Your Highness's Beloved Medical-skilled Princess

Chapter 25 Am I Dying?

Chu Mingcui soon saw annoyance on the Retired Emperor’s face.

She was relieved. Although the Retired Emperor spoiled Yu Wenhao and allowed Yuan Qingling to stay

in the Cloud Palace to take care of him, Yuan Qingling was a self-centered idiot and was of no good

use.

Seeing the Retired Emperor get mad, the imperial doctor immediately turned around, holding the

medicine soup and heading out.

The Retired Emperor, however, said angrily, “Give me the medicine. Didn’t you hear Qingling said that I

need to take it?”

Everyone was stunned and turned to look at Yuan Qingling.

Chu Mingcui was shocked and couldn’t believe her ears.

Yuan Qingling lowered her head. She was reluctant to interrupt, but it would arouse suspicion if the

Retired Emperor recovered without taking their medicines.

Emperor Mingyuan’s face lit up at once. “Hurry back now!”

Till then, Emperor Mingyuan finally took a straight look at Yuan Qingling, and it was with approval.

The Retired Emperor drank the medicine up as quickly as he could, which proved that he really hated

bitterness. Once he finished, his face was contorted. The Queen Mother immediately handed him some

sweets to help him get rid of the bitterness in his mouth.

Yu Wenhao looked at Yuan Qingling with mixed emotions. He didn’t feel relaxed from witnessing this

situation. On the contrary, he got more worried. He wondered how come the Retired Emperor was so

obedient to her and if her scheme had already worked.

Because the Retired Emperor took the medicine, the Queen Mother was very happy. She told Yuan

Qingling to come over and praised her for a while. Even the reticent Prince Rui also complimented

Yuan Qingling.

The Queen was also smiling, but her smile wasn’t sincere. It seemed that Mingcui’s concern was real.

Emperor Mingyuan left his work and came only to take care of the Retired Emperor. Although the

Retired Emperor got better, he was still worried. After all, all the imperial doctors said the Retired

Emperor was about to have his last breath yesterday.

However, the Retired Emperor didn’t want their care. He told Emperor Mingyuan and Prince Rui to go

back.

Before Emperor Mingyuan left, he said to Yuan Qingling, “Go grab some sleep when there are enough

people in the day.”

“Aye.” Yuan Qingling thanked Emperor Mingyuan with a bow.

She went out to the outer hall and was about to sleep, but Eunuch Chang came and told her to go to

West Sunshine Mansion to rest. He also ordered maids to take some of her clothes, as well as some

ointments, and prepare warm water for her.

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Eunuch Chang said calmly, "It was His Majesty’s order. Nurse Xi will come over to administer medicine

for you later. She’s been serving His Majesty for many years. She knows when she should be quiet.

Your Grace, you don’t need to worry at all."

Eunuch Chang was distant to her as usual, but Yuan Qingling somehow felt like crying.

In West Sunshine Mansion, maids came in with warm water after a while, followed by a nurse in gray

clothes.

She was about fifty years old, wearing a simple bun, with drooping eyebrows and mouth corners,

looking quite majestic.

“Honored to see you, Nurse Xi.” Yuan Qingling didn’t dare to forget her manners. The old lady served

the Retired Emperor, she weighed a lot.

“You’re dismissed!” Nurse Xi said to the maids by her sides.

“Yes, ma’am.” All the maids stepped away after a bow.

Without further ado, Nurse Xi said to Yuan Qingling, “Your Grace, please allow me to help you change

clothes.”

As she said that, she took out several bottles of medicine powder from her sleeve pocket and placed

them on the edge of the carved bed.

No patient could keep decent, Yuan Qingling could only let Nurse Xi strip her and put her on the bed.

Then she heard Nurse Xi take a scared breath.

Then it was the sound of scissors cutting the cloth that fixed her wounds. The pain was so sharp that

she couldn't help clenching her fists tightly.

“Your Grace, if you can’t stand it, just bite on the quilt.” Nurse Xi’s voice carried a trace of sadness and

pity.

