However, she did not understand why he would let her ride together with Qi Feng when he was so concerned about her. Or rather, why he had brought Xia Tao Hua along to suffer when he had gone out to chase after her.
She could not understand, but she heard Yan Yuan ordering her to carry Xia Tao Hua up, "Quick, take her to town."
After he finished speaking, he got on the horse, and just as Liu Ruo Qing was wondering why he had given her wife to Qi Feng, he felt that her arm had tightened, and had brought him in front of him.
She was surprised for a moment, but before he could say anything, she heard a "Jia" sound, and followed the horse below her, charging forward.
She didn't have time to react and directly fell back into Yan Yuan's embrace.
His back was pressed against her chest and he could feel her rapid heartbeat. It must be because she was nervous towards Xia Tao Hua.
She was finding it harder and harder to understand what Yan Yuan meant.
Only after they had traveled all the way to the next town did Liu Ruo Qing finally regain his senses. At this time, Yan Yuan had already jumped down from his horse, and even picked her up from her horse at the same time.
Liu Ruo Qing, "..."
Isn't she too weak to dismount?
However, Yan Yuan didn't even give her a chance to prove it. After he dismounted, he rushed to the side of Xia Tao Hua who was in Qi Feng's embrace and growled, "Xia Tao Hua, you can't die.
He remembered that Xia Tao Hua had told him that she didn't have much time left.
He did not care about Xia Tao Hua's life and death, but, if she died, what about Qing Er?
Her only hope for Qing Er, she was her only hope.
Thinking about it, Yan Yuan started to panic, and almost lost control of himself. He grabbed Xia Tao Hua's clothes, wanting to wake her up.
"Xia Tao Hua! Wake up! "
Qi Feng looked at Yan Yuan's loss of control and the pale Xia Tao Hua in his arms. He frowned, but he could not bear it anymore.
"Your Highness, let the doctor have a look at the princess first."
"Yes, Your Royal Highness, you will scare the princess."
Liu Ruo Qing could not resist walking over to his side and consoling him in a low voice.
Her gaze remained calm and collected as she sized up Yan Yuan's expression. It had been a long time since she last saw Yan Yuan like this, and the panic in her eyes couldn't be disguised.
Liu Ruo Qing's heart was a little tight, and had a little taste of food. But very quickly, she retracted the taste.
In the days to come, Xia Tao Hua would always be with him, so she should be happy.
Only, she couldn't understand why an outsider like Qi Feng kept touching her despite clearly being so nervous about the Peach Blossom Princess. She just couldn't understand one thing.
Liu Ruo Qing's voice caused him to lose control of her emotions and come back to her senses.
His gaze slowly turned towards her. His eyes revealed a deep sense of remorse and helplessness, as if many things had fallen into his hands.
Qing Er...
He looked at her with slightly reddened eyes. Not caring about the other people beside her, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled Liu Ruo Qing into her embrace, then tightened his arms.
Liu Ruo Qing was startled, she did not understand why Yan Yuan made such a move, wasn't he worried about Xia Tao Hua?
This is... Ask for comfort?
Liu Ruo Qing was puzzled, but she could clearly feel the helplessness that Yan Yuan had silently revealed. Her body was held even tighter.
She thought, at that moment, Yan Yuan should be blaming himself, if he did not bring Xia Tao Hua out of the city, this would not have happened to Xia Tao Hua.
After thinking about it, she reached out her hand, gently patted Yan Yuan's back, and comforted him in a low voice: "Rest assured Your Highness, the princess knows that you are worried about her, and that nothing will happen to her."
Yan Yuan hugged her body and stiffened for a moment. Why did he hear another meaning in her arms?
Frowning slightly, he let go of her body and lowered his head to look at her. He saw that she was looking at him with a face full of worry.
It seemed that she really intended to completely let go of him.
Yan Yuan laughed bitterly in his heart. Facing her blank gaze, he didn't say anything.
All along, she didn't want to become his burden because of her, so she wasn't willing to tell him that she was Qing Er. Before she was cured, he pretended not to know.
However, he couldn't do anything about the two people who were clearly close to him, and now, even his nervousness towards Xia Tao Hua had caused her to misunderstand it as a different meaning.
Seeing him not saying anything, Liu Ruo Qing thought that he was depressed due to Xia Tao Hua's situation. She wanted to open her mouth to console him, but she felt that these comforting words were too pale for a person who was immersed in worry and fear.
After thinking about it, she did not speak anymore, but stood quietly beside Yan Yuan, accompanying him.
At this time, the doctor had already been invited, and was brought to Xia Tao Hua's bedside. Seeing Xia Tao Hua's expression, he frowned.
He walked up to her and took her pulse. His brows furrowed even more tightly.
"This young lady's pulse is very chaotic. Poison has been accumulating in her heart all year round. Judging from the degree of the poison's accumulation, it should have been accumulated during the birth of the mother."
At this point, the doctor stroked his beard. After a moment of thought, he said, "This poison is very tricky. It must be very vicious to poison a little girl."
The doctor's words, at the same time, made Liu Ruo Qing, who was at the side, feel sympathy for Xia Tao Hua, and at the same time, was also unavoidably shocked.
Who would have thought that Xia Tao Hua, a dignified princess of a Lantau Kingdom, would encounter such a situation?
On the Long Island, there was actually someone who poisoned a princess of Xia Tao Hua?
Looking at Yan Yuan's expression, Yan Yuan saw that his face was covered densely in dark clouds, as though he was suppressing some kind of anger. Following that, he asked the doctor: "Based on her current condition, how long can she last?"
The doctor gazed at her thoughtfully for a moment before shaking his head. "I can't say. A month at the fastest, or at the slowest for a few years. It all depends on how this girl recuperates every day."
To Yan Yuan, the doctor's answer was equivalent to nothing.
At most, it would be a few months, at the slowest, it would be a few years. In other words, it was very likely that Xia Tao Hua would die at any time.
After experiencing disappointment after disappointment, he finally came across Xia Tao Hua's hope. How could he allow her to die before healing Qing Er.
Liu Ruo Qing looked at Yan Yuan's gloomy face. No one knew what he was thinking at the moment.
After the doctor checked Xia Tao Hua's pulse, he prescribed some medicine to recuperate his body and then left.
In the room, other than the unconscious Xia Tao Hua, there were only Yan Yuan, Liu Ruo Qing and Qi Feng.
Qi Feng looked at Yan Yuan, then looked at the pale face on the bed, and thought about the doctor's words. He frowned, and felt pity for the beautiful Peach Blossom Princess.