On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 870: Fratricidal Conflict

Ye Shi shook his head repeatedly, "Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Ye Jiu took a step forward and said, "Why is it impossible? You’ve gone years without being pregnant, so it’s possible!"

Leng Yu Yan continued, "Ye Shi, you were not chosen by Yu Haoqiong to be the Princess of Marriage, so from the moment you married into Beiliang, he very likely used an evil object on you. Of course, this is just speculation; I guess Yu Haoqiong dislikes you. In his view, you aren’t qualified to bear his child. But what the actual situation is, we don’t know now."

Ye Shi moved her gaze to Ye Jiu’s belly, her slender brows knitted tightly.

She had wondered why she hadn’t been pregnant for years, as she had never drunk any anti-fertility soup in Beiliang.

After a long time, without getting pregnant, she went to see a doctor but couldn’t find anything amiss; they only said her body was normal.

Now, looking at Ye Jiu, whom she had envied since childhood, she couldn’t help but ask, "Are you pregnant?"

Ye Jiu smiled and didn’t answer.

Ye Shi asked again, "Did you discover the evil object early, allowing you to conceive smoothly now, or did you conceive and almost miscarry, only to find the evil object and come questioning its accountability?"

Leng Yu Yan stood beside Ye Jiu and said to Ye Shi, "You’ve been in Beiliang for a long time, and you know about such evil objects existing there, hence you wanted to use one on Ah Ju."

As she spoke, she gently touched Ye Shi’s wrist, which was quickly flung away by Ye Shi.

Leng Yu Yan didn’t get angry, walked to the side by the basin, and scooped water to wash her hands.

"Little did you know, you yourself were severely impacted; your pulse reveals everything."

Ye Shi shouted, "Who do you think you are, just a bastard, daring to comment on me?"

Ye Jiu, provoked, stepped forward to debate with Ye Shi, "How dare you talk like that? You are merely a commoner, while Yan’er is the Crown Princess Consort."

Leng Yu Yan leisurely wiped her hands and said calmly, "The husband you one-mindedly wanted to marry never intended to have children with you from the start. Do you regret abandoning your childhood sweetheart? You caused Ah Ju to break a leg to earn this opportunity for marriage; does it feel worth it now, seeing how things have turned out?"

As Leng Yu Yan wiped her hands by the wall-side wash stand, Ye Yiheng and Li Yuyue stood by the door far from the bed, while Ye Shi swiftly took off the hairpin from her head and angrily stabbed at Ye Jiu’s belly.

"If I can’t bear children, neither will you!"

Ye Jiu was standing by the bed, stunned as the hairpin was about to pierce into her body.

At this critical moment, a fierce wind swept by, swiftly moving her away from the bedside.

When she realized it was Li Yuyue who moved her, Ye Jiu wrapped her arms around his neck in fright.

"Husband, I was paralyzed with fear just now."

Li Yuyue comforted her gently, "It’s okay now, stay away from evildoers in the future!"

Ye Shi, still unwilling to give up, futilely waved the hairpin in the air, repeatedly missing, which aggravated the sword wound on her abdomen, causing cold sweat to pour all over her body.

Leng Yu Yan held onto Ye Yiheng’s arm, and said to the couple holding each other, "Brother and sister-in-law, let’s go back."

Ye Jiu, still in shock, was carried sideways by Li Yuyue.

The four swiftly exited the side hall.

Ye Shi couldn’t believe it; she had personally tried to harm Ye Jiu, yet Li Yuyue and the others did nothing against her.

Just then, Imperial Physicians entered the room.

Leading them was Grand Doctor Zeng, who said, "Tenth Princess, the injury to your abdomen is too severe. It’s because the sword blade twisted after puncturing the abdomen. The double-edged sword caused severe intestinal damage; under these circumstances, we are powerless."

Ye Shi exclaimed in shock, "What, what do you mean? If you can’t treat me, do you believe Father Emperor will punish you?"

