My Lord, please respect yourself. I am the wife of a marquis.

The study was brightly lit, with thick cushions on the wide chair and some scattered letters on the desk. Xiao Yunjin stood by the window, with stars dotted across the lotus pond outside. The lotus had withered, leaving only dry branches. Winter was coming...

There was a knock on the door, rapid but not hurried.

Then the door opened and it was his personal servant who said, "Master, Wanxiang Tower has been closed down."

It has been two days since he returned to the outer courtyard. Big and small things have happened one after another. When he heard the news, he subconsciously thought of his new wife, "What has the wife been doing these days?"

Fuxing was used to his master's irrelevant answers. Whenever there was something these days, his master would ask, "Master, the imperial physician was called in from the backyard today. He said that the lady was ill and had a high fever."

Because of his illness, Xiao Yunjin was a little hesitant. His wife had surrounded the yard, and coupled with the abnormality in his relationship with her, he always felt that his current predicament was caused by his good wife.

His thoughts were suppressed and he turned to ask about Wanxiang Tower.

Fuxing briefly recounted the whole story.

Xiao Yunjin was so angry that he laughed, but that laugh was slightly mocking and his brows were sharp. In an instant, he seemed to have turned into another person, the decisive and ruthless Prince Jin.

Wanxiang Tower was his base, and the place was the best source of information among the flowers and willows. However, the information was traced back to one of his own people.

He had just received news that the second daughter of Marquis Jian'an was missing. Before he could make any move, the next moment she appeared in Wanxiang Tower. She was carried out, and with her was the most favored nephew of Prince Huaiyang, whose clothes were disheveled. Both of them were injured, and they were caught by the censors.

Now the matter has been brought to the attention of the emperor. One was the designated princess of the crown prince, and the other was his father-in-law's most favored nephew. The attempt on her life was unsuccessful.

He is now dead, and the destruction of Wanxiang Tower is like cutting off one of his arms.

After finishing the matters at hand, it was already late at night. He couldn't sit still these past two days and his legs felt like they were filled with lead after standing for so long. He should have gone to bed to rest, but he unknowingly walked to the backyard.

He changed the name of this courtyard. They met in a peach forest in April. Although it was his intentional arrangement, her cheerful personality and agile skills always lingered in his mind.

The lights in Fangfei Courtyard were on, and a little girl ran out of the yard in a panic.

He shouted to stop her, and the maid was startled, as if she had just recognized him. She knelt on the ground with a thud, her voice clearly filled with tears, but her words were clear and logical, "Sir, please send someone to get a doctor! Madam has a high fever, she can't take medicine, and she keeps vomiting. I'm afraid..."

I was afraid I couldn’t make it through, but the little girl didn’t dare to say that.

Xiao Yunjin frowned, obviously already understanding what she hadn't said. Was it really that serious? "Go to the front yard to find Fuxing and ask him to get the imperial physician."

After watching the maid trot to the front yard, he turned and walked into the yard. The bedroom was pitch black, but the side rooms were brightly lit. She actually stayed in the side room after he left. A sense of strangeness came over him.

I walked quickly into the house. The room smelled strongly of medicine, mixed with some strange smells. Even after being fumigated with incense, it was still unbearable.

"Go open the window and put out the incense."

The maid was picking up the scattered medicine bowls on the ground. She was so scared when she heard the sound that she cut her hand. Xiao Yunjin frowned, "You are so clumsy." She walked over the mess on the ground in two or three steps, walked to the table and extinguished the incense.

Su Muxi lay in the quilt with a flushed face, and it was obvious that she had a fever and was unconscious. "Did she vomit the medicine again?"

Zhijuan had just wiped the medicine stains off her master's face, waved her hand to let the little girl go out, and then bowed, "Yes, the lady is unconscious and has not eaten for two days."

"Why did you wait until it's so serious to report it? What do you do for a living?" He recalled the maids he had just met, including the one in front of him. He didn't recognize any of them. "Where's Yuanzi Tuanzi?"

Yuanzi and Tuanzi were Su Muxi's maids. These two girls followed them every time they met. But now that she got married, she didn't bring any of them with her, which made her feel even more strange.

"The two girls are now following the Duke's wife and the eldest young master's wife," Zhijuan was very scared. She had just followed the princess for two days and she dared not disobey the princess's orders at all. She had never expected that this disease was so dangerous. She tried hard to suppress her panic and explained things quickly.

"Madam has her period and said she was very sleepy, so she took a rest in the room with a hot water bottle. The servants thought she was asleep. At noon, we found that she had a fever. She was very awake at the time, so we just asked her to drink a bowl of fever-reducing medicine from the mansion. The fever went down quickly. She also ate a lot in the evening. Unexpectedly, her condition got worse this morning, but she didn't agree to call a doctor. She drank another bowl of fever-reducing medicine, but she vomited it all and fell into a coma. We had no choice but to ask the maid to go to the front yard and ask the marquis to send someone to call a doctor."

Xiao Yunjin's brows furrowed more and more as he listened. He stepped forward and touched her forehead, which felt burning hot. The side room was small, and when the window was opened, he could clearly feel the person in front of him shudder.

The autumn night was chilly and I suddenly felt panicky for no reason. I leaned over and picked the person up. I wanted to ask someone to prepare some ice, but the person in my arms was shaking and was obviously cold.

"Clean up the main room and light the brazier," he thought for a moment, "get some ice for later use."

After a busy period, the person was placed in the new room. Her rosy face was as red as the one in the wedding quilt. The more I looked at her, the more annoyed I felt. Fortunately, the imperial physician arrived soon.

Xiao Yunjin made way for him. The imperial physician only touched him twice before frowning and shaking his head for a while.

"Tell me quickly, how is Madam's health?"

"Madam's illness is severe, with internal coldness and alternating hot and cold," the imperial physician said, looking up at Xiao Yunjin, "You worry too much and become ill because of worry." Seeing the other person's somewhat livid face, the imperial physician stopped talking and said, "I'll have someone make a decoction to reduce the fever first."

She waved her hand to send the imperial physician away, and stared at the unconscious man with absent-minded eyes. She was overthinking and worried to death. He had only been to Prince Jin's mansion once, so why was she so worried?

It was the first time that Xiao Yunjin felt anxious. He wanted to catch the person and question her, but he couldn't bear to do so. Seeing that she was shivering in the cold, he even tucked in the corner of the quilt for her.

He didn't think about what the medicine meant when it was brought to him. He just took it and prepared to feed it to him himself. However, he was not good at serving others, and the medicine flowed down the corners of his mouth and behind his ears, even staining his hair. He frowned when he saw it.

He didn't give up, and fed another spoonful with his chin pinched, but the food was spit out again, he cried and threw the bowl away, making him panic.

Fortunately, there was a carpet on the floor, so the medicine bowl was not broken. "Pack everything out and give me the other bowl."

Zhijuan was hesitant to speak, and finally took the carpet away with two maids.

Xiao Yunjin helped her wipe the corner of her mouth, then he picked up the medicine and took a sip, then leaned over to pass it to her. This medicine was several times more bitter than the one he drank. Seeing that she was struggling hard, he gave her some honey water. It took her a long time to soften and stop struggling, but he was exhausted and sweating.

Seeing her dry lips become rosy with a bright color, he carefully confirmed that she was not vomiting the medicine before going to the ear room to clean up and sleeping next to her, just like the previous few days, just in a different position.

He was already injured and had been busy for two days in a row. Now after all this commotion, he was very sleepy. Finally, looking at the shivering person, he pulled him into his arms and fell into a deep sleep.