Xiao Shixun chuckled softly and coaxed, "Jing'er, don't be afraid. Forget what happened earlier. Didn't you say you were hungry? Here, have the wontons you wanted. I'll feed you."
After eating wontons, Su Fuliu played around in Xiao Shixun's bedroom, hiding here and there, sometimes writing, sometimes drawing, and so on for a whole day.
Chapter 557 Tinglang, I'm so cold
When it was time to rest in the evening, Xiao Shixun held Su Fuliu in his arms and said, "Jing'er, it's late, go to sleep early."
"Where shall we go tomorrow?" Su Fuliu asked, blinking her eyes.
“Let’s go to…the East Palace,” Xiao Shixun replied, meeting his gaze.
Su Fuliu looked curious: "The Eastern Palace? It sounds like a really fun place."
“Yes, that’s where you used to live…” Xiao Shixun kept looking into Su Fuliu’s eyes, as if trying to grasp something.
"The place I used to live..." Su Fuliu murmured, then closed her eyes and gradually fell asleep in Xiao Shixun's arms.
Xiao Shixun held him tightly and slowly fell asleep.
He had never had a good night's sleep before, and he could only sleep soundly when he was holding Su Fuliu. He couldn't let go of her anymore.
As the night deepened, the chill in the air grew stronger.
In the darkness, a pair of bright eyes shone.
"Cough, cough..."
The soft cough was particularly noticeable in the quiet night.
The silver needles, gleaming with a cold light, pierced Xiao Shixun's body.
Su Fuliu pushed Xiao Shixun away and sat up, coughing twice more involuntarily.
Then he started searching the bed.
After searching the bed and finding no antidote, he got out of bed and searched the vast bedroom barefoot.
No one knows this place better than him.
He searched everywhere, but still couldn't find any trace of the antidote.
"Cough cough..." Su Fuliu took a breath and walked to the desk, opened the bottom drawer, and reached in. There was a click, as if some mechanism had been activated.
Then, he stood up, turned around and walked towards the wall behind him. He raised his hand and gently pushed it, and the wall opened up, revealing a dark interior.
Su Fuliu picked up the candlestick and went inside.
It was a secret passage, a secret passage that led through the entire palace.
For an entire night, Su Fuliu searched every single palace in the imperial palace, but to no avail.
It is clear that Xiao Shixun really did not leave behind an antidote.
Su Fuliu returned wearily to Xiao Shixun's bedchamber and closed the secret passage.
He put the candlestick back in its place and then sat dejectedly by the entrance of the palace.
The marble floor was very cold, but Su Fuliu didn't feel cold.
Because his sweetheart was outside.
They were separated by only one wall.
Su Fuliu leaned against the wall and closed her eyes wearily.
He walked barefoot all night, and his feet were already covered in blisters.
It hurts a lot.
But is there any part of his body that doesn't hurt?
It was already dawn when Xiao Shixun woke up and found that the person in his arms was gone again, and his heart skipped a beat.
He sat up abruptly and saw Su Fuliu collapsed at the entrance of the palace.
"Jing'er?!" Xiao Shixun got out of bed and rushed over. He was stunned when he saw that Su Fuliu's feet were covered with blood blisters. Then he bent down and picked Su Fuliu up. "So hot again?!"
"Tinglang...I'm so cold..." Su Fuliu murmured, "cough cough..."
Xiao Shixun glanced at him, then carried him to the bed.
Ever since Su Fuliu returned to Xiao Shixun's side, the people she sees most often are doctors.
He's only been back for two days, and he's already seen the imperial physician three times.
When Physician Xing came to see Su Fuliu again, his eyes were red. If he hadn't been holding back, he probably would have burst into tears long ago.
Su Fuliu clutched Xiao Shixun's sleeve, murmuring, "Tinglang, I'm in so much pain, cough cough... My head hurts, my face hurts, my neck hurts, my back hurts, my feet hurt so much... I need Tinglang to blow on me... blow on me and it won't hurt anymore... blow on me..."
Chapter 558 Am I Going to Die?
Xiao Shixun looked at Su Fuliu murmuring softly, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.
"Tinglang, I miss you so much, I really miss you so much... Please hug me..." Su Fuliu cried.
Xiao Shixun reached out to wipe away the tears that spilled from Su Fuliu's eyes; they were so hot that they burned his fingertips.
"Cough cough..." Su Fuliu coughed so hard he could hardly breathe. He gripped Xiao Shixun's sleeve tightly and said, "Tinglang, I feel so bad, am I... going to die..."
Xiao Shixun frowned, then looked at Physician Xing: "Why aren't you treating him yet?!"
Physician Xing was already taking Su Fuliu's pulse, his brows furrowed deeply: "How could the young master's pulse be so erratic..."
"Didn't you catch a cold and have a fever?" Xiao Shixun asked.
"It could be a cold, but how could the pulse be so erratic!"
