Pei Xiuyan looked at Zhao Yujiao lying on the bed, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, her cheeks pink due to the high fever, and her eyes full of tears. She looked like a sick beauty, gentle and pitiful.
He held the medicine bowl, lifted Zhao Yujiao up and nestled her in his arms.
Ruanyan said: "Jiaojiao, be obedient and drink the medicine quickly. Only by drinking the medicine can the fever be reduced."
Zhao Yujiao nodded shyly, and drank the medicine in one gulp with Pei Xiuyan's hand.
Pei Xiuyan looked at the soft and delicate Zhao Yujiao, and couldn't help but recall Ye Chuyan's stubborn eyes and blood-covered appearance in his mind.
After he sent Ye Chuyan back to the courtyard just now, he came over immediately when he heard Zhao Yujiao woke up.
I wonder if Ye Chuyan is awake?
Seeing that Pei Xiuyan was distracted, Zhao Yujiao bit her lips and said timidly:
"Your Majesty, I accidentally broke my leg. You must not blame my sister. I was careless and forgot that my sister doesn't eat sweets. I just wanted to persuade her to eat a cake. Who knows..."
Her next words were drowned out by her sobs.
But Pei Xiuyan didn't see the coldness and pride in her lowered and crying eyes.
She is a distant branch of the Ye family, and her parents died in her early years. She has lived in the Ye family since childhood and is one year older than Ye Chuyan.
Like a rootless duckweed, she managed to climb up to Pei Xiuyan, became his savior, and captured his heart. She was supposed to be the upright Princess of Qing, but Ye Chuyan took away everything from her.
She gritted her teeth and left the Ye family and became Miss Zhao living in the Qing Palace.
Over the years, no matter how she hinted, Pei Xiuyan was still unwilling to divorce his wife.
She has been waiting for three years and doesn't want to wait any longer. So today, he set up a trap. First, he pushed Ye Chuyan down into the lotus pond, and then he gritted his teeth and jumped off the attic, breaking his leg.
In her dreams, she wanted to eat Ye Chuyan alive, but she only regretted that Ye Chuyan fell into the lotus pond and didn't drown on the spot.
She originally planned that if Ye Chuyan did not drown, she would fall downstairs, causing Pei Xiuyan to divorce his wife in anger.
Unexpectedly, Pei Xiuyan did not mention the matter of divorcing his wife, but just threw Ye Chuyan from the attic.
Pei Xiuyan saw Zhao Yujiao crying so hard that he held her tightly in his arms.
"You are just too kind. That vicious woman caused you to break your leg, and you still speak for her? I have really wronged you in the past few years."
Although he was not at the scene, he could imagine that Zhao Yujiao must have persuaded Ye Chuyan to eat cakes, which angered her. After Ye Chuyan pushed Zhao Yujiao down from the attic, he accidentally fell into the lotus pond.
When Zhao Yujiao heard this, she looked up at Pei Xiuyan with tears in her eyes.
"Your Highness, I come from a lowly background and am not as good as my sister. As long as I can stay by your side, I will die without complaint. I can endure any grievance."
Pei Xiuyan sighed deeply.
He mentioned to Ye Chuyan that he wanted to marry Zhao Yujiao as his equal wife.
The laws of the Dafeng Dynasty stipulated that if the wife did not want to, the husband could not forcefully marry an equal wife. However, Ye Chuyan was always unwilling and kept saying that as long as she was a concubine, she would never have a real wife.
So Zhao Yujiao lived in the palace for three years without any name or distinction, and suffered a lot of rumors in private.
After a long time, he himself didn't know why he didn't give Zhao Yujiao the status of a concubine first? Instead, she was allowed to receive advice for no reason.
At this point, he felt it was necessary to give Zhao Yujiao an explanation.
Pei Xiuyan gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Zhao Yujiao's eyes, "Jiaojiao, when you recover from your illness, I will take you as my concubine first, and we can discuss the matter of equality later."
Zhao Yujiao's body stiffened suddenly.
Pei Xiuyan actually wants to take her as a concubine? The wife is the master and the concubine is a slave. If Ye Chuyan didn't let go, then she would have to be a concubine for the rest of her life.
