dognovel Chapter 169 Pay for my son's life!
Chapter 169 Pay for my son's life!
"Your Excellency, it's absolutely true! The doctor and midwife have both gone to Furong Courtyard. The Crown Princess has indeed miscarried!" Min Qiang nodded heavily.
Min Wenqian was so excited he almost jumped off the bed. "Why did no one know the Crown Princess was pregnant? She came to Jeju while she was pregnant, what is she up to?"
At this moment, he was not sympathetic to the Crown Princess's miscarriage, but rather angry that the Crown Princess's motives were impure!
Ordinary people wouldn't run around while pregnant, but Zhu Huaning is the Crown Princess, a woman of noble status, and the child she's carrying is even more precious. Yet she ran to the Duke's mansion, hundreds of miles from the capital, and even miscarried there. Isn't this blatantly harming the Duke's mansion?
"Lord Duke..." Seeing him swaying and about to roll his eyes at any moment, Min Qiang was so frightened that he hurriedly called for someone, "Someone, go and call Prince Cheng!"
As soon as he finished shouting, Yu Chi Ling walked in.
Min Qiang's eyes immediately reddened, and he pleaded anxiously, "Your Highness, please come and see, my Duke..."
Yu Chi Ling sat down on the edge of the bed, pulled Min Wenqian's emaciated body into his arms, fed him a pill, and gestured to Min Qiang, "Bring water!"
"Hey, hey..." Min Qiang ran to the table and quickly poured a glass of water.
After drinking half a glass of water, Min Wenqian's breathing finally recovered somewhat.
Yu Chi Ling whispered in his ear, "Lord Duke, whatever you hear, just ignore it."
Min Wenqian gripped his wrist, his heart aching, and said, "The Crown Princess... she's carrying the eldest grandson of the royal family... and now that something has happened at our Duke's residence... I... I can't escape the blame!"
“She brought this upon herself.” Yu Chi Ling patted his chest to help him catch his breath, while speaking to him coldly, “She used talismans to try to make the princess childless, and I was just returning the talismans to her.”
"What? She wants to make the princess childless?" Min Wenqian's eyes widened in surprise.
Not wanting them to be kept in the dark and anxious, Yu Chi Ling told them about Luo Lixian giving him the Night Comfort Sachet yesterday, and then explained why the two sachets had changed from poisonous to non-poisonous today.
"Those two sachets today were just something the Princess Consort did to disgust the Crown Princess and the Consort; they weren't actually poisonous. The poison that the doctor found was the Crown Princess's doing, her purpose being to frame the Princess Consort."
"The princess had anticipated this, so when Huaxin was inspecting the sachets, she replaced the poisoned sachet with two identical sachets that she had prepared beforehand, leaving them speechless."
Min Qiang had witnessed everything that happened today. He had initially found it strange, but now he suddenly understood.
However, he was puzzled, "Your Highness, why would the Princess Consort do this?"
Yu Chi Ling said with a stern face, "With the Crown Prince and Crown Princess by our side, it's impossible for the Princess and I to directly target them. They are known for their tendency to slander and frame others. The Princess is doing this not only to disgust them but also to leave them with more criminal records. If something like this happens again, even if they do it flawlessly, their past will make it harder for people to believe them."
Min Wenqian looked at him with heartache, "Ling'er, just how much suffering have they made you endure?"
Yu Chi Ling leaned a pillow against his back, pulled the blankets up around him, then stood up, hands behind his back, and said, "I chose to suffer this hardship myself, but Consort Lan and the Crown Prince are not satisfied. What they want is my life, to make sure I am no longer in this world. This time, the Crown Prince came to Jizhou, seemingly targeting me and the Princess, but most likely he came to take the Duke's life."
"They...they've already stolen your life, why are they still trying to kill me?" Min Wenqian was horrified. He thought the Crown Prince and Crown Princess had come to prevent him from recognizing Prince Cheng...
Yu Chi Ling stared intently at him, his gaze deep and unwavering. Instead of answering, he asked, "Does the Duke believe what I'm saying?"
“Of course!” Min Wenqian replied without the slightest hesitation.
"For the sake of the Duke's safety, I need the Duke's cooperation to leave Jeju Island ahead of schedule."
"..."
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Yulin Academy.
Gu Simo knew there would be a show to watch tonight, so she went to sleep fully clothed. Ye Shijun got into bed and undressed her without saying a word.
"What are you doing? We might have to go out in a bit!" Gu Simo blushed and wanted to hit him.
"What's so interesting about that kind of excitement?" Ye Shijun pressed her down, grumbling in dissatisfaction. "Isn't sleeping better than watching a show?"
"Um!"
Gu Simo's lips were sealed by him, and she could only symbolically pat his shoulder and arm.
In the past, Ye Shijun would have been the first to rush to any lively place. But things are different now. He has a wife, and they've consummated their marriage. With his wife's soft, warm body in his arms, what could be better than cuddling and kissing her tenderly?
Second sister-in-law! Are you asleep?
Hearing the noise outside the door, Gu Simo quickly grabbed Ye Shijun's hand.
Ye Shijun rolled off her speechlessly, and with a sour face, called out towards the door, "Coming!"
He said "I'm here," but he showed no intention of opening the door.
Gu Simo glanced at his underpants and immediately understood. So, blushing, she jumped off the bed, pushed him back into the bed, pulled down the bed curtains, and went to open the door.
"Little sister."
"Second sister-in-law, is second brother in his room?" Ye Shishu asked casually.
"He...he said he was tired and wanted to rest." Gu Simo was too embarrassed to look at her.
"He hasn't done anything all day, how can he be tired?" Ye Shishu couldn't help but look into the room and call out, "Second Brother, I heard that Furong Courtyard has hired a midwife, are you sure you don't want to go and see the excitement?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Shijun peeked out from behind the bed curtains and asked in surprise, "Why do you need a midwife?"
Ye Shishu said, "The Prince said that the Crown Princess is very likely pregnant!"
"What? The Crown Princess is pregnant?" Ye Shijun's curiosity was immediately piqued upon hearing this. However, after glancing down, his ears burned, and he called out to the door, "You all wait outside, I'll be right there after I change!"
Gu Simo wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.
I told him not to do anything reckless, but he wouldn't listen!
Yu Chi Ling returned from the main courtyard, and Ye Shi Jun also happened to run out of his room.
The four of them then went to the Hibiscus Courtyard.
Upon seeing them, Yu Chi Rui drew his sword, his eyes filled with murderous intent as he pointed it at Yu Chi Ling, and roared, "You killed my child, you will pay with your lives!"
Instead of dodging, Yu Chi Ling leaped forward and kicked him in the wrist!
Yu Chi Rui felt a sharp pain, and the sword in his hand flew out.
Yu Chi Ling landed in front of him and unleashed another palm strike.
Yu Chi Rui's feet left the ground, and he landed upside down.
Extremely embarrassed!
"You...you dare to lay a hand on me?" He clutched his chest, glaring menacingly at Yu Chi Ling, wishing he could grow fangs and bite Yu Chi Ling to death.
Yu Chi Ling walked over, stood in front of him, looked down at him, and curled his thin lips into a mocking smile, "You dare to draw your sword against me, and I can't even fight back?"
Yu Chi Rui roared, "Yu Chi Ling, my child is gone! You wait, I will report this to the Emperor and make you pay for my child's life!"
Yu Chi Ling chuckled, "Knowing you were carrying the imperial heir, you still traveled hundreds of miles to Jizhou? Wasn't the child in your sister-in-law's womb caused by your own actions? You want me to pay with my life? What did I do to deserve paying with my life for your child?"