As soon as Physician Xing finished speaking, Su Fuliu coughed twice, spitting a mouthful of blood all over Xiao Shixun, before lying there barely breathing.
"Jing'er—!!!" Xiao Shixun exclaimed in surprise.
Although he was not afraid of death, he had even thought about taking Su Fuliu with him to die.
But when he saw that Su Fuliu was really about to die, he became afraid.
He wasn't afraid he would die too; he was afraid he would never see him again.
"Jing'er, Jing'er... You, you can't be hurt. I don't want you to die. I want to be with you. I don't want you to die at all, not even a little bit. You are my only hope, Jing'er!"
Xiao Shixun gripped Su Fuliu's hand tightly with one hand, while his other hand trembled as he wiped the blood from the corner of Su Fuliu's mouth, his eyes filled with fear and dread.
"Hurry up and save Jing'er! If Jing'er dies, you will all be buried with him, you will all die!" Xiao Shixun roared.
Physician Xing was also sweating profusely. He wanted to save Su Fuliu, but his medical skills were limited.
He tried his best, but Su Fuliu's condition did not improve at all.
"Your Majesty, I am truly unable to manage alone. Please summon Imperial Physician Qu and Imperial Physician Zhang as well!" said Imperial Physician Xing.
"Go, go find them!" Xiao Shixun roared.
Physician Xing hurriedly ran to the door and said to Yuan Sichen, "You're quick on your feet, go to the Imperial Hospital right away and call Physician Zhang and Physician Qu. The young master is dying!"
Yuan Sichen's eyes widened in astonishment, and he instinctively looked at Qin Shi.
At this moment, Qin Shi could no longer hold back.
Before Yuan Sichen could reach out to stop him, he had already run inside, shouting, "Ah Liu—!!!"
Xiao Shixun turned to look at Qin Shi, only to see Qin Shi rush over, grab his collar, pull him up, and then shove him away.
Qin Shi sat down on the edge of the bed, his heart breaking as he looked at Su Fuliu, who was tortured beyond recognition. He gently picked her up, as if she were a fragile treasure, with utmost care.
"Ah Liu, Ah Liu, don't scare me! Open your eyes and look, it's me, your Tinglang! Your Tinglang is here, he's always been here!"
Qin Shi's eyes reddened, and tears rolled down, dripping onto Su Fuliu's face.
As if he had heard a call, the dying Su Fuliu stirred and slowly spoke, "Tinglang..."
The voice was soft and weak.
"Tinglang is here, A-Liu, hang in there. You said you would hang in there, you wouldn't lie to me, right?" Qin Shi held Su Fuliu in one arm and held her hand in the other.
Su Fuliu was panting. He tried hard to open his eyes, but his eyelids felt so heavy...
"Tinglang... I'm so tired... I want to sleep, can you hold me while I sleep..." Su Fuliu leaned against Qin Shi's chest, greedily inhaling that familiar scent. If he fell asleep, he wouldn't be able to smell it anymore.
Chapter 559 River of Oblivion
"Ah Liu, don't sleep, you can't sleep, talk to me some more!" Qin Shi saw Su Fu Liu like this and dared not let him sleep, fearing that if he fell asleep, he would never wake up again.
"No... I'm so tired... Tinglang, let me sleep..." Su Fuliu's voice grew softer and softer.
Qin Shi's heart grew increasingly uneasy.
He felt something inside him slowly slipping away.
"Ah Liu, don't sleep! Shi Lang told you to wait for him to come back. You haven't seen him yet, you can't sleep!" Qin Shi was trembling all over.
"Shilang... he'll be alright with his senior brother, right... Tinglang, I'm so cold, hold me tight..." Su Fuliu was exceptionally docile and obedient in Qin Shi's arms, and there was no longer any fear or unease on his face.
"Ah Liu, don't do this! If you keep doing this, I'll go crazy! I'll go crazy, you know that?!" Qin Shi's fear and anxiety had reached their peak.
"Hmm..." Su Fuliu stopped speaking, only responding unconsciously, and then there was no further reaction.
No matter how Qin Shi spoke to him, he didn't reply.
He was so quiet that he truly looked as if he were asleep.
Qin Shi glanced at Xiao Shixun standing to the side. As long as he wasn't dead, Su Fuliu was sure to still be alive.
But what he feared most was that his breath would suddenly stop, that Su Fuliu would suddenly drop her hands, and that Xiao Shixun would suddenly collapse.
Imperial Physician Zhang and Imperial Physician Qu rushed over, and Imperial Physician Xing's hair turned white with anxiety: "You two come over here right away!"
The two of them didn't dare to rest and quickly walked over.
"This, this... how could this be!" Imperial Physician Zhang exclaimed in horror after taking Su Fuliu's pulse.
Imperial Physician Qu also took Su Fuliu's pulse, and his face was equally horrified: "How could a perfectly healthy person become like this!"
The three then quickly discussed a treatment plan.