Chapter 76 Resistance: "You poisonous woman!"...
Ning Xian was very heavy, and with his old illness flaring up, he leaned completely on Yan Luo's shoulder.
Ning Xian had dismissed all the palace servants, and there were hardly any people near the waterside pavilion. Yan Luo, hiding among herself, managed to help the person to the room where they could rest.
There were no candles lit in the warm room, only the moonlight from outside shining in. At this time, Ruan Yang had just gone to bathe and change, and Dieyi and the others were busy serving her, so they naturally had no time to pay attention to this place.
When Yanluo saw that Ningxian's neck and below had turned completely red, she realized that Hehuan had taken effect. She bent down to undo Ningxian's outer robe until only the last inner garment remained. Just then, the beaded curtain suddenly jingled, and light footsteps approached.
She got up, glanced at the man on the couch with a furrowed brow and rapid breathing, then turned to greet the person outside the screen.
"Yan... Yanluo? What are you doing here?"
Ruan Yang was taken aback. After bathing and burning incense, she dismissed Dieyi and the others as usual and was about to return to her room to help Ning Xian undress when she saw Lu Yan. She was startled.
Yanluo grabbed her wrist, wanting to whisper something in her ear, but Ruan Yang glanced past her and saw Ning Xian, whose clothes were disheveled, lying on the bed.
She was shocked: "You...!"
Yanlu knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the wine His Majesty drank contained aphrodisiac."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Yang was furious: "You really want to be his woman?"
Yanluo interrupted her: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Do not punish me in time. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I went to great lengths to obtain the aphrodisiac. His Majesty is currently confused and out of control. Why don't you take this opportunity to go and see him?"
The aphrodisiac powder was a forbidden drug in the palace. It was almost impossible for either the master or the servant to obtain it, let alone Ruan Yang, whose every move was under surveillance.
Ruan Yang quickly understood Yan Luo's meaning, but she didn't expect that Yan Luo could see through her thoughts and was even willing to help her.
"Do you still remember your brother...?"
Yanluo lowered her eyes and remained silent. She got up and took off the long robe that Ruan Yang had draped over her shoulders. Looking at Ruan Yang's fuller figure due to her pregnancy, she said, "Go. I know it's not what you want. I can only help you get rid of this wicked child."
“But what will happen afterward? Ning Xian probably won’t forgive the person who harmed his child.”
Yanlu shook her head, approached Ruan Yang, and whispered something in her ear.
...
Ruan Yang watched Yan Luo leave, then quietly placed her palm on her lower abdomen, as if to feel the child's presence one last time.
Guilt made her tremble, so she could only move her lips and silently pray that it would be reborn into a loving family with kind parents next time.
Ruan Yang lifted the cold bed curtains, and Ning Xian lay back on the couch, his bare chest muscles flushed red. His phoenix eyes, which were looking at her, were somewhat dazed at this moment, his breathing was rapid, and his nasal cavity occasionally emitted a low groan like that of a wounded little animal.
She casually took off her outer gauze robe and sat down next to Ning Xian. Having just finished bathing, the sweet-smelling gauze robe floated on Ning Xian's burning face.
Ruan Yang scolded, "How did you get so drunk? Have some hangover soup."
After he finished speaking, the room became unusually quiet, but Ruan Yang could hear her own heartbeat pounding deafeningly.
Since returning to Ning Xian's side, she has been constantly worried and her mood has never been pleasant. Even an iron body would not be able to withstand such constant torment, let alone a pregnant woman.
Every day after the imperial physician finished taking Ruan Yang's pulse, he would always repeatedly remind Ning Xian that her body was now very weak and that, in order to ensure the safety of the imperial fetus, she should not have intercourse before the birth of the imperial fetus.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Yang had been looking for an opportunity.
But after Ning Xian learned that she was pregnant, he seemed to become a different person. Not only did he not restrain himself as before and use all sorts of tricks, he actually refrained from touching her again.
Even when they were in the same bed, if she tried to flirt with him intentionally or unintentionally, he would ignore her. Even if he did have a reaction, he would ask someone to bring him cold water to suppress the fire.
As the months dragged on and on, Ruan Yang grew increasingly anxious. She had thought this method was no longer feasible, but then Lu Yan appeared out of nowhere.
"Who is it!"
Ning Xian gripped her wrist tightly in her blurry vision, becoming alert.
"I am Ruan Yang."
Ning Xian was stunned for a moment before he loosened his grip. But when he pulled her just now, Ruan Yang slipped and fell right into his arms.
A sweet fragrance wafted over, and the woman in his arms was as soft as if she had no bones.
Ning Xian gazed intently, raised his hand to tuck her smooth, black hair behind her ear, and gently stroked her chin with his fingertips.
He had never seen Ruan Yang dressed like this in all their years of marriage.
She wore a light, plain gray gauze dress, but the outermost shawl was missing, revealing glimpses of her chest, her snow-white skin and red lips, her jade-like bones exuding fragrance.
Ning Xian couldn't help but press the back of Ruan Yang's neck and kiss her lips forcefully...
He stopped abruptly when he slowly touched her protruding lower abdomen, frowned, pinched Ruan Yang's flushed face, and gently shook her off: "You've come at the worst possible time."
He was panting and said in a deep voice, "Get out."
Ruan Yang was incredibly frustrated by the abrupt end of the matter. Unwilling to give up, she took the initiative, and sure enough, the other side was completely routed...
Half an hour passed as she tossed and turned, and as expected, a dull ache came from the bottom of her abdomen. Ruan Yang was stunned for a moment, and then tears and smiles appeared on her face at the same time.
Time passed slowly, and the pain grew more and more intense. Ruan Yang was terrified, but she held Ning Xian's back tightly and chose to bite her lip to endure it.
