A nervous Hongli immediately left his tent and ran to the West Warm Pavilion, where he was shocked to see two palace maids holding down Su Yushan's hands, while another old woman was gripping her chin and forcibly pouring a bottle of medicine into her mouth.

Hongli sternly stopped him, kicked the old woman aside, and hurriedly helped Su Yushan up, "Yushan, Yushan! Quickly spit out the medicine!"

However, he arrived too late; the medicine had already been forced down her throat. Blood immediately welled up at the corner of Su Yushan's lips. Upon seeing this, Hongli panicked and frantically wiped the blood from her lips.

"Don't be afraid, you'll be alright. I'll take you to see the imperial physician right away!"

She seemed to be in great pain, her brows furrowed, her lips moving with difficulty as she struggled to raise her hand to touch him. "Hongli... I... I'm so cold..."

Before she could finish speaking, before her fingers could even touch him, her arm lost all strength and she collapsed to the ground!

In that instant, Hongli's heart clenched, unable to bear the almost desperate pain, "Yushan!"

The heart-wrenching screams startled the young eunuch, who immediately rushed in to check on him. "Fourth Master, Fourth Master, are you feeling unwell? This servant will go and fetch the imperial physician right away."

Only then did Hongli realize that he was still lying in the tent; it turned out that it was all a dream!

He could still vividly feel the heart-wrenching pain from his dream, and realizing it was a false alarm, he was secretly relieved.

"It's nothing, just a nightmare."

Seeing that the Fourth Prince's forehead was covered in sweat, the young eunuch stepped forward and took out a handkerchief to wipe it for him. Hongli took the handkerchief and waved it to him, telling him to step back.

Although it was a dream, the dream was so real that Hongli was still afraid. So he got up, left the tent, and went outside.

The young eunuch quickly stopped him, "Fourth Master, where are you going? It's the middle of the night, you should rest peacefully, otherwise this servant will be punished."

This young eunuch wasn't one of his men, and Hongli needed to bribe him to shut him up. But the eunuch had left in a hurry yesterday and hadn't taken any money with him. So Hongli casually pulled off a coral bead from the end of his hair tie and tossed it to him.

"Keep your mouth shut!"

The young eunuch clutched the bead tightly, hesitating. Such a large coral bead must be valuable, but if someone discovered that the Fourth Prince had gone to the other side, he would also be punished! But if he didn't cooperate, the Fourth Prince would definitely not let him off the hook. Either way, he would be punished, so he might as well take the risk and gamble.

Thinking this, the little eunuch silently accepted the bead, pretended not to know anything, and continued his night watch.

While Su Yushan was asleep, she felt a movement beside her bed. Startled, she opened her eyes and was shocked to see someone sitting by the bed curtains. Her eyes widened in surprise.

"Hongli? You... what are you doing here? Weren't you in the East Warm Pavilion?"

Seeing her lying there peacefully, Hongli was temporarily relieved. "I just had a nightmare. I was worried about you, worried that they were playing tricks on you and deliberately trying to keep you away from me. I was afraid that Mother would try to harm you again."

Meeting his anxious expression, Su Yushan's heart stirred slightly. She sat up, took the initiative to wrap her arms around his waist, and buried her face in his shoulder, softly comforting him:

"I'm fine, I'm perfectly alright. Don't worry about me, you should be worried about your own condition."

The moment he held her firmly in his arms, Hongli finally felt at ease. "The palace is not my territory. I cannot guarantee your safety, and I cannot feel at ease. They will not harm me, but whether they will harm you is another matter."

Su Yushan pondered to herself, "Since the Emperor doesn't intend to hold me accountable, I suppose Consort Xi wouldn't go against His Majesty's will?"

Even so, I'm still worried and need to sleep next to you.

Su Yushan couldn't help but ask curiously, "What exactly did you dream about? Why are you so worried?"

Recalling the dream, Hongli's heart still aches. "That dream was unlucky, so it's best not to talk about it."

Seeing his obvious reluctance, Su Yushan had already guessed what was going on. "You dreamt that I died?"

Before she could finish speaking, he covered her lips, saying, "Don't say such unlucky things. Anyway, I have to sleep next to you in case anything happens."

Hongli insisted on this, and Su Yushan had no choice but to agree. However, she had to make it clear beforehand, "Let's make it clear first, you are injured, so you are not allowed to do anything reckless."

He did have that thought, but unfortunately, he lacked the strength and was powerless to do so! However, men are all concerned about their image, and he did not want to show weakness, so he went along with her and said, "Okay, whatever you say."

With his assurance, Su Yushan moved closer to let him into bed. Only by being close to her and smelling her jasmine scent could Hongli sleep peacefully.

Nothing was said that night. Before dawn the next day, Su Yushan suddenly woke up and hurriedly reminded him, "Wake up, it's time to go to court."

Hongli replied in a daze, "I'm so badly injured, why should I attend court? Father Emperor said he's exempting me from morning court so I can recuperate."

Su Yushan sighed inwardly at her own foolishness, having completely forgotten about this matter. "It's good that you're not attending court. You should rest well."

After thinking for a moment, she added, "Is that little eunuch still keeping it a secret for you? Shouldn't you go back to the East Warm Pavilion to avoid being discovered?"

With his right arm injured, he rolled over to lie on his left side, getting closer to her, and hummed softly with his eyes closed, "It's rare that I don't have to attend the morning court session, so I want to hold you and lie here a little longer."

"But they won't let me sleep with you. If we're found out, the little eunuch will be in trouble too." Su Yushan, concerned about the consequences, kept urging him, which displeased Hongli.

Why would you care about a mere eunuch?

This jealousy seemed completely inexplicable, so Su Yushan could only patiently explain to him, "I'm not concerned about him, I just don't want this matter to escalate. Consort Xi doesn't like me to begin with, and I don't want her to find any more fault with me and accuse me of being a vixen who bewitches you all day long."

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