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The Prince of Huai's Mansion.

Song Qingning dismounted and handed the horse to the gatekeeper. "Where is the Prince?"

"His Highness should have returned to the main courtyard." The gatekeeper recalled that the prince's expression was strange when he returned earlier. He wanted to say something more, but the princess had already disappeared.

After getting married, Xie Xuanjin lived in the new house.

At first, it was just overnight stays, but as the number of overnight stays increased, more and more things belonging to him accumulated in Song Qingning's courtyard.

Every day when Xie Xuanjin returned to the manor, he went straight to the princess's residence, leaving the main courtyard seemingly unused.

The servants who served the main courtyard also went to the princess's courtyard.

Song Qingning entered the main courtyard and found no one around. She first went to Xie Xuanjin's room, but no one was there. Then she went to the study, but no one was there either.

Suddenly, the sound of water came from the bathroom.

Song Qingning walked over.

The door creaked open, and another sound of water entered the room.

Upon hearing the sound, Song Qingning looked over and saw a man's back vaguely visible through the black gauze curtains surrounding the bath.

It's Xie Xuanjin!

Besides Xie Xuanjin, there was also a chill in the air.

He went home and immediately soaked in cold water. Could it be...?

Song Qingning frowned, and a guess popped into her head.

"Your Majesty..." Song Qingning called out, stepping her left foot across the threshold.

The water churned, accompanied by an urgent cry of protest, "Don't come in!"

The person behind the gauze curtain was clearly more flustered.

Song Qingning stopped in her tracks.

"I'm fine, don't come in." Xie Xuanjin's voice was calmer.

Song Qingning took a step, one foot in and one foot out, unsure whether to go in or out.

Xie Xuanjin was poisoned. As the Princess Consort of Huai, it was her duty as a wife to relieve his worries. As a subordinate, she should stand up for her master when he was in trouble.

But, the privacy of superiors...

Song Qingning lowered her eyes.

Just then, Qin Bo's voice, a mixture of anxiety and joy, came from behind.

"Your Highness, you're back! You're finally back! The Prince..."

"Wasn't today a celebration for Lady Yongning's birthday? How did I end up with that... oh dear, how did I get poisoned by that damned drug?"

"His Highness has ordered this old servant to fetch ice from the ice cellar, but this is not a good idea! What if it harms His Highness's health..."

Uncle Qin looked worried.

He carried a basin of ice and hurried to the door.

At this point, Xie Xuanjin's displeased low rebuke came from inside the door, "Shut up!"

Noisy?

The prince found him too noisy!

Uncle Qin felt heartbroken. He cared so much about him, yet he found him annoying!

Row!

He's not noisy!

Uncle Qin glanced at the princess, a plan forming in his mind. His face darkened, and he said sadly, "Then this old servant will not stay here and obstruct the prince's view! I will trouble the princess to take the ice inside to the prince."

Xie Xuanjin, behind the gauze curtain: "..."

Song Qingning, holding an ice basin: "..."

"Uncle Qin, you..." Xie Xuanjin frowned. How could he entrust this matter to Qingning?

But when he spoke, Uncle Qin ignored him.

"Your Highness, go quickly." Uncle Qin not only ignored Xie Xuanjin, but also pushed Song Qingning.

The force wasn't strong enough to push Song Qingning's foot inside the door.

"Qin..."

Song Qingning turned around, and Uncle Qin had already closed the door. He could be heard muttering outside, "It's windy outside, don't catch a chill."

Song Qingning: "..."

The cold air outside was nowhere near as cold as the frost emanating from the ice basin in her hands.

Outside the room, there was a sound of a lock being locked.

Xie Xuanjin's face darkened. How could he not understand Uncle Qin's intentions?

But his situation at this moment...

Xie Xuanjin's back was stiff, and his handsome face showed a hint of panic. Hearing footsteps behind him, he tried his best to keep his voice calm and normal, "Uncle Qin is being ridiculous. You don't have to listen to him. You don't have to send the ice."

Xie Xuanjin reached out and took the inner shirt from the side, then put it on.

The water soaked through the inner shirt; it was a thin layer, barely enough to be of any use.

Song Qingning knew that the Prince of Huai was a virtuous gentleman.

There were only the two of them in the room at that moment, so she should take care of them.

Song Qingning stepped forward slowly. Ice had already been placed in the bath.

As you get closer to the bath, the chill becomes even more biting.

As she passed through a gap in the gauze curtain, Song Qingning glanced at Xie Xuanjin. She didn't dare look at him for too long, lest she offend a gentleman; her gaze remained fixed on his face.

He had his eyes tightly closed, as if he was enduring something.

The water droplets on her face were probably sweat.

Song Qingning frowned. "Today's incident was Xie Yuzhen's doing. She targeted the Prince to undermine me."

Ultimately, Xie Xuanjin was implicated because of her.

"Xie Yuzhen is no pushover, and the medicine she uses is probably not ordinary either," Song Qingning said in a low voice, as she tried to put the ice cubes in the basin.

The water in the bathtub was icy cold to the bone when touched.

Even she couldn't resist and quickly withdrew her hand.

Xie Xuanjin's soaking in the cold air, which suppresses the medicinal effects, is indeed harmful to his health.

"Your Highness..."

Song Qingning spoke.

Xie Xuanjin seemed to know what she was going to say and interrupted her, "Xie Yuzhen isn't just targeting you, so you don't need to feel guilty. If you want to help me, just sit here and talk to me, tell me about your three years in Youcheng."

Xie Xuanjin kept his eyes closed.

Song Qingning understood his meaning.

He doesn't need women, or he doesn't need her!

Song Qingning lowered her eyes and, as he instructed, sat outside the bathtub. Through the black gauze curtain, she began to recount the three years in Youcheng in a slow and unhurried manner.

Song Qingning spoke of the cruelty of the battlefield with a nonchalant air.

But the two had the same experience, and Xie Xuanjin knew best how bloody and tragic those experiences she spoke of so casually were.

As Song Qingning's voice reached his ears, Xie Xuanjin also heard a voice in his mind that overlapped with it.

He hadn't had that dream in a long time, and in it, she talked to him about the three years in Youcheng.

The same calm and tranquility prevailed, but the sounds around me were much clearer.

It was as if he could reach out and grab it.

After an unknown amount of time, Xie Xuanjin's body heat was suppressed.

Song Qingning's voice still echoed in the bathroom.

Xie Xuanjin opened his eyes at some point, and what he saw was a back view outlined by a black gauze curtain, a back view that was equally real.

It was so real that Xie Xuanjin couldn't help but call out, "Qingning..."

Song Qingning's narration came to an abrupt end.

She turned around and saw the burning intensity in Xie Xuanjin's eyes, which was clearly visible even through the gauze curtain.

"Your Highness, is this ice water ineffective?" Song Qingning asked with concern.

If soaking for such a long time has no effect, then this method won't work.

The Prince of Huai doesn't want women; he should have asked Xie Yuzhen for the antidote!

We still need to get the antidote!

Song Qingning got up, walking in such a hurry that she didn't notice the trailing gauze curtain getting tangled around her leg. She had just taken a step when she lost her balance and fell straight into the chilly bathtub.

This water is probably colder than the lake water in the Heavenly Palace.

Song Qingning thought to herself.

Resign yourself to the fate and prepare to accept the biting cold.

But the expected biting cold did not come.