Chapter 256 I would consider this an invitation
Lin Qiyun was struck as if by a thunderbolt, her face turning pale instantly.
She clenched her fingers tightly into her palm, the pain bringing her back to her senses. "Why does Miss Ji ask such a question?"
Jiang Zhi curled her lips into a smile, "It's nothing, I just heard General Xie mention that you went to see him, right?"
Lin Qiyun gritted her teeth, "What, you haven't even married into the General's Mansion yet, and you're already in a hurry to meddle in General Xie's affairs?"
"Where did Miss Lin get the injury on her hand?" Jiang Zhi ignored her sarcasm and asked again, "Could it be from that time?"
Lin Qiyun instinctively hid her hands in her sleeves. "What's it to you?"
"On the day of the Frost Festival, I fell off the altar in front of everyone. Does Miss Lin know why I was unharmed?"
Lin Qiyun was also completely baffled by this, so she chuckled and said, "You can only say you were lucky?"
Jiang Zhi shook her head. "It is His Highness the Crown Prince who is injured."
The scene was chaotic at the time. After Xiao Xuanyou and she fell off the altar, Xie Qi sent people to surround the altar, and no news got out.
Everyone assumed that the mountain god had protected the saintess, which was why she was unharmed. No one knew that it was Xiao Xuanyou who had protected her.
"What did you say?" Lin Qiyun's eyes widened.
Why hasn't she received any news?
“The Crown Prince’s injury is a serious matter, so it’s naturally being kept under wraps. His Highness is currently sending people to investigate the collapse of the altar,” Jiang Zhi said, looking at her. “I just wanted to ask Miss Lin, when you went to the altar that day, did you notice anything unusual?”
Lin Qiyun was terrified by Jiang Zhi's words and broke out in a cold sweat.
She never expected that the one who would be injured would be the Crown Prince.
If it is discovered that she was the one who did it, not only will she not be able to escape punishment, but the entire Provincial Administration Commission will be dragged into an abyss, just as Ji Zhiya said!
"I don't know anything," Lin Qiyun said, forcing herself to calm down. "I just remembered I have something to do at home and need to go back first."
"Alright, Miss Lin, take care." Jiang Zhi didn't stop her, but instead instructed An Yue beside her, "See Miss Lin off properly for me."
An Yue understood Jiang Zhi's meaning and followed Lin Qiyun out.
Jiang Zhi had just returned to her room when Lu Yuan brought in the doctor she was looking for.
The doctor, blindfolded by Lu Yuan, looked extremely uneasy.
However, after carefully taking Jiang Zhi's pulse, the diagnosis was no different from that of the imperial physician.
"This lady's pulse is weak and feeble. She should take good care of herself and ensure a safe pregnancy, otherwise it may be difficult to save the baby in her womb."
Lu Yuan looked solemn. After thanking the doctor, he had someone see him out.
"Don't leave the General's Mansion during this time. Leave everything to me. Just focus on your pregnancy." He frowned and looked at her with concern.
Jiang Zhi nodded listlessly, her heart heavy.
"Miss, it's time to take your medicine." Ru Ying brought in the pregnancy-preserving medicine prescribed by the imperial physician.
Jiang Zhi's mood worsened immediately upon hearing that she had to take medicine.
"I don't want to drink it now, let's leave it for now," she said, wrinkling her nose.
“I’ll feed her, you can go down first,” Lu Yuan took the medicine from Ru Ying’s hands, “The medicine should be drunk while it’s hot.”
He blew on it to cool it down and handed it to her.
"It's too bitter, I don't want to drink it." Jiang Zhi shook her head.
"You can't be willful. The doctor said your pregnancy is unstable and you need to take good care of yourself." Lu Yuan brought the spoon to her lips, but she turned her head away.
He looked at her calmly and said, "If you don't drink it, I'll have to use other methods to feed you."
Jiang Zhi stared wide-eyed as he raised the medicine bowl to her lips, and could only stop him, "Fine, I'll drink it, I'll drink it, okay?"
She frowned as she took it.
However, as soon as the medicine entered her mouth, a wave of nausea suddenly surged up in her stomach, and the medicine bowl shattered on the ground with a "bang." She then leaned against the bedpost and vomited violently.
Lu Yuan was startled by her sudden action and quickly got up to pat her back.
Jiang Zhi only raised her head when she could no longer vomit.
"...It's all your fault"
Her face was pale, her eyes were still wet with tears, and her pupils were filled with resentment.
"It's my fault," Lu Yuan poured her a glass of warm water. "You drink some water first, I'll clean up here."
After Jiang Zhi vomited, a strange smell filled the room, mixed with the smell of medicine, which was really unpleasant.
But Lu Yuan showed no disgust whatsoever. He helped her sit down and dutifully did the work that should have been done by a servant.
After cleaning the floor and washing his hands, Lu Yuan found the incense in the room and lit it, finally dispelling the smell completely.
Lu Yuan had previously consulted the imperial physician about the incense, and it was assured that it would not harm Jiang Zhi's health.
Seeing him busy himself without complaint, Jiang Zhi's resentment towards him for forcing her to take the medicine dissipated.
She picked up a piece of candied fruit and put it in her mouth. The acid reflux was miraculously suppressed, disappearing without a trace, as if everything just now was an illusion.
Lu Yuan looked at her and said, "You have something on you too, you need to change your clothes."
After saying that, he stepped forward and immediately tried to help her.
"No need, no need, just let Ruying come." Although the two of them had done what they were supposed to do, she still couldn't bring herself to undress in broad daylight in front of Lu Yuan.
A rare smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face. "What, we already have a child, what are we afraid of?"
"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you since you're pregnant. I just want to take care of you. After all, I'm the one who caused this to happen to you, so I can't let someone else do it."
He spoke with such seriousness, as if he were simply stating a fact.
Jiang Zhi was so weak from vomiting that she didn't have the energy to argue with him anymore. She just said, "Then close your eyes and don't look."
Lu Yuan's smile deepened, tinged with indulgence. "Alright."
Jiang Zhi leaned against the edge of the couch, and Lu Yuan, as promised, closed his eyes and reached out to untie her clothes.
They were very close; his high, straight nose almost touched hers, his thin lips were slightly pursed, and his even breath sprayed onto her face.
Lu Yuan's temperament was neither as naturally noble as Xiao Xuanyou's, nor as unrestrained and free as Xie Qi's.
He was cold, hard, and sharp all over, like a sword sheathed in its sheath, usually unassuming and devoid of any emotion.
But in reality, once unsheathed, it is ruthless and merciless, capable of severing a person's throat in the next instant, making it a force to be reckoned with.
Jiang Zhi couldn't help but raise her hand and run her fingertips along his brow bone and bridge of his nose. "Lu Yuan, has anyone ever told you that you are very handsome?"
Lu Yuan paused in his movements, his eyelashes trembled slightly but he didn't open them. "No."
As the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, everyone else would rather take a detour when they saw him, so who would dare to make fun of his appearance?
"Now we have it."
As soon as Jiang Zhi finished speaking, she met a pair of dark, ink-like pupils.
Lu Yuan opened his eyes, his hand grasping her fingertips that were playing with his face, his breathing slightly disordered.
“Ah Zhi, I would take this as an invitation.”
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