Chapter 118 The Sickly and Tyrannical Crown Prince 16

Xie Rong's illness shouldn't have come on so suddenly.

Before going to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, he secretly forced the Imperial Advisor to give him a pill that could forcibly restore his body to its healthiest state, but the effect was very short-lived, just enough for him to return in glory after worshipping his ancestors at the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Who would have thought that even after the incident involving the eldest prince and his early return to the palace, only two days later, the effects of the medicine were no longer enough to support his body.

"I can't get him to take the medicine, what should I do?" Grandpa Gao held the medicine, wiping away tears in his anxiety.

The medicine was too bitter. Even after finally prying open the Crown Prince's mouth to pour it in, he would spit it out again.

Unfortunately, the emperor also fell seriously ill at this time. To prevent any unforeseen circumstances and to prevent other concubines from taking advantage of the situation, Empress Xue had to stay there at all times and had not yet received any news.

The imperial physician's hands trembled as he performed acupuncture, and he kept wiping the sweat from his forehead.

“I’ll feed them,” Lu Yuanju said.

Eunuch Gao immediately stopped him, his face unfriendly. "You, a slave, are you worthy to feed His Highness medicine? Who knows if you might take the opportunity to poison him!"

Grandpa Gao was no fool; he could clearly distinguish who was on his side and who was the enemy.

Normally, he only gives this slave some face because His Highness seems to particularly like serving him.

"Aunt Lingzhi, hurry to the Xue residence and invite General Xue here!"

Lingzhi left with the token from the Eastern Palace.

Lu Yuanju was pushed aside by the palace servants of the East Palace and stood alone in a corner. He could only glimpse the person on the bed through the gaps between the overlapping figures of the palace servants who surrounded the bed.

That usually pale and bloodless face was now flushed an unnatural red, large beads of sweat slid from her forehead into her temples, her delicate eyebrows furrowed, and her lips parted slightly, as if she were muttering something.

Lu Yuanju stared at Xie Rong's lips, barely able to hear the soft murmurs between his teeth.

"...Lu...go..."

"Lu...why aren't you going..."

"Lu... is dead..."

Lu Yuanju suddenly rushed forward and pushed aside the palace servants beside the bed.

"Ah Chou! What do you intend to do to His Highness?!" Eunuch Gao shrieked.

Upon hearing his words, the guards standing outside the palace immediately rushed into the bedchamber.

"Your Highness is calling my name," Lu Yuanju stared intently at the person on the bed, his heart feeling as if it had caught a cold, burning and squeezing, making it hard for him to breathe.

"Your Highness, how could you possibly—" Eunuch Gao bent down to tuck Xie Rong in, and was stunned when he heard what he heard.

"Let me feed you the medicine."

Lu Yuanju snatched the medicine bowl from his hand, tilted his head back and took a sip, then fed it to Xie Rong mouth-to-mouth.

Outside the hall, the head maid had just led General Xue in with great strides.

Xue Feibai looked down and took out a bag of orange candies wrapped in oil paper from his pocket. When he looked up, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The person on the bed was just awakened by the medicine. His thin body leaned against the slave's chest, his lips unconsciously parted as the man fed him the medicine.

He was fed a sip, and then he obediently licked the medicine off his lips. Only his heterochromatic pupils under his eyelashes remained listless and unfocused, which was heartbreaking.

Xue Feibai closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.

Before he entered the palace, he was practicing martial arts at his residence. The head maid of the Eastern Palace told him that His Highness was ill and could not drink his medicine.

So he came.

His purpose in entering the palace was to get His Highness to drink the medicine, but now His Highness is able to drink it.

Xue Feibai, expressionless, reached out and pulled Xie Rong into his arms. He then opened his hand to Lu Yuanju and said, "A slave should do what a slave should do. Don't have any delusions. Give me the medicine."

Lu Yuanju gripped the rim of the bowl tightly, then released it after a few breaths, his lowered eyes unable to suppress the rising anger.

Xue Feibai snatched the medicine from his hand.

