The daughter of the Marquis is too delicate, the abstinent prince pinches her waist and loves her

Chapter 201 The Jade Pendant Recognizes Its Owner

Ye Jingnian suddenly looked at her with an extremely strange expression. The candlelight was dim, making his phoenix eyes reveal an unreadable luster.

He frowned, his gaze towards her filled with inquiry and suspicion. His left hand clenched into a fist, trembling, and his sleeve slipped down, revealing the bandage wrapped around his wrist stained with blood.

Zhi Xing stared blankly at the strange reaction on the jade pendant, somewhat puzzled.

She didn't attend the flower-viewing banquet that day, so she didn't see Mu Hanxing drip blood onto the jade pendant, and she didn't understand what the light represented.

Seeing the wound on his wrist, she frowned abruptly and said, "Your Highness, you're injured..."

She hurriedly searched for the medicine box in the room and placed it on the table. She carefully cut open his bandage, and the bloodstains on it were shocking, making her frown.

"Your Highness, you must take good care of yourself..." Zhi Xing's voice carried a hint of sorrow.

Ye Jingnian looked down and watched her busily moving around, bandaging his wounds and giving him instructions.

He reached out and pulled open her collar, looking at the crimson mark of the Eastern Palace on her fair skin on her left shoulder, which had been burned. He gently touched it and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

Zhi Xing looked up, shook her head at Ye Jingnian, and said with a fawning smile, "It doesn't hurt."

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingnian suddenly chuckled softly. The chuckle was so strange that it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry. Zhi Xing felt as if the air around her had frozen, making her almost suffocate.

She stopped smiling, raised an eyebrow at Ye Jingnian, and said, "Is Your Highness unhappy?"

Ye Jingnian reached out and stroked her face, then slowly moved his hand to her chin, lifting it as if trying to see something through her eyes. He said in a low voice, "The jade pendant has recognized its owner. Should I be happy?"

Zhi Xing glanced at him in confusion, looking at the star-shaped jade pendant in his hand that shimmered with blue and white light, as if it had recognized her as its owner.

"A-Zhi doesn't know what Your Highness is talking about," Zhi Xing said woodenly.

"The divine jade pendant of the Western Shu Kingdom can only resonate with members of the royal family." He suddenly pinched her cheek, staring at her with bloodshot eyes, and said, "Tell me, who are you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhi Xing's heart leaped into her throat, and a hint of fear flickered in her stunned eyes.

“A-Zhi doesn’t know.”

"You say you don't know, and I've wasted so much effort on you?!" Ye Jingnian was furious and pushed her to the ground.

Zhi Xing groaned in pain, rubbing her sore wrist, and then saw two bloodstained letters on the ground.

She quickly read it, and her hand holding the letter trembled.

She was not the wet nurse's child, but a legitimate member of the Western Shu royal family, the true Princess Qionghua...

Her chest heaved violently as she breathed heavily, crying as she knelt before Ye Jingnian, grasping his hand pleadingly, and said, "Azhi is loyal. Azhi doesn't need to be a princess. Azhi doesn't want anything, she just wants to stay by Your Highness's side..."

"Stay by my side?" Ye Jingnian's furrowed brows revealed barely concealed anger. "Mu Zhixing, haven't you made my life miserable enough? To protect you, I feed you medicine with my own blood every day. Do you think I'm a laughingstock?"

Looking at him, Mu Zhixing quickly thought of something, then felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart, and her eyes welled up with tears.

She stared at the newly wrapped bandage on his wrist, the taste of blood still lingering in her mouth from the medicine she had just taken.

"The medicine you made me drink wasn't the Blood Spirit Mushroom, but... Why? Why did Your Highness do this?"

"For the backlash of a love potion that doesn't even exist!" Ye Jingnian roared at her, the wound on his wrist reopening. Mu Zhixing opened her mouth blankly: "What love potion?"

Seeing her clueless and stupid look, Ye Jingnian suddenly laughed in exasperation. He took a deep breath, calmed his thoughts, and softened his voice.

"Alright, you don't know? I'll tell you."

He grabbed her hand and pressed it against the scar on his neck, saying, "Six years ago, I was poisoned by Mu Xiyang with the Western Shu Love Gu. Anyone who has sex with a woman under the influence of the Gu will die within eight months. If the woman becomes pregnant, the pregnancy will be shortened by four months."

This is why he used to prefer touching his concubines rather than her.

This is... why he kept making her drink contraceptives?
This explains why he was so terrified and furious after that rainy night, and then so gentle with her.

"Since that night, I have been frantically searching for a way to remove the curse. Only by nourishing the person who has been attacked with the blood of the host can their lifespan be temporarily extended."

Mu Zhixing swallowed hard, a pang of pain rising in her chest—something she had never known before.

He suddenly laughed again, his eyes glaring at her with a fierce look. He grabbed her hair, his breath ragged, and gritted his teeth, saying, "The Mu family bloodline is immune to all poisons. You see me going crazy, you see me wasting my time and energy on you. Don't you find it amusing?"

Mu Zhixing felt a sharp pain, frowned, and burst into tears, saying, "Your Highness, I didn't..."

Ye Jingnian looked at the jade pendant in his hand, then at the princess of Western Shu in front of him, his eyes filled with self-mocking sarcasm: "Why do you always have to give me a huge surprise after I forgive you time and time again?"

The method to remove the curse has always been in his hands, but what has he done?
He suddenly stood up in a rage, sweeping everything off the desk: "I was bewitched by the princess of Western Shu, and I even used my own blood to nourish that poisonous woman's own sister! You two sisters really put on a good show!"

"Your Highness! Azhi really didn't know!" Mu Zhixing knelt on the ground, trembling, her face full of innocence.

He pulled her up from the ground and said mockingly, "Get up. You're so precious. The Crown Prince can't bear to see a princess kneel."

He pinned her against the wall, looking at her with a cold smile, and said, "I will let you see with your own eyes how I will raze your homeland to the ground. Then it will not be too late for you, the princess of a fallen kingdom, to kneel down and beg for mercy."

When Ye Jingnian released her, she slumped to the ground, trembling uncontrollably, tears streaming from her eyes.

She watched him walk away, as if he would never look at her again.

Night falls in Mingyao Palace, Western Shu Kingdom.

Mu Xiyang's cough worsened, and he was completely unable to get out of bed.

“Princess.” Hongling knelt down in front of the chaise lounge, her brows furrowed with worry.

"Has Yuheng not returned yet?" Mu Xiyang's voice became hoarse.

Hongling picked up the water cup on the table, fed her a few sips of water, and said, "Princess, please bear with it a little longer. I just used a sound transmission Gu to ask, and Yuheng said he will arrive soon."

Mu Xiyang gripped her hand tightly and said, "Remember, only he can touch that pill. You must keep him under control and bring the pill to me."

"Yes." Hongling nodded and asked, "Has the princess felt better after taking the pill?"

Mu Xiyang closed her eyes and swallowed, her voice slightly breathless, and said, "I have been refining that pill for eight years, just waiting for the final moment to bring it back to life."

(End of this chapter)