My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 83 The Princess is Beyond Help

Chapter 83: Chapter 83 The Princess is Beyond Help

Chu Baihan’s heart surged with anger, yet she could only suppress it.

She clenched her teeth and followed behind him.

It seemed that the plan to secretly visit the National Treasury tonight would have to be abandoned.

However, even without Yan Lin, upon hearing that the Emperor and others were headed to the Princess Residence, she couldn’t put her mind at ease and was determined to return and keep watch.

Thus, she ended up following Yan Lin again as he walked outside.

The little girl had been crouching at the doorway for quite some time.

Seeing Yan Lin preparing to leave, her little face scrunched up in sadness. Full of grievance, she said, "Father, are you heading out again? Can’t you stay in the Prince Residence and spend time with me?"

Observing her like this, Yan Lin’s eyes darkened.

After a moment, he spoke gently, "Jingjing, Father has very important matters to attend to. You must stay well-behaved in the residence."

"If you’re going out, then I want to come too. And can you please not bring her along!"

The little girl pointed her finger in Chu Baihan’s direction as she spoke with clear dissatisfaction.

This woman had always been following father; who knew if she was trying to take him away.

"Be good. I will return tonight," he said.

Yan Lin had initially intended to scold her, but his tone softened as he looked into her lively, familiar eyes.

"Father..." The little girl was on the verge of tears.

"If you’re obedient, Father will let you have Ruyi Cake when I come back." He made the promise in a lowered voice.

The Ruyi Cake was the little girl’s favorite, but because it was overly sweet, Yan Lin usually had the servants monitor her, forbidding her from eating too much...

Hearing his words, she hesitated for a moment, then pouted and said, "Alright, Jingjing promises you, but you have to come back quickly, okay?"

Seeing the affectionate father-daughter exchange, Chu Baihan felt a pang of tenderness for her own child, Xixi.

For so many years, Xixi had survived with the aid of continuous medication.

Several times, when she took him out of the palace, seeing other children playing joyously, he would earnestly ask her, "Mother, do other children also have to take medicine frequently? Do their fathers not stay with them too?"

At those times, she truly did not know how to respond to him...

This little girl is so fortunate.

Her mother is fortunate as well.

Suddenly, Chu Baihan remembered, Xixi also liked Ruyi Cake very much.

Unfortunately, due to illness, he could only ever take a small bite and couldn’t indulge more.

After casting another deep glance at the little girl, Chu Baihan thought she would resent her, but somehow, she found it hard to feel any anger.

Forget it, what wrong had the child done? It was the adults who were at fault.

If the other child in her womb hadn’t died back then, she would likely also have been a naive and playful little girl.

"Let’s go." After pacifying the little girl, Yan Lin turned around and spoke in a calm voice.

Looking at his retreating back, Chu Baihan had many questions she wanted to ask him.

But she promptly remembered that at present, she was nothing more than a maidservant.

Even if she were still Chu Baihan, she had no right to question him.

In his eyes, she was just a pawn, worth hardly anything, wasn’t she?

With downcast eyes, she once again concealed her emotions.

All the way in silence, she followed them to the entrance of the Princess Residence.

Upon returning there, Chu Baihan realized that the Emperor and half of the court’s ministers were present.

"Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince, you both actually came as well." Yan Jin took the initiative to walk over, his gaze toward Yan Lin tinged with inquiry.

After all, the matter of Yan Lin seizing people from the Chu Family was something that everyone knew about.

"Eighth Prince, you really have some skill, to persuade Father Emperor to agree to your arrest of General Chu. Even I, your fifth brother, must praise you by saying that’s quite impressive."

Yan Jin spoke in a jeering tone.

Chu Hesheng was the Crown Prince’s man, and his Prince Residence was tied to the Eastern Palace as well, so... With Chu Hesheng’s fall from grace, he was likely displeased and eager to find fault with Yan Lin.

Hearing these sarcastic words, Yan Lin’s face remained expressionless, and he didn’t plan to engage with them.

He was well aware that the reason Father Emperor agreed to let him deal with Chu Hesheng was simply because Father Emperor also wanted to find a scapegoat.

The Princess of the great Nanduan Kingdom came to Yan Country for a marriage alliance, and before the marriage could be finalized, such an incident occurred, with the real culprit still at large.

Father Emperor urgently needed a scapegoat to temporarily stabilize the anger of the Nanduan Kingdom...

As for Chu Hesheng, over the years he had helped the Crown Prince with so many things, increasing the power of the Crown Prince significantly. Naturally, Father Emperor was dissatisfied.

This blade was naturally going to swing toward him as well.

Chu Baihan stood behind, her cold gaze sweeping around, noting that only Yan Lin, Yan Lian, and Yan Jin of the princes had come; the remaining brothers were absent.

She understood...

The incident involving "her" was of great importance, and it would be prudent for the princes to avoid suspicion.

However, considering Yan Jin’s character, he didn’t care about such niceties and so he followed along.

Seeing Yan Lin’s arrival, many ministers couldn’t help but look over, their thoughts churning.

At a time when the other princes were avoiding suspicion, yet Prince Lin came personally with Prince Lian, and initially, he had even arrested people from the Chu Residence. Was he interested in the Princess of Nanduan Kingdom?

"Where is the Princess’s courtyard?" The Emperor turned his head and asked sternly to the servant of the Princess Residence.

Nan Xing had been waiting here all this time, and she stepped forward slowly, speaking in a neither servile nor overbearing manner, "Your Majesty, please follow this servant."

The Emperor recognized her and gave the Imperial Physician a look. The Imperial Physician hurriedly carried his medicine chest and followed.

Chu Baihan counted roughly, and this time there were... nearly thirty Imperial Physicians.

At this moment, Nan Xing noticed that Chu Baihan was following behind Yan Lin, and her expression became somewhat anxious.

Chu Baihan, however, shook her head gently at her.

The group, one after another, arrived at a courtyard within the residence.

"I don’t care what methods you use, but you must make sure the Princess of Nanduan Kingdom wakes up safely and unharmed!" the Emperor warned.

The group of more than thirty Imperial Physicians began to sweat profusely and could only stammer in response, "Your servant, your servant obeys the command."

But after each of them went in to take a pulse, they all came out with grave expressions on their faces.

"Emperor, Your Majesty, we are... powerless."

They knelt on the ground one by one, their faces ashen as they spoke.

"You inept fools, you can’t even handle such a minor task, what use are you all to me! Guards, drag them away..."

He wanted to say to drag them away and behead them.

But he thought that these were all the Imperial Physicians in the Imperial Palace, and if they were all beheaded, there would be no more Imperial Physicians left for the palace.

So he could only brush his sleeve in anger and then coldly said, "You will all kneel there until you figure out how to treat the Princess. You may rise only after you have a solution for me!"

These Imperial Physicians all wore looks of distress, feeling the urge to cry.

They too wanted to save the Princess, but truly, they felt utterly incompetent.

If only the Princess Consort were still alive, how wonderful that would be.

They couldn’t help but recall the astonishing scene they had witnessed at Guangming Hall in bygone years.