The Cold King Demands Love and Pleasure

Xia Tongsheng thought to herself, there are only three people here, if it's not me, could it be...?

No way, this child actually spoke to his master like that! That's incredibly disrespectful!

"I'm telling you to treat her now, or else..."

Cao Tian glanced awkwardly at Yu Qian'er, "Give me some face!"

"Saving face is something you earn yourself, not something others give you! They've already gone to such lengths, why are you making things difficult for her? Hurry up, stop eating, and take her pulse first!"

Although Yuqian knew that Xia Tongsheng was Min Youan's wife, he developed a fondness for her through their interactions in the kitchen.

Strictly speaking, they didn't really communicate in the kitchen, since Xia Tongsheng was the one who kept rambling on and he was just listening.

But he just has feelings for her!

Xia Tongsheng didn't have high hopes for the young medicine boy. After all, he was just a child, and how could the doctor possibly listen to him?

Dr. Cao sighed with a stern face, "You're all grown up now, I really can't control you anymore!"

He glared fiercely at Xia Tongsheng, the culprit, and said, "Give me your hand!"

Xia Tongsheng never expected that despite all the things she had done, Doctor Cao would still refuse to treat her, but the child had changed Cao Tian's mind with just a few words.

She was still completely dazed, blankly extending her right hand and placing it in front of Cao Tian.

Cao Tian slightly lifted her sleeve and saw the blood-red bracelet on her wrist. He froze, his eyes suddenly darkening. "This bracelet is truly rare. Where did you get it?"

Xia Tongsheng looked at the jade bracelet on her wrist, which she had forgotten to take off when she went to bed last night. "My mother left it to me!"

"Your mother?" Cao Tian took the jade bracelet off her hand and turned it around in his hand to look at it.

"Yup!"

What's your mother's name?

Xia Tongsheng could hardly remember his mother mentioning her name, and even his father rarely did. However, he still knew her name from other people: "My mother's name is Shi Hua!"

Upon hearing the name and connecting it to the bracelet, Cao Tian's hands trembled uncontrollably, his mind filled with the words "Shi Hua, Hua Shi!"

"How is your mother now?" There was a hint of anxiety in his voice, but Xia Tongsheng didn't pay attention to it at the time.

"He passed away many years ago, doctor, why are you asking this?"

He sighed, "It's nothing, just something I mentioned casually!" Reluctantly, he returned the bracelet to Xia Tongsheng and began to take her pulse.

Since she was the son of an old friend, Cao Tian decided not to make things difficult for her and instead helped her detoxify.

He placed his hand on her pulse, and after a while, said, "Judging from your pulse, you definitely didn't take the slow-acting pill today!"

"sure?"

Cao Tian nodded. "That's right. Although the Slow Robe is potent, after poisoning, the pulse will appear slow, slippery, and dull. However, once you stop taking it, the pulse will start to accelerate! The speed will exceed the normal rate. You should be feeling your heart racing right now!"

"Dr. Cao, you're amazing! You're absolutely right! Now that I've stopped taking the Slowing Cloth, please help me detoxify!" Xia Tongsheng couldn't sit still any longer and wanted to get rid of her sickly body as soon as possible.

Cao Tian picked up his chopsticks and continued eating. "No rush, wait a little longer. Come find me when a red line appears on your wrist and extends to your elbow."

"The red line reaches your elbow?" Xia Tongsheng rolled up her sleeves and looked at her elbow.

"Yes, that was the safest time to detoxify. Right now, the toxins in your body are still active, so it's not safe to take medication now!"

Xia Tongsheng asked, "How much longer do I have to wait?"

Cao Tian made a gesture, "If you really stop taking the slow-acting pills, the red line will appear in three days at most, and it will reach your elbow joint in less than a week!"

Thinking of Cao Tian's character, Xia Tongsheng couldn't help but worry, "What if you don't help me with the treatment?"

Elm Seed said coldly, "Don't worry, I'm here, he won't!"

Xia Tongsheng didn't understand, "Why would Doctor Cao listen to you?"

"Because he is my grandfather!"

"Ah! His biological child?"

Cao Tian was displeased. "What do you mean by 'biological grandfather'?! Don't worry, I said I'd treat you, and I will!"

“Alright,” Xia Tongsheng asked, remembering that the imperial physician hadn’t detected her pregnancy pulse, “By the way, doctor, is my current pulse a pregnancy pulse?”

"No, why do you ask that?"

"Well, because I saw a doctor a couple of days ago, and he said I might be pregnant..."

"Quack doctor!" Cao Tian declared in two words.

Xia Tongsheng wondered if Cao Tian hadn't detected her pregnancy pulse, nor had the imperial physician. Could it be that the poisoning had altered her pulse, causing the pregnancy pulse to disappear?

Never mind, let's focus on detoxifying first.

This stalemate lasted until the afternoon. When they returned to the Prince's Mansion, the entire mansion was in chaos. "What happened?"

"Your Highness, you're finally back!" The butler greeted her anxiously.

"What's wrong?" Xia Tongsheng asked the housekeeper, who looked worried.

"His Highness thought something had happened to you and is leading people to look for you everywhere!"

Xia Tongsheng never expected that her short absence would cause such a huge commotion. "Where is the Prince now?"

"The prince said he was going to the Xia residence when he left this morning! I don't know if it's still there now!"

"Did she go to my father's?" Xia Tongsheng was worried that she would tell her father about her poisoning, so she hurriedly went out to find him.

The steward immediately stopped her, "Your Highness, the Prince instructed that you should not go out. He said that if you return, you should wait for him in his courtyard. I will send someone to inform the Prince right away!"

Xia Tongsheng nodded and went to Min Youan's courtyard, where she sat in the hall waiting for him to return.

Upon receiving news of Xia Tongsheng's return, Min Youan immediately rode his horse to the Prince's residence. Upon arriving, he dismounted and used his light-footed skill to reach his own courtyard, where he found Xia Tongsheng fast asleep, slumped over a table.

He was furious. This woman had made him worry for so long, how could she just sit here sleeping as if nothing had happened?

Thinking of this, she felt even more resentful, and she jolted Xia Tongsheng awake.

Xia Tongsheng rubbed her eyes, and when she saw the person in front of her clearly, she immediately stood up. "Your Highness, you're back!"

He asked in a slow, cold voice, "Where did you go?"

"I'm feeling restless, I'm going out for a walk!"

Why didn't you ask Yingling to come with you?

"I am worried that Yingling is overworked, so I plan to give her a break! Let her rest more!"

Min Youan recalled Yingling's worried expression after Xia Tongsheng left alone, frantically searching everywhere. This was hardly a chance for Yingling to rest. "Didn't you teach Yue'er not to lie? Why did you lie yourself?"

"What I said at the time was, 'Children shouldn't lie.' But I'm not a child; it's normal for me to have my own secrets!"

"Oh? A secret?" His playful tone and chilling voice betrayed a dangerous undertone.

Sensing Min Youan's cold aura, Xia Tongsheng immediately admitted her mistake, "Your Highness, I was wrong. I shouldn't have any secrets from Your Highness!"

"However, I believe you have many secrets!"

"Your Majesty..." she stammered.