Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved
Chapter 268 She Can Also Speak Words of Love

Chapter 268: Chapter 268 She Can Also Speak Words of Love

After Murong Jiu fell asleep, Jun Yuyan had the two children taken to the neighboring room, where four wet nurses took turns watching them, to prevent their crying from waking her.

The wet nurses were hired in advance, though all of this was done in secret, coming from simple backgrounds with few family members, who now lived in the front of Prince Mansion, all to prevent outsiders from threatening their families and causing them to harm the children.

Jun Yuyan didn’t even spare the children another glance before he returned to the room, watching Murong Jiu’s sleeping face, always listening to her breathing.

He feared a repeat of the incident where Ah Jiu lost consciousness and breathed faintly.

Divine Doctor Zhai was not idle either, inserting acupuncture needles into many of Murong Jiu’s arm and head acupoints.

Murong Jiu was sleeping so soundly, and Divine Doctor Zhai handled her so gently, she barely felt any pain or swelling as she slept soundly with long breaths, but her complexion remained as pale as a piece of cold jade.

An hour had passed by the time Divine Doctor Zhai finished the acupuncture.

When he got to his feet, his form was a bit unsteady, but Jun Yuyan promptly steadied him.

"Ah, I’m getting old, not as useful anymore."

After standing firm, Divine Doctor Zhai shook his head and said.

In the past few years, he really didn’t accept his aging.

Now, being old means being old; after such a short while, he felt dizzy and his vision blurred.

It seems the girl was right; he should drink less, especially not sneakily.

Jun Yuyan gratefully said, "You’ve been busy for a day and a night, even an iron man would collapse. Go and rest now, I will watch over her. The father-in-law and three brothers-in-law are here too, please go rest, and when Ah Jiu wakes up, I will send someone to fetch you."

It was then Divine Doctor Zhai glanced out the window; dawn was breaking. He hadn’t realized that since her condition started yesterday in the Si Hour, so much time had passed.

Fu Heng said, "Prince, you should get your wounds treated first, then rest for a while. I will watch over Xiao Jiu."

"Yes, your hands are still untreated. Come, let me bandage them for you."

Divine Doctor Zhai pointed to Jun Yuyan’s hands and said.

During Xiao Jiu’s moments of sharp pain, she bit both of Jun Yuyan’s hands, so much so that they were a blur of blood and flesh. He didn’t utter a sound and simply wrapped them with a cloth strip. If it weren’t for the fear of Xiao Jiu seeing them and worrying, he probably would have forgone the cloth altogether.

"It’s nothing, Uncle Zhai, no need to bother."

Divine Doctor Zhai didn’t waste words with him. He took Jun Yuyan’s hand, untying the cloth. The bite marks on both hands were clear, and the blood had made the cloth stick to the wounds. Divine Doctor Zhai would have preferred to be gentle, but Jun Yuyan himself, without changing his expression, ripped off the cloth.

Shaking his head, Divine Doctor Zhai took the medicine box and carefully treated his wounds.

While treating the wounds, Jun Yuyan persuaded General Fu and his three sons to go rest, and also took the opportunity to send Xiao Wen, who had been stubbornly staying awake, away.

After the medicine was applied, he personally supported Divine Doctor Zhai to a room converted from a large study, and only after seeing Divine Doctor Zhai lying down did he quickly return.

Chun Tao and Hong Yi had also stayed up all night, and Jun Yuyan asked them to take a break.

Though they agreed, after resting for just an hour, they promptly came over to serve and urged the Prince to rest.

"I dozed off by the bedside for a while, I’m not sleepy now. Go prepare some porridge, make it soft and mushy, simmer it on a small stove, and bring it over when the Princess Consort wakes up."

The two women accepted the order.

But from the look in the Prince’s eyes, they knew he must not have dozed off for even a moment, definitely watching the Princess Consort at all times.

Thinking of the Princess Consort’s peril yesterday, Chun Tao’s eyes reddened again, and she hurried out to personally prepare porridge for the Princess Consort.

Murong Jiu woke up not long after falling asleep, her body covered in cold sweats and still experiencing some residual pain in her abdomen. She mustered her strength, and with the help of Jun Yuyan and Chun Tao, she changed her clothes, drank half a bowl of porridge with Jun Yuyan’s assistance, told him to rest, and then went back to sleep.

That day, she slept and woke intermittently, changing her clothes many times.

Every time she opened her eyes, she could see Jun Yuyan right beside her bed.

When she told him to rest, he would say he had already rested.

Of course, Murong Jiu didn’t believe him. Come nightfall, she forcefully pulled Jun Yuyan to bed to rest.

Jun Yuyan was afraid to touch her and also worried that he might fall asleep and miss something. Just the thought of Ah Jiu lying there unconscious yesterday, pale-faced with weak breathing, filled him with dread.

Even now, his nostrils seemed to detect the intense stench of blood.

That was the blood that had flowed from Ah Jiu’s body.

Seeing he didn’t want to sleep, Murong Jiu deliberately teased, "Do you find me disgusting?"

Her lochia wasn’t completely discharged, her body still smelled of blood, she would often sweat, change clothes frequently, and sometimes she would be in so much pain that she would toss and turn, involuntarily mumbling a few words.

If he was willing to sleep in another room, Murong Jiu actually didn’t want him to sleep by her side, as it would affect his rest, but if he didn’t want to leave, then it would have to be this way.

Jun Yuyan let out a light chuckle, tender and gentle, and carefully kissed her forehead.

"I would never despise Ah Jiu no matter what, as long as Ah Jiu doesn’t despise me. Go to sleep, I’ll sleep right by your side."

He climbed onto the bed, and Murong Jiu looked at his haggard face and said to him:

"It’s all over now, it’s okay, such dangerous things won’t happen again. I still want to see you ascend the throne, to be by your side until we’re old, to do many, many things together with you. Don’t worry, I will always be with you."

Jun Yuyan wrapped his arms around her shoulders, smiling and nodding at her.

But this smile, why did it look worse than crying, a mix of wanting to laugh and cry.

Murong Jiu didn’t feel sleepy at the moment, wanting to talk more with him.

"You might not believe it, but in fact, I also love you very much and can’t bear to leave you. Although we haven’t been together for long, I can promise you that I will stay by your side in life and death, truly wanting to be with you for a long, long time."

She was afraid Jun Yuyan would overthink, so she wanted to take advantage of her clear mind now to talk more. Sweet nothings aren’t just said by men; women can express them, too. Men like to hear them, at least Jun Yuyan loved to listen.

Although his expression didn’t change much, the affection in his eyes deepened, and his smile looked better than before.

Chun Tao and Hong Yi both tactfully withdrew. Murong Jiu, cradled in Jun Yuyan’s arms, felt the pain in her body lighten significantly.

After Murong Jiu fell asleep in his arms, Jun Yuyan looked at her peaceful sleeping face, felt her even breaths, and intended to close his eyes to rest for a while. But his mind was full of her words from just before, which instead made him more alert.

He thought that in this world, only Ah Jiu could so firmly grasp his heart, and he reveled in it.

Having lost a lot of blood, Murong Jiu spent several days in a half-conscious state, drifting between sleep and wakefulness. On the fifth day, she finally seemed to fully recover, strong enough to hold her two children in her arms.

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