Chapter 13 I wonder how many times I'll have to call for water tonight.

"Um?"

Qin Ye leaned back slightly and calmly asked, "What is it?"

Yun Si slowly bent down, a strand of her black hair slipping from her shoulder, brushing lightly against Qin Ye's hand, carrying a faint fragrance.

Qin Ye's body stiffened, his gaze falling on Yun Si's delicate and charming face, a burning undercurrent seemed to surge in his dark eyes.

She parted her red lips slightly and called out to him in a soft voice, "Qin Ye..."

"Brother Fu Ye!"

Suddenly, another anxious voice rang out.

Yun Si clearly felt Qin Ye's aura darken, and the previously romantic atmosphere instantly dissipated.

She took a half step back without making a sound, her fingertips lightly brushing against the back of Qin Ye's hand, leaving behind a meaningful look.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Lin Shuyan rushed in anxiously.

Her hair was slightly disheveled, and her clothes were still covered in mud, making her look somewhat embarrassed.

“Fu…”

She had barely uttered a single word when she met Qin Ye's dark gaze. Her expression stiffened slightly, and she lowered her eyes to call out again, "Your Highness."

Yun Si's gaze fell on the bruises on Lin Shuyan's exposed wrist, and she asked with concern, "Shuyan, what happened to you?"

Lin Shuyan turned to look at Yun Si, curtsied to her, and then replied, "I was in such a hurry when I came here that I accidentally tripped and fell. I'm so sorry. I didn't know that Sister Yun was here. Otherwise, I would never have dared to disturb Sister Yun and His Highness's meal."

Yun Si smiled slightly, but remained silent.

Qin Ye's gaze swept over Lin Shuyan, and he said in a calm tone, "Why are you in such a hurry to come see me? Is there something you need?"

Lin Shuyan bit her lip, a hint of grievance in her expression.

But she controlled it perfectly, making it noticeable without being too obvious or annoying.

"Your Highness, something has happened to Granny Qian!"

"What's wrong with Granny Qian?"

Yun Si asked a question.

She had just seen Granny Qian standing to the side with a strange expression. How could something have happened in such a short time?

"I don't know, I suddenly fainted, hit my head on the stone slab, and bled a lot. I... I was in a hurry to find someone, so..."

Granny Qian was someone Qin Ye brought from Jinzhou, and she held a high position in the household. Upon hearing this, Qin Ye immediately asked, "When did this happen? Did you consult Doctor Ji?"

"Just now, Shuyan didn't know where Doctor Ji lived, but Your Highness, don't worry, I ran into Eunuch Decai at the door, and he has already gone to look for him."

Qin Ye got up and walked out, but Yun Si grabbed him and said, "I'll go with you."

He looked down at Yun Si's slightly worried face and nodded to her: "Mm."

The two left together, neither paying any attention to Lin Shuyan standing beside them.

After they walked away, all the expressions on Lin Shuyan's face disappeared, leaving only a cold and stern look.

Yun Si.

"You were reborn too, weren't you?"

She murmured softly, a sinister and calculating glint slowly appearing in her eyes.

What good is rebirth if someone died in their previous life?

What if we return to Prince Xiao's residence?

Yun Si knew nothing about what happened in her previous life. Even if she were to live again, how much could she change?

Lin Shuyan appears calm and composed on the surface, but she is full of confidence inside.

She, Lin Shuyan, is different.

She knows a lot about what happened in her previous life. By using these prophetic knowledge, she can help Qin Ye reach that position faster. Even if Qin Ye doesn't like her, he will definitely develop enough trust and dependence on her because of these things.

Qin Ye is hers!

The Empress's throne is hers too!

In this life, no one can stand in her way!

The main house in the side courtyard.

Granny Qian lay on the bed, her face pale, with a large gash on the back of her head from being hit, from which blood was flowing continuously.

When Qin Ye and Yun Si arrived, Doctor Ji also rushed over in a hurry.

"What kind of bad luck has the Prince Xiao's mansion recently encountered? How come everyone is injured?"

Despite his complaints, Dr. Ji didn't stop what he was doing.

Clean the wound, stop the bleeding, and bandage it.

It will be completed soon.

However, Granny Qian remained unconscious and showed no sign of waking up.

Yun Si had been observing from the sidelines, and upon seeing this situation, her heart sank slightly.

"How is Granny's injury?" Qin Ye asked.

Doctor Ji took Granny Qian's pulse with a solemn expression.

As time passed, after repeatedly examining the pulse, he finally announced the result in a somber tone.

"The old woman has been poisoned."

Yun Si was not surprised at all upon hearing this.

Granny Qian had a very light and faint scent on her. It was unclear whether others had noticed it, but Yun Si immediately noticed it as soon as she entered the room.

She was certain that this scent was something Qian Mama had never had before.

Her face was pale, but her lips remained strangely pale red, though they looked very dry, without a trace of moisture.

"How could someone be poisoned while in the manor?"

Qin Ye frowned, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. He looked up at Doctor Ji and asked in a deep voice, "Is there a way to detoxify?"

Dr. Ji shook his head coldly: "No."

He considered himself a highly skilled doctor, capable of treating illnesses and injuries with ease, but when it came to poisons, he was still lacking in expertise.

Moreover, the poison that Granny Qian was poisoned with was very strange.

The pulse was sometimes steady and sometimes weak, making it difficult to discern the severity of the poison and whether one's life was in danger at any moment.

"how so?"

Lin Shuyan entered the room and overheard Doctor Ji saying that Granny Qian had been poisoned.

Her eyes immediately reddened, and tears streamed down her face. She went over to Granny Qian and, forcing back her tears, said, "Granny, why is your face so pale? Doctor Ji, please save her! Shuyan begs you, please do whatever it takes to save her!"

