Hearing her say that, Su Lixia seemed to realize something: "Oh no."

"No, that's not right. I just want to go, but I haven't made any plans yet."

Seeing Su Lixia startle, Xue Yurou asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Princess? Did you think of something?"

Su Lixia shook her head and said, "It's nothing, you can continue."

After a while, the nails were finished. Xue Yurou gently unwrapped the Empress's nails, cleaned the edges, and the color was still quite bright.

Then they slowly dismantled Su Lixia's as well.

She finished quickly and looked at her nails with surprise, saying, "I've only ever heard of balsam flowers being used to dye nails, but I didn't expect them to look so pretty."

"Yes, and this color makes the princess's skin look even whiter, and her slender figure is really beautiful."

Su Lixia raised an eyebrow: "These hands are indeed quite fair and clean." Su Lixia was praising the original owner of the body; her own hands were rough and not very attractive, so she couldn't compare.

The two fell silent thereafter, and after a long while, Yuan Ruo came over and said that they could go back now.

Su Lixia got up and stretched: "Finally, I can go back. I'm really sleepy after staying here for so long."

As soon as she stepped out the door, Su Lixia said to the palace maid at the door, "When Her Majesty the Empress wakes up, tell her that the Prince has finished his business and taken us back. We didn't say anything so as not to disturb Her Majesty's rest."

"yes."

Su Lixia nodded in satisfaction, then hurried away.

He climbed into the carriage, propped his head up with his hand, and lay down. Seeing this, Yi Zexuan couldn't help but chuckle: "Are you tired from accompanying the Empress? You're so sleepy."

Su Lixia waved her hand and said, "You have no idea, Miss Xue said she would use balsam flowers to dye our nails, and then she did it for the Empress first, but she actually fell asleep!"

"After that, we waited quietly for your letter, and I almost fell asleep while waiting."

Yi Zexuan raised an eyebrow: "Then the princess could have left first and didn't need to wait there."

Su Lixia glanced at him and chuckled, "This princess is magnanimous. I was afraid you wouldn't have a carriage when you came back, so I was waiting for you."

Yi Zexuan shook his head helplessly and asked, "But, did Rou'er paint your nails herself?"

Upon hearing this, Su Lixia suddenly panicked. Could it be that he was still angry about this?!

“I didn’t force her. I could have done it or not, but your Miss Xue insisted on doing it for me.”

Upon hearing this, Yi Zexuan narrowed his eyes and retorted, "My?"

Su Lixia's lips twitched, and she said nervously, "I really didn't force or bully her. I know you're worried about her, but I'm innocent. If you don't believe me, ask her yourself."

"That's not what I meant. Besides, the princess has already said so, so why would I doubt you?"

Su Lixia quietly moved further inside, saying as she did so, "It's good that Your Highness knows." Having finally moved a little further away, she felt more at ease.

Yi Zexuan is ruthless, ruthless because he is a cunning man, unlike the few novels the little system gave him, which are full of men who would strangle you or lock you in the woodshed at the drop of a hat, no matter who you are, they will not be polite to you.

Even if they wanted to kick you out, they would quietly make plans and then take care of it without anyone noticing.

As soon as Su Lixia thought about it, she couldn't help but shudder and moved further inside.

Yi Zexuan, who was sitting in the middle opposite her, noticed her behavior and frowned. He couldn't think of what he had said that had frightened her, so he turned his head to look at her.

Seeing this, Su Lixia's heart skipped a beat: "I was just leaning against this spot to rest for a while, just a short rest, Your Highness, is there something you need?"

After saying that, Su Lixia yawned, indicating that she was indeed sleepy. Yi Zexuan shook his head: "But Princess, please hold on a little longer. We'll be at the palace soon. Didn't you find the headdress inconvenient before? How come it's convenient now?"

"It's alright, Your Highness, you don't need to worry about me."

After hearing this, Yi Zexuan indeed ignored her completely.

Su Lixia sighed, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

A short while later, the carriage arrived outside the Prince's Mansion. Lin Ziwen leaned against the stone lion at the gate, smiling as he watched the returning carriage.

Yi Zexuan said he had arrived, but the latter didn't react much, only softly saying "okay".

Yi Zexuan knew she was probably really tired and was about to fall asleep, so he came down without waiting for her.

"Why are you here?" Yi Zexuan asked him as he walked into the mansion.

"It's been a while since I've been here, and I was afraid you'd miss me too much, so I came uninvited." After saying that, Lin Ziwen glanced back, then looked at Xue Yurou and then elsewhere: "Why haven't I seen the princess? Has she not returned yet?"

Xue Yurou smiled slightly when he looked over, but he didn't seem to notice, which made her feel a little lonely and confused.

"So you have another purpose after all."

"No, no, it was just a casual question."

Xiao Lian waited a while after Yi Zexuan went downstairs, but Su Lixia still didn't come down. So she called out twice more from outside, but there was still no response.

Xiaolian was a little worried, so she got into the carriage.

Su Lixia lay quietly and said, "Princess, we've arrived. Let's go back to our room and sleep some more."

Su Lixia said weakly, "Xiao Lian? I have a terrible headache and feel very dizzy. I don't know what's wrong."

Upon hearing this, Xiaolian reached out and touched her forehead, wondering, "You don't have a fever? Then Princess, can you get up?"

Su Lixia tried to get up, but vomited all over the floor.

Xiao Lian exclaimed in surprise, quickly lifted the carriage curtain, and pointed to the guard on the side, saying, "Go back to the manor quickly and tell the imperial physician to wait. Then send someone else in to carry the princess back. The princess is sick!"

Everyone was startled upon hearing this. They quickly assigned tasks, and then someone came up and carried Su Lixia away.

The two people, who hadn't even entered the mansion yet, turned around at the same time upon hearing the sound.

Lin Ziwen happened to see a guard board the carriage and couldn't help but frown in confusion: "What's going on?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than another guard bypassed them and rushed into the mansion.

"Huh?" Yuan Ruo, who had been bumped into, was dissatisfied and wanted to go back to argue with him.

"What's wrong with the princess? I'll go see her." Lin Ziwen had just finished speaking when he saw the guard lift Su Lixia down from the carriage.

"Be careful, go slowly," Xiaolian instructed from the side.

Lin Ziwen rushed over and saw that Xiaolian was pale and looked very weak, so he asked, "What happened? What's wrong?"

Xiaolian shook her head anxiously and said, "I don't know either. Everything was fine when we got into the carriage after returning from the palace."

The guard slowed down as he passed Yi Zexuan, because there were steps ahead and Su Lixia's skirt was too thick to see the path beneath her feet.

Su Lixia weakly opened her eyes, making eye contact with Yi Zexuan, and then was carried away.

Yi Zexuan was taciturn and showed no emotion.