The heavy snow had been continuous in recent days, and the weather was bitterly cold.

Even rooms with braziers had cold wind blowing straight through.

Not to mention places that were usually desolate—Jing Xuan’s courtyard.

Previously, she had been injured by the drunken Na Tuo. After resting for a while, she had gradually improved somewhat. However, because her palm had been pierced by the wine bottle at the time, she could no longer embroider and had just been recuperating. But she was still the same as before—either sitting in her room in a daze or standing by the window in a daze, often for entire days, even going without food or drink.

Until today, she finally fell ill.

When she woke up, she just lay motionless in bed, those deeply sunken, lifeless eyes staring fixedly at the bed canopy above.

As if her soul had been lost.

No matter how the maids beside her called to her, she remained unmoved.

The maids who usually cared for her worried something would happen, so they quickly went to notify Na Tuo.

Na Tuo, having heard Gong Shilin’s words, had no choice but to make a symbolic trip here.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw several maids standing beside the bed.

“Move aside.”

He reached out and pushed those maids away.

The maids knelt down: “Your Highness.”

“All of you, get out.”

“Yes.”

They withdrew one by one.

Na Tuo stood beside the bed, looking down at Jing Xuan with her deathly pale complexion and vacant gaze.

He had to admit this woman was indeed very beautiful!

She possessed the charm and gentle grace of women from Da Lin.

But no matter how beautiful and lovely such a woman was, in Na Tuo’s eyes, she was ultimately just a completely useless chess piece.

One that could be discarded at will, or crushed!

He slightly lifted his robe and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Those devouring eyes fell upon Jing Xuan’s jaw, then he reached out and grasped it with one hand.

With great force.

“Are you deliberately trying to cause me trouble?” His tone was extremely vicious.

Jing Xuan didn’t answer.

“Don’t think that just because you won’t speak, I have no way to deal with you.”

“…”

“Listen well. You’d better not affect any of my affairs. At this time, even if you’re dying, you must hold on for me. Don’t you dare cause me trouble.”

The force in his hand increased several degrees.

But Jing Xuan still gave him no response.

Just like a corpse.

If Na Tuo couldn’t still feel her breathing, he would have certainly thought this woman was dead.

And Jing Xuan’s lack of response made him even more furious.

He grabbed Jing Xuan’s collar and lifted her entire body up, pressing her heavily against the bedpost.

“Speak!” His voice was very loud.

With a commanding tone.

The sound echoed in the room, making people’s hair stand on end.

Na Tuo was rarely like this. Even when facing his mortal enemy Na Yan, he would never lose his rationality and collapse like this.

Only this woman could make him lose control twice in succession!

Jing Xuan only felt her neck being tightened by her clothes, making breathing difficult. Her complexion became even worse because of this, but her gaze never aligned with Na Tuo’s line of sight.

Her disregard completely enraged Na Tuo.

Just as he was about to viciously slap her face, his gaze suddenly caught sight of a small object pressed under the pillow.

It immediately stopped his impulse!

He released Jing Xuan and picked up the thing pressed under the pillow.

It was a very exquisite small medicine bottle!

It was what Jingrong had previously given her.

Na Tuo examined it carefully and discovered this bottle didn’t belong to his manor at all, and it didn’t look at all like something made in Huyi.

It wasn’t even among Jing Xuan’s dowry items!

Jing Xuan’s consciousness suddenly gradually awakened at this moment. Her gaze fixed on the bottle in Na Tuo’s hand.

She immediately reached out to grab the bottle: “Give it back to me.”

She almost lunged forward.

But Na Tuo suddenly stood up, one step ahead of her.

Thus making her lunge into empty air.

Na Tuo uncorked the bottle and brought it to his nose to smell.

Very strong medicinal properties!

From the scent, it should be medicine for treating cuts.

“Who gave this to you?”

“Give it back to me!” She wanted to snatch it, but her body was truly too weak to support itself.

Her eyes were full of pleading.

Seeing her like this, Na Tuo knew the thing in his hand must not be simple. Anger surged in his heart, and he shouted loudly: “Everyone come in.”

Those maids who had previously withdrawn one by one heard his voice and immediately entered with bowed bodies.

Thud!

They all knelt on the ground.

“Speak! Where did this medicine come from?”

The maids carefully raised their heads to look at the unfamiliar medicine bottle in his hand, then all shook their heads.

One person said: “Your Highness, we have never seen this bottle before.”

“Never seen it? Then has anyone come here?”

“We servants have been following Your Highness’s instructions all along, watching the Princess Consort well. Apart from the few maids in the room and Your Highness, we haven’t seen anyone else come.”

“If no one came, where did this thing come from?”

“We servants truly don’t know.”

Every one of them was terrified!

They truly hadn’t seen it before.

Then Na Tuo held up the bottle and questioned Jing Xuan, whose body was half falling off the bed: “Speak! Who exactly gave this to you?”

“No one gave it to me. It’s my own!”

“Do you think I’m stupid?” Na Tuo bent down and once again seized her jaw, lifting it up to force her to look up at his reddened eyes. “The assassin who broke into the manor and attacked me that day—was it the same person who gave you this medicine bottle? Was it?”

He was like a leopard about to rage, wishing he could tear the prey before him to shreds alive.

After all, he had been injured so badly by that man in black, and because of it, Na Yan had gotten the better of him before his father king. Yet that man in black had escaped without a trace.

This anger—he had been holding it in his chest all along.

Now, if this medicine was truly related to that man in black, he would definitely use Jing Xuan’s bones to lure that person out, then tear him apart with five horses and dismember him into eight pieces. Even that wouldn’t be enough to offset the fury in his heart—he would have to throw the corpse into the wilderness to be devoured piece by piece by wolves, tigers, and leopards before he’d be satisfied!

Facing his interrogation, Jing Xuan naturally couldn’t expose Jingrong.

Even if she died, she wouldn’t speak.

So she shook her head: “No, it’s not.”

“Then who exactly gave you this thing?”

“Does it matter?”

“Don’t play this game with me. You know I won’t kill you! But that doesn’t mean I’ll let you remain unharmed.”

A bitter smile crossed Jing Xuan’s deathly pale face.

She said: “If you want to continue torturing me, go ahead.”

Go ahead!

She had long taken life and death lightly. If it weren’t for Jingrong’s sudden arrival before, she would have already committed suicide.

She wouldn’t have continued clinging to life like this!

The force in Na Tuo’s hand increased.

Nearly distorting her face from the pressure!

“Don’t test my patience. I’ll give you one more chance. Will you speak? Or won’t you?”

Jing Xuan bit down hard on her teeth!

She simply closed her eyes directly.

Letting him do as he pleased!

The fire in Na Tuo’s eyes grew more and more intense.

And just at this moment—

A voice suddenly came from the doorway: “That medicine bottle is mine.”

Hmm?