Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

"You are becoming more and more out of control. Those who disobey must be taught a lesson." Li Yi squinted and looked at the back of his hand that was red from being slapped.

Although this amount of force was nothing to him, Qu Shang's resisting look made him feel annoyed.

Ignoring Qu Shang's resistance, Li Yi pulled him into the house.

After returning to the palace, Xiao Zhan immediately asked Doctor Li to treat Jiang Xue's broken wrist.

"Fortunately, the wrist was broken cleanly, so it is relatively easy to reconnect." Doctor Li treated the fracture easily, prescribed medicine for Tieyi, and told Jiang Xue to rest well.

"Qingfeng, take Doctor Li to see Fu Dong. Her injuries are not light." Fu Dong was seriously injured in order to protect Jiang Xue. Her ribs and shoulders were broken.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qing Feng bowed his head to express his gratitude, then left with Doctor Li.

“Yun Che.” For a long time, the bedroom was silent, with only the sound of the two people’s breathing clearly audible.

Xiao Zhan sat beside Jiang Xue's bed, his back to her, without saying a word, exuding an irrepressible anger.

She understood that he was angry at her risky behavior. She looked down at her right hand that had just been bandaged and sighed softly. Then, she gently pulled his little finger hanging by his side with her left hand.

When his fingers felt the warm and soft touch, Xiao Zhan's heart trembled slightly.

Although he wanted to turn around and look at her, he couldn't let it go when he thought of the dangerous situation she was in just now. In the end, he resisted the urge to look back, and his body remained stiff.

“Yun Che.” Seeing that he didn’t respond, Jiang Xue called out again gently, while letting her fingers slowly move up along his little finger until her entire hand was wrapped in his warm palm. “Don’t be angry, okay?”

She shook his hand gently, with a hint of coquettishness in her voice, which made his heart soften instantly.

"Do you know what would have happened if I had come a little later?" He finally turned to her, and their foreheads were pressed tightly together.

In order not to touch her injured wrist, he supported himself with his left hand, while his right hand tightly held her hand, intertwining their fingers.

She felt his arms trembling: "This time I underestimated Qu Shang and Chu Feimo."

Fortunately, she had a plan in advance, asking Xiaochun to wait downstairs and preparing a communication spider.

Otherwise, under today's circumstances, she might really be controlled by Chu Feimo... Thinking back on it now, she still feels scared.

She never expected that her uncle would fall into Qu Shang's hands.

"If anything happens to you, I don't know if I can bear it." Thinking of the scene of Chu Feimo tying her up, he wanted to chop off all of Chu Feimo's limbs immediately, but considering the relationship between countries, he had to suppress his inner impulse.

"Xiaoxue, please consider my feelings before making a decision in the future. When I received Xiaochun's message, I was terrified. And that spider, when I saw it, I almost lost my mind."

He buried his face in her neck, breathing in her scent, and wrapped one arm around her waist, holding her tightly in his arms, as if only in this way could he be sure that she was safe.

"It was indeed my fault for not thinking it through this time and making you worry." Jiang Xue let him hold her, and they adjusted their positions. Xiao Zhan lay on the bed, and she snuggled up to his chest.

"This kind of thing will never happen again." If she were in his position, she might be more worried than him. After hearing this assurance, Xiao Zhan's mood calmed down a little.

She gently raised her right wrist, and he took it tenderly, kissing it lightly on the lips.

"You've always been a calm person." He said softly, slowly putting down her wrist and turning his eyes to her.

She understood what he meant, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, her eyes fell on her right hand.

"When I found out that Qu Shang was the murderer who killed nearly a hundred people in the Gu family, I lost my mind."

Faced with a deep blood feud, coupled with Qu Shang threatening her with the safety of Zhenbei Hou, it was difficult for her to remain calm even if she was usually calm. At that moment, anger made her act impulsively.

"Qu Shang... It seems that Chu Feimo may also be involved in the massacre of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion."

Xiao Zhan recalled Chu Feimo's arrogant look when he mentioned Marquis Zhenbei in the court, and quickly connected the two things together.

“Yun Che, I want Qu Shang to pay the price.” She said firmly.

Whether it was for her master, for Qu Xin, or for Marquis Zhenbei, since Qu Shang had touched her bottom line, she would never let it go.

"Okay," he promised, placing a kiss on her forehead.

Whatever she wanted, no matter how difficult it was, he would help her achieve it.

Jiang Xue stayed in Xuchen Palace to recuperate due to her injuries. During this period, Xiao Zhan came here to accompany her after court every day, and even stayed by her side when she was reviewing memorials.

When the news spread, the entire harem was in an uproar.

"What tricks did that vixen use to make the emperor so obsessed?"

"That's true. Since he ascended the throne, the emperor has rarely come to the harem, but now he goes to Xuchen Palace every day. We have even fewer opportunities to see the emperor."

"Sister Concubine Feng, you can always come up with a solution, right? Otherwise, when will we sisters be able to give birth to a child for the emperor?"

For concubines from powerful families, their mission is to win the heart of the monarch and give birth to dragon seeds to consolidate the family's status.

In the past, because Xiao Zhan treated all concubines equally and coldly, no one felt a sense of crisis.

But now his special attitude towards Jiang Xue made the concubines worried.

If Jiang Xue had a prince, he would be Beiling's first prince. Considering the emperor's favor towards her, this child would most likely become the future heir.

Once this happens, the family power behind them will suffer a huge impact.

Everyone in the harem knew that Xiao Zhan was very cautious in his attitude towards the major families.

At the beginning, they were taken into the harem not entirely for the purpose of winning over the old nobles, but the deeper purpose was to use them as hostages to check and balance these families.

After all, the royal family will sooner or later swallow up the power of the major families. Without one or two children as amulets, their future will be uncertain.

Therefore, becoming pregnant with royal blood became their only way out, even if it was just a princess.

Concubine Feng was upset by the noises of the concubines around her. She was already dissatisfied with Jiang Xue's exclusive favor, and now she was even more furious when she heard the news.

Coupled with the gossip of the concubines in her ears, the jealousy in her heart gnawed at her soul like a poisonous snake.

"Since Princess Changle is injured, we as concubines should go to visit her." Concubine Feng said after thinking for a moment, with a meaningful smile on her lips.