Xia Houyiyun wanted to reject Dongling Yuanhao's concern, but after all, she would still be embarrassed if he exposed her skin in front of him while she was awake.
But Dongling Yuanhao didn't give her a chance to refuse. Before she could stop him, he had already gently pulled down her clothes, exposing her shoulder to her arm.
"Look, the wound is bleeding again. You are really a troublemaker."
Dongling Yuanhao saw the gauze dyed red on her shoulders. He frowned and expressed disgust. But his hands carefully helped her untie the gauze.
Xia Hou Yiyun was originally aggrieved because of his disgusting words, but seeing his gentle and subtle movements, she suddenly felt inexplicably moved.
However, seeing more of her skin exposed, she began to twist and hold on to her clothes and keep covering her chest.
Dongling Yuanhao noticed her shame. He looked at her pink face but said nothing. He just put the medicine on her and bandaged her again without any distractions, and then pulled up her clothes to cover her.
's skin.
"Okay, don't move around and aggravate the wound. We'll stay one more night tonight. When you feel better tomorrow, we'll find a way to get out of here."
If it hadn't been for her being injured and unconscious, he wouldn't have stayed here. The two of them had been missing for several days, and the imperial city was probably in a state of panic.
He handed her a fruit: "You haven't eaten for two days, eat this first."
Speaking of food, Xia Houyiyun felt very hungry immediately. She took the fruit and ate it in small bites, but her eyes did not leave Dongling Yuanhao who was busy for a moment.
I saw him skillfully handling several fat and fresh fish, stuffing a little fresh green grass into the belly of the fish, and then wrapping the fish in several layers with wide and large raw leaves and placing them on the table he had just set up.
On the wooden frame above the fire, you can tell that he is grilling fish.
Xia Houyiyun was very surprised how a noble prince like him could be so familiar with such rough work. Unable to resist her curiosity, she asked:
"Why do you seem so good at doing this...?"
Following her probing eyes, Dongling Yuanhao understood what she was asking, and he smiled heartily:
"I often leave the palace and go out, and spend the night in the wild. Over time, I will naturally learn these ways of survival."
Xia Houyiyun seemed to have no doubts, but when she saw the pile of everything he brought back, she asked curiously:
"You just went out and brought back so many things. Have you been gone for a long time?"
It was almost dark outside, and it was raining so heavily. He must have been out all day. Fortunately, he was so relieved to leave her injured and unconscious here, so he was not afraid of what would happen to her if he left.
Something happened?
"It didn't take long, maybe half an hour."
"How can it be?"
She couldn't believe it. In this unfamiliar mountainous area, he had only been picking wild fruits and catching fish for only half an hour. He had also brought back so many flowers and plants, and even brought back a lot of water in bamboo tubes. This was a bit strange.
It's so fast.
"What's there to be suspicious of?"
Dongling Yuanhuang added some firewood to the fire, and then touched the unlined clothes he had just taken off and hung to dry beside the fire. He felt that the unlined clothes were already half dry, so he didn't care about it, so he just pulled the clothes back on.
Sit next to Xia Hou Yiyun.
He picked up two more fruits, gave one to her, and ate the other himself.
Xia Houyiyun was really hungry, and the fruit was moderately sweet and sour, very delicious and quenched her thirst. She questioned casually while eating:
"It takes you only half an hour to find so much food and supplies. I find it hard to believe."
"If you don't believe it, don't believe it. Anyway, you have to eat and apply herbal medicine to the wound. You don't care how long I stay."
Dongling Yuanhao didn't plan to take any credit from her. In fact, the cave was not far from the river. When he brought her here, he remembered where the things he needed were, so it didn't cost much to pick them.
It's time.
As for fishing, for a person with relatively strong martial arts skills, it is not a problem and can be done in a few or two strokes.
Moreover, it was impossible for him to really be away for that long... He looked at her who had regained a lot of vitality, and his heart was filled with ripples.
