Chapter 269: Chapter 269: Silently Guarding

Leng Yuqing placed Leng Yu Yan’s arm on his shoulder and lifted her sideways.

“We’re going home so the house doctor can have a look. Mother was terribly worried, fearing that you had disappeared again.”

He had only this one sister, who was perfectly fine just this morning. Now she was uncomfortable all over, and he wondered if it had anything to do with the Crown Prince?

At the moment, his sister seemed to have symptoms of a high fever and convulsions. They had to get home as soon as possible.

Hearing her older brother mention their mother, Leng Yu Yan felt a sting at the tip of her nose, “Mother… I want to be in Mother’s arms.”

The embrace of Mother was warm.

Now she, like a child who had been wronged and was eager to return to her mother for comfort.

Leng Yuqing held her tenderly, his voice endlessly gentle, “Alright, let’s go home!”

Beneath Ye Yiheng’s veiled eyes, which were as dark as an abyss, she was so uncomfortable, and yet she had not spoken to him about it.

He should have known earlier; this woman seemed strong but was actually very delicate and frail.

Uncontrollably, a bitter feeling began to spread in his heart.

He watched Leng Yu Yan being taken away by Leng Yuqing. Even though he knew Leng Yuqing was her brother, the sight of her being held by him stirred an inexplicable emotion in him.

If he could, he would hide her away where no one could see or touch her!

As the autumn rain fell, the weather grew even colder.

Setting aside the complicated emotions in his heart, Ye Yiheng took a thin blanket from the couch, hesitated a few steps, worried they might refuse if he brought it over himself, and instead handed it to Song Guo.

Song Guo understood, took the blanket, and trotted a few steps to catch up to the Leng siblings.

He gently covered Leng Yu Yan with the blanket and explained to Leng Yuqing, “Second Young Master, it’s cold outside, the Commandery Princess needs to keep warm.”

Leng Yu Yan remained silent, and Leng Yuqing nodded slightly, “Thank you!”

“Brother, I want to go home quickly, I don’t want to stay here.”

Leng Yu Yan’s intuition told her that someone’s gloomy gaze was fixed on her.

Had her brother not come, she dared not think what that madman might have done.

In just two days, he had either hugged or held her, and today he even looked at her chest. Combined with the abdominal pain and her head feeling heavy, Leng Yu Yan’s emotions grew, and she felt more aggrieved.

Leng Yuqing softly said, “Alright, close your eyes and rest for a bit. We’ll get home quickly.”

—

Not long after the Leng siblings had left, Ling Lang approached Ye Yiheng.

“Your Highness.”

“How are things progressing?”

Ye Yiheng stood with his hands behind his back on the Observation Platform, his gaze following the horse carriage headed toward Prince Zhenbei Mansion.

Glancing in the direction the Crown Prince was looking, Ling Lang respectfully replied, “Prince Xian has been completely ruined; not only that, but in this life, he is likely to go completely mad.”

Ye Yiheng responded coldly, “Good.”

These past few days, Prince Xian had gathered many doctors, hoping to get the damned thing reattached.

Last night, Ling Lang disguised himself as a white-bearded Divine Doctor and infiltrated Prince Xian Mansion.

A batch of doctors found a few days ago had already been killed by Prince Xian. Seeing Prince Xian’s cruel and merciless behavior, Ling Lang devised a plan and told Prince Xian that the item needed to be split into two halves, one half boiled and sliced for swallowing; the other half dried and ground into powder, to be made into tea for daily drinking.

Already showing signs of madness, Prince Xian ordered his men to do as Ling Lang suggested.

At this moment, Song Guo, after listening to Ling Lang recount the events, sneered, “It’s not like it’s a crab leg that can grow back once it’s chopped off.”

As an eunuch, he was most entitled to speak on such matters.

Ye Yiheng said indifferently, “The disguise of Divine Doctor mustn’t be used again.”

Ling Lang bowed deeply, “I will heed Your Highness’s teaching!”

More than an hour later, Leng Yu Yan returned to Prince Zhenbei Mansion.

Upon reaching her own courtyard, she took the pain relief pills she had prepared earlier.