She wanted to say no.
But when I thought about it, Pei Xiuyan didn't know if it was because he had no status. He had never touched him in so many years.
It is better to be a concubine than to be nameless and have no status. When the time comes, she will give birth to a son and a half daughter, and with Pei Xiuyan's love, she will be able to influence everything in the palace.
Thinking of this, she softened her body and nodded gently, "Your Majesty, I will listen to you. I am willing to serve you as a slave even if I can serve you..."
Before he finished speaking, a servant hurriedly came to report, "Your Majesty, the princess is awake. She is crying and laughing now, and she keeps vomiting blood. The doctor said..."
Pei Xiuyan suddenly felt cold and cold all over his body, and said sternly: "What did the doctor say!"
The servant was suddenly startled by Pei Xiuyan's sharp eyes, "Your Majesty, the doctor said..."
After all, the servant dared not speak out.
Although the prince has always treated the princess poorly, if he said that the princess had a miscarriage and would never be pregnant again, I am afraid that the prince would be angry with him.
Seeing the servant lying on the ground trembling and not daring to say anything, Pei Xiuyan's expression changed slightly.
Shock flashed through Zhao Yujiao's eyes. She wanted to know if Ye Chuyan was dead, but this was not the time to ask in detail.
She gently tugged on the corner of Pei Xiuyan's clothes and whispered softly: "Your Majesty, leave me alone. Go and see your sister. You must stop blaming your sister, otherwise I will be sad..."
Pei Xiuyan saw Zhao Yujiao's anxious eyes reddening, and couldn't help but comfort him softly.
"Jiaojiao, be obedient. You lie down for a while. I'll be back as soon as I can."
Zhao Yujiao nodded obediently, "Yes."
Pei Xiuyan carefully helped Zhao Yujiao lie down, tucked her into bed, and repeatedly told the maid to take good care of Zhao Yujiao, before leaving in a hurry with the servant.
After leaving Zhao Yujiao's courtyard, Pei Xiuyan asked with a straight face, "How is the princess?"
The servant knelt on the ground with a pop, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the doctor said that the princess has just been pregnant for two months. This miscarriage will mean that she will not be able to conceive again. He also said that the princess has two broken ribs. If she is not well cultivated, she may be pregnant in the future. The root of the disease falls."
After he finished speaking, he raised his head and took a peek at Pei Xiuyan, fearing that his master would kill him in anger.
Pei Xiuyan was frozen in place, expressionless for a moment.
After a while, he realized that Ye Chuyan had had a miscarriage. Was she really pregnant? She didn't lie to herself just now.
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Seeing Ye Chuyan laughing, Bai Zhi panicked and didn't know what to do. She cried and comforted Ye Chuyan that everything would be fine.
No matter what she said, Ye Chuyan was still laughing wildly.
Bai Zhi was so anxious that while comforting Ye Chuyan, she frequently turned her head to look at the door.
Just now, she asked the servants in the courtyard to find the prince, hoping that he could comfort the princess when he came. Seeing that the princess was vomiting blood, why didn't the prince come for so long?
Just when Bai Zhi was desperate, Pei Xiuyan finally came.
When Bai Zhi saw Pei Xiuyan, she felt like she had seen a savior. She fell on the ground, kowtowed and prayed: "My lord, please have mercy on the princess and persuade her."
Ye Chuyan turned around and saw Pei Xiuyan, and suddenly stopped laughing, "Bai Zhi, get out!"
Bai Zhi hesitated to speak, but did not dare to disobey Ye Chuyan's order, so she could only exit the room with three steps and turn around, and gently closed the door.
Pei Xiuyan saw that Ye Chuyan no longer laughed wildly and snorted: "You are the princess, and your words and deeds represent the palace. You laughed wildly in the palace to lure me here. It is really unbecoming."
He paused and continued: "For the sake of your injury, I will no longer pursue the matter of you pushing Jiaojiao down from the attic."
Ye Chuyan was silent and looked at Pei Xiuyan with wide eyes, as if looking at a stranger. Not pursuing the word "Xi" anymore was Pei Xiuyan's biggest gift after pushing her downstairs.
