Chapter 254: The Way He Looks when He’s Fierce

Chapter 254

Shen Ruxu's throat suddenly seemed to be blocked, and she was so scared that she couldn't breathe. After thinking carefully for a while, she stammered, "I...I went out to gather herbs that day, got lost and wandered into the dilapidated temple...I did meet Miss Gu once, but I didn't know she was the prince's wife at that time, nor did I notice she was pregnant..."

Sitting in the tiger skin armchair, Zhao Changdu knitted his eyebrows coolly and glanced down at her, "Didn't notice?"

Shen Ruxu didn't dare to look at the man in the eye, lowered her head and said, "The lady was still early in her pregnancy at that time, and I was also frightened...so I simply couldn't calm down enough to take her pulse...so I probably misdiagnosed her pulse. I ask the prince to be understanding..."

Zhao Changdu gave a cold snort. His thin lips clicked at these words, "Oh, to be understanding?"

When he first fell off the cliff and was chased by several assassins, Shen Ruxu was still able to calm down and treat his injuries while escaping.

And now, she actually said that she was frightened and couldn't accurately determine a pregnant woman's pulse?

This woman is ruthless, to say the least.

Shen Ruxu's fingers trembled slightly, "Ruxu is innocent, I swear."

"What a innocent soul you claim to be." Zhao Changdu stood up and walked over to stand in front of her, lowering his eyes to look at her panicked eyes, "You are Yu Gu's disciple. I, the prince, looked upon you highly, but that is not the capital for you to be arrogantly unruly."

Under the man's wolf-like staring, Shen Ruxu's pretense of calmness almost collapsed.

"I didn't..."

Zhao Changdu lowered his eyelids, extremely indifferent, and said coldly next to her ear, "Ying is more important to me than my own life. The child in her belly is also my offspring. If you dare to harm her or the child in the slightest, I, the prince, will make you understand the taste of a fate worse than death."

Shen Ruxu's face changed slightly and turned ghastly pale in an instant, "Prince, I—"

Zhao Changdu had already run out of patience with her. "Huai An."

Huai An walked in silently, "Yes, sir."

Zhao Changdu's expression returned to being cold and aloof. His handsome yet merciless face was completely without ripples, "Take her away, twenty military rod beatings. This time I'm giving you a chance due to the fact that you once saved my life. I won't have you killed immediately, but if there is a next time, twenty rod beatings won't be enough to settle things."

Huai An said, "Yes, sir."

Upon hearing these words, Shen Ruxu collapsed, falling heavily to the ground.

Twenty rod beatings...

It would take her life!

In her previous life she had spent endless effort trying to have a child, and later resigned herself when it seemed impossible, barely eking out an existence in the dilapidated temple for ten years.

By now her heart was hardened long ago. Anyone who wronged her, she would directly retaliate.

This child was something she had missed out on once, only to regain it.

Even if she directly killed Shen Ruxu, so what?

Yin Lan went on to vividly describe the scene when the prince punished Shen Ruxu. "Mistress, you wouldn't know, this servant girl is usually scared of the prince, but I didn't expect that when the prince truly got angry he could frighten people into pissing themselves without even moving a muscle. This servant girl was only watching from the side, but just the prince's expressionless, cold and abstinent face frightened all of us onlookers to trembling anxieties. Let alone Shen Ruxu who was kneeling in front of the prince. Her face was as white as paper, she nearly fainted on the spot."

"Not to mention this servant girl still has lingering fears..."

Gu Ying had seen the prince's angry countenance before. Hearing Yin Lan's description, her heart also tightened up.

"Awake?"

The two women were speaking when someone from outside suddenly lifted the curtain and walked in, emanating coldness and nobility.

Yin Lan's whole body stiffened as she hurriedly got up and gave up her seat by the bedside.

With just a look from Zhao Changdu, he seemed to freeze the atmosphere in the entire tent. Those dozen or so doctors didn't even dare to move a muscle.

Gu Ying leaned against the pillows, watching as the man's tall figure approached her, unable to help swallowing nervously.

He really was quite frightening when angry...

Zhao Changdu walked over to Gu Ying and sat down beside her, wrapping her small hand tightly in his big palm. The frosty look in his eyes held a trace of tenderness. "Feeling better?"

Gu Ying smiled gently, "Much better."

What Zhao Changdu liked best was seeing the young lady's smile. Not caring about whether there were outsiders present, he brought his handsome face close, his dark eyes gazing deeply into her charming visage. Then he kissed the corner of her mouth.

Her soft cherry lips were simply intoxicating.

He greedily sucked on her petal-like lips, sampling their sweetness before finally releasing her. His thumb lingered on her cheek, seemingly caressing her. "Ying looks much better now."

Her arched brows were like distant mountains, cherry red lips like swelling rouge, bright crimson eyes like peeled eggshells.

Every part of her attracted him.

Gu Ying didn't have his audacity. Her earlobes instantly burned. "Ah Du, there are still people here."