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

Chapter 1471: Chapter 1466: Children are the Cutest

He had not anticipated that on Saint Ruan’s way back to the Silver Moon Pavilion, he would face an ambush. Although he survived, only sustaining minor injuries, when he found Geng Qingyan, her eyes were deep and loaded with gravity. “Xiao Yu’s child is missing.”

“What!?” Saint Ruan was shocked, “My son is missing? How is that possible! Wasn’t he placed in the Silver Moon Pavilion!”

How could there be mistakes in the Silver Moon Pavilion?

Geng Qingyan’s gaze was lowered; she had noticed the Xiao family’s head seal with the child and immediately sent someone to inform Saint Ruan, who in turn notified Su Yingxue and Chu Yihan. They were delighted to have found the child, entrusting him to be taken immediately to Jiang Du City.

But now…

Geng Qingyan took Saint Ruan to see the burnt pavilion. As he faced the ruins, Geng Qingyan explained, “Recently, the pavilion has been unsafe; spies have infiltrated. I placed that boy and all the other children here so that I could recognize and ensure his safety. But who could have known, we were still discovered, and someone set the place ablaze, not a single child was saved.”

Besides Xiao Yu’s son, there were a dozen other infants found by the Silver Moon Pavilion, all perishing in the fire.

Saint Ruan’s scalp tingled, he punched the charred pillar, his heartache biting, “Damn it, they killed my son! He was so small, so lovely…”

And yet he was burnt alive!

“Son of a bitch!”

Furious, Saint Ruan stormed out, “I will flay and draw the sinews of that bastard! Where are the people? Don’t tell me you haven’t caught the arsonists!”

Geng Qingyan’s face was stern, “In the Punishment Pavilion.”

Saint Ruan strode towards the Punishment Pavilion. It was a place within the Silver Moon Pavilion specially designed for punishing criminals and traitors, with torture devices on par with—or even more brutal than—those found in the Ministry of Justice’s prison and all the devices in the Capital Prefecture combined.

When Saint Ruan saw the two people bound in the Punishment Pavilion, he threw poison powder on them without a word. It seemed as if a handful was not enough to vent his anger. Remembering the research on poisons he had done with Su Yingxue, he stuffed live insects into the mouths of these two, watching them writhe and scream in pain, keeping them at the brink of death with medicine.

After torturing them for a full day and night, his inner rage was still not quelled.

He kicked one of their heads askew, his eyes bloodshot, “The life of my son is not something you can repay, even if you died a hundred times! Keep living, dying over and over every day!”

He would make them suffer year after year as if they were in hell!

“No… don’t!”

“Save me!”

He dismissed their cries for death as he left the Punishment Pavilion with bloodshot eyes.

Looking at his empty hands, he seemed to still hear the whispering of the infants. That little baby, when he held him, was annoying and he wanted to discard him.

But he was so cute, never crying or fussing, satisfied after being fed, and then smacking his lips with a simple, innocent smile.

What a simpleton!

Yet, the simpleton recognized people and would cry when away from him.

After he went to battle and left Geng Qingyan to inquire about the simpleton’s well-being, she replied that after his departure, the simpleton cried for three solid days, his voice hoarse, before he calmly drank his milk.

His heart ached, even from thousands of miles away!

Upon his return from the battlefield, his first act was to find his dear, simpleton.

The little one was happy and had grown round and chubby.

Geng Qingyan had taken good care of him.

She had discovered the head seal on his body and confirmed he was Xiao Yu’s son. Keeping this a secret, he could only personally send a letter to Su Yingxue. On his way there, he was pondering that Xiao Yu would never agree to let him foster the child, and he would have to negotiate with Xiao Yu to ensure he could see his son at all times.

Otherwise, I just won’t return his child to him!

He had only been away from his child for a period of time, when he returned…

He would never see his son again!

Saint Ruan squatted outside the Punishment Pavilion, hugging his head, howling and crying for a long time, his tears forming a small puddle before him.

Geng Qingyan stood by, her voice cold, “Why go to such lengths?”

Saint Ruan was over seventy years old. If he wanted descendants, he should have had his own long ago, but he had been a libertine for years, and it was by his own choice.

Now, why weep so for someone else’s child?

“You old witch, you wouldn’t understand, children are the loveliest of all.”

Saint Ruan stood up, glaring at her with bloodshot eyes.

Geng Qingyan ignored him, simply placing the Xiao family’s patriarch seal in his hand before going about her own business.

The Silver Moon Pavilion had lost a batch of children, but there were still many left, waiting for her to raise.

She was different from Saint Ruan; she dealt with children every day. The children grew up in her care, and over the years, she had held too many children in her arms.

Every child from the Silver Moon Pavilion had been personally brought up by her, as if they were her own children.

Saint Ruan had no choice but to set off shamefully; he still had to tell Su Yingxue about the matter.

Who would have known, when he rushed to the imperial palace, the place was bustling with people, yet the atmosphere was heavy.

The court physicians were all gathered in Yaohua Hall, where Chu Yifeng was.

Su Yingxue, overseeing the harem, came with Chu Heng at night to see Chu Yifeng, just in time to bump into Saint Ruan entering the palace.

She knew, Saint Ruan must have brought the child, and hurried over to him without even care for formalities, “Where is the child? Where is Miaoyan’s child? Did you leave him outside the palace? Her Majesty will immediately send someone to fetch him and take him to the Marquis’s Manor!”

“Did my little brother arrive? Grandpa Ruan, I heard from mother that my aunt gave birth to a little brother; did you bring him along? I want to hold him too!”

Chu Heng stood on tiptoes, tugging at Saint Ruan’s hand, his eyes shining with longing.

Guilt gripped Saint Ruan’s heart like a pair of hands, harshly squeezing his heart, tearing at a raw pain.

He lowered his cold gaze, his voice somewhat hoarse, “I was supposed to bring the child, but something happened to him.”

Su Yingxue’s heart sank, her expression stiffening, “What… What happened to the child? Is he ill? No worry, Her Majesty and Sister Rong Sheng are here; we can cure him of any illness!”

Even if his life was in danger, she could ask Little Ginseng to save him!

Everything could be saved!

But Saint Ruan spoke in a hoarse voice, “The child perished in a fire, the place in the Silver Moon Pavilion where children were raised was burned down.”

“What… What!”

Su Yingxue swayed, it was only Chu Heng grasping her hand that kept her from falling.

She suddenly felt a wave of emptiness and weakness in her body, “How could this happen? Weren’t the children well protected at the Silver Moon Pavilion?”

She thought that the Silver Moon Pavilion was the safest place in the world!

Who could have breached the Silver Moon Pavilion?

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