The person in his arms was soft and boneless, like a cat. It seemed that whoever held him at this moment would lean against them in a daze, letting out a painful whimper and inaudible mutterings.

Because it was hard to hear clearly and somewhat indistinct, it sounded more like a cat being affectionate.

Xue Feibai felt a sharp pain in his chest. He scooped up a spoonful with a porcelain spoon and carefully fed it to the boy's mouth, coaxing, "Cousin brought you your favorite orange candy. How about you eat one after every sip of your drink?"

However, he soon discovered that the porcelain spoon could not force Xie Rong's mouth open at all.

If forcibly pried open, Xie Rong, in order to avoid drinking the bitter medicine, would bite his own tongue by clenching his teeth tightly.

Xue Feibai recalled the method the slave had used to feed him the medicine. He stared blankly at the medicine in his hand, and almost unconsciously lowered his head to put the medicine into his mouth, when he heard Lu Yuanju suddenly speak: "General Xue."

Lu Yuanju met Xue Feibai's scrutinizing gaze and smiled slightly: "General, as His Highness's cousin, shouldn't you only do what a cousin should do?"

"..." Xue Feibai snapped the porcelain spoon in his hand.

The system sat in Xie Rong's lap, anxiously pacing back and forth.

【It's all the main system's fault! What a terrible world they found!】

[Host, please, please don't let anything happen to you!]

But ever since it entered this world, the main system has lost contact with it.

To avoid worrying the host, the system kept quiet and secretly tried to contact them multiple times, but received no response.

This has never happened before.

Undeterred, the system sent another signal to the main system, but still received no response.

The host is right, this main system is indeed no good!

At the same time, the door to the bedchamber opened again, and a man dressed in white strode in.

Grandpa Gao was even more confused.

How come the Imperial Advisor's information is so accurate? He didn't even have to send anyone to call him.

Xue Feibai glanced at the Imperial Advisor, but neither greeted him nor got up.

But the people in the palace clearly held this sorcerer in high esteem.

Wu Miao walked to the bedside, whispered something that no one could understand, and his fingertips gleamed coldly as he pressed against Xie Rong's nape and massaged her, slowly penetrating Xie Rong's body.

The next moment, Xie Rong coughed softly, opened his eyes wide, and said in a hoarse voice, "Water."

"Quick! Pour the water!" Eunuch Gao turned around and caught sight of the kettle on the table. Just as he took a step, Lu Yuanju darted past him like a ghost and brought the water over.

Xie Rong slowly drank a glass of water with his hand. Exhausted, she slumped into Xue Feibai's arms, frowning and closing her eyes to endure the dizziness. Her black hair fell from her temples, covering most of her face.

"Your Highness, please drink your medicine first," Xue Feibai said gently.

With the orange candy, Xie Rong wasn't so resistant to taking the medicine. Before he could even swallow a sip, he had already eaten all the orange candy.

“My cousin deliberately left me with only this little bit of candy,” Xie Rong said, pursing his lips with a gloomy expression. “I’m not drinking it.”

Xue Feibai, feeling helpless, was about to coax someone again when the Imperial Advisor suddenly interrupted him, saying calmly, "There are orange candies in Ah Chou's arms."

All eyes in the hall turned to Lu Yuanju.

Lu Yuanju hesitated for a moment, then reached into his pocket and actually pulled out a bag of orange candies.

As a slave, he couldn't possibly have sugar.

Lu Yuanju raised his eyebrows.

Heaven is on his side.

Xie Rong stared at the candy in his hand and said unhappily, "If you won't give me any, do you intend to keep it for yourself?"

Lu Yuanju walked over, knelt down beside the couch, picked up a piece of orange candy and held it to Xie Rong's lips. Seeing Xie Rong curl up his lips and take the candy in his mouth, Lu Yuanju felt a sudden sense of relief.

His cold seemed to have subsided, and he smiled and glanced at Xue Feibai: "I dare not, I just thought that I didn't need my candy since General Xue brought it."