"Does she actually think so? Does she think I'm acting? Does she think I'm acting in a trick..."
Xie Xun just drank a bowl of Chinese medicine and didn't feel anything. But at this moment, the bitter taste in his mouth seemed to have doubled after a while, and it was so bitter that he couldn't even explain it.
The injury on his hand before was caused by the use of Broken Bone Grass. It was indeed his fault.
But that matter only involved him, and he was the only one who suffered.
He was happy that Qin Rushuang felt sorry for him, but he deserved it if Qin Rushuang didn't feel sorry for him.
That's his business alone. He endures hardships, but Qin Rushuang doesn't.
But this time, the matter involved Qin Rushuang and whether Qin Rushuang would be injured. How could he have time to think about other things?
I just want to protect her and not see her get hurt!
But he didn't expect that in the end, his instinctive maintenance would become...acting in Qin Rushuang's eyes.
Seeing that Xie Xun remained silent, Mu Duo didn't want to stay any longer and gave a bottle of medicine in his arms to the military doctor.
"The golden sore medicine in your army is really not enough. I have plenty here, so I can give you one or two bottles for your use."
The military doctor finally figured it out. Although this young man from the southwest would sneer and ridicule the prince every time he came, his medical skills were extremely good, and the medicines in his hands were all good medicines.
When he took off the lid and smelled it, he knew it was the best medicine for wounds, so he quickly thanked him: "Thank you, little brother Muduo! Thank you, little brother Muduo!"
Seeing that although Mu Duo said a lot of unpleasant things, he was still willing to take out the medicine, whether it was his original intention or the princess's order, the military doctor at least knew that Mu Duo would not turn a blind eye to the prince's injury.
So he immediately shamelessly hit the snake with a stick.
"Brother Mu Duo, you are well-informed. When the prince was tortured before, he was beaten while wearing his underwear. The injury was too serious. Now the underclothes and the flesh are all connected together. If you force it, you will probably suffer a lot.
I wonder if Brother Muduo has any other ideas?"
Mu Duo took a look and found that the inner garment was already stuck to the minced meat. It seemed that Xie Xun was really going to suffer a lot this time.
He gloated and shook his head, "There's nothing we can do about it. It must be cleaned, otherwise the wound will fester. Or do you want me to clean it up for him? Then I have to make a deal first. I only use heavy blows, not light ones.
of."
In the end, Nie Lei couldn't listen anymore.
He believed that the princess was not the kind of person who would add insult to injury, and he also felt that the princess was the kind of chivalrous woman who could clearly distinguish between grudges and grudges.
So he said to Xie Xun, "Your Majesty, I don't believe that the princess doesn't care about the prince at all. I think this matter should be done by a careful woman, so I will go and invite the princess."
When Mu Duo heard this, he immediately quit and said, "What are you doing, junior sister? I can handle it for you."
"That won't work! You insist that the prince is playing a cruel trick, and I also insist that you will avenge yourself! I have to ask the princess to handle this matter!"
With that said, he ignored Mu Duo's dissuasion and went to Qin Rushuang's tent.
…
"Princess, I have told you everything about the situation. It's not that I want to trouble you, but it's because we are all rough guys. The prince's injury is serious enough, and I don't want to let him suffer again."
Qin Rushuang nodded, "I understand."
Nie Lei was overjoyed and said quickly: "Then Princess, let's go quickly? The military doctor will get suppuration after a long time."
But Qin Rushuang still sat in her seat honestly.
He shouted in a low voice: "Qingzhi, clean up and follow General Nie Lei to deal with it for the prince. Be gentle. These hundred lashes are for me. Even if I repay the favor to the prince, I will get a favor."
Nie Lei was immediately stunned, "Princess, why don't you go with me?"
"I won't go. Let Qingzhi go. What? Or is it that the prince asked me to go in person? What does this mean? Repaying a favor?"
Nie Lei was not good at words, so he opened his mouth and finally couldn't help but say, "Princess, why...why do you and Mu Duo both think that the prince did it on purpose, that the prince was acting, and that he wanted to use this matter to make you owe him
Personal relationship?"
Although Nie Lei didn't agree with what Xie Xun had done before, he really felt aggrieved for Xie Xun about this incident.
Can't everyone see such an obvious thing?
