It wasn't until much later that Song Yishiao woke up from her daze and found herself being dragged away by something - she remembered what she saw before she fainted, and with a quivering heart, she turned her head to take a look, and indeed!

  The hunting dog that had previously frightened her into a swoon was now biting onto her fur coat and dragging her across the snowy ground.

  Song Yi laughed and almost fainted again, but fortunately the hunting dog found her awake, immediately loosened its grip, whimpering softly, circling around her restlessly, as if begging for something.

  "Do you want me to go into the woods over there?" Song Yi smiled, seeing that it didn't have any intention of harming her, and her fear was barely suppressed. She tentatively pointed in the direction it had originally intended to drag her, "But what's going on over there?"

  The hunting dog barked a few times, lowered its head to grab the hem of her clothes and pulled hard - although it couldn't speak, this action clearly confirmed Song Yixiao's guess.

  Song Yixiao had never encountered such a situation before, she glanced at the forest, and with the wind and snow swirling, she didn't know what was inside, and really didn't want to go. Unable to hold out any longer, the hunting dog's cries became more mournful and urgent, its attitude also becoming less friendly, Song Yixiao felt a sense of foreboding, and reluctantly got up.

  The hunting dog still thought she was slow and would occasionally bite her hem to pull her up for a while - unfortunately, Song Yishuo found that she couldn't even pull it!

  After being dragged through the snow a few times, Song Yi Xiang, covered in snow from head to toe, finally understood what this hunting dog wanted him for: on the empty ground between the trees, lay the solitary figure of Fuyang Hou's son, Ji Zi Fu.

  He must have lost consciousness for some time and was covered with a thin layer of snow on his body.

  Fortunately, after Song Yi laughed and brushed away the accumulated snow in a state of shock and fear, she saw that his chest still had obvious ups and downs, thinking that he wouldn't die for the time being.

  "I'm not a doctor, how would I know how to save your master?" Song Yi smiled wryly and didn't know what to do next, so he helplessly said to the hunting dog, "Or should I go call for someone to help you?"

  However, as soon as she got up and showed signs of leaving, the hunting dog that was licking its master's face suddenly revealed a ferocious expression!

  Song Yi smiled and obediently squatted back down.

  When she was at a loss, she suddenly touched something in her bosom and remembered that it was the apricot kernel given to her by Yuan Xueying. She took it out and drank some herself, finding the temperature just right, so she tried feeding it to Ji Zihuan - unexpectedly hitting the nail on the head, after a moment, Ji Zihuan groaned and actually opened his eyes!

  Song Yi Xiao secretly wiped away a tear and said: "Ji Shu Ge, you've finally woken up!"

  "Huh?" Ji Ziyu just woke up, still a bit dazed, looking at her in confusion and asked, "You are... Ah Xū's wife? How did you end up here?"

  "Just passing by." Song Yi smiled, knowing that although he was her husband's cousin, the relationship between them wasn't good - their families had differing views and his mother, the Empress Dowager, might still be thinking of ways to harm her. So she didn't bother to chat, instead putting away her pouch and saying, "Since you're fine, Cousin, I'll take my leave!"

  Her words, Ji Zi Fu's eyes became even clearer, and she said with a complex expression: "Didn't Ah Xū tell you? He was captured by the Wū Huán because of me. I didn't have a good attitude towards you before... yet you still want to save me?"

  Do you think I want to?

  Still not you!

  A good young master, going out without bringing a servant, but instead brings a dog!

  I'm so angry I want to crack open your skull and see what's inside!

  If it weren't for its intimidation, I would have returned to Yao Hua Yuan long ago!

  Who cares if you live or die!

  Song Yi was so angry that she was about to burst, but as a first-class imperial edict, she was actually coerced by a stray dog. Such a humiliating thing, how could she mention it?

  Especially since she's not familiar with Kikyo Fuu yet!

