"Move!"
Wine Immortal shoved Yourong aside in a panic and barged straight into Copper Sparrow Terrace.
"My reputation as the Little Medical Immortal is spotless! Is it really going to be ruined just like this?!"
Yourong turned around in despair, bracing herself for the fake medical certificate to be exposed.
But to her surprise, when Wine Immortal opened the doors to Copper Sparrow Terrace, she didn't find Qin Emperor watching a song and dance performance as she'd imagined. Instead, he was lying obediently in bed, pretending to be sick.
"Huh!?"
Yourong froze, feeling as if she'd gotten out of bed too quickly.
With that Great Demon King's personality—never settling down until he was hanging on a wall—how could he be lying obediently in Copper Sparrow Terrace, pretending to be ill all by himself?!
Could he be plotting something again?!
"Qin Emperor!"
Wine Immortal charged into Copper Sparrow Terrace without a second thought and knelt in front of him, her face full of worry. "I beg Your Majesty to reconsider. Please don't send Qiao Baihe to hunt down Ye Chen."
"Qiao Baihe?!"
Yourong was even more baffled.
Though she hadn't yet managed to steal the spotlight, she'd been following the action for quite a while. Aside from seeing Qiao Baihe once at the Qin family years ago, she'd never heard of any connection between them. Why had Qiao Baihe suddenly been sent to hunt down Ye Chen?!
"Cough, cough!"
Qin Feng put on a show of coughing, then struggled upright, looking weak. "Sister Wine Immortal, you should go back. I am the Human Emperor. My word is law; I won't change my decision based on personal feelings!"
"Keep pretending, go on!"
Yourong couldn't help rolling her eyes. She was even more certain the Great Demon King was scheming against someone.
"Qin