Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?

Chapter 1140 - 824: She’s in Pain! (2)

Almost there, almost at the breaking point.As Shang Ruyi gritted her teeth and forcibly endured the stabbing pain from below, Yu Wenye also stood up. He looked down at Yu Wencheng, whose face was illuminated by the lantern in Shang Ruyi’s hand but whose eyes were as cold as ice. Opposite him, Yu Wenqian persistently refused to lift his head, stubbornly seeming to guard the darkness. Yu Wenye spoke calmly, "Third Brother, you’re taking this too seriously."

"..."

"Didn’t I just agree to drink this wine?"

"You said you would, but you haven’t drunk it yet, have you?"

Yu Wenye frowned again, looking at the wine cup in his hand, while Yu Wencheng stood up with his goblet, saying, "Elder Brother always valued brotherly loyalty above all else. In order to guide an ineffective brother like me, he used every possible means... Surely after marrying our second sister-in-law, he wouldn’t stop treating his brother like a brother."

Yu Wenye’s brows furrowed deeply.

He wasn’t oblivious to the sense of danger. After years on the battlefield, he had developed an animal-like keen instinct for danger. But even with such instincts, he was unwilling, and could not believe, that today’s brotherly banquet, already fraught with peril, truly held such a threat!

At that moment, he felt a lightness on his shoulder, and the wine cup in his hand was suddenly snatched away.

Turning his head, Yu Wenye saw it was Shang Ruyi who had taken her wine cup. Under the flickering lamplight, her face was even paler than before. Her hand, after taking the cup, gripped the rim so tightly that her fingertips turned white, yet even so, her hand kept trembling, causing the wine to nearly spill out of the cup.

But, it wasn’t urgency that drove her, rather—

She was in pain!

At this moment, the pain seemed to multiply with every breath she took, crashing over her like a tidal wave. Normally, she would have fainted, but now, she miraculously endured it. Even more, she didn’t struggle or cry out in pain, only her erratic breathing and the cold sweat that could no longer be concealed flowed down her face, bearing witness to her excruciating pain to Yu Wenye and the others, just within reach.

Before Yu Wenye could even speak, she directly said, "Third Brother, you’re taking this too seriously. But your elder brother promised me after I became pregnant that he would drink less in the future to avoid mishaps. You said earlier that he had two glasses, which is enough. This third glass, if you don’t mind, let me, as the second sister-in-law, do the honors!"

With that, she moved the wine cup to her lips!

Everyone in Chengqian Hall was stunned.

Yu Wenye was the first to move. Instinctively, he was about to reach out to grab Shang Ruyi’s wrist, but just as his hand rose, he met her eyes, which were partly covered by the wine cup, showing only their clear and bright gaze. Despite the redness in her eyes from the pain, they were more lucid than ever, and perhaps because of that, her eyes seemed to carry a hint of fierceness.

It was the first time Yu Wenye saw this in such a slight woman.

His heart stirred, and his fingers suddenly stiffened, even the arm he’d slightly raised slowly lowered.

Yu Wencheng’s expression changed instantly.

He never cared about this second sister-in-law. Previously, he had made countless verbal jabs, and had even directly exposed her unusual relationship with Chu Yang. He didn’t hold a knightly adherence to virtuous conduct for women, didn’t care for women’s chastity, but to disgrace this woman who wronged his elder brother, to embarrass his elder brother who always disciplined him and made his life unhappy, brought him great joy.

But his indifference was limited to those he could afford to offend.

Yu Wencheng also couldn’t afford to offend Shang Ruyi and Yu Wenye, not least because the pregnant woman before him carried within her the long-anticipated Imperial Grandson of their father, the Emperor.

If Shang Ruyi lost the child due to worries, or if she were overly stressed and lost the child—then Yu Wenquan certainly wouldn’t spare him lightly. No matter how reckless he was, he wasn’t audacious enough to provoke the Emperor’s wrath.

Yet, as he reflexively opened his mouth to stop her, he hesitated.

How should he stop her?

If he stopped her now, he would be putting everything out in the open, essentially handing Yu Wenye an excuse to attack.

But if he didn’t stop it, and things really turned irreparable—

In his moment of hesitation, the wine cup in Shang Ruyi’s hand touched her lips, and Yu Wenye held his breath.

Watching her eyes turn red with pain, and her hand unable to stop trembling, though her lips had yet to taste the wine, it already threatened to spill onto them, Yu Wenye finally couldn’t hold back and was about to reach out.

It was then that a low, hoarse voice abruptly uttered a word, though not loud, it reverberated like thunder, causing the whole hall to shudder.

"Stop!"

Simultaneously, Shang Ruyi let out a low cry, "Ah!"

The wine cup in her hand fell with a clatter, spilling wine on the floor, drenching the hem of her clothes, but Shang Ruyi could no longer care. The excruciating pain shattered her resolve, and she collapsed limply.

"Ruyi!"

Yu Wenye’s arm, aiming to grab her wrist, shifted instantly to tightly embrace her. He looked down at her face covered in cold sweat, "What’s wrong?!"

Shang Ruyi raised her head. In that instant, her gaze was unfocused, her body trembling like a leaf in the wind, quivering relentlessly in his arms. "I... I think I’m about to give birth!"

Yu Wenye’s face turned ghastly pale as he looked down.

Most of her clothes were soaked, yet the spilled wine had only wet a corner of her garment. All the rest was—