Xiao Ruyu felt a sudden pain in her stomach. She groaned in pain and huddled to the side, holding her stomach.

Seeing this, Eleven panicked and quickly supported her.

"What's going on?"

Xiao Rujin also stood up nervously and comforted her softly.

"Sister, bear with it for a while, it should be fine soon."

His little hands were clenched together and he was sweating from nervousness.

At this moment, Doctor Yang also rushed over after hearing the news. He saw that Xiao Ruyu was pale and sweat was pouring down his forehead.

"Little princess, little princess!"

He rushed forward and was about to take the patient's pulse, but Xiao Ruyu got there first.

"vomit--"

She held Eleven's hand, her stomach churning, and she vomited a mouthful of black water.

The fishy smell attacked everyone's mouth and nose, and Doctor Yang couldn't help but frown and look over.

In the black water, a twisted worm squirmed twice and died.

Xiao Ruyu took a deep breath and felt relaxed at this moment.

[Don't worry, the poison has been vomited out. ]

Doctor Yang looked at all this in amazement and asked, "How did the little princess get rid of it? Master just went to the doctor's office to look through the book but couldn't find a solution."

Seeing him asking, Xiao Ruyu's pale little face showed a hint of pride. She pointed at Xiao Rujin and was about to say that it was his hard work, but someone spoke first.

"My sister discovered that my blood could cure the poison, so she drank my blood and killed the poisonous insect."

Xiao Rujin was straightforward and directly gave the credit to Xiao Ruyu.

Xiao Ruyu looked at him in surprise, only to see him blinking at her twice.

Doctor Yang did not suspect anything and spoke with admiration.

"The little princess is really smart. Even the master has never thought of this method."

He repeatedly told Xiao Ruyu to recover his energy and blood in the next few days and then go to deal with Lu Zongyuan's matter.

After Doctor Yang walked away, Xiao Ruyu turned around and looked at Xiao Rujin, who was pretending to be a pig but trying to eat the tiger.

[Stinky brother, why do you keep pretending to be stupid? ]

Thinking back on all the things that had happened, she felt more and more that her brother was extraordinary.

Xiao Rujin grinned lightly, raised his dark eyes, and a deep look flashed across his eyes.

"I don't want others to know how smart I am. I just want to stay by my mother's side."

Xiao Ruyu was confused and puzzled.

[Being smart and staying by my mother's side don't seem to conflict with each other. 】

A soft sigh was heard, and Xiao Rujin's childish face showed thoughts that had nothing to do with his age.

"If I am so smart at such a young age, people will inevitably focus their attention on me."

"I don't want to be the crown prince. I only want my eldest brother to be the crown prince."

Xiao Ruyu was stunned. She really didn't expect these words to come from Xiao Rujin's mouth, and she didn't expect that he would have such thoughts at such a young age.

[Being a prince...]

【Is there anything wrong? 】

She couldn't help but ask another question.

Xiao Rujin shook his head without even thinking, his face showing his usual innocence again.

"Being a prince is too tiring. I just want to stay with my mother and not go anywhere!"

【What about my sister? 】

Xiao Ruyu put her hands on her hips and pinched his face.

"My sister and I will stay with mother."

He coquettishly rubbed into Xiao Ruyu's arms, his tone light.

Touching his head, Xiao Ruyu felt indescribable feeling in his heart.

Just as she was lost in thought, Queen Duan's voice interrupted her thoughts.

"You two little devils, why are you laughing so happily?"

She walked in holding her waist, her belly was slightly bulging, and there was a hint of tenderness on her smiling face.

"Mother, I just told my sister that I will not go anywhere and will stay with you."

When Xiao Rujin saw Queen Duan coming, she rushed over to her and tried to cheer her up.

"Well, I'm here this time to look for your sister."

Queen Duan smiled and pushed Xiao Rujin's hand away, then looked at Xiao Ruyu, "I heard that Yiheng and Yiling were injured?"

"Or was it because of protecting Yu'er that you got hurt?"

Xiao Ruyu touched his head a little embarrassedly and admitted it.

[Yesterday I took my cousin to catch Lü Zongyuan, and he attacked us by mistake.]

She lowered her head silently, ready to be scolded by Queen Duan.

The imagined blame did not come, but Queen Duan took her hand and took the initiative to propose.

"Since it was Yu'er who was injured, I should take Yu'er to see them."

"They should be rewarded for saving the princess. I will ask the emperor to reward them later. For now..."

"Take Yu'er to apologize first."

When Xiao Ruyu saw that she was not angry but instead asked for a reward, her depressed mood disappeared.

She gently pressed her cheek against Queen Duan's arm, her eyes lighting up.

【Then let’s go now! 】

Before noon, Empress Duan took her out of the palace.

The carriage was bumpy along the way. Xiao Ruyu was very worried and carefully held Queen Duan's belly.

[Mother, you should ride in a carriage less often in the future.]

"It's okay, Yu'er, you don't have to worry too much about me."

Queen Duan touched her head, lifted the curtain, and saw Marquis Duan's Mansion not far away.

After getting off the car, Xiao Ruyu jumped down first and carefully helped her out of the car.

As soon as she stepped into the yard, she saw Duan Yiheng and his companion.

There were other princes in the capital who were on good terms with the two men. Upon hearing that Duan Yiheng and the other were injured, they rushed over early in the morning to express their condolences.

Duan Yiling's boasting voice could be heard from afar, and he was gesturing with something in his hands.

"You don't know how long the sword was at that time."

"I kicked back and rushed forward with the sword. He couldn't even get through two moves from me."

Duan Yiling recreated the situation of that night for the prince. He pretended to grab the sword with both hands and rushed forward two steps, almost poking Xiao Ruyu's head.

"Hey, why is the little princess here?"

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."

He then realized that the two of them had already entered the yard. He quickly retracted his foot, but ended up pulling his wound and causing him to scream in pain.

The prince was trying to hold back his laughter, but after he was glared at by the other party, he came to his senses and knelt down to pay his respects.

"Well, you are 'injured people', no need to be polite."

Queen Duan was also amused by his appearance, and with a half smile she glanced at Duan Yiheng who was standing steadily beside her, "When can you learn from your brother?"

"Oh, aunt, you know my character."

Duan Yiling scratched his head and hurriedly greeted her into the house.

Lord Duan heard the noise and came out to pay his respects. Seeing that Empress Duan was pregnant, he expressed his concern.

"The Queen is pregnant. If there is anything, please summon me to the palace. Why bother to go there in person?"

Queen Duan was helped to sit down and looked at him with annoyance.

"My daughter Yu'er is in trouble, and I have to clean it up for her."

"This time, Yiheng's two children were injured. I am really sorry and I brought some gifts to nourish the two children."

She gave a look to the maid behind her, and the servants following her immediately unfolded the dazzling array of treasures one by one.

"Your Majesty, this is..."