When they saw the sickly pale face, their breathing stagnated, their hands tightened, they knelt down, clasped their fists respectfully, and shouted in unison: "Your Highness!"

Qin Junyu sat sideways on the bed, his clothes half exposed, his black hair hanging down in front of his chest, a few strands fell into his clothes, the torture of illness made him look very weak.

He glared at several people, with a gloomy look in his eyes.

"How dare you!" The roar was loud and clear, but it also exhausted all his strength.

Qingyu heard the noise over there and turned around. She was surprised and happy to see Qin Junyu, but she didn't dare to let go of the person in her hand.

It’s possible that she was the one who wrote the threatening letter to Li Qingyuan.

Nian Susu didn't know what he was thinking. Why didn't he let her go now that he had found her?

She was really afraid that he would get excited and lose control of the dagger in his hand, causing her to die in vain.

Qin Junyu's gaze moved from the people kneeling on the ground, passed the fallen screen, and fell on Nian Susu and Qingyu.

"Let her go." He spoke each word very slowly, almost squeezing it out through his teeth.

Qingyu's face changed, and he immediately put away the dagger and knelt down in front of him, "Your Highness."

Nian Susu's chest heaved violently, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Qin Jun covered his chest and coughed. The people closest to him crawled forward on their knees and shouted in unison: "Your Highness!"

Their tone was hurried and panicked, showing how worried they were at the moment.

Qin Junyu suddenly felt his blood rushing up and a fishy and sweet taste in his throat.

"Puff!" A mouthful of blood gushed out, and a large area of ​​the wooden floor beside the bed was stained dark.

Several people rushed forward, but Qin Junyu raised his hand to stop them from going forward.

He leaned on the edge of the bed with his head lowered, and his heavy breathing caused his back to rise and fall greatly.

After a pause, he ordered in a cold voice: "Send this prince back to the East Palace."

Two people came forward to help Qin Junyu up. His steps were unsteady and almost all his weight was on the two people beside him.

When passing by Nian Susu, Qin Junyu nodded to her and said, "Thank you, Miss Nian, for saving my life."

She nodded in response.

Several assassins looked shocked and quickly suppressed the attack.

Especially Qingyu, her expression looked very ugly.

He didn't expect that the eldest lady of the Nian family actually saved His Highness, but he almost killed her in front of His Highness just now.

No wonder His Highness is so angry.

Qingyu felt a little guilty when he looked at Nian Susu.

Several people escorted Qin Junyu out of the room, Qingyu followed at the end, and when she passed by Nian Susu, she stopped her.

"You..." She didn't know the masked man's name, so she had to use "you" instead, "Wait a moment."

Qingyu paused.

Glancing outside the door, Qin Junyu showed no intention of paying attention to him. Without even turning his head, his figure disappeared into the night.

"Miss..., what's the matter?" Qingyu felt guilty. Was she going to settle the score later?

However, Nian Susu just shrugged, turned around, walked to the desk, picked up a pen and started writing on the paper.

Qingyu walked over with doubts in her mind.

When he saw the words, he recognized that the "Miss" mentioned by the little maid was Miss Nian, and the letter was also written by her.

But he didn't understand. It was obvious that the prince was rescued and he was asked to pick him up, but how could it be expressed as if the prince was kidnapped and he was asked to redeem him?

"I have written down clearly what poison His Highness was poisoned with and what ingredients were in the medicine I gave him yesterday."

She handed over the rice paper.

When Qingyu heard that Qin Junyu was poisoned, there was no big reaction on his face. He just frowned and read the contents on the paper.

"The poison your highness has been poisoned by is very common. Any imperial physician can cure it. It's just that the delay is a bit too long, and the remaining poison is difficult to eliminate. You need to take good care of yourself."

Qingyu nodded and thanked her.

That was all he had to tell him, but he didn't look like he was going to leave. He stood hesitantly in front of the desk.

Nian Su Su frowned, "What else?"

Qingyu clenched his fists and made up his mind. He took off his mask and knelt on one knee.

She stepped back in fear.

He clasped his fists and said loudly: "I'm sorry, Miss Nian. I was so abrupt just now that I almost hurt you. Please forgive me."

She breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be about this matter.

"It's okay. You are also thinking about His Highness' safety. Get up."

Qingyu was still kneeling.

"Do you want me to help you up personally?" she said angrily.

After hearing this, Qingyu stood up immediately.

Only then did Nian Susu see his face clearly. He was quite handsome, but there was a murderous look between his eyebrows and eyes. It was obvious that he was not approachable. No wonder he started to choke people as soon as they met.

She gave a few more instructions about Qin Junyu, and finally said, "Your Highness, if something goes wrong, please come to me at any time."

Qingyu left.

Nian Susu looked at the fallen screen and the pool of blood beside the bed, feeling helpless.

……

On the sixth day of the New Year, Xiao Yunzheng and Li Yaoyuan came to visit Nian Susu. At that time, she was reading a storybook in her room.

Zhihua was standing outside the door supervising the servants clearing the snow in the courtyard. She saw from afar two young ladies walking into the courtyard arm in arm, talking and laughing. She hurriedly walked along a cleared path to meet them.

"Miss Xiao, Miss Li." Zhihua stood three steps away from them and bowed to greet them.

The servants in the palace also stopped what they were doing, lowered their hands and heads, and dared not speak.

Xiao Yunzheng never liked these red tapes, so she waved her hand and asked her to get up. "Where is your young lady? I went to look for her a few days ago but couldn't find her. Did she sneak out to play alone again today?"

After spending more than a month together, Xiao Yunzheng has basically figured out Nian Susu's personality. She is by no means an obedient, gentle and virtuous lady. On the contrary, she is a wild person who can't sit still, just like herself.

So she always found a sense of "belonging" in Nian Susu, and the two of them got along particularly well.

Zhihua was embarrassed. The two young ladies had indeed come twice. Fortunately, the young lady was at home today, otherwise she didn't know what excuse she could use to persuade the two young ladies to leave.

"Miss Xiao, my young lady is reading in the room." She stepped aside to make way for the two to go in.

"We finally caught her!" Xiao Yunzheng acted like an official arresting someone, and walked inside aggressively, leading Li Yaoyuan.

Zhihua hurried to follow.

With a "squeak" sound, the door was pushed open.

Xiao Yunzheng looked around and found Nian Susu's figure on the low couch.

She was reclining, covered with a fluffy blanket. I don't know what animal's fur it was, but it looked very warm.

Next to the low couch was a small table with steaming tea on it and a charcoal basin burning brightly under it.

She was holding a book in her hand, and she saw something interesting there, with a faint smile on her face.

It's really pleasant.

"Oh, you busy man, it's so hard to see you!" Xiao Yunzheng said sarcastically.

Li Yaoyuan couldn't help laughing: "Lingling, if Yun Zheng doesn't see you today, I'm afraid I'll turn the entire Xiangfu upside down."

Nian Susu sat up in surprise, "Why are you here?"

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