Su Yunmo didn't want to waste time talking to her, so she pushed her aside and went inside.
"Ye Jingyu!"
Su Yunmo rarely called him like this anymore, and her sudden shout made Ye Jingyu feel a little scared.
But who was Prince Yu? He recovered his composure in a second.
He was lying on the bed at the moment. Seeing Su Yunmo enter the room, he simply rested his head on the pillow.
"You didn't come to treat me when I was injured. Where did you go?"
Su Yunmo didn't believe that Qianxue hadn't told him that she had gone to Prince Lian's mansion.
At this moment, this man was still pretending. It was clear he had something to hide.
"Didn't you say you didn't want me to see your injury?" Su Yunmo narrowed her eyes and walked over.
Let's see how long you can pretend.
"I didn't let you see the wound, but I didn't say you couldn't treat my... cough cough..." Ye Jingyu coughed violently a couple of times, almost retching.
His breathing became more rapid, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Su Yunmo frowned. Even if he was pretending, he was doing a very convincing job.
The man extended his wrist, letting her take his pulse without any hesitation.
Su Yunmo walked over, placed her hand on his wrist, and then her heart skipped a beat.
Was he really seriously injured?
His qi and blood were unstable, and his pulse was very erratic.
She knitted her brows fiercely, wanting to go back and beat up Ye Jingcheng again. That scoundrel had dared to lie to her!
It seemed her previous attack was too light.
"How is it? I feel alright now. It shouldn't be too serious, right?" Ye Jingyu's breathing became even more rapid.
Su Yunmo looked at him with some concern. "You should rest here properly. I'll go and prescribe some medicine for you."
The elixirs in her Glazed Lock were almost used up, and in his condition, herbal decoctions would be better.
Ye Jingyu nodded and said nothing more.
Su Yunmo then got up and went out, instructing Qianxue to fetch the medicine.
Seeing her leave the room, Ye Jingyu, now alone, had a smile flash in his eyes.
If Su Yunmo were still there taking his pulse, she would be astonished to find that his pulse had already returned to normal.
Ye Jingyu was not entirely uninjured, but he was certainly not as seriously ill as he appeared.
He had deliberately left a wound on his chest, but it was only a superficial one. Since he was going to put on a show, he had to go all out. As for why Su Yunmo didn't discover it when taking his pulse earlier, it was simply because he had suppressed his pulse with his internal energy. xxs
"Since we're going to play, we might as well play big."
As Ye Jingyu said this, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
Since it was still night, many pharmacies had already closed. Qianxue had run almost half the capital but couldn't gather all the required herbs.
Fortunately, Su Yunmo had won a pharmacy earlier, and it was already open, so she sent Qianxue to get the medicine from there.
The remaining herbs were also being cultivated in the Glazed Lock, which could barely make up the deficit.
Su Yunmo took the medicinal ingredients, meticulously sorted them, and brewed the decoction. By the time it was ready, it was already the next morning.
Ye Jingyu was still asleep.
Su Yunmo woke him up and asked him to take the medicine.
However, Ye Jingyu appeared weak, leaning against the edge of the bed as if even opening his mouth was difficult. "Feed me."
If he had said this in the past, Su Yunmo would have surely overturned the medicine bowl onto his head. But seeing his pale face now, she felt a pang of reluctance.
"Open your mouth." She took the spoon and fed Ye Jingyu the medicine, spoonful by spoonful.
Ye Jingyu obediently swallowed the medicine.
In reality, the medicine was very bitter. It would have been better to drink the entire bowl at once rather than eating it spoonful by spoonful.
But Prince Yu didn't mind. Seeing Su Yunmo laboring like this made him very happy, and he felt that even the bitterness in his mouth had lessened.
While they were feeding him medicine in the room, someone arrived from the palace.
It was Eunuch Chang himself.
Su Yunmo had burned down Prince Lian's mansion the previous night. Due to the delayed firefighting efforts, almost half of Prince Lian's mansion was reduced to ashes.
The incident caused a great stir in the capital, and Emperor Ye Yao learned of it first thing in the morning.
When Emperor Ye Yao heard about it, he intended to punish Su Yunmo. However, after sending people to investigate, he discovered that Su Yunmo had burned Prince Lian's mansion because Ye Jingyu had been assassinated.
'Xue'er and I have just reconciled. This little rascal Yu must not have any accidents, or I'll be back to square one!'
With this thought in mind, before the court session ended, Emperor Ye Yao sent Eunuch Chang to check on the situation.
Qianxue had already been instructed the previous night. Upon seeing Eunuch Chang today, she recounted the events exactly as Ye Jingyu had ordered the night before.
"It's that serious?" Eunuch Chang also felt a bit flustered, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. "Then, may I go and see His Highness Prince Yu, so I can report back to His Majesty?"
A hint of difficulty flashed across Qianxue's face. "Of course, you should be allowed to visit. I know it will be difficult for you to report back to His Majesty if you don't, but we really cannot let you in."
"To tell you the truth, our master has been spitting blood all night. He just fell asleep at dawn, and we couldn't even wake him to take his medicine."
"Miss Su is inside feeding him medicine now. He'll likely need to rest after taking it. If you go in, you'll only disturb our master, and if his condition worsens, it will be even more difficult for you to explain, won't it?"
Eunuch Chang frowned, knowing that Qianxue had a point. However, he still wanted to go in and see.
Just then, Su Yunmo came out with an empty bowl. "Could you please keep your voices down? He just fell asleep. Don't disturb him."
Eunuch Chang, being an old acquaintance of Su Yunmo, hurried over when he saw her. "Miss Su, how is His Highness Prince Yu?"
Su Yunmo's expression was somewhat grave. She shook her head. "It's not exactly bad... it's just a little... perhaps I should change the prescription."
Her expression was due to the fact that after feeding him medicine, she had checked his pulse again and found that his condition had worsened compared to yesterday. This was not how it should be.
Moreover, his pulse was beating rather strangely.
Eunuch Chang was unaware of this situation. Seeing her grim expression, he assumed Ye Jingyu was truly in a bad way, and his old face turned deathly pale.
Without even a moment to ask further questions, he rushed back to the palace to report.
The court session had not yet concluded.
Eunuch Chang reported the situation at Prince Yu's mansion to Emperor Ye Yao.
The assembled court officials were also greatly alarmed, never expecting Ye Jingcheng to have done such a thing.
Emperor Ye Yao was furious on the spot and immediately ordered someone to issue an imperial decree to Prince Lian's mansion.
Meanwhile, at Prince Lian's mansion, Ye Jingcheng was sweating profusely with anxiety.
He had not attended court this morning, knowing that last night's events would inevitably come to light.
He had been dazed when Su Yunmo beat him yesterday and hadn't thought things through. But upon hearing that Eunuch Chang had gone to Prince Yu's mansion this morning, he immediately realized something was amiss.
Su Yunmo's actions last night were not just about venting her anger; she was setting a trap!
She deliberately intended to escalate the situation. Once it blew up, and the Emperor found out, he would surely lose his temper and wouldn't care about evidence.
Although the Emperor usually didn't interfere in his princes' affairs, he was perfectly aware of everything, knowing who was close to whom and who wasn't.