Finally, a warm current flowed down, and Ruan Yang slowly raised her hand. Before her eyes, there was a bright red blood on her fingertip.
......
"You must protect the child in the Empress's womb. If anything happens to either of them, I will send you all to your deaths..."
In the dead of night, the small house next to the waterside pavilion was brightly lit and noisy, with imperial physicians and nannies constantly running around in the corridor.
"Is the medicine to stop the bleeding ready? Quickly coax the Empress to drink it!"
"You, go and change the blood-stained bedding beneath Her Majesty..."
The room was in chaos, the stench of blood was so strong it was nauseating. Ruan Yang gritted her teeth and endured it, the bedding in her palms already crumpled from being crumpled.
Although she was mentally prepared, the pain still exceeded her expectations, and the unstoppable bleeding from below made her uneasy.
On the other side of the warm pavilion, Ning Xian sat on a futon, with Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, who grants children, and various other gods and Buddhas he did not recognize in front of him.
Her hands, still stained with Ruan Yang's blood, frantically fiddled with the prayer beads. Suddenly, the string holding the beads together snapped, and the beads scattered everywhere.
Ning Xian froze, intending to get up and sincerely pick up the Buddhist beads to string them together, but a sharp pain shot through her chest, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out.
Eunuch Liang was shocked. He knelt down and had no choice but to tell Ning Xian the truth.
"Your Majesty, the poison you have ingested is not the ordinary aphrodisiac. The imperial physician told me that the remaining poison has not been eliminated, so you must not get angry!"
After the imperial physician took Ning Xian's pulse, he discovered that the wine did not contain aphrodisiac, but rather a chronic poison with no antidote.
Fortunately, the person who poisoned the patient was unaware that the product was defective, and since only a small amount was consumed, the patient was not in any danger of death as long as they were well cared for and paid attention to their daily diet.
Ning Xian pushed him away, her bloodshot eyes fixed on the Buddha statue. He knelt down humbly, then became hysterically out of control: "I, Ning Xian, have done all sorts of bad things, but I will take responsibility for my own actions. If you want retribution, come at me! Why take it out on an innocent child?"
After he finished speaking, Ruan Yang's sobs could be heard intermittently from the next room, sounding helpless and pained.
Ning Xian gritted his teeth. This man who never believed in ghosts and gods finally abandoned his dignity and, in desperation, chose to walk step by step and kowtow to the Buddha statue. He made a solemn oath to the Buddha: "Gods and Buddhas above, I, Ning Xian, am willing to shorten my lifespan by twenty years in exchange for the safety of my wife and children this time."
Suddenly, a nanny rushed in, crying. She said urgently, "Your Majesty, please go and persuade her yourself. The Empress refuses to cooperate with us no matter what we say, and she just spilled the medicine again."
The old woman's words seemed to be reminding him again and again that what he cherished was less than trash in Ruan Yang's heart.
She wanted to kill his child!
The tears that had been welling up in her eyes suddenly burst forth. Ning Xian smashed the Buddha statue, and the love in her heart finally transformed completely into hatred.
He strode out of the Buddhist hall, rushed to Ruan Yang, and to everyone's astonishment, drew the long sword that was placed to one side.
He roared, "How could you just want to die so soon? You didn't take your medicine because you couldn't wait to go find your Wenjin brother, right? You should have said so earlier, why pretend to come back with me?!"
"I'll grant your wish right now, you wicked woman!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sword was already held against Ruan Yang's neck, its blade aimed directly at her throat.
Ruan Yang was numb with pain, too weak to speak or resist. She quietly watched the hysterical, disheveled madman in front of her, closed her eyes, and could only hear curses echoing in her ears.
Then, she quickly knocked over the medicine that was being brought to her mouth.
She said weakly, "Then hurry up and do it, so that my husband and I can be reunited as soon as possible. Going to the underworld is still better than living like a dog by your side."
Ning Xian ignored her and continued to curse her: "How despicable, to use such a method to harm the child in your womb."
"Ruan Yang, you are not fit to be a mother!"
Ruan Yang laughed and said, "How dare you call yourself the father of this child? I told you I would never have your child, but you secretly switched the contraceptive potion and forced me to have this child. This is clearly your own doing, and you should bear the corresponding consequences."
Ning Xian was speechless at these words. He uttered a few words in frustration: "...bitch."
After speaking, he unconsciously tightened his grip on the sword, saying, "I'm sorry, I hit you too hard, does it hurt...?"
Seeing that this only made things worse, the nanny quickly stopped the killing: "Your Majesty, the Empress has finally stopped the bleeding, and she cannot be subjected to further mistreatment. Even if she has made a thousand mistakes, please forgive her for the sake of the imperial heir!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Xian burst into tears, and his vision cleared. He could see clearly that Ruan Yang had a cut on her neck and that her child was still alive.
With a clang, he threw down his sword and shouted at Lan Rong, "Where's that Yanluo?! Bring her here!"
"yes."
Upon hearing this, the person on the bed, who had been like a walking corpse, finally reacted. Ruan Yang turned her head and looked at Yan Luo, who was being trampled on the ground, and said, "What... are you going to do...?"
Ning Xian scoffed: "As you said, I am an absolute beast. You should know what a beast would do to such a beautiful girl, right?"
Ruan Yang shook her head: "No..."
Ning Xian ignored her and roughly grabbed Yan Luo by the collar: "Promise me you'll take good care of yourself during your pregnancy. Drink your medicine, and I'll take you to see your daughter with Lu Wenjin."
"If you disobey my and the imperial physicians' orders, don't blame me for taking Yanluo right here in front of you right now!"
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