Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2472: Chapter 2473: Mentally Exhausted

Bai Ruozhu felt a dull ache in her heart, partly from feeling sorry that Achun was blaming himself, and partly from her own man’s indifferent attitude, which made her very disappointed.

But what right did she have to blame him? She should have thought of his situation.

”Achun, I was wrong.” Bai Ruozhu pouted, her eyes reddening.

”I’m fine, you go ahead and do your work.” Jiang Yichun’s attitude was mild, not exactly cold, but very indifferent; it was obvious he was angry.

He wasn’t upset about her asking him to call his father in the rain for help; saving the second prince wasn’t solely Bai Ruozhu’s responsibility. He was just upset that she would strip another man’s clothes.

Bai Ruozhu stood there rigidly, cautiously looking at him, feeling very guilty and not daring to look at him boldly. She inched closer to him like a timid wife. If Jiang Yichun wasn’t so angry, he would have laughed by now.

Finally, Bai Ruozhu reached the bedside. She reached out to pull the blanket over his legs, worriedly asking, ”Has it reverted?”

Jiang Yichun pressed down on the blanket, determined not to let her move it. Bai Ruozhu felt a stab in her heart and retracted her hand.

”Achun, please don’t be angry.” Bai Ruozhu had never been so cautious, ”I was too careless; it truly was an urgent situation.”

He snorted, ”I know.”

”I...” Bai Ruozhu understood. He knew but couldn’t help being angry; she couldn’t help but think if today it was a princess who needed rescue, and the doctor was Jiang Yichun, without time to call anyone, he stripped the princess’s clothes himself—she might be more furious than him.

No, she would be enraged.

Thinking this way, Bai Ruozhu felt unable to cry.

Suddenly, footsteps approached from behind, and Jianqi’s voice echoed, ”Master, hurry and check, his breathing is unstable again!”

Bai Ruozhu’s heart tightened, it was so hard to save him just now, she felt utterly exhausted—how had it come to this again?

But she looked at Jiang Yichun this time, reluctant to leave; no one was more important than him, she should not forget this.

”You go ahead, I’ll come later.” Jiang Yichun’s tone was less cold as he replied, Bai Ruozhu breathed a sigh of relief and said, ”Okay, if the rain doesn’t stop, don’t leave the room.”

”Hmm.” He responded blandly, and Jianqi urged outside once more, Bai Ruozhu hurriedly left the room, rushing toward the main hall.

Fortunately, this time it wasn’t as dangerous as before. Bai Ruozhu stabilized the Heart Meridian, and soon the breathing became steady.

”Jianqi, check the roof to see what’s going on.” Bai Ruozhu’s voice took on a serious tone—if it weren’t for those tampering behind the scenes, none of this would have happened tonight, and her Achun wouldn’t have suffered like this!

”Yes.” Jianqi leaped onto the roof; he was skilled in tracking traces, and it took him only a quarter of an hour to find the problem.

”Master, there’s a mechanical device on the artificial hill over there; it’s aimed at the room, likely intended for tonight to ambush the second prince using the rain to affect the mechanism, along with never using it before—the final action damaged the roof tiles.” Jianqi spoke, pointing out the direction.

Bai Ruozhu gasped, ”Would it have been pure luck if the hidden weapon hit the second prince directly? Recovery would have been hopeless.”

Jianqi’s expression turned grave, ”I worry there is more tampering in the yard, let me search with Yuan Licheng.”

”Okay, hard work for you.” Bai Ruozhu felt very upset, clearly the yard was compromised before the Emperor arranged it, leading the opposing side to plan ahead.

Not fearing a god-like opponent but dreading a fool-like teammate, Bai Ruozhu felt exhausted after saving the Fusang prince, mentally drained!

As dawn broke, the sky lightened, dark colors receding gradually, yet Bai Ruozhu felt incredibly fatigued.

She rubbed her temples, overwhelmed with unresolved matters, how could she rest easily?

Outside, the rain had stopped, with the sun slowly rising, its light reaching the hall entrance. Jiang Yichun walked towards her against the light; his expression unreadable, yet she knew the sunlight couldn’t warm his face—he was like a moving block of ice.

Jiang Yichun glanced at the second prince, grinding his back teeth, considering whether to kill the prince to silence him.

In truth, he wasn’t angry with Bai Ruozhu; he just felt uncomfortable inside. As for earlier in the room, he simply didn’t want her to see the scrapes on his thighs.

That he, a grown man, couldn’t walk such a short distance—that he had crawled back to the room.

No, at the time they were fish tails, scraped on the ground, tearing some skin; once the tails dried, reverting to legs still showed the scratches.

If his wife saw, she might cry terribly.

”He won’t die, right?” he asked in a not-so-great tone.

Bai Ruozhu’s heart skipped, ”He’s okay, just unstable.”

This time Jiang Yichun didn’t reply, the air turned heavy, even Yizi noticed the tension between them. But Yizi, being reserved, didn’t know how to lighten the atmosphere, nor dared to ask more, stuck awkwardly in the room, wishing to chase out and find Jianqi.

The others in the yard awoke too, learning of the night’s events, sweating in fear.

”Everyone be quieter later, don’t wake my godfather, he helped last night and is exhausted. Call him for lunch later.” Bai Ruozhu reminded.

Afterward, others helped Jianqi search for yard mechanisms; some were hidden so well, until noon did they find a second one, but none knew if there were still more.

”The opposite side has a skilled mechanical weaponry expert, we need to be cautious.” Yuan Licheng was rarely serious, eyes ablaze with the excitement of meeting a worthy opponent.

Bai Ruozhu watched over the second prince all morning, until exhaustion overwhelmed her, she skipped lunch, falling asleep.

Her spirit drained immensely, if not for her worries, she’d have fallen into deep sleep much earlier.

So for lunch, Teng Ya and Wa Wei cooked some simple dishes to suffice. After just finishing lunch, Empress Shangzi’s voice sounded from outside the courtyard gate.

”Is Lord Bai here?”

Fo Lanying pursed her lips, ”Did she come specifically after receiving the dishes, I wonder?”

Yizi couldn’t help but murmur, ”Their Empress doesn’t seem high and mighty.”

In the end, Fo Lanying reached the entrance, saying to Empress Shangzi, ”Ruozhu isn’t feeling well today, she’s resting and recuperating, wasn’t able to cook.”

Empress Shangzi’s face instantly flushed to her neck, ”I was presumptuous, I’m leaving now.”