Chapter 302: Past Cure

This person is clearly here to cause endless trouble!

"Ah Zhi." Xiao Yichen, as usual, couldn't see the disdain in Mu Yuanzhi's eyes.

After being apart for many days, he missed her greatly.

These days, she wasn't in the capital; he thought of her every day, wondering if she was in danger, if she was doing well, when she would return.

As a result, when she returned, he received the news of her pregnancy.

Ah Zhi was pregnant, but the father wasn't him……

Once-beautiful hopes now felt ever more distant, so far that he had almost no speed or confidence left.

"You... are pregnant?" Xiao Yichen asked.

He obstinately wanted to hear it himself; even if the whole capital was spreading it, and civil and military officials were sending congratulatory gifts, he stubbornly wished to confirm it personally.

Mu Yuanzhi briefly: "Yes."

That simple 'yes' completely doused Xiao Yichen's last fantasy.

Ah Zhi was pregnant, carrying Gu Rongjin's child—would their family only grow closer?

In a daze, Xiao Yichen could still hear Mu Yuanzhi whispering their child's name in his ear from the past; the sweet memories seemed like yesterday, yet also far away.

Ah Zhi, do you still remember the name you gave our child?

"You used to give our child a name." Xiao Yichen suddenly said.

Xixi beside them widened her eyes.

This ex's words are too explosive!

He actually holds nothing back!

Enough—if she had such a relentless pursuer, just thinking about it makes me nauseous!

"Master Xiao, this is totally harassment!" Xixi was furious. "Princess, you can totally beat him up!"

How can you say such things in front of a married woman? It's utterly infuriating!

"Well said, Miss Xixi."

As Xixi's words fell, Gu Rongjin's deep voice sounded.

Only seeing his fist fast, accurate, and ruthless, he struck Xiao Yichen's cheek with a fierce blow.

Defenseless, Xiao Yichen took the blow full force, staggering back, a sweet taste of blood rising in his throat as blood trickled out.

"If it weren't for the ban on fighting among officials, today wouldn't be so simple as just one punch." Gu Rongjin stood before Mu Yuanzhi, coldly eyeing the blood-wiping Xiao Yichen, "If I hear you speak rudely again, I won't let it go."

"Well hit!" Xixi clapped.

Such shameless people deserve to be beaten!

Mu Yuanzhi felt delighted inside; this scoundrel Xiao Yichen deserved a beating!

Xiao Yichen, who had taken a punch, curled his lips and smiled: "I'm stating facts, not making things up—why can't you bear to hear it?"

Mu Yuanzhi: "Xiao Yichen, you're truly shameless."

Having just provoked Gu Rongjin, Xiao Yichen heard this, a sudden surge of sorrow welled up, and he instantly realized how laughable it was to cling to past pride.

It was merely a past no one cared about.

"Ah Zhi, I'm sorry."

"Get lost! Don't appear before me again!"

She could never forget everything he had done to her in past and present lives.

A grudge of flesh‑cutting and skin‑stripping! One day she will repay it!

Gu Rongjin gave Xiao Yichen a cold glance, then embraced Mu Yuanzhi and left, with Xixi following.

Only Xiao Yichen remained here, secretly grieving.

"Chief Minister Xiao!"

The Imperial Court of Justice's guards rushed over: "Chief Minister Xiao! Something serious—Miss Xiao has suddenly fallen ill in prison! Her life is in danger!"

"What did you say?!" Xiao Yichen exclaimed in shock.

"It happened last night—Miss Xiao suddenly fell ill last evening, and today her condition worsened, yet the Imperial Court of Justice commissioner still didn't summon an imperial physician, nor let her go to a better place for treatment……"

This guard was Xiao Yichen's spy planted in the Imperial Court of Justice, just to worry about his sister's safety in prison.

"Alright, I understand. Go back first; I'll report to His Majesty and beg for mercy."

Finally, the New Emperor still showed leniency, letting Xiao Yichen first bring her home for treatment, but apparently due to the delay, Xiao Chuchu remained unconscious, and even the Imperial Medical Institute's doctors could do nothing.

"Chen'er, why not go ask the Princess Defender for help?" Xiao's mother, anxious as burning, said: "Even an imperial physician can't cure this illness—she might still have a way!"

Xiao's father nodded vigorously: "Right, Chen'er, go quickly and beg the princess!"

"She..." Will she come?

Xiao Yichen had no confidence at all.

"What are you dawdling for? Don't you see your sister like this?!" Xiao's mother was so anxious she was about to cry.

She was supposed to be their daughter‑in‑law; now they can't even save their former sister‑in‑law.

"Ah Zhi might not come."

Xiao's father: "How will you know if you don't try? If she refuses, you can go beg His Majesty! Are you really going to just watch your sister suffer like this?"

"Dad, Mom, I also care about Chuchu; my sorrow isn't any less than yours."

"If you care about your sister, you should have spared no effort to rescue her, instead of just watching her suffer in prison!" Xiao's mother wiped tears, "You helped put the New Emperor on the throne—is this request too much? You just don't want Mu Yuanzhi to be unhappy, so you ignore your sister!"

"Mom!"

"What 'mom'? You're yelling at your mom like that? Did she say something wrong? My poor Chuchu!" Xiao's mother burst into tears.

Seeing her daughter wan and lifeless on the sickbed made her heart ache endlessly.

She was clearly such a lively, lovely good girl—how did she end up like this?

"Mother, stop crying, I'll go ask Ah Zhi to come save Chuchu."

Xiao Yichen said.

Xiao's mother listened, finally stopped her sobbing, "You must do what you say!"

Xiao Yichen glanced at his sister, whose eyes were tightly shut and devoid of vitality, feeling a pang of sorrow.

A doctor's heart is like that of parents—is it too much for him to ask her to save someone?

"Save your sister? No way." Mu Yuanzhi flatly refused.

She came to the Grand General's mansion to check on the reconstruction progress, but ended up running into Xiao Yichen again—this persistent guy—and still dared to ask her to save Xiao Chuchu.

Xiao Chuchu has tried to harm her multiple times; not demanding her life right away is already kind.

"Chuchu is truly beyond cure! Ah Zhi, only you can save her!" Xiao Yichen's eyes were full of anxiety as he pleaded.

"What does it have to do with me?" Mu Yuanzhi said calmly, "Even if she dies before my eyes, I would only clap, just like you."

"Do you hate us that much?!" Xiao Yichen felt a sting from Mu Yuanzhi's words, his heart tightened.

"Yes, you two siblings deserve to die, especially you—you deserve to die twice over!" Mu Yuanzhi coldly looked at Xiao Yichen: "Just thinking about what you did to me makes me utterly disgusted."

"I have already repented." Xiao Yichen said, his voice choking.

"You've repented? Such a light remark—can it outweigh a life?" Mu Yuanzhi asked coldly.

"What life?" Xiao Yichen didn't understand.

"You don't understand? I don't intend to explain."