After Baili Chengyou and Meng Guxue got engaged, they moved out of the palace and now live in the prince's mansion.

Meng Guxue searched the mansion but couldn't find anyone, so she guessed that Baili Chengyou must have entered the palace again.

She thought about it, changed her clothes and adjusted her hairstyle, then led Xiaotao into the palace.

During this period, she often went to the palace to look after the queen's wife. The palace servants had already recognized her, so she had a smooth journey to Qiushi Palace.

"Meet the Three Imperial Concubines."

The palace maids of Qiushi Palace saluted Meng Guxue, each of them with a hint of sadness on their face.

Meng Guxue sighed secretly upon seeing this. She went straight into the main hall and saw Baili Chengyou beside the bed of the king's wife.

Baili Chengyou looked much more haggard these days. He even took off all the bells that he usually wore to show off his beauty, and often stayed by the bed for a whole night.

He always kept his word, so the old eunuch Dong Lu beside him did not dare to persuade him and just accompanied him.

Seeing Meng Guxue coming in, Dong Lu's eyes lit up, and he quickly bowed in a low voice, "Greetings to the Third Imperial Concubine."

Now that the wife of the king is in a coma, the whole palace can see that only the words of the third imperial concubine are still valid in the palace.

Meng Guxue waved at Dong Lu, tiptoed behind Baili Chengyou, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Bai Li?"

When Baili Chengyou heard Meng Guxue calling him, he moved slightly but did not turn his head.

When Meng Guxue saw him like this, she wanted to go and support Qiao Zhongguo but she couldn't bring herself to say it for a while.

"Do you want to go and rest for a while? I'll stay with my wife."

"Don't worry too much. Didn't the palace doctor say that Madam is out of danger? She may not have recovered her strength yet. Just give her some time to recover."

Meng Guxue spoke in a warm voice, but in fact, it was just a few sentences over and over again.

She guessed in her heart that the King's wife might have become a vegetable, but she didn't dare tell Baili Chengyou this.

She didn't know before that Baili Chengyou was so filial and that he and the King's wife really had a deep mother-son relationship.

"Why doesn't the Queen Mother want to wake up?"

Baili Chengyou finally spoke, his voice was hoarse and filled with a strong sense of fatigue.

"It must be because I, as a son, was not sincere enough, so the ancient god did not hear my prayers."

The ancient god is the most worshipped god by the people of Nanli, and is the patron saint who eliminates disasters and misfortunes.

When Meng Guxue saw Baili Chengyou being so fragile, she felt as if her heart was pricked by a needle, and she felt an indescribable pain and swelling in her heart.

A few months ago, Baili Chengyou once blocked an arrow for her, and she was extremely grateful.

At that time, he was so badly injured, but he was still smiling at her all day long. She felt disgusted at that time, but now she actually misses that "annoying" Baili Chengyou.

Unfortunately, all the palace doctors and folk doctors from Nanli Kingdom have been invited to see the lady, but all of them are helpless.

Alas, I wonder if Lord Qiao has an imperial physician accompanying him...

Thinking of this, Meng Guxue suddenly felt a glimmer of hope in her heart. She leaned forward slightly and said to Baili Chengyou in a gentle voice:

"Baili, I received a reply from Lord Qiao. This time he came to congratulate the king on his birthday on behalf of the Yong Dynasty. I thought, maybe he brought the imperial physician of the Yong Dynasty with him?"

After hearing this, Baili Chengyou finally raised his head.

Meng Guxue continued, "I know that your Nanli Kingdom is good at medicine, but since there is no solution in the country now, why don't we go to Yong Dynasty to have a look?"

"Even if Lord Qiao didn't bring the imperial physician, we can ask him to write a letter to the Emperor of Yong Dynasty and ask him to send the best imperial physician to see Madam."

Baili Chengyou doesn't want to miss any hope now.

He nodded and said, "Okay, go write a letter to Qiao Zhongguo and ask him. Regardless of whether the imperial physician of Yong Dynasty can save my mother, I, Baili Chengyou, owe him a favor."

