When Pei Yanzhou changed his robe and came back, Shen Yuhe was no longer in the outer room.
The only person left in the room was Xueyu, who was guarding Song Jinyin. She was holding the newly brewed medicine and looking helplessly at the person on the bed.
"Go down and leave your things."
"Shi, Shizi."
Xueyu stood up and saluted. Just now, she had been thinking about the sleeping Song Jinyin. When she saw the prince with a cold face, she felt a little less afraid than before.
But now that the room was quiet, she remembered that there was a real living King of Hell standing in this room.
Pei Yanzhou glanced at the red and swollen side of Xue Yu's face. Thinking of Song Jinyin's care for the maid, he finally called Wang Kangjiu.
"Have someone get some medicine for her."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Butler Wang nodded in agreement, and when he saw Cang Lin returning to duty with an injury, he sighed at him.
"This girl is indeed honest."
Kurin looked at the girl who left the place with her head half lowered.
When she saw him just now, the little girl didn't dare to step forward, so she only saluted him from a distance.
The cautious look on his face inevitably reminded him of today's cry and begging, and he felt a rare feeling of guilt in his heart.
A few days ago, the little girl came to see him with food, and was teased by others. He didn't speak for the little girl at that time, he just felt that these were places where the guards lived, and the girl's family really shouldn't go there.
But this girl was obviously very thin-skinned, but she acted as if she didn't hear him. She still took the time to bring him food every day, saying that she wanted to repay him for his help.
Cang Lin felt helpless, but it was just a casual help, and it was not worth the trip she had to make all day long, so she still found an opportunity to speak and asked her to stop doing such meaningless things.
The girl did not appear again after that time. It was not until today that Xu finally came to him because she had no choice but to beg her.
One face was red, half from being beaten and half from crying.
Nodding along with Butler Wang's words, Cang Lin withdrew his gaze.
inside the house.
Pei Yanzhou put the bowl of medicine further away and sat down along the bed. Seeing that Song Jinyin was not sleeping peacefully, he subconsciously reached out and stroked her forehead.
A moan of discomfort overflowed from the corner of her lips, as if she was aware of his approach, Song Jinyin followed his hand and moved.
The doctor said that if the fever subsides tonight, it will be fine if he rests for a while, but if the fever does not subside, if this continues, even if he wakes up, he may not be able to return to his previous intelligence.
But no matter what, her life was saved.
Pei Yanzhou's fingertips stopped on her face.
Today he was supposed to go to Zhuangzi with General Xu, and they were already halfway there. However, because of something wrong in his heart, he slowed down a bit. He didn't expect that the person who delivered the message was actually waiting for him halfway.
It's just that it was a step too late when I came back.
He thought Song Jinyin would be embarrassed, but he didn't expect that she would only take half a breath.
Pei Yanzhou still remembers that after pushing open the rotten wooden door, the people on the ground were lifeless in the dark.
It wasn't until the lights illuminated the room that he could clearly see the mud and blood stains on the open skirt on the floor, as well as her long black hair that had been torn to pieces.
At that moment, his heart sank to the bottom, and every step he took seemed to weigh on his breathing.
Fortunately, he saw her long eyelashes trembling slightly, and there was still a little bit of life in them.
Just as he was lost in thought, the person on the bed slowly opened his eyes, as if it took him a long time to see his appearance clearly.
His dry lips moved, he looked around uncertainly, and called out to the Crown Prince.
Pei Yanzhou's fingertips slid from her cheek to her lips, and his eyes returned to clarity.
"Drink the medicine first when you wake up."
Her voice was very soft, with a gentleness that was hard to hear in her normal life.
It was probably because he was particularly fragile after getting sick, and a person's reason and stubbornness briefly collapsed. Song Jinyin lost her usual alienation, and her eyes followed the person who got up to get the medicine.
Pei Yanzhou noticed the change in her, and the tension in his heart relaxed, and a strange emotion arose.
After swallowing a mouthful of concoction, Song Jinyin's brows instantly wrinkled, and her eyes were covered with a layer of mist, making her even more fragile.
"Your Majesty, I can't drink any more."
Perhaps before she was completely awake, Song Jinyin blurted out her words of resistance, her voice still a little soft, "This slave has been rescued by the Crown Prince. She can recover on her own without drinking these medicines."
