Qiuyue had no choice but to catch her, not caring that her clothes were soaked.
"Hey, hey, hey? Slow down." Dongmei held Zhang You's right hand tightly. Zhang You just lost his strength and rushed to Qiuyue, and she almost couldn't hold him back.
Now without anyone around, Zhang You could feel her steps growing heavier. The lack of oxygen in the pond had eased her pain for a moment, but the hypothermia was too much for her to handle. Before she could take a few steps leaning on Qiuyue, she lost consciousness and passed out.
She only remembered the palace walls spinning before her eyes and the anxious voices of Dongmei and the others...
When he woke up again, Zhang You was already lying on his own bed in the palace.
Chunhua's injuries were not serious, and she had already explained everything to Qiao Si during the time she fainted. After hearing about Sun Chanyu's situation, Qiao Si was unexpectedly quiet and said nothing.
When Zhang You woke up, he realized that he had been sleeping for a whole day with a fever.
When she fainted, Qiuyue and the others rushed to take her for treatment, but the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau would not come out for a little maid like her. When Qiao Si found out, he fed her the medicine that Qiao Er had left for her.
The palace banquet would last until night, and these maids were not allowed to enter and leave the harem at will. Qiao Si simply took them back to the palace early and summoned a doctor to treat her and Chunhua.
She left early, and Li Guanghan was unhappy, but for the sake of his own face, he covered it up for her in front of outsiders, so no one knew that Qiao Si left early because his maid was bullied by the imperial concubine.
Fortunately, the doctor treated Zhang You in time. After sleeping for a day, he felt much better. After taking good care of himself for a period of time, he finally recovered.
After the court meeting, Li Guanghan entertained the foreign envoys for a while.
It is said that at that banquet, Li Xianyu not only humiliated Tuoba Yan, but also humiliated several other small countries. Due to her status, those people did not retaliate and endured it one by one.
The public opinion of Li Xianyu in the capital suddenly reversed, with people beginning to praise the princess as possessing the demeanor of a royal family, fearless in the presence of foreigners. They even claimed that these foreigners were always vassals of Tangye and were disrespectful to them. Upon hearing this, those who heard it simply laughed it off without rebutting.
But soon, they began to say goodbye and set off to go back, and Li Guanghan was responsible for sending them out of the city one by one.
The end of the International Court of Justice also means that the wedding of Qiao Si and Li Guanghan is approaching.
Li Guanghan set the wedding date on the day before New Year's Eve.
Qiao Si, Zhang You and the others all knew that this was Li Guanghan's disgusting trick.
This day was chosen so that Qiao Silian could not spend his last Spring Festival with his family.
Qiao Si did not object and agreed happily. His expression seemed as if he was deeply in love with Li Guanghan.
Both Prince Qiao's Mansion and Prince Han's Mansion were busy with preparations during this period. Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the eve of their wedding.
At nightfall, the first snow in the capital city fluttered down, and under the light of lanterns in the yard, it seemed particularly peaceful and beautiful.
Except for the man standing abruptly in the yard.
This was the nth time that Wei Nian had sneaked into Prince Qiao's mansion in the middle of the night.
Zhang You and Chunhua were guarding the door of Qiao Sifang's house to prevent him from getting close. They had already sent the other people in the courtyard away, taking advantage of the princess's early retirement on the eve of her wedding, so Wei Nian's arrival would not arouse suspicion.
Ever since Qiao Si and Li Guanghan finalized their marriage, Wei Nian often sneaked into the mansion to see Qiao Si. He knew she wouldn't see him if he visited openly, so he simply sneaked in to see her.
At first, he met her to apologize for what happened. He came to her house several times, regretting that he had not judged her well enough, not knowing that there would be a traitor among the people left to her, which led to the attack on Dingzhou and the death of her mother...
Qiao Si ignored him.
Later, he insisted on meeting her, and every word was sincere, saying that he did not want her to marry Li Guanghan. He listed Li Guanghan's shortcomings in detail, pointing out that Li Guanghan married her just to avenge her for his beloved...
Qiao Si still ignored him.
Now, he stood outside calmly, no longer hoping to see her, but through the maid guarding the door and the closed door, his tone was calm. He knew he couldn't influence it, so he quietly wished, hoping that she could get what she wanted.
The room was very quiet, without a sound at all.
Qiao Si still didn't respond.
The winter snow suddenly grew heavier, and the heavy snow fell like goose feathers, quickly piling up a layer of white on the ground. A layer of snow had already fallen on Wei Nian's black hair and black brocade robe.
He had said everything he wanted to say and was waiting, waiting for the unknown. He didn't know if she would see him, so he just stood quietly in the snow.
Zhang You and the others looked at him, not knowing whether to feel hatred or sympathy.
The disaster that befell Dingzhou was still fresh in their minds. They had resented him, but they also knew he wasn't the mastermind behind it; he was merely being manipulated, unbeknownst to them. But the hatred was indelible. So whenever they saw him, they remembered it and couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.
They also sympathized with him.
Sympathize with his belated love.
Before he realized his feelings, Qiao Si was forced to take on the responsibility for the future of the Qiao Palace. She had to cut off the budding friendship and turn herself into the "spoiled" princess to plan a way out for the Qiao Palace.
Zhang You could see that Qiao Si had feelings for him.
Because of love comes sorrow, because of love comes fear.
Qiao Si didn't really hate him because of the Dingzhou incident, she just needed this excuse to make him give up completely.
But I never expected that one day he would be able to clarify his own feelings.
But everything is too late.
The candlelight in the room was dim. Wei Nian looked at it for a long time, so long that his eyebrows and eyelashes were dyed white by the snow. Then he turned and left.
Zhang You and the others have been feeling a bit cold standing outside for a while now, so it would be better if they were closer to the door, where it would be warmer.
I don't know how he could endure the cold and not move. Zhang You looked at his lonely back as he left, raised his hands, rubbed them, exhaled, and thought quietly.
"What should we do now?" Dongmei watched him leave, feeling a little hesitant, not knowing whether she should go in and talk to Qiao Si or just leave.
If I tell Qiao Si, I'm afraid she won't be able to sleep. If I don't tell her, the lights in the room are still on, obviously Qiao Si hasn't rested yet.
"I don't know."
"...How about going in?"
Just as they were gathered together whispering to each other, the door creaked open and a warm feeling came from inside the house.
A pair of white and slender hands lifted the windproof curtain, and Qiao Si came out wearing only a thin jacket.
She stood at the door, staring at the place where Wei Nian had stood before - there were still his footprints there, which were out of place with the snow-covered road around him.
Zhang You and the others looked at her, and no one spoke tacitly.
Jingzhu took a long coat and draped it over Qiao Si, then stood quietly behind her.
They stood with her quietly for a long time.
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