Ye Qingcheng frowned and thought after Xiao Wangye finished speaking. She had been practicing medicine for many years, but this was the first time she had heard of such an illness. To suddenly become paralyzed, could it be that this crazy man Xiao Wangye had too many enemies and was poisoned? If it was poison, then so many imperial physicians could not have failed to notice, which was truly strange.
"Ye Qingcheng, why aren't you quickly treating this king's leg? What are you thinking about?" Xiao Wangye saw that she had been silent for a long time after he finished speaking and instead had spaced out. He couldn't help but remind her impatiently.
"Your Highness, these needles need to be inserted for a while. You have been paralyzed for so many years, how can it be cured in a moment?" Ye Qingcheng rolled her eyes where Xiao Wangye could not see.
Hearing her say this, Xiao Wangye was even more angered and wanted to sit up. Seeing that his leg was covered in silver needles, he had to give up. "Don't forget what you said. If you can't cure this king's leg, this king will not let you off."
"Your Highness, you can't find a second person to treat your leg right now. You'd better be polite to me." With that, Ye Qingcheng began to pull out the needles.
"Your Highness, today's treatment is over. Hurry up and leave. I'm going to sleep." Ye Qingcheng yawned.
Seeing her lack of decorum and her driving him away, Xiao Wangye was even more furious, his face turning dark. No one had ever dared to speak to him like this. He simply closed his eyes and said, "This king will rest here tonight. Don't forget that this is also this king's room."
Seeing him like this, Ye Qingcheng walked to his side and deliberately spoke in a seductive voice, "Your Highness, I am truly honored that you can sleep here. I will now serve His Highness to sleep."
After speaking, Ye Qingcheng began to pull at Xiao Wangye's clothes. Xiao Wangye opened his eyes, looked at her, snatched his clothes back, and said through gritted teeth, "Ye Qingcheng, what are you doing?"
"Oh dear, Your Highness, aren't you going to sleep here? I'm serving you to change clothes." She said, reaching out to pull again.
Xiao Wangye used his internal energy to break free from her and sat on a chair. He shouted towards the door, "Lin Xiao, come in."
Lin Xiao, who was listening with great interest outside, heard the prince call him and quickly pushed the door open. He glanced at the disheveled appearance of the two and hastily lowered his head. "Your Highness, what are your orders?"
"Wheel this king back." Xiao Wangye glanced at Ye Qingcheng and said coldly.
He was leaving now? Didn't the princess just say she wanted to serve the prince to bed? It seemed the prince was acting up again. Thinking this, Lin Xiao looked at Ye Qingcheng sympathetically.
"Why are you looking at him? Have you forgotten who your master is?" Xiao Wangye asked coldly, seeing him not coming over and even looking at Ye Qingcheng.
Lin Xiao hurriedly walked behind him and said respectfully, "This lowly one's master is His Highness."
"Then hurry up and go." Xiao Wangye didn't want to stay there for another moment.
After Xiao Wangye left, Ye Qingcheng looked at Bi Xi and found that her fever had subsided. Just as she had thought, Bi Xi had drunk medicine she had prepared herself. The efficacy of the medicine was far better than ordinary medicine. She could now go to sleep with peace of mind.
Ye Qingcheng woke up and it was already late. Her stomach growled with hunger. No one in the prince's mansion had brought her breakfast. This Xiao Wangye was truly selfish and stingy. He was counting on her to treat his leg, and he wouldn't even give her food.
After Ye Qingcheng washed up, she went to see Bi Xi first. Seeing that she was still asleep, she went to the kitchen herself to find something to eat. When she arrived at the kitchen, she saw that only some pastries were left. The cook was about to throw them away. Ye Qingcheng ran over quickly, taking two steps at a time, and shouted, "Wait, don't throw them away."
The cook, named Shi Liu, was strong and robust. She was startled by the shout and froze, quickly retracting her hand. When she looked up and saw it was Ye Qingcheng, she immediately put on a sullen face. "Oh, why is the princess here?"
Ye Qingcheng ignored her dark expression, took the plate from her hand, and began to eat. After all, she needed to fill her stomach before she had the strength to reprimand someone. These pastries were Xiao Wangye's favorites and were often kept in the prince's mansion. Xiao Wangye didn't always eat them. If there were leftovers, the servants couldn't eat them, so they had to be thrown away. Ye Qingcheng ate and sighed, lamenting the wasteful feudal society. She thought about how many people starved to death in the apocalypse.
Shi Liu did not expect the princess to suddenly change into someone else and snatch the food from her hands to eat. "Princess, don't blame this servant for not warning you. These were specially made for His Highness. If His Highness finds out you ate them like this, he will be angry."
Ye Qingcheng swallowed the pastry in her mouth and looked at her coldly. "You still know that I am the princess? Do you know why no one sent my breakfast to me?"
"Princess, aren't we too busy? The kitchen is busy preparing breakfast for His Highness in the morning, so we forgot about you." Shi Liu said impatiently.
The Ye Qingcheng of today had a new soul and would not fall for her tricks. "The kitchen of a dignified prince's mansion can't even arrange such a small matter properly. I think your abilities are too poor."
"Princess, don't talk nonsense. We have been working in the prince's mansion for many years, and we have been here longer than you. If we were incompetent, His Highness would not have kept us for so long." Shi Liu seemed not afraid at all. She knew that this princess had no authority in the prince's mansion.
"Working in the prince's mansion for many years, yet still making no progress. How dare you say you have any ability?" Just as Ye Qingcheng finished speaking, she saw Xiao Wangye approaching.
Seeing Xiao Wangye with a dark expression, all the servants hurriedly knelt down to pay their respects. Ye Qingcheng glanced at him and continued to eat the pastries in her hand.
"Ye Qingcheng, you dare not pay your respects when you see this king?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me. This consort is too hungry and has no strength to pay my respects." Ye Qingcheng said, taking another piece of pastry. Seeing that there were two pieces left on the plate, she decided not to eat them and take them back for Bi Xi.
"How can a dignified princess eat like this? It's a disgrace!" Xiao Wangye was choked with anger by her words.
"Your Highness, you still know I am the princess? Do you know that your princess can't even get a bite of breakfast in your prince's mansion?" Ye Qingcheng rolled her eyes.
Xiao Wangye looked at the servants kneeling on the ground and said, "Lin Xiao, handle this matter."
"Ye Qingcheng, follow this king when you are full."
Ye Qingcheng rolled her eyes, took the remaining two pastries, and walked behind Xiao Wangye. "Your Highness, where are you going?"
"After you pricked me yesterday, this king felt some sensation. Give me another acupuncture session now." Xiao Wangye said in a commanding tone.
Ye Qingcheng's eyes darted. "Your Highness, besides acupuncture, it's best to soak your legs in hot water. It helps with blood circulation and is more effective."
Xiao Wangye listened to her words and took Ye Qingcheng to the carriage to go out. Ye Qingcheng didn't know what had gotten into him.
"Your Highness, where are we going?"
Xiao Wangye glanced at her and said, "Hot Spring Villa."