High-class Spring Joy

The next second she was pulled into a warm and generous embrace.

While Sai Huatuo and Zheji Chensha were still observing Hongdou's condition, they turned around and saw that Qingyuan had somehow fainted in her young master's arms.

Upon seeing this, Sai Huatuo quickly instructed Chu Jingxian and Qingyuan to take them to a nearby room to rest.

This day kept Sai Huatuo extremely busy. He had just fed Hongdou herbal medicine, taken her pulse, and administered acupuncture to confirm that the poison in Hongdou's body had been neutralized and that she was no longer in danger of dying, when he rushed to the side room to check on Qingyuan's condition.

As Sai Huatuo took her pulse, his expression grew slightly grave. He turned to Chu Jingxian, who stood beside him with a serious expression, and said, "Please step out for a moment, young master, and invite the two maids in. This young lady's condition is quite complicated, and I need to examine her carefully before I can make a diagnosis."

Upon hearing this, Chu Jingxian didn't hesitate in the side room and immediately left, sending two female assassins with him.

At this moment, Chu Jingxian trusted no one, let alone just two maids randomly chosen from Jinxiu Manor.

Putting everything else aside, just considering that today's events, if word gets out, they'll probably embellish it and say all sorts of things. He doesn't care much, his reputation has never been very good, and he doesn't care about such worldly matters. But for a woman, reputation is extremely important, especially since Qingyuan now has that sensitive relationship with Chu Jingyu.

Zheji waited in the other room, while Chu Jingxian waited at the door of the other room. Chensha ran back and forth between the two, asking Chu Jingxian, then Zheji, then Qingyuan, and then busy asking about Hongdou.

"Young master, please rest assured. When Miss Qingyuan took our pulse at the clinic last time, although she didn't say anything about her specific illness, and we didn't know either, she should at least be out of danger."

Chen Sha tried to comfort Chu Jingxian with her clumsy words.

Chu Jingxian didn't speak, but tapped the armrest lightly with his fingertips, the speed increasing, clearly indicating that his mind was not at peace.

After more than half an hour, Sai Huatuo finally emerged from the side room with two female assassins.

"Young Master, although Miss Qingyuan does not have any acute illness or life-threatening ailments, she is cold-natured. I can tell that this coldness is not acquired, but rather it is something she was born with. This kind of coldness is generally impossible to cure or completely eliminate."

Sai Huatuo spoke, but his expression was somewhat hesitant, "There are some things that I don't know whether I should say or not."

"Just tell me directly. If there's a way to suppress the chill emanating from Qingyuan, that would be good," Chu Jingxian said, tapping the armrest with his fingertips at an increasingly faster pace.

"Originally, I could have suppressed the coldness emanating from Miss Qingyuan. If she received proper treatment and followed medical advice, she could have been kept healthy for twenty years. However, Miss Qingyuan's current condition is far too unique..."

Sai Huatuo sighed: "Miss Qingyuan is pregnant. Most of the methods and herbs used to suppress cold will harm the fetus in her body. Even the most common folk remedy, drinking strong liquor, is not advisable for pregnant women. It's best if they don't drink at all."

When Chu Jingxian actually heard those words from Sai Huatuo's mouth, his fingertips tapping the armrest stopped abruptly. He clenched his fist and covered it with his wide sleeves: "Pregnant..."

"Yes, Miss Qingyuan is indeed pregnant, and it's been quite some time."

As Sai Huatuo stroked his goatee, he said, "Logically speaking, given Qingyuan's physical condition and the coldness in her body, it should be extremely difficult for her to conceive..."

Sai Huatuo was speaking, but before he could finish, Chu Jingxian interrupted him sharply:

"She's pregnant...how many months along?!"

"It's been more than two months, young master."

This was the first time Sai Huatuo had ever seen anything like it. Chu Jingxian was agitated, even icy. Chu Jingxian was always a very cultured person and never easily interrupted others. Even if the people standing in front of him were ordinary citizens, he would not show the slightest contempt.

This is why Sai Huatuo became even more aware of the importance of Qingyuan to Chu Jingxian.

"What??"

Chen Sha had just run over when she overheard their conversation and immediately froze, exclaiming, "Miss Qingyuan is pregnant! That little girl is pregnant, two months pregnant?!"

"Shut up!"

Chu Jingxian coldly uttered two words, and Chen Sha beside him immediately fell silent.

Chu Jingxian's expression remained unchanged, but only he and the heavens knew how much force he used to grip the armrest under his wide sleeves, and his tightly pursed lips betrayed his inner turmoil.

She was more than two months pregnant, which matched the timing and Chu Jingxian's suspicions. Although there wasn't enough evidence to prove the scent on Qingyuan, it still matched. It was just a matter of the scar on her wrist...

Without concrete evidence, everything can only be his speculation.

After a moment of silence, Chu Jingxian finally found his voice: "You just said that it would be extremely difficult for Qingyuan to get pregnant given her physical condition. Is it possible that... they only had sex one night, and didn't have sex a second night, yet she still got pregnant?"

"Young master, that's an excellent question. If it were only once, then it would be absolutely impossible."

Sai Huatuo spoke with absolute certainty: "Leaving aside the question of whether Miss Qingyuan can even conceive due to the coldness in her body, it's simply a pipe dream to expect her to become pregnant after only one sexual encounter. I've treated many patients, and this isn't the first time I've seen a case like Miss Qingyuan's. However, even if I temporarily dispel the coldness in those young women, they still need a period of sexual activity to conceive. Some take four or five years, some even ten, and the shortest is within two or three years—that's a stroke of good fortune. Therefore, in Miss Qingyuan's case, the most likely scenario is…"

Sai Huatuo didn't say what he was about to say, but Chu Jingxian, who was present, already understood the implied meaning.

Only through prolonged sexual intercourse could Qingyuan conceive, so...

Is that child Chu Jingyu's?

Qingyuan was such a kind and good girl. Although the Qingyuan he met was always lively, she was usually very sensible and steady in her actions.

Qingyuan would never do such a casual thing on her own; therefore, she must have been tricked into crossing the line.

Yes.

At this moment, Chu Jingxian was convinced that it was his fifth brother who had used his smooth talk and sweet words to deceive Qingyuan into crossing the line.

After deceiving Qingyuan, he abandoned her. No wonder Qingyuan made it clear to the Empress Dowager that she would never marry him.

They're all connected, though.

At this moment, Chu Jingxian was convinced that all the blame lay with Chu Jingyu, and Qingyuan could not possibly be at fault. Even if Qingyuan was at fault, it was because Chu Jingyu had deceived her into making the mistake.

Chu Jingxian couldn't recall that Qingyuan was Chu Jingyu's childhood bride, or even a maidservant.

Even if Chen Sha was slow to react, he understood what the bulging veins on the young master's hand gripping the armrest meant.

Sai Huatuo also keenly sensed a murderous aura and immediately said, "This old man will go and prepare the medicine for the two young ladies."

After saying that, he took off running. In fact, the task of decocting medicine was not something that he, the number one doctor in the world, would do himself; it was usually done by the apprentice doctors.

-

When Qingyuan opened her eyes, she saw a completely unfamiliar bed ceiling, carved from chicken wing wood, with blooming crabapple blossoms.

Qingyuan felt weak all over and her mind was blank. Ever since she learned that Hongdou had been rescued, she felt as if all her strength had been drained.

At that moment, a deep, cold voice came from the side—

"You're awake, then drink your medicine."