Chapter 107

Xie Tingzhou quickly reached out to catch her. As a martial artist, his five senses were more sensitive than ordinary people. She didn’t even wake up from such a big movement.

Xie Tingzhou helped her lean against his legs, lowered his head and called her, “Shi Yu, wake up?”

Shen Yu didn’t respond.

He touched her forehead, and it was burning hot, like red-hot charcoal.

Xie Tingzhou’s brow furrowed, and he lifted the carriage curtain and asked, “How long until we reach the city?”

“About half an hour.” Xifeng, riding on horseback, looked over his shoulder.

He saw that Shi Yu was lying on Xie Tingzhou’s legs, and Xie Tingzhou was holding her back with one hand, almost in a half-hugging posture.

This scene made Xifeng immediately turn his head, not daring to look again.

Xie Tingzhou instructed, “Speed up.”

He then lowered the carriage curtain.

Xifeng gave the order, and the carriage suddenly sped up, swaying unsteadily. Shen Yu slid down from his legs.

Xie Tingzhou sighed, pulled her up a little, and then took a pillow and put it behind her waist.

Her hair was still wet, so Xie Tingzhou untied it and used his wide sleeves to gently soak up the water.

The city gate was brightly lit, with two rows of guards stationed at the entrance.

Ren Yongyi, the city gate captain, had walked back and forth in front of the gate countless times, looking up countless times.

He had been woken up from his wife’s bed, and when he heard that Xie Tingzhou had left the city in the middle of the night, he was so scared that he rushed to the city gate.

Everyone knew Xie Tingzhou’s status in the capital. The Crown Prince of Beilin could not be neglected, but it would be safer if he stayed in the capital.

Ren Yongyi dared not report it, fearing that he would make a mistake, but also afraid that Xie Tingzhou would really run back to Beilin, then his family of more than a dozen heads would not be enough to be chopped off.

“Captain, he’s here!” The guard on the city gate shouted excitedly.

Ren Yongyi looked up and saw a group of people riding towards them, seemingly in a hurry.

Xifeng and two guards ran ahead, reining in their horses at the city gate, “Captain, the Crown Prince wants to enter the city, please open the gate for him.”

He spoke politely, and Ren Yongyi couldn’t make things difficult for him, but he dared not neglect his duty.

Ren Yongyi bowed, “It’s no problem for the Crown Prince to enter the city, but we must first confirm that the person in the carriage is indeed the Crown Prince.”

Xifeng frowned, just about to speak, when he heard Xie Tingzhou say from inside the carriage, “It’s important to enter the city.”

Ren Yongyi walked to the carriage, saying first, “Crown Prince, I apologize.”

Then he reached out and lifted the curtain.

At a glance, Ren Yongyi was startled.

Xie Tingzhou was leaning back in the carriage, holding someone in his arms. The person was wrapped tightly in a cloak, only their hair was loose, and a slender hand was visible from the corner of the cloak.

Before Ren Yongyi could take a closer look, Xie Tingzhou’s gaze moved from the person in his arms to him.

“Captain Ren, are you sure?”

Although his lips were slightly smiling, Ren Yongyi felt a chill in his heart, and quickly lowered the curtain.

Ren Yongyi had not been waiting there to make things difficult for Xie Tingzhou, and now he was even more willing to give him face.

“Open the gate!”

As soon as the gate opened, a guard whipped his horse, and like an arrow leaving the bow, he rushed out, going ahead to inform the Prince’s Mansion.

The Prince’s Mansion opened a side gate, and the carriage went straight to the mansion. It stopped when it got close to Qingpu Residence, as the carriage couldn’t go any further.

The doctor was already waiting at Qingpu Residence, and Uncle Zhong had also gotten out of bed in the middle of the night. He thought that Xie Tingzhou’s old illness had recurred, but when he lifted the curtain, he saw that Xie Tingzhou was carrying someone.

Xie Tingzhou carried Shen Yu quickly, and after entering, he put her on his own bed. With a wave of his hand, he lowered the curtain and ordered the doctor to come in and check her pulse.

All the way, Shen Yu’s fever got worse, and her lips were chapped.

Uncle Zhong didn’t dare to go in, so he pulled Xifeng aside and asked, “Who is it? Who did His Highness bring back?”

