our suspicions like this, if they anger the Empress Dowager, I'm afraid she won't hesitate to reprimand you.""Damn it!"Dugu Yan glared at Zhang Gonggong, “I am the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager is...The scene instantly fell into chaos. Dugu Cheng looked at the fallen Dugu Xiu and turned his horse, riding away.
Yexi hurriedly chased after him, watching the king like this, he was truly afraid that something would happen to the king.
Dugu Xiu lay on the ground, suddenly bursting into laughter. Blood continuously flowed from his chest. Before Dugu Xiu fainted, he uttered a single sentence: "Dugu Cheng, you lost!"
Dugu Cheng rode his horse to the edge of the cliff. The wind was stronger, the rain heavier, and the sky darkened. Dugu Cheng fell off his horse and knelt at the edge of the cliff, staring into the bottomless abyss. He cried out in pain, his heart-wrenching screams making Ye Xi, who was following closely behind, rush forward to grab his shoulder.
"My lord, the princess will be fine. The princess is incredibly intelligent, nothing will happen to her. We will definitely find her."
"This king did not agree to let her leave this king, she is not allowed to be harmed."
Dugu Cheng grabbed Ye Xi's arm, his eyes bloodshot. Ye Xi soothed him, "Your Majesty, don't catch a cold. We'll find our way down at daybreak. We will definitely find the Princess. I just checked, there are branches all over under this cliff. The Princess is blessed by heaven, she must be alive waiting for us to save her."
"Yes, Xi'er will be fine."
Du Gu Cheng's body trembled violently, Ye Xi supported him up.
"My Lord, you should hurry back and change your clothes. You can't get hurt, and you still need to find your Lady."
Dugu Cheng nodded, “Yes, this king cannot ruin his body. Xi'er is still waiting for this king to save her.”
Ye Xi supported Dugu City to the cave. Xiao Li looked at the king's red and swollen eyes, her nose ached, and tears flowed uncontrollably down her cheeks.
"General Sun, go and dispatch some men. Tomorrow morning, first light, we'll start looking for the whereabouts of the princess." Ye Xi ordered. He had never seen the King act like this before, as if he'd lost his soul. Watching him made Ye Xi panic inside.
Sun, the deputy general, responded and led his men back at night.
That night, Dugu City developed a high fever and kept calling for Feng Lingxi's name. Ye Xi and Xiao Li took care of him all night, but they couldn't bring down his fever until dawn. They could only send him back to Linxi County to be treated by the doctor there, while they took Xiao Li to find the path leading to the precipice.
The morning sunlight bathed the grass, sparkling on the water droplets. The crisp and pleasant birdsong made this meadow exceptionally refreshing. The only thing that was jarring was the slender figure lying on the ground.
The sound of horses' hooves approached. At the front rode a young man in blue robes, handsome with features that radiated an innate kingly aura, though lacking the domineering power of a monarch, instead possessing a gentleness.
"Your Highness, there's someone ahead."
The guards who followed him saw the person lying on the ground and immediately reported it.
The young man who was called Prince leaped off his horse and hurried towards the person on the ground. Only when he got closer did he realize it was a young woman. Her hair was disheveled, her face had several bloodstains, and her clothes were torn with many wounds. Huangfu Qingyun hurriedly reached out to touch her pulse at her neck. He felt her weak pulse and immediately lifted her up.
"Still got breath, get back quick."
"Your Highness, this girl is not dressed like someone from our Aohua. Appearing here like this, could it be that she was being chased and fell off the cliff"
Huangpu Qingyun looked at the woman in his arms, and inadvertently saw the necklace on her neck. He hurriedly put her down, reached out to take off the necklace, and when he saw the pendant clearly, his face was shocked. He hurriedly picked her up and said solemnly, "Return to the mansion immediately."
Summer Morning
The atmosphere in the Prince's Mansion became tense with maidservants coming and going. Nearly all the imperial physicians from the palace had come to the Prince's Mansion, attending to the strange woman the Prince had brought back. However, her pulse was weak, her body covered in scratches, and she had been drenched in the rain overnight. She had a high fever that wouldn't go down, fluctuating constantly. Despite being treated for a whole day, her fever still hadn't subsided.
"His Royal Highness."
The imperial physician walked out, and Huangfu Qingyun hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Imperial Physician Zhang, has the high fever subsided"
Dr. Zhang shook his head, "This young lady's body is truly too weak. We have given her the best medicine, but this high fever refuses to subside. I, too, am powerless."
"No, no matter what, I have to wake her up. She can't be in any danger."
Huangfu Qingyun commanded, watching Zhang Taiyi's embarrassed expression. "What medicine do you need, just say it, this palace will get it for you."
"Your Highness, it's not a matter of the medicine. It's that her condition is very poor. We can only do our best. Whether or not she will recover depends on this young lady herself."
Huangfu Qingyun glanced inside the room, "May I go see her"
Zhang Taiyi responded, and Huangfu Qingyun went inside. Seeing Feng Lingxi lying on the bed with a pale face, the imperial physicians hurriedly greeted him.
"Your Highness, I can't get this medicine down."
The maidservant looked embarrassed. All the medicine had spilled out, and it was completely impossible to feed it to him.
Huangfu Qingyun watched the overflowing medicinal juice, his handsome brows furrowed, "Think of a way, we can't let her get into trouble."
The maid responded, helping Feng Ling lean against them as she continued to feed her medicine. Huangfu Qingyun looked at the necklace exposed on her neck and reached out to grab it. "Take off the necklace and give it to this palace."
Taking off the necklace, Huangfu Qingyun held it and looked at it for a long time, sitting beside it.
"Your Highness, it still won't work."
"Go get a small piece of bamboo."
Huangfu Qingyun instructed, walking over to take the medicine bowl and looking at the attending physician, "Keep thinking of a way, you must help her reduce her fever. Feed her medicine, leave it to this palace."
The imperial physicians were all stunned when they heard that the crown prince was going to personally feed the medicine.
This scorching summer, who didn't know that the Crown Prince wasn't close to women This time, he even brought back an injured girl. Not only that, he went to great lengths to save her. Now, he's even feeding her medicine. Everyone is surprised by this girl brought back by the Crown Prince. They don't know what good fortune she has, allowing the Crown Prince to break his usual routine and do so much for her.
Emperor Hu's Light Cloud guarded Feng Lingxi's bedside, taking meticulous care of her. He carefully applied the medicinal liquid to her lips, drop by drop, feeding it to her. He tended to her day and night, never leaving her side. Word spread throughout the palace and beyond in the Arid Summer dynasty about Feng Lingxi’s existence.
"Yun'er, I heard you took in a young woman two days ago and cared for her day and night without taking off your clothes. Is this true"
Huangfu Qingyun looked at his mother, who was equally curious, and took out the necklace and handed it up.
"Father Emperor, Mother Empress, please look."
In the midst of scorching summer, the Emperor and Empress stared at the necklace, their expressions changing drastically. They hurriedly asked, "Yun'er, where did this come from"
"Father, Mother, I found that girl... could she be the one you were talking about"
The Emperor and Empress exchanged glances, their brows furrowing slightly. "You child," the Empress said, "do you still remember what we told you"
"Father, Mother."
Huangpu Qingyun looked at the two of them, "This son believes in the saying that fate is predetermined. If this necklace belongs to her, then she is this son's never-before-met crown princess."stay here and risk it with me.""I'm happy to."Feng Lingxi bit her lip, tears swirling in her eyes. She really wanted to keep him, to have such a caring older brother protect her. She was deeply moved,...