Pei Yanzhou looked down at her obedient face. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had seen her look so docile and completely trusting in him.
"Drink some more."
The person on the bed tilted his head slightly, pursed his lips and refused to speak.
"Is it so painful?"
Pei Yanzhou looked at the black concoction in the bowl and saw how strong she resisted, and he actually softened his heart again.
Today, there were countless cases where she gave in and some were inexplicable, and in the end, he blamed others for touching his people and touching his belongings.
As he spoke, he leaned closer.
Song Jinyin looked over at his actions, her watery eyes flashed slightly, and her reaction was a little slower than usual.
"Prince?"
Seeing that she became more and more confused after getting sick, Pei Yanzhou let go of the coldness, raised his lips and smiled, then followed his heart and pressed his lips to hers.
Afraid of spilling the medicine in the bowl, the kiss was just a taste.
"After I tasted it, it wasn't very bitter. I took another sip and stopped drinking it."
After hesitating for a moment, Song Jinyin still opened her mouth obediently, but when she looked at him again, tears overflowed from her beautiful black eyes again, which made her heart tighten and she was reluctant to say the first half of a harsh word.
If when Song Jinyin was awake, she used alienation and indifference to fight against him, which would make him lose control occasionally, then when the person who is sick now does not need to do anything, just raising her eyes to look at him, it can also make him unstable. .
Pei Yanzhou stood up and put the bowl back on the table. When he came back, he lay down next to her.
He couldn't say anything to comfort him, and even at the bottom of his heart, heaven and man were still at war. He just felt the smell that belonged to her. After all, Pei Yanzhou still didn't want to break the tranquility.
Until the person next to him cautiously leaned forward and reached out to hug his arm.
Pei Yanzhou stiffened, then thought of her half-asleep and half-awake state, and assumed that she was not quite awake yet.
I wanted to reach out and hug her gently, but I heard her voice coming slowly, losing some of its softness and becoming more empty, echoing in the room.
"I thought I was going to die today."
"When I was dragged out to be beaten, the slave girl was very scared. She was afraid that she would die, and she was also afraid that Xue Yu would be harmed. Later, the slave girl thought, let's just die. The slave girl has never harmed others, and being slandered like this means that living is nothing. mean."
"But when the first board fell, I didn't want to die. It would be too painful to be beaten to death."
Pei Yanzhou's heart felt slightly astringent.
But within a moment, he suddenly realized that the person in front of him was showing weakness.
Song Jinyin has rarely bowed her head in recent years. She has always kept her spine straight. Whether she is being punished or pleading guilty, she has never spoken softly.
She didn't reveal her grievances as openly as she did now.
For a moment, Pei Yanzhou was stunned.
He wanted to see Song Jinyin lower her head, but he didn't want to see her lose consciousness due to the pain and be forced to soften.
"I rarely ask for favors from the Crown Prince. Today, I want to ask for a favor from the Crown Prince."
The words fell into his ears intermittently. Song Jinyin spoke a little slowly, and Pei Yanzhou could still feel the difficulty in her voice.
Seeing the tiredness on her face but forcing her eyes open, he nodded in agreement without thinking.
He had promised her that besides the position of Crown Princess, he could give her anything she wanted.
Money and status are not big things at all.
He even thought that when she left the Duke's Mansion and she and Liu were completely separated and there was no possibility of seeing each other again, he would give her some more identities so that she could protect herself in the backyard and not be really exposed. It is not difficult to take one's life.
He never thought that he would be tempted by anyone, and even when he pulled Song Jinyin, he didn't feel that he was tempted.
It was just the entanglements accumulated over the years that made him accustomed to having her by his side. No matter how much he hated her and didn't want her to die, he could only admit it.
After a while, Song Jinyin curled her lips towards him when she saw that he didn't refute.
His eyes were about to close again, and the sounds coming out of his mouth were getting smaller and smaller, but Pei Yanzhou could still hear them clearly.
She said, "I want to beg you. No matter what I do in the future, I will ask you to please the prince. Don't implicate Xueyu, and don't let others punish her because of me..."
The person next to him fell asleep again, but the hand holding his arm did not let go.
Pei Yanzhou didn't move, just looking at her quietly.
