After the eldest sister-in-law of a fishing family became a widow, her disabled younger brother-in-l

“Every day after Miss Jiang helps you to bed, she goes to the study and stays there until midnight. I secretly followed her yesterday and saw that Miss Jiang was looking through medical books. She must be worried about Your Highness’s condition.”

Jixiang felt a pang of sympathy for Jiang Yuyue. Although her lord was not feeling well, he was not in mortal danger. However, Jiang Yuyue did not know this. Seeing that she always had a furrowed brow, she knew how much she cared about her lord.

"Give them more advice."

Xie Jinglan is currently preoccupied with the effects of the medication and cannot keep a close eye on Jiang Yuyue at all times. Even though he is quite gratified by her taking such good care of him, he still cannot help but worry about her health.

"She is pregnant now and should not overexert herself."

"Yes."

Seeing that Xie Jinglan was about to cough again, Jixiang quickly stepped forward to help him catch his breath. "Your Highness, please take care of yourself first. I will try my best to persuade Miss Jiang to rest well."

Although that's what they say, Jiang Yuyue is no ordinary stubborn person. If she really wants to do something, how can anyone stop her?

"Miss, you should rest too."

Xiao Liu stayed by Jiang Yuyue's side, watching her young mistress spend several nights flipping through medical books, and felt really distressed. "You know in your heart that even the divine physician Baili predicted that this third young master would not live much longer. Why are you going through all this trouble for nothing? Even if you don't care about yourself, you should think more about the child in your womb!"

Such earnest and heartfelt advice finally made Jiang Yuyue stop what she was doing. She reached out and touched her slightly protruding belly, letting out a soft sigh.

"How could I not know that I was doing something futile? I was just seeing him suffer so much, and I was trying to see if there was any way to make his last days more comfortable."

At this point, Jiang Yuyue pulled another book out of the bookshelf. "Since he doesn't have much time left, I won't have to work hard for much longer."

Xiaoliu shook her head at the sight, but all she could do was stay with her young mistress.

……

Time flies, and half a month has passed since Jiang Yuyue moved into Xie Jinglan's room. Xie Jinglan's health has been deteriorating, and there is no sign of improvement whatsoever.

"Cough cough..."

While feeding her the medicine, Xie Jinglan coughed violently again, even accidentally knocking over the bowl of medicine in Jiang Yuyue's hand. Seeing the dark medicine staining Jiang Yuyue's clothes, Jixiang was anxious.

"Miss Jiang, please let this servant handle this matter."

Jixiang hurriedly stepped forward to help Jiang Yuyue up. "You're all wet. Go take a bath and change your clothes. There's still some medicine left in the medicine pot. This servant will serve it to the young master."

Jiang Yuyue showed no disgust at being soaked, but as she looked at Xie Jinglan's increasingly pale face, the light in her eyes gradually faded.

Is this all she can do now that things have come to this?

Although she knew this day would come, she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness when it actually arrived.

If Xie Jinglan leaves, the fleeting sense of peace she once felt will be extinguished forever.

"Ok."

The medicine was thick and sticky, which was quite uncomfortable against her skin. Jiang Yuyue lowered her eyes and said, "Then I'll go take a bath. You take care of your young master first."

She thought she had concealed her emotions very well, but when Xie Jinglan saw them, he was even more moved.

Xie Jinglan pursed his lips, as if trying to keep his words tightly hidden.

She... was she really that reluctant to part?

Completely unaware, Ji Xiang nodded repeatedly, watching Jiang Yuyue leave before pouring another bowl of medicine and feeding it to Xie Jinglan.

"The medicine that the young marquis gave us is far too potent."

Seeing that his prince had been suffering for half a month and was still not better, Jixiang couldn't help but complain, "Could it be that there's something wrong with his medicine?"

"You can question me as a person, but you can't question my medicine if it doesn't work."

As soon as Jixiang finished speaking, a figure suddenly jumped in through the window. Jixiang looked closely and saw that it was none other than the young marquis Jiang Feili.

"Good medicine tastes bitter, but it is good for the disease."

Jiang Feili reached out and took the medicine bowl from Jixiang's hand. "The poison your prince suffered from was no ordinary one, so the antidote must be extraordinary as well. Although the process was a bit agonizing, as long as the medicine cures the disease, isn't that enough?"

Unexpectedly, his rare complaint behind someone's back was overheard by the person in question. Ji Xiang looked quite embarrassed. Xie Jinglan coughed twice and waved his hand, signaling him to leave.

"what's up?"

"Prince Ning has made another move."

Jiang Feili held the medicine bowl to Xie Jinglan's lips and reported the current situation to him at the same time, "You've acted way too fast. Even if you're eager for quick success, you can't wipe out someone's influence in Jiangnan that they've been developing for many years in such a short time, can you?"

"Now look what's happened. It seems that Prince Ning has been severely weakened and is acting desperately. In the past two days, he has gathered up the remaining forces under his command, as if he is looking for something."

At this point, Jiang Feili paused, observing Xie Jinglan's expression, "If the information I received is correct, the thing that Prince Ning is looking for seems to be in the Jiang family. It seems he is about to take action against the Jiang family."

However, after saying this, Xie Jinglan's expression didn't change much, which puzzled Jiang Feili.

"What, you've made such a big move that your woman is in deep trouble now, and you're not going to do anything about it? Aren't you going to step in and save her family?"

Although Xie Jinglan had been delirious with illness these past few days, he knew all about Jiang Yuyue's recent activities from Feng Ling, including but not limited to the fact that she had spent a lot of money to hire people from a disguise organization to act as substitutes for the Jiang family couple.

Although he didn't understand Jiang Yuyue's intentions at first, nor did he know why she would make all this arrangements in advance, now that Prince Ning is indeed going to take action against the Jiang family, it seems that she did know all along that someone was going to harm the Jiang family.

Why should I take action?

Xie Jinglan said calmly, "If I were to take action, wouldn't that be directly telling Prince Ning that I have connections with the Jiang family?"

That's true, but even though Jiang Feili understood Xie Jinglan's personality, she couldn't help but sigh after hearing his words.

"Tsk tsk, it seems you're not having a very pleasant time being Prince Jing's woman. Now that your family is facing a great calamity, you won't even lend a helping hand. You truly live up to your reputation as a heartless Prince Jing."

Faced with Jiang Feili's sigh, Xie Jinglan remained noncommittal, but he was not as indifferent as he had just said.

Jiang Yuyue should be well-prepared now, so he certainly won't act rashly.

However, if Jiang Yuyue cannot withstand the persecution of Prince Ning, Xie Jinglan will still help her out of consideration for the few nights he has spent with her.

"You said he wanted to find something at the Jiang family's house."

Xie Jinglan changed the subject, "Go and find out exactly what this thing he's looking for is."

"Go, go, go."

Jiang Feili pursed her lips, "Now I really am your errand boy."

He wanted to complain a bit more, but when he heard Jixiang and Jiang Yuyue, who had finished bathing, greeting each other at the door, he quickly got up and skillfully climbed out of the window.