Chapter 198 My Lord, the Princess is Sick

Cui Jing was immediately happy when he heard this: "Then listen to your third brother and eat some."

Cui Si nodded and drank two mouthfuls of soup obediently, but she really had no appetite, so she just drank two mouthfuls, ate a fish ball and put it aside.

"Where's the fifth brother?"

"He's in the Cui family's courtyard," Cui Jing said. "Yesterday, I came here with your fifth brother and Jiang Cinian. Your fifth brother was a bit reckless, and I was afraid he might act without restraint, so I asked him to stay in the courtyard to avoid a fight."

"If you want to see your fifth brother, I'll let him come over. He's been really pissed off these past two days."

If it weren't for Cui Jing's pressure, Cui Yi would probably have led his men to fight in front of the gate of Pingshan Residence.

Cui Si shook her head. "I'm a little tired and want to be alone for a while. Tell my fifth brother to have a good rest for two days before coming back."

"Since you are not in the mood to see him, don't let him come. He won't try to comfort you, he will just jump up and down and want to hit someone." Cui Jing shook his head.

"I'm thinking of letting him go back to Xiangzhou. He and the Patriarch have been busy with Xiangzhou's affairs for a long time. If he gives up halfway, it will be difficult to claim credit for him in the future."

Cui Si nodded: "Then let him go back."

After all, the future is important. She hopes that her family can be by her side when she needs them, but they don’t have to revolve around her all the time.

They have their own lives.

"Let him come over before he leaves. What about you, Third Brother? When will you return to Laizhou?"

Laizhou was taken by Cui Jing in one fell swoop. Now he is in charge of all the affairs of Laizhou, with Chen Mo leading the army to assist him. It is already the limit for him to take more than half a month to come back and see Cui Si off to get married. Now that the wedding is not going to take place, he has to go back to Laizhou as soon as possible.

Cui Jing paused and asked Cui Si, "Ah Si, do you want to go to Laizhou with me?"

If he went to Laizhou, he would still be able to protect Cui Si.

"No." Cui Si shook her head. "Third brother has many things to deal with in Laizhou. Although the Xie family is a minister, they have been doing a lot of things behind the scenes. Moreover, the crimes committed by the Xie family members in the past may not be easy to deal with. Third brother should focus on handling these matters."

"As for me, since someone is eager to help me, I'd rather not use it."

Cui Jing raised his eyelids and said, "If you don't use this, it will be a waste. Someone will probably die of joy."

That bastard Yan Xingchuan must be looking forward to it.

Cui Jing wanted to tell Cui Si not to let Yan Xingchuan get what he wanted, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that there was probably no place in the world safer than being with Yan Xingchuan, so he didn't say it.

He had no idea what Jiang Shao was thinking. Now that Jiang Cinian was missing, it was hard to say whether Cui Si, the only person who had had any connection with Jiang Cinian, would send someone to look for him.

Safety is still the most important thing.

However, Cui Jing didn't want to let Yan Xingchuan get his wish so easily. After thinking for a moment, he said, "He lied to me before. Ah Si wants to avenge me. You can torture him however you want. He won't say anything anyway."

Cui Si smiled and nodded: "There is a chance."

Cui Jing did not stay long. He accompanied Cui Si for some meals and then left. However, Cui Si had a poor appetite and did not pick up her chopsticks after eating a few bites.

When the servants cleared away the dishes, she still sat motionless in the chair. The maid replaced the hot water bottle with a bottle to warm her hands and urged her to go back inside: "It's cold, and Princess Wang has been outside for a long time. Go back."

"I'll stay a little longer." Cui Si looked up at the courtyard. The wind and snow were still blowing, and the sky and the earth were cold. "Once today is over, there will be no more today."

After today, she and Jiang Cinian will become a thing of the past.

It is freezing cold now, and it snows from time to time. I don’t know where he will go after he leaves, or whether everything will go smoothly.

Thinking of this, she took out the medicine bottle from her waist pouch and carefully stroked the pattern on it with her fingers.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but when she came to her senses, it was already dark. A maid was lighting the fire under the corridor with a tinder, and her fingers were stiff from the cold.

When she looked up, she saw a person standing in the corridor across the courtyard, looking at her quietly.

Seeing her looking at him, he smiled.

The expression on Cui Si's face faded, and then she stood up and went into the house.

As she herself said, if someone came to her, she would be in a bad mood not to take advantage of him, but even if she did, she would not want to be nice to him.

Seeing her turn and leave, Yan Xingchuan sighed, "It seems you still don't like me."

"But it's so cold, it's not good for her to sit there all the time. It would be best if she could go back inside."

He quickly calmed himself down, thinking it would be a good thing to get her back to the house early.

He stood in the corridor for a long time, and only turned and left when it was completely dark.

His condition had been recurring before, but now that it has stabilized, he needs to get better as soon as possible to avoid being in poor health when he is needed to do something, which would cause delays.

After returning home, he had some dinner and drank some medicine, then lay down to rest.

Because he was worried about something, he couldn't sleep well and his dreams came one after another. Every time he broke free from a dream, he was quickly dragged into a new one.

"My Lord."

"My Lord."

Hearing someone calling him, Yan Xingchuan opened his eyes with difficulty, and Yun Gang's face came into view.

"What is it?"

"My Lord, the princess is ill."

"What's wrong with you?" Yan Xingchuan suddenly sat up, reached out to take his boots, put them on and was about to get out of bed.

Yun Gang quickly took the outer robe from the shelf and gave it to him. He then said, "You must have been caught in the wind today. You have a slight fever. I've already asked a doctor to see you."

Yan Xingchuan was worried. He quickly put on his outer robe and walked out. When he passed through the courtyard, he saw that there was only a night light on in the room in the east wing. He said, "Send someone to call Mr. Cui."

After Yan Xingchuan said this, he hurried towards the main courtyard.

When Yan Xingchuan arrived, the main courtyard was brightly lit, maids were walking back and forth, and the doctor had just arrived and was examining Cui Si.

"I caught a cold and have a fever. I took two prescriptions of decoction. It's nothing serious, but..."

"Just what?" Yan Xingchuan asked as he lifted the curtain.

When the doctor saw him coming, he stood up and saluted.

"No need to be polite, just what?"

"But I see that this lady is feeling depressed, I'm afraid she has something on her mind..."

Yan Xingchuan's expression changed: "Then how should we treat it?"

"This heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine. If there is a heart medicine, then the disease will naturally be cured. But if there is no heart medicine... then I can only prescribe some medicine to calm the mind and nourish the body."

"Then give it to her first." Yan Xingchuan came forward and saw her lying on the bed, sweating profusely, her face flushed, her eyes closed, and she seemed to be in great pain.

The maid sitting beside her wiped her sweat and saw her open her mouth, as if shouting something.

Yan Xingchuan sat beside the bed, leaned closer and asked her, "A'si, what do you want to say?"

"Meow..." Her voice was very soft.

"Meow?" Yan Xingchuan frowned, wondering if she was dreaming about a cat.

"Adu..."