Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?

Chapter 1093 - 787: You Can Set Your Mind at Ease Now

Several doctors took turns coming up, tirelessly checking Shang Ruyi’s pulse. After bowing their heads and discussing for a long time, they still reached the same conclusion. One of them, probably too timid, could only say tactfully, "Your Highness, forgive us. Our medical skills are not refined enough to make any rash conclusions. Please summon the palace officials for a diagnosis for the Princess, so we can be assured."Yu Wenye glanced at him. At this moment, Shang Ruyi gently pulled down her sleeve and said, "Your Highness, don’t make things difficult for them anymore."

Yu Wenye looked down at her, and Shang Ruyi calmly said, "I know myself well. There’s indeed nothing wrong, it’s just that I was choked by smoke, my throat—"

At this point, she started coughing.

Her cough startled everyone present.

Yu Wenye, too, stopped talking, hurriedly sitting beside her to support her. Shang Ruyi managed to stop coughing with effort, turning to him and saying, "I’ll be fine after drinking some water."

Yu Wenye immediately picked up a cup of water on the table, which had already cooled a bit, and put it to her mouth.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, such an intimate act made Shang Ruyi blush slightly, but thinking of "escaping a great calamity unharmed," probably no one would mind this. Moreover, she indeed escaped a great calamity unharmed, so she shamelessly drank a sip from his hand, then another sip. The cool water soothingly moistened her entire mouth, swept through her throat, dispelling the previous dryness and pain. She felt much better. After putting down the cup, she said to Yu Wenye, "Let them go and check on the Empress Dowager upstairs."

Yu Wenye glanced at the stairs leading to the second floor and said softly, "Someone is checking on her, rest assured."

After that, he said, "You all can leave now."

The doctors, feeling as if they had been around Yama’s Hall, finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly kowtowed to the Prince Qin and Princess Qin and then cautiously exited the Scripture Pavilion.

Once they left, Yu Wenye lowered his head to look at Shang Ruyi in his arms again. He had just managed to use a handkerchief moistened with some water to wipe the dust off her face, but it still didn’t look very clean, which made her appear even more disheveled. He instinctively wanted to wipe the black soot off her cheek, but as soon as he moved, he felt the person next to him move too.

It was Master Xinzeng, who was standing aside. He immediately turned his back.

Shang Ruyi’s face was somewhat red as well, but thankfully, the dirt on her face made it less noticeable. She quickly wiped it herself, then smiled bitterly, saying, "It was so hard to get out, and yet I ended up looking so disheveled."

Yu Wenye retracted his hand and said sternly, "By the way, you haven’t told me yet, how did you know there was a passage under the carpet?"

"Someone told me."

"Someone told you? Who was it?"

"Shantong’er."

"Him?"

Yu Wenye was greatly surprised, but after thinking about it, he seemed to understand a little. Shang Ruyi said, "This kid once mentioned in idle chat that when he became a monk at Dayan Temple, he once stole a basket of buns because he was too hungry and was chased by the kitchen monks. He hid in a small building not far from the kitchen, and when he had no place to hide, he discovered an entrance beneath the floor in the corner. Below that, was Dayan Temple’s underground palace."

Yu Wenye took a deep breath, "Such a thing happened?"

Shang Ruyi nodded and smiled, "If he hadn’t broken the lock of this side’s entrance earlier, we wouldn’t have escaped so easily."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Master Xinzeng standing aside and said, "The Abbot should know about it, right?"

Master Xinzeng immediately stepped forward to kowtow and plead guilty, saying, "What the Princess said is correct. Dayan Temple was built hundreds of years ago and experienced Emperor Wu’s Buddhist suppression. At that time, to protect the scriptures and Buddha statues, a tunnel was indeed dug under the Scripture Pavilion and Scripture Pavilion. Later, that tunnel was never used again, so I sealed it. Unexpectedly, it was used to ensure the Princess’s safety this time. It is indeed a great blessing, my Buddha is merciful, Amitabha Buddha!"

Yu Wenye coldly said, "If your Buddha was merciful, such things wouldn’t happen!"

Upon hearing this, Master Xinzeng was already frightened and pale, kneeling to the ground with a thud, "Your Highness, please forgive me, spare my life!"

Shang Ruyi quickly said, "Your Highness—"

In fact, ever since she saw Yu Wenye, although she wasn’t really harmed, she had been pretending to be calm, speaking gently and with a smile, to appease him. Because she could feel Yu Wenye’s anger after being frightened, she feared he might not be able to suppress his temper, and then the monks in the temple would suffer!

Seeing the little lady in his arms not being frightened by the big fire but instead startled by himself, Yu Wenye fell silent.

His forehead veins were throbbing. After a long silence, he finally bit his teeth, suppressing the anger in his heart, and said calmly, "I’ll investigate this matter thoroughly before discussing it with you in detail. For now, go down and clear out the people and things outside."

This sentence, for the moment, spared Master Xinzeng and the monks of Dayan Temple!

Master Xinzeng immediately kowtowed to express his gratitude, then stood up and walked out tremblingly. As he was about to step out, he stumbled on the threshold and almost fell, but fortunately, he was supported by the young monk Jianzhen outside.

Shang Ruyi also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

Just as she sighed, immediately, the sound of footsteps was heard overhead again.

Both of them looked up at the same time. It was the two doctors who had been sent to the second floor to diagnose Empress Dowager Jiang coming down. When they saw Prince Qin and Princess Qin, they immediately came forward to kowtow and pay respects. Yu Wenye said, "How is the patient?"

One of the doctors said, "Please be assured, Your Highness, the old lady is not seriously harmed."

"Oh? She wasn’t injured?"

"She wasn’t, just a bit frightened. Some calming and soothing herbal decoctions are needed, along with some peaceful rest, and she will recover."

Yu Wenye was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay, you may leave."

The two hurriedly saluted and withdrew.

Hearing their words, Shang Ruyi also let out a long sigh of relief. It was like a burden in her heart had finally been alleviated. After the two left, she turned to Yu Wenye with a serious expression and said, "Now, you should be assured, right."

"...!"

Yu Wenye’s brows furrowed slightly.

Since seeing Shang Ruyi escape death at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, he always felt that Shang Ruyi seemed to have something to say, but she had been holding back. Initially, Yu Wenye thought she was physically unwell, but after several diagnoses, including observing her demeanor and actions, she seemed fine. Yu Wenye then thought her escape went wrong, but it didn’t seem like anything was amiss.

And until this moment, it seemed she finally wanted to speak.

Yu Wenye asked, "What is it?"

Shang Ruyi said, "I’m fine, and so is the Empress Dowager. You should put your mind at ease."

Yu Wenye looked at her, "What do you want to say?"

Shang Ruyi took a deep breath and said to him, "I want you to quickly set off to catch up with the Imperial Carriage and stop him from seeing Jiang Chong’en!"

Yu Wenye’s heart sank. Watching Shang Ruyi’s expression, which grew increasingly anxious amid its solemnity, he vaguely sensed something, and asked in a grave tone, "What has happened?"