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"Prince, I beg you... I beg you to help me this once... just this once. In the future… in the future, I will listen to you and only you. I will never betray you."

Xiao Jiu'an did not turn back, nor did his footsteps stop.

"Dad, I did my best. I did my best, but it was useless. It's really hard to get help from anyone!"

But even so, she did not want to accept her fate and admit defeat.

After crying and venting, Ji Yunkai wiped the tears off her face and got out from under the blanket. Looking at her immobile legs, she said resolutely, "Every year, so many people become disabled because of injuries. If others can live on, then so can I."

She did not want to accept her lot in life, but she had no other choice but to do so. In this unfamiliar time and space, in this familiar yet strange Revelation, in this huge yet small capital, she could not find anyone who would be willing to help her or could help her.

She could only choose to accept it and replan her future.

In this world, there were no obstacles that could not be crossed over. No matter what, once someone saw through it, they would think it through and stop restraining themselves, and there would be nothing difficult about it. She accepted the worst result.

"I should start to think about how to make my wheelchair. Feng Qi's wheelchair is pretty good, but unfortunately, he took it with him. Otherwise, I would have been able to go out by now."

She no longer held any hope, no longer held that minuscule, one in a million hope. Ji Yunkai felt that her entire being was at ease now.

After an hour, Doctor Zhuge came to massage Ji Yunkai's legs. Seeing Ji Yunkai's calm expression, his eyes were smiling and Doctor Zhuge said excitedly, "Princess, His Highness promised to get the medicine for you?"

It was a miracle for one to get hard-to-find rare medicine. To be able to see and use the Fire Lingzhi in his lifetime, Doctor Zhuge was extremely excited just thinking about it.

"No." When he mentioned the medicine again, Ji Yunkai realized that there were no ripples in her heart.

Sure enough, one would not suffer if one did not hold out hope.

"Huh?" Doctor Zhuge was stunned as he dazedly looked at Ji Yunkai.

Had he heard wrongly, or had the Princess spoken wrongly?

"You didn't hear wrongly. His Highness didn't agree, so don't think about the Fire Lingzhi anymore. My legs are hopeless." Ji Yunkai herself was a doctor, and she knew that such an injury was not something that could be saved even in the modern era.

If the bones were dead, they could only be amputated. How could anyone save them?

"This... this..." Doctor Zhuge found himself speechless.

There was no saving her legs, so how could the Princess still act as nothing had happened?

Did the Princess not know that once this day was over, her legs would be crippled?

Ji Yunkai said calmly, "I'm fine. Although I can't cure my leg, I can't worry over it. Can I trouble you to massage me?"

Doctor Zhuge's massaging technique was very unique. If not for him massaging her legs every two hours, her legs would have been crippled even faster. They might have been unable to hold on for any longer and would have already been amputated.

"Yes, of course." Doctor Zhuge wanted to say something but stopped himself. He wanted to speak up and comfort Ji Yunkai, but after looking at her, how could he comfort her?

On the other hand, he might need someone to comfort him. He found it hard to accept that a patient, whose legs could have been saved, could not be treated properly and eventually became crippled.

"Don't be sad, I'm not sad. What are you sad about?" Seeing Doctor Zhuge's depressed expression, Ji Yunkai smiled and comforted him.

She could tell that Doctor Zhuge was a new doctor with just one look. Although his medical skills were outstanding, he had little experience and had seen very few patients. When he, like her, has seen many life and death situations, has seen many patients lose their lives, their health, and their whole bodies; he would understand then that sympathy and sadness were cheap things in the face of such difficulties.

Doctor Zhuge let out a long sigh, "I… you're still so young and your legs are crippled, what will you do in the future? The people of Prince Yanbei's Mansion will not take care of you."

Ji Yunkai said, "It's good that I can take care of myself; moreover, I have a dowry. I am much happier than most people." The amount of silver that Madam Ji had given her was pitifully little for a wealthy family, but it was enough for her to live on.

"You can't go out. The people of Prince Yanbei's Mansion won't let you out." Doctor Zhuge knew that sympathy was useless, but he could not help but sympathize with Ji Yunkai.

As the Princess Consort, she was lower than the servants in Prince Yanbei's Mansion. If he did not come that often to massage her legs, she probably would not have been able to drink a single mouthful of water.

"Heaven never bars one's way. I can always make my life better." Ji Yunkai smiled and shook her head, she was very confident about the future.

Something that even the Doctor Zhuge could see, of course, she could see it too. But she had always been the one taking care of herself, so she believed that she could live a good life by herself.

Doctor Zhuge sighed again, "If there's anything I can help you with, feel free to mention it." He could only do this much, his words did not mean much. Even if he wanted to speak up for Ji Yunkai, he had no stance.

Ji Yunkai said, "Can you tell me how you massage them? I promise I won't use it for others. I'll just give myself a massage." Her legs would be worse if they weren't treated properly, and if they were left unattended, they would soon shrink from the knees down.

Even if she could not walk, she did not want to live with two withered legs.

"Of course." It was just a simple massage technique, and it was not counted as a Master's Technique. It was fine even if it was taught to Ji Yunkai, but Doctor Zhuge saw that Ji Yunkai wanted to learn and taught her very attentively.

Ji Yunkai was a doctor herself, and Doctor Zhuge only had to explain to her once before she remembered everything. It was just that her hands could not use any strength, so even the massage technique, her hands did not have the strength in them to be effective.

Doctor Zhuge said, "Princess, you still can't use too much strength right now. I'll help you massage them for half a month. Since you don't need any treatment, it would be just once a day.

"Sorry for the trouble." Ji Yunkai thanked him sincerely.

Only those who had been abandoned by the world would understand the value of being cared for, and only those who were in dire straits would understand the value of hope.

At this time, only this pure-hearted doctor would help her. She sincerely thanked Doctor Zhuge, just like how she was grateful to Feng Qi and Fei Xiao Chai.

These three people made her understand that she had not been abandoned by the entire world. Although she was in dire straits, there was still hope...