Pei Xiu has handsome eyebrows and extremely narrow cheeks, which makes his whole person look cold and arrogant.
He was much taller than ordinary people. He stood there with a strong figure and a majestic appearance. This was the man who had driven her crazy for twelve years.
She is the legitimate daughter of Hou Guogong's Ye family, the deceased Queen Mother is her eldest aunt, Hou Guogong is her father, her eldest brother is the current Minister of Rites, and her second brother is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.
Apart from the royal children, she is the most noble woman in Kyoto. She used to be bright and flamboyant, with a wanton smile.
However, after marrying Pei Xiuyan, she became the most humble woman in Kyoto.
Pei Xiuyan didn't like women practicing martial arts, so she kept the long-tasseled spear in a high cabinet.
Pei Xiuyan was so happy that she never laughed wildly again.
Pei Xiuyan has a hidden stomach disease, so she washes her hands and makes soup every day.
Pei Xiuyan didn't like people saying behind her back that he clung to the power of his wife's family, so she tried not to return to the Ye family.
She thought that Pei Xiuyan liked Zhao Yujiao because Zhao Yujiao was gentle and sweet. In order to make Pei Xiuyan look at her more, she was willing to imitate Zhao Yujiao's words and deeds.
But no matter what he did, he never got the slightest favor from Pei Xiuyan. Even in sexual matters, he never showed any pity.
Pei Xiuyan has always been dignified and aloof, rarely showing his emotions. Only when facing himself, his emotions are undisguised.
He seemed to keep all his bad emotions to himself.
As proud as she is, why did she become like this?
The crumpled piece of paper in her heart seemed to be soaked in water and slowly melting.
She smiled sweetly and said hoarsely, "Pei Xiuyan, I'm very sad."
She was sad that the man she loved was not her husband. She was sad that she had been married for three years and had never received the love of her husband.
Pei Xiuyan frowned slightly. He was disgusted with Ye Chuyan's pretentious words imitating Zhao Yujiao.
No matter how Ye Chuyan imitates, the rebelliousness in her bones is completely different from that of Zhao Yujiao.
"Ye Chuyan, you have a very difficult constitution to conceive. When I married you, I did not plan to have children with you. I don't mind that you have a miscarriage and cannot get pregnant again. What do you have to be sad about? Although you have broken ribs, Jiaojiao also has a broken leg, what else do you want!"
Pei Xiuyan's tone was full of ridicule.
These words sounded like needles to Ye Chuyan's ears, and her heart was almost numb. The piece of paper in my heart finally completely melted into the water.
Even though he was in such a mess, Pei Xiuyan still firmly believed that he had harmed Zhao Yujiao, and he was not even willing to take a moment to find out the truth.
Emotions given unilaterally are as lowly as mud and are worthy of being trampled on at will. In the end, the other party actually disliked trampling on this relationship and dirtying his feet.
Ye Chuyan lowered his eyes slightly.
"Pei Xiuyan, I'm sorry. It was me who delayed you and Zhao Yujiao. I committed a heinous crime. Now I know I was wrong."
"My inability to be pregnant again and my broken ribs are compensation. I'm tired and don't want to love you anymore."
"I voluntarily make peace with each other. From now on, we will part ways and owe each other nothing. May you and Zhao Yujiao grow old together."
At first glance, the voice sounded calm and without any emotion, but upon closer listening, the words were slightly trembling.
These words made Ye Chuyan exhaust all his strength.
Every time she couldn't hold on any longer, she would persuade herself that it would get over and Pei Xiuyan would see the good in her.
This is the keel that supports her to endure endless indifference and grievance. Now she wants to pick out this bone with her own hands.
A gloomy fire suddenly rose in Pei Xiuyan's eyes.
"Ye Chuyan, why do you think this king tolerated you for so long? It's because the Queen Mother forced me to swear before we got married that I would never divorce my wife unless I die in this life! Otherwise, I would have divorced my wife a hundred times!"
He looked down at Ye Chuyan lying on the bed, and every word seemed to come out from between his teeth.
