Find an imperial physician?

This man must have misunderstood something.

Yu Qingwu waved her hand, hurriedly refusing.

"No need, I'm fine. My stomach is just a little uncomfortable."

"Ning Shidi, I'm sorry, I won't eat anymore."

She took the handkerchief Xie Jin Yan handed over and said a word to her Third Shidi, Ning Yu.

Then, with her usual cold and stern posture, she stepped out of the front hall, enduring the spasms in her stomach, and staggered back to Qingning Courtyard.

As soon as she entered, Granny Xun handed her a hot water bottle. Seeing Yu Qingwu's pale face, she asked worriedly, "Miss Yu, do you really not need to call a doctor?"

"No need, it's just a cold stomach. Warming it up will be fine." She took it and slowly placed it on her abdomen, then waved her hand, faintly instructing Granny Xun, "Granny Xun, you can go down now."

Granny Xun nodded, brought over a quilt to cover her, and quietly retreated out of the room.

Yu Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief, tightly pressing the hot water bottle to her abdomen. As the warmth spread, she didn't know how long it took, but the stomachache finally subsided slowly...

The night deepened, and the surroundings became more and more silent. Faintly, there was a sound outside, like a man's footsteps.

"Shijie, are you feeling better?" When Yu Qingwu opened her eyes, Xie Jin Yan had entered the room at some point. He was sitting in front of the couch, looking at her gently. "Really no need to call an imperial physician? Are you sure it's just a stomachache?"

Naturally, it could only be a stomachache, after all...every time after being intimate with him, she would drink a large bowl of contraception soup.

But Yu Qingwu couldn't say these words.

Now she had to rely on Xie Jin Yan, no longer acting so aggressively as before.

A pale little face revealed the fragility of her crying last night. Yu Qingwu forced a smile back at him, "It's really just a stomachache, a problem I've had since I was young, you know that."

As she spoke, a trace of pain floated in her eyes, and her whole body curled up slightly.

Seeing her like this, Xie Jin Yan frowned involuntarily, a little worried, and a little annoyed, "You're in so much pain and you still say you're fine?"

"I'll still summon an imperial physician."

As he said that, he was about to get up.

Hearing this, Yu Qingwu hurriedly grabbed him, her small hand tightly clasping his fingers, and called out with a hint of coquetry, "Your Highness, stay with me. Don't call an imperial physician, the shixiong will become suspicious if they see."

Heh, was she so afraid of that man finding out?

On one hand, she wanted to dangle him, to use him, and on the other hand, she wanted to maintain that pure image in front of Xiao Fengyun?

Xie Jin Yan suddenly felt uncomfortable, but looking at the woman's pale and haggard appearance, he forcibly swallowed the anger, asking her with a dark face, "What if they become suspicious? Do you think he doesn't suspect now?"

"What's wrong, Shijie, are you trying to use me to deal with your enemies, while also wanting to maintain your pure jade maiden image in front of Xiao Shixiong?"

His eyes revealed a hint of sarcasm, and he sat back down on the stool, gently holding her hand, caressing it as he said, "Shijie, you can't have both fish and bear's paw..."

These words sounded gentle, but they made Yu Qingwu's heart tremble violently.

Last night, this man had cooperated so well, she thought...

Heh, that's right, what kind of person was Xie Jin Yan? Seemingly absurd and unrestrained on the surface, but in reality, shrewd and ruthless...

How could someone like him not see through her little thoughts? And how could he...be easily used by her?

Yu Qingwu's heart turned half cold in an instant, and the tenderness in her eyes was replaced by unwillingness in a flash...

She lowered her head, biting her lip tightly, not saying a word.

Xie Jin Yan sat aside, taking in all the subtle changes on her face, and the displeasure in his heart unconsciously rose a little. He also kept a straight face, not speaking.

The two were locked in a stalemate for a moment. Yu Qingwu's face gradually turned cold. After thinking for a while, she shed her disguise, her charming eyes glaring fiercely at the man in front of her, and she sneered, "Yes, you're right, I want to use you to deal with the Shen family, to deal with Prince Ning. But did Your Highness suffer a loss? Didn't you enjoy it too?"

Yu Qingwu gritted her teeth. When she said these vulgar words, her face couldn't help but flush, and she didn't dare to look Xie Jin Yan in the eyes.

Xie Jin Yan didn't answer. He looked at her, propping his cheek with his hand. In those dark eyes that had been gloomy just now, a trace of smugness suddenly appeared, as if he had captured some important clue. Smiling at her, he drawled out the ending, "Too? Shijie, what does 'too' mean?"

"Could it be that Shijie, when I'm pressing you down, also feel very..."

"You're not allowed to say that word!" Yu Qingwu interrupted him, two blushes quickly rising on her face, and her ears also becoming hot.

When it came to being lewd, she still couldn't compare to Xie Jin Yan, this bastard!

Seeing her face red and her ears burning, Xie Jin Yan's mood instantly improved a lot. He deliberately leaned his head closer, almost touching the woman's cheek, raised his eyebrows and said, "Which word? Pleasure?"

Yu Qingwu's face turned even redder, and she angrily said, "You... you're vulgar!"

"Uh, it's okay for you to say it, but it's vulgar when I say it? Shijie, aren't you being too discriminatory?" Xie Jin Yan had excellent eloquence. As soon as Yu Qingwu finished speaking, he immediately retorted.

Righteous and confident, and with a hint of innocence...

Yu Qingwu was completely choked this time. She glared at the man in front of her, her chest heaving violently, her pale lips trembling fiercely, but she was helpless...

That appearance, however...had a bit more of a young girl's willfulness and cuteness.

Cold and alluring beauty, enchanting seductress, adorable young woman, just how many sides did this shijie of his have?

Xie Jin Yan felt like he had struck gold...

"Alright, rest well. I have some matters to attend to today, so I won't keep you company." Smiling as he looked at the angry woman on the couch for a moment, Xie Jin Yan broke the silence, reached out and ruffled her hair, then turned and left.

Before leaving, he also instructed Granny Xun to find an imperial physician tomorrow, saying that he would have Yu Qingwu examined tomorrow to regulate her stomach that got cold at the slightest thing.

The next day, just as Yu Qingwu had finished drinking the millet porridge that Granny Xun brought, Imperial Physician Chen entered the room.

After taking her pulse, he prescribed some medicinal cuisine recipes, left a bottle of stomach-warming pills, and then left.

Soon, Granny Xun followed the recipe and instructed the kitchen to stew the medicinal cuisine.

After Yu Qingwu ate the dietary supplement and took the stomach-warming pills, her stomach did feel much better by the afternoon, and her complexion also looked much better.

Xie Jin Yan returned to the Crown Prince's residence in the evening. As soon as he entered, he asked Granny Xun about Yu Qingwu's condition, and then went straight into her room.

Yu Qingwu was reading at her desk when a large hand suddenly embraced her from behind.

The man's deep voice came from her ear, "Shijie, today the emperor issued an imperial decree, it's about Prince Ning. Do you want to hear about it?"

Prince Ning?

Hearing these two words, Yu Qingwu's body shook violently, and her breathing instantly became heavier.

She closed her eyes, and after a long while, she asked, "What happened? Was Prince Ning sentenced to death?"

"Heh, you wish." Xie Jin Yan snorted coldly, tightly wrapping his arms around her waist, and said, "Today, the emperor betrothed Prince Ning's most beloved little daughter as a concubine to someone, and you know that person too..."