Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

80. No, Not the Imperial Doctors

Translator: Antonia

Since he was a little boy, Du Chuxuan had much more sensitive pain nerves than others. Being slapped to others would at most leave on the skin a red mark while to him it would be stabbing him with a knife. Hadn’t he really been a boy, Master Du would have raised him as a daughter.

Du Chuxuan’s situation was imaginable after he had just been stabbed by a true saber. If it wasn’t mentioned, the brain might have selectively shielded the pain. After all, the beauty right in front of him was more important. However, the wound was too serious and instantly made the sweats on Du Chuxuan’s head flow down.

Looking at Du Chuxuan’s pale face, Yuxing Tianrui found his hands shaking. He turned around and saw Ada and the others were moving out dead bodies. When they pulled the last living hitman to the dungeon, Yuxing Tianrui couldn’t help yelling at them, “Are you all dead? Hurry and get an imperial doctor! If anything happened to Her Highness, you’ll all suffer!”

Ada was stilled for a second but he always responded quickly with the highest standard of a guard, so he replied and turned to send for doctors. On the way, he couldn’t help but be surprised. It seemed Her Highness was really special and important to His Highness, or the latter wouldn’t have been so anxious.

Yuxing Tianrui had no idea that he was seen through by everyone. He looked at Du Chuxuan gritting teeth out of pain and even didn’t dare to touch him. He had a deep sense of guilty, believing it was him that had caused him such great pain. Instantly, his eyes turned red.

Du Chuxuan swore to heaven that if he knew his prince was not only a tsundere vinegar jar but also a tear bag, he would try every means not to display the slightest expression of suffering. Now, all that in his mind was why not just let him pass out and save the trouble?

Ada was quick, and in less than a quarter, carried over the imperial doctors that were on duty tonight. There were just a few superiors in the palaces, less than five, so naturally Ada didn’t fear that they might accuse him of being rude. What he carried in his hands were obviously the most prestigious doctors in the palace.

The poor imperial doctors, living to this age, had always been down to earth. The highest altitude their feet had ever parted the earth was when they were little and played hopscotch. Now being carried by Ada like chicks, they were too terrified to move at all. Hadn’t known here was the East Palace, they would have been scared to death.

As soon as Ada set them behind Yuxing Tianrui, he reported, “Your Highness, there are altogether two doctors on duty tonight, but luckily Head Doctor Zhang is also here.” He knew that Yuxing Tianrui wouldn’t be dissatisfied with the number of doctors, but supposedly, Head Zhang’s presence would somewhat ease his anger.

Indeed, Ada was the handiest assistant to Yuxing Tianrui and read his mind correctly. The long time of staring at Du Chuxuan in pain had fueled the rage in Yuxing Tianrui’s heart again and again. But for the need to respect the two imperial doctors, he would have put a sword on their necks and forced them to hurry.

“Your High…”

“Save the formalities. Go and check Her Highness. If anything happens to her, I’ll let the entire imperial hospital be buried with her!” Usually Yuxing Tianrui was a gentle person, so the two doctors were taken aback by this look of him and understood that he wasn’t bluffing.

Head Zhang wasted no time and went forward to take a look. Du Chuxuan was lying on bed, hugging himself, neither rolling nor stumbling, but in the posture of an infant that just came out of the mother’s womb which made people feel sorry for him. Yet, the doctors didn’t think the same way and were a little nervous.

“Your Highness, Her Highness’s posture makes it inconvenient for us to check. Could you let her lie flat?” Head Zhang proposed cautiously. He hadn’t heard amiss of what Yuxing Tianrui had said, and after working in the palace for so many years, he had seen all kinds of situation. In addition to the faint smell of blood, it wasn’t hard to guess what had happened.

Yuxing Tianrui was stunned for a second and realized how careless he was. He immediately squatted down at the bedside so that he could speak to Du Chuxuan face to face, not in the least minding the surprise in the eyes of the doctors, “Xuan, I’ll help you sit up. Bear with the pain for a second, okay?”

Not only the doctors, even Ada opened his eyes wide with astonishment. Was this their reserved self-possessed Prince? He was actually coaxing the person lying on bed? Ada was afraid nobody would believe it even if he told others.

Du Chuxuan was in a daze from pain and turned his head when he heard someone calling him. He was actually a little irritable. It wasn’t that he had never been injured. Last time on the battlefield, he had been more seriously wounded, but it was less painful than this time. Therefore, he would be a fool if he couldn’t figure out the reason.

He turned to see Yuxing Tianrui’s face and was slightly relieved, reaching out to grip on Yuxing Tianrui’s clothes, “There’s poison on the saber. Be careful.” His mind was in a muddle and he thought that the hitmen hadn’t been caught yet. Therefore, he tried his best to tell Yuxing Tianrui this and then passed out.

His sound wasn’t very low, and even Head Zhang was shocked hearing it. He was about to say something when Yuxing Tianrui suddenly stood up, “I was making a fuss over it. I guess I don’t need to bother you tonight. Ada, send the doctors back.”

He looked very calm when he said this, not revealing the slightest of his thought. However, Head Zhang was anxious because he had heard clearly that Her Highness was poisoned. It was the most troublesome thing. With one slip, the patient would die, and the better result would also involve sequel. There mustn’t be any delay in treatment.

His lips parted, but in the end he said nothing. Here was the palace with yellow roofs. The best way to survive was knowing nothing and saying nothing. He lowered his head, pretending he hadn’t heard anything, “Then we’re leaving, Your Highness.”

As soon as the two doctors left, Luo San and another person jumped off the roof, “Your Highness, this is Luo Qing, from branch Bloom.”

Yuxing Tianrui nodded slightly and carefully held Du Chuxuan in his arms, revealing the wounded part, while Du Chuxuan, in his arms, stayed quiet in coma.