Over the next few days, Su Yuxin kept throwing tantrums without pause. Perhaps it was because of the pain, or perhaps because she was afraid she would become crippled in the future.
Madam Su stayed up caring for her until her eyes were bloodshot. Prime Minister Su felt terrible as well, but he could not skip court, so he could not attend to her as much as he wanted.
Quite a few people came to visit Su Yuxin. The Second Prince, Third Prince, and Fifth Prince appeared at the Prime Minister's residence one after another, each bringing a renowned physician, while their attendants carried precious medicinal herbs. However, Madam Su had them all escorted away and did not let them see her daughter.
As for the Fourth Prince, he came over almost every day as soon as he left court, but Su Yuxin refused him at the door and would not see him.
First, she did not want him to see her in her current, wretched state. Second, she had never been satisfied with being merely a secondary consort. She had only accepted it after listening to her mother, who told her that as long as she entered the Fourth Prince's residence and firmly captured his heart, she could make further plans and would surely get what she wanted.
Now that her leg was broken and might not even heal properly in the future, she felt that all her hopes had been shattered.
Even if a cripple truly entered the Fourth Prince's residence, how could she compete with the other women? How could she capture the Fourth Prince's heart?
Things were lively here every day, and Su Qiao's side was no quieter. Ever since Xi Hanzhou learned that Su Qiao's carriage had bolted, he had been running to the residence