Only now did she realize why Li Yuyue and the others scorned to act against her; it was because they knew the severity of her injury.

Could it be that she would truly die at the hands of Yu Haoqiong?

Could it be that her struggle with Ye Jiu would end in her defeat?

Grand Doctor Zeng replied calmly, "What I said is true. Tenth Princess, you can lift the quilt and see for yourself the condition of your abdomen. In such circumstances, we are truly powerless."

Ye Shi dropped the hairpin, trembling as she lifted the quilt, and the sight rendered her unconscious.

Not long after Ye Yiheng, Leng Yu Yan, Li Yuyue, and Ye Jiu returned to the Eastern Palace, news came that Ye Shi had died.

Though her great revenge was fulfilled, Ye Jiu couldn’t rejoice.

Li Yuyue asked her, "Are you still anxious about what just happened?"

Ye Jiu shook her head with a bitter smile, "Sibling rivalry is common among the Tian Family; today was just another act." She paused and sighed deeply, "I truly wish for harmony within the Tian Family, where brothers no longer fight."

Li Yuyue hugged Ye Jiu’s shoulders tightly and nodded toward Ye Yiheng and Leng Yu Yan walking ahead.

"If Your Highness ascends to the throne and has only Yan’er by his side from beginning to end, I believe the day of harmony within the Tian Family will come."

Ye Jiu nodded, "Hmm, but there’s another premise, Yan’er must have several children; otherwise, not only will Tian Family members urge births, the ministers will too."

The steps of Ye Yiheng and Leng Yu Yan walking ahead paused, and they turned back simultaneously.

"Rest assured, dear brother-in-law, there will be no other woman next to me, now or ever, other than Yanyan."

"Sister-in-law, it’s better to return to the mansion soon to rest, preferably stay in bed."

Ye Jiu laughed, "Let’s go back, at least have lunch at the Eastern Palace first."

"You won’t go hungry, nor will my little nephew," Leng Yu Yan laughed, "The kitchen has already been instructed to prepare your favorites."

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Prince Xian Mansion.

Yu Yinglei sat before the dressing mirror, delicately drawing her eyebrows.

Footsteps approached, and she nervously turned her head, seeing Ye Zhenxian approaching with an angry face.

"My men found out you went to the hostel to meet Wan Chi, is this true?"

Yu Yinglei tightened her grip on the eyebrow pencil, "What is Prince saying? Wan Chi is my Beiliang envoy; as the Beiliang Princess, is there anything wrong with personally going to the hostel to see him?"

Ye Zhenxian walked over slowly, leaned casually against the dressing mirror, and stared darkly at Yu Yinglei.

Today, her makeup was considerably heavier than usual, her lip color strikingly red, and the powder on her cheeks seemed layered one over another.

"Who are you dressed up to meet?" he asked.

Yu Yinglei panicked inwardly; she had sought permission from the Emperor during morning court to return to Beiliang, and it seemed Ye Zhenxian had heard of it.

Thus, she said, "I mentioned to Father Emperor that if Seventh Prince speaks negatively of Tiancheng in Beiliang, I have the duty to stop him; hence I proposed to return to Beiliang for a family visit. Prince is my husband; could you accompany me to Beiliang?"

"I appreciate Princess’s concern," Ye Zhenxian said with a smile, "However, there’s no need for Princess to return to Beiliang."

"Why?"

"Because your Seventh Prince can no longer speak."

With those words, Ye Zhenxian burst into laughter.

Yu Yinglei forcefully drew a line into her temple with the eyebrow pencil.

"What do you mean?" She slammed the eyebrow pencil onto the dresser, realizing she couldn’t directly defy Ye Zhenxian, she softened her tone, "Can Prince tell me why my Seventh Prince can no longer speak? Was he bullied in the coal mine?"

Seeing Ye Zhenxian’s dark eyes before her, Yu Yinglei couldn’t help but feel an uncontrollable panic in her heart.