Half a month later, Tian Yu had recovered from her illness, but she had also lost a lot of weight and changed completely. She had lost her usual joy, and even her interest in cooking. She spent her days locking herself in her room, either writing books or researching spices, drawing various blueprints that no one could understand. Seeing Tian Yu like this, the princess said with some heartache, "Tian Yu, I'm sorry. Although I'm not very smart, I know it's my father's fault. He's made things difficult for you, hasn't he? They all say that Father wants to take you as a concubine. Is that true?"

“Princess, you don’t need to apologize to me. Your father didn’t make things difficult for me, nor will he take me as a concubine. I caught a cold by accident.”

"The Marquis is already engaged. If you are sad, just cry it out. Don't hurt yourself."

Tian Yu smiled and said, "I don't want to cry. Tears won't solve anything." She had already shed too many tears, even crying in her sleep. Now she was tired of crying and didn't want to cry anymore.

"But seeing you like this makes me very sad. If it weren't for me, you and the Marquis wouldn't have ended up like this."

“Princess, this has nothing to do with you. It’s just that the Marquis and I are not meant to be. Please don’t blame yourself.”

"Tian Yu, I'm sorry, it's all my fault!" The princess hugged Tian Yu and cried. Tian Yu patted the princess's back and sighed. She had just been comforting her, and now it was her turn to comfort her. She was still like a child.

“Madam, the weather is getting cooler. You’ve just recovered, so why don’t you go back inside?” Qiuju said as she came over.

“Yes, it’s chilly outside, let’s go back!” the princess said.

When Tian Yu returned to the room, Lvliu brought over the decocted medicine. Tian Yu took the medicine from Lvliu without blinking and drank it down in one gulp. Lvliu looked at Qiuju beside her, wanting to say something but not daring to. Qiuju brought over some candied fruit and said, "The medicine is bitter. Madam, try this to balance the bitterness."

"Luckily, it's not too bitter," Tian Yu smiled and declined.

Green Willow carried the empty medicine bowl to the door and said to Autumn Chrysanthemum, "Madam, have you really changed? You used to refuse to take medicine no matter what, but now you don't even flinch when you take it."

"Did Uncle add sugar to the medicine?"

Green Willow reached out her finger, touched the dregs at the bottom of the bowl, licked them, spat them out for a long time, and said, "It's so bitter, not sweet at all."

"Really?! Indeed, Madam hasn't been very talkative since she woke up."

"Is that right? Is Madam still not well, or has she lost her sense of taste?"

"Probably not, maybe she's just too heartbroken," Qiuju said.

"Bitter in my heart?!" Green Willow couldn't understand.

After listening to Qiuju's report on recent events at home that evening, Tianyu said to her, "The rice harvest is coming soon. See if you have enough manpower at home. If not, find some more people."

"yes!"

"How are the crops in Lao Zhao Village?"

"General Li wrote to say that the harvest has already begun, and it looks very good. It should be a bumper harvest."

“Alright, write to Zhuang Bo and tell him to keep the rice seeds, and store the rest for now and not sell them.”

"Yes! I'll go write the letter right away."

As soon as Green Willow and Autumn Chrysanthemum left, Xiao Wu pushed Li Xingyun in. Tian Yu smiled and said, "Brother, why are you here so late? Is something the matter?"

"Did you take your medicine?"

"I drank it a while ago, and look, I'm much better now."

"You scared us to death! Do you know that if it weren't for the young master, no one could have saved you?"

"Yes! I also want to thank Xiao Wu for brewing medicine for me every day."

"Hmph! I just don't want to see my young master sad because of you, but don't overthink it."

"Yes! You did it for your young master."

"Xiao Wu, you can go out first."

"Yes, young master!"

Xiao Wu went out and closed the door. Li Xingyun turned his wheelchair to Tian Yu's side, took Tian Yu's hand, and tested it before feeling relieved. He said angrily, "Do you know how dangerous what you did was? If this typhoid fever had gotten any worse, I wouldn't have been able to save you."

"It's nothing, I just caught a cold, don't make a fuss about it, brother."

"Why bother?!"

"Yes! Why bother!"

"After you got sick, it seemed like he got sick too."

"Is it all set now?"

"I don't know, you can ask him yourself."

"Never mind, nothing should happen, bro. Can I ask you for a favor?"

"What's up?"

"If I'm gone one day, please take good care of them for me." Tian Yu recalled that when she was unconscious, she felt as if her soul had left her body and returned to the present. She saw the orphanage where she used to live. Although she eventually returned, Tian Yu always felt that she might leave this place one day and return to the modern world. She wanted to go back, but she couldn't let go of everything here, whether it was real or not, especially Tang Yuan and Zhao Moyan. She hoped that if she really left one day, they could continue to live well.

"I'm here! You won't die."

"I mean, if you say yes!"

"There are no 'ifs.' If you were gone, what do you think would happen to Zhao Moyan? Tangyuan would be left alone and would have to stay in Chen Kingdom as an orphan forever."

"So I want you to take good care of them for me. You are their family, and I believe Brother Chen will also take good care of Tangyuan for me."

"No, it's not me. You're gone, and I have nothing to do with them anymore. Remember that!"

"Brother, you're too heartless."

"Good to know, just live well! Don't do anything foolish!"

"Thank you! Meeting you all makes this trip worthwhile." Tian Yu knew he was just being stubborn; he genuinely didn't want anything to happen to her.

"I will go to see the Marquis tomorrow, don't worry!"

"Thank you, brother!" Sure enough, even without her saying it, her brother knew what she was thinking. That "brother" was definitely worth it.

Zhao Moyan also caught a cold. Li Xingyun prescribed medicine for him and said sarcastically, "You two even get sick in the same way. Anyone who didn't know better would think that Tian Yu infected you."

Zhao Moyan turned his head away and asked, "How is she?"

"Don't you know?"

"When I went there that day, she was still unconscious. She should be better by now, right?" Zhao Moyan recalled the day he learned from Prince Wu that Tian Yu was ill. He had secretly gone to see her immediately, but she was still lying unconscious in bed, constantly saying that she wanted to go back. He didn't understand where she wanted to go back to. Back to Old Zhao Village, or back to her world? Prince Wu was there too, and he could do nothing but hold her hand and watch her cry in her unconscious state. Hadn't he already done as she wished and stopped bothering her? Why was she still heartbroken? Why was she still sad?

"Don't worry, everything's fine now, it's just that the person has changed a bit."

"What's changed!?"

"I can't explain it, you'll see when you see it."

"It's better not to meet."

"Does the Emperor really intend to take her as a concubine?" Li Xingyun asked.

"I don't know, but it seems very likely." Zhao Moyan didn't want to accept it, but the facts had already made him realize the Emperor's purpose: Tian Yu would definitely marry into the royal family!