Chu Yaoyao grabbed two handfuls of snow and threw them on Chu Yao's face, grinning happily.

"Ha ha!"

"Oh, Lady Yaoyao, please spare my life. I won't dare to do that again!"

Chu Yao also wanted to comfort her, so he cooperated and struggled for a few times, and finally fell into the snow, not wanting to trip the prince as well.

Seeing her two brothers falling into the snow pile in a mess, Chu Yaoyao held her stomach and laughed out loud, her voice as clear as a silver bell.

"Hahaha……"

In the corridor, the Queen and the Imperial Noble Consort had just returned from paying respects at Ci'an Palace. As they passed by, they happened to see the three siblings rolling in the snow like snowmen.

"You three!"

They both didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

It's freezing cold, and we can't let them go on like this.

Finally, the three brothers and sisters all came to Fengyi Palace, and each of them was happily given a big bowl of steaming ginger soup.

After taking a hot shower and changing into clean and warm clothes, a group of people gathered together to eat hot pot.

Chu Yaoyao was sweating and her mouth was full of oil while eating.

The Imperial Concubine picked up the handkerchief and wiped her with a doting tone.

"You, eat slowly. No one is going to snatch it from you."

Looking at this tender scene between mother and daughter, Chu Yao blinked his moist eyes slightly.

After dinner, he walked to Changhua Palace.

The guards at the door saw him and respectfully made way.

Inside, a maid in a grey coarse cotton jacket hurried into a room.

"My queen, the third prince is here to see you!"

"What?!"

Xiao Ru covered her mouth and coughed a few times, then quickly got up from the bed, ran to the dressing table, and checked herself carefully in the mirror.

"My hair is fine, not messy, but it's too plain on my head. Hurry up! Go and get the jewelry Yao Er gave me!"

After inserting the two hairpins, she touched her face.

"No, it's too pale, help me get the rouge!"

As she spoke, she coughed a few more times.

"Also, open the windows quickly, open them all!"

When Chu Yao walked into the room, the first thing he looked at was the two stoves. Seeing the charcoal fire burning brightly, he nodded secretly.

"Yao'er, you're back?"

"When did you return to the palace?"

Xiao Ru hurriedly took a few steps forward.

Seeing that she had become much thinner, Chu Yao frowned slightly.

"It's been three days since I came back. How is mother doing these days? Why do you look so much thinner?"

Xiao Ru secretly glanced at the maid beside her.

The maid nodded in understanding and replied.

"Third Prince, you don't know that since you left Beijing, the Queen has been worried about you all day long. She has been so worried that she can't eat or sleep well. Isn't she getting thin?"

Hearing this, Chu You looked at her suspiciously, and was relieved to see that her face was still rosy.

A gust of cold wind blew in, and Xiao Ru couldn't help but coughed a few times while covering her mouth.

“Ahem!”

Chu You frowned and looked at the window with an unhappy expression, and questioned the maid in a harsh voice.

"What's going on? It's so cold, why do you need to open the window?!"

The maid hurriedly knelt down and apologized.

"Your Highness, please calm down. I know I was wrong!"

Xiao Ru advised softly, "Okay, don't blame her. I just felt that this room was too stuffy and wanted to open the window to get some fresh air."

The smell of medicine in the rooms on both sides had almost dissipated, so Xiao Ru simply asked the maid to close the windows.

The mother and son chatted for a while, and after a cup of tea, Chu Yao got up and left.

Looking at his back, the maid sighed softly.

"Your Highness, why don't you tell the Third Prince that you are ill? Princess Qiyuan can come up with so many magical things. If Your Highness goes to plead for mercy, maybe she can cure your illness."

In response, she was hit with another heart-wrenching cough.

Xiao Ru slowed down, raised her head and looked outside, looking in the direction where Chu Yao's back disappeared.

Xiao Ru raised her hand to stop her.

"I know my own body well. If it can't be cured, I won't need to get medicine in the future."

She had been taking medicine in order to see Yao'er again...

Now that she can still see Yaoer, she has no regrets.

What's more, to Yao'er, she, as a mother, will always be a stain that is criticized by others.

…

Late at night, Chu Yaoyao, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up.

“Third brother!”

"Princess!"

Ah Shi in the outer room heard her movement and hurried in, lifted the curtain, and the candle in his hand emitted an orange-yellow light.

"Princess, what's wrong with you?"

Chu Yaoyao let out a long breath and shook her head slowly.

"I'm fine, I just had a nightmare."

Ah Shi helped her lie down and covered her with the quilt.

"It's okay, don't be afraid, dreams are all fake."

Chu Yaoyao closed her eyes again.

[System, what disease did Xiao Ru have? ]

System: It looks like tuberculosis.

Hearing these three words, Chu Yaoyao's eyelashes trembled slightly.

In fact, she had complicated feelings towards Xiao Ru. The Xiao family had once harmed her grandfather's family, and she didn't like the Xiao family.

But she cared about her third brother very much. In the dream just now, after Xiao Ru's death, her third brother became negative and gloomy, drinking all day long, and turned back into the idle and unsuccessful third prince.

I let my father down, was abandoned by him, and became alienated from my brothers...

She didn't want her third brother to become like that.

Moreover, someone must pay for the sins committed by the Xiao family. It would be too easy for Xiao Ru to die so easily!

Thinking of this, she opened the chat box with Ruan Nuo with her mind.

Half an hour later, Chu Yaoyao quietly opened her eyes a little and quietly lifted the curtain.

Not seeing Ah Shi, she carefully jumped out of bed holding a pile of medicine boxes and tiptoed to put on her clothes.

"Princess, where are you going in the middle of the night?"

Ah Shi covered his mouth and yawned.

Hearing the sound, Chu Yaoyao shivered subconsciously, and the pile of things in her arms fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

Ah Shi looked at the boxes of jars in confusion.

"This is?"

Chu Yaoyao had no choice but to tell the truth. After all, with her short legs, by the time she reached Changhua Palace, it would probably be dawn.

"I heard that Xiao Shuren from Changhua Palace is ill, and I want to go and give him some medicine."

Ah Shi looked hesitant, with a hint of disapproval in his tone.

"But the Xiao family has committed the serious crime of treason, and they have tried to kill the Li family many times!"

The Xiao family has committed serious sins, and their death is not a pity! Chu Yaoyao sighed, "I know."

She lowered her head, with a hint of helplessness and sadness in her tone.

"But I don't want my third brother to be sad."

[Now that I have seen the future and know that Third Brother is about to face pain, how can I remain indifferent? ]

Except for Xiao Ru, all the members of the Xiao family received the punishment they deserved. It didn't matter to her what happened to Xiao Ru, but she cared about her third brother.

Since Xiao Ru is so important to my third brother, let’s spare her life.

Seeing her like this, Ah Shi shook his head helplessly.

The little princess is still too soft-hearted and too kind.

"Sister A-Shi, please accompany me to Changhua Palace."

Meeting her big, clean and clear eyes, A Shi sighed slightly.

"Oh well."

She knew that even if she didn't agree, the little princess wouldn't give up. It was so cold outside, and if the princess crawled around, what if she got sick? It would be better to send her there in person.