Su Rou slapped his hand away and said, "I took the medicine, but my temperature hasn't gone down. I can't do anything..."

Gong Yu grabbed her, held her in his arms, and carried her away along with the quilt draped over her.

"I have a doctor at home. Let him see you."

When Su Rou reacted, she had already been taken to Prince Yu's Mansion by Gong Yu.

Su Rou said, "The palace doctors just told me to drink the medicine and relax. What's the point of you capturing me?! Besides, my father doesn't even know I left the mansion. If he sees that I'm missing, what do you think he'll say to you tomorrow?"

Gong Yu held her in his arms and walked along the corridor. He stepped over the threshold and put her directly on the bed.

"I've never been around women before, and I didn't know they were so delicate. Don't blame me. I'll send you back before dawn."

Su Rou didn't have the energy to argue with him anyway. She turned over on the bed, her head was fuzzy and she just wanted to sleep.

Su Rou was later awakened by the crowing of a rooster, and a maid from Prince Yu's mansion came in from outside with a basin of water.

"Miss, you're awake. Your temperature has dropped. I've brought you some hot water. After you wash up, you can rest for a while and have breakfast. His Royal Highness Prince Yu went to the palace to attend the morning court early this morning. Wait for him to come back and take you back."

Su Rou stretched lazily. She indeed didn't feel so uncomfortable anymore. What method did Gong Yu use to make her body temperature drop so quickly?

……

In the court, civil and military officials argued endlessly.

Su Wan cursed, "Your Majesty, I have always loved my daughter dearly. It's one thing for Prince Yu to have kidnapped my daughter time and time again, but he even took her away yesterday, and I don't know where! Your Majesty, please help me!"

Gong Yu stood on the other side and said, "I am innocent."

The emperor asked, "Su Rou has always been playful. Perhaps she sneaked out of the palace without telling you. Does General Su have any evidence to prove that it was Prince Yu who abducted Su Rou?"

Su Wan held out a handkerchief stained with blood. "I saw the blood on this handkerchief in my daughter's yard. I used the handkerchief to soak up some blood and brought it here. Prince Yu had done this kind of bad behavior before. My daughter is seriously ill. If it wasn't Prince Yu's captive, who else could it be?! I don't know if my daughter is dead or alive..."

Su Wan choked up.

The emperor asked Gong Yu again, but in a more refined tone, "Have you invited Su Rou to your house?"

Gong Yu shook his head, "I don't have any."

If there hadn't been a military general stopping Su Wan, the scene would have been even more chaotic. The farce ended with Gong Yu's refusal to admit it.

Su Rou lay on the table with nothing to do. "Did he say anything else before he left?"

The maid shook her head and stood aside, waiting, "That's not the case."

Su Rou got up and washed her face. When she was about to go back to bed, the maid brought her a new dress.

The maid said, "The clothes in the mansion are rather coarse. His Highness ordered us to find these in the district storehouse. It is said that they were given by the Emperor. The girl will surely look beautiful in them."

When Su Rou came yesterday, it was dark and she didn't even take a good look at the decoration in the room.

Now looking at it this way, she suddenly felt that it didn't look like a guest room.

Just the calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall at the entrance is from a famous artist, and it was most likely a reward from the emperor.

Are the things given by the emperor usually hung in the guest rooms for guests to appreciate?

Gong Yu is not the kind of person who is flamboyant...

Su Rou said, "This house... is where His Royal Highness Prince Yu lives?"

The maid immediately knelt on the ground, "But did this servant ask the young lady if she was feeling uncomfortable?"

Su Rou threw down the handkerchief in her hand, "..."

She didn't feel uncomfortable with the maid, but she felt uncomfortable with Gong Yu's room!

Su Rou sat down on the table. "You get up first. When will he be back?"

The maid said, "Normally, His Highness will be back in an hour. If you're hungry, you can eat first. His Highness said that while he's away, you can do whatever you want in the mansion."

Su Rou leaned against the table and suddenly pointed at the calligraphy and painting on the wall. "I like this. Can I take it? Prince Yu said I can do whatever I want."

The maid looked embarrassed. "This... This is a gift from the Emperor to Your Highness. You should ask His Highness what he thinks."

Su Rou stood up, climbed onto the table and took down the calligraphy and painting.

"Anyway, he told me to do whatever I want. If I like it, I can pick it and it's mine. If he doesn't give it to me, he's being stingy."

The maid standing below came over and tried to stop her, but Su Rou jumped down from the table, turned around, pulled the colorful brocade hanging on the head of the bed and threw it on the calligraphy and painting.

This thing is worth a little silver, so Gong Yu just hung it here as a bedside cloth.

Take it, take it. This is Gong Yu’s compensation for throwing her into the lake and causing her to become seriously ill.

There was a noise outside the door, and the maid in the room hurried out anxiously, "Your Highness, please come and persuade Miss Su. She insisted on taking down the calligraphy and painting that the emperor had rewarded her with."

Su Rou paused and looked back. Gong Yu was standing at the door staring at her.

Gong Yu asked her, "Looks like they're all better now. They're already full of energy and have started to rob my mansion like robbers."

Su Rou said, "It's just hanging there anyway, why not give it to me and exchange it for some silver?"

The maid was speaking on Gong Yu's behalf, "Miss Su... after all, this is a gift from the Emperor. Miss, please show some mercy for the sake of my Highness."

Gong Yu said, "Give it to her. If she likes anything else, tell her to get it herself."

It is normal that Gong Yu does not like the rewards given by the Northern Emperor.

Su Rou said, "Once you give it to me, it's mine. You can't take it back."

Seeing Gong Yu nod, Su Rou felt relieved and began to move things from Gong Yu's house even more unscrupulously.

Gong Yu also has the identity of the Southern Kingdom Prince as a cover. The emperor still loves him very much. There are so many treasures in this mansion!

Su Rou reaped a lot of rewards after searching, while Gong Yu sat on the chair and looked at her calmly.

Gong Yu said, "Today in the palace, your father asked me about your whereabouts."

Su Rou said, "Did you tell him?"

Gong Yu nodded, "I said you followed me voluntarily."

Gong Yu knew what this meant, and Su Rou also knew it, but she never thought that Gong Yu would lie to her.

Su Rou strode forward and grabbed Gong Yu by the collar, "You said that in front of so many civil and military officials in the court?!"

Gong Yu took her arm around her waist and asked her to move closer to him.

"How do you think you managed to lower your body temperature last night? You will become my Princess Yu sooner or later anyway."

Su Rou put her hand against his face and used brute force to distance herself from him.

"I don't mind physical intimacy between men and women, so don't get too close to me for no reason!"

She and Gong Yu weren't that familiar with each other! As for what happened last night, Gong Yu must have lied to her.

Did he really think she was stupid?!

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