CHAPTER 352: CHAPTER 262: YOU BRAT, YOU ALMOST GOT ME KILLED

He placed Jun Ning on his own horse, swiftly mounted it himself, and swung the whip, urging the horse, "Hyah, hyah, hyah..."

He was forcibly taking Jun Ning away, regardless of whether she was willing or not.

Moreover, he didn’t even prepare a carriage for Jun Ning, nor did he give her time to pack her luggage; he was going to take her away immediately.

Completely disregarding any of Jun Ning’s wishes.

"What are you doing? Quickly let me down?" Jun Ning was jostled on the horse’s back, almost as if everything she had just eaten was about to be jostled out of her.

She was extremely uncomfortable.

Not only was her stomach uncomfortable from the jostling, but her hip bones and abdomen were also being uncomfortably pinched by something on the horse’s back.

So painful, so painful, so painful!

She wanted to hit the Eldest Prince, but in her current situation, she really couldn’t.

The Eldest Prince didn’t care about Jun Ning’s suffering. In his view, as long as he didn’t kill Jun Ning, as long as she was alive and appeared healthy, there was no big problem, and his task would be considered very well completed.

As for those trivial squabbles between their siblings—even married couples for many years experience conflicts, parents and children also have conflicts...

Friction between people is unavoidable.

So, their minor fights, as long as they don’t cause major problems, are nothing.

Even if Jun Ning complained to the Emperor because of this, the Emperor wouldn’t do anything to him.

Convinced of this, the Eldest Prince swung the whip a few more times, urging the horse to run faster, muttering to himself, "If I let you down, wouldn’t you just run away?"

"But if you don’t let me down, I’ll jump off." Jun Ning threatened.

The Eldest Prince scoffed, "You foolish girl, you act like you’re dying if you miss a meal. If you get a scratch, you act spoiled in front of the Emperor for days. A coward like you, who cherishes life so much, would never dare to jump from a horse. Haha, stop making a fuss, okay?"

"Besides, if you jump off the horse, even if you survive, you’ll lose a limb or be crippled..."

"Do you really want to jump off the horse and become a cripple? I think you value your life too much to dare."

"So, stop making empty threats to scare people. Just lay there and let me take you home."

The Eldest Prince didn’t take Jun Ning’s threats seriously. He lectured her a bit and considered the matter settled.

But Jun Ning gritted her teeth, and when they passed a flat and sparsely populated area where she wouldn’t hit anyone, she recklessly jumped off the horse.

This was still on a street, on flat ground.

People around recoiled several steps when they saw someone suddenly fall off a horse, genuinely frightened.

As Jun Ning jumped and landed, she avoided hitting vital areas with effort and landed on her rear first but still injured her arm.

Her arm was the most severely injured, seeming to be broken, and it was so painful, so painful.

She lay on the ground, clutching her arm, drenched in sweat from the pain, her face full of anguish.

The Eldest Prince was shocked by Jun Ning’s actions; he never expected she would jump or that she truly dared?

He cursed as he stopped the horse abruptly and hastily dismounted, rushing to check on Jun Ning’s condition.

Though Jun Ning was still alive, he was still furious.

"Foolish girl, do you have a death wish? How dare you jump from a horse?"

"Don’t you know that if your head had hit the ground first, from the height of the horse’s back, it could cost you your life or turn you into an idiot?"

The Eldest Prince was particularly fierce, making bystanders afraid just by watching.

In the past, if the Eldest Prince spoke to her like that, Jun Ning would have retorted immediately.

But now, Jun Ning lay on the ground, clutching her arm, too pained to take deep breaths, let alone have the energy to curse back at the Eldest Prince.

The Eldest Prince looked anxiously at Jun Ning, "Where does it hurt..."

Jun Ning didn’t respond.

The Eldest Prince quickly scanned her from head to toe, finally fixing his gaze on her arm she was holding, "Your arm hurts, doesn’t it?"

Jun Ning nodded.

"Let me see?"

The Eldest Prince carefully examined Jun Ning’s arm—it was dislocated.

"I’m going to set your bone back," the Eldest Prince said, "Endure it; I’ll set it back for you."

The Eldest Prince took her arm from Jun Ning, scolding as he continued, "Foolish girl, by jumping from the horse this time, you nearly killed me, you know? I’ll set your bone back this time, but if there’s a next time, you can suffer the pain on your own, don’t expect me to set your bones..."

She felt like she was dying?

And he’s still talking about all that nonsense?

Jun Ning was speechless and about to retort when a sharp pain shot through her arm, followed by a sound that seemed like her dislocated bone being set back.

After Jun Ning screamed, the Eldest Prince released her arm, and she tentatively moved it.

The previously dislocated bone indeed seemed to have been set back; her arm felt better, not so painful.

But she was quite injured from jumping off the horse, bruised and battered all over, with many places turning blue and the skin torn.

The Eldest Prince rolled up her sleeve, removed her shoe, checked her legs, and stopped talking about taking her back to the Imperial City. He carried her into the palace of Sairu City.

As soon as he reached the palace gate, he shouted, "Summon the doctor, quickly summon the doctor."

Jun Ning looked at his worried expression and said, "No need to fret, rest assured, I won’t die, and the Emperor won’t punish you severely for a little injury like mine."

The Eldest Prince didn’t reply, urgently delivering Jun Ning to her chamber and having the doctor examine her wounds. She had abrasions, bruises, swelling, broken skin everywhere, all bleeding...

It truly shocked the doctor.

"Eighteenth Prince? How did you get so many injuries?" The doctor asked, looking at Jun Ning with compassion.

Outside, the Eldest Prince clenched his fist tightly, hidden in his sleeve, upon hearing this.

The Crown Prince and his entourage, having heard of Jun Ning’s injuries, also rushed over. The female doctor was examining Jun Ning’s wounds and wouldn’t let the Crown Prince in, only allowing the Crown Princess Consort to enter.

After checking, the Crown Princess Consort shook her head at the Crown Prince, indicating the situation wasn’t very good. Besides that, she mentioned the matter of Jun Ning’s dislocated and reset arm.

After hearing this, the Crown Prince cast aside any decorum and face, storming over to the Eldest Prince and delivering a hard punch to his face.

The Eldest Prince took the punch on his nose, and it instantly started bleeding, yet he didn’t retaliate, whether he was too shocked or for some other reason?