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Hesitant to speak.

Yin Liuli looked at him with her calm eyes. "Is there anything else?"

"She asked you!"

Gu Jinyan's deep voice was tinged with a hoarseness.

Yin Liuli looked at him calmly.

"She asked, 'Should I tell her?'"

Was she asking a question?

It was clearly an arrogant mockery.

Gu Jinyan pursed his lips deeply.

"Liuli, I know my mother misunderstood you and embarrassed you in public, but she is still my mother..."

"She's not my mother."

Yin Liuli blinked. "Gu Jinyan, do you want to start a fight?"

"No, no, I didn't mean to blame you, Liuli, you've misunderstood!"

Gu Jinyan's heart skipped a beat, and he realized that his tone was inappropriate. He quickly added, "This matter was originally my mother's fault, so it's right for you to ignore her."

Yin Liuli looked at him calmly, "So what do you want to say?"

Gu Jinyan took a deep breath.

"Ruri, if Mother hadn't taken me away back then, you...would you have told me?"

The uncertainty in his heart scratched at him like a cat's claws, making him feel uncomfortable.

He desperately wanted to hear a positive answer from Yin Liuli to give him a sense of security.

He had finally managed to get close to her and slowly win her heart; he absolutely did not want to be alienated by her because of his mother's difficult behavior.

Yin Liuli's eyes were pure, and she nodded without hesitation.

Yes, it's a pity you left before you could hear it.

Gu Jinyan instantly breathed a sigh of relief and blurted out,

"I knew it! Ruri, I knew you would tell me!"

Her heart, which had been clenched tightly, instantly calmed down, and her deep eyes even became bloodshot from tension.

Looking at his reddened eyes, Yin Liuli looked puzzled.

"Gu Jinyan, why are you so agitated? You asked me, and I was going to tell you anyway."

Your mother is your mother, and you are you. You haven't offended me...

Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly pulled into a strong embrace.

Gu Jinyan opened his arms and held her tightly in his embrace, his deep voice slightly choked with emotion.

"You scared me to death, you know! I was so worried that you were growing distant from me because of your mother!"

Yin Liuli, I've never felt this fear before... I'm actually afraid that you'll never speak to me again!

A strange, inexplicable flutter of emotion swept through Yin Liuli's heart.

Is she that important to Gu Jinyan?

Someone walked up the steps towards them, looking at the two of them with surprise.

Yin Liuli quickly punched his shoulder.

"Someone's coming! Let me go!"

Gu Jinyan shook his head.

"No! Let them see!"

Yin Liuli blushed under their gaze and urged them anxiously.

"Hey, they're coming this way, let go!"

A smug glint flashed across Gu Jinyan's face as he leaned down and whispered in her ear, "I'll let you go, but you have to agree to one condition."

Avoiding the strange looks from the crowd, Yin Liuli buried her face in Gu Jinyan's chest and said in a muffled voice,

"What are your conditions? Tell me quickly!"

Gu Jinyan took a deep breath, his voice carrying a hint of humble pleading.

"Liuli, I know my mother is prejudiced against you... She got bitten by a snake because she brought it on herself."

I just want to ask you, for my sake, not to stoop to her level in the future.

If she provokes you again, and you take it out on me, I promise you, I'll unconditionally stand by your side from now on!

Yin Liuli burst out laughing.

"Are you afraid that if she offends me in the future, I'll punish her?"

Gu Jinyan nodded.

"My mother was spoiled and domineering. She was pampered from a young age and was spoiled by her grandparents."

I'll do my best to change her opinion of you, I just ask that you don't get angry easily, and leave everything to me... okay?

Yin Liuli thought about it seriously for a moment before nodding.

"If it's for your sake, I can agree."

But I'm never one to back down. If she goes too far, I can't guarantee I won't retaliate.

Gu Jinyan was overjoyed. "Just hearing that is enough!"

……

"It hurts...it hurts..."

Suddenly, Cheng Yi's painful cries and unconscious struggles came from inside the pavilion.

"Yi'er, you're awake?"

The Empress's anxious expression relaxed, and she quickly pressed down on her shoulders.

"Don't move, the imperial physician said you can't move yet. Yi'er, how are you feeling...?"

Cheng Yi's hazy eyes slowly focused, then suddenly widened.

"My hand...it hurts so much! Mother, my hand hurts so much! Mother, save me, save me!"

The Empress's eyes reddened with heartache, and she held her hand, gently comforting her.

"The imperial physician has given you medicine, Yi'er. Just bear with it a little longer, you'll get better soon..."

"Liuli..."

Gu Jinyan's eyes flickered. He wanted to say something but held back, only pursing his lips and saying, "I'll go see my mother first."

Yin Liuli could remove the snake venom and yin energy from him, so naturally she could also save his mother.

But his mother had offended someone badly, and Gu Jinyan knew that with Yin Liuli's personality, even if he begged her, she might not be willing to help.

This is something only the Empress Dowager can do.

Yin Liuli slowly walked back, coldly watching Cheng Yi, who was in so much pain that she was delirious.

Her bloodless face contorted into a grotesque grimace, her features twisted, and she screamed and thrashed about like a madwoman.

"It hurts, Mother! It hurts so much... Mother, it feels like someone is cutting my flesh with a knife, and it feels like fire... I can't take it anymore!"

Gu Jinyan quickly pressed down on her flailing hands.

"Mother, please bear with it a little longer..."

The Empress's heart was breaking; her composure vanished, and she cried out in alarm.

"The imperial physician! Where is the imperial physician! Didn't we administer medicine? Why is the princess still in so much pain?"

"If you fail to heal the princess's injuries, I will take your heads!"

"yes!"

The imperial physician hurriedly knelt down and examined the patient again, saying in a flustered manner,

"Your Majesty, I have already administered medicine to remove the snake venom for His Highness, but it will take some time for the medicine to take effect. I am truly powerless to help."

The Empress, her eyes red with anxiety, cried out, "How much longer until it takes effect? ​​Isn't there a faster way to relieve the pain?"

The imperial physician said tremblingly,

"Your Majesty, the painkillers have been administered, but for some reason they have no effect whatsoever."

"Is it possible... is it possible that the water snake's venom is too potent, overpowering the medicine?"

The Empress glared angrily, "What use are you quacks to me!"

Just as she was getting angry, Gu Jinyan secretly gave her a look and glanced at Yin Liuli.

The Empress instantly understood and hurriedly summoned Yin Liuli forward.

"Female Assistant Envoy! Little Liuli, you are skilled in Taoist medicine, so can you save my son?"

Yin Liuli glanced at Cheng Yi, who was in unbearable pain, and nodded calmly.

"The snake venom has been treated with medication, so it should be fine. There are ways to relieve the pain."

The Empress's eyes lit up, and she gripped Yin Liuli's hand tightly, pleading earnestly.

"Liuli girl, please save my Yi'er! She's in so much pain she can't bear it anymore!"

She had been pampered since childhood and had never suffered such hardship before...

I beg you, please, just to save me some face, okay?