Meng Guxue hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but still said, "Baili, I want to go pick up Master Qiao in person."

Baili Chengyou frowned when he heard this, and suddenly looked deeply at Meng Guxue.

"Is this your real purpose for entering the palace today?"

Meng Guxue choked slightly and immediately explained: "Even if this incident had not happened, I would have come to the palace to see Madam today."

She would never have explained anything to Baili Chengyou in the past, but now she just felt that he was too pitiful and wanted to take his thoughts into consideration a little.

Meng Guxue thought so.

Baili Chengyou lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

Meng Guxue pushed his shoulder gently when she saw this. "Why are you like this? Haven't I been with you these days?"

Baili Chengyou grabbed Meng Guxue's hand, and Meng Guxue pulled it back but failed.

"What's wrong with you?" Meng Guxue asked uneasily.

Baili Chengyou raised his head and said calmly, "Go ahead. I'll let A'er accompany you and stay with you all the time."

"Remember to come back, otherwise——"

Meng Guxue: “…”

Is Baili Chengyou threatening her?

"Okay, let go, I'll be back."

Shen Yuanbai has not been eliminated yet, and leaving Baili Chengyou now would be tantamount to seeking death. She is not so stupid as to do that.

Baili Chengyou let go of her hand and never looked up at Meng Guxue again.

Meng Guxue looked at the king's wife lying on the couch, and secretly made up his mind to find a way to save her, and then he tiptoed out of the hall.

On the way out of the palace, a palace maid stopped Meng Guxue, as if she was waiting there on purpose.

"Greetings to the Third Imperial Concubine. I am Caiyun, who is by the Fourth Princess' side. Her Highness the Princess would like to invite you to the pavilion in the middle of the lake for a chat."

"The fourth princess?"

Meng Guxue frowned.

Now there is only one princess waiting to get married in the palace, the fourth one in the family, named Baili Miaoxue.

That’s right, the fourth princess’ name also contains the word “snow”.

Just because of the problem of the same characters, when she first arrived, the fourth princess took advantage of the king's favor and gave her a humiliating scolding.

Thinking of this, Meng Guxue's face darkened, "Go and tell the princess that I have something important to do. We'll talk next time."

"Third sister-in-law is so powerful, can't I invite you?"

A young girl in luxurious clothes walked out from the side.

Meng Guxue: “…”

Wasn't this person right next to her? She even went to the trouble of asking the maid to stop her...

"Fourth sister, Third sister-in-law is really busy."

Meng Guxue was about to leave, but Baili Miaoxue stood in front of her forcefully.

"Hey, what can't be delayed for a quarter of an hour? Third sister-in-law, Fourth sister came to apologize to you sincerely. You are not giving her face, but you are causing trouble for Third Brother."

The fourth princess said this with a smile on her face, but she had already pulled Meng Guxue by the hand and led her to the pavilion nearby without giving her a chance to refuse.

When walking through the water corridor, Caiyun deliberately stopped Xiaotao outside.

"The princess and the third imperial concubine have something private to discuss. We can just stay here."

Xiao Tao frowned upon seeing this, looked at Meng Guxue worriedly, hesitated for a moment, found an excuse, and turned to find Baili Chengyou.

Here, the fourth princess took Meng Guxue to sit down in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and raised her hand to hand Meng Guxue a piece of cake attentively.

"Third sister-in-law, this is made in imitation of your Yong Dynasty's pastries. Xue'er put a lot of thought into it. Try it."

There are bells and sachets tied around the pavilion in the middle of the lake. When the wind blows, the bells ring and the sachets emit bursts of faint fragrance.

Meng Guxue felt her nose itchy and couldn't help sneezing.

Baili Miaoxue looked ashamed and continued to speak sincerely:

"In fact, Xue'er felt really sorry for making things difficult for Third Sister-in-law last time. Third Brother also severely punished Xue'er for this, so Xue'er came here today to apologize to Third Sister-in-law."

Meng Guxue looked at the pastries handed to her and became secretly alert.