Gu Ruobai merely grunted, "I know. Go and attend to your business."
Days passed by one after another. Su Mingyu had been waiting in the floating mansion for a long time, but there was no news from Gu Ruobai. She asked Tang Yan, who seemed a bit impatient. "I don't know!"
Having been brushed off by Tang Yan, Su Mingyu naturally didn't ask again.
On this day, with nothing to do, she sat by the window, looking at the scenery outside. Judging from Tang Yan's attitude, he wouldn't let her go until the matter was resolved.
Su Mingyu pursed her lips. She couldn't remain so passive. Otherwise, she might not see Gu Ruobai even after the baby was born.
Thinking this way, Su Mingyu suddenly clutched her belly and cried out, "Ah! My belly hurts so much! It hurts so much!"
Her scream startled everyone in the floating mansion. A maid rushed in nervously. "Miss! Are you okay?"
Su Mingyu's face looked rather pale, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead. "Do I look okay to you?"
"This... What should we do?" The maid was so flustered that she lost her wits, her small face turning deathly pale.
Su Mingyu gasped and reminded her, "Call a doctor! Didn't your master say that a doctor should always be on standby in the mansion because of my condition?"
Roared at by Su Mingyu, the maid slapped her forehead hard. "Yes, yes, yes! Call a doctor! We must call a doctor!"
Saying that, the maid rushed out nervously. About half a quarter of an hour later, she finally rushed in with a doctor.
Su Mingyu had been pretending to have a terrible stomachache in bed, but when she saw the doctor, she almost jumped out of bed in surprise.
Of course, in the end, Su Mingyu managed to compose herself. She looked at the doctor with a pained expression and pleaded, "You must save my baby!"
The doctor nodded, came to Su Mingyu's side, and without saying a word, began to feel her pulse. "Your pulse indicates that you've been quite anxious lately."
Su Mingyu nodded. "Yes. There have been so many things lately, and I'm really troubled. To be honest with you, doctor, my husband is out fighting in the war. I don't know how he is now. If anything happens to my husband, leaving just me and our child, how are we going to survive?"
As she spoke, Su Mingyu's eyes turned red, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
The doctor quickly comforted her, "Don't be anxious, madam. Your husband may just be a bit confused. He'll be fine. It's most important for you to take good care of your baby."
Hearing this fake 'doctor' - actually Qi Yue - say this, Su Mingyu secretly let out a sigh of relief.
It was good that Gu Ruobai was okay outside.
"You, go and fetch some hot water for me," Qi Yue whispered to the maid behind her. "Make it hot. The madam is overly worried. I'm going to give her acupuncture."
Then Qi Yue pointed at the other maids. "All of you go. Fetch more hot water. After the acupuncture, we'll need to give the madam a hot fumigation."
Since Tang Yan had previously ordered that nothing should happen to Su Mingyu, everyone was very obedient. As soon as they heard the doctor's instructions, they quickly went to prepare.
When everyone had left, Su Mingyu let out a long breath. She looked up at Qi Yue. "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you've become a doctor? I didn't know you had this skill. You even want to give me acupuncture?"
Qi Yue awkwardly scratched his nose. "There was no other way. The prince told us to guard the entrance of this floating mansion and wait for an opportunity to contact you. I've been waiting for half a month, and finally, I got this chance when the doctor came in."
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows. "Alright, I'm not blaming you. I know you've done your best."
"By the way," Qi Yue grinned. Suddenly remembering his purpose, he quickly took out a key from his bosom and handed it to Su Mingyu. "Master, this is what the prince told me to give you. He said it must be given to you in person. What is this exactly? It looks like a key to me, but I've never seen a key with such a strange shape."
Su Mingyu took the key and examined it. Then she asked, "Did Gu Ruobai just give you the key and say nothing else?"
Qi Yue nodded. "He said that once I gave it to you, you'd understand."
Su Mingyu rolled her eyes mentally. She didn't expect Gu Ruobai to have so much confidence in her. She lowered her eyes and thought for a moment. "I see."
"So... fast?" Qi Yue felt that his brain was really different from Su Mingyu's.
"Look at this," Su Mingyu said, shaking her foot. Immediately, a clear sound of green iron colliding echoed in the room.
Qi Yue looked in the direction of the sound. Suddenly, his eyes widened in disbelief. "Master! That brute Tang Yan actually imprisoned you like this! I'm going to fight him!"
Su Mingyu quickly grabbed the impulsive Qi Yue. "Don't be so tense. It's just a chain."
Then Su Mingyu waved the key in her hand. "Didn't your prince send me the key?"
Hearing this, Qi Yue sat back on the stool. "So this is what the key is for. No wonder the prince made such a mystery out of it."
Qi Yue sighed. "Master, you don't know. These days, the prince has been so busy that he's lost several pounds. Whenever I go to see him, he always looks so dejected. It really makes one feel sorry for him."
Su Mingyu lowered her head and listened to Qi Yue's words. A bitter feeling welled up in her heart.
She knew better than anyone how strong - willed Gu Ruobai was. After such a thing happened, Gu Ruobai must have been searching day and night to take her out as soon as possible.
"I'll give you something. Take it back to him," Su Mingyu said, taking out a handkerchief from her bosom. "Go back and tell him that I'm doing fine here and that he doesn't need to worry. Also, regarding the matter of Xu Fangyi, I think there's something fishy about it. Tell him not to blindly believe what Tang Yan says."
Su Mingyu stuffed the handkerchief into Qi Yue's bosom. "Tang Yan is just eager for revenge. He doesn't really care whether there's a spy or not. So the information he provides may not be very accurate. You must tell Gu Ruobai to learn to distinguish."
"I know," Qi Yue nodded, carefully putting the handkerchief in his bosom. Then he took out a set of silver needles. "Come on, let's start."
"Start... what?" Su Mingyu was so scared that she kept backing away when she saw Qi Yue's actions.
Qi Yue looked at her matter - of - factly. "I just told those maids that I'm going to give you acupuncture treatment. If they come in later and see that there are no signs of acupuncture on you, won't this whole thing be exposed?"