Chapter 14 - Never Allow

 Ye Chuyan forced a smile. "Daddy, I miss you so much."

Her face was numb from the cold. She could imagine that her smile must be uglier than crying.

Ye Jin smiled indifferently and said, "Ayan, you and Daddy go together."

Ye Chuyan couldn't help but feel a sore nose, "Well, I'll go with you."

 

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The room was dry and warm. Zhao Yujiao fell asleep in a daze after drinking the medicine and lying on the bed. Pei Xiuyan stood by the window, and the candlelight stretched his back. He looked at Ye Chuyan kneeling outside, his eyes slightly narrowed. He stood for an hour, watching Ye Chuyan straighten her waist and then slightly bend her body at the end, and her lips were frighteningly pale. Her face was neither sad nor happy. After she reached out to catch a few snowflakes, her eyes began to become blurry, and she seemed to be mumbling something.

He had promised Ye Jin in prison that he would keep Ye Chuyan safe, and that was only to keep her safe. So, he did not explain anything to Ye Chuyan, but used the women of the Ye family to force Ye Chuyan to live, letting her be gnawed by self-blame, regret, and hatred.

Now, he has done it. Relying on her hatred for him and her longing and self-blame for the women of the Ye family, Ye Chuyan has become the tough Ye Chuyan she once was. He was very angry today when he knew that Zhao Yujiao was beaten, but he was even more annoyed that Ye Chuyan had no reaction when he hugged Zhao Yujiao in person. He obviously didn't like Ye Chuyan, and today he punished Ye Chuyan, but deep in his heart, he wanted Ye Chuyan to understand that he was her only support. He wanted Ye Chuyan to look at him with endless tenderness as before. He didn't understand what was wrong with him.

Seeing Ye Chuyan suddenly fall to the ground at an angle. Pei Xiuyan jumped out of the window without thinking and held Ye Chuyan in his arms. Ye Chuyan's body heat had long dissipated, and her hands and feet were as cold as icicles. If there was no faint breath between her nostrils, Pei Xiuyan would have suspected that he was holding an ice sculpture. He picked up Ye Chuyan and flew to his yard.

As soon as he left the yard, he saw Yan Xue, who had just returned from work. He hurriedly said, "Yan Xue, go and bring Doctor Wei to me! Immediately! Immediately!"

There was a faint tremor in his voice.

Yan Xue didn't know what happened. He had never seen his master lose his composure like this. He didn't have time to ask in detail and hurried out of the house to find Doctor Wei. Doctor Wei's medical skills far exceeded those of the imperial doctors in the palace, and he was one of the best in Kyoto.

Pei Xiuyan flew and ran to carry Ye Chuyan back to his bed.

"Ye Chuyan! Wake up! I won't let you die! As long as you don't die, I will release Bai Zhi."

The usually calm and low voice was no longer calm. Seeing that Ye Chuyan still had no reaction, he tried Ye Chuyan's breath, which was getting weaker and weaker and gradually tended to disappear. He put his palm on Ye Chuyan's back and continuously transferred his internal force to her. The internal force input was like a muddy sea. Pei Xiuyan suddenly felt an inexplicable panic. Ye Chuyan was going to die!

He roared at the servants in the room: "Are they all dead? Don't you see that the princess is cold? Go add charcoal fire!"

The servants were trembling with fear and quickly added several pots of charcoal fire. The room soon became hot.

Yan Xue flew all the way to Doctor Wei's clinic with Qinggong. Without saying anything, he pulled Doctor Wei up, took his medicine box, and flew back with Qinggong on his back.

Doctor Wei howled on Yan Xue's back, "Guard Yan, you're going to torture me to death. Put me down now."

Yan Xue kept a stern face and didn't say a word. He carried Doctor Wei to the Qing Palace within an incense stick. Doctor Wei was panting heavily after entering the room. Before he could scold Yan Xue, he saw Ye Chuyan, who was already dying in Pei Xiuyan's arms.

He was horrified. "Put her down now!"

Pei Xiuyan didn't dare to delay and quickly laid Ye Chuyan flat on the bed. After Doctor Wei went up to take her pulse, his face gradually became ugly. His eyebrows were almost wrinkled into a "川" shape, and Pei Xiuyan's usually handsome eyebrows and eyes wrinkled accordingly.

"Doctor Wei, how is she?"

"The last time I felt the princess's pulse, she was still pregnant and fine. Why did she miscarry in less than a month, with broken ribs and internal organs suffering from a cold? I hope Your Highness can tell me the truth about what the princess has experienced so that I can diagnose and treat her."

Doctor Wei's tone was quite stiff and a little unhappy. When he resigned from the position of imperial physician, the Queen Mother was furious. The imperial physician resigned to treat common people, which was disrespectful to the royal family. She was ready to kill him, but Ye Jin pleaded for him, saved his life, and helped him open a medical clinic.

No matter what happened to the Ye family, he was always grateful to them. In addition, as a doctor, he felt a sense of parental concern. After he diagnosed Ye Chuyan's pregnancy with his pulse, he was worried about whether the fetus in Ye Chuyan's belly was safe when he heard that the Ye family was raided and Ye Chuyan made a scene at the execution ground. Now, when he took Ye Chuyan's pulse again, she was only hanging on with one breath.

Yan Xue subconsciously glanced at Pei Xiuyan and saw that Pei Xiuyan's expression was stiff and his face was quite ugly. Pei Xiuyan told the story of Ye Chu falling from the attic, being injured at the execution ground, and being punished to kneel in the snow today. Every time he said something, he felt extremely depressed, and everything was caused by him. He had hurt Ye Chuyan to this extent without knowing it.

Doctor Wei was so angry that his hands and feet trembled after hearing this. He stamped his feet fiercely. "Your Highness, listen to me. If you torture the princess like this, why not let her go? Why live and suffer?"

After saying that, he stepped on the medicine box and was about to leave.

"Doctor Wei, if you dare to leave today, I will kill you!"

Pei Xiuyan stopped Doctor Wei with his long arms, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his face looked like Shura.

Doctor Wei glanced at Pei Xiuyan.

"I am never afraid of threats. Unless Your Highness promises that you will not torture the princess again before she recovers, Your Highness, kill me now!"

If Doctor Wei had not been stubborn and unwilling to be bound by palace rules, he would not have left the palace. After he finished speaking, he met Pei Xiuyan's biting eyes fearlessly.

Pei Xiuyan gritted his teeth and said, "I agree."

He always hated threats from others. If it weren't for saving Ye Chuyan today, he really wanted to kill the stubborn old man in front of him on the spot.

Doctor Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to save Ye Chuyan, but saving her was not enough. He had to ensure that Ye Chuyan could get through this safely. He stopped talking nonsense, took out the golden needles from the medicine box, and began to give Ye Chuyan acupuncture. After the acupuncture, Doctor Wei's forehead was sweating slightly.

Time passed slowly, and an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Pei Xiuyan stared at Ye Chuyan intently, and seeing that she was not getting better, he began to get irritable.

"When can she wake up?"

Doctor Wei silently removed all the golden needles.

"Your Highness, I have tried my best. Now it depends on whether the princess has the desire to live. If she can't breathe again within an incense stick, then there is no way to save her!"

"What?" Pei Xiuyan couldn't believe it.

His panic quickly evolved into anger. Ye Chuyan wanted to die; no, he would never allow it!

"Ye Chuyan, if you dare to die, I will kill Bai Zhi and all the women of the Ye family to bury you!"