Chapter 400 Protecting Children
Song Ci knelt in the snow, feeling the bone-chilling cold rushing up from his feet, the chill penetrating into the cracks of his bones.
As she got closer, she felt her whole body go numb, and even her blood seemed to have stopped flowing.
I also lost feeling in my knees.
Qiao Yun sat on the chair, looking at Song Ci leisurely, sneering: "You used to be very capable, Song Ci. Why are you so incapable now? You are not self-righteously smart, there is nothing you can't solve. What can you do in this predicament now?"
Her eyebrows were wild and her facial features were a little distorted when she smiled.
Song Ci knelt down and drank a cup of tea. Soon he felt dizzy and his body began to shake.
The nanny couldn't help but speak, "Liangyuan, I think it's almost time. How about letting Madam Pei get up?"
Qiao Yun glanced at him fiercely, "You're speaking for her? Are you mine or hers?"
Mammy knelt down, feeling bitter. She glanced at Song Ci, who was about to give up, and cursed Qiao Yun inwardly. "You've been tossing and turning. If you continue, won't someone die?"
After all, this person is Lord Pei’s wife.
If anything happens to her, Lord Pei will not let it go.
Moreover, the people in her palace were old and naturally knew some news. This Lord Pei was not only valued by the current Crown Prince Yu, but also by the Emperor.
But it was not a good time to plead for mercy now, lest Qiao Yun punish her as well.
Tian'er cried, "Madam! Please help me get up quickly. I can't hold on any longer!"
Qiao Yun sneered repeatedly, picked up a cup of hot tea and brought it to his mouth, "If Ben Liangyuan doesn't give the order, I don't think anyone will dare to let her get up."
Tian Er glared at her angrily: "My wife has never taken the initiative to make enemies with you. It is you who have taken the initiative to provoke many times. Even so, my wife will show you mercy because you are a member of the Qiao family."
Qiao Yun sneered, "Show mercy? If she wasn't so full of schemes and tricks, would I need her to show mercy? She chose to go against me, so she can't blame me. Besides, I only made her kneel, not kill her."
Not knowing whether Qiao Yun was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid, Tian'er looked at her in disbelief.
Making a woman about to give birth kneel in the snow and still claiming she wasn't trying to kill her? Did she have any brains?
No matter how Tian'er shouted, begged for mercy, or tried to reason with her, Qiao Yun ignored her.
It was annoying to listen to, and someone even blocked Tian'er's mouth.
Song Ci felt that everything in front of her eyes was spinning, her head was dizzy, and her consciousness was about to disappear.
Where is Wanxiang? Didn’t she go to find Pei Ji?
Where did Pei Ji go? Why hasn’t he come yet?
How long do we have to wait, Pei Ji...
She can't hold on any longer...
Her body softened and she fell straight back, landing on a broad chest. As she got closer, she was greeted by a familiar scent of cedar. Song Ci felt relieved and fell asleep peacefully.
"You, why are you here! Pei Ji, do you know that this is the Eastern Palace? What crime will you be punished for trespassing into the Eastern Palace?" Qiao Yun widened his eyes.
How did Pei Ji break in? How dare he!
The guards at the East Palace gate were all dead? How could he have gotten in alone?
Qiao Yun couldn't understand it, and what made her even more angry was that Pei Ji clearly knew the price of trespassing here, but he still broke in for Song Ci!
The concern and heartache in his eyes could not be hidden.
She hated it so much, all of this could have belonged to her. It was Song Ci, all her fault, who stole her life.
Pei Ji looked at Qiao Yun coldly, his tone indescribably cold, "What do you want?"
When Qiao Yun met his gaze full of disgust and hatred, his body went limp, but he pretended to remain calm.
Qiao Yun: "I am the prince's concubine, how dare you touch me!"
Pei Ji sneered and looked back at the road they had come from. "Prince, are you going to allow your good concubine to bully my wife at will? When I go to court, I will definitely ask Your Majesty whether such a thing is allowed."
The Crown Prince? Qiao Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately felt something was wrong.
Soon a man in a bright red robe came over, his brows furrowed, his eyes following the figure in Pei Ji's arms, with nostalgia and pity in his eyes.
Then the gaze fell on Qiao Yun, and the pity and tenderness just now disappeared, replaced by indifference.
The Crown Prince said: "Catch Qiao Liangyuan and punish her with thirty rolls. Then make her kneel in the snow for an hour before she can get up."
Qiao Yun panicked. How could she endure being hit by thirty sticks and having to kneel in the snow?
"Prince! Prince, I was wrong. I shouldn't have acted so presumptuously. It's all my fault. Please spare me, please forgive me!" She rushed to the prince's feet, pulling at his clothes and crying.
Tears and snot were streaming down his face, and he no longer had the arrogance he had just now.
The prince glared at her coldly, looking at his wrinkled robe with disgust, and cursed: "Are you all dead? Can't you hear my orders? Hurry and drag her away! Execute her immediately."
Qiao Yun was almost going crazy, she was frightened. She didn't care about her dignity and grabbed the prince's robe tightly, not letting go.
"No, no, I can't die. Prince, please forgive me."
The prince looked at her expressionlessly, then suddenly sneered, "It seems I've been giving you face. You've been so indulgent that you don't know your place and have forgotten your own status."
He kicked Qiao Yun in the stomach without mercy. Qiao Yun cried out in pain, curled up, rolled around on the ground, and wailed in agony.
The prince's kick was merciless.
Qiao Yun felt as if there were a pair of hands in her stomach, pinching her internal organs fiercely, and those hands were squeezing her entrails hard.
She rolled more and more violently, and a pool of blood flowed from her lower body.
The servants around him exclaimed, and the prince gave them a cold look, then turned his gaze to follow Pei Ji. He hurried forward and called out, "Wait."
Pei Ji paused.
"Stay in the East Palace. It's too late for you to go back now." The prince pointed to the amniotic fluid that had broken and leaked along the way.
Pei Ji looked down, his eyes becoming even colder.
"I'll call the doctor right now. Only by staying here can she have a chance of being safe."
After thinking for a moment, Pei Ji made a decision.
The East Palace is inside the palace, and the imperial physician arrived quickly. The prince is right. Instead of rushing back now, it is better to stay here.
What's more, he lowered his eyes and looked at Song Ci in his arms. Her pale little face was wrinkled, her lips were bloodless, and she was murmuring something in pain. He listened carefully.
"Protect, protect. Protect... me... my child."
Pei Ji felt a lump in his throat and almost burst into tears.
"Prince, lead the way."
The prince nodded and instructed the maid beside him, "Whose palace is the closest? Clean it up and call everyone out."
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