Marry First, Love Later With The White Cat Princess - Chapter 14

During Lian Yi’s absence, Liu Fenyun stayed in the Shuoyue Pavilion, pretending to be ill, while browsing the books there to see if Luo Binglun had left any diaries or similar writings.

After a round of browsing, Liu Fenyun felt even more conflicted.

She had originally thought it was a coincidence that Lian Yi came here to read medical books, but now she discovered that almost all the books in this pavilion were medical texts, with only a few cookbooks and historical records not much different from her master Yu Qingyue’s personal library!

Connecting this with Lianyi’s analysis, Liu Fenyun started to panic. If the High Priest and her master really had reached a point where they wanted to imprison each other, she would need to leave here as soon as possible!

She needed to leave properly, not just escape, because running away would only provoke the High Priest.

She also needed to find a way to send a message to her master, asking for advice, and ideally inquiring about past events.

The plan was set, but Liu Fenyun was unfamiliar with this place and didn’t know her master’s attitude toward demons. She spent the entire night in her room without figuring out a clue.

At the third quarter of the midnight hour, Liu Fenyun was leaning by the window, enjoying the scenery, when she suddenly heard the door creak, followed by a bout of coughing.

The interrogation area had poor conditions, and Luo Binglun had used torture there. The room smelled of blood, and Lianyi, being weak, felt discomfort in her lungs. She could endure it in front of Luo Binglun, but in front of someone she trusted, she could no longer hold back.

Liu Fenyun quickly went over to support her, patting her forehead and feeling a slight fever. She opened the door and instructed the palace maid to boil two buckets of hot water, then carried her to the bed to lie down.

“You’re clearly human, so why are you so strong?” Lianyi asked weakly.

Liu Fenyun had originally wanted to say “I’ve been training since childhood,” but thinking about her favorability points, she decided to take a risk: “Your Highness, you are my wife. It is only natural that I carry you!”

“Lianyi’s favorability has increased by 5 points, current favorability: 70 points.”

The system’s voice made Liu Fenyun excited for a moment. Before she could say more cheesy lines, Lian Yi coughed again.

“Cough… You really know how to say nonsense…” She gave Liu Fenyun a look, a hint of annoyance in her eyes.

Liu Fenyun thought: Even if it’s nonsense, the increase in favorability shows you like it. “Your words may seem harsh, but your heart agrees.”

“Tomorrow you can return to the Imperial Medical Hall,” Lianyi said after drinking some water. “Take good care of the medicine. I will bring our belongings to the Saintess Hall, and you can stay there at night.”

“That won’t do!” Liu Fenyun instinctively waved her hand. “You’re a woman, so moving is my responsibility…”

“You are too,” Lianyi reminded her softly, breathing into her ear, brushing aside her hair, and leaving a light mark on her temple. “At least in front of me, you don’t need to pretend. With me here, you don’t have to show off.”

A tingling warmth spread throughout Liu Fenyun’s body. After a long moment, she regained her senses, cheeks burning, and turned her face away shyly with a soft “Mm.”

“You’re blushing again,” Lianyi said, placing her hand gently on Liu Fenyun’s face. “Why do you blush so easily? Even when pretending to be a man?”

Liu Fenyun gave an awkward but polite smile: “No. I only act like this in front of Your Highness.”

Lianyi blinked, seemingly deep in thought.

In the quiet night, Liu Fenyun dampened a soft cloth and applied it to Lianyi’s forehead.

“What is this for?” Lianyi asked, touching the cloth.

“To reduce your fever,” Liu Fenyun replied. “Do you feel better?”

“Seems much better,” Lianyi said.

Her illness came quickly, but with Liu Fenyun’s attentive care, it also passed quickly.

“Tomorrow, I will go back to the Materia Medica Hall and prepare another set of medicine. It will stop your cough,” Liu Fenyun said, rubbing her hair wet in the water. “These past two days your cough worsened. Don’t go out in the cold wind anymore!”

Although the winter month in the Zhuohuang Kingdom brought little snow, the biting wind never ceased.

Lianyi didn’t mind: “So what? With you here, any cough can be cured.”

Liu Fenyun sighed, pulling her into her arms and patiently explaining: “Human bodies and demon bodies are different. Moreover, Princess Qi was born weak. In this harsh winter, you need to rest well. Otherwise, it will leave a chronic illness, and you will be the one suffering.”

“You’re very strange, Ah Yun,” Lianyi lifted her chin in Liu Fenyun’s arms. “You’re like a noble who has never touched water, but also like a nanny who worries about everything.”

Liu Fenyun: ???

What kind of weird comparison is that?

“Your Highness, do you mean… I worry too much?” she asked cautiously.

Lianyi shook her head and smiled: “I actually like being cared for this way.”

In her memory, only Princess Sha Lan-yi had treated her kindly before, but back then she hadn’t revealed her demon identity, only following Sha Lan-yi as a cat, acting as her pet.

Yet even then, she was still just a pet.

The Zhuohuang Kingdom despised demons. Lian-yi  knew that if she revealed her demon form in front of Sha Lan-yi, she would be hated, or even killed.

Before meeting Liu Fenyun, no one had cared for her so openly, regardless of their status.

However… she still maintained a degree of caution toward Liu Fenyun.

Humans are complicated. Ah Yun might just be flattering her to survive, or to protect the Liuzhi Kingdom, pretending for her sake.

After all, the inhabitants of Liuzhi Kingdom also hated demons.

Liu Fenyun had no idea Lianyi thought this way. Seeing her smile silently, without changes in favorability or corruption points, she continued to massage the fever reducing acupoints to make her more comfortable.

Hot bath water was soon delivered. Once the palace maids left, Liu Fenyun added a small medicine pack into the water and said: “Tonight, this is all I can do for the medicinal bath.”

After all, the Priest Hall wasn’t her home territory. Even if the room was decorated luxuriously and the palace maids were attentive, Liu Fenyun still didn’t feel safe.

Lianyi stepped into the warm water, her snow-white skin gradually submerged in the shallow brown medicinal liquid.

“Will you accompany me in the bath tonight?” she asked, smiling at Liu Fenyun.

Liu Fenyun shook her head with a smile: “No.”

“But I want you to,” Lianyi said, tracing the water with her finger, beaming.

“Then as you wish,” Liu Fenyun didn’t refuse. Before Lianyi could react, Liu Fenyun had removed her clothes.

Letting her hair loose, she entered the pool and, as before, washed her body carefully.

Lianyi frowned, deliberately trying to push her away.

Too obedient. Too obedient, almost like a servant in her household rather than a princess.

“I don’t like being served by you,” Lianyi said coldly, seeing Liu Fenyun’s stunned expression. “Even if you’re of royal blood, you can be humble in front of others, but you must not serve anyone like this, not even me.”

Liu Fenyun: ???

She didn’t understand the sudden change of mood. Lianyi had just said she liked being cared for, and now she felt she was being “served”?

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