Volume 2: Awakening Memories ☆ Light of Dawn Chapter 8: Falling into a Coma

  Time slipped away quietly, and she stood in the center of the main hall with a dazed expression, her emotionless eyes revealing endless perplexity and vigilance, not allowing anyone to approach her.

  Ye Huang swept his gaze over Ye Jue's dusty figure, staring at Yixin with eyes filled with worry and heartache. He let out a soft sigh, instructing the eunuchs and palace maids of each palace to escort their respective masters back to their palaces, and summoning the imperial physician for treatment.

  The incident that occurred in the Pepper House today must be completely sealed off from the outside world. If any rumors were to spread, it would be extremely disadvantageous for Yī Xīn Rǎn.

  She was the ninth princess of the southern kingdom, and the high-ranking officials in the court always had some reservations about her identity.

  Secondly, her methods were too ruthless and bloody. The Nan Rong family and the old ministers who supported the Crown Prince would definitely seize on this point and not let go, even if Wang Ye was protecting her, it would be hard to avoid staining her reputation as a good person.

  The princess is on the family tree, has committed a grave offense, and will be tried by the Ministry of Rites. How could it be up to Yixin to handle privately? The only way to save Yixin would be to temporarily spare Nan Rong's life.

  "War King, I leave this matter in your hands. The memorials from the Imperial Study are still waiting for me to review."

  "Your son obeys your order."

  "Hmm." He nodded and left the Pepper Chamber, returning to the Imperial Study.

  He had heard of it but never seen it before - a stew made with human flesh.

  Just let him watch as the crown prince's consort drinks the blood and flesh stew made by Qian Mama, thinking about it makes his hair stand on end, better not to be curious, lest he can't sleep at night and closes his eyes only to have nightmares.

  After this fright, the crown prince's consort did not go mad, but she fell seriously ill.

  As for later on, Ye Huang firmly believed that no one could ever move her heart or change a single hair on her head again.

  His son's personality, as his father, he should understand, if he falls in love, even if it means risking his life to protect him, there's nothing strange about that.

  There is a saying: Man's calculations are inferior to Heaven's calculations. After twenty years, it turned out that he was the one who made the mistake.

  "Yi Xin, let go of Ben Fei, let go..."

  She doesn't want to drink human flesh soup, doesn't want...

  Nan Rong's eyes were bloodshot and he glared at Yixin fiercely, his heart filled with malice. Why couldn't her body move?

  Qian's corpse can't be placed on her bed, no way, absolutely not.

  "Too noisy."

  "You... what do you want to do..." Seeing Yixin's hand movement, Nan Rong's breathing stagnated, fearing that something would fly out of her sleeve again and hit her.

  Those two pearls were embedded in her flesh, and even the slightest movement would tug at the wound, causing her to break out in a cold sweat. Nan Rong knew that it was precisely because of these two pearls that she had fainted, that she had been forced to watch as Qian Hua died a terrible death right before her eyes.

  "You ruined my face." Suddenly, Yixin's dazed expression turned fierce, her hand gently stroking the long scratch on her right cheek, as if unaware of the pain, her back-and-forth strokes sending shivers down the spines of those around her.

  If such an injury is not properly treated, that face will be ruined.

  Yi Xinxin's movements were completely unaware of the weight, really worried that if she bumped into two more times, she would really disfigure herself.

  "The War King's Consort, your face is not ruined, as long as you let me take a look, I can cure your face." Seeing the viciousness revealed in Yixin's eyes, Situ Luolan didn't doubt for a moment that she would personally slash Nan Rongshangyu's face.

  To prevent that terrible consequence, Situ Luolan rushed towards Yixin without any hesitation, attempting to control her and take her away from the Pepper Room.

  "Situ Luolan, you bastard." As soon as Situ Luolan made a move, Ye Juedust got angry, and a sharp palm wind swept towards Situ Luolan, barely putting Yixin behind him. "You want to protect her, I don't care, but if you dare hurt Jiuer, I won't mind killing you."

