Looking at the woman covered in muddy water, his mind went blank in an instant, and he suddenly felt extremely frightened.

His face darkened, and Xie Jin Yan glanced coldly at Gao Min Yue, a never-before-seen ferocity in his eyes. “Take Miss Gao away first.”

Suppressing the panic in his heart, he stumbled into the pond, picked up Yu Qing Wu, who had already fainted, and turned back to instruct Mother Xun, “What are you waiting for? Hurry and call the physician!”

Mother Xun was already scared silly. Hearing Xie Jin Yan’s voice, she woke up as if from a dream and hurriedly trotted out of the back garden.

Xie Jin Yan carried Yu Qing Wu ashore, gently wiping the mud from her face with his large hand.

Then, trembling, he slowly placed his hand near Yu Qing Wu's nostrils.

Feeling the faint breath on his fingertips, Xie Jin Yan breathed a long sigh of relief and pressed down hard on her chest.

A moment later, Mother Xun led Doctor Xu, panting, over. Doctor Xu rolled up his sleeves and hurriedly stepped forward to take Yu Qing Wu's pulse.

Xie Jin Yan's face was pale, his lips trembling slightly. His phoenix eyes did not dare to move away from the woman for even a moment, and he suppressed his emotions as he asked Doctor Xu, "Doctor Xu, how is she? Is she in any serious danger?"

Doctor Xu did not answer. He frowned slightly and carefully examined Yu Qing Wu's eyes.

After a long while, he turned to look at Xie Jin Yan and replied seriously, "Your Highness, apart from a dislocated arm, Miss Yu is not in any immediate danger. However, it is difficult to say whether there will be any aftereffects after she wakes up."

"Aftereffects?" Xie Jin Yan frowned, feeling nervous but trying to remain calm. He asked, "What kind of aftereffects?"

Doctor Xu looked solemn, took a deep breath, and looked at Xie Jin Yan with some trepidation. He shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. Due to the suffocation, she may become mentally impaired, paralyzed, or even blind or deaf."

Mentally impaired? Paralyzed?

Xie Jin Yan's heart sank suddenly, and he couldn't speak for a moment.

He pursed his lips tightly, trying to suppress his emotions. After a moment, he looked at Doctor Xu again and asked in a deep voice, "How long will it take for her to wake up?"

"Your Highness, Miss Yu was submerged for too long. It is already fortunate that she is alive. As for waking up, it could be as short as two days, or as long as several years."

Doctor Xu lowered his head and responded in a low voice.

Towards the end, his voice gradually faded away.

Upon hearing this, Xie Jin Yan froze, his face growing even paler, his empty eyes devoid of any emotion.

Mother Xun quickly gave Doctor Xu a look and walked to Xie Jin Yan's side, saying with tears in her eyes, "Your Highness, don't delay any longer. Let Doctor Xu treat the young lady's injuries first."

"Um... should this old servant go to the palace and invite the imperial physician?" Mother Xun raised her hand to wipe away her tears and asked tentatively.

"Bring Imperial Physician Chen, Imperial Physician Zhao, and Imperial Physician Liu here together."

Xie Jin Yan was expressionless, gently stroking Yu Qing Wu's pale face with his large hand, and numbly picked her up.

He carried her all the way back to Qingning Courtyard, had a maidservant change Yu Qing Wu into clean clothes, and after Doctor Xu fixed her arm, he sat痴痴 by the bed, holding her hand tightly.

Before long, Mother Xun returned with three imperial physicians.

Xie Jin Yan immediately had them take Yu Qing Wu's pulse. The three imperial physicians took turns examining her, but in the end, their answers were no different from Doctor Xu's.

Xie Jin Yan's mood suddenly became very complicated. What if Shijie (martial sister) remained like this...

He took a deep look at the woman on the bed, and he didn't dare to think any further.

"Mother Xun, watch over her. If she wakes up, send someone to tell me." After a moment of distraction, Xie Jin Yan seemed to remember something, instructed Mother Xun, and got up to leave Qingning Courtyard.

At this time, a page had been waiting outside the courtyard for a long time.

Seeing Xie Jin Yan, he hurried forward, looking embarrassed, "Um... Your Highness, a maidservant from Miss Gao's side came to report that... Miss Gao is trying to hang herself."

Suicide?

A hint of coldness flashed across Xie Jin Yan's eyes. He said in a deep voice, "Alright, I understand."

* * *

Bang! At that moment, in the Chunfang Pavilion, with a loud crash, a huge celadon vase was smashed to pieces.

Dozens of maidservants stood at the door, watching the frantic Gao Min Yue, each trembling like a quail.

"Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!" Gao Min Yue screamed sharply, grabbing a teapot and smashing it to the ground.

As Xie Jin Yan entered, a piece of porcelain almost cut his face.

Bang! He kicked the door hard, as if reminding Gao Min Yue.

Hearing the noise, Gao Min Yue paused her movements, suddenly turned her head, and the crazy, ferocious expression on her face instantly turned into grievance. Crying, she walked over, "Shige (martial brother), that poisonous woman provoked me! She provoked me first! She told me that she wanted to drink the crucian carp soup, she said she just wanted to use me as a servant!"

"She also said that I couldn't beat her, just like in Shu, I would always be inferior to her! She did it on purpose, she deliberately let you see me bullying her! To make you feel sorry for her!"

"Shige! You can't be fooled by her!"

Gao Min Yue cried and shouted, embellishing her explanation to Xie Jin Yan.

"A-Yue, enough!"

Xie Jin Yan interrupted her, his deep features covered with a layer of gloom. He slowly walked up to her, trying to suppress his emotions, and said, "A-Yue, you are treating human life like dirt."

Treating human life like dirt?

What if she killed that bitch? Shouldn't that bitch die?

Relying on Xie Jin Yan's usual indulgence towards her, Gao Min Yue immediately retorted肆无忌惮, angrily, "What if I treat human life like dirt? Shouldn't she die? If it wasn't for her framing me, why would I have married that ugly and crude cook? And why would I have been expelled from the Shifu (master's) sect?"

"What kind of bewitching soup did she pour into you all? In the past, Shifu favored her, Da Shige (eldest martial brother) liked her, and now even Shige, you have to protect her! She is such a vicious bitch! She should die! She should be sold to a brothel and be played with every day!" Gao Min Yue became more and more excited, and in the end, she almost roared.

Hearing the sharp and piercing voice, Xie Jin Yan frowned, wanting to say something, moved his lips, but swallowed it back.

He just looked at Gao Min Yue deeply, and instructed the maidservants at the door, "You, watch Miss Gao carefully. If anything happens, I will hold you accountable."

After saying that, Xie Jin Yan left the Chunfang Pavilion.

The moment he went out, the sound of smashing and roaring inside became even more intense.

He sighed, turned around and went back to Zhuque Courtyard. He didn't know how long it had been, it was dark and then bright again.

Mother Xun came to report that Yu Qing Wu had woken up.

When Xie Jin Yan entered, besides Mother Xun, there were several maidservants guarding the room, and several imperial physicians and the府physician also stood aside.

Yu Qing Wu's face was pale, and she was lying weakly on the bed, Mother Xun送小口口 of medicine into her mouth.

Seeing Xie Jin Yan, her face turned cold, and she turned her head to the side.

Xie Jin Yan pretended not to see it, took the medicine bowl from Mother Xun's hand, and said in a deep voice, "Mother Xun, you can go down first, I'll be fine here."