When she arrived at Linhua Palace, Ning Xihua realized that Su Bi did not look well.

His face was pale, with dark circles under his eyes, and he looked tired.

He didn't seem to have gone out. He just casually put on a loose robe, his clothes were not tied, and his hair was loose. He looked exhausted and even a little gloomy like the weather.

"What's wrong with you?"

He looked like he hadn't slept for days and was ready to kill someone at any moment.

Su Bi looked up at her and said, "You're here."

His eyes were pitch black, and his pupils were dull without any light. He just stared at Ning Xihua motionlessly, making her suddenly feel the temperature in this midsummer drop suddenly.

Ning Xihua subconsciously touched the goose bumps on her arms and asked, "How many days have you been up without sleep?"

Su Bi didn't reply to her, but just stared at her for a while before speaking, asking her, "Did you go out alone with He Louche?"

Ning Xihua was surprised, "How do you know?"

She had just met He Louche when he sent Huai Liu to her house.

She raised an eyebrow, "You sent someone to follow me?"

Su Bi was silent.

"Why are you looking for someone to follow me?"

Su Bi remained silent.

The atmosphere was somewhat stagnant.

Ning Xihua glanced at his expression and tried to joke, "You're not jealous, are you?"

Su Bi lowered his eyes.

After Ning Xihua returned home that day, he asked someone to keep an eye on Prince Ning's mansion. He was afraid that she would choose to leave Beijing or return to Yizhou because she wanted to stay away from him.

His order was that if Princess Yuexi wanted to leave, she should be brought back secretly.

By then, he will build a cage with his own hands in Linhua Palace to imprison her, and also to trap the obsession that he had created at some unknown time.

"What did he tell you?"

Su Bi still had her head down and eyes cast aside, her voice muffled and no longer as clear as before, as if she had returned to the ice-cold feeling she had when she first met him.

Ning Xihua didn't know what was wrong with her when she saw him like this, she wasn't afraid at all, and even added fuel to the fire.

"He asked me if I would go back to Beichong with him."

That's what she said, but Ning Xihua deliberately removed He Louche's assumption of "what if she was not Princess Yuexi", and the meaning of the words changed completely.

Su Bi raised her head abruptly upon hearing this, her face gloomy, "You want to elope with him?"

Seeing that Ning Xihua didn't reply, he suddenly became excited and asked, "Did you promise him?"

Ning Xihua felt that something was wrong with Su Bi's condition and was about to explain, but she saw Su Bi stepped forward and grabbed her shoulders, staring at her face with eyes full of prejudice and anger.

"I won't allow it."

Ning Xihua felt a little pain from being caught, so she twisted her shoulders subconsciously trying to get rid of him and explain things to him clearly.

But when Su Bi saw that she started to struggle as soon as he touched her, the darkness in his eyes darkened. He exerted force with his hands and pressed his whole body towards Ning Xihua. Seeing that she was still resisting, he pushed her onto the imperial concubine couch beside him and held her tightly in his arms.

"Wouldn't it be nice to stay with me?"

He stretched out a hand to stroke Ning Xihua's slender neck, lowered his head almost close to her face, and spoke in a low and soft voice.

Ning Xihua lay under him, her nose touching his, their breaths blending together, and for a moment her heartbeat quickened.

She carefully observed Su Bi's eyebrows and eyes, and then she found that his eyes were full of bloodshot. The expression on his face seemed to be covered with a layer of gray mist, dark and stubborn, and he looked extremely sick.

Her neck was still in his hand, and if he just touched her lightly, she would die. But she was not afraid at all, as if she was sure in her heart that he would not hurt her.

"Can't you stay with me forever? Huh?"

Su Bi's voice became deeper and deeper, losing its previous coldness and softness, leaving only a soft and beautiful tone. It was as if a demon that led people to fall into depravity had deliberately softened its tone just to make people fall into depravity.

Ning Xihua was so hooked by the ending tone of his "hmm" that her whole body softened and her earlobes felt numb and itchy.

She knew that Su Bi's current condition was not right. He was more like when he had an attack in Weiyuan. Although he did not have such strong murderous intent, he was full of aggression.

But this time, not only was she not afraid of him, she even felt that Su Bi's yandere look was really...attractive.

Ning Xihua felt that she was hopeless, and she even felt that Su Bi's illness had just hit her sore spot.

She sighed and did not resist. She just reached out and gently stroked Su Bi's face.

Seeing that she took the initiative to get close to him, Su Bi's violent aura suddenly subsided a lot. He followed her hand and slowly buried his face in Ning Xihua's neck.

Unlike when he was in Weiyuan, he used his teeth to gently tear at her neck flesh, as if he couldn't bear to bite it, and just held it lightly between his lips and teeth, lingering on it as much as possible.

Ning Xihua also let him do what he wanted, without any thought of resistance. She couldn't see his expression, but only heard his voice coming from her neck, with a hint of fragile pleading.

"Don't go, stay with me."

Ning Xihua felt a pain in her heart. She had originally wanted to use He Louche's matter to test Su Bi, but she had not expected him to react so strongly and even get sick.

She gently stroked her hands from his cheeks to his temples, through his loose black hair, slowly smoothing his hair, caressing him patiently.

"Okay." Ning Xihua replied in a low voice, her voice so soft it sounded like a sigh.

If she could, she would stay with him until she couldn't go on any longer.

When Su Bi heard her say yes, he hugged her tightly and buried his face deeper into hers. He closed his eyes, sniffing her scent, wishing that time would stop.

Ning Xihua felt that his mood had calmed down and she breathed a sigh of relief, but she still continued to stroke his hair from time to time.

The sky, which had been cloudy for the entire morning, suddenly cleared up, the dark clouds dispersed, and the scorching hot summer sun shone on her face, stinging her so much that she closed her eyes.

That's it, Ning Xihua thought.

………

When Ning Xihua woke up, the sun was about to set. The afterglow of the setting sun shone softly on the rose stand, casting mottled shadows on the flowers, which was so gorgeous.

She stared at the roses, and for a moment she didn't know what day it was and was in a daze.

It was not until her body was held tighter by Su Bi that she reacted.

"Awake?" Su Bi's voice had returned to normal, no longer deep, but still clear and pleasant.

Ning Xihua was a little confused. Why was he still hugging her when he was normal? Was he taking advantage of her so openly?

"Does what you said still count?"

Ning Xihua's puzzled look annoyed Su Bi again, and he pinched her waist fiercely as if threatening her.

Only then did she realize that Su Bi was asking about what she had said before: that she would accompany him.

Ning Xihua didn't dare tease him anymore and nodded quickly.

Su Bi let go of her hand and asked her again, "Are you not afraid of me anymore?"

Ning Xihua was even more confused now, "Why should I be afraid of you?"

Help! How come Su Bi is a different person after waking up? She can't understand what she says? Could she have changed her clothes again?