Emperor And I ✔️

You And I

Chapter 69

Wei Li Lian
'No longer Princess Le-anne'
YiYuan

Later on, Li Lian awoke to find herself tucked in bed in a room she did not recognise. The room was dark and she presumed that a day had passed and night had come. She touched her body and realised that they had removed her white Lady of Art hanfu, changing her into comfortable silk sleeping garments.

Silk... could only be worn by nobles because of its expensive nature.

When she tried to sit up, her body rebelliously ached, dizziness intimidating her from doing what she wished to do. She shuddered for warmth as she pulled the covers over her.

Grand General.

Being with him was like a tornado of unknown feelings. Sometimes she craved to be in his arms, his comfort, then at times she was just angry at him for how he entreated her.

It would be not be presumptuous to think it was him who took her to this place, since it was him who she last saw when conscious.

The doors opened and a lamp illuminated the room. She quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. Few feet padded into the room, the door closing behind.

Li Lian slowed her breath to feign sleep. She didn't want to talk to him. How could she when she barely gathered her thoughts?

Two fingers touched her forehead before moving to her wrist. "I think her fever broke. She is out of the woods." The person who was holding her wrist spoke.

Relief washed Li Lian like cold sea water on a hot day. It was a woman's voice and not one of a man.

"Grand General's room is opposite hers. What is so special about her that he is letting her sleep in his quarters?" Another woman who sounded younger accused Li Lian.

"Mind your business, you are just an assistant."

They were both assistants, Li Lian assumed. Only men could be physicians in Nevoria while the most title a woman could get was assistant physician. A derogatory system, indeed.

The woman treating her slid a spoon into her mouth with some bitter sweet medicine. Le-anne swallowed it without frowning in detest, wishing to keep up the act.

"What if she wakes in the middle of the night and harms him? The Ladies of Art say she is new, so she may possibly be a spy."

"If you do not tame your mouth, death will not be a surprise for you," the older woman corrected her assistant, "people die in the palace for just a slip of the tongue. Remember that."

"But Grand Consort Shu also thinks she is disloyal otherwise why would she call her Li'er? And ask us to observe her vitals to find out her true nationality?"

Li Lian's heart almost drummed out of her body. The one person she thought was sold out on her was actually the most suspicious person. How was it possible? She did everything right by her, leaving no tracks behind.

Though drowsiness attempted to swallow her, she struggled with it, desperate to know more.

What was going on?

Grand Consort Shu... so her mistress sent her out to YiYuan not because she cared for her?

The next time Li Lian woke up, she was struggling to breathe. Her body was sweaty and she was choking uncontrollably. The bird soup they fed her earlier was sending her body into convulsions. Since this was the second time within one moon that she was eating what was considered forbidden by her body, the consequences were quite severe.