"I'm going to sleep. I'm so tired."
Su Qiao found the most comfortable position, yawned, and closed her eyes.
Ye Jinghua gently patted her back. "Go to sleep. I'm here."
Early the next morning, when Su Qiao woke up, the man was already gone.
She paid it no mind.
After washing up and having breakfast, she was wondering how to give the Marrow-Devouring Gu to Su Yue when Ye Jinghua arrived.
He took a light-blue fox-fur cloak from Fifteen and draped it over her shoulders, then took her hand and led her outside. "Come on. I'm taking you to see a show."
"What show?" Su Qiao asked curiously.
*
At Phoenix Perch Palace, Su Yue returned in a hurry, dressed in a black cloak and carrying a chill about her.
Before she even entered the palace gates, she immediately instructed Qiulan in a low voice, "Prepare hot water for me. I want to bathe."
"Your Majesty... His Majesty... is inside."
Qiulan's face was deathly pale, her lips purple with cold. Her eyes were filled with terror, and her whole body trembled.
Only then did Su Yue notice her expression.
Upon hearing this, she, who had already been flustered, shuddered violently. Her face turned ghastly pale at a visible speed. "His Majesty... His Majesty came?"
At this hour... Shouldn't he have been at morning court?
How could he... How could he come here?
"His Majesty... has been waiting for you all night."
At the thought of the previous night, even Qiulan's lips trembled. She spoke with great difficulty.
"What?"
Su Yue retreated in terror, taking two steps back. She nearly fell down the steps at the palace entrance.
A palace maid behind her quickly caught her, allowing her to steady herself.
Qiulan's face was ashen. "His Majesty has been waiting for