Your Immortal Emperor Starts Playing Dirty (Nine Roads Converging! The Heavenly Origin Platform Opens!)

Inside Great Xia's tower ship, several accompanying imperial physicians gathered around the Third Prince's bed, rare medicinal pills and healing formations lighting up one after another.

Crown Prince Xia Wushang sat quietly beside the bed, his black dragon-patterned robes setting off a face like cold jade.

His gaze rested on Xia Wujie's deathly pale face, and a rare trace of genuine concern flickered through his usually unfathomable eyes.

"How do you feel?" he asked softly.

"Brother..." Xia Wujie's lashes trembled. He seemed about to struggle upright to pay his respects, but Xia Wushang held him down.

"Stay down. There's no need for ceremony before your own brother."

"How do you feel?"

Xia Wujie caught his breath and said weakly, "I'm all right. It's just... I won't be able to fight again anytime soon. I'm afraid I'll become a burden to you..."

Xia Wushang did not respond to that. He merely said coolly, "I've already crippled Xia Yuanchen."

Xia Wujie froze, then lowered his eyes and murmured, "His audacity knew no bounds. First he offended your women, then he defied an imperial command and fled to the Eastern Region without permission. He brought this fate upon himself."

"Did he?" Xia Wushang leaned forward slightly, enveloping him in the scent of ambergris and a faint pressure. "Prince Anyang's Manor overstepped its station by naming him 'Yuanchen' in the first place. I've been displeased with him for a long time, but he generally knew his limits, so I paid him little heed."

He paused, his eyes sliding toward Xia Wujie on the bed as the pressure grew heavy. "Who would have thought that after harassing your full sister, he would turn around and dare set his sights on my concubine? He deserved this punishment, didn't he?"

"!!!"

Xia Wujie jolted, tugging at his