After a long while, Liu Dianyi finally suppressed the soreness in his throat: "Yes, Your Majesty, I have arrived. I have the cloak and cotton-padded clothes Your Highness gave me, so I am fine."

His voice trembled slightly and choked with emotion. After a moment of trying to calm himself down, he continued, "Now that you have woken up and identified Li Yanping, it is time for me to go back and tell Prefect Qi about this matter."

He paused, then stepped forward and knelt on one knee, looking up at Gu Yuzhi with tears glistening in his eyes: "Your Highness, I need your token."

Transferring local officials is no small matter. Even if they are familiar with Prefect Qi, there are still some procedures that need to be followed.

Gu Yuzhi looked at Liu Dianyi with empty eyes, tilted his head and thought for a while before remembering what the token was: "It's in Changzhou, on the desk in the study."

He never imagined he would ever need the token, so he left it lying around carelessly. After being told off by Granny Xu a few times, she simply started using it as a paperweight.

Gu Yuzhi stuck out his tongue sheepishly, then suddenly remembered Xueye: "Right, right, where's Xueye? Did it come back after it saved me that day?"

Because he couldn't see, his panic and other emotions were amplified. Gu Yuzhi was extremely insecure at the moment and desperately needed to hold something in his arms. Xue Ye, his training partner who had saved his life this time, was the most suitable.

Liu Dianyi said, "Xueye is extremely intelligent. During the days that His Highness has been injured and unconscious, Xueye has been guarding outside the door."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuzhi looked around blankly, then turned to the direction of the door based on his memory.

He had told Xueye that it couldn't appear in crowded places, for fear of causing panic among ordinary people.

Snow Night has always been obedient; even when it went to scare that big bad guy, the Prefect of Qingzhou, it didn't enter the city.

This time, she must have been terrified, which is why she ignored his previous instructions and insisted on guarding the door.

Gu Yuzhi really wanted to jump out of bed, but the slightest movement caused a sharp pain in his chest, making him hunch over and want to curl up into a ball.

Seeing this, Imperial Physician Qin grabbed him and whispered, "Your Highness was unconscious before, so I didn't do anything. Now that Your Highness is awake, this area on your chest needs to be strapped with a wooden board to prevent the broken ribs from shifting again."

Gu Yuzhi opened her small mouth and let out an "ah," then lowered her head to look, but suddenly remembered that she couldn't see now, so she could only say "oh" and then said nothing more.

Judge Qin brought up the things he had prepared beforehand, and with Xu Mama's help, the wooden board was quickly secured.

He took Gu Yuzhi's pulse again and found that it was no different from before, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "Dianping, try to lie flat and rest during this period. You can get up and move around after the broken ribs have healed."

Gu Yuzhi lay flat on the bed, his hand instinctively reaching out to touch something, but he couldn't find anything.

He instinctively sniffed, feeling like he was about to turn into a little crybaby.

Seeing this, the Imperial Physician Qin said gently, "Your Highness will feel less pain after taking the medicine, and Granny Xu has prepared some dried fruit for you."

Upon hearing that there was dried fruit, Gu Yuzhi immediately smacked his lips, but it seemed to taste like medicine.

He quickly spat out several small sips, turned to Judge Qin, and whispered, "Judge Qin, I will never complain about the bitterness of your medicine again."

Having walked through the gates of hell, Gu Yuzhi felt that compared to death, bitter medicine was nothing!

Upon hearing this, Judge Qin was stunned. Looking at Gu Yuzhi's puffed-up cheeks and empty eyes, she had lost all her previous liveliness and cuteness, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow.

His nose tingled, and his Adam's apple bobbed for a while before he whispered, "I shall go now."

Gu Yuzhi responded with an "oh," and listened carefully to the sound. After a while, a fluffy head came over and gently nudged his head.

He immediately laughed, slightly raised his hand, then put it back down, and said with a chuckle, "Xueye! Thank you for saving me that day! But how did you know I was in trouble?"

He seemed completely unaffected, and turned into his usual chatterbox again, muttering, "I heard Judge Qin's voice before I lost consciousness. Did you notify them?"

The snowy night let out a low howl, which served as its answer.

It was only then that Chen Dianyi said, "That night, Xueye suddenly rushed into Xinliang. It just so happened that Huo... was on duty. He had seen Xueye before, so he let it pass."

"After it came in, it went straight to Chen and Qin Yuanpan's room. After we opened the door, it kept biting our clothes and pulling us outside."

"Court Judge Qin said that Xueye is very perceptive and that her urgency must mean something is wrong with His Highness. He told Xueye to go ahead and rescue His Highness, and we will prepare the army and set off later."

Xueye was indeed very intelligent. After hearing what Qin Yuanpan said, it led its pack of wolves and ran wildly toward Gu Yuzhi and the others, leaving a trail of wolf scent.

Xin Liang's horse hesitated for a while before finally setting off, otherwise they could have gone much faster.

Gu Yuzhi's smile widened, and he nuzzled Xueye's head, laboriously raising his bandaged hand: "Xueye, my hand is injured, so I can't touch you right now. But you're super awesome, I'll ask Granny Xu to make you something delicious!"

He paused for a moment, then added, "And your underlings too!"

The snowy night howled twice, clearly satisfied with Gu Yuzhi's arrangements.

Chen Dianyi coughed twice at the right moment, his tone tinged with helplessness: "Your Highness, the wolf cubs from Xueye have already left. Moreover, I don't think they need to eat the dried meat made by Granny Xu."

Gu Yuzhi naturally noticed the oddity in Chen Dianyi's words. He blinked his listless eyes and asked curiously, "Why?"

He really wanted to scratch his head...

Are the wolf cubs on a snowy night particularly different from others, and do they not like to eat dried meat?

Chen Dianyi suppressed a laugh and said, "When we arrived that day, the wolf pack had already finished fighting. After we led our own people away, the wolf pack..."

He coughed twice, deliberately omitting the particularly bloody and cruel scene: "After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they went into seclusion in the mountains and did not return to Xinliang with us."

"That's why Prefect Qi, who rushed over after receiving the news, didn't recognize Li Yanping."

Gu Yuzhi's mouth gaped open for a moment before she reacted, exclaiming in surprise, "So, Li Yanping has no face left?"

He closed his eyes, pursed his lips, and secretly smiled for a while. For a big bad guy like Li Yanping, being eaten by wolves would be too good for him!

snort!

The pain slowly spread throughout her body. Gu Yuzhi's face was full of exhaustion. She gently rubbed Xueye's head and unconsciously said, "Xueye, be good and don't go, okay? I'll be scared."

The pain and courage he had been holding back finally burst forth in his unconscious state; his head lolled to the side, and he fell into a deep sleep.