To say she wasn’t afraid would be a lie.

She was terrified, “It wasn’t me, I didn’t push you, it wasn’t me…”

Chen Xiang looked at her with an inscrutable expression, then fainted from the pain.

Very soon, the physician arrived, and so did Jing Yi.

In these short few hours, Jing Yi experienced great ups and downs. He had thought he was going to have a young heir, but who knew that now Chen Xiang lay on the bed inside, and it was still uncertain whether the child could be saved. With that feeling, he even had the desire to kill.

And before him knelt a ground full of people!

Led by Ji Muqing, followed by all the maids who had been in the room at the time.

His brows were like two sharp swords raised high, and his furious eyes swept over everyone in the room one by one.

He questioned, “Speak! What exactly happened at that time?”

The maids looked at each other, none daring to speak.

“Speak!”

The reprimanding voice echoed through the room.

The little maid who had helped Chen Xiang onto the bed spoke up. She said, “It was… it was the Princess Consort who pushed the Secondary Princess Consort.”

Ji Muqing, who had long collapsed on the ground, looked back and glared fiercely at that maid upon hearing this, “What nonsense are you spouting? I didn’t push her at all.”

“This servant is speaking the truth.”

“You’re talking complete nonsense.”

Jing Yi said with a cold face, asking that little maid, “Speak properly. What exactly happened at that time?”

“In reply to My Prince, because the Secondary Princess Consort had Cailan transferred to her side, the Princess Consort was very angry and came here to demand the person back. As a result, during the shoving, the Secondary Princess Consort fell to the ground. It was the Secondary Princess Consort who said with her own mouth before fainting that it was the Princess Consort who pushed her.”

“I didn’t…” Ji Muqing knelt on the ground, tugging at Jing Yi’s robe, raising her head, her eyes full of tears as she said, “My Prince, you must believe me. It really wasn’t me who pushed her. I didn’t push her. She’s lying.”

Pleading and crying!

Jing Yi’s sharp eyes looked down at her. This woman was truly disgusting!

How could he let go of someone who dared to harm his child?

So—

He raised his foot and kicked Ji Muqing’s shoulder, kicking her back more than a meter.

She immediately coughed up blood!

Her old injuries hadn’t healed yet, and now new injuries were added. It was practically killing her.

Jing Yi looked down at her from above and said viciously, “This Prince has already been benevolent and tolerant toward you to a certain degree. If the child cannot be saved this time, this Prince will kill you.”

In the end, it was still about the child!

If Chen Xiang died, it wouldn’t matter. The main thing was that nothing could happen to the child.

Inside the room, the physician had finished taking the pulse, and Chen Xiang had already awakened.

The physician said, “Secondary Princess Consort, rest assured. The young heir is unharmed. You just took a fall. Rest for a few days and you’ll be fine.”

“Physician, how could there be nothing wrong?” Chen Xiang said meaningfully.

“There truly is nothing wrong.”

“No, this consort is not fine. In fact, there is a big problem.”

Hm?

The physician didn’t quite understand. He had been practicing medicine for many years and had never made a mistake. This time he absolutely wouldn’t be mistaken either.

Chen Xiang sat up from the bed, glanced outside, then said, “Physician, when you go out later, tell the Prince that this consort’s fetus is very likely unable to be saved and requires careful rest.”

“Ah? This…”

“It’s just one sentence. As long as you say it to the Prince, this consort won’t shortchange you in rewards.”

“How can this be done? Secondary Princess Consort, you’re actually fine. If I tell the Prince this…” Wouldn’t it make him, the physician, appear incompetent?

Chen Xiang gave a look to the maid beside her. The maid then took out a bracelet from a brocade box on the dressing table and gave it to the physician.

Upon seeing that bracelet, the physician’s principles disappeared.

Holding it in his hands for careful examination, this bracelet was made of the finest jade.

Seeing the greed in his eyes, Chen Xiang struck while the iron was hot, “As long as you say one sentence, in the future not only this bracelet, but gold, silver, and treasures—none will be lacking for you.”

The physician’s eyes had long been shining. How could he care about so much? He quickly agreed.

He put the bracelet away.

In this world, who doesn’t love wealth?

Men die for wealth, birds die for food—this has always been the natural order.

After the physician went out, he put on the expression of a doctor meeting with the family of a critically ill patient and said to Jing Yi, “My Prince, this humble one has done his best. The Secondary Princess Consort’s fall was very serious. Currently the person is fine, but the young heir in her womb…”

Jing Yi’s eyes darkened. He urgently pursued the question, “Speak! What about the young heir?”

“The young heir currently has no problems for now, but… if proper care cannot be provided, I’m afraid he still cannot be saved.”

Lying without a blush or a racing heart.

Such a physician should be dragged to the eighteenth level of hell and fried in an oil pot.

“Useless.”

The physician quickly knelt down, kowtowing, “My Prince, spare my life. This humble one will do everything possible to save the young heir in the Secondary Princess Consort’s womb.”

“If anything happens to the young heir, you won’t want your life either.”

“Yes… this humble one will certainly do everything possible.”

“Get lost.”

The physician got up from the ground and scrambled away to prepare medicine.

The young heir very likely couldn’t be saved?

These words seemed to push everyone in the room onto the execution platform. If the young heir died, everyone would have to die along with him.

Jing Yi quickly went in to see Chen Xiang. She lay on the bed, her face pale, looking sickly. Seeing him arrive, she couldn’t help but start crying.

“My Prince, it’s all this concubine’s fault. If I hadn’t asked you to transfer Cailan to my side, the Princess Consort wouldn’t be so angry, and our child wouldn’t be in danger.”

Crying profusely.

Jing Yi held her hand to comfort her, “Rest assured, our child will definitely be fine. The physician said as long as we take good care, the child will be fine.”

“My Prince…”

“Rest well. This Prince absolutely won’t watch you suffer such a great injustice.”

“My Prince, please don’t blame the Princess Consort. It was an unintentional act on her part.”

“You don’t need to worry about so much. Just rest well.” Jing Yi stroked her pale face.

She nodded weakly and sickly.

After Jing Yi turned and left, Chen Xiang’s pitiful face immediately transformed into something sinister and terrifying. She laughed coldly, “Ji Muqing, this time you’ll have your share of suffering. I want to see whether your two brothers are more formidable or whether the young heir in my belly is more formidable.”

Just wait to die!

The little maid beside her came forward and said, “First, congratulations to the Princess Consort.”

Yes, calling her Princess Consort!

Her face was full of spring breeze.

Outside, Jing Yi looked at Ji Muqing whom he had kicked away, his eyes containing a ball of flames that he was forcefully restraining.

He ordered, “Someone come, drag the Princess Consort to the woodshed. Whenever the Secondary Princess Consort’s fetus can be saved, that’s when she can be released.”

“Yes.” The servants came forward and dragged up that lump of “rotten flesh” from the ground.

“My Prince, you cannot treat me this way.” Ji Muqing shouted loudly, “I am the Princess Consort.”