At the back gate of the Marquis's residence, Xiao Wu boarded an ordinary carriage. The carriage circled the capital before returning to the Princess's residence. Meanwhile, Prince Wu's carriage, having left the Marquis's residence, had been wandering the streets. Prince Wu looked at the tiny person in his arms, at a loss. Looking at her tightly closed eyes, he couldn't help but reach out and touch her, but he was afraid of waking her. It was the first time he had held a small life in his arms; she was so small he could easily support her with one hand. Looking at the little girl sleeping soundly, Prince Wu felt a soft spot in his heart. A guard outside the carriage reported, "Your Highness, the imperial physician has arrived at the Marquis's residence."

"Good, you didn't leave any clues, did you?"

"No, I only caused a passing carriage to collide with them."

"Very good, let's return to the residence!"

When the carriage stopped at the gate of Prince Wu's mansion, Prince Wu carefully pulled her into his arms, wrapped her tightly in a large cloak, and it was impossible to tell that there was a little person in his arms unless you looked closely. He then swaggered into Prince Wu's mansion.

When Tian Yu woke up again, it was already midnight. The palace maids who had been guarding her bedside were already asleep. There were several braziers in the room, which made Tian Yu's mouth dry. Tian Yu tried to move her body, and slowly got out of bed with the help of the bedside. She walked to the table, poured herself a glass of water, and put down the glass. Looking at the room's layout, it was still the same as she remembered. Tian Yu picked up a black cloak from the room, walked past the palace maids, and left the room.

It was still snowing outside. Since there was only Tian Yu here and no danger, the guards had long since gone to find a place to hide and sleep because of the cold. Tian Yu drifted like a ghost all the way to the mourning hall in front. The mourning hall was brightly lit. When Tian Yu came in, the servants of the Marquis's mansion and Li Yong, who were guarding the mourning hall, were all startled. When they saw that it was Tian Yu, the steward spoke first: "Empress, why did you come out? You have just given birth and you should not walk around casually. Doing so will cause you to have health problems later."

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't have come here, lest you defile yourself," Li Yong said, still very angry.

"I want to see him," Tian Yu said softly.

"No, Your Majesty, you must go back! It's too cold here; your health can't handle it," the steward said.

"Please let me see him, please! Just let me see him one last time."

"It's not that I don't want you to see, it's just that after so much time, the body has already... has already..."

"Yes! Your Majesty, you shouldn't look anymore. You can't see anything now. Let the Marquis rest in peace!"

As Tian Yu watched them close their eyes, two lines of tears streamed down her cheeks as she choked out, "Okay, I won't watch anymore, but... could you... let me stay with him for a little while?"

Seeing her like this, Li Yong said nothing and exchanged a glance with the butler before silently retreating to stand guard outside the door. Tian Yu walked to the coffin with tears streaming down her face and reached out to touch the cold coffin, saying, "I don't believe you're leaving like this. Zhao Moyan, I haven't told you my story yet. I haven't gone back to Lao Zhao Village with you yet. We still have to go pick up Tangyuan and take her home. You won't abandon us, right?"

With tears streaming down her face, Tian Yu leaned gently against the coffin and continued, "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have lied to you. I'm sorry! I shouldn't have forced you to marry Miss Cui. Zhao Moyan, please come back. Don't you like listening to me sing? I'll sing for you every day. Please wake up. Look at me. I haven't even mastered the words you taught me. You can't leave."

The steward and Li Yong, who were guarding the door, were already in tears when they heard the intermittent sounds coming from inside. The hatred they had for Tian Yu had long since disappeared. They never believed that Tian Yu would really betray their Marquis, and now they were even more certain that Tian Yu was not acting voluntarily, but was forced, and that the Emperor had coerced her!

I haven't had a chance to properly experience it yet.

Climate when snowflakes bloom

We'll understand better when we fight together.

What is gentleness?

I haven't even held your hand yet

Walking across the barren sand dunes

Perhaps from this point on

Learn to cherish eternity and forever.

Sometimes

I believe everything has an end.

There is a time for meeting and a time for parting.

Nothing lasts forever.

But sometimes I

I'd rather choose to linger and not let go.

...

The sound of breaking music grew fainter and fainter. Suddenly, a loud thud came from the room. Li Yong and the butler exchanged a startled glance, then quickly pushed open the door and ran inside. They saw Tian Yu had already fainted next to the coffin.

Li Yong and the steward grew anxious. Li Yong stepped forward to check Tian Yu's breathing, picked her up, and said to the steward, "Quickly go and fetch Physician Li."

Li Yong instinctively wanted to carry Tian Yu back to the Marquis's room, but then he realized that Tian Yu must have run away. Seeing the soldiers sleeping in front of the courtyard, he steeled himself, wrapped Tian Yu tightly in his cloak, and quietly climbed over the wall. He was very careful, afraid of waking anyone else. He put Tian Yu on the bed, covered her with a blanket, and carefully bypassed the palace maids in the room, returning the way he came. The steward called Li Xingyun, and seeing that he was no longer in the mourning hall, Li Xingyun immediately understood. He rushed to the backyard and ran straight into Tian Yu's room, startling the sleeping servants who quickly got up, thinking something had happened. When Li Yong saw Li Xingyun arrive, he avoided the guards, jumped over the wall, and returned to the mourning hall.

Li Xingyun walked to the bedside, kicked Tian Yu's shoes under the bed, took Tian Yu's pulse, frowned, took out a pill from the medicine box and gave it to Tian Yu, and said to the palace maids guarding the room, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you notice that the Empress has a fever?"

"We don't know!" Several palace maids were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and dared not raise their heads.

"Go and prepare some hot water." Several palace maids were so frightened that they quickly obeyed the order and went out to prepare hot water.

Li Xingyun angrily walked to the table, wrote a prescription, and called Xiao Wu, who was standing outside, to quickly fetch the medicine and prepare it. Only then did he return to the bedside, reaching out to touch Tian Yu's forehead, which was still burning hot. Tian Yu was delirious with fever, repeatedly calling out: "Liu Lang! Liu Lang! Don't leave me! Don't abandon me!"

Seeing her shake her head and sigh, Li Xingyun administered acupuncture to Tian Yu, who then stopped babbling and fell into a deep sleep. Li Xingyun stayed by Tian Yu's bedside until Wu Yaohui arrived at dawn.

"What happened! She was fine yesterday!" Wu Yaohui asked angrily upon hearing about Tian Yu's condition.

"Your Majesty, the Empress suddenly developed a high fever last night, and we servants have no idea what happened," the palace maids said, kneeling down and bowing their heads.

"How is the situation now?" Wu Yaohui asked anxiously.

"He's still unconscious," Li Xingyun said.

Why is this happening?

"The wound is infected, and the cold has made the situation a bit tricky."

"How did you all take such good care of her? How could she get so sick after just one night? A bunch of useless idiots, get out of here!" Wu Yaohui paced back and forth in the room in anger, then said to the old eunuch beside him, "Go prepare the carriage and take the Empress back to the palace immediately!"

"Your Majesty, no, the Empress's health may not be able to withstand it," Li Xingyun said.

"She is my empress, and whatever I say goes. This is none of your business; you may leave."

Li Xingyun didn't know what else to say. He returned to Tian Yu's bedside, packed his medicine box, and looked at Tian Yu, who was still unconscious, and whispered in her ear, "Little girl, you're fine. Don't worry. The rest is up to you."