Reborn as the Crippled King s Beloved

Chapter 129: Chapter 129 I Just Care Too Much About My Cousin
 

The Second Prince couldn’t believe it.

Upon receiving an affirmative answer from the servant, his face immediately showed a look of delight.

“Quick, I shall personally go to receive her!”

With that, his face beaming with a smile, he hurried out, even forgetting to speak to Bai Weiwei.

As soon as he left, Bai Weiwei’s expression suddenly turned dark.

This time, her feigned illness was meant to tarnish Murong Jiu, making her repulsive in the eyes of the Second Prince.

She had never considered Murong Jiu a threat before, being a clever person herself; she knew how to win her cousin’s pity and understood the importance of moderation. She always thought her only opponent was Murong Man.

However, to her surprise, after Murong Jiu’s birthmark was removed, the servant said that her cousin mentioned Murong Jiu’s name most frequently.

Murong Jiu had quietly taken up such an important place in her cousin’s heart.

She had intended to make it clear to her cousin who exactly Murong Jiu was allied with, yet her failure to summon her several times suggested that Murong Jiu no longer had a place for her cousin in her heart.

That’s what she believed, too; if Murong Jiu truly cared about her cousin, she wouldn’t have failed to come and treat her.

But she had never expected that Murong Jiu would actually come!

Her cousin’s instinctive actions also proved that Murong Jiu had secured a significant place in his heart.

Why should a woman like that be able to outshine her?

Previously, even if her cousin was in a rush, he would calm her down before leaving. But now, he hurried to meet someone else, not even giving her a second glance.

“Miss, don’t be angry. His Highness went to receive someone also for your sake, didn’t he? You are suffering from your illness, and His Highness just wants you to get well soon,” said the maid hurriedly, trying to comfort her.

It was uncertain whether Yun Weiwei listened or not.

The Second Prince strode forward to greet them. Murong Jiu had just entered through the main gate, accompanied only by the maid Chun Tao.

Seeing this, the Second Prince’s smile deepened.

“Ah Jiu, how come you’ve come so suddenly? You should have sent word to me, so I could have personally gone to the Prince Mansion to fetch you,” he said.

Murong Jiu responded indifferently.

“I had promised to treat Miss Cousin’s illness and wouldn’t want to break my word and become fat. How is Miss Cousin doing?” she asked.

The Second Prince felt a tinge of disappointment; he had thought Murong Jiu came purely to see him.

Nevertheless, her timing was just right.

“My cousin just had another attack, her heart’s throbbing and pain unbearable. Ah Jiu, please come with me,” he urged.

As Murong Jiu listened to him calling her “Ah Jiu,” she felt like retching. The same two words, spoken by him and by Jun Yuyan, gave her vastly different feelings.

Moreover, the Second Prince used to call her Xiao Jiu; she wondered if it was deliberate that he had started calling her Ah Jiu, imitating Jun Yuyan.

They quickly reached Bai Weiwei’s quarters. As they entered, she could smell a faint trace of blood, with a small pool of it on the floor.

“Weiwei, how did you vomit blood!” exclaimed the Second Prince, his expression filled with anxiety.

Murong Jiu glanced at the little maid standing to the side; part of the smell of blood was emanating from her.

“Cough cough cough…”

Bai Weiwei coughed violently, her mouth filled with blood, especially between the gaps of her teeth.

This woman was truly ruthless towards others.

However, Murong Jiu wasn’t new to Bai Weiwei’s cruelty; she knew about it since her last life.

In her previous life, Bai Weiwei and Murong Man fought each other secretly to the death. Bai Weiwei was kind to her only because she could cure Bai Weiwei’s heart disease. Once her heart disease was fully cured, Bai Weiwei began to plot against her in secret.

However, Bai Weiwei was the kind of woman who strategized behind the scenes. She could manipulate people’s hearts and was good at using others. Such a woman was actually even more terrifying than Murong Man.

In this life, Murong Jiu had nothing to fear anymore; she wasn’t a member of the Second Prince’s harem after all.

Upon seeing Bai Weiwei in this state, the Second Prince showed an expression of distress.

Murong Jiu said to the maid beside her, “Go and bring some tea, so your master can rinse her mouth.”

The maid didn’t move and looked towards Yun Weiwei.

“What are you standing there for, go quickly!” the Second Prince commanded in a stern voice.

Only then did the maid hurry to pour the tea and handed it to Bai Weiwei.

The Second Prince took it from her.

When the maid retracted her hand, Murong Jiu suddenly pressed down on her arm.

“Ah!”

In pain, the lid of the tea cup fell to the ground.

Yun Weiwei’s face changed, and she quickly said, “Princess Consort Ling, has my maid displeased you in some way? Why did you pinch her? Yu Zhi, kneel down and apologize to the Princess Consort at once!”

The maid immediately knelt down: “It is all this servant’s fault, please punish this servant, Princess Consort!”

The Second Prince’s expression darkened slightly, not understanding why Murong Jiu would suddenly pinch Yun Weiwei’s maid.

Before Murong Jiu had a chance to speak, Yun Weiwei said, “It must be that Yu Zhi has offended the Princess Consort’s eyes. Yu Zhi, get out!”

“Wait.”

Murong Jiu spoke indifferently, looking at the Second Prince.

“His Highness the Second Prince, this maid has bled quite a bit, she needs to be bandaged. If not treated promptly, it will affect her ability to look after Miss Cousin.”

The Second Prince showed a look of surprise, “What happened?”

Yun Weiwei hurriedly said, “Yu Zhi tripped this morning, and her arm just happened to hit a broken vase, she did bleed a bit, but I didn’t expect Princess Consort Ling to notice even this. You truly are worthy of being called a Divine Doctor. Yu Zhi, what are you standing around for, go and get your wound bandaged!”

Murong Jiu slightly curled her lips and said, “Isn’t Miss Cousin suffering from a heart condition? Yet you managed to speak so much at once; it seems that Miss Cousin’s health is much better than before, not at all like someone who has vomited blood.”

The Second Prince, being a clever man, could not miss the implications in Murong Jiu’s words after this encounter.

If it had been before, he would have pretended not to understand.

But today, he subconsciously wanted to follow Murong Jiu’s lead.

So, his face turned abruptly cold, and he called out to Yu Zhi, who was running out: “Stop!”

“Someone come, roll up this maid’s sleeve!”

His subordinates immediately stepped forward, and, without a word, they held down Yu Zhi and rolled up her sleeve, revealing a wound cut by a dagger. As she had struggled violently, blood had started to seep out again, and a set of teeth marks could be seen on it.

Moreover, on this arm, there were several healed scars from cuts.

Although he guessed what had happened, the Second Prince’s face still darkened further upon seeing this.

He knew his cousin was clever and a bit scheming, but having been so forgiving because she once got poisoned on his account when they were children, he never expected her to go so far.

But his cousin had cut the maid’s arm and pretended to vomit blood, not just once or twice, and this made him feel torn, as if his cousin was no longer the person he had in mind.

Being a little cunning was acceptable, but repeatedly using the pretense of having a heart condition to gain sympathy; how many times had he urgently set aside important matters to rush over?

Yun Weiwei’s face turned pale: “Cousin, I-I just cared about you too much. Cousin rarely comes to visit me on his own, I could only resort to such extreme methods.”

She put on an appearance of unbearable shame and suddenly stood up, charging towards the bedpost with great force.

Although the Second Prince managed to stop her in time, her forehead still reddened significantly.

“Wuwuwu, why did you save me, cousin? I have no face to see you anymore; just let Weiwei die!”

Murong Jiu, like an outsider, watched with great interest from the side.

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