Chapter 37: Out of It

Chapter 37

Xu Yi watched Yuan Qingling stomp away in anger, and wondered to himself, "I wonder what she did to anger Prince Yuwen this time that caused her to get beaten again."

However, Tang Yang hurried inside. Seeing the bleeding on Yuwen Hao's brow and the palm print on his pale face, he said in a low voice, "Xu Yi, hurry and get some medicinal powder."

Upon seeing this, Xu Yi angrily said, "She dared to hit the Prince?"

"Hurry up and get the medicine powder!" Tang Yang pushed him.

Yuwen Hao calmly said, "No need."

But Tang Yang insisted it was necessary. However, when Xu Yi brought the medicinal powder over, Yuwen Hao said, "No need to apply medicine, she had already treated it earlier."

Xu Yi was very puzzled, and couldn't help but complain, "Your Highness, she dared to hit you, yet you still use her medicine? She is becoming more and more arrogant."

Yuwen Hao ignored him, and only said to Tang Yang, "Go give her some medicine. The Purple Gold Decoction seems to have taken effect. I heard her shout about seeing ghosts just now."

"She's having hallucinations?" Tang Yang immediately understood. "The Consort has misunderstood Your Highness."

Yuwen Hao coldly said, "What misunderstanding? If not to shock her awake, when I recover, I will have to severely beat her again."

Xu Yi nodded in agreement by the side, " rightly so, rightly so. Looking forward to it, Your Highness."

Tang Yang shot him an annoyed look, "You stay here and watch over the Prince, I'll go and return shortly."

"Yes!" Xu Yi replied.

Still fuming, Yuan Qingling returned to Feng Yi Palace.

Seeing her return, the maid Lü Ye was surprised and said, "Consort, weren't you with the Prince?" Nêww chapters will be fully updated at novelhall.com

Yuan Qingling nodded. Yuwen Hao was injured, the whole manor knew, but how severely was not made public. They didn't even dare to inform Yuwen Hao's mother, the Virtuous Concubine.

The Emperor had decreed that no information was to be passed to the rear palace. But somehow, the retired Emperor found out.

"Consort, you..." Seeing her poor complexion, Lü Ye recalled her violent temper, and her body shuddered involuntarily. "Let this slave go pour you a cup of water."

"Thank you!" Yuan Qingling said.

Lü Ye was stunned for a moment, hesitant as she walked out. A thank you?

Just after Lü Ye left, Tang Yang arrived.

Seeing him come in, Yuan Qingling coldly said, "What is it? Did he send you to convey his anger? No need!"

Tang Yang shook his head slightly. He took out a white porcelain bottle with lotus patterns from his sleeve, "These medicines were sent by the Prince for the Consort."

"Medicine?" Yuan Qingling looked at the exquisitely crafted little bottle. Opening it, she poured out a single red pellet. It was a tiny pill.

She didn't want to reconcile. They needed a wall between them to feel safe.

So she should sternly say, apologies are useless.

But her words came out weak and compromising, disappointing herself.

Yuwen Hao's eyes gradually lit up with laughter.

Yuan Qingling glared at him resentfully. He actually had a roguish expression, "This Prince admits wrong."

Yuan Qingling firmly pressed on the wound, immediately causing him to bare his teeth in pain, fury on his face.

"My skills are lacking, not intentional." Yuan Qingling said.

Xu Yi really couldn't stand watching anymore, "Consort, go easy on your hand!"

"You do it then!" Yuan Qingling glanced at him, immediately moving aside.

Xu Yi looked at it and shrank his neck back, "This... Consort, you should continue."

He didn't know how to handle that wound, shaped like a centipede. His hands were rough, he would apply more force.

Yuwen Hao looked at Xu Yi and Tang Yang, "Alright, you two leave. The Consort can keep vigil tonight."

"Yes!" Since the Prince had spoken, Tang Yang and Xu Yi withdrew.

Yuan Qingling also wiped his face for him, then knelt on the soft cushion by the bed. "They are quite protective of you."

"This Prince provides them their wages."

Yuan Qingling nodded. Indeed, hired help looks after their boss.

While she as the boss's wife, was a freeloader, so the staff naturally wouldn't care for her.

"In three days, everyone will know you cured the retired Emperor. Be careful." Yuwen Hao said.

Yuan Qingling rested her chin on the bedside, "It's Prince Ji, isn't it?"

Yuwen Hao's expression changed, "Who told you?"

"Guessed!" Yuan Qingling recalled Prince Ji's somewhat strange gaze at her when he entered the Golden Ridge Palace. Also, he seemed relaxed and high-spirited. So she felt Prince Ji was very suspicious.

Yuwen Hao coldly said, "Don't pretend to be smart, bringing disaster upon yourself without knowing. These words, you can say them before me, but don't speak carelessly outside, especially in the palace."

"Of course I know not to speak of it." Yuan Qingling faintly smiled, "Actually, what does this have to do with me? I'm best staying out of it."

Yuwen Hao stared at her, "I'm afraid that won't be possible."