else could have happened to him? Who would dare to murder the Crown Prince in the palace?

How did he endure until now?

"Shu'er..." he murmured again.

Looking at his appearance, Li Shushu was afraid that his consciousness was not very clear. The aphrodisiac was very poisonous. If it was taken too late, he would die suddenly.

"I'll go call the imperial physician for you. Or, do you have a concubine or something like that? I'll go call it for you!" Li Shushu hurriedly wanted to get up.

But he grabbed the corner of her clothes and she shook her head painfully, refusing, "No."

"Then what should we do? If you keep dragging it on like this... you'll die!" Li Shushu said anxiously, squatting down again, holding some ice water in her hands. When she felt her hands were about to be numb from the cold, she placed her hands on his forehead to try to cool him down.

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