Ignoring her disheveled appearance, she got up and chased after Yun Shao.
How could she let His Highness be disappointed in her health? If the Third Prince were to abandon her and leave for another concubine's quarters today, she would become a laughingstock in the Prince's residence.
Unexpectedly, the next second, Yun Shao turned around and held a leather whip in his hand, which he lashed out at Zhao Jingyi.
Zhao Jingyi wasn't wearing many clothes to begin with, and when the whip came down, it struck her skin directly, causing her to scream in pain.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, what have I done wrong?"
But Yun Shao didn't answer her at all, and just kept lashing her with the whip, her eyes red.
Zhao Jingyi desperately tried to protect her face, but was slapped so hard she rolled on the ground.
Just as she felt she was about to faint, Yun Shao stopped what she was doing, threw down the whip, and turned to leave.
Green Willow entered the room and saw her mistress lying on the ground covered in blood. She rushed forward, crying, "Consort, what happened to you, Consort?"
Zhao Jingyi was in so much pain that she couldn't speak.
Green Willow carefully helped her up and found a loose-fitting set of clothes for Zhao Jingyi to wear.
After helping Zhao Jingyi back to the courtyard, Green Willow invited a doctor from the prince's residence to come and examine Zhao Jingyi's injuries.
The doctor calmly took out a box of ointment from his bag and handed it to Green Willow. "Don't let the wound get wet these few days. Apply it three times a day. It will be healed in about a month. I will also prescribe some medicine for the concubine."
"Thank you, Doctor."
As the doctor finished writing the prescription and handed it to Lvliu, preparing to leave, he was stopped by Zhao Jingyi.
Although Zhao Jingyi was covered in injuries and her face was pale with pain, she noticed that when the doctor came into the room and saw her appearance, he did not show any surprise on his face, as if he was used to it.
She sensed something was wrong. Although the Third Prince sometimes had a bad temper, the most he ever punished was kneeling; he had never done anything like this before.
Zhao Jingyi looked at Lvliu and said, "Lvliu, bring me my jade plum and gold hairpin for Doctor Li."
Green Willow was stunned for a moment, not understanding why the concubine would suddenly give such a valuable thing to Doctor Li.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go, cough cough~~" Zhao Jingyi coughed uncontrollably as she exerted herself, which aggravated her wound and made it hurt even more.
"Oh, okay." Green Willow didn't care about anything else and took out the gold hairpin and handed it to Doctor Li.
"Oh, Consort Zhao, how could I possibly accept this?" Doctor Li said, but he immediately took the hairpin and put it into his sleeve.
"Doctor Li, may I ask if the Third Prince is unwell?"
The Third Prince's sudden change in temperament led Zhao Jingyi to guess that Yun Shao was ill. Many people's personalities completely change when they suddenly fall seriously ill.
Doctor Li paused for a moment, then his eyes darted around before he lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, the Third Prince is well. However, it would be best if you didn't visit him for the time being. Apart from the Third Prince's wife, all the other concubines, maids, and servants in the household have suffered similar fates. Don't worry, Your Highness, the Prince wasn't too badly hurt. These are just superficial wounds; they'll heal in a few days and won't leave any scars."
After saying this, Doctor Li took his leave.
Doctor Li wasn't lying. He had been treating the injuries of the concubines, maids, and maidservants in the manor recently. The Third Prince had been much harsher on those people than he had on Consort Zhao. Two maidservants had been beaten to death by the Third Prince.
As the physician in the manor, he naturally knew that the Third Prince had suddenly become impotent for some reason. He had summoned all the women in the manor to his room to try, but none of them could perform. So the Third Prince took his anger out on them.
But he dared not tell anyone about this, unless he was willing to risk his life.
After Doctor Li left, Green Willow finished applying the medicine for Zhao Jingyi.
Just as Dr. Li said, Yun Shao did indeed show her mercy; the whip marks weren't very deep, and the cool sensation from the medicine made her feel more comfortable.
Zhao Jingyi began to recall everything that had happened before, and suddenly her eyes widened.
Could it be?!
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