As soon as Xiaolian finished speaking, a voice came from below: "Make way! Make way now!"

Just then, a man on horseback galloped towards them from afar and stopped in front of the teahouse.

Su Lixia took a closer look and gasped. Yi Zexuan?

Good heavens! Doesn't that mean...?

Su Lixia covered her mouth, she could hardly believe it.

"It matches up!" Su Lixia's eyes lit up.

Hearing this, Xiaolian was startled by Su Lixia's commotion and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Su Lixia extended her right index finger and shook it, saying, "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed, I cannot say it, I cannot say it."

Xiao Lian pouted. The princess is becoming more and more unpredictable.

Su Lixia pressed her ear against the thin door, trying to hear Yi Zexuan's movements. After all, she was in the room at the top of the stairs, so she should be able to hear him.

"Princess, what are you doing?" Xiao Lian asked softly.

Su Lixia made a shushing gesture and said softly, "Don't speak yet."

Outside the door, another guard gestured to Yi Zexuan and said, "Doesn't Your Highness find this strange?"

Yi Zexuan glanced at it and said, "If you find it strange, then take a look. But if you act rashly, I won't care."

"yes."

"Oh!" A loud crash echoed through the hallway. Su Lixia's door suddenly opened, and she lost her balance and fell down the hallway, letting out a loud cry of pain.

The guard trusted his instincts and opened her door, because from the outside, her eavesdropping was too obvious against the doorframe…

"Princess!" Xiao Lian exclaimed in surprise, staring wide-eyed at the fallen Su Lixia before running over.

"Princess?" the guard asked, puzzled.

Upon hearing the voice, Yi Zexuan stopped, turned around, and frowned when he saw that it was Su Lixia.

Standing still, he said, "I really can't help you with this."

"What's going on?" Lin Ziwen and his companion came out when they heard the noise.

Just then, Su Lixia sat up, clutching her head.

"Princess?" Lin Ziwen was startled because blood was flowing from Su Lixia's head and smeared on her forehead.

Xiao Lian burst into tears, asking frantically, "Princess, are you alright? Can you still speak?"

Before Su Lixia could speak, the man knelt on one knee, clasped his hands in a fist and apologized, "This servant did not know you were Her Highness the Princess. This servant deserves death. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

"Huh? What's wrong? I'm fine." After saying that, Su Lixia stood up.

Xiao Lian wiped away her tears and said, "The princess is bleeding, how can you say she's fine!"

Upon hearing this, Su Lixia asked in confusion, then raised her hand to touch her forehead, and indeed her hand was stained with blood.

Lin Ziwen frowned and was about to step forward, but Yi Zexuan stopped him and said, "Let me do it. After all, this is not the Central Plains. If you do this here, you will damage her reputation."

"Hmm." Lin Ziwen paused for a second, then stopped walking.

Yi Zexuan swept Su Lixia up in his arms and said to the guards who were still kneeling on the ground, "Go back to your residence and receive your punishment first."

"Yes!" The guard said, then got up and left.

Lin Ziwen and the others followed behind and then arrived at a clinic.

"I've examined her, and she's fine. She was just scratched on the head by a hairpin, and the blood has been cleaned up. She should avoid getting it wet for the next two or three days, and she'll recover by then."

Are you sure there's nothing seriously wrong?

The doctor nodded and said, "There's nothing seriously wrong, but you can't wear this hairpin like that anymore. Otherwise, if another accident happens, you might lose your life."

"Yes, I will definitely follow the doctor's orders," Xiaolian replied.