“Sure.” Yuan Qingling was, however, biting her own hand.

The pain was excruciating like no other in her life.

Tears of grievance and pain welled up in her eyes.

The door was quickly pushed open, and someone strode in.

Yuan Qingling was startled, and she knew who it was as soon as she heard the footsteps. Without

hesitation, she pulled up the quilt to cover her body, but Nurse Xi pressed her hands and said in a flat

voice, "It's Prince Wenhao. Don't move!"

Exactly! It was Yu Wenhao! So she had to cover her body!

Yu Wenhao didn't expect that Nurse Xi was here. He ached to figure everything out, so he rushed

inside, only to see Nurse Xi giving Yuan Qingling treatment.

Although he was filled with doubts and anger, he could barely say a word at this moment.

The next second, he frowned at her wounds.

Her back, thighs, buttocks, where the cloth strips were cut off, there were bloody torn skin and flesh.

Her wounds hadn’t been treated yet.

Yuan Qingling had been able to fight back her tears, but she felt utterly humiliated being seen naked by

him. In silence, she shed tears.

Drops of tears rolled down her cheeks. She bit the back of her hand fiercely to stop herself from crying

aloud, and her shoulders kept on twitching.

Yu Wenhao’s anger slowly went away. At this time, what he thought was not about her framing him in

the princess’s mansion, but her angry words in the side hall yesterday. She seemed to have been

forced to the corner and had to fight back.

Her fierceness at that time made a sharp contrast with her fragile crying today.

Nurse Xi cut off all the cloth strips and said to Yu Wenhao, "Your Highness, please hand me a warm

towel."

Yu Wenhao turned his head and saw a basin of warm water next to him. He took a towel and dipped it

into the water, then he wrung it out and handed it over.

“Wipe her,” said Nurse Xi.

Yu Wenhao didn’t move; he frowned. The wounds were so serious that he honestly had no idea where

to begin. Moreover, he was reluctant to touch Yuan Qingling.

Nurse Xi sighed and took the towel over. “Your Highness, you need to have some sympathy.”

Yu Wenhao was raised by Nurse Xi, so he didn’t dare to argue against her. He felt embarrassed.

Yuan Qingling still trembled as Nurse Xi wiped gently. She managed not to make a sound, but the

whimper in her throat sounded even more pitiful than a cry.

“Oh, poor girl, how did you withstand the pain for a day and a night?” Nurse Xi sighed again, then she

raised her head and glanced at Yu Wenhao. “You don’t want to clean her wounds, but can you at least

help me apply the medicine power?”

Yu Wenhao took the medicine powder and sprinkled it on the large area of wounds on Yuan Qingling.

Her skin and flesh were still moist, but it looked much drier with the medicine power afterward.

After the wounds were stained with white powder, they became mottled and terrifying.

Yuan Qingling began to cough nonstop. The cough made her curl and her tears came out. In a panic,

she still tried to cover her chest with clothes. She was as embarrassed as pitiful.

All of a sudden, a mouthful of blood spurted from her mouth.

The blood splattered on the plain white pillow, like a large blooming red peony.

Nurse Xi was scared. She raised her head and stare at Yu Wenhao. “You...”

But she didn’t finish. Yu Wenhao was her beloved kid, after all, so she was unwilling to scold him. She

only shook her head. “What a tragedy! I’ve never seen a princess suffer something like this. What

unforgivable crime have you committed?”

“Am I dying?” Yuan Qingling understood it was because of the herbal tea, but she didn’t know what it

had in it. She knew it was the cause of her blood puking. When Nurse Qi and Lu Ya helped her take the

herbal tea, she knew it was poisonous.

She grabbed Yu Wenhao's sleeve. Her pale face slightly raised, and a touch of red blood remained at

the corners of her mouth. The pain caused by the sudden move made her face contort in agony. She

looked at Yu Wenhao, seeming almost crazy and determined. "Please, I’m begging you. Divorce me

before I die. I don’t want to die as your wife."