  After a moment of hesitation, she put on a benevolent and generous air: "What you said, my husband has hardly mentioned to me. Besides, even if we're not relatives, on a snowy day like today, having seen each other, it wouldn't be right to just leave like that, would it?"

  At this point, I thought that since it was such a big deal, it wouldn't make a difference if I gave him the pouch of apricot kernel tea that Yuan sister had given me. "This is some apricot kernel tea that Yuan sister gave me, but you're not feeling well right now, so just take it for now! It can at least warm your body up a bit!"

  She thought what she had done was already enough and didn't want to mention any other requests, then continued saying, "There's a saying that men and women should not be too familiar with each other. Now that my brother is awake, I'm not convenient to stay for long, please take care of yourself, brother!"

  After getting up, Song Yishao glanced at the hunting dog with the corner of his eye, seeing that it was only surrounding its owner and playing, and did not stop him from leaving again. He secretly let out a breath and didn't look at Ji Zihua's changing face, and quickly slipped out of the forest with the fastest speed in his life, without even daring to turn his head back, almost running wildly all the way back to the Jade Flower Temple!

  As soon as the two thick doors of the Jade Flower Courtyard slammed shut with a "bang", Song Yi Xiao finally put down the heart she had been holding up, and a complex emotion of grievance and fear surged up in her mind, tears streaming down her face. She hastily wiped them away with her sleeve, composed herself, and then quietly entered the wing room where Yue Liang and Li Yu lived.

  "Madam, you're back?" The only one in the room was Li Yu, who was both startled and delighted to see her. As she came over to help her change clothes, she hastily said, "Miss Jiang is worried sick, saying that if you didn't return within a moment, she would ask Princess Yushan for help to find you!"

  Song Yi smiled, pretending to be nonchalant: "I just went to Cai Xia Xuan and didn't have time to tell her - that's why I was delayed! By the way, during my absence, did anyone come?"

  "No." Li Yu brought over the clothes she had changed out of earlier, "No one has come to visit, not even Princess Yushan's palace, they only sent a palace maid at mealtimes to ask through the door if Miss Jiang wanted to go back for dinner, but Miss Jiang didn't go. Later on, they sent over a lunchbox, and Miss Jiang also rewarded this servant and Yue Deng with two dishes each."

  "How's Fifth Sister?" Song Yi smiled and asked while tying her belt, not in the mood to deal with trivial matters.

  Li Yu heard this and his expression stiffened, he stammered: "After you left, the fifth young lady drank more medicine and sweated a lot again. Perhaps it's because she still needs to continue taking the medicine... but she's still running a fever..."

  This reply was within Song Yixiao's expectations - if Nie Wuxuan had obviously recovered, Li Yu should have been the first to report the good news when she saw her.

  Since there's no good news reported, it's clear that there's no good news!

  As she thought of this, her hand tying her belt paused, and a hundred flavors mixed in her heart: "Could it be that I really have to give the Worrying Crane to Fifth Sister?"

  In this era, if a woman has no children, even if she is as beautiful as Wei Mengying, after being the wife of the Song family for ten years, she can only find another husband before her younger sister-in-law does!

  How many people can have Wei Mengying's means and experiences?

  Song Yi Xiao didn't dare to imagine what would happen to Nie Wu Yan after she lost her fertility - this little girl already had an awkward family background as a burden!

  "Ma'am, aren't you going to tell Miss Jiang?" She was lost in thought for a long time, until Li Yu had to remind her, "Miss Jiang still doesn't know that you're back!"

  "I'm going." Song Yi smiled and came back to her senses, lowering her eyelids to cover up the emotions in her eyes. She took a step out of the side room and knocked on the door of the main house.

  "You're finally back!" According to her promise, Jiang Muxiu, who had been guarding the bed without leaving an inch, saw her and could be said to have put down the heart she had been holding up all this time. She rushed over in surprise, joy, and urgency, asking in a low voice, "How did you go for so long?!"

