When they returned to the palace, it was already dusk. The sky had darkened completely. A cold wind blew by. Su Lingyue pulled her cloak closer, feeling a dull pain in her lower abdomen.

Su Lingyue rubbed her belly. According to the time, it was almost time for her to have her period in the next two days. Her health had always been good, so she had never felt this before. It was really strange.

It seems that we need to prepare in advance.

Seeing Su Lingyue rubbing her abdomen, Xiao Yu asked gently, "What's wrong with Yue'er?"

Su Lingyue frowned and said, "It's okay, the little days are coming in the next two days."

She and Xiao Yu have been sleeping in the same bed for three months, so there is no need to be shy about it anymore.

Hearing this, Xiao Yu instructed Caidie behind him, "Go tell the kitchen to prepare the ginger sugar tea and send it over."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Caidie responded and went to the kitchen.

When we returned to the hall of Furong Pavilion, Yan Qing and Yun Ting had already returned and were talking in the hall.

Seeing Xiao Yu and Su Lingyue coming, Yan Qing and Yun Ting stood up to greet them.

After Xiao Yu and Su Lingyue sat down, he motioned for them to sit down as well.

"How is your investigation going?" Xiao Yu asked.

Yan Qing said angrily, "Early in the morning, the emperor ordered Liu Fang to be released."

This was expected and Xiao Yu was not surprised.

Compared to Yan Qing, Xiao Yu looked very calm, "Yan Qing, it's okay. Since Liu Fang is uncontrollable, we can just replace him after a few days."

It seems that what Liu Fang said about the emperor's oral order for him to come was true.

After what happened at Longhua Temple, although the emperor began to suspect Su Heng, he did not relax his vigilance towards him.

What happened with Liu Fang was a test for both parties.

If someone cannot be used by you, you cannot keep him.

"Yun Ting, how about you?" Xiao Yu asked.

Yun Ting said, "Yan Qing and I went to the Ministry of Rites to check. The eldest prince Li Mao and the fourth prince Li Jue will be there for the emperor's birthday."

Xiao Yu frowned and stroked the cup with his fingers thoughtfully.

"Your Highness, is there any problem?" Yun Ting asked puzzledly.

Xiao Yu frowned and said, "In the past, on the emperor's birthday, Xiliang King Li Zongyuan would come to congratulate him personally, or the emperor's trusted envoys would come. Why did they send the prince this year?"

Yan Qing was puzzled. "Isn't it normal for other countries to send their princes to celebrate the emperor's birthday? The Fusang Kingdom and Goryeo Kingdom in the east have sent their princes here in recent years."

Xiao Yu shook his head. "It's very unusual for Xiliang to send a prince here. I met Xiliang King Li Zongyuan several times before and talked to him about the question you asked. He said that he didn't send a prince here to prevent the prince from making friends with foreign ministers and developing disloyalty, which would cause the country to fall into war."

Yan Qing held his chin and thought for a while, "In this situation, the King of Xiliang did not come, and his son went against his will and came to Daning. Either the King of Xiliang is dead, or the King of Xiliang is about to die, or the King of Xiliang has changed his mind."

Xiao Yu said in a deep voice: "Usually when a king dies, a new king will be enthroned and announced to the world to prevent other countries from taking advantage of the opportunity to send troops."

"So what Your Highness means is that the old Emperor of Xiliang is seriously ill now?" Yan Qing asked.

"Yes." Xiao Yu nodded and said, "The eldest prince and the fourth prince are probably here not just to celebrate the birthday."

Su Lingyue looked at Xiao Yu quietly in deep thought, and she felt very distressed.

Xiao Yu was originally a leisurely prince. Now that his health is like this, he still has to worry about these things.

But it is his true nature to worry about the country and the people, and all I can do is just accompany him.

After taking a bath in the evening, Su Lingyue touched the blood scab on her buttocks. It had fallen off a little and she could start applying scar-removing ointment.

Su Lingyue lay on the bed, and Caiyi went to get the scar-removing ointment.

After searching for a while, Caiyi didn't find it, so she asked Caidie, "You were the one who collected the ointment when the prince used it last time. Where did you put it?"

