The Princess and Her Rough-Rider Khan
Chapter 131 They haven’t been punished enough (second update)

Chapter 131: 131 They haven’t been punished enough (second update)

Li Xianyun had always been powerless against Yelu Yan’s tender words.

She obediently closed her eyes and murmured, "Khan, once I have fallen asleep, you should go back to sleep, and don’t trick me."

"Alright, I promise you," said the Khan.

As he spoke, Yelu Yan picked up a handkerchief from the desk to wipe the fine beads of sweat on Li Xianyun’s forehead.

Li Xianyun’s long, dense eyelashes trembled heavily a few times, but ultimately, she did not open her eyes.

After drinking the hot sugar water, Li Xianyun felt a warm sensation inside her body, and the unbearable cramps became less frequent, causing her eyelids to grow heavy as well.

Before long, she had fallen asleep.

Seeing that Li Xianyun’s breathing was even, Yelu Yan figured she must be asleep, but it was a restless sleep.

Li Xianyun constantly furrowed her brow in pain, occasionally turning over in discomfort, but fortunately, she did not wake up.

Youlan entered from outside the door, walking respectfully towards Yelu Yan, wanting to speak but was stopped by a hand gesture from him.

Li Xianyun had just fallen into a shallow sleep, and Yelu Yan feared waking her.

Yelu Yan slowly rose and walked towards the door.

But once outside, not a single Imperial Physician was in sight.

Yelu Yan looked at Youlan and asked softly, "Where are the Imperial Physicians?"

Youlan knelt and saluted, "Replies to the Khan, there isn’t a single Imperial Physician in the Imperial Medical Bureau; they have all gone to the Empress Dowager’s Palace."

Yelu Yan asked impatiently, "What happened to the Empress Dowager?"

Youlan answered, "According to the palace servants who went to summon them, the Empress Dowager has severe stomach pains, and all the Imperial Physicians have been summoned."

Youlan, of course, knew what was happening.

Today, the Empress Dowager had people tamper with the food at the evening banquet, attempting to sprinkle poison onto the meals. Zhuo Ma and Bater caught them red-handed.

As a countermeasure, the Princess Consort decided to fight fire with fire, adding medicine to the Empress Dowager’s meals with ingredients hard to distinguish, aiming to delay the Imperial Physicians from diagnosing the problem quickly, thereby prolonging the Empress Dowager’s suffering.

In reality, this was already Li Xianyun showing exceptional leniency.

After all, the Empress Dowager was Yelu Yan’s mother, and blood is thicker than water. She did not want to push matters too far and make things difficult for Yelu Yan.

Yelu Yan said gravely, "Convey my order. Let two Imperial Physicians stay with the Empress Dowager, and have all other Imperial Physicians come to the Khan Palace to treat the Princess Consort."

Youlan bowed and replied, "Yes."

She rose quickly to convey the orders.

After drinking the croton powder, Guli had gone to the toilet many times, completely weakened.

Just as she lay down on the bed after returning from the restroom, Rong Ge ran into the room frantically.

Feeling unwell, Guli naturally was in no good mood and coldly said, "What’s with all the panic? Are you catching autumn breezes?"

Rong Ge hurriedly knelt, bowing, "This servant has acted recklessly, please forgive me, Empress Dowager."

Guli asked indifferently, "What’s the matter?"

Rong Ge reported, "To inform the Empress Dowager, something terrible has happened. Bater, following the Khan’s orders, has summoned all the Imperial Physicians, leaving only two inexperienced young ones on duty outside."

"What?!"

Guli, due to her sudden rise, felt increasingly severe pain in her abdomen.

Rong Ge said, "It seems the Princess Consort is feeling unwell, so Khan has summoned the Imperial Physicians to diagnose and treat her."

"That damned woman again." Guli snarled viciously, "She’s doing it on purpose, knowing well that I am unwell, she stoops to such levels. It’s utterly detestable."

However, she soon could not afford to worry about anything else because the pain in her abdomen was truly severe.

Yelu Yan sat on the couch in the outer hall of the side chamber, while the Imperial Physicians who had just taken Li Xianyun’s pulse stood trembling with their hands hanging down.

Yelu Yan looked at the Chief Imperial Physician and asked in a calm voice, "How is the Princess Consort?"

The Chief Imperial Physician hastily knelt down and bowed, saying, "Reporting to Khan, the Princess Consort has a cold invading her body, which has damaged her very foundation, thus causing severe pain during her menstrual cycle every time."

"Is there a permanent cure?" Yelu Yan asked calmly.

The Chief Imperial Physician, frightened, replied, "No."

Yelu Yan’s tiger-like eyes were chilling; he had actually learned this from Li Xianyun’s mouth already, holding only a sliver of faint hope.

He somewhat dejectedly waved his hand.

The Imperial Physicians sighed with relief and hastily bowed before retreating.

Yelu Yan turned to Youlan and asked coldly, "Why has the Princess Consort’s health been harmed?"

His expression was stern, his tiger-like eyes exceptionally cold, the severity around him was frightening.

Youlan knelt on the ground in panic and said, "Reporting to Khan, this goes back five years ago. Five years ago, Prince Rui acknowledged his ancestry and, together with his family, moved from a remote countryside to Chang’an, only to face exclusion from the many royal relatives. Our master, being handsome and talented, incurred the jealousy of many noble young masters and ladies."

Youlan took a deep breath, those unpleasant memories making it hard for her to breathe.

"To avoid trouble for his family, our master always kept a low profile and avoided them. But in response, their persecution only intensified. They either had servants corner our master or set traps for him. Luckily, our master was clever and astute, resolving all their difficulties one by one."

"When those people realized they couldn’t take advantage of our master, they targeted the Little Prince. One day, during heavy snow, they kidnapped the Little Prince and sent a letter to our master at school, asking him to come alone to a designated place to rescue him, otherwise he would only see the Little Prince’s corpse."

"Our master sent me to notify Prince Rui while he, out of concern for the Little Prince’s safety, went to check the situation first. I was knocked unconscious on the way to delivering the message, and by the time I regained consciousness, a lot of time had passed. Prince Rui, upon hearing the news, rushed with his servants to find our master unconscious, soaked in the freezing river water. Our master had been in the icy water for who knows how long, his clothes and hair frozen..."

Youlan choked up, unable to hold back her sobs as she remembered the harrowing scene.

"If Prince Rui hadn’t arrived in time, our master might have died."

A vein throbbed on Yelu Yan’s forehead, his eyes bloodshot, his face darkening terribly, his rage reaching its peak.

Youlan paused briefly, then continued, "That day was the first time our master got her period, and she had been soaked in the icy water for who knows how long. The cold invaded her body and damaged her foundation, causing her excruciating pain every time her period comes."

"How are those people doing now?" Yelu Yan asked coldly.

His voice was chillingly cold, as if it came from Hell itself.

Youlan, terrified, quickly said, "Those people met with miserable fates. Once our master’s health improved somewhat, she took revenge on them one by one. Some were ruined and disgraced, some left disabled, some went insane. Now, they are all afraid of our master. It counts as revenge."

In telling the story, Youlan deliberately omitted someone—the person our master least wanted to mention.

"That’s still not enough," Yelu Yan said calmly.

Youlan didn’t hear clearly and looked up.

"The punishment they received is still not enough."

Youlan finally understood.