During the two days when she was unconscious, he didn't know how worried he was about her. But when he saw her waking up with energy, he realized that his heart was actually a little tense.
Because she was fine, he felt extremely relieved for a moment and realized that he cared about her life and death!
Dongling Yuanhao saw the changes in his heart, so at this moment, his concern for Xia Hou Yiyun came from the bottom of his heart.
Xia Houyiyun didn't mind what he said to her. She turned to ask:
"How long have we been here?" She didn't even know how long she had been unconscious.
"It's been almost three days."
"What...then...then my royal brother will be worried to death." Xia Houyiyun was frightened and panicked.
"My imperial brother is probably not much better. He may have already prepared canes and waited for me to return."
Although Dongling Yuanhao was joking, the terrifying scene of being slapped by Dongling Yuanyong really appeared in his mind.
They are completely missing now, and no one knows what happened to them. Even if they want to find them in the imperial city, they don't know where to find them.
However, thinking of the reason why they were forced to stay here, Dongling Yuanhao looked at Xia Houyiyun and asked seriously:
"Those people who attacked you that day, do you know what happened?"
Xia Houyiyun paused while eating the fruit, her face serious:
"I don't know either, but what is certain is that they must know my identity and want my life."
"What's the purpose?"
"Purpose..." Xia Houyiyun seemed to sneer: "Then you have to ask those who want to kill me. I am also curious about who I have offended and caused the disaster of death."
"You and Prince Xiahou are not siblings, but your relationship seems to be very deep!"
"My royal brother's biological mother was an ordinary palace maid, but she passed away when my royal brother was very young. So my mother-in-law asked my father to adopt him to her. I must have just been born at that time...
I heard from my mother-in-law that when I was a baby, whenever I cried so much that no one could comfort me, as long as my royal brother held me, I could stop crying immediately. Although I don’t know if it’s really that exaggerated.
, but after I became sensible, I realized that sometimes even my father couldn’t make me happy when I lost my temper. Only my brother could make me happy. Because my father dotes on me the most, many people secretly mocked me and said, “Brother Huang.”
As long as he works hard to make me happy, my father will naturally pay more attention to him. I originally thought that my brother was kind to me for a purpose, so I was very sad for a while. But later I realized that my brother truly loved and cared for me.
Yes, he has no impure motives for being nice to me."
"Why are you so sure?"
"When I was ten years old, I was almost bitten by a poisonous thing, but in order to save me, the emperor protected me, but he himself was bitten by the poison, and he almost died. If the emperor treats me
If he had an impure motive, how could he risk his life to protect me without even thinking?"
Dongling Yuanhao can feel Xiahou Yiyun's complete trust in Xiahou Chunyan. It is undeniable that Xiahou Chunyan's love for her is indeed very obvious. It is so obvious that even people who are not familiar with their siblings can tell that Xiahou Chunyan loves her.
Her love and care comes from the heart.
However, Dongling Yuanhao did not want to express any opinions on this, but he slightly hinted:
"Then it seems that your deep brother-sister relationship is not necessarily a good thing."
"What do you want to say?" Xiahou Yiyun noticed that Dongling Yuanhao had something to say.
"What I want to say is that Prince Xiahou was assassinated not long ago, and now it's your turn. Don't you think there is a connection?"
"you mean……?"
"It means maybe it's not you who has offended anyone, and the person those people want to target is not you, but your imperial brother!"
Xiahou Yiyun is the beloved princess of Xiahou Kingdom. If she were a man, I am afraid she would be the crown prince of Xiahou Kingdom.
However, she cannot be the crown prince, but her influence can be a strength for some people. On the contrary, it can also be an obstacle for some people.
Regardless of whether Xiahou Chunyan became the crown prince on his own merit or on the influence of Xiahou Yiyun and her mother and concubine, as long as Xiahou Yiyun was devoted to Xiahou Chunyan, she would definitely cause some trouble because of her attachment to Xiahou Chunyan