  Ah——

  A blood-curdling scream pierced the air, and three men simultaneously turned their heads. It was then that they saw Yixin had somehow managed to yank out Nan Rongshu's hairpin, which had slashed across her pale right cheek, leaving a trail of crimson blood dripping down her face, staining Yixin's fingers red as she gripped the pin.

  The palm wind hit Si Tu Luo Lan's chest, and he flew out without defense. He retreated a few meters in disarray, stabilizing his body, with blood spewing from his mouth and flowing down Nan Rong Shang Yu's face, forming a tragic and beautiful painting, almost happening at the same time.

  Cough, cough...

  Covering his chest, Situ Luolan bitterly smiled and shook his head. He had never thought of hurting Yixin's feelings; he just didn't want... didn't want Nan Rong to be disfigured.

  She ruined Yixin's appearance, and she deserved to have her appearance ruined by Yixin. It's just the law of nature, so why does he still want to protect her?

  Situ Luolan, you should wake up now.

  "See, see, His Majesty the King of War, Tang, Tang is already cooked, done, done, done..." The little eunuch held a tray, trembling with fear as he knelt on the ground, his hands raised high, but his head was buried in the floorboards, unable to even speak coherently.

  "The soup is ready." The blood-stained hairpin was casually tossed aside, and Yixin's eyes shone brightly as she stared at the little eunuch, her mouth curling up into an increasingly wicked smile.

  "Back... back to report to the king and queen, all is well, all is well."

  "Feed it to her or I, the princess, will have you reduced to a mere skeleton."

  "Let me feed her," said Jiu'er. Ye Jue dusted off the little eunuch who had been so scared that he had wet his pants, fearing that he didn't have the guts for it.

  Yi's heart was filled with a hint of a smile, and she tilted her head to gaze into the dark, mysterious pupils of Ye's eyes, whispering softly, "Don't, I hate the way she looks at you, I want to dig out her pair of eyes."

  She disliked Nan Rong's shallow gaze, which seemed to see right through her. It was as if everything about her was being scrutinized by someone else, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

  "Empress, let me feed her, is that alright with you?" Xuan Yuan Si Cheng scratched his hair and carefully opened his mouth, afraid of stimulating Yi Xin Ran.

  A little woman who can't even walk properly, suddenly wraps herself tightly with thorns. The stimulation she receives is probably not a small amount. Others may think that such an Yixinran is terrifying, but he finds it heartbreaking.

  "You——"

  "Don't worry, imperial sister-in-law, I'll make sure she drinks it all down in one gulp."

  "Alright, you feed her, I want to watch her drink it all up, not a single drop is allowed to be left."

  Xuanyuan Si Chen picked up the bowl of thick soup, looked at Nan Rong Shallow Language with a gaze that seemed to pierce through her soul, and strode over to her. Completely disregarding her struggles and resistance, he pinched her chin with one hand and poured the human flesh soup from the bowl into her mouth with the other.

  Compared to having both eyes dug out, drinking this soup is more acceptable.

  The status of the crown princess is special. Once the emperor's uncle leaves, it means that he has made up his mind to completely seal off today's events and no one will mention them again once they leave the palace.

  It's as if nothing had happened, so the Crown Princess's life must be spared.

  As for the wound on her face, there could be many reasons to explain it, but if both eyes were dug out, I'm afraid it would be impossible to explain.

  "Nine sons,,,,,,,"

  "Empress Dowager..."

  "War King's Concubine"

  Three sounds rose and fell, and everything in front of her eyes appeared with a double image, gradually losing its color. She saw familiar yet strange faces, with worried eyes looking at her.

  I really want to open my eyes and take a closer look, but I couldn't resist the darkness in front of me, completely falling into a daze, losing all consciousness.

  Ye Zhe dust held her who had fallen to the ground, tightly embracing her into his arms, she was too light, as if a gust of wind could blow her away.

  "Hurry... hurry... call the imperial physician... call the imperial physician..." Yexue shouted loudly, grasping one of Yixin's hands, tears streaming down her face.

  "Let me take a look at her." Situ Luolan stumbled and staggered to Ye Juechen's side, with only two possible outcomes for someone whose behavior was so vastly different before and after.