Quick Transmigration: What to Do When the Male Supporting Character You Saved Becomes Obsessed with

Chapter 124 The Ruthless and Disabled Crown Prince (28)

Who knows what the Empress Dowager's people came for?

Consort Rong was already starting to regret her actions, but she never expected that Lu Liruan would suddenly collapse in pain.

At this moment, she looked at Lu Liruan, who was surrounded in the middle, and saw that her priceless dress was covered in mud, and she felt even more aggrieved.

She had no grudge against Lu Liruan.

However, her son is no less capable than the crown prince in any way! All because of her status!

The Emperor was about to make me Empress! If I had become Empress back then, wouldn't the position of Crown Prince rightfully belong to my son now?

But it's all because of the Crown Prince!

It must have been his scheme. The court officials opposed it, and the matter even spread to the common people, who were unwilling to accept it.

It was all his doing!

Now that he's crippled, he still wants to cause trouble for me. This time, he's even reaching into my palace. A crippled prince is trying to steal a piece of fabric from me!

Consort Rong released all the resentment she had harbored for so many years at once.

She was determined to trample Ji Shumin down and let her son step on his head to ascend the throne! Consort Rong vowed in her heart.

Giving the Crown Princess, who came from the Marquis of He'an's family, a warning was just a side effect; I never expected this to happen.

If she really falls ill in her own palace...

Lu Liruan lay there, and Qinghe didn't help her up. Instead, she bent down and stood to the side to shield her from the wind and sun.

If the imperial physician arrives and finds that you are perfectly healthy and have no problems whatsoever, will your secret be exposed?

Lu Liruan thought to herself: I was impulsive after all. This morning I listened to Ji Shumin's unorthodox teachings and I've gone astray!

This Crown Prince is truly formidable; Lu Liruan experienced it firsthand today.

Lu Liruan had initially disbelieved that someone could manipulate situations and control people's hearts simply by talking. She used to think it was just a hoax, but now she believed it.

It's not that he completely relies on sweet talk to deceive people; Ji Shumin is not like that. He... he even speaks in a strange and crazy way.

But what makes him so great is that he can use words to guide your thinking in the direction he has drawn for you.

Simply put, what you do afterward, which you think is based on your own thinking, actually doesn't go beyond his planned expectations.

For example, right now... If Lu Liruan were a normal person, she would never do something like this out of a whim, according to her personality!

Damn, I've been tricked!

Just as Lu Liruan had sorted out the truth in her mind, she heard a sound coming from the palace gate.

The sound of a wheelchair rolling over the ground?

Lu Liruan thought she had misheard, but the surrounding sounds had all quieted down.

"Greetings, Your Highness the Imperial Concubine," Ji Shumin's indifferent voice rang out.

"How could the Crown Prince..." Consort Rong wanted to say, how could he just enter the palace of the concubines? She stopped halfway through her sentence because she saw the sarcastic look in Ji Shumin's eyes.

"Naturally, I've come to find my Crown Princess. I heard she fainted here at Your Majesty's place; it's truly a troublesome situation."

Ji Shumin's voice grew closer and closer, stopping beside Lu Liruan.

Lu Liruan had been pretending to be unconscious with her eyes closed since earlier, but now that Ji Shumin had arrived, no matter what she was thinking, there was no denying that Lu Liruan instantly felt relaxed.

For some inexplicable reason, Ji Shumin's arrival made her feel that she no longer needed to worry about this matter.

"The Crown Princess is in poor health..." Consort Gui began to speak, but was interrupted by Ji Shumin.

"How could I not know? When did Your Highness become so concerned about my family affairs?"

"I only noticed that she looked unwell. Your Highness, don't be too anxious. Let the imperial physician examine her carefully."

“I will take the Crown Princess back now. She can’t stay here with Her Majesty. She can’t lie on the ground again…” Ji Shumin snorted coldly.

The palace maids and eunuchs on the side were secretly lamenting their plight.

Don't you want to send the Crown Princess inside? Of course not! Just now, the Crown Princess was like a dehydrated fish on the ground; no one could control her!

At Ji Shumin's prompting, Qinghe bent down and lightly picked up Lu Liruan.

Then, he placed her on... Ji Shumin's lap.

Lu Liruan: ...

If Lu Liruan hadn't been pretending to be unconscious, she could have jumped up immediately. How could she be sitting on Ji Shumin's lap?

What if I hurt him a second time?

Is he trying to frame me?

Lu Liruan's impression of Ji Shumin was already deeply ingrained.

He felt the woman's head leaning against his chest, but her body was tense, like a piece of wood.

Ji Shumin pretended to look down and let out a barely audible laugh, which only Lu Liruan could hear.

Then Lu Liruan felt Ji Shumin's hand press on a certain spot on her lower back!

She felt weak and listless, and with a tingling, numb feeling, she let out a sigh of relief and nestled limply into Ji Shumin's arms.

Lu Liruan didn't know how someone so thin could be so strong. His two arms were wrapped tightly around her, and the hardness made her uncomfortable.

Consort Rong wanted to stop him, but she had no reason to do so, and could only watch helplessly as Ji Shumin took his Crown Princess away.

The palace servants were kneeling all over the courtyard. Consort Rong felt increasingly uneasy, and her face turned pale.

When they returned to the Crown Prince's residence, the imperial physician finally arrived late.

"Let the Crown Princess take a look." Ji Shumin laid Lu Liruan flat on the bed.

The imperial physician felt Lu Liruan's pulse through the fabric, and after a moment, he withdrew his hand.

"Your Highness the Crown Princess has caught a chill and is also exhausted. She developed hives as soon as she was exposed to the wind, which is why she is having difficulty breathing. I will prescribe two doses of medicine for Your Highness. If she develops a fever, I will add an additional dose of antipyretic medicine."

Lu Liruan listened intently, and what she understood was that she was tired and cold, and that something in the wind had triggered an allergic reaction, causing her breathing difficulties.

It is reasonable and very rigorous.

In fact, he doesn't have any of the flaws he mentioned.

After a while, Lu Liruan "slowly woke up" and saw Ji Shumin sitting on the edge of the bed with a half-smile, casually turning Buddhist prayer beads with his fingertips.

"Bring it over here." Seeing that she was "awake," he beckoned.

Xiao Xizi brought over a bowl of dark, bitter medicine. Ji Shumin took it and very considerately pinched the back of Lu Liruan's neck, making her unable to move, and then held it to her lips.

"Drink it." Ji Shumin held the bowl to her lips.

Lu Liruan opened her mouth to speak, but was forced to swallow it down.

"Ugh—" Lu Liruan's face scrunched up in pain, and her hands and feet curled up.

Ji Shumin found her appearance amusing. He put his arm around Lu Liruan's shoulder to keep her from moving and observed her closely, completely ignoring Lu Liruan's choked plea for water.

"Is it really that bitter?" He raised an eyebrow.

Then, using the rim of the medicine bowl, close to where Lu Liruan had drunk her medicine, he sipped the remaining bit of medicine and savored it.

"It's alright..." His pale lips were moistened by the medicine, and his eyes were smiling as he looked at Lu Liruan.

For the first time, Lu Liruan felt a gentle aura emanating from him.

That feels so out of place.