The parents from Yun Family hurried over with the house doctor.

“Be good, Mian’er, let the house doctor take a look.”

The house doctor checked her pulse and prescribed some medicine.

“Prince, Princess, the Commandery Princess got caught in the rain during her menstrual period and caught a cold because of it. I will prescribe a few doses of medicine, and after taking them, there should be no serious issue. But today’s rain was heavy, and she needs to rest well. Otherwise, if she suffers from dysmenorrhea every month, it will be torturous for her.”

Hearing this, the Princess from Yun Family’s heart clenched and she hugged Leng Yu Yan tightly, gently soothing her on the back, “Mian’er, sleep for a bit, once the medicine is ready, drink it and you’ll feel better.”

“Mother, I have already taken my own medicine.”

“That’s good too.”

Seeing her somewhat weak, her parents did not ask why she had been in the Eastern Palace today.

Leng Yu Yan snuggled into her mother’s embrace, perhaps finding solace in her mother’s arms, and soon she drifted off to sleep.

Seeing his daughter asleep, Lai Ran called Yun Family’s Princess, “It’s late at night, let the child sleep well, let’s also rest.”

Yun Family’s Princess lovingly stroked Leng Yu Yan’s face and said to Miao Zhu standing beside, “If there’s any issue, come inform us immediately.”

Miao Zhu agreed.

Not long after the couple left, a dark shadow jumped through the window.

Miao Zhu, who was guarding beside Leng Yu Yan’s bed, saw the Crown Prince leap in from the window and exclaimed in a hushed voice, “Your Highness, this is our Commandery Princess’s bedroom, this is…”

Ye Yiheng raised his hand to interrupt Miao Zhu, “I just came to see her.”

Her condition today had worried him greatly, so he took advantage of the night to visit.

At this moment, Leng Yu Yan was lying on her bed, her face slightly pale, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, clearly still feeling unwell. It made his heart feel as if it was being blocked by something, unclear what the sensation truly was.

Miao Zhu pursed her lips, knowing the trouble it could cause if the Prince, Princess, or Princely Heir found out. Yet, the Crown Prince appearing like this in the Commandery Princess’s bedroom was truly inappropriate.

After pondering for a while, she finally said, “Your Highness, the Commandery Princess has taken medicine, and the house doctor has already seen her and prescribed medicine. The Commandery Princess is very tired right now and should not be disturbed; I hope Your Highness will not make this difficult for me!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Yiheng took a deep look at the lying Leng Yu Yan and then left.

—

The next day, the 20th of September.

Leng Yu Yan’s fever had subsided, and the pain relief medicine had reduced the discomfort of her period to the lowest.

She was now lying on the beauties’ couch by the window, sipping some warm soup served by Miao Zhu.

Xiaoshan hurried in and shared the bizarre news he had heard outside with Leng Yu Yan.

“Commandery Princess, something big has happened at Prince Xian Mansion.”

“What happened?” Miao Zhu asked as she brought the spoon to Leng Yu Yan’s lips.

“Prince Xian has become a eunuch, and what’s more surprising is that the Xian Mansion has bought up all the cattle, sheep, pigs, and whatnot from the market,” Xiaoshan said as he pulled up a small stool and sat down, “Not only that, but Prince Xian Mansion has also killed quite a few street doctors because they couldn’t cure Prince Xian.”

“It was either yesterday or the day before, they say a white-bearded Divine Doctor gave Prince Xian a suggestion about ‘eating what is damaged’, which led to this massive purchase.”

Hearing this, Leng Yu Yan frowned slightly. Was someone else pretending to be a Divine Doctor?

Just then, Lai Yu arrived.

“Is your condition any better, sister?”

Lai Yu’s voice arrived before he did.

Leng Yu Yan sat up straight on the beauties’ couch, and sighting him stepping over the threshold, she sweetly called out, “Big brother!”

Xiaoshan, quick-witted, immediately got up from the small stool and brought over a chair to the side of the beauties’ couch, “Please sit, Princely Heir!”

Lai Yu grunted, flipped his robe, and sat down, “Miao Zhu, Xiaoshan, go outside and stand guard. I have something to discuss with your Commandery Princess.”