Holding the script, I want to give up.

More than half a month passed, and Shangguan Zitong showed no improvement, remaining unconscious. Huangfu Hongxi, on the other hand, was already able to get out of bed and walk.

Liu Yunwan and Mu Rongyi reconciled, and Yi Bai, seeing this, was on his way back to Beiji. After seeing them off, Shangguan Jin continued teaching at the private school.

"Ah Li, when are you coming back? Just let me know!"

Xiao Zitong sat next to Shangguan Zitong, playing with her hair.

The system still didn't respond to her. Recently, many people have come to visit her, but few of them are truly sincere.

【squeak--】

Shangguan Zitong opened her eyes, and the silver-white vertical sword and the nine-tailed mark on her forehead appeared and disappeared simultaneously. Her eyes returned to their amber color.

"Ahhh, oh my god, Ahri, you're finally back!"

Little Zitong happily spun around above her head.

Once the matter is resolved, they will naturally return.

Shangguan Zitong tried to get up, but she couldn't get up after lying down for so long!

"It's good that you're back."

I'll try again to prove my hypothesis.

"Then go for it."

Upon hearing footsteps approaching, Shangguan Zitong pretended to be asleep.

"Your Highness, summer with its cicadas is here; it's time for you to wake up."

"The sea of ​​flowers in midsummer is like a constellation of stars, and your eyes should also hold the stars and the sea."

Yi Bai knelt on one knee in front of Shangguan Zitong's bed, reaching out to touch the dark blue sleeve, but stubbornly believed that he should not touch her, whom he considered to be on par with the gods, as it would be a desecration. So he froze in mid-air and then lowered his hand.

Why was she always getting hurt? Yibo couldn't understand it at all.

"Holy crap, Ahri, judging by that action, could Yibo like me?"

Xiao Zitong floated in front of Yi Bai, looking at him with a complicated expression.

[Yes, you finally noticed.]

The system was speechless and wanted to roll its eyes.

"Can I... erase his memory and then send him away?"

[You couldn't erase his memory last time, do you think you can this time?]

"...Unlikely."

"Yibai, help me up."

Shangguan Zitong looked at him with her head tilted to the side and said.

"Yes, Princess."

After helping Shangguan Zitong up, Yibai ran to the clothes rack, grabbed a black cloak, and draped it over her shoulders before continuing to support her as they walked towards the swing outside the palace.

"Yibai, flowers bloom and fade in their time, and fate comes and goes like flowing water."

"We will eventually become strangers."

"Look at these falling crabapple blossoms, their fate is to fall to the ground and become mud, but your fate is unknown."

"My youthful gesture of goodwill was unintentional; you don't need to dwell on it."

"You should leave. I can't protect you."

Shangguan Zitong stopped in front of the swing but did not sit down. Instead, she reached out to take Hua Chaoyibai's hand and said goodbye.

"Who are you? You are not her."

"Tell me, where did you hide her?"

Yibo felt that a real princess would not say such resolute words to him.

"I am another version of myself in her heart, you can understand it that way."

“I will appear to protect her when she is timid and scared, so from now on it will be my domain.”

Shangguan Zitong said slowly.

"Keep spouting nonsense. You're bragging without thinking; you're going to burn out that kid's CPU."

Xiao Zitong floated in front of Shangguan Zitong, looking at her with disdain, and gave her the middle finger.

[Are you going to keep someone around to take a hit for you if you don't try to persuade them to leave?]

"How could that be? You should try to persuade them."

"As long as the princess is alright, I promised I would..."

Before he could utter the words, "I will protect you and follow you to the death," Shangguan Zitong interrupted him.

“Young man, if something happens to you, she will blame herself. The incident in the bamboo forest is a case in point.”

"To snatch someone from the King of Hell is against the laws of nature, she..."

Do you understand?

Shangguan Zitong's silver-white vertical pupils and the nine-tailed mark on her forehead appeared as she walked towards Yibai step by step.

"No, this was my own choice, and it has nothing to do with Your Highness. You don't need to blame yourself."

Yi Bai knelt on one knee, clasped his hands in greeting, and Shangguan Zitong walked up to him.

"Fine, let things take their course. If you insist on staying, then stay."

"Come with me to see His Highness."

"Wow, my damn charm just has nowhere to go!"

【…】

Shangguan Zitong rubbed his forehead, everything returned to normal. Yi Bai was secretly taken aback.

Before Shangguan Zitong was discharged from the hospital, Huangfu Hongxi rushed over.

"If you're sick, you should rest inside the palace. Why are you out in the wind? Be careful not to catch a cold."

Huangfu Hongxi quickly walked in front of her to shield her from the wind.

