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

Chapter 76: Chapter 76: The Greatest Hidden Danger

Hearing this, Leng Yu Yan sighed, “So you hate him, and only upon knowing I am his fiancée do you now say you are willing to marry me?”

Ji Qingyu shook his head repeatedly, “No, before today, I had no idea who you were!”

Leng Yu Yan gave a light smile, “But your heart already has her, how can there be space for another?”

Ji Qingyu said anxiously, “I knew, I knew once I spoke of this, you would say so. That was a childhood thing; at that time I had no concept of love between a man and a woman. Nowadays, thinking about it, she was just a good playmate.”

Leng Yu Yan sighed, “The Crown Prince did not intentionally harm others, your anger towards him is also understandable.”

“I know the reasoning, but the impression is already imprinted in my heart,” Ji Qingyu prodded the campfire with a stick, watching the light reflect on the face of the girl opposite him; suddenly, he thought her mottled face was quite endearing.

Inside the Eastern Palace.

People sent by Mo Chen returned one after another, all empty-handed.

Ye Yiheng’s aura became frosty, and the air was very oppressive.

According to Ji Qingyu’s temperament, he would certainly not be in the bustling city.

Despite all precautions, he thought Lai Yuyue would do something outrageous, but it turned out that the biggest threat was actually Ji Qingyu!

Did he hate him that much?

Even if his current fiancée was the first ugly, useless dolt, would he still step in?

Ye Yiheng exuded a chill, “Everyone go to the suburbs, dig three feet into the ground if you must, but find the Crown Princess Consort for me!”

“Yes, we will obey!” The guards all bowed simultaneously and then hurriedly dispersed in all directions.

On the other side.

Leng Yu Yan spread the scarf she had over her shoulders, unable to suppress a sneeze.

Seeing this, Ji Qingyu took off his outer robe and draped it over her.

Leng Yu Yan declined, “I just need to move a bit closer to the fire.”

“The dew is heavy in the mountains, and if you catch a cold, it will be my fault,” insisted Ji Qingyu, taking a small flask from his waist, uncorking it, and holding it out to her, “A sip?”

“You know I don’t drink.”

“A sip to warm your body, to drive away the cold!” Ji Qingyu moved the flask closer to her, “I haven’t drunk from it yet.”

Hearing him say this, Leng Yu Yan didn’t demur and took it, tipping her head back for a sip.

Not wanting her lips to touch the mouth of the flask, she drank too quickly, and the liquor went straight down her throat, causing tears to spring from her eyes.

Ji Qingyu promptly rose, patting her back gently, “My fault, my fault, you only needed to sip.”

“It’s not your fault; I drank it the wrong way.”

Seeing she was done coughing, Ji Qingyu sat back down on the rock, “After the Empress passed away, my mother once took the Crown Prince into our home and took great care of him. She treated him better than me, her own child. Her hand was injured because of him.”

“It was also at that time, both he and I were poisoned with cold poison. My parents tried everything to find a cure, but only one antidote was obtained. That day I vaguely overheard my parents discussing whom to give the antidote to.”

“They meant that since he is the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, his life is more important than mine, and they intended to give him the antidote.”

“Upon learning this, Uncle Emperor ordered that the antidote be split in two, half for the Crown Prince, half for me.”

Upon hearing this, Leng Yu Yan asked, “Didn’t the Emperor send people to look for the antidote?”

Ji Qingyu pursed his lips, “I did look, but found nothing. Moreover, once one is afflicted with the cold poison, an antidote must be taken within 24 hours. Otherwise, not even an immortal could save them.”

Leng Yu Yan asked again, “So the antidote, you and the Crown Prince both only consumed half?”

“Right, half for him, half for me. Honestly, I’m resentful. The medicine my parents found, just because of the Crown Prince’s noble status, I had to share it with him.”

His voice was faint and distant in the night, bespeaking all the helplessness of worldly affairs.

The man, handsome and with an ethereal aura, spoke of the past with a somber sadness. Seeing this, Leng Yu Yan couldn’t help but sigh and handed the wine flask back to him.

He took it with his hand, took a hearty swig, and then said, “In compensation, my mother often looked for prospective wives for me. I was utterly sick of it, so I left home. Uncle Emperor intended to toughen me up and secured a position for me in the Ministry of Industry, and so, I left the capital for official duties. And then, one day, I met you.”

Seeing that she remained silent, Ji Qingyu’s expression shifted, “My parents have met you, and they took a liking to you, agreeing that I should marry you.”

“Li Yu, no, Prince Qing, regardless of the fact that I’m currently betrothed to the Crown Prince, even if I had nothing to do with the Crown Prince, my return to the capital is for an important matter.”

“What matter?” he asked.

“I won’t hide it from you, knowing my identity by now, you must also be aware of my elder brother’s death in battle five years ago. I must find the truth and take vengeance with my own hands. Once I have avenged him, I will leave the capital.” She paused, then continued, “I don’t want to be part of the struggles for Imperial Power, I don’t wish to marry the Crown Prince, as for you…”

Ji Qingyu quickly said, “I despise playing the role of the Commandery Prince; I’ll follow you to the ends of the earth!”

“But I’ve never considered spending a lifetime with a man…” Leng Yu Yan’s voice grew fainter.

He looked at her intently, “Ah Yan, may I have the permission to call you so?”

Under the moonlight, next to the fire’s glow, his long and thick lashes cast a shadow over his eyelids, and within his slender phoenix eyes, it seemed as if sparks were dancing.

Startled by the address from his lips, Leng Yu Yan’s large eyes immediately misted over.

For five years, no one had called her that!

Ji Qingyu smiled and said, “Seeing you don’t object, I’ll take it as your consent.”

Leng Yu Yan covered her mouth, unable to control the large tears that began to fall, each rolling into the muddy ground.

She wasn’t a person given to sentimentality; she wondered if it might be the sensibilities of this body that made her so emotionally susceptible whenever her mother and elder brother were mentioned.

This display truly frightened Ji Qingyu, “Ah Yan, did I say something wrong?”

In the midst of his frantic attempts to wipe away her tears, he reached out his hand but didn’t dare to truly touch her face, fearing she might find him repulsive.

“It’s nothing…” she lowered her head and wiped her tears.

“Ah Yan?” @@novelbin@@

Hearing this familiar address once again, Leng Yu Yan bit her lip, “When my mother and elder brother were alive, they used to call me Ah Yan. It’s been five years since anyone has called me that, and just now you…”

Ji Qingyu’s brows knitted tightly, “Your mother and elder brother were your closest kin. They’re gone, and the Leng Family tossed you into the backwoods. Due to Lai Manting being granted in marriage to the Crown Prince, they brought you back to replace her and marry the Crown Prince?”

“That’s indeed the case.” Leng Yu Yan nodded, “In this world, my dearest two have long been gone.”

Looking at the young girl before him, merely fifteen, Ji Qingyu felt an overwhelming pity.

Other daughters of noble families, around her age, weren’t they all pampered and adored at home?

When they reached fifteen and came of age, didn’t their families lavish attention on them, wanting everyone to know they had a cherished daughter at home?

Yet here she was, intent on avenging her brother while facing the sinister, cold Ye Yiheng.

How could that madman, Ye Yiheng, have any compassion?

Not to drive someone mad was already the extent of his mercy.