The Useless Miracle Doctor Consort Is Spoiled Rotten by the Prince!

Chapter 1373: Chapter 1368: Do You Hesitate in the Face of Life and Death?

Luo Heng could only clench his teeth in frustration.

Chen Ruobai looked up at Luo Heng with arrogance, “Overestimating yourself!”

Luo Heng had thought countless times about drawing his sword and killing Chen Ruobai, this seductive demoness!

That’s right!

As she grew older, she had blossomed into a woman starkly different from the little girl of before. Now, even dressed in a pure white dress, her facial features resembled those of a demoness who had practiced in deep mountains for a thousand years.

Alluring to the extreme, irresistibly enticing.

Chen Ruobai sat on the soft couch in Mu Rongche’s quarters, and they were both carried back to the room together.

In the evening, the Imperial Physician came to change Mu Rongche’s dressing. He cautioned him, “Your Highness, although your muscles and bones are healing, due to the severity of the break, you won’t be able to stand for a year or half. You must be patient and meticulous in your recovery, Your Highness. Do not rush to use any questionable remedies!”

He noticed that it seemed like Mu Rongche’s legs and wounds had been treated with a very potent medication. Being too eager was like trying to eat hot tofu in haste—it could very well backfire on Mu Rongche’s body.

“I haven’t taken any medication,” Mu Rongche said, puzzled. He had always followed the Imperial Physician’s instructions for his treatment and had not been eager to heal.

He was unsure why the Imperial Physician would say such a thing.

“But… I can see that other medications were used on Your Highness’s leg, it even seems like… like you have been treated with Gu poison!”

He had once treated a patient from the battlefield who had died from Gu poison; the pulse of someone with Gu poison in their body was identical to Mu Rongche’s pulse.

The Imperial Physician was deeply concerned and couldn’t help worrying about Mu Rongche’s predicament.

Now that he had lost his favor and position, he had become a thorn in the side of the other princes. If they were to target him with dark methods, he might not survive.

“Gu poison?” Luo Heng, aware of Chen Ruobai’s background, immediately drew his sword and held it to her neck, “It’s you, you little wretch! His Highness has treated you so well, and yet you dare harm him!”

The Gu Poison Technique was a skill known only among the witch tribes, and the only witch in the entire world was Chen Ruobai!

Chen Ruobai loathed him, “Who is plotting against His Highness? Get that away!”

She kicked Luo Heng, who lashed out with his sword.

With a “clang” sound, Luo Heng’s sword was knocked away. He grasped his right hand in pain, his hand trembling uncontrollably, with a numbness emanating from the base of his thumb.

Mu Rongche pushed him away with a palm strike, “I’ve said it before, whoever dares to touch her, I will kill!”

“Your Highness! This witch, she’s harming you!”

Luo Heng knelt on the ground, his chest rising and falling slightly.

Was His Highness willing to waste away for this woman, even going so far as to risk his life in her hands?

Mu Rongche’s eyelashes drooped slightly, and he didn’t answer the question.

The Imperial Physician stood by, also greatly troubled. He was the trusted aide of Queen Qia, who had sent him several times to persuade His Highness to reconsider, but he wouldn’t listen to anyone.

He was wholeheartedly doting on this witch.

But he had to speak up, “Your Highness, now that you have lost your favor and are unable to lead troops to military glory, and with His Majesty deeply disappointed by your injury, you may not wish to serve the king, but at least you must preserve your own life, right?”

Simply letting such a calamity claim his life?

Was he even abandoning his own life?

Mu Rongche’s gaze hardened, a coldness radiating from him, and the pressure in the entire room instantly became heavy.

Luo Heng and the clinic were both very tense, but only Chen Ruobai felt no such tension. With bare feet dangling over the bed’s edge as she sat, she even kicked Mu Rongche, “Hey, if they want to kill me, would you kill me?”

Mu Rongche had cared for her for seven years, treated her well for seven years, and even said that in two more years, once she reached the age of marriage, he would find her a good match, so that she could live a peaceful life after getting married.

He had been exceedingly kind to her.

But she had been tortured since birth; even if Mu Rongche treated her well and for such a long time, she would not forget those things.

Nor would she believe that the world is a beautiful place.

Just look, Mu Rongche indulged her, but when faced with life and death, didn’t he hesitate?

Mu Rongche took a deep breath, and when he looked up at her, the seriousness on his face turned into a tender smile, “I know you used the Gu Poison Technique on my wound.”

“How did you know?” Chen Ruobai’s exquisitely arched eyebrows furrowed, and her charming eyes suddenly held a hint of wariness.

“If I lacked even this bit of insight, how would I be fit to protect you?” Mu Rongche touched her head and sighed.

If he had lacked the ability, in the days following her return, he would have been reprimanded by the king, attacked by his brothers, and on a downhill path ever since.

But at least that downhill path had allowed him to hold on for seven years.

Now, he was still capable of protecting her.

Mu Rongche sent the Imperial Physician away, cautioning him not to speak nonsense in front of his mother, and also sent Luo Heng away, leaving only Chen Ruobai alone in his room, by his side.

Chen Ruobai looked at the sword hanging beside his bed, the one he used on the battlefield to slay enemies—it could easily kill her.

She no longer sat playfully beside him but backed away warily, step by step.

Mu Rongche removed the sword and tossed it to her, then beckoned to her, “If you don’t feel at ease, hold onto my sword and come over.”

Chen Ruobai picked up his sword, clutched it to her chest, and then slowly approached him.

He pulled her to sit beside him, with a patient and meticulous tone, just like when he first brought her back, “If you poison me to death, in this vast world, do you have a place you want to go, a life you want to live?”

Chen Ruobai didn’t expect him to ask this; she thought for a moment, “I want to go back to Long Guan City; my mother said she liked it there.”

“Long Guan City, indeed, it is very nice.” Mu Rongche smiled, stroked her head, “You can kill me, but first, let me send you to Long Guan City and arrange your future life, okay?”

Chen Ruobai was stunned for a moment, followed by a fierce surge of emotion.

She was like a small wolf cub that had been baring its teeth for too long, nowhere to bite, and indignantly said, “You know I used Gu, but you are afraid to die!”

“That’s not it. But if I die in the prince’s mansion, you won’t be able to escape, and no one else will take care of you. I can’t rest easy. I can’t let you kill me and then require you to join my funeral.” There was a tinge of helplessness in Mu Rongche’s voice, “And you have become too beautiful. My royal brothers stare at you all day; they will bully you.”

Chen Ruobai wanted him dead, but he could not, in death, watch her be bullied, living again those days that were worse than death, right?

“They dare! I’ll kill them!”

Chen Ruobai’s gaze was fierce; she was not joking!

Even though she was young and lacked strength, the time Mu Rongche allowed her to roam free gave her time to cultivate her inner Gu King, to learn the skills of her witch tribe one by one, and to use them adeptly.

Now, who could casually bully her?

“Don’t underestimate them! They won’t let you tamper with their wounds or plant Gu worms as easily as I do.” Mu Rongche turned her wrist and saw something red wriggling inside it.

That, presumably, was the Gu King passed down by the witch tribe.

A bane upon the world.

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