"Your Highness, I heard you were assassinated, but the killer cannot be found. Why is that?"

"Aren't you an accomplice too?"

Xiao Zitong sat on Shangguan Zitong's shoulder, pulling on her hair to keep her steady.

If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute.

Shangguan Zitong bowed respectfully.

"You...don't you care about my injuries?"

Huangfu Hongxi was taken aback.

"Since Your Highness is standing in front of me unharmed, it means that your injuries are not that serious."

Shangguan Zitong took a step back, intending to turn around, but as she did, Huangfu Hongxi grabbed her and dismissed everyone else.

“It was my elder sister who did it. I will not pursue this matter because she saved me when I was a child, and I indirectly caused the death of her husband.”

Huangfu Hongxi spoke to her gently.

"Oh, really? I also saved Your Highness, so does that mean I can hurt you too?"

Shangguan Zitong pushed his hand away from hers.

"you..."

Huangfu Hongxi stared at her in disbelief.

"Don't worry, you won't die."

Shangguan Zitong drew a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed it directly at his heart. As he fell, she kindly caught him and summoned Yibai.

"Yibai, take him to the prefectural physician."

Shangguan Zitong put away the dagger in her hand.

"Yes."

Yi Bai quickly picked the person up and took him to the doctor.

"Damn it, at least let him finish speaking before you stab me. Why are you so fast?"

Xiao Zitong floated in front of her, looking at her with incomprehension.

He won't die, but you will.

As soon as Shangguan Zitong finished speaking, he coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

[Mission failed, penalty in effect.]

"Holy crap, what...what's going on?"

Xiao Zitong wanted to help her up, but she was too small and could only wait for a kind passerby to notice.

She watched helplessly as her true form collapsed to the ground.

"Family members, does anyone understand? Can someone tell me, am I about to be killed off?"

There was no response, only the sound of the wind whistling past.

......

The next day.

"Your Highness, are you awake?"

The physician bowed respectfully and asked.

"Hmm. Hongjin, where is the Crown Princess?"

Huangfu Hongxi was stabbed and couldn't get up, so he could only lie on the bed and ask questions while his head was turned to the side.

"My goodness, can you please stop referring to the Crown Princess all the time?"

"If she had stabbed you any deeper, you would have been dead long ago. How could you be here speaking to your subordinates?"

Hongjin was furious when he saw him like this.

"I'm not dead yet, am I? Where is she?"

Huangfu Hongxi frowned.

Seeing this, the physician silently asserted his presence and quietly withdrew from the room.

"I don't know."

Hongjin spoke with righteous indignation.

"Then let's go see."

Huangfu Hongxi glared at him angrily.

"Oh."

Hongjin rolled his eyes and left. In fact, he knew, but he just didn't want to tell Huangfu Hongxi.

Shangguan Zitong was discovered by Song Yao, who came looking for Huangfu Hongxi, and Song Yao sent her maid to find a famous doctor to treat her illness.

The doctor wasn't sure what had caused this, but wanting a generous reward, he vaguely concluded that she might have lost her mind.

Song Yao was overjoyed. While Huangfu Hongxi was still unconscious, she sealed off her Tangxi Pavilion overnight, allowing only Le Qi and Yi Bai to enter and leave.

"Your Highness, how could you be so foolish?"

Leqi wrung out a towel to wipe the bloodstains from the corner of her lips. Despite having a thousand questions in her mind, she could only mutter to herself as the person remained unconscious.

"I'm curious about it too, as the person involved!"

Xiao Zitong looked at the unconscious person on the bed and fell into deep thought. She couldn't contact the system again.

Yi Bai practiced his martial arts outside the palace, thinking that he would take the princess away when she woke up.

A few days later, at the residence of the imperial physician, Huangfu Hongxi was able to walk.

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess has gone mad and has not yet woken up. I have sealed off Tangxi Pavilion and blocked the news from the outside world."

"The servants on duty at Tangxi Pavilion have been dismissed, and they have been given hush money and appropriate intimidation. Only Leqi and Yibai are left to take care of her. The prefectural physician will come to check on her condition every day."

"It was I who overstepped my bounds, Your Highness. Please punish me."

Song Yao knelt and bowed.

"Lost his mind? Still unconscious?"

"Consort, rise. This is not your fault; you did well. What reward do you desire?"

Huangfu Hongxi helped her up.

"I don't want any reward. I just want Your Highness to live a peaceful life and for me to stay by your side."

Song Yao leaned against him and said.

"You are very thoughtful, Consort."

Huangfu Hongxi put his arm around her waist, his eyes were dark and his gaze was unfathomable.

......