"Her pale face is due to excessive blood loss, and it has nothing to do with the poison in her body."

Doctor Ji explained, then looked at Lin Shuyan with a blank expression and said, "You don't need to beg. I will do my best to cure Granny if there is even the slightest way."

After saying that, he looked at Qin Ye and said, "Your Highness, I will go back and look through medical books to see if I can find cases with similar symptoms to the old lady. Have Chun Tao and Chun Mei stay in the room to watch over the old lady. Call me immediately if there is any bad situation."

"Doctor Ji, Your Highness."

Lin Shuyan hurriedly said, "Let Shuyan stay. Shuyan wants to stay and look after the old woman."

Dr. Ji didn't care, shrugged, and left.

Qin Ye hesitated for a moment, then said in a cold voice, "Shuyan, it's late. You don't need to stay here. Go back first."

Lin Shuyan still had tears in her eyes. Upon hearing this, she looked up at Qin Ye, seemingly unwilling, but in the end she still curtsied and said, "Then, Shuyan will take her leave."

As Lin Shuyan passed by Yun Si, her sleeve unconsciously bumped into Yun Si. Yun Si seemed not to notice, but stared at Lin Shuyan's receding figure, lost in thought.

“Yun Si”.

Qin Ye's deep voice came to her ear: "Let's go, you should go back too."

"And what about you?"

Yun Si looked at him and asked, "Would you like to come and sit in Qiwu Garden together?"

You want me to go?

Qin Ye's eyes darkened, and before Yun Si could answer, he said, "Then let's go sit down."

Yun Si thought he would refuse, but when she heard him agree, she was stunned for a moment, and then immediately smiled happily: "Then wait for me."

After saying that, she walked to the bedside and examined Granny Qian all over.

Qin Ye watched her silently as she carefully examined Granny Qian's arms, hands, both sides of her neck, and behind her ears, seemingly checking or searching for something.

He kept watching until Yun Si's gaze fell on Granny Qian's nape, her fingertips gently stroking it, before she asked, "What are you doing?"

Yun Si straightened Granny Qian's clothes, turned to look at Qin Ye, and her eyes flickered slightly: "I just wanted to check if Granny Qian had any other injuries. Doctor Ji is a man after all, and there are some places that he can't easily check. I'm worried that they might be missed."

"Um."

Qin Ye nodded, and the two walked side by side toward Qiwu Garden.

As night deepened, the lanterns under the eaves flickered on and off.

Yun Si caught a glimpse of Qin Ye's tense jawline out of the corner of her eye, knowing that the matter of Granny Qian's poisoning was still weighing on his mind, so she said softly, "Don't worry, Doctor Ji will definitely have a way to detoxify Granny Qian."

Qin Ye paused slightly, turned his head to look at her, the emotions surging in his eyes were unclear in the darkness: "You don't seem surprised that Granny was poisoned?"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly grabbed her wrist, pinning her against a pillar, his warm breath brushing against her trembling eyelashes: "Yun Si, are you hiding something from me?"

"No."

Yun Si didn't want him to worry about things that weren't yet certain, and she didn't want to alert him. She would wait until she figured it out and got the evidence before telling him.

Otherwise, if things go wrong, their hard-won progress in their relationship might backfire and return to square one.

She didn't want it to be like this.

Yun Si looked up into Qin Ye's deep eyes and said softly, "I just feel that there are some suspicious things about Granny Qian's poisoning in the mansion, and I want to be cautious."

She gently stroked Qin Ye's sleeve with her fingertips: "If Your Highness does not trust me, you can send someone to keep an eye on Qiwu Garden."

Qin Ye's eyes flickered slightly, and the hand on her waist tightened unconsciously: "This king... does not disbelieve you."

A night breeze swept by, lifting a strand of Yun Si's hair and tangling it around Qin Ye's clothes.

Just then, Yun Si suddenly felt a sharp pain on the back of her neck, as if something had bitten her skin.

She stiffened, but forced herself not to show it.

But Qin Ye still noticed her unusual behavior, took her hand in his large hand, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Are you cold?"

It's already May, but the night wind still feels chilly.

Yun Si's hands were very cold.

His breathing became somewhat rapid.

"Your Highness, I'm feeling a little unwell. Please carry me back."

Without hesitation, Yun Si immediately wrapped her arms around Qin Ye's neck.

Qin Ye was puzzled, but he still quickly picked her up and strode towards Qiwu Garden.

Yun Si buried her face in the crook of his neck, her fingertips secretly touching the back of his neck, and sure enough, she touched a tiny mark.

"Qin Ye." Her voice trembled, her breathing became more rapid, "Hurry..."

Qin Ye paused, looking down at the beads of sweat on her forehead: "What's wrong?"

Yun Si bit her lip and didn't answer, only curling her body up even tighter.

Qin Ye's eyes darkened, and he quickened his pace.

Just as the two figures disappeared around the corner of the corridor, Lin Shuyan slowly emerged from the shadows.

A look of confusion appeared on her face.

Why...did it occur earlier than expected?

Lin Shuyan secretly scolded herself for being too hasty. This way, she wasn't afraid of that stupid woman Yun Si, but Qin Ye was very smart, and what if he suspected her...

She absolutely cannot lose Qin Ye's trust.

Lin Shuyan hurriedly went back and disposed of everything on her person and in the room, leaving no trace.

On the other side.

Qin Ye carried Yun Si back to the room. Lan Xin and Lu Yu saw this and were stunned.

Yun Si buried her head in Qin Ye's arms. They didn't notice anything unusual about Yun Si. After the initial shock, they couldn't help but feel secretly delighted.

Are my master and Your Highness finally going to get married?

Very good!

"Lansing, let's hurry up and prepare some hot water. We don't know how many times we'll need to call for water tonight, so we need to prepare plenty!"