The sick king's bride to bring him good fortune

"I want you to be my Princess Qi for a year. I will give you all the status and power you deserve," Wei Jingnan said slowly. "But during this time, you must obey any of my orders. If you disobey, I will kill you immediately."

Upon hearing Wei Jingnan's words, Ruan Mozhu's mouth dropped open in shock. Her instinctive reaction was to refuse, but the thought of the poison she had swallowed and Wei Jingnan's cold expression terrified her.

In the end, she nodded in humiliation, indicating that she agreed to the other party's condition.

Seeing her nod, Wei Jingnan smiled with satisfaction, as if nothing had happened, and rolled over to lie down on the inside of the bed.

He patted the empty space beside him and said gently, "Well then, my beloved, it's late, let's rest early."

Ruan Mozhu stared dumbfounded at Wei Jingnan's sudden change of expression, naturally not daring to move an inch.

"Don't worry, I won't force you, my beloved concubine. Come and sleep here." Seeing Ruan Mozhu's avoidance, Wei Jingnan added.

Ruan Mozhu looked down at her revealing bodice, her face showing a "who are you trying to fool?" expression.

Wei Jingnan lost his nerve. His face hardened, and he coldly retorted, "You don't want the antidote anymore?"

Ruan Mozhu quickly lay down, but her whole body exuded resentment, as if saying "I am very dissatisfied." Wei Jingnan just chuckled at this and blew out the dragon and phoenix wedding candles in the room with a flick of his finger.

In the darkness where the candlelight has gone out, on a bed, two people are each dreaming their own dreams.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Wei Jingnan opened his eyes on time, but before he could get up, he felt a weight on his body.

He turned his head and saw that Ruan Mozhu, who had slept next to him last night, was drooling and wrapped her limbs around him, holding him as tightly as an octopus, with all her weight on him.

No wonder she's so heavy. Wei Jingnan looked at the woman sleeping so soundly in front of him, speechless. Suddenly, he began to doubt his judgment from last night. This woman didn't seem like a formidable character at all.

Wei Jingnan pushed Ruan Mozhu aside, shook his head, sat up, and softly called out to the window, "Mingqing."

The window was opened silently, and a man dressed in black climbed in through the window, knelt on one knee to pay his respects, his body exuding the coolness brought by the morning dew: "Mingqing greets Your Highness."

"Get up, where are the things I told you to prepare?"

“Here.” Mingqing answered curtly, stood up, took out a neatly folded stack of white cloth from her bosom, and unfolded it with a swish, revealing a few faint red spots in the center.

Wei Jingnan glanced at it and then moved off the bed. Ming Qing got up on her own and went over to place the fallen petals on the bed.

Ruan Mozhu, who was fast asleep, was moved inside by Wei Jingnan, and she still had a blissful sleeping expression.

Mingqing had never seen such a boisterous girl before, and couldn't help but take another look. As a result, Wei Jingnan noticed, coughed, and suddenly covered Ruan Mozhu's entire body with the blanket, even her head.

"Your Highness, please forgive me," Mingqing said hastily, startled.

"It's nothing." Wei Jingnan didn't know why he was so quick to react. After realizing what had happened, he felt uneasy all over. Fortunately, Ming Qing didn't notice anything unusual about him.

Wei Jingnan glanced at Ruan Mozhu, pondered for a moment, and said to Ming Qing, "I'm giving you a task: investigate this woman's background. I need to see her by tomorrow morning."

"Yes," Mingqing replied, bowing her head.

Wei Jingnan nodded, then waved for him to leave.

After Ming Qing left the room, Wei Jingnan's expression suddenly changed, from his previous energetic demeanor to one of weakness and exhaustion, as if he were recovering from a serious illness. When the sky outside became clearer and he could faintly hear voices coming from the courtyard, Wei Jingnan shouted loudly towards the door, "Someone come here!"

There was a moment of silence outside the door, then it was suddenly pulled open again. The maids and servants who were responsible for serving Prince Qi entered in single file with washing utensils such as basins and towels, and bowed to Wei Jingnan.

Wei Jingnan waved to them and then tried to get off the bed with some difficulty. One of the servants saw this and hurriedly went to help him.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?" the man said urgently, startled. "Be careful not to fall!"

He stopped mid-sentence because he saw Wei Jingnan, with his help, stagger but eventually stand up steadily.

Only then did Wei Jingnan relax his brows and eyes, and said calmly, "I felt comfortable today, just as I expected."

The servants were utterly astonished; none of them had expected that the prince, who had been paralyzed in bed for over a decade, would actually stand up today.

Not to mention that he was already crippled in both legs, he was sickly every day, looking like he wouldn't live much longer. How could he possibly have the strength to try to stand and walk?

"What's wrong with you all? Aren't you happy for me?" Wei Jingnan asked the servants who were standing there dumbfounded.

"Happy, happy!" The servants, realizing what had happened, hurriedly responded, kneeling down and kowtowing. "Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Highness! The Princess is indeed blessed; she and Your Highness are a match made in heaven. No wonder you have double happiness!"

At this moment, in their minds, the prince's sudden ability to walk was entirely due to the princess's efforts; the marriage to ward off bad luck was indeed effective, and the effect was surprisingly good.

This novel is from Kanshuwang.