After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

Hua Yue began to explain everything in detail.

"The poison in the prince's body flares up once a year."

Lin Nian asked, "When?"

Hua Yue stammered for a long time before finally saying, "...on the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Lin Nian's breath hitched, and she immediately thought of the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, when the man happened to be out running errands.

Now it seems that he was avoiding him because of the poison.

"When the poison takes effect, besides red eyes, what other symptoms are there?"

"It will become ten times stronger than usual, but no one will recognize it, and it will hurt those around it." Hua Yue cautiously glanced at Wang Jun's face, "It will only stop when it runs out of strength..."

No wonder Gui Shi was so nervous back then...

Lin Nian was angry that the man wouldn't tell her anything, and she was very worried about him, but there was nothing she could do. She paced back and forth anxiously.

This was the first time in Hua Yue's life that she had disobeyed Yin Cheng's orders.

He felt both guilty and sad, and unconsciously twisted his fingers, while comforting Lin Nian, "Your Highness, you don't need to worry about the Prince. He'll be back after his outburst."

Lin Nian forced a smile. "I'll wait for him to come back safely."

When Yin Cheng woke up, it was already midnight.

The entire house was so badly damaged that it was almost unrecognizable. Bing San and Ding Si arrived first and were the most seriously injured.

Although it wasn't a fatal wound, the numerous cuts and lacerations were still quite horrifying. Only simple bandaging was done, and now blood has seeped through the white gauze.

"Go back and get some treatment from the doctor. You don't need to take turns on duty until your injury heals."

"Yes."

Yin Cheng touched the blood-stained blade on his wrist and subconsciously asked, "I didn't hurt Nian Nian, did I?"

Gui Shi said, "I have escorted the Prince back to the Prince's residence. Master, you need not worry."

Yin Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good."

"My lord, I'm afraid this matter can no longer be kept from the king," Gui Shi said. "The king... he saw it."

"...Did Niannian see it?" Yin Cheng panicked visibly.

Oh no, when we get back this time, will Niannian still be able to let him sleep in bed?

Yin Cheng returned to the mansion with a heart full of trepidation.

It was past midnight, the sky was dark and gloomy, there was no moon, only snowflakes were falling gently.

The candlelight flickered, and Lin Nian, draped in a cloak, sat on a soft couch, looking very haggard.

Yin Cheng felt a pang of heartache. He strode forward, pulled the little beauty's collar tighter, and asked, "Why aren't you asleep yet? Aren't you cold?"

"It's kind of you to still remember me." Lin Nian's eyelids twitched, and she said sourly, "Why bother about my life or death? Who am I to deserve such concern from Prince Cheng?"

Yin Cheng thought that perhaps all beauties with the surname Lin were sentimental, and it would be reasonable for his little beauty to run away to bury flowers in the future.

Knowing he was in the wrong, he muttered...

Lin Nian was extremely worried, constantly on edge, fearing that Gui Shi would bring back some bad news.

Seeing that the man was unharmed, Lin Nian breathed a sigh of relief and her temper flared up.

He turned his head away from the man, but the man grabbed his waist and pulled him into his arms.

The two were very close; Lin Nian could kiss the man's Adam's apple with just a slight tilt of her head.

He glanced down and stared at the man's collar.

"Sweetie, don't be angry," Yin Cheng said. "I only kept this one thing from you, nothing else."

Lin Nian thought angrily: How dare they keep such a big thing from him!

"Heh, how could I dare to be angry with Your Highness? What am I? I'm just Your Highness's little pet," Lin Nian said sarcastically.

Look at what my wife is saying, she's belittling herself like this.

Yin Cheng said pitifully, "Sweetie, please forgive me this time, okay?"

The baby didn't say anything.

"I was just afraid you'd be scared. You know, it's so unlucky for someone to have bloodshot eyes."

Lin Nian became even angrier upon hearing this, her voice trembling as she spoke, "You think I'm afraid of you?"

"...Aren't you scared?" Yin Cheng cupped his face in his hands, making him look into his eyes. He covered his right eye, his left eye still not fully recovered, as if veiled in a thin layer of red mist. "Aren't you really scared?"

What an idiot! She's already married to him, how could she possibly be afraid!

Lin Nian pushed the man away in anger, and just as she was about to say something sarcastic, she saw that her palm was stained with blood when she pulled it back.

"Blood..." He forgot his anger and hurriedly pulled the man around to look him over. "Where are you hurt?"

He raised his voice, "Xiao Fu, go find the royal physician."

Yin Cheng said, "It's just a minor injury, nothing..." He saw his wife's unfriendly gaze and silently swallowed back what he wanted to say.

"Take a look," Yin Cheng immediately changed his tune, "It might be a knife wound."

Xiao Fu responded and quickly ran to find the family physician.

"I'm going to take a shower." Yin Cheng was covered in dust and bloodstains. He had just hugged his wife, which had stained her snow-white cloak.

"Let the royal physician take a look first." Lin Nian pulled him along. "The wound can't get wet. I'll wipe you down later."

Yin Cheng asked, "Full, whole body?" How exciting!

Lin Nian glared at him.

Yin Cheng remained silent.

The royal physician quickly arrived with his medicine kit and methodically bandaged Prince Cheng's wound.

These are all superficial wounds; the bleeding has stopped, and given Cheng Wang's constitution, they will scab over in a few days.

However, the physician didn't dare say this, as the lord's expression was truly grim.

After the physician finished treating the wound and took his leave, Yin Cheng raised his hand and said, "Niannian, help me take off my clothes."

Although Lin Nian was angry, she didn't throw a tantrum at this moment.

He helped the man take off his outer clothes and led him to the hot spring pool behind the house to wipe the man's body.

The water in this pool is from a living spring, with hot springs gushing out from underground all year round.

Yin Cheng took a liking to this spring at first sight, and didn't mind that the house was too small and didn't meet the standards of a royal residence. He begged his brother for it.

Even though she was already married to a man, Lin Nian was still a little embarrassed.

With a flushed face, he stripped the man naked, took a wet cotton cloth, wrung it out, and carefully wiped the dirt off the man's body.

Yin Cheng is shameless; he can still make fun of him at times like this.

"Niannian, do you know what's on your mind right now?"

Lin Nian blushed and said, "Shut up, don't say it."

"Let me tell you, I've never said that before." Yin Cheng's eyes were full of longing. "It was a trendy quote that went viral online back then."

Lin Nian applied more force to her hands, as if she wanted to peel off a piece of the man's skin.

"Well... then you say it." Lin Nian thought to herself, it's definitely not something nice.

Yin Cheng cleared his throat. "Wife, are you satisfied with what you saw?"

Lin Nian looked somewhat bewildered, tilting her head as she asked him, "What does that mean?"

Yin Cheng's gaze went downwards.

Lin Nian followed his gaze.

Lin Nian: "!"

Yin Cheng, I'm going to kill you!

You die!

He threw a piece of cotton cloth over the man's head, saying, "Wipe it yourself!"

After saying that, he leisurely went back to his room.

"This reaction isn't right." Yin Cheng scratched his head, wiped himself haphazardly a couple of times, put on his undershirt, and went to chase after his wife.

"Niannian, wait for me, let's go together."