Chapter 244 Already Two Months Pregnant

Just then, Xiao Xuanyou's medicine was ready and brought in.

However, the person on the bed fell into a coma, and the medicine could not be administered.

As the crown prince, no one dared to force him to drink.

Jiang Zhi stepped forward and took the medicine bowl from the imperial physician's hands, saying, "Let me do it."

After saying that, he took a sip.

The imperial physician frowned, "How dare you..."

Interrupted by Wen Quan, a trusted confidant who had been guarding the Crown Prince, "Let Miss Ji go, we'll all go out."

Just now, in order for the plan to proceed smoothly, he was left under the altar by his master.

The surrounding people were busy hiding, and with the darkness and chaos, not many people knew the truth about the prince's injury.

But he himself clearly saw that his master was injured while saving Miss Ji.

The master probably wants her to stay by his side now.

The room fell silent.

Jiang Zhi leaned down and pressed her lips to his, prying open his tightly closed lips and teeth, and slowly fed him the medicine.

The medicine felt cold to the touch, and her mouth was filled with a bitter taste.

It took a long time to finally feed him half a bowl, half of which spilled out and was wiped clean with a cloth.

The person on the bed remained unconscious and unresponsive.

At this moment, Lu Yuan pushed the door open and came in. Seeing Jiang Zhi's worried yet calm expression, his eyes dimmed slightly, as if something was being peeled away from his chest, making him subconsciously panic.

"Why do you look so pale?" He stepped forward, took her hand, and placed it in his palm; it felt icy cold to the touch.

His brows furrowed immediately. "Go back and rest quickly."

Jiang Zhi pursed her lips and shook her head. "It's okay, I want to stay by his side."

Lu Yuan's expression grew increasingly cold. "You're no use here. You might as well come back with me. I have something to say to you."

Seeing that Jiang Zhi remained unmoved, he added, "It's about the altar collapse that happened tonight."

Jiang Zhi's eyes flickered slightly before she said, "Okay."

The two arrived at their courtyard, and Jiang Zhi's vacant eyes regained some light. "What does Lord Lu want to say?"

When the altar collapsed, did you notice anything unusual around you?

Jiang Zhi tried hard to recall, "No, I was standing with the Crown Prince at the time, and I only heard the sound of the support below breaking, and then I fell down."

Lu Yuan pondered, "Then that's right. The altar started to collapse from where you were standing. I've already sent people to investigate, and the support pillar where you were standing has been slashed with swords."

This is precisely where Lu Yuan's suspicions lie.

Xiao Xuanyou was in charge of setting up the altar, which was heavily guarded and all personnel entering and leaving were subject to strict checks.

Why did this oversight still occur?

What puzzled him most was—

The ropes used to subdue and bind those Di people were provided by Xiao Xuanyou's men.

Why were the Di people able to break free so easily?

When he sent people to search the site, the ropes had already disappeared.

A guess began to form in Lu Yuan's mind.

Did Xiao Xuanyou do these things?

But what was his purpose in doing this?

Was it all just to injure himself and render him unconscious?

But since there is no evidence, he cannot tell Jiang Zhiming.

After chatting casually with Jiang Zhi for a few minutes, I noticed that she looked tired and slumped down.

Lu Yuan caught her, lifted her up by the waist and placed her on the bed, then covered her with a blanket.

Then he turned off the calming incense burning in the room.

Jiang Zhi is in very poor condition right now, so this method is the only way to let her rest for the time being.

Jiang Zhi had a very long dream.

She returned to the day in her previous life when she first learned she was pregnant.

Her period was delayed, and she was also nauseous from time to time. Suspicious, she secretly went to Qifenglou and her closest friend Jiangxue.

Jiangxue took her pulse and a complicated expression appeared on her face. "You are already two months pregnant."

A single sentence made her turn deathly pale, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

"The girls in our building take birth control pills distributed by the madam every month, and you didn't take them?"

Jiang Zhi looked bewildered.

She ate it, how could she dare not eat it?

Especially now that he is being held captive here by Xiao Xuanyou.

After each time, he would hold her tightly and whisper in her ear in a low, husky voice still tinged with desire, "Chanyi, I've tried so hard, why isn't there any reaction in your belly?"

Jiang Zhi pushed him away coldly, "Does Your Highness want me to give birth to an illegitimate child?"

He quickly grabbed her chin, saying, "I don't like you saying such things. Our child will surely be the most precious person in the world."

Jiang Zhi then realized what was happening.

Xiao Xuanyou secretly switched her medicine.

He wanted her to have the child, so that she would be tied down and could never escape from his side again.

So she asked Jiangxue to find her an abortion pill.

Jiangxue was very worried, "If that man finds out that you've acted on your own, things will probably not end well."

She didn't know Xiao Xuanyou's specific identity, but just from his overall demeanor and the clothes he wore, she knew that he was of noble status and not an ordinary person.

She even secretly teased Jiang Zhi, asking if she could handle it in bed.

Jiang Zhi stared at her with wide eyes.

Jiang Xue laughed and said, "I've seen countless people, how could I not see it? That gentleman has a strong waist and firm thighs, he looks very capable. Can your small frame satisfy him?"

The women in brothels had long lost their sense of shame, and their words were neither crude nor refined.

This made Jiang Zhi blush.

Jiang Xue had long noticed Xiao Xuanyou's unusual feelings for Jiang Zhi, so she did not agree with Jiang Zhi's decision to abort the child.

But Jiang Zhi had already made up her mind.

If she's carrying a son, that's fine, but what if it's a daughter?

Born into a brothel, and with a mother of her status, she would surely suffer endless scorn and hardship in the future, perhaps even more tragically than herself.

She didn't want her daughter to go through the same hardships she had endured.

Even if it would incur Xiao Xuanyou's wrath, she would not keep the child.

Jiangxue couldn't dissuade her and finally agreed to her request.

That night, dancers twirled like butterflies inside Qifeng Tower, their perfumes and the aroma of wine mingling, and the lively atmosphere inside the tower lasted all night.

The small cubicle where Jiang Zhi was located was so quiet that it seemed to be isolated from the world.

The tonic that the maid had prepared for her was brought in and placed beside her.

There was also a dish of candied fruit.

Xiao Xuanyou knew that she was most afraid of taking medicine, so he had instructed them to prepare it in advance.

Little did he know that this was not the medicine she usually took to nourish her body, but rather a medicine for abortion.

The medicine was still piping hot. She got up, opened the door, and asked the guard outside, "When will he be here?"

The guard outside said coldly, without looking to the side, "The master is attending a banquet in the palace. He will come over after it's over."

She looked at the bowl of medicine and felt a little uneasy for some reason.

They planned to wait until Xiao Xuanyou arrived before drinking.

Unfortunately, she waited and waited, falling asleep and waking up again, until the sky began to lighten, but he still didn't come.

Jiang Zhi dared not delay any longer, picked up the bowl of medicine that had gone cold, and drank it all in one gulp.

The medicine was cold and bitter, and she had to eat several candied fruits to suppress the nausea that was churning in her mouth.

Then came excruciating abdominal pain, followed by a warm, sticky discharge from my lower body.

She didn't even have the strength to speak, and gasped for breath to relieve the pain.

Jiang Zhi's memories end at this point.

But this dream did not end there.

She was like a ghost floating in mid-air, watching her body on the bed gradually cool down.

Immediately afterwards, the door was kicked open forcefully.

Xiao Xuanyou hadn't even had time to change out of his court robes when he rushed in, his face frosty, his steps hurried, and a dark storm raging in his eyes, as if he wanted to devour everything around him.