Chapter 6

There’s Someone in the Courtyard

In the middle of the night, Yu Yunxi was woken up by the cold. She struggled to get up. Her hands and feet were cold. It would be strange if she was not cold when the Cold Jade Coffin was placed here.

Yu Yunxi quickly walked over to the coffin and discovered that Feng Yili’s face was extremely pale, and his body was freezing cold.

‘I miscalculated!’

Yu Yunxi had only thought about preventing the coffin from being nailed shut and detoxifying the poison, but she had forgotten that a living person could easily freeze to death if they lay in such a cold coffin for too long.

She looked at Feng Yili’s pale face with mixed feelings as she muttered, “They’re really determined to take your life…”

She reached out, intending to drag Feng Yili out. However, Feng Yili was a tall man, and her strength was insufficient. She had exhausted all her strength, but in the end, he still lay in the coffin.

‘No, if this continues, even God won’t be able to save him… Should I ask for help from people in the residence? No, it’s useless. All of them worship the Imperial Preceptor. They definitely won’t go against his wishes…’

Yu Yunxi quickly dismissed the idea of asking for help. Soon enough, an idea appeared in her mind, and her eyes lit up.

‘I can only take a gamble…’

Yu Yunxi quickly stood up and threw a cup to the ground. Then, she picked up a piece of shattered glass and pressed it against Feng Yili’s neck before she said, “Is there anyone hiding in the dark? If you don’t want your master to die, you better show yourself!”

Yu Yunxi continued to hold the shard of glass against Feng Yili’s neck as she looked around the room.

Influential people in the capital usually had loyal guards of their own. For example, her father had nearly ten guards around him that guarded his bedroom, afraid of being assassinated. As such, she thought perhaps Feng Yili had secret guards protecting him as well. She naturally did not trust the guards outside the room. However, Feng Yili’s secret guards were different. She was betting that even if something had happened to Feng Yili, his people were still around.

However, after a long time, there was no movement. At this time, her fingers were already bleeding from holding the shard of glass.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed past, and in just a blink of an eye, a sword was pressed against Yu Yunxi’s neck.

The cold steel on Yu Yunxi’s neck made her tremble. Her body was stiff as she turned to the side and looked at the other party. The other party looked to be twenty years old and had a murderous aura.

“I am…” Yu Yunxi said, intending to explain her actions were to save Feng Yili.

However, before Yu Yunxi could finish speaking, the other party suddenly withdrew the sword, kneeled on the ground, and said, “I’m sorry, Your Highness. I’ve offended you. Please save His Royal Highness!”

After saying that, the other party even kowtowed to Yu Yunxi.

“You are…”

“I’m Jiang Ying. I’m the only secret guard guarding His Royal Highness now,” Jiang Ying said solemnly.

Yu Yunxi calmed down and sized Jiang Ying up before she asked, “Have you always been guarding this courtyard?”

Jiang Ying nodded as he replied, “Yes, I’ve been following His Royal Highness since I was eight years old. Now that something has happened to His Royal Highness, I have to guard him even more.”

“Let’s get him out of the coffin first,” Yu Yunxi said. She still had many questions in her heart, but there was a more important matter to attend to.

Jiang Ying quickly stood up and easily carried Feng Yili to the bed. After that, he looked at Yu Yunxi earnestly and asked, “Princess Consort, what should we do now?”

Yu Yunxi covered Feng Yili with a blanket before she turned to Jiang Ying and asked solemnly, “Do you trust me that much? Aren’t you afraid that I’ll harm him?”

Jiang Ying shook his head. “I’ve been hiding and observing you. I know you have no intention of harming His Royal Highness. You have a way to suppress the poison in His Royal Highness’ body, right?”

Yu Yunxi nodded and said, “There are two kinds of poisons in his body. Earlier, I’d already helped him to detoxify the Heavenly Fairy poison. However, I’ve only detoxified the Springwood Separation slightly. To completely detoxify the Springwood Separation, I’ll need to continue performing acupuncture for him and give him more medicine. My movement is restricted now so I can only rely on you to find the medicine.”

Jiang Ying raised his head and looked at Yu Yunxi with barely concealed excitement as he asked, “Princess Consort, are you saying you can detoxify the Springwood Separation poison?”

Jiang Ying originally assumed that Yu Yunxi could only suppress the poison in Feng Yili’s body. He did not expect that she could detoxify it. After all, he knew that Feng Yili had secretly looked for famous doctors in the world for many years. Feng Yili was aware that he had been poisoned with Springwood Separation, but he did not find a way to resolve the poison.

Jiang Ying looked at the calm Yu Yunxi and could not help but feel a sense of trust. He thought to himself, ‘Perhaps she can really save His Royal Highness from this danger…’

Finally, Jiang Ying nodded and said resolutely, “Princess Consort, feel free to give me your orders.”

“Alright. I’ll write down all the medicinal herbs I need first. Oh, right. My mother left me a few medical books that mention the Springwood Separation poison. Can you help me get them from the Prime Minister’s Residence?” Yu Yunxi asked as she found a brush and ink to write down the medicinal herbs she needed.

“Don’t worry, Princess Consort. I’ll definitely deal with these two matters well,” Jiang Ying said, rushing to reassure Yu Yunxi.

Yu Yunxi finally heaved a sigh of relief as she watched Jiang Ying leave with the prescription in hand. It was better to have help compared to fighting alone.

Yu Yunxi turned around. When she passed by the Cold Jade Coffin, she felt the chill from it and quickly rubbed her arms. She had already covered Feng Yili with the blanket, and she had nothing to ward off the cold. She stood by the bed and hesitated for a long time. In the end, the cold got to her. She gritted her teeth and lifted the blanket before she quickly lay down.

Feng Yili had been under the blanket for a while now so his body was quite warm. Yu Yunxi could not help but move closer to him. In an attempt to comfort herself, she muttered, “In any case, he’s unconscious now. He won’t know about this…”

Under such circumstances, Yu Yunxi got close to the Prince Regent, who was rumored to be ruthless and always kept a distance from women.

Yu Yunxi looked at Feng Yili’s side profile and briefly fell into a daze. She sighed softly and found a comfortable position to sleep as she murmured, “It’s such a pity for someone so good-looking to die…”

…

Early in the morning…

Yu Yunxi was woken up when she moved her head and found a strange sensation against her cheek. She frowned and opened her eyes slowly only to discover her face was pressed against Feng Yili’s chest. The collar of his robe had been pulled to the side, exposing his chest.

Yu Yunxi coughed, looking unnatural as she quickly moved away. Fortunately, Feng Yili was unconscious. Otherwise, he would probably break her neck.

Yu Yunxi sat up, planning to clean up the mess before Nanny Liu and the others arrived. However, she soon realized that something was wrong.

“Where’s my earring?”

Yu Yunxi clutched her left earlobe as she frowned. She remembered she was wearing earrings last night so how did her left earring disappear? She quickly searched the bed, but she still could not find it.

Suddenly, Nanny Liu’s unfriendly voice rang from outside.

“Princess Consort, the Consort Dowager wants you to get up and prepare medicine for His Royal Highness.”