Chapter 238: Won’t Let Him Off
All the actions were done in one smooth motion. Jiang Ruanxi only realized she had been stabbed when she felt the pain.
Cold sweat broke out from the pain.
“Go die.” Qi Wu said with a ferocious expression.
Yushui, coming back to her senses, kicked Qi Wu in the stomach. He staggered and fell to the ground.
Seeing the pale-faced Jiang Ruanxi, she laughed proudly.
“Crown Princess, are you alright? This servant will immediately send someone to call the imperial physician. You have to hold on.” Yushui’s voice trembled as she spoke.
One hand pressed on Jiang Ruanxi’s stomach to slow the blood flow.
While shouting toward the door, “Come quickly! The Crown Princess is injured. Hurry and call the imperial physician.”
Soon the servants all came in. Seeing Jiang Ruanxi continuously bleeding, they were all frightened and stood there.
“Why haven’t you gone yet.” Yushui cried out and roared at them.
The crowd finally reacted.
Some went forward to grab Qi Wu, while others went to call the imperial physician.
The scene was messy.
Jiang Ruanxi felt pain all over her body, especially at her stomach. Everything she saw seemed to have phantoms, and she soon fainted in Yushui’s arms.
The servants, in a panic, hurriedly put her on the
Qi Wu kept shouting from his mouth, “Haha, I finally got revenge for you, got revenge for you.”
Soon, Wei Chang, who had heard the report, also arrived.
He quickly walked in but at the doorway, no matter what, he didn’t dare to go in.
The hand at his side was tightly clenched. After closing his eyes for a few seconds, he walked in.
When he saw Jiang Ruanxi lying on the bed with her eyes tightly closed and her face deathly pale, his heart felt as if it had frozen over.
His footsteps while walking were even a bit trembling.
He stepped forward and grabbed her piercingly cold hand.
His large hand rubbed hers, wanting to warm her hand up.
“Xi’er, you will definitely be fine. I certainly won’t let anything happen to you.” Wei Chang muttered to himself.
Thinking of something, she shouted toward the door, “Where is the Imperial Physician? Why hasn’t the Imperial Physician arrived yet?”
There was only Yushui alone in the room.
She stepped forward hesitantly and said softly, “The Imperial Physician has not arrived yet.”
Wei Chang lifted his head full of icy coldness. “I had you stay by her side to protect her, yet you let her get hurt again and again.”
Yushui also felt very guilty and did not quibble. She directly knelt down and said, “I’m sorry, Master. It is my incompetence. Your subordinate is willing to accept punishment.”
“Go to Wan Gu Ling for a walk.”
Yushui’s body immediately began trembling, and her face also turned pale.
Wan Gu Ling is a place specifically used to punish traitors, with all kinds of punishments inside. Very few people can survive and come back from Wan Gu Ling.
But knowing she had done something wrong, Yushui did not beg for mercy either and directly said, “Yes.”
Not long after Yushui left, the Imperial Physician arrived.
After taking the pulse, the imperial physician’s expression grew increasingly grim, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.
Wei Chang’s heart seemed to skip a beat.
“Imperial Physician, how is she?” Wei Chang asked impatiently.
The imperial physician put down his hand from taking the pulse and said on the side, “No vital areas were injured. It’s just that the Crown Princess is pregnant, but many medicines cannot be used indiscriminately, so when in pain, she may need to endure it.”
These words were like a bolt of thunder, exploding in Wei Chang’s mind.
“You, what did you say?” Wei Chang asked, dumbfounded.
The Imperial Physician repeated what he had just said.
“Can we not have this child?”
“What?”
The imperial physician was momentarily at a loss.
“Can’t we not have this child? She is injured so severely; without medicine, it will be very hard for her to pull through.”
The imperial physician looked up at Wei Chang suspiciously.
For a moment, she couldn’t quite understand Wei Chang.
During this time, there has been a lot of uproar outside. Wei Chang and the Crown Princess have been quarreling fiercely, and the two have now reached the point of being sick of the sight of each other.
But now it doesn’t seem like it!
This was the Crown Prince after all. After pondering for a moment, the Imperial Physician said indifferently, “The Crown Princess appears to have flowed quite a lot of blood, but it’s only a surface wound. She will just be in pain for three to five days. If she rests well, she will recover quickly. If the Crown Prince is truly determined not to keep this child, this official can prescribe some medicine right away, and it will flow out immediately.”
“No.”
Wei Chang had not yet spoken when Jiang Ruanxi, who had woken up at some unknown time, suddenly spoke.
“You’re awake.”
Wei Chang strode forward.
Thinking of how she had heard upon waking that Wei Chang wanted to abort the child between them, Jiang Ruanxi flung off his hand, but as soon as she moved, it tugged at her wound, causing her to break out in cold sweat from the pain.
Seeing this, Wei Chang gripped her hand tightly, not letting her move around.
“Xi’er, don’t move around, be careful of harm.”
The earlier movement had used up a lot of her energy, so Jiang Ruanxi let him hold her hand, merely warning, “Don’t touch my child, otherwise, I will never forgive you in this lifetime.”
Jiang Ruanxi had a resolute expression.
He was also reluctant to part with the child between them, but he was unwilling to let her endure so much pain alone.
“Xi’er, don’t make trouble, let’s not have this child for now, we’ll have more later.”
“You dare.” Jiang Ruanxi said sternly.
Wei Chang knew her temperament and patiently explained to her, “Your abdominal wound. If this child remains, you can’t use medicine, and you’ll have to endure the pain raw for many days.”
Knowing that Wei Chang was distressed for her, a warm current flowed through her heart.
But thinking of aborting the child in her belly, Jiang Ruanxi still refused to agree.
“I can endure it.”
“No, your body is most important.” Wei Chang refused without thinking.
Jiang Ruanxi knew he responded to gentleness but not force, so she held his hand and slightly tilted her head up to look at him, “I want to keep it, this is our first child. I can endure it, it’s just a few days. Promise me, okay?”
She gently shook his hand, but the movement tugged at the wound, her brows slightly furrowed, beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
“Don’t move.” Seeing her weak appearance and wanting the child, Wei Chang felt a bit conflicted.
“Promise me and I won’t move.”
Seeing more and more sweat on her forehead, Wei Chang could only agree.
“Alright. But if you really can’t endure it, I will definitely remove the child immediately.”
“It won’t happen.”
Knowing he was worried about her body, Jiang Ruanxi stopped her hand and smiled sweetly.
Knowing he couldn’t prevail over her, Wei Chang turned to the Imperial Physician, “Is there any painkilling medicine that has no effect on the fetus.”
The Imperial Physician had seen their interaction just now and composed his expression before saying, “There is, but it can’t be used in too large a dose, it may have some effect, but not much.”
“Please prescribe it for me, Imperial Physician.” Jiang Ruanxi spoke first.
The Imperial Physician nodded.
He wrote the prescription on paper and handed it to Wei Chang after finishing.
As Wei Chang took it, he said, “Imperial Physician, This Palace hopes that no one knows about the matter in this bedchamber. Understood.”
The Imperial Physician knew this was both a warning and a threat, and quickly pledged his loyalty, “Crown Prince, rest assured, this humble subject saw nothing and heard nothing.”
“You may go and receive your reward.” Wei Chang nodded.
After the Imperial Physician left, Wei Chang came to the bedside and held Jiang Ruanxi’s hand.
“Does it feel better now?”
“Mm. I didn’t expect Qi Wu to suddenly rush out and attack me.”
“Rest assured, if he dares to harm you, I certainly won’t let him off easily.” Wei Chang said, his face full of frost.
