Chapter 1545: Chapter 1540: Heartbreaking Pain

Qin Ge later learned that Rong Yun fell ill and got injured, already feeling somewhat guilty. Now, after hearing these details from Nanny Yan, she felt even more remorseful.

She remembered that night, she helped Li Yunshu detain Qin Muyan, which led to such consequences, deeply regretting it.

Especially when she was in front of the Empress Dowager and heard the empress mention that the envoy delegation from Beiling City would soon arrive. The envoys will definitely visit Rong Yun, and then have to report back to the Emperor and Imperial Consort of Beiling City. Now that Rong Yun is sick, and visibly so, wouldn’t it be a cause for gossip if the envoys saw her?

This would damage the diplomatic relations between the two countries, a grave mistake for the nation.

Qin Ge was suddenly so flustered that she could not think of what to do.

Li Yunshu had been relatively calm these past two days. Although she was pleased with Rong Yun’s predicament, which allowed her an opportunity due to her own injuries and illness, her mother told her that with the Beiling City delegation arriving soon, she should not act rashly to avoid displeasing Qin Muyan.

So during this time, she did nothing except coming to Rong Yun’s courtyard to pay her respects.

However, she sent someone to find out exactly who were in the Beiling City’s envoy.

Coincidentally, she received fantastic news.

When Chun Xing told her, her eyes lit up with excitement, “Report to the secondary consort, the envoy coming to deliver the ore is General Long from Beiling City, highly respected and a young general. Moreover, he and the Princess were childhood sweethearts, and they were almost engaged!”

“Really?” Li Yunshu stood up excitedly, almost knocking over the stool.

Chun Xing quickly helped her sit down, “This must be true, because General Long has also been sending people everywhere to inquire about the Princess. It’s just that Your Highness has been protecting the Princess recently and didn’t bother about him.”

“Hahaha! Rong Yun… this little vixen, sure knows how to charm!”

Li Yunshu’s mouth twisted crookedly, a malicious glint passing through her eyes.

She knew not to underestimate the vixen’s Bewitching Technique; she couldn’t only seduce Qin Muyan but also entice the men from Beiling City, truly despicable!

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When Rong Yun slowly regained consciousness, her whole body ached, bandaged around her head and hands, and also on her ankles, she felt a heaviness as if something was pressing down on them.

“Ugh…”

She moaned softly and immediately the heavy feeling on her feet lifted, descending beside her was the hot breath of a man, “Jingjing, you’re awake!”

Rong Yun’s eyes fluttered open, blurred, but in front of her was the staunch and handsome face of Qin Muyan, still showing his concern for her.

Yet she pouted and blurted out, “Go away…”

Her voice was weak, yet it made Qin Muyan even more heartbroken.

Qin Muyan leaned in close to her, gently caressing her cheek, “It’s my fault, I apologize. Don’t be mad, okay? Are you hungry or thirsty? Want to eat or drink something?”

His heart full of guilt, yet his concern for her well-being prevailed.

Like a Doctor, he examined her body, noticing multiple abrasions, and her feet covered in bloodstains. For those two days she had a fever, he was completely irritable, doing many things he himself found inconceivable.

Only when she woke up and spoke to him did he feel like his heart could return to his chest.

Even though, his little girl was giving him the cold shoulder.

Rong Yun wouldn’t respond to him, Qin Muyan tried to feed her medicine and soup, but she ignored him. When Qin Muyan lowered his head to kiss her, she shouted out loudly and weakly pushed him away from her.

Because of this, she even messed up the bandages on her head, became dizzy and started vomiting, causing another bout of chaos in the courtyard.

Later, seeing her in such discomfort, the old woman kindly advised Qin Muyan, “Your Highness, perhaps you should attend to your duties. Here, the maids and I are looking after the Princess, and all shall be well.”

Qin Muyan could not leave, “I will go after I see her take her medicine.”

He meant well, but as long as he stood in the room, Rong Yun refused to take her medicine and even smashed several bowls of it. By the time only one bowl was left, Qin Muyan could no longer bear it and had to leave.

If he remained in the room, Rong Yun would not take her medicine, and preparing another dose would take half an hour; her recovery would only slow further.

Qin Muyan had to tend to urgent matters first, especially as the envoy from Beiling City had arrived and had been wanting to meet him.

Today, he finally made time to meet the envoy.

However, before leaving, he visited Rong Yun again. She refused to see him and fell asleep after taking her medicine.

He sighed in relief, “It’s good that she can sleep.”

He asked the old woman to prepare more hot water bottles and place them by Rong Yun’s feet to keep them warm.

Previously, he could hold Rong Yun’s feet, but now, without him, the small feet might turn cold again.

The old woman agreed and prepared the hot water bottles.

No matter how much she praised Qin Muyan, Rong Yun wouldn’t listen; she lay on the bed, feeling betrayed and crying, “He has let me down, he doesn’t care for me, I don’t want him anymore!”

Rong Yun cried heartbreakingly, even more than the day she left her hometown to marry into the Great Wei Dynasty.

She looked at the peach blossoms by the bedhead, a gift from her brother, the Crown Prince. Their season had passed and now the branches were bare, driving her to despair.

Rong Yun felt a deep, piercing pain in her heart, immersing her in sorrow she couldn’t escape from.

Each night, she dreamt of the cold wait that night, of watching the courtyard gate for a long time without seeing Qin Muyan, of dreaming of Qin Muyan and Li Yunshu happily chatting and lovingly entwined at the Duke of Li’s mansion.

All the things she dreamt of doing with Qin Muyan, he did with Li Yunshu.

She was infuriated to madness, angered to insanity.

She was desperately longing to return to Beiling City, to return to her mother’s side!

Long Ze was allowed to visit the Scarlet Flame King’s mansion when Rong Yun was well enough to leave the bed.

She avoided Qin Muyan, didn’t cry or make scenes, and her health gradually improved, yet her heart remained heavy, unable to find joy.

Indeed, the old woman, trying to cheer her up, told her that Long Ze brought gifts from the Imperial Consort and the Crown Prince to visit her from Beiling City.

Upon hearing that someone from Beiling City had come to see her, Rong Yun joyously wanted to get out of bed to meet them, and so, in three days, her complexion improved enough to see visitors.

The old woman focused on Rong Yun’s recuperation, becoming somewhat negligent of the palace gossip.

What was originally nothing unusual became distorted by the half-truths spread by Li Yunshu in the prince’s mansion, turning into rumors.

For example, rumors said Rong Yun and Long Ze were childhood friends, that Long Ze harbored deep feelings for her, and even that he volunteered to transport iron ore specifically to visit Rong Yun, expressing his love from a thousand miles away.

There were even more exaggerated rumors saying that Rong Yun recovered so quickly because she was anxious and eager to meet Long Ze, leading to such a significant improvement.

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