Chapter 1420: 1415: The Daughter They Placed in the Palace

Chapter 1420: Chapter 1415: The Daughter They Placed in the Palace

Zi Wei dropped her.

She fell to the ground with a thump, dazed for quite some time.

Zi Wei watched the little girl on the ground, squirming like a ball of sticky rice, slowly getting up then wobbling about. As she was about to fall again, he extended his foot and hooked it around her waist, steadying her so she didn’t topple, steadying her in place.

“Dirty!”

Yue Xin shook off his foot with disdain, “Who needs your help? Dirty! My dress is very expensive!”

“Go.”

Zi Wei saw that such a small child couldn’t pose any threat, so he pointed to a path to the side.

Not wanting to make it hard for her.

“I won’t go, I’ll bite you!”

Angry to the point of itching teeth, Yue Xin, with her newly grown incisors, opened her mouth wide and pounced towards Zi Wei.

With a flick of his hand, Yue Xin ‘whack!’ face-planted into the ground.

“Wu… Ah!!!”

Like a furious cat, Yue Xin stood up, always bumping into Zi Wei, but he didn’t even need to touch her; with a few steps, she was tripping and spinning on her own.

Before she could crack open her head, Yue Lian rushed to her and quickly picked her up, “Xin’er, are you alright?”

She looked at Yue Xin’s dirtied face and bleeding forehead, almost crying from heartache.

“Wuuu, Mommy, he’s mean! I couldn’t bite him!”

Yue Xin cried as she threw herself into Yue Lian’s arms.

Yue Lian could only pat and gently comfort her, and it took her some time before she heard the man beside them speak up, “Mommy?”

Zi Wei’s gaze at them grew deeper, also tinged with an indescribable emotion.

Yue Lian’s heart tightened, and her turning body stiffened for a moment, “She… she is…”

“Your daughter?” Zi Wei’s expression became slightly stiff.

“No! She’s a girl I adopted. We don’t have any children, but the Yue Family must carry on, right?” Yue Lian lied, not daring to turn and look at Zi Wei.

Zi Wei’s hand, holding the knife, tightened for a long time, then slowly relaxed, “Oh.”

So that was it.

He had thought… she also wanted a child.

After exchanging a few words with her, Zi Wei went back inside the prince’s mansion.

Yue Lian couldn’t catch a glimpse of his departing figure; his lightness skill was always too fast for her to follow even with her gaze.

“Stinky Daddy, cold as ice! Xin’er doesn’t like him anymore!”

Yue Xin pouted on Yue Lian’s shoulder, angrily sulking.

“Such a fuss!”

Yue Lian pinched her protruding pouty lips, “If you don’t like Daddy, then why did you use the trained little bird I left behind to find Daddy here while I was gone? Isn’t it because you wanted to secretly see Daddy?”

“I did not!”

Yue Xin, with her little hands on her hips, bravely boasted, “I was just hungry and wanted to take a stroll. I don’t like Daddy at all! Pfft! Cold as ice, stiff as a board!”

And he caused her to fall face-first into dirt!

Yue Lian tapped her forehead and took her back to clean up. While changing her into her nightclothes, she thought to herself, “If Xin’er really misses Daddy, Mommy can send a greeting card to the empress and take you into the palace, so you can properly see Daddy. Next time, don’t go crawling through dog holes; if you get hurt, Daddy will also be worried about you.”

“He won’t care.” Yue Xin huffed coldly; she wasn’t as good at deceiving as her mother. Daddy clearly didn’t like her!

He didn’t even know who she was, asking her: “Who are you?”

She’s just his daughter!

But he’s never there to accompany her!

She heard that the Crown Prince was personally taught by the emperor. When the Crown Prince nearly got assassinated, the emperor had the perpetrator thrown in jail, ready to be executed.

How truly well he treats him!

When would she ever have such a good Daddy?

In the night, at the Prime Minister’s Estate.

Leng Yi, with a mass of white hair, stood outside of Leng Muling’s room for most of the night, not daring to rest.

Leng Muling was hit by a carriage on the streets and nearly lost her life. Fortunately, the empress got wind of the incident and immediately sent Doctor Rong Sheng over to personally treat her, pulling her back from the gates of hell.

After bustling about for half a day, Rong Sheng finally finished casting Leng Muling’s plaster.

After cleaning her hands, she gave detailed instructions to Yun Sijin on how to care for Leng Muling, emphasizing, “You need to stabilize her emotions. Her left leg is injured, and she won’t be able to stand or bounce around for three months. Moreover, even after it heals, her walk will be affected.”

“Her walk will be affected?” Yun Sijin tightened her grip on the handkerchief slightly.

“Her gracefulness will not be the same as before,” said Rong Sheng with a cold voice. Leng Muling’s leg injury was very severe, making a full recovery as before impossible.

She was lucky to save her life, and it was timely of Su Yingxue to notify her.

Yun Sijin took a deep breath. “This will be a harsh blow for Ling’er.”

For a girl, gracefulness is the most important thing.

Unless she never appears before others again, once seen, she will be the subject of ridicule, and her future prospects… still unresolved.

But there was no helping it, beyond Su Yingxue, Rong Sheng was the best Doctor.

Yun Sijin saw Rong Sheng out, bowing to her, “Doctor Rong, the Prime Minister’s Estate is deeply grateful for your kindness.”

Rong Sheng nodded as an acknowledgment.

“How is Ling’er?” Leng Yi hurriedly approached Yun Sijin to ask as she emerged.

“Her life is no longer in danger,” reassured Yun Sijin. “But her leg is seriously injured and will need a few months of recovery. She may have some lasting issues.”

Leng Yi breathed heavily, “This child… It’s like heaven is punishing the Leng family!”

Leng Shuqing and Zhuo Junli had just been imprisoned, Leng Kangcheng was chastised in the Imperial Court, and Leng Muling’s marriage prospects had just fallen through. Now, she had nearly lost her life.

What sins had he committed..?

Leng Yi almost fainted from shortness of breath. Yun Sijin supported him, and in her busy efforts, dawn was almost breaking by the time Leng Yi fell asleep.

Rong Sheng had just checked on Leng Yi before Chu Yifeng whisked her back to the prince’s mansion.

Chu Yifeng pressed her against the bedpost, infatuated and covetous.

Even as daylight broke, he couldn’t bear to stop.

But Rong Sheng spoke in a hoarse voice, “Chu Yifeng, today you have to go to the palace… to see your daughter.”

Chu Yifeng, holding her waist, panted, “Come with me, Your Highness.”

Rong Sheng bowed her head, murmuring softly, “Mmm.”

Rong Xi had been in Fengqi Palace for many days but had not seen Daddy come to pick her up. She even started doubting herself, asking Su Yingxue, “Auntie, does Daddy… not want me anymore?”

Su Yingxue cradled her face to comfort her, “Xi’er, don’t think nonsense. Your daddy is busy, but he will come.”

Su Yingxue had already sent her chief palace maid to Chu Yifeng’s prince’s mansion once before. But the chief palace maid said she didn’t even see Chu Yifeng’s face, leaving her uncertain about his intentions.

As for his child being raised in the palace, she and Chu Yihan had no objections. But this young lady’s temper seemed to be growing increasingly uncontrollable.

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