The physician provided timely treatment, and the servants dared not exert too much force, so Li Yu's injuries were not serious. He fainted mainly because he hadn't rested well the night before.
The princess was relieved to hear this and then had the royal physician take the princess's pulse.
"Princess, it's just a minor scratch. You don't need any medicine. You'll be fine in a couple of days. The Third Young Master needs to be well taken care of. If he gets a fever tonight, come find me."
After seeing the physician off, the new bride Xie Nan said, "Mother, you should take my sister back. I'll stay here and watch over my husband."
The princess did not refuse, saying, "Alright, if anything happens, just send someone to let me know. Yu'er is kind-hearted, and he will remember your kindness if you take care of him."
As soon as the princess left, Xie Nan sat by the bed watching him. Seeing his furrowed brows, she gently stroked them with her hand.
The man on the bed murmured, but she couldn't hear him clearly. She moved closer and heard him mutter a name: 'Gu Yu'.
She collapsed to the ground, her face pale. She had already heard about yesterday's events from the servants.
Li Yu didn't come home all night because of a maid.
She knew that getting married in just one month was not so simple. She thought that Li Yu had some unspeakable secret or was seriously ill. Whatever it was, she could accept it, after all, she loved him.
But she only learned yesterday that Li Yu had always been in love with a maid, which was why the princess wanted him to get married soon.
If you've already given your heart to someone else, do you still have a chance?
After taking care of the man all night, the first thing he said when he woke up was, "I'm so sorry."
Xie Nan smiled, but her smile looked more like a grimace. "It's alright. You're my husband, so it's only right that I take care of you."
Li Yu looked away and changed the subject, "You should go back. Just call Chang'an in."
Xie Nan forced a smile, "Okay, then you should get some rest."
Back home, Xie Nan's wet nurse was still indignant. "This son-in-law is really something. He made such a fuss over a maid. I wonder how heartbroken the madam will be when she finds out."
Xie Nan said sternly, "No one is allowed to say anything."
The maidservant bowed her head and said, "Yes."
Xie Nan told them to leave, and then locked herself in the room for a very long time.
Liu Huan didn't care about this at all. All she did every day was eat and sleep, and Su Yi wouldn't let her do anything else.
The two new maids were very capable and kept the room very clean.
When Su Yi comes home in the evening, he will take her for a walk around the house and check on the healing of her wounds.
How was dinner today?
This is the question he asks every day when he comes home.
"It's fine," Liu Huan replied.
"The cook's food is delicious."
Su Yi specially hired a cook from Suzhou to prepare different dishes for Liu every day.
"Whatever you like."
Liu Huan looked at the injury on her hand and said, "Shi Tou, my injury is healed now. I should go back."
Su Yi's face darkened when this was mentioned, and he stopped talking.
Liu Huan shook his hand, saying, "Didn't we agree that I'd have time to spend with you after I saw the princess off? If you're getting married, I can even decorate your wedding room."
Then, seeing Su Yi's face darken even more, he released her hand, turned around, and went back to his room, saying, "My marriage is none of your business."
Liu Huan looked completely bewildered, wondering what she had said that had offended him.
Following behind, he asked, "Stone, what's wrong?"
Su Yi tried his best to suppress his emotions and said in a low voice, "It's okay, don't overthink it, I promise you."
"Just promise me you'll take good care of yourself, and I'll wait for you to come back."
"Yes, I will. Stones are the best."
Su Yi smiled when he heard this. He remembered that when they were children, Liu Huan would say this sweetly whenever she did something wrong.
Then he will compromise.
"Um……"
The next day, Liu Huan packed her things, and Su Yi escorted her to the gate of the Prince's Mansion.
"Be careful in everything. If anything happens, have someone send me a message. I'll come to see you again when I have my day off."
"knew"
When Liu Huan entered, the princess was sitting on a stool, listlessly eating fruit.
Hearing the voice, he said with dissatisfaction, "Didn't I tell you not to let anyone in?"
"Then I'll leave?"
Upon hearing the voice, the princess looked up sharply, "Guyu, you're finally back."
After saying that, he went over, took her hand, and looked her up and down. "Is the injury on your arm healed?"
She still feels a little scared when she thinks about how her hand bled when she touched it that day.
Liu Huan reached out and took her hand: "It's okay, I'm all better now."
"That's good," she said mysteriously, leading Liu Huan into the inner room. "Guyu, I really didn't know that Third Brother liked you. I was wondering why he always came to my yard and even brought you medicine."
Liu Huan covered her mouth, her face flushed with embarrassment: "Don't talk nonsense."
The princess whimpered twice before she released the person.
"Where did I lie? It's all over the place that my third brother is furious for a woman. If I had known he liked you, I would have begged Mother to make you my sister-in-law."
Liu Huan immediately frowned and said angrily, "If you say that again, I'll get angry."
The princess nodded in agreement: "Alright, alright, I won't say anymore."
"Guyu, what was your name before?"
Liu Huan talked to her a lot, about how she came to be with the Su family, her relationship with the Su family, and so on.
After hearing her words, the princess sobbed with red eyes, "Guyu, no, Huanhuan, you are so pitiful, waaaaah."
Liu Huan was helpless against her sudden emotional outbursts. She didn't feel that she had suffered, but she regretted missing these five years and not being by Su Yi's side.
Thinking back to her memories, she suddenly realized that the time when Su Yi became the top scholar actually matched up.
He was twenty-one years old this year and became the top scholar in the imperial examination. At twenty-two, he married the younger sister of the third-ranked scholar, the daughter of a high-ranking official, who later became his virtuous and capable wife.
Suddenly his face turned pale; he only had one year left.
She realized that she wasn't actually happy, and she didn't know why.
She revealed her purpose, "Princess, I can only accompany you until you get married. Now that I have found my family, I must go back."
The princess nodded sadly, "I know, I just don't know what I would do without you."
Liu Huan said, "You can come find me later, and we can play together then."
The princess suddenly realized, "That's right, how come I didn't think of that?"
After coaxing the princess out, a nanny stood outside and said, "Miss Guyu, my young lady requests your presence."
Liu Huan had never seen this old woman before, but she guessed that she was one of the Third Young Mistress's people.
Following behind her, they stopped at the entrance of the Third Young Master's courtyard. "Miss Guyu, please!"
When Liu Huan went in, she saw the legendary Third Young Mistress for the first time. She had an oval face and willow-leaf eyebrows, a very standard beauty.
"Greetings, Third Young Mistress."
Xie Nan said, "Get up."
Xie Nan was also carefully examining the person in front of her. He was indeed very handsome, especially his eyes, which seemed to speak volumes.
Even when dressed as a maid, she was different from others.
Do you know why I summoned you here?
Liu Huan shook her head. "I don't know."
Xie Nan looked outside and ordered, "Close the door."
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