Soon someone came to carry Li Zian into the house and set him up, and ice cubes were also prepared.
Shen Tianshu wrapped the ice cube in a cloth and placed it gently on his knee.
"Hiss—" Li Zian took a breath.
"Does it hurt?" Shen Tianshu asked worriedly, blowing lightly on his injured area a few times.
Li Zihan looked on puzzledly. In the past, his eldest brother accidentally fell off a horse and his calf bones were exposed, which frightened the family, but he still acted like it was nothing and didn't even say a word when the doctor was fixing his bones. Could it be that Could the injury be more serious this time?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little worried. Just as she was about to move forward, she was held down by Xiao Guo.
"You two, please don't join in the fun here. Didn't you agree yesterday to go pick peaches? Let your uncle take you and Yuexuan there so that you can pick them back for the prince and Lady Tong to taste."
"Okay then!" Li Zihan agreed, but his eyes were still glued to Li Zian.
Yuexuan received Xiao Guo's look, took her hand and ran out.
After the two children left, little Guo also made an excuse and said, "I'm going to arrange lunch. You can give whatever orders you want to the people in the yard. You're welcome."
After saying that, she led the others out of the room and thoughtfully closed the door behind her back.
After there were only two people left in the room, Shen Tianshu immediately relaxed a lot and asked with concern: "Is it better if you freeze it? Does it still hurt?"
Li Zian grabbed her hand and asked, "Is it cold?"
"It's okay, just apply it for a while." After applying ice for a quarter of an hour, Shen Tianshu took off the ice cubes and wiped the water off his legs, "You can't keep icing, apply it again later."
"Fortunately, I brought the wound medicine with me." She took out the ointment from the medicine box and lightly applied it on Li Zian's knee.
I don’t know whether it was the ice compress or the ointment that was more effective, but Li Zian felt that the pain was much relieved.
He picked up the medicine box and looked at it carefully and asked: "This medicine is quite comfortable when applied. Can it be used on injured and bleeding areas?"
"It can't be used." Shen Tianshu put away the medicine box with his backhand. "This is for treating bruises. Some of the medicinal materials used in it are slightly toxic. If there are wounds, you cannot use this."
"Then which one is better to use if there is a wound?" Li Zian leaned over to look at the bottles and jars in her medicine box.
Shen Tianshu thought he was curious, so he tapped it twice with his fingertips and said, "Both of these are fine, one is more focused on stopping bleeding, and the other is added with herbs that can help remove scars."
Upon hearing this, Li Zian immediately picked up the second one, opened it and smelled it, then dipped a little in it and spread it on his fingertips.
"Are you injured?" Shen Tianshu asked unclearly, but was pulled to his side by Li Zian.
"Raise your head." Li Zian said, then dipped his fingertips into some ointment and gently applied it on her neck.
Shen Tianshu had long forgotten about the small wound on his neck, but he didn't expect that Li Zian was still thinking about it.
She resisted and didn't move. Unexpectedly, after applying the medicine, Li Zian came closer and blew on it twice, imitating her just now.
"Itchy..." Shen Tianshu couldn't help but shrink his neck, but his chin actually brushed against Li Zian's lips.
Shen Tianshu's face turned red.
Li Zian was also stunned, then stretched out his hand to clasp Shen Tianshu's chin, and rubbed his thumb a few times where his lips had just brushed.
Shen Tianshu was so nervous that his whole body was stiff and he didn't know how to react.
From her past life to this life, she has never had such close contact with anyone else.
Looking at Shen Tianshu's thin lips, Li Zian had long wanted to kiss Fangze.
But seeing that Shen Tianshu was so stiff that he couldn't move, he was afraid that he would scare her by being too aggressive.
Li Zian finally let Shen Tianshu go and said with a smile: "Afraid of this?"
"No..." Shen Tianshu didn't know how to explain it, and said with a red face, "It was an accident just now..."
"Yes!" Li Zian nodded and then said, "It's okay if it's not an accident."
Shen Tianshu didn't react at first, but after he realized it, his cheeks felt even hotter.
Now she just felt that her mind was a little confused, and she wanted to use ice cubes to cool herself down.
"Your Majesty, I... I'm still a little uncomfortable with it. Everything is going too fast... It seems like I'm still dreaming."
"Quickly? Didn't I show it clearly enough?" Li Zian said, "Grandma gave you all the bracelets she left for my grandson-in-law. If I don't reveal my feelings quickly, I won't be able to explain it until grandma comes back."
"The Concubine? Then the Princess..." Shen Tianshu opened his eyes wide in surprise.
The bracelet was received by Prince Rui after he regained consciousness, and together with the jewelry given by the princess, could it be that everyone in the palace already knew what Li Zian was thinking?
Li Zian didn't hide it from her, held her hand, asked her to sit next to him and said: "After such a long time, you should have discovered that the situation in the palace is actually quite difficult.
"So I still keep the news of my father's awakening secret and dare not announce it to the public.
"My mother likes you very much, so she has been unwilling to let me provoke you, because she is afraid that the bad things in the palace will involve you.
"But when I held your hand for the first time, I didn't want to let go.
"The more I get to know you, the less able I am to resist your attraction to me."
"My mother's words made me think a lot. I hope you can live your life safely and smoothly, but I can't accept that the person holding your hand is not me..."
Li Zian said, clenching his hands and continuing: "Yesterday you insisted on risking your life, so I agreed based on my rationality, but I regretted it after I agreed.
"You have no idea how much I suffered yesterday and how worried I was that something would happen to you.
"The moment I rushed into the house and saw you, I had only one thought in my mind.
"Whether you say I'm selfish or not, I can't accept you staying in a place that I can't control.
"Not being able to confirm your safety will really drive me crazy!"
"Believe me, I will definitely try my best to protect you, okay?"
Through the clasped hands, Shen Tianshu could feel that cold sweat had broken out on Li Zian's palms, and his fingertips were still trembling slightly due to the coldness.
She is not a stone. In the past, Li Zian could deceive himself and say that it was for Prince Rui's illness.
But as time went by, she became more and more aware of his intentions.
Shen Tianshu had long understood the situation in the palace and had been assassinated before, but her worries had never been about this.
The disparity in status between the two people, coupled with the blood feud between the Jiang family, is the root cause of her avoidance.
But she also found that her heart was becoming increasingly out of her control.
Especially when I heard Li Zian's confession, I almost jumped out of my chest.
Since they are in love with each other, why bother to think about it so much?
"I thought my attitude yesterday was very clear, wasn't it?
"I am not a fragile woman who needs to be protected by you all the time. As long as our hearts are together, no matter what the danger, we can face it together."