On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Especially Spoiled

Fan Minmin stood frozen in place, her heart aching. If her cousin didn’t fancy the ugly girl from the Leng Family, why would he need her to support him?

Could it be that in her cousin’s eyes, she was even less than the ugly girl?

The more she thought about it, the more heartbroken she became. Fan Minmin covered her lips, on the verge of tears, but when she turned around and saw the gatekeeper struggling to hide his laughter, she marched over, ready to give him a piece of her mind…

Before she could, the gatekeeper spoke, “The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess Consort just turned the corner. If I shout, they’re sure to hear.”

She really thought she was the master of the Eastern Palace!

Shameless!

Hearing this, Fan Minmin could no longer hold back her tears and ran off with little steps.

Elsewhere, on a narrow path.

Her wrist was being pinched painfully. Leng Yu Yan frowned and muttered softly, “Your Highness, can you see right now? Can you walk by yourself?”

Don’t pull on her!

“I am blind.”

That same statement again. Leng Yu Yan sighed, “Can I call a palace maid or another eunuch over to assist you? Would that be alright?”

“No!”

“Could you pinch a little lighter, then?”

“Whether in the study or in the horse carriage, the Crown Princess Consort is ruthless and unfeeling. Does it really hurt from such a light pinch?” Ye Yiheng was rather speechless. He was merely holding her wrist gently, not using any force.

“I am blind,” he repeated, pausing before adding, “Even when I can see, I need someone to support me. Since you are to be my future wife and know my secret, you should take the initiative to support me from now on.”

Upon hearing this, Leng Yu Yan gritted her teeth, her other hand clenching into a fist. If she could, she really wanted to punch him in the face.

Sensing her displeasure, Ye Yiheng raised an eyebrow and explained calmly, “I do not easily allow others to support me, unless they know my secret.”

This took Leng Yu Yan by surprise.

Then she had an epiphany, “I understand now. If someone had malicious intentions, Your Highness would be in danger.”

If someone other than his trusted circle supported him, it could, firstly, risk exposing his intermittent blindness; secondly, if they harbored ill intentions during his moments of true blindness, the consequences would be unthinkable.

“You are very intelligent,” Ye Yiheng said in his emotionless tone.

Leng Yu Yan took a deep breath. So, his close attendants like Song Guo, Jian Lecheng, and the guard named Mo Chen were all aware of his true condition.

Before long, the two reached the outside of the Crown Prince’s bedroom.

Leng Yu Yan stopped, “Please enter by yourself, Your Highness.”

As she approached his bedroom, she felt dizzy.

It was like lying on a bed, unable to sleep, staring at the canopy above, and seeing everything spinning.

Whether her eyes were closed or open, it didn’t matter.

This feeling was truly torturous!

As if possessed, Ye Yiheng released her wrist and asked, “Why?”

Were all his previous words just nonsense?

Leng Yu Yan rolled up her sleeve and pointed to the red mark on her wrist, “I must go and apply a hot compress to my wrist.”

Through the white gauze, Ye Yiheng clearly saw the fingerprint marks on her wrist from his pinch.

The red marks stood out strikingly against her fair skin.

For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

Women were such troublesome creatures. He had pinched her lightly, hadn’t he?

He recalled times when he had been annoyed and had to pretend to lean on someone’s arm to walk. He had never heard Song Guo, Jian Lecheng, or the others complain.

Seeing that she was still rubbing the red mark, Ye Yiheng finally spoke, “You may go.”

Upon hearing this, Leng Yu Yan felt a wave of relief and curtsied, “I take my leave.”

Ye Yiheng strode into his bedroom and raised his hand to summon a little eunuch, “Go to the front courtyard and call for Mo Chen.”

“Yes, Your Highness,” the little eunuch replied and left.

After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Mo Chen appeared before Ye Yiheng, bowing with his hands clasped, “Your Highness, what are your orders?”

Ye Yiheng with knitted brows instructed, “Come here.”