He thought for a while and said to Qin Rushuang: "Princess, no matter what you think, I know that even if you stab the sky through, the prince will not let you get hurt."
"It's one thing to punish someone else, but it's another thing to hit you on the body! I believe that if there are other ways to avoid your punishment, the prince will definitely use it. This time it must be because there is really no other way.
Only then will I accept it for you!"
"I'm stupid and don't know what to say. I just think... the prince has realized his mistake and regretted it. He also likes the princess, so he won't just watch the princess receive that kind of whipping!"
"So I think the prince will take it for you this time. There are not so many calculations... It's just... it's just a man's instinctive protection when he sees that the woman he likes is about to be hurt..."
"Nie Lei, you don't understand. Whether it's a joke or a trick, or as you said, he just wants to protect me out of instinct..."
Qin Rushuang paused, then said: "These... are no longer important to me, I don't care anymore, do you understand?"
"If he is playing a trick, then I won't feel bad if he can't deceive me."
"If he just wants to protect me out of instinct, then I would like to sincerely thank him, but please tell him that I don't need his protection."
Nie Lei just felt that love in this world was too complicated, and he, a big boss, didn't know how to persuade these two people.
So he waved his sleeves helplessly and said, "Forget it, I don't understand you... Miss Qingzhi, please come with me."
Qingzhi silently put down her work and followed Nie Lei away.
She treated Xie Xun's wounds according to the military doctor's instructions. She did not avenge her privately, or had any grudges in her heart. She was always cautious in her actions.
This actually made Xie Xun a little embarrassed.
""Qingzhi, I'm sorry. My father didn't handle it properly before, and Qian Ertong almost died at the border. Anyway, my surname is Xie, and I should apologize to you and Qian Ertong on behalf of the Xie family."
Qingzhi said nothing.
He neither blamed nor explicitly expressed forgiveness, he just nodded and left.
After Qingzhi left, Xie Xun called Nie Lei over.
"What did the princess say? Tell me everything."
Nie Lei instinctively felt that Xie Xun would be sad when he heard what Qin Rushuang said, but he was afraid that if he didn't say anything, the knot between the two would become even more intractable.
He was a rough man and didn't know how to express it tactfully, so he could only tell Xie Xun what Qin Rushuang said intact.
Xie Xun smiled bitterly after hearing this, "She really thought I was acting..."
"Forget it, she won't forgive me whether I act or not, so I might as well..."
What else?
Xie Xun said the next few words very quietly, and even Nie Lei, who was standing aside, didn't hear them clearly.
After Qingzhi returned to Qin Rushuang, she told Qin Rushuang about Xie Xun's injury.
Qin Rushuang nodded, "It sounds like there's no danger to your life, so that's good. Just wait and see if you can return to Beijing."
The day to return to Kyoto is scheduled for five days.
Qin Rushuang thought she would be able to return to Beijing safely, but she had been wary of what the eunuch who was delivering the order might do next.
Unexpectedly, three days before departure, the eunuch who delivered the order had calmed down and did not cause any trouble. Instead, something went wrong on Xie Xun's side.
…
Qin Rushuang put down the military book in her hand and looked up at Ying Er, "What did you say? Say it again."
Ying Er wiped the sweat from his forehead and shamelessly told Qin Rushuang what Xie Xun had said.
"The prince said that it was a bumpy road. He had too many wounds on his body, and he was afraid that he would have to suffer a lot. He suffered the punishment for the princess, and there was no credit but hard work. I would like to ask the princess to ride in the same carriage with the prince, and others will take care of him.
The prince said he was worried and could not rest peacefully."
When Ying Er thought about what Xie Xun said to him, he felt that the prince had really changed now. His words were becoming more and more shameless and... he had no bottom line.
He simply gritted his teeth and closed his eyes to convey the original words.
"The prince wants to ask the princess to take care of him all the way until he returns to Kyoto. If the princess is not willing, then he will stay at the border for a few more days. He uses Broken Bone Grass all over his body and asks the princess to take care of him personally for three or four days, and he gets through it.
After this, go back to Kyoto."
Qin Rushuang was stunned by Xie Xun's shameless energy. After a while, she asked in disbelief: "He asked me to serve him personally?!"
Ying Er nodded as if he was dead.
Qin Rushuang's face turned green, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You might as well let him die!"
