On the other side, Yanyang Kingdom
In the end, it was Liu Zhang and his men who found Murong Yan who was holding Ye Wanqing first.
Seeing so many people coming at once, Murong Yan was unwilling to let go of Ye Wanqing in his arms. After all, before she fainted, she repeatedly asked him to keep Chen Xu's secret.
Seeing Murong Yan's expression, Liu Zhang immediately understood that Master Shen's secret must have been discovered by the Crown Prince.
He immediately arranged a carriage, which was parked on the road outside the mountains, and accompanied Murong Yan out of the mudflats.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Prince Shen..." Liu Zhang hesitated to speak.
Murong Yan held the person in his arms tighter, "I will personally send her back to the Marquis' Mansion for treatment. You'd better have a reasonable explanation for this matter."
"Your Highness, I will personally give you and Master Shen an explanation."
Murong Yan didn't say anything else and carried Ye Wanqing into the carriage.
…
Arriving at the Marquis' Mansion, Lord Shen must have been summoned by His Majesty and had not returned yet. Most of the people in the Marquis' Mansion had been transferred out to look for the Prince. There were not many people in the mansion, and it was a bit cold and dark.
Murong Yan strode all the way into the bedroom and saw that she was still wearing wet clothes. He hesitated for a moment, reached out to take off her clothes, and quickly wrapped her in a quilt.
She was delirious with fever, her whole body burning like fire, yet she was trembling violently, murmuring weakly, "I'm so cold..."
"Qingqing, hold on a little longer, hold on a little longer, Nanny Jiang will be back soon." Murong Yan simply hugged her through the quilt, his voice full of anxiety and panic, but he was powerless and could only let her shiver like a sieve from the cold.
After a while, Nanny Jiang rushed back. She looked at the wet and dirty clothes thrown on the ground and the person wrapped in the quilt with her snow-white shoulders vaguely exposed, and she was immediately at a loss.
"Your Highness, how could you take off the Crown Prince's clothes? The Crown Prince..."
"I know everything. Stop talking nonsense. Ah Xu has a high fever. Come and save him!" Murong Yan's gentle voice turned cold. He sat on the edge of the bed and hugged Ye Wanqing tightly through the quilt, refusing to let go.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, please step aside." Without giving it any time to think, Nanny Jiang quickly brought the medicine box and asked Murong Yan to leave first.
Murong Yan had no choice but to put the person on the bed, walked out and closed the door.
After a while, the deaf and mute servants of the Marquis' Mansion were busy going in and out of her room.
Nanny Jiang bandaged Ye Wanqing's wound, had someone prepare some medicine, and changed her sweat-soaked bedding and clothes. She was busy until late at night.
Murong Yan had been waiting anxiously outside the door. When he saw the bright candlelight inside and a blood-stained gauze towel being brought out, he became extremely anxious.
He had just found out that Shen Xu was a girl, and he had just seen a turn for the better in his relationship with Ye Wanqing, so how could he let anything happen to her!
After a long time, Nanny Jiang came out and pleaded solemnly, "Your Highness, you are also injured. Please move to the guest room and let this old servant take a look at you."
"How is Ah Xu!" Murong Yan didn't care about his own injury at all, and hurriedly strode in to see how Ye Wanqing was doing.
Nanny Jiang wanted to stop him subconsciously, but when she thought that he had discovered her identity as the prince, she finally did not stop him.
Murong Yan entered the room and saw Ye Wanqing lying on the bed with a pale face. She was still unconscious, but her body was obviously no longer shaking like a sieve.
"Your Highness, you are also injured. Let me take your pulse."
"How is Ah Xu?" Murong Yan sat on the edge of the bed and raised his hand to touch her forehead. Her painful emotions seemed to have stabilized, but her forehead was still very hot.
"Your Highness, the prince's health..." Nanny Jiang spoke hesitantly, not knowing how to explain.
"I already know. Madam Jiang should explain why you dressed Ah Xu as a man?" Murong Yan lowered his eyes and looked at Ye Wanqing's closed eyes. Her long eyelashes cast two small fan-shaped silhouettes on her pale face, which looked very beautiful.
There were red marks on her cracked lips, making her look particularly haggard and pitiful.
Shen Xu's face was impeccable. Even when she dressed up as a man, she was still very handsome.
Nanny Jiang ordered someone to bring a chair and place it next to the bed. She asked Murong Yan to sit on the chair. While she took his pulse, treated him, and bandaged his wounds, she told him the whole story.
Of course, I didn't tell him the important things in detail, I just told him some of the key points.
Murong Yan frowned slightly. "Your wife has gone too far. So, Lord Shen doesn't know about this?"
Nanny Jiang quickly explained, "The Marquis must not know about this! Otherwise, he will definitely not allow the young master to go to the southern border, and he will definitely not divorce Madam."
"So you plan to keep it a secret forever and let Ah Xu live like this forever?" Murong Yan became annoyed when he heard this.
This 'little brother' of his had been neglected by his father and mother since childhood. Although he was the legitimate son of the Marquis's family, he had to endure a lot of hardships.
Every time Fu Yi came back, she hid in fear in his East Palace, but was often dragged home by Fu Yi's ears and hair... She had a wound on the back of her neck, she was bullied by the young masters, she was ridiculed, bullied and punished, and she was locked up in a small dark room by her father out of disgust...
However, her mother, the only one who knew about her, ignored her and sent Nanny Jiang and her daughter to watch over her and monitor her to prevent her from doing anything that was typical of a girl.
She is a girl, how can she be treated like this!
Before Miss Ye took possession of her body, she had been trying her best to play the role of a man, calling herself a "young master" and being cynical. Even though she had a feminine appearance, no one suspected her at all.
But he secretly hid so many things for girls in the cabinet.
She actually doesn't want to be a man.
However, the pressure from her wife and family forced her to play the role of a man. She also did not get any understanding from her family and had to struggle alone.
Murong Yan suddenly thought of the day when he went to the general's mansion to make trouble. His heart suddenly ached, and Ye Wanqing's cry at that time rang in his ears: She will commit suicide, she will definitely commit suicide!
His 'brother' died. He was raped and couldn't bear the humiliation, so he ran into a red-light district and died!
And he was the one who pushed her into the abyss with his own hands!
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Crown Prince, are you okay?" Seeing Murong Yan's heavy and rapid breathing, Nanny Jiang couldn't help but call him back to his senses.
"Hmm..." Murong Yan was confused and replied absentmindedly.
"Your Highness, please keep this secret. Madam really has no choice."
“…”
Murong Yan responded in a daze, not hearing clearly what Nanny Jiang said.
"Water..." Ye Wanqing on the bed made a weak sound, and he quickly stood up and walked over.
Murong Yan fed her some water, but saw tears rolling down the corners of her tightly closed eyes.
"Murong Yan... please, don't kill... my brother..."
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