Mo Chen bowed.

Ye Yiheng didn’t say a word and immediately grabbed his wrist, and then let go. He pushed up his sleeve to check.

There was no difference; the skin where it was pinched looked the same as where it wasn’t.

Mo Chen asked, puzzled, “Your Highness, where are you going?”

It was only then that Ye Yiheng said, “Nowhere. Just tell me, when I pinched you like this, did it hurt?”

Mo Chen shook his head, “No, it didn’t hurt.”

As he spoke, he realized something. “Your Highness, I understand now. Earlier on the horse carriage, Miss Lai said that Your Highness had hurt her with your grip. I think there might indeed be a difference between men and women.”

As he said this, Mo Chen himself became doubtful, and added, “Your Highness, in our Dark Guard Bureau, there are women like Liu Yun and Yin Shuang, and we’ve never heard them complain of pain. Like the last time, during the arm-wrestling match, they even defeated quite a few men.” @@novelbin@@

Hearing this, Ye Yiheng asked, “Did their wrists show any red marks after being pinched?”

Mo Chen shook his head repeatedly, “No, their skin is tough, how could it be?”

Ye Yiheng fell into thought. Could it be that women are different from men, and she is especially delicate, more delicate than the average woman?

Troublesome, truly troublesome!

How did he lose his composure and give himself away in front of her? She saw that he was blind.

Such negligence, far too negligent!

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When Leng Yu Yan returned to the inner room of Tingfeng Garden, Mrs. Zhao immediately greeted her, “Miss, why didn’t Miao Zhu come back?”

“We separated when we went out.” Leng Yu Yan rolled up her sleeve. “Mrs. Zhao, could you bring me some warm water?”

“Sure.”

Mrs. Zhao was quick, soon bringing over a copper basin.

When she saw the red mark on her young mistress’s wrist, she said with concern, “Miss, what happened?”

“The Crown Prince grabbed me.”

“How could the Crown Prince be so harsh?”

“Don’t worry, Mrs. Zhao, I’ll soak it in warm water for a while, then apply some ointment later.”

In her dreams, red marks often covered her body, and sometimes there were even bruises.

Compared to those situations, this was nothing.

Remembering the moment in the carriage when he grasped her, her heart plummeted. Is this life destined to turn out like her dreams?

She couldn’t resign herself to fate; there had to be a way out!

An hour later, Miao Zhu returned with a bundle on her back.

The yard was filled with palace maids from the Eastern Palace.

Seeing this, Miao Zhu made faces at Leng Yu Yan, who was tending to potted plants in the yard, “Miss…”

Leng Yu Yan understood, “Did you get all the clothes?”

“Got them.” Miao Zhu nodded and headed straight for the inner room.

The Eastern Palace’s maids wouldn’t come into the inner room, so the master and servant could talk freely.

Miao Zhu placed the bundle on the tea table and pulled out a small bamboo tube from a pile of clothes.

Leng Yu Yan took out a letter, unfolded it, and soon frowned.

“Miss, what does it say?”

“Xia Tao found out that the person who offered ten thousand gold comes from the capital city, and she suspects it’s from the Tian Family.”

“Who could it be?” Miao Zhu instinctively took the letter and used a flint to light it up.

“Noble children are rushing to find the Divine Doctor for Princess Shang,” Leng Yu Yan contemplated. “Could it be the Ninth Princess trying to seek the Divine Doctor for herself this time?”

“If it’s Ninth Princess who wants to find the Divine Doctor, will you accept the assignment, Miss?”

“No!”

The Tian Family members were unpredictable, and their derogatory remarks from the day she examined their rash still rang in her ears.

“Alright, I will send a message to Chun Liu Xia Tao via carrier pigeon.” Miao Zhu spoke and started to leave.

“Hold on! Find some time the day after tomorrow to go to the Leng Residence or another open space to send the carrier pigeon. There are too many eyes in the Eastern Palace; it’s not safe.”