She suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze filled with hostility.
"Go and call Zhan Shuang to see me," Ye Qingxue said, her voice hoarse, like the sound of a knife sharpening against a boulder.
Zhan Shuang has followed Yun Zhuo for many years. He was one of the guards who protected Yun Zhuo when the Eastern Palace was massacred. Now he is the head guard of the Crown Prince's residence.
When Yun Zhuo promoted Luo Xing to follow him, he also promoted Zhan Shuang, specifically for Ye Qingxue's use.
Zhan Shuang entered quickly and knelt down to pay his respects outside the screen in front of Ye Qingxue's bed.
"Zhan Shuang, borrow one hundred guards each from the Prince Yu's residence and General Lan's residence, and also transfer eight hundred guards from the Crown Prince's residence. At the same time, search for Dong Bai's whereabouts," Ye Qingxue said.
"Deploy another two hundred guards from the Crown Prince's residence to secretly search for evidence that the Prime Minister's residence hired assassins to kill me."
"Yes!" Zhan Shuang immediately accepted the order and left.
Ye Qingxue closed her eyes again, feeling exhausted and in pain all over her body, but she told herself that she must not get angry, she absolutely must not get angry.
Dongbai will be alright. She will definitely return safely. Not being able to find her is actually the best outcome. At least for now, we can still hold onto the hope that she is still alive.
Ye Qingxue took a deep breath, then another. She needed to take good care of herself during her pregnancy and give birth safely and smoothly after five months. By then, Dongbai would surely have returned and be by her side.
Yes, that's right!
Ye Qingxue didn't shed a single tear when it came to Dongbai, not even once throughout the entire day!
But as night deepened and she couldn't sleep, Ye Qingxue got up and went to the guards' room to visit Zhuang Xin.
He lived here before he was expelled from the Crown Prince's residence. Several months have passed, and his room has remained. Now he has moved here again.
Zhuang Xin's tattered and blood-stained clothes had been changed. Because his chest was covered in wounds and bandaged, he was not wearing any clothes, only pants. He lay quietly on the bed, as if he were asleep.
The gauze was soaked in blood, and next to it were wounds of various sizes and ages.
The new wound was from last night, and the old wound was from when I was with Yun Zhuo.
His head was also bandaged up, so the condition of his wounds could not be seen.
Ye Qingxue looked at him for a long time before finally speaking: "Zhuang Xin, you will wake up, right? Both I and your master, His Highness the Crown Prince, hope that you will wake up. We are waiting for you to wake up!"
Granny Xing helped Ye Qingxue out.
The February night was chilly, and Granny Xing wrapped her cloak tighter around herself. Ye Qingxue stood outside for a long time before going back to sleep.
Before dawn, Ye Qingxue felt herself being held by a pair of warm, rough hands. Ye Qingxue's eyelashes trembled, and she opened her eyes to see Yun Zhuo's face and his worried eyes.
"Did I wake you up? It's still early, go back to sleep. I heard from the nanny that you went to bed very late last night."
It was Yun Zhuo's voice. Ye Qingxue blinked, making sure she hadn't misheard.
She struggled to sit up, and Yun Zhuo, seeing this, helped her up, sat behind her, and pulled her into his arms.
"Why are you back?" Ye Qingxue asked.
"After learning what happened to you, I rushed back as fast as I could." Yun Zhuo nuzzled her neck, his face full of lingering fear. "I'm sorry I wasn't by your side the whole time, leaving you to face such a dangerous moment alone..."
Yun Zhuo's voice was very hoarse.
God knows, after learning of Ye Qingxue's accident, he stopped breathing and immediately rode back without saying a word.
After returning, he stayed by Ye Qingxue's bedside, watching her and listening to her breathing for a long, long time before he could confirm that she was alive!
Fortunately, she survived.
He simply couldn't imagine what he would do if Ye Qingxue really got into trouble; he might even go insane.
Holding her now, feeling her body temperature, I finally felt like I was waking up from a nightmare, but my back and palms were still slightly sweaty.
Ye Qingxue felt his embrace tightening and knew his worry, so she quickly said, "The baby and I are fine, you don't need to worry too much..."
Ye Qingxue couldn't continue speaking. Although she and her child were alright, Dongbai had not yet been found, and Zhuang Xin was still in a coma.
"Is this a trick of the Prime Minister's mansion?" Yun Zhuo suddenly asked.
"It's pretty close to the truth, but those assassins stopped very quickly, leaving no trace at the Prime Minister's residence. We haven't obtained any evidence yet..."
Yun Zhuo said, "If there's no evidence, then create it!"
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