The Sickly Regent Prince Who Was Abandoned as a Substitute Bride

Chapter 237 Leaving the city, Ye Jingchu caught up!

"Oh dear, officer, this old woman came to town to see a doctor, and that's why I was a little delayed. It's already dark when I got here, cough cough!"

As Dongfang Wan'er spoke, she coughed violently, and her body swayed slightly, looking extremely weak.

The guard noticed that Dongfang Wan'er was coughing, and his disgust grew even more. He took a few steps back with particular disdain and waved his hand impatiently: "Go, go, go! You're such a bad omen!"

Dongfang Wan'er was secretly delighted; this was all within her expectations, and it was exactly the effect she wanted.

"Hehe, thank you very much, sir!"

She slowly moved toward the city gate, each step appearing extremely difficult.

"Wait!" Just then, Ye Jingchu's authoritative voice suddenly rang out from behind.

"See His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Greetings, Your Highness!" The guards all knelt on one knee and bowed in respect.

"Hmm, who is that person? Have they been questioned?" Ye Jingchu's gaze was sharp as he stared intently at Dongfang Wan'er's back, as if trying to see right through her.

Dongfang Wan'er was greatly shocked, not expecting the Crown Prince to appear so suddenly. However, she quickly composed herself, feigned panic, and knelt on the ground, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Ye Jingchu frowned. He stood there, faintly smelling a pungent, unpleasant odor emanating from the old woman.

"Raise your head!" he commanded coldly.

Dongfang Wan'er slowly raised her head, her ugly face exposed to everyone without any concealment.

"So ugly!" Ye Jingchu subconsciously took a few steps back, wondering to herself what kind of person came from the Third Prince's residence, looking so smelly and ugly.

"Cough cough cough..." Dongfang Wan'er began to cough violently again, her body trembling incessantly.

"Wow..." Accompanied by coughing, Dongfang Wan'er vomited a lot of blood, which splattered on the ground and looked particularly glaring.

"This, this must be some kind of illness, Your Highness, please stand further away!" The guards at the gate were so frightened by the sight that they retreated one after another, their faces full of fear.

"Go, go, go! Make her leave!" Ye Jingchu covered her nose, her disgust evident in her words.

"Old woman, get out of here!" the guard shouted at Dongfang Wan'er.

"Thank you, thank you, this old woman will leave now!" Dongfang Wan'er pretended to get up from the ground with great difficulty, and slowly walked out of the city step by step until her figure disappeared into the night.

Dongfang Wan'er stepped lightly out of the city gate. In that instant, she was like a nimble bird, quickening her pace.

Her eyes were sharp as she quickly searched the surroundings and soon discovered a very secluded spot.

The lush greenery and jagged rocks here perfectly concealed her figure.

Without hesitation, she used her secret technique, and in an instant, her disguise disappeared, quickly restoring her stunningly beautiful appearance.

She knew in her heart that this was no place to stay for long; every moment of delay increased the danger, and she had to get to a safe place as soon as possible to feel at ease.

Meanwhile, in the city, Ye Jingchu gazed in the direction where Dongfang Wan'er had left, a lingering doubt in his heart, like an unshakeable gloom.

Did the old woman say what she was going to do in the city?

He muttered to himself, then suddenly remembered the guard beside him.

"Your Highness, the old woman said she came to the city to see a doctor!"

The guard hurriedly responded respectfully. Upon hearing this, Ye Jing's brows furrowed instantly, and he thought to himself, "Idiot, chase after them!"

He shouted loudly.

The guard was stunned for a moment, frozen in place.

"Huh?" he exclaimed in surprise.

"Chase……"

Nightfall was dark, and his tone was full of impatience and anxiety.

As soon as Dongfang Wan'er left the city, the darkness appeared silently like a ghost.

"Your Highness, you've finally come out!"

Dark Night said respectfully.

Upon seeing An Ye, Dongfang Wan'er finally relaxed a little and hurriedly asked, "An Ye? How is Ye Jiuchen?"

An Ye replied, "My lord is still the same as always. Your Highness, we should not linger here. I have left two horses ahead!"

Dongfang Wan'er nodded slightly: "Alright, let's leave quickly!"

After saying that, she seemed to suddenly remember something important, and with a wave of her slender hand, she took out a bunch of bottles and jars of various shapes from her space.

With a determined look in her eyes, she sprinkled all the medicine from the bottles into the air. A fine mist spread out, falling gently onto the ground and trees, covering everything in its path.

"go!"

After doing all this, Dongfang Wan'er hurriedly left with An Ye.

Dongfang Wan'er knew in her heart that she had quietly come out from behind the Third Prince's residence, and Ye Jingchu had chased her to the city gate. Such a shrewd man must have already become suspicious.

Although he had just managed to escape cleverly, he couldn't guarantee that Ye Jingchu wouldn't react quickly and chase after him out of the city.

"Alright, let's go, Your Highness!"

Dark Night led the way, his steps light and agile, like a cheetah in the night.

Dongfang Wan'er followed closely behind, the two figures darting swiftly across the road like two streaks of wind.

Not long after the two left, Ye Jingchu appeared with a group of guards at lightning speed in the spot where Dongfang Wan'er had just been standing.

"stop…"

As night fell, a loud shout rang out.

Since he started drinking human blood, his sense of smell has become extremely sensitive. At this time, he always felt that there was a very strange smell in the air around him. The smell would seep into his nostrils and make him uneasy.

"Your Highness, what has happened!"

The guards stopped in their tracks and nervously approached Ye Jingchu to inquire.

"Don't even move!"

A strong sense of foreboding welled up in my heart as I looked at the night scene.

However, no sooner had Ye Jingchu uttered his words than the guards began to scream in terror.

"Ah...my legs!"

A guard stared in horror at his legs, where the skin began to twist and deform at a visible speed, as if being eroded by an invisible force. Soon, it began to melt like a candle being heated.

"Ouch, my hand hurts so much!"

Another guard cried out in pain, his hands feeling as if they were being burned by fire. Starting from his palms, his skin quickly ulcerated and festered, and the stench of decay filled the air.

In an instant, the scene descended into extreme chaos. Some guards' legs were melting, some were rotting from their faces, and some were rotting from their hands; the horrific sight was too gruesome to bear.

"A bunch of idiots..."

Upon seeing the scene at night, he was so angry that he cursed loudly. Knowing the danger of the place, he hurriedly reached out to pull the horse beside him, wanting to retreat away from this eerie place.

But the horse seemed to be frozen in place, not moving an inch, and no matter how hard Ye Jingchu pulled on the reins, it did not react at all.