Xifeng told the truth, “Shi Yu.”

Uncle Zhong was already mentally prepared, but he was still taken aback. He stomped his foot and said, “This, this is outrageous! It’s a sin!”

Inside the room.

The doctor checked her pulse and said, “From the pulse, it seems that she has been suppressing her emotions for a long time. This person’s body is not very strong, and she’s been relying on her willpower to hold on. Too much suppression has caused the repressed energy to accumulate in her body, like a dam holding back a river. Once her spirit relaxes, the dam will collapse and the flood will come with great force. It’s actually a good thing that she’s burning with fever.”

Xie Tingzhou knew what was going on. She had been worrying about this case, and now that it was over, she had relaxed.

He looked at Shen Yu’s face and asked coldly, “She’s already delirious, are you going to let her burn like this?”

The doctor hurriedly said, “Your Highness, don’t worry. It’s actually a good thing that she’s burning with fever. This condition is best treated by releasing, not suppressing. Once the internal heart fire dissipates, she’ll be fine. Otherwise, if the repressed energy is too deep, it may become a chronic illness.”

Xie Tingzhou was restless and his face was grim.

The doctor said, “I’ll prescribe two prescriptions, one for internal use and one for external use. The external one should be boiled into a soup and used for bathing.”

He walked to the table, picked up a pen, wrote down two prescriptions, and went out to give them to Xifeng. He also gave some instructions on how to use the medicine.

Xie Tingzhou picked up a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Shen Yu’s forehead. After thinking for a moment, he called out, “Uncle Zhong.”

Uncle Zhong was still feeling stifled, wondering if he would also burn up like Shi Yu if he continued to be so suffocated.

When he heard the Prince calling him, Uncle Zhong quickly adjusted his expression and entered the room, “Your Highness.”

Xie Tingzhou gave a quiet order, “Find two maidservants, the reliable old ones who were brought from Beilin.”

Uncle Zhong asked, “May I ask Your Highness, what are they for?”

Xie Tingzhou lifted the bed curtain and said, “To take care of her.”

Uncle Zhong turned his head to look, and the person lying on the bed was a girl!

He took a closer look, and she looked so much like Shi Yu.

Uncle Zhong almost fell over, “This… this is… Shi Yu?”

Xie Tingzhou nodded.

Uncle Zhong forgot to think for a moment, “She she she, she is…”

Xie Tingzhou nodded slightly, seeing that Uncle Zhong was still standing there, he asked, “Is there a problem?”

“No!” Uncle Zhong’s voice boomed, “Absolutely not, old Zhong will go and arrange it right away!”

Uncle Zhong went out, looked up at the sky, it was pitch black and he couldn’t see anything. How could the heavens be so accurate, dropping a pie on his head, on the head of the Prince’s Mansion of Beilin.

When he was in Beilin, the Crown Prince didn’t get close to women. People outside said that he frequented brothels, but that was all an act. Even when he took a bath, he would change the water three times.

The old Prince was worried at the time, and when the Crown Prince went to the capital, he was worried that he would suddenly cut off his sleeves.

The old Prince had said, “It doesn’t matter if he cuts off his sleeves, the problem is, don’t cut off his descendants.”

Now, it seems that the Crown Prince, without a word, has even chosen his future Crown Princess.

He had originally thought that the Crown Prince was so outstanding, he would definitely find a suitable noble lady. Now, he would be grateful if she was a girl.

Uncle Zhong happily arranged the personnel, and soon brought in four people, exceeding the number. It would be too disrespectful to have two maidservants for the future Crown Princess.

“Your Highness, the people are here.”

Xie Tingzhou came out from the inner room, glanced at the maidservants, and instructed, “Prepare a bathtub, attend to her bathing, see and hear nothing, mind your own business.”

Uncle Zhong hurriedly said, “Your Highness, rest assured, I have already instructed them when they arrived, but…”

“What?” Xie Tingzhou glanced at him.

Uncle Zhong was slightly embarrassed, his old face was flushed, and he asked in a low voice, “But, bathing, wouldn’t Your Highness do it yourself?”

Xie Tingzhou: “…”

Uncle Zhong was so embarrassed by his glance that his old face couldn’t hold up. He cleared his throat and said, “Old man is a little too eager, please forgive me, please forgive me.”