He had nowhere to put his hands, his eyes were closed, and his teeth were biting his lips tightly.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of what Princess Yongping had said to him. He shook his head vigorously, hating himself for overestimating his own abilities.

She was a princess and he was a guard. The disparity in their status made it impossible for this to happen.

Thinking of this, he pushed away Xingnan who was hugging him tightly, panting and shaking his head vigorously.

"Princess Xing...Xingnan, you...don't scare me. It's impossible between us. You are the princess and I am a guard. It's impossible between us."

"How is it impossible? I like you, that's enough. I don't care who you are or what your identity is. I just know that I like you."

"No, no, no, be rational. There's no chance between you and me. Please let me go!"

Hearing this, Xingnan's face turned pale. She looked at him as if she didn't understand.

"What did you say? Let me let you go? Do you hate me?"

"No... No, I don't hate you, I..."

"So do you like me?"

"No...I don't dare to like you."

Xiao Ningzi, who has always been eloquent, suddenly felt that he could not speak anymore and his mouth was no longer obedient.

He licked his lips and shook his head vigorously.

"Well, Princess Xingnan, you are a very lovely girl. As for me, not only am I much older than you, I am also ugly and only a palace guard. I have no status. I just thought what you said was just a dream. From today on, don't come to me to teach you kung fu anymore. I don't deserve it. Farewell."

As he turned around, Xingnan rushed over and hugged him from behind again.

"You can't leave. You have to make it clear today. Regardless of status, will you like me?"

This problem made Xiao Ningzi feel troubled. To be honest, Xingnan was a very likable girl. Although she had teased him a few times, he had never been angry with her.

But even if he liked her in his heart, he couldn't admit it in front of her, otherwise, Princess Yongping would come to trouble him again, and he would not be able to be with Princess Xingnan.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said directly:

"No, I wouldn't like you no matter who you are. You're willful and playful. I don't like girls like you."

These words made Xingnan's face turn cold instantly. She bit her lips tightly, weakly let go of the hand that was holding Xiao Ningzi, and stood there with her hands hanging down.

Xiao Ningzi knew that this sentence made her sad, but what could he do? His status did not allow him to have the slightest improper thoughts about her.

He turned around, bowed to her,

"Princess Xingnan, take care. I'm going back first."

Leaving these words behind, he turned around mercilessly, took big strides, and left here as if escaping.

Xingnan stood there, sobbing and muttering to himself,

"I already knew you hated me. I never want to see you again."

…

The sky gradually brightened, the morning court was approaching, and the people in the palace began to move around.

Fengyi Palace

After a night's rest, Luo Lan finally felt that she had strength. Luo Xue came to her with a bowl of porridge.

"Sister, let's eat!"

"Why are you here so early?"

Luo Xue handed the bowl of porridge to her, and while watching her eat, she said:

"When I left yesterday, the Emperor told me that he had to attend the morning court today and that I had to come here before he left. When I came just now, I saw you were still asleep, so I didn't disturb you. I only came to serve you dinner when I heard you wake up."

It turned out that she had arrived early. Luo Lan looked at her distressedly.

"Xue, thank you for your hard work, running back and forth."

"It's not hard. By the way, Lele and Yicheng wanted to come to the palace to see you, but I refused. I told them to wait a few days until you've recovered a little before letting them come."

"Well, with so many people here, it's easy to be caught. By the way, I think it's almost time. After dinner, go outside and take a look to see if there's anything unusual."

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute."

At this moment, Ah Hong walked in quickly and reported through a screen:

"Second Miss, Princess Yongning has arrived. She said she brought some medicine to nourish the blood and wanted to give it to Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Luo Xue looked at Luo Lan, who narrowed his eyes and nodded.

Luo Xue then instructed Ah Hong outside:

"Please let her in!"

As she spoke, she was busy cleaning up the dishes she had just eaten. Yongning had already come in at this time.

She came to Luo Xue with a food box in her hand and asked with concern:

"Second Miss, I have a medicine here. It's a tonic used exclusively by the royal family of Nanping. Give it to the Queen. It might be helpful."

Luo Xue took the food box from her and nodded gratefully.

"Thank you, Princess Yongning. However, the Queen is in a coma and can't eat anything. I just wanted to feed her some porridge, but she wouldn't even open her mouth. I think that in her current state, even if she doesn't die of illness, she will starve to death."

"Alas, these imperial doctors are truly useless. Oh, and the Empress was appointed by the late Emperor as the number one female physician of the Daning Kingdom. She should have treated her own illness before she fell into a coma, right? Why isn't it getting better?"

Luo Xue shook her head sadly.

"I also heard from the Emperor that she treated her own illness, but the poison in the arrow had already penetrated deep into her bones. Even a god would find it difficult to cure her. Now that she can lie quietly like this, it can be considered as a favor from God for her good deeds over the years. Alas!"

Yongning's eyes flashed a few times, and then he sighed.

"Don't be too sad. Maybe the queen will wake up one day. Find a way to give her this medicine later. I'm going back now."

"Princess Yongning, take care."

After watching Princess Yongning leave, Luo Xue came to Luo Lan and said with a frown:

"Sister, do you think there is poison in that bowl of medicine?"

Luo Lan chuckled and shook his head.

"Won't."

"Didn't you say she was the most suspicious? The fact that she brought a bowl of medicine at this very moment just confirms your suspicion."

Luo Lan raised his hand and pointed at the location of the bronze mirror.

"Don't guess. There's a silver needle there. Just try it and you'll know."

Luo Xue suddenly realized something and stood up to look for the silver needle. Then she came to the table and inserted the silver needle into the bowl of medicine. As Luo Lan expected, the silver needle did not change at all. It seemed that the medicine was not poisonous.

Luo Xue picked up the handkerchief, wiped the silver needle, came to her with a look of surprise, and held up the silver needle to show her.

"So, we misunderstood her?"

"Not necessarily. Perhaps this is just a test."

Luo Xue shook her head in confusion.

"Then what about this bowl of medicine?"

"Pour it out! Look at my body, do I need any tonic?"

Luo Xue chuckled and walked out with the bowl of medicine.

During this time, Leng Yu hurried in. Before he even got close, he angrily said:

"Don't you think this is infuriating? If Luo Xue knew about this, wouldn't she be furious to death?"