She should have been a beauty, with slender shoulders and a delicate waist, as graceful as a willow in the breeze.
But at this moment, his sideburns were disheveled, and stray hairs were stuck to his pale, ghostly face with beads of sweat. In particular, his once charming, slanted eyes were red, swollen, and bloodshot. When his eyes moved stiffly, they revealed a sense of death.
In short, it looks rather scary.
Shen Youying looked at her with some sympathy, almost foreseeing her fate: "The prince's stay at which concubine's residence on which day and at which time is recorded by the court attendant. If it is really the prince's bloodline, you would probably be overjoyed, so why would you risk your life to secretly have an abortion?"
Liu's face paled even more, and she fell silent.
Shen Youying sighed: "The prince will be here soon. Think of a way to appease his anger."
Given her limited understanding of Xue Shen, Liu's fate is unlikely to be good.
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Fu Cui quickly invited the doctor over, and with the doctor came the King of Qin, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
He glanced into the inner room and, surprisingly, didn't get angry. Instead, he stared at Liu Shi on the bed with a gloomy face, seemingly brewing something.
The doctor stepped forward cautiously to take Liu's pulse and prescribe medicine.
Shen Youying then asked Bai Luo to take out the two packets of medicine so that the doctor could see what they were.
The doctor unwrapped the oiled paper package, wiped his brow, and cautiously replied, bending over, "This is a potent abortion drug..."
"She's already in such a state, why would she still buy such potent drugs?" Shen Youying asked, puzzled.
"This pregnancy is already five or six months along. Perhaps the medicine that Madam used before was too mild and failed to induce labor, so... so it happened again..."
Upon hearing this question, the doctor's hand holding the needle trembled slightly. He cautiously glanced at Xue Shen's expression out of the corner of his eye, racking his brains for a tactful word, afraid that a single word might anger this ruthless man and cause him to be the first to be operated on.
Upon hearing this, Xue Shen chuckled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "Five or six months? Wouldn't the child already be fully formed by then?"
The doctor bent over even more deeply and said in a trembling voice, "...Yes."
"Try to get the child out," Xue Shen said sinisterly.
The doctor was taken aback and didn't dare ask him why he wanted a dead child. He could only nod repeatedly in agreement.
After Xue Shen arrived, Liu Shi, who had been trembling like a quail, finally raised her head and pleaded in a mournful voice, "Please, Your Highness, give me a quick death."
Xue Shen asked sincerely, "Why should I give you a quick death? Do I look like such a soft-hearted person?" He then asked, "Who is the adulterer?"
Liu trembled like a leaf, tears streaming down her face as she shook her head.
Xue Shen didn't even bother to glance at her this time, and said to Shen Youying, who was quietly pretending not to exist, "This place is tainted with blood and bad luck. Your Highness, come with me outside to wait."
Shen Youying nodded silently and obediently followed him out.
Xue Shen disliked the gloomy atmosphere in the house, so he had his servant move tables, chairs, and benches to the courtyard, where he and Shen Youying sat and waited.
Shen Youying sat silently beside him. As darkness fell outside, the servants lit the lanterns under the eaves one by one. Shen Youying stared blankly at the flickering lights and shadows, unconsciously pulling her clothes tighter and tucking her cold hands into her sleeves to warm them.
Xue Shen noticed and frowned: "Is it cold?"
Shen Youying snapped out of her daze and subconsciously shook her head, saying, "I'm not cold."
Xue Shen took off his cloak and handed it to Bai Luo: "Put this on the princess."
At this moment, he must have been in a terrible mood. Shen Youying didn't want to argue with him over such a trivial matter and provoke him, so she thanked him and put the cloak on.
The cloak was much larger than expected, almost completely covering Shen Youying, with its long hem reaching the ground.
Shen Youying looked at the person opposite her with some surprise. Perhaps because he was in a wheelchair all day, she couldn't tell that he was so much taller than her.
She lifted the hem of her dress, which was trailing on the ground, and saw the person opposite her looking at her, their dark eyes flashing with a wild and unpredictable light. She knew she couldn't remain lost in thought any longer and racked her brains for a topic to discuss:
"Why did Your Highness order the doctor to take the child out?"
Xue Shen smiled and said, "Naturally, it should be sent to the child's father so that the family can be reunited."
This was a situation that Shen Youying had never considered, and she was so shocked that her eyes widened.
Thinking of that bloody and horrific scene, her face, which had just regained its rosy hue, turned pale again.
"Are you scared?" Xue Shen asked.
Shen Youying habitually shook her head, but under his gaze, she thought for a moment, then nodded and whispered, "A little."
"Does Your Highness intend to send Lady Liu to that adulterer as well?"
Xue Shen laughed even more unrestrainedly: "I'm afraid Madam Liu would be more than happy to do this, but I've never been one to do favors for others. Just send her body there."
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