Xie Rou had only planned to stay in Chenxiang Temple for two days, so she planned to leave today.

"Then I'll trouble the abbot to take care of Zhiyi." Xie Rou arranged for people to go to Chenxiang Temple every seven days to deliver things to Xie Zhiyi, and asked the abbot of Chenxiang Temple to take care of her.

After arranging these, Xie Rou prepared to return to Beijing.

Just as Xie Rou was about to get on the carriage, a figure rushed out of the temple.

"Your Highness, please save our princess! Our princess is about to die." Liu Xu knelt in front of her, her eyes red with anxiety.

Her brows knitted together slightly, and she looked at the maid in front of her with a puzzled expression, "Tell me slowly, what happened to Yong'an?"

"Our princess fell ill two days ago. We called a doctor but she hasn't gotten better yet. I really have no other choice. Please, Your Highness, save our princess." Liu Xu said as she kowtowed repeatedly.

Xie Rou couldn't walk anymore, so she quickly asked Liu Xu to take her to see Xie Zhiyi.

"How come Yong'an is sick but he didn't come to tell me?" Xie Rou asked with a serious expression.

"The princess didn't let me tell the eldest princess. She said you were already unwell and wanted to avoid disturbing you if possible. But she didn't expect that even after taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, you still didn't feel better."

"Stupid!" Xie Rou scolded, "If anything bad happens to Yong'an, how will we explain this to His Majesty?"

inside the house.

Xie Zhiyi lay on the bed in a daze, murmuring, "Father, Mother..."

Xie Rou wanted to go forward to check but was stopped by the maid beside her. "Your Highness, you'd better not get too close to Princess Yong'an, lest you pass on her illness." As she said that, the maid took a few steps forward and touched Xie Zhiyi's forehead with the back of her hand.

"The princess has a severe fever."

Xie Rou hesitated, and Liu Xu immediately knelt down upon seeing this, begging, "Your Highness, please save our princess."

Now that Yong'an is ill, we can't let her stay in Chenxiang Temple forever. It would not be good.

"Come here, quickly take Princess Yong'an out of Chenxiang Temple, and then ask the best doctor in town to come and treat her." Xie Rou not only wasted time, but also immediately made up her mind and spoke decisively.

……

Xie Rou found an inn to temporarily house Xie Zhiyi. When they arrived at the inn, the doctor also arrived.

"Princess, have you ever lost your appetite? Has your worry become a disease? This slight cold has led to the current political situation. I will prescribe a fever-reducing remedy for you. Once the fever subsides, you can take good care of yourself and everything will be fine."

After taking Xie Zhiyi's pulse, the doctor told him about his symptoms.

"Then I'll trouble the doctor. Liuli, please go with the doctor to get the medicine." Xie Rou ordered.

The original itinerary for today was not good, but now that Xie Zhiyi fell ill, she was really worried about leaving. Xie Rou planned to stay here for a few more days until Xie Zhiyi recovered, and then she could leave with peace of mind.

He ordered someone to open another guest room in the next house for them to stay in.

Liu Xu kept applying a cold towel to Xie Zhiyi's forehead until midnight when Xie Zhiyi slowly woke up.

When Xie Zhiyi woke up, she saw a strange house, no longer a simple Zen room. She was delighted and wanted to speak, but found her throat was dry and painful.

"Princess, please drink some water." Seeing this, Liu Xu immediately handed her a cup of warm water.

After drinking a glass of warm water, Xie Zhiyi felt her dry throat much better. She said hoarsely, "Did my aunt bring me out?"

Liu Xu nodded and spoke hesitantly, "But, but it seems that the princess intends to leave after you recover from your illness and has no intention of taking you with her."

"Princess, the medicine is still warm for you. I will go and get it for you first."

She said "hmm" lightly, and Liu Xu quickly left the room.

When Liu Xu came back with the medicine, she saw Xie Zhiyi had already gotten out of bed. She frowned and said, "Princess, you just woke up, why are you getting out of bed again? Go back to bed, or you'll catch a cold."

Xie Zhiyi waved his hand and glanced at the medicine bowl in Liu Xu's hand. He seemed to have made up his mind long ago. "Liu Xu, give me the medicine."

Xie Zhiyi took the medicine bowl and poured the medicine into the potted plant on the windowsill.

"Princess!" Liu Xu exclaimed, and then quickly covered her mouth as if she thought of something. Liu Xu subconsciously looked out the window and found that nothing had attracted attention, so she felt relieved.

"Princess, what are you doing?" Liu Xu approached her and asked in a low voice.

"Since we have to go back to the capital, let's just do it." Xie Zhiyi narrowed his eyes and his thoughts drifted back to two days ago.

After she came out of her aunt's Zen room that day, she immediately asked Liu Xu to prepare two buckets of cold water for her. She forced herself to soak in the cold water for half an hour, and she developed a fever that night.

Thanks to the maid's words that reminded her, otherwise she would not have thought of using this method.

As long as she is seriously ill, her aunt will have to take her back even if she is unwilling. In this way, she will have a reason to return to the capital. As for what will happen after she returns, we will talk about it later.

Her most important goal now is to return to the capital first, and then find a way to stay in the capital.

"Princess, you have suffered." Liu Xu naturally understood her plan and looked at Xie Zhiyi with a distressed expression.

"This little bit of suffering is nothing, as long as I don't have to stay in this damn place anymore." Xie Zhiyi was really fed up with this place. As long as she could return to the capital, she would do anything, even if it meant sacrificing her health.

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The next day, Xie Zhiyi developed a high fever again. When Xie Rou heard about it, she hurried to the next room.

"What's going on? Why did she have a fever again out of nowhere? Has the princess taken the medicine prescribed by the doctor?" Xie Rou questioned Liu Xu with a stern face. The fever had subsided last night, so why did the condition recur again?

"The princess took medicine and went to bed last night, but she unexpectedly had a high fever again this morning." Liu Xu bent over and answered.

Xie Rou frowned and was thinking about what to do when the person on the bed suddenly made a sound.

Xie Zhiyi called out weakly, "Auntie..."

"Aunt is here." She hurriedly walked forward to Xie Zhiyi's window, held her hand and comforted her.

"Aunt, am I going to die? I want to go home. I miss my father and mother... I want to go home." Xie Zhiyi looked at her pleadingly, with redness in the corners of his eyes.

"Don't talk nonsense, you will get better. Your aunt will take you back after your high fever subsides." Xie Rou didn't care about disobeying the order at this moment. If Yong'an really got into trouble here, His Majesty would regret it.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Xie Zhiyi nodded with tears in his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep again.

Xie Rou watched her fall asleep again, a trace of anxiety between her brows, and shouted loudly to the door:

"Is the doctor here yet?"

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