  Song Yi Xiao pinched off the part where Ji Zi Fu's hunting dog forced him to go and save people, and roughly told the rest of the story. He apologized, saying: "I was furious at the time, my mind was preoccupied with finding out the truth, I was afraid that if I came back late, the evidence would have been destroyed, so I didn't come back to tell you, sister, and went straight to Cai Xia Xuan to discuss with Bo Ling Hou. But it made you worry for half a day, I'm really sorry!"

  "I know you're concerned about Little Sister, and I don't feel right about it either?" Jiang Muxian listened, pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and carefully said, "But... what the Marquis of Boling said is correct, at present the most important thing is Miss Nie's body, as for other things, there will be plenty of time in the future!"

  Song Yi smiled and sighed: "Sister, don't worry, I was just confused for a moment."

  Jiang Muxun finally let out a sigh of relief, and then showed a worried expression: "Miss Nie has changed her sheets three times already, and she's been sweating non-stop, but the fever just won't break - I'm not even daring to give her water anymore! With this kind of sweating, it's probably useless anyway. Now I don't even dare to give her medicine!"

  "Has anyone gone to the Lu Nong Pavilion to ask for help?" Song Yi was taken aback - with this kind of eyesight, one could see everything clearly at a glance. Although she didn't want to disturb Su Shaoge's studies, when it came to her younger sister's life and death, she had no choice but to put aside her conscience!

  Jiang Muxun smiled wryly: "Of course! But Second Master Su was just not in the Lu Nong Pavilion!"

  "How is it possible? Didn't he live here?"

  Can't stand the harassment from this side?

  Just as this thought had flashed through his mind, he heard Jiang Muxiu say: "No. It's because I heard that Zhuo Gongzi is not feeling well, and Han Taizhong has broken his leg. Zhao Wang wants to go visit his nephew, and invited Su Er Gongzi along, to see if there's anything they can do to help!"

  "When can she be back?" Song Yi smiled and walked to the bedside, touched Xiao Gu's forehead, still hot, looked at her face, pale as paper, breathing seemed to exist and disappear, her heart sank, asked, "Can someone go to Bu Yue Xiao Zhu or Jian Liu Lou to deliver a message?"

  Jiang Muxun smiled wryly and said, "I heard he's not at the Luonguan Pavilion, so I thought you mustn't be here either. It's just that I couldn't guess where you went, and I was afraid to send someone to the Bu Yue Xiao Zhu without being sure, in case it attracted unwanted attention and they asked about you - what would I say?"

  Song Yi smiled secretly and regretted her previous impulsiveness, hastily saying: "Now that I'm back, quickly go and invite them!"

  After a while, the servant sent out came back alone to report: "Just now, something happened to the son of Fuyang Hou, and Su Er Gongzi was invited to Ruyi Garden to diagnose the son - I rushed to Ruyi Garden, but the guards guarding the garden refused to inform me, saying that Da Chang Gongzhu and others were worried about the son, and if they disturbed him at this critical moment, they would be punished!"

  Song Yixiao and Jiang Muxian's faces turned white with anger upon hearing this: Such an obvious trick, even a blind person can see it! What don't dare to report! In fact, they were afraid that after Su Shaoge was called away, no one would be left to treat Ji Zifu, so they deliberately pushed out a guard as a scapegoat. Turning around and pushing the blame on the guards, saying it was all their own doing, with no relation to the masters, including the Crown Princess of Dai Guo!

  Song Yi Xiao especially regretted: "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have gone to Cai Xia Xuan!"

  She didn't go to Cai Xia Xuan, so she wouldn't have met that hunting dog on the way back; without the coercion of that hunting dog, she wouldn't have gone to rescue Ji Zi Fu either; if no one had taken care of Ji Zi Fu, who knows, maybe he's still lying in the snowy forest now!

  How could the eldest princess of the imperial court fight with her niece for a husband for the sake of her son?

  "Bring me my fox fur coat!" Song Yi laughed, gritting her teeth as she stood up. "The guards at Ruyi Garden dare to block our messenger, but do they dare to block a princess like me?!"