"It's in the medicine box, isn't it?" Caidie went over to help look for it.

Su Lingyue felt sorry for the two of them as they frantically searched for the item. "Forget it if you can't find it. Just make another one tomorrow."

After searching for a while, Caidie seemed to remember something and strode out.

After a while he came back with the ointment.

"Where did you put it?" Caiyi asked her after taking the ointment.

Caidie stuck out her tongue, a little embarrassed, "I was going to put it in the medicine box, but I went back to our room for something, so I just put it in the cabinet."

"You are always so careless." Caiyi muttered and started applying medicine to Su Lingyue.

The search for medicine took a while. Just as Caiyi was about to apply the medicine, Xiao Yu, who had gone to the bathhouse, came back.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Su Lingyue knew it was Xiao Yu, and wanted to grab the quilt to cover herself.

Xiao Yu walked around the screen and just in time saw Su Lingyue pulling up the quilt to cover her body. He immediately looked away.

"What's going on?" Xiao Yu walked to the bed and asked.

Su Lingyue's ears turned red, she lowered her head and whispered, "Nothing."

Caiyi replied, "Your Highness, the young lady's scar is starting to bleed. We are applying scar-removing medicine to her."

Su Lingyue had been injured for more than a month. Xiao Yu was in the inn at the time. When he saw her miserable appearance, he felt both distressed and guilty.

Xiao Yu looked at Su Lingyue, his eyes darkened, and then he said calmly: "Give me the medicine, you guys go down."

Caiyi handed the medicine to Xiao Yu respectfully, and left the room with Caidie.

Seeing Xiao Yu was about to apply medicine to her, Su Lingyue pulled the quilt uncomfortably, "Prince, let Caiyi and the others apply the medicine. The scar is not good-looking."

"So apply the medicine well and let go, be good!" Xiao Yu sat down beside the bed and coaxed softly.

Su Lingyue looked up and saw Xiao Yu's gentle face, so she let go of her hand, letting him lift the quilt covering her body, and buried her head in the quilt with a blushing face.

Xiao Yu gently lifted the quilt and saw that the blood scabs had fallen off in some places, but they were still there in the deep part of the wound in the middle.

The large red scars and blood scabs on the fair body were particularly conspicuous, which made Xiao Yu's heart tighten.

Red tender skin grew where the blood scab fell off, and it looked like it would break if touched.

Xiao Yu opened the box, dipped his fingertips in the ointment, and applied it on the tender skin where the blood scab had fallen off.

The moment the slightly cool ointment and the slightly cool fingertips touched the tender skin, Su Lingyue was so excited that she instantly tensed her body.

"Relax, it will be fine soon." Xiao Yu said gently.

"Yeah." Su Lingyue obediently relaxed her body.

The slightly cool fingertips spread the ointment bit by bit, just like when Su Lingyue was about to apply the ointment on the back of his hand, and the ointment was gradually absorbed by the tender skin.

Xiao Yu continued to apply the medicine, his eyes glanced unintentionally, and his hands paused.

Feeling Xiao Yu's stagnation, Su Lingyue moved her body and asked, "My Lord, why did you stop?"

Xiao Yu retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice: "It's okay."

His throat rolled, Xiao Yu restrained himself from looking away, and gently pushed the ointment with his fingers.

After applying the medicine, Xiao Yu pulled the quilt over Su Lingyue and immediately left the bedside.

After washing his hands, Xiao Yu sat down at the table and poured himself a glass of water. After drinking it slowly, his heartbeat gradually calmed down.

When Xiao Yu took off his coat and sat back on the bed, Su Lingyue had already put on her clothes and was sitting on the bed.

"Massage time." Su Lingyue said with a smile.

Xiao Yu did not take off his clothes, but took Su Lingyue's hand and said gently: "You must be tired from preparing for the birthday banquet, so take a rest these few days."

"okay."

As he spoke, Xiao Yu had already held her in his arms.

Feeling the warm breath on her forehead, Su Lingyue felt a little itchy in her heart.

In view of Xiao Yu’s previous words, Su Lingyue resisted the urge to do something, smelled the scent on Xiao Yu’s body, and closed her eyes peacefully.

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