Xi Zirui wakes with a start, incredulous that he managed to fall asleep at all.
Han Yu is still unconscious by his side not showing any signs of stirring, but Xi Zirui thinks his skin looks less sallow, a little color having returned to his cheeks during the night.
He's snuggling into his side, still weary and restless regardless of how long he managed to sleep when a loud knock sounds outside the door to his suit of rooms.
It's in moments like these that he regrets having dismissed all the servants, he's in absolutely no frame of mind to handle some bullshit court politicking nonsense.
He puts on his robes haphazardly, doing only the bare minimum to look respectable before opening the door.
Xi Zirui doesn't know who he expected to find on the other side, but he is taken aback to see Cao Fei and Jin Ranyu, plus a group of their fellow guards behind them.
