On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince’s Hidden Illness
Chapter 323: Your Highness Awakens

Chapter 323: Chapter 323: Your Highness Awakens

Leng Yu Yan reached out to adjust the blanket for Ye Yiheng, being careful not to touch the spots where the silver needles had been inserted, then turned to An Shiqi.

Only then did An Shiqi realize that his lord was lying prone on the bed.

"Your Highness, he..." An Shiqi, with a reverse grip, grabbed Mo Chen’s collar, "An Yi, how did you protect Your Highness?"

An Yi was Mo Chen’s alias within the Eastern Palace Dark Guard Bureau, Ruofeng was An Er, Liu Yun was An San, and Yin Shuang was An Si.

The four most skilled members had a routine duty to accompany Ye Yiheng, which was a rule of the Eastern Palace Dark Guard Bureau.

If any of them failed in their duties, they would have to step down and be replaced by another.

Mo Chen loosened his collar and immediately brushed off the hand on his neck: "The Imperial Palace was attacked today, His Highness has been unconscious for several hours!"

An Shiqi’s eyes narrowed, and he punched the wall in frustration.

With that punch, the hastily wrapped wound on his arm split, and blood gushed out.

Seeing this, Leng Yu Yan gestured for Mo Chen Ruofeng to press him down into a chair.

Feeling suddenly seized by the shoulders, An Shiqi struggled and said, "An Yi An Er, what are you doing?"

Ruofeng, seeing Leng Yu Yan preparing needle and thread, replied, "The Commandery Princess is going to tend to your wound."

Clearly unaccustomed to such treatment, An Shiqi anxiously declared, "Commandery Princess, what virtue or ability do I have to deserve this?"

"Just sit still. Given the amount you’re bleeding, the wound must be severe," Leng Yu Yan spoke calmly. "It’s uncertain when His Highness will wake up. Now, tell me about the current situation in the capital city."

If Ye Yiheng remained unconscious, she would have to make decisions on his behalf.

Miao Zhu briskly cut open the bandage and sleeve that were soaked with blood on An Shiqi’s arm, revealing a wound deep enough to see bone.

"Had you come any later, this arm might have been beyond saving!"

An Shiqi didn’t believe it, stubbornly saying, "I can still fight; how can it not work?"

Leng Yu Yan glanced at it and stated indifferently, "Miao Zhu is right. Not only is your muscle cut, but the nerves inside are severed too. If you had delayed even a quarter of an hour more, reattaching it would be much harder."

After speaking, Leng Yu Yan ordered Miao Zhu, "Open the medical box!"

She then told the others, "Light up this room, the brighter, the better!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

It was then that An Shiqi finally realized he couldn’t exert any strength in his arm, nor could he even make a fist.

Once everything was ready, Leng Yu Yan handed him an anesthetic pill, "Swallow this. However, it will take a quarter of an hour for the effect to kick in. Time waits for no one, so I’m going to treat your wound right away."

An Shiqi nodded, "I can endure it!"

Leng Yu Yan added, "If you can’t bear it, Mo Chen will find you a piece of wood to bite."

No sooner had she spoken, Leng Yu Yan began disinfecting and stitching his arm.

As soon as the sewing started, An Shiqi, drenched in sweat from pain, found himself unable to speak a word about the capital city’s current situation as he had intended.

Seeing him clench his teeth and his face turn beet red, Mo Chen found him a stick to bite on.

From nerve suturing to muscle stitching, and then the outer layer, Leng Yu Yan was busy with his arm for two hours.

Unable to help himself, Ruofeng asked, "Commandery Princess, is his condition more serious than ours?"

"Yes, the wound is too deep, a lot of tissue is damaged."

While Leng Yu Yan was cleaning her hands, she glanced over at the bed, where Ye Yiheng remained motionless.

Her heart sank a little, and she took a pill to An Shiqi, "Take this."

"What is this pill?" An Shiqi received it.

He couldn’t be blamed for asking. Although given by the Commandery Princess, habits ingrained from the Dark Guard Bureau meant he couldn’t carelessly consume anything he received from others.

