Xiao Yao and Feng Jinrui returned to Yujing Pavilion almost hand in hand.
Although not holding hands, Xiao Yao tugged at Feng Jinrui's sleeve all the way, a sight that was deeply etched into Feng Jinrui's mind.
Before, he thought he was happy just being friends with Xiao Yao, and that was enough.
But after tonight, he suddenly felt that he had to become stronger.
He wanted to protect Xiao Yao.
"Your Fourth Imperial Brother might not listen to Her Majesty the Empress, perhaps they will want to drive you out," he said.
"I couldn't ask for more," Xiao Yao said, not caring at all.
Leaving, for her, was a good thing.
"It was your Fourth Imperial Brother who wouldn't let me leave before, otherwise, I would have wanted to leave long ago!"
Feng Jinrui, however, was pondering something. "After you leave, are you going to find Jian Wuying?"
He also knew that Jian Wuying was her master.
"Xiao Yao, Jian Wuying is the number one assassin in Beiming, do you know that?"
"I know now."
"I don't know how to speak..."
"I'm not angry, why are you so flustered."
It was only after entering Yujing Pavilion that Xiao Yao let go of his sleeve.
Tonight, although the one who saved her was Feng Yexuan, because of Feng Yexuan's relationship with Chu Qianli, she felt that only Feng Jinrui could give her a sense of security.
Besides, Jinrui's martial arts were also very high; Qingmei and Hongchou working together couldn't defeat him.
As for Prince Xuan, he loved his brother so much that he wouldn't fight with Jinrui.
This meant that relying on Feng Jinrui as a mountain, she would be safe in Prince Xuan's mansion.
"Xiao Yao," Feng Jinrui suddenly stopped and looked at her with a serious expression.
Xiao Yao also stopped and looked up to meet his gaze.
Perhaps she knew what he wanted to say, but some things couldn't be taken for granted.
This involved the word "affection."
"I understand, but he is my master," Xiao Yao stated her position before he could speak.
"No matter what he has done, or what he is about to do, the fact remains that he gave me a second life."
Feng Jinrui looked at her, watching her quietly for a long time.
Finally, he nodded. "Let's go in and see how she is."
"Mm." Chu Qianli immediately walked into Feng Jinrui's bedroom.
In the bed in this bedroom today lay a young woman.
Her face was still somewhat purplish, a sign that the poison had not been completely cleared.
However, beneath this slightly purplish complexion, there was a hint of pallor, a sign of her weak life.
"Miss, her pulse has been very weak."
The doctor had been guarding the bedside for a long time.
But regarding the patient on the bed, he was truly powerless.
"I understand. You can go down and rest, but do not leave Yujing Pavilion."
"Yes."
After the doctor withdrew, Xiao Yao sat by the bed, took Fu Ning's hand, and began to feel her pulse.
"Are you afraid that after he leaves, he will leak the news that Fu Ning is here?"
Feng Jinrui smiled faintly, walked to the side, and sat down, looking at her. "Actually, you are really overthinking it. How could your Fourth Imperial Brother not know that Fu Ning is here?"
It was impossible to keep anything that happened in the mansion from the Fourth Imperial Brother.
Unless, the Fourth Imperial Brother himself was unwilling to deal with it.
"Why is he letting it go?" Xiao Yao didn't understand this either.
When Prince Xuan went to her room earlier, he should have known that Fu Ning was in her bed.
But he really didn't intend to expose the matter.
If Xiao Yao hadn't thought that only Yujing Pavilion was safe, she wouldn't have rashly moved the critically ill Fu Ning.
Fu Ning's current condition meant she couldn't be moved carelessly.
"After all, that Empress said that Fu Ning wanted to assassinate her. Is your Fourth Imperial Brother being merciful to the killer of the woman who wanted to assassinate him?"
Wasn't the legendary Prince Xuan supposed to be extremely ruthless?
Xiao Yao pouted and snorted coldly, "Why does it seem to me that your Fourth Imperial Brother doesn't have much affection for that Empress?"
When Chu Qianli fell earlier, Feng Yexuan didn't rush to help her!
"Your Fourth Imperial Brother doesn't like that woman anymore, does he?"