The Eldest Daughter Reborn: She Provoked the Obsessive Crown Prince and Couldn't Escape

The Imperial Physician shook his head. "It cannot be said, it cannot be said... I have said too much today, and I am no longer qualified as a physician."

"If I were to say anything more to ridicule the injured man... especially since he is a prince, a member of the imperial family, the emperor's son. I take my leave!"

Fu Luan guessed that what the Imperial Physician would find difficult to say was something like "crippled," "lame," or "disabled," so she didn't press him.

After paying her respects to the Imperial Physician, Fu Luan watched him depart into the distance...

"Alright, my dear aunt... the Imperial Physician has gone far away and can no longer be seen!"

“We can take this handkerchief down now!” Fu Ling said with a smile.

Fu Luan shook his head and gestured towards the palace where Yuan Lu was located.

Hua Luo understood her meaning and quickly went over to gently knock on the palace door. It was the same attendant who opened the door.

"When His Majesty heard that the Prince was injured, he specially sent me to see him."

"This is my family's physician, Fu Ling. Her medical skills are among the best in Chang'an, even better than the imperial physicians!" Fu Luan said, glancing inside.

"His Highness is recuperating and it is inconvenient for him to receive guests." As expected, the attendant politely declined Fu Luan's request.

"You're really something; everyone who serves others hopes their master will be well."

"And you, watching helplessly as your master's leg gets worse and worse; "

"There are top-notch female doctors right in front of you, why don't you let her take a look at your master?"

"What, do you hate your prince that much? Oh... I see;"

"You want to wait until his leg breaks so you can serve him hand and foot and earn more reward money."

"Am I right or wrong?" Fu Luan challenged.

Hua Luo took out a stack of silver notes from her waist belt, and the attendant stared in disbelief.

Just as he was about to reach out, Yuan Lu started groaning, and his attendants immediately went to serve him.

Fu Luan was disappointed and figured that his trip was doomed to failure.

Just as she was about to leave, the attendant beckoned her in.

“Your Highness…” When Fu Luan arrived at Yuan Lu’s bedside, she was still sobbing and covering her face with a handkerchief.

She noticed that Yuan Lu's legs were fixed with boards and wrapped with layers of cloth, and the entire side hall was filled with the smell of medicine.

Yuan Lu struggled to get up, but his attendants quickly stopped him. Yuan Lu spat out, "You blind fool!"

"Your princess has arrived and you didn't even bother to invite her in. How dare you stand here like this?"

"Go, go, take this whole house of lackeys and get out of here!"

"Yes...this servant takes his leave." The attendant was loyal, but was met with a rebuff.

Unfortunately, Yuanlu was the master and he was the servant. Since his master had spoken, he had no choice but to hurriedly bow and leave dejectedly.

"Honey, where did you get that horse? It's hurting me so much!"

"My legs are all broken!" Yuan Lu was in so much pain that he was howling in the side hall.

Upon seeing Fu Luan, it was as if his legs had healed and his feet no longer hurt.

Fu Luan wiped away the tears she had managed to squeeze out, and deliberately imitated Fu Zhengzheng's sweet voice, saying:

"Brother Yuanlu, my horse hurt you. You're not angry, are you? I really didn't mean to!"

Yuan Lu gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not angry, I'm not angry..."

"The rules of this horse racing event are like this: once you step onto the track, your life or death is in your own hands."

"The casualties are all my own fault for being incompetent; it has nothing to do with anyone else. Besides..."

Ever since Fu Luan entered the room, Yuan Lu's eyes have never left her.

His leg was trampled like that, and he might even become crippled. How could he not be angry? He just had ulterior motives.

It's only been a little over a month since we last met, and Fu Luan has become even more outstanding.

According to conventional wisdom, she is now nothing more than a discarded woman;

But her looks and figure are even more captivating than those of a young woman waiting to be married.

If it weren't for his own leg problems and the fact that she had brought people with her, Yuan Lu would have loved to embrace this most beautiful woman in the Great Wei and "cherish" her properly, since they were originally husband and wife anyway.

Ever since Fu Luan left the Eastern Palace, Yuan Lu hasn't missed a single day.

To be precise, he missed her gentle beauty, the countless riches of her maternal family, the Fu family, and the position of crown prince she brought with her.

Yuan Lu sighed inwardly again: How could he be so blind?

He didn't want such a beautiful woman as his wife; he insisted on Fu Zhengzheng, a plain-looking "fake".

He even ruined his own position as crown prince...

However, even after thinking it over, he couldn't have imagined that Fu Luan's act of breaking his leg and crushing his foot while riding his horse was intentional...

Fu Luan sighed, "Your Highness is broad-minded, but others don't think so!"

"Everyone says that I was angry about you and Zhengzheng, and that I deliberately hurt you..."

"I don't even need to look to know that the one who said this was a woman, and an older woman at that!"

"They might even be short, dark-skinned, fat, and ugly! They're just jealous of you because you're beautiful, from a good family, and have everything going your way! Why bother with them?"

"Once my leg heals, I will personally 'clear your name'."

"Let's see who dares to gossip about the future Crown Princess! Ouch!" Before Yuan Lu could finish speaking, his wound started to hurt again.

"I am Fu Ling, a physician from the Fu family. I humbly request... that I might have the honor of changing Your Highness's dressing?" Fu Ling volunteered.

"Change the dressing? The Imperial Physician just changed it for me. It's probably just the medicine taking effect. It's nothing serious." Yuan Lu endured it, looking Fu Ling up and down as if he were looking at Fu Luan.

His eyes... lingered on certain parts for an exceptionally long time, as if they were glued to them and wouldn't leave.

But in front of Fu Luan, Yuan Lu had no choice but to pretend to be reserved...

Fu Ling smiled and said, "Your Highness, you must be a person of great honor and wealth, but you just came from the Eastern Palace."

"The rumors circulating among the people aren't very pleasant! Naturally, those in charge here..."

Fu Ling glanced at Yuan Lu's feet, seemingly making a pointed remark.

"Oh dear! Who applied the medicine to the prince? The prince is of such high status, how could he be bandaged up haphazardly with burlap?"

“My physician is right, the people at the Imperial Medical Bureau didn’t really care about your legs!” Seeing Yuan Lu’s blank expression, Fu Luan quickly chimed in.

They were afraid that if they dragged it out too long, this fool would figure things out and wouldn't fall for their tricks.

"This...then what should we use?" Yuan Lu was falling step by step into the trap of his beautiful ex-wife, Fu Luan, without even realizing it.

"Your Highness was once the Crown Prince. Even if you are temporarily disappointed, you will surely recover once the Emperor's anger subsides."

"You will surely be able to take charge of the Crown Prince again. Since Your Highness is so noble and powerful, the bandages should naturally be made of leather."

“This is chamois leather, it’s excellent for bandaging. It’s comfortable and makes you look presentable.” Fu Ling smiled and took out a piece of chamois leather from her medicine box.

Although Yuanlu was an unfavored and incompetent prince, he grew up surrounded and protected by a group of people in the palace, including his tutors, wet nurses, and nannies.

Let alone getting injured, even scraping a finger is rare for them, so how would they know anything about bandaging?

Normally, he would never have trusted Fu Ling, a complete stranger.

But since she was brought by Fu Luan and is of the same clan as Fu Luan;

Fu Luan kept referring to her as "my family's female healer," and Yuan Lu, "loving her because of her," couldn't help but believe her nonsense...