Mo Chen grunted, "His Highness just took one of these pills. The Commandery Princess said it helps heal wounds. We didn’t even get any."

"If your arm hadn’t been injured so severely, how could you possibly have gotten one?" Miao Zhu grumbled.

This pill had another name within the Linqing Pavilion.

It was known as Life-saving Pills.

Today, the Commandery Princess had given out two Life-saving Pills just like that.

Miao Zhu shook the bottle, there wasn’t much left inside.

Just then, a slight sound came from the bed.

Leng Yu Yan had been all ears the whole time, lest she miss any movement from the person on the bed.

Although the sound was faint, she heard it and hurriedly turned her head, delighted to see Ye Yiheng propping himself up with his hands on the bed, trying to sit up.

She rushed over, "Your Highness, don’t move, let me take out the needles first!"

At her words, everyone turned their heads in unison.

Song Guo cried tears of joy, "Your Highness, you’ve finally woken up! The Commandery Princess has been distressed for so long; she has been rescuing you for several hours!"

Ye Yiheng silently and obediently lay back down on the bed, allowing Leng Yu Yan to remove the silver needles stuck in his body and on top of his head.

Song Guo hurriedly fetched clean clothes from the horse carriage to help Ye Yiheng change.

While changing, Ye Yiheng reached his hand behind his back, his wound had been properly bandaged, and it didn’t seem to hurt as much as before.

Song Guo draped a large cloak over their master and was about to tie it when Leng Yu Yan spoke up, "Let me do it."

Song Guo nodded and stepped aside.

Leng Yu Yan composed herself, her slender, fair fingers tying a beautiful knot in the collar of his dark cloak.

It was the same cloak that he had draped over her when she had fallen into the water.

The familiar touch warmed her eyes, and as she lifted her gaze, she found him watching her.

Their eyes met...

Leng Yu Yan was at a loss for words.

Her beautiful eyes brimmed with tears, as if narrating the events of the day, and as if she was overjoyed to see him awake.

"Yanyan..."

Ye Yiheng spoke but found his voice unexpectedly hoarse.

Ji Qingyu, standing against the wall, lowered his gaze and bit his lip. His emotions were complex, but the two of them had been through life and death together, and he couldn’t bring himself to interrupt them.

Ye Yiheng kept staring at Leng Yu Yan’s face, which was now turned downward, her long eyelashes trembling lightly, her slightly swollen eyelids telling him that she had cried.

His heart skipped a beat; had she cried for him?

In that moment, there was so much he wanted to say, yet he didn’t know where to begin.

Leng Yu Yan quietly moved to stand beside the bed to keep some distance from him, afraid she couldn’t control herself from crying again.

She had never cried so many times in one day before, nor had she ever been so worried about him.

Moreover, at this moment, she didn’t know what expression to wear or what to say...

Ye Yiheng cleared his throat and took a step toward her, "Yanyan, you were worried about me, weren’t you?"

"I’m alright now." He extended his hand to pull her in, "Yanyan, don’t worry!"

Leng Yu Yan let him clutch her hand, pursed her lips, and silently nodded fiercely.

He was accustomed to being the Crown Prince, and now that he was no longer the Crown Prince, calling himself "I" must be quite odd for him, right?

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Imperial Palace, Xiande Hall, Imperial Study.

Someone reported, "Your Highnesses, up to this point, the entire capital city has not found any trace of the Abolished Crown Prince."

Ye Gaoyun’s expression was dark and stormy, as if a fierce rainstorm was about to pour down at any moment.

"Then issue a warrant for Ye Yiheng throughout Tiancheng!"

As soon as the words were spoken, Ye Gaoyun drafted an "Imperial Decree" on the spot and stamped it with the Jade Seal.

Ye Zhenxian peered over, "Brother, add Leng Yu Yan to the decree as well."

Ye Gaoyun shot him a glance, "Now is not the time to involve Prince Zhenbei Mansion!"

That was a clear disagreement.

Ye Zhenxian, frustrated but helpless since the Imperial Palace was now filled with their younger brother’s people, angrily closed his mouth.