After becoming pregnant, the cold-hearted nobles all went mad.

When Shen Lingyi arrived to rescue the women of the Wei family, she discovered that they had already been taken away.

Afterwards, they searched the entire capital but found no trace of him.

Only then did she understand why Shen Su had said that this was not something they could interfere with.

Someone wants to wipe out the entire Wei family; they cannot fight against this person.

Returning to the present, Shen Lingyi looked up at the boy whose eyes were filled with hatred. A lock of her black hair fell loosely down, and she smiled slightly.

"Yes, that's the kind of person I am. I failed to save you, I've let your Wei family down. So, are you going to kill me?"

Wei Chengrui drew his sword defiantly, "You think I wouldn't dare?!"

Shen Lingyi personally offered her neck to him, her snow-white neck pressed against the blade, the blade, which had drunk countless lives, instantly wounded her delicate skin.

The moment the blood seeped out, the pounding of his chest suddenly accelerated. The air was thin, and every breath he took carried a chilling cold that seeped into his bones.

"Shen Lingyi, remember this," Wei Chengrui threw away the sword and grabbed her fragile wrist, "You owe me a life, you owe the entire Wei family a life, and from now on your life belongs to me."

"I can trample on you however I want, ignore you however I want, but if I find out you dare to betray me..."

He suddenly laughed and threatened, word by word, "I will not only kill you, but I will also not let that bastard get away with it."

Shen Lingyi's heart skipped a beat; she thought her affair with the emperor had been discovered.

But judging from Wei Chengrui's expression, he didn't seem to know about their relationship.

She wiped the blood from her neck, resisting the intense dizziness, and smeared it inch by inch on Wei Chengrui's face.

"Alright, then you'd better protect me well, otherwise the young master will suffer a great loss."

She couldn't quite hear what Wei Chengrui said after that; she only saw his thin lips opening and closing.

Then my head went blank and I collapsed.

When she woke up again, Shen Lingyi had already returned to her boudoir.

Peony's sobbing voice rang in her ears, and she was terribly worried: "Waaah, Miss, how did you get yourself into this state after just one trip out... The General and his wife were almost frantic with worry."

"It's nothing, just a bite from a disobedient dog."

Shen Lingyi then remembered something that had happened earlier, and touched her neck, which had been carefully bandaged.

I don't know if she wrapped it after she got back, or if Wei Chengrui wrapped it for her.

Just thinking about Wei Chengrui's crazy behavior gave Shen Lingyi a headache.

I said those things in a moment of passion, and now that I've come to my senses, I realize how frivolous I was. I practically gave Wei Chengrui the opportunity to constantly sway me.

Isn't this just needlessly hindering my plans?

Shen Lingyi didn't want to think about things that would upset her, so she asked Shaoyao, "During the time I was asleep, did anyone come to see me?"

"The young master left after putting the young lady down and never came back. His Highness the Crown Prince did send some gifts as a token of his sympathy. As for the palace..."

Peony paused for a moment, then said, "His Majesty hasn't sent anyone yet. Perhaps he doesn't know that Miss is injured?"

"Then let him know." Shen Lingyi rarely gets injured, and she doesn't want to bleed for nothing.

She asked Peony to spread the news of her injury, and after two days, she received news from the palace.

Pei Heng immediately dispatched the imperial physicians from the palace to treat her. In addition, he also gave her a lot of things to replenish her qi and blood, as if she hadn't injured her neck, but had just given birth.

After the imperial physician finished taking Shen Lingyi's pulse, he began packing his things to prepare to go back.

"Miss Shen is in good health and does not need any extra nourishment. If she needs to remove the scars after her injuries heal, I do have a good ointment here."

"Just apply it to the wound for seven days, and the Second Miss's skin will be as smooth as before."

"Does the imperial physician possess anything that can make a man yearn for me?" Shen Lingyi asked, feigning distress.

The imperial physician opened his mouth, unsure how to react.

Normal people would be extremely grateful and exchange a few polite words after hearing this, right? Why is Shen Er not following the usual procedure?

Shen Lingyi chuckled inwardly, knowing that the imperial physician before her was essentially Pei Heng's eyes and ears.

Her actions and every move would be truthfully reported to Pei Heng by the imperial physician upon her return. Therefore, speaking to him was equivalent to speaking to Pei Heng.

Shen Lingyi was on the verge of tears, her eyelashes glistening with a thin layer of moisture. She pouted pitifully, "I'm injured, and Your Majesty hasn't come to see me. Has he already grown tired of me?"

"If that's the case, Your Majesty, there's no need for such actions. You only need to say that I, Shen Lingyi, will never pester you."

"This, this, how could your humble servant possibly guess Your Majesty's thoughts..."

The imperial physician was already drenched in sweat. No one had ever told him that the second young lady of the General's Mansion had this kind of relationship with His Majesty!

No wonder His Majesty has been so tolerant and caring towards Miss Shen. Suddenly, he realized that he had understood many things he couldn't understand before.

"You may leave." Pei Heng lifted the curtain and walked in, his tall figure clearly having been standing behind him for some time.

The imperial physician breathed a sigh of relief and quickly left.

Shen Lingyi stared at him with slightly red eyes, her gaze filled with accusation, "So Your Majesty arrived early this morning, just to laugh at me."

"If that weren't the case, how could we have seen Miss Shen acting all coquettish and silly towards the imperial physician?"

"Your Majesty is so mean! I'm ignoring you!"

Shen Lingyi turned her head away and ignored everyone, remaining unmoved no matter what Pei Heng said.

Pei Heng pretended to put on a stern face, "Shen Lingyi, I order you to deal with me now."

"Then Your Majesty will have to find a way to please me." Shen Lingyi's watery eyes sparkled, revealing her wicked intentions at a glance.

Pei Heng found it amusing, but since there was no one around, he didn't need to put on airs like an emperor.

He raised an eyebrow and brushed a stray hair from her forehead: "Oh? Then what do you want me to do?"

The girl's long, jet-black hair cascaded down, encircling her slender waist, and her unadorned face was as pure as a lotus flower emerging from clear water.

The subtle, alluring lines drawn at the corners of the eyes can easily captivate the heart.

However, Pei Heng's gaze was fixed on the wounds that had ruined her beautiful appearance.

Although Shen Lingyi's injury was treated promptly, and the wound was wrapped in layers of gauze so that the depth of the injury could not be seen, it still made his eyes turn cold involuntarily.

He carefully touched the gauze, his heart filled with murderous intent.

Who was so audacious as to injure his delicate little girl, whom he wouldn't even dare to touch, after just one trip outside?

Pei Heng glanced at the clueless Shen Lingyi, and thoughtfully decided to have someone investigate who she had been in contact with.

"I've heard that His Majesty has a hot spring palace, a place as nice as the Summer Palace."

Shen Lingyi hugged his neck and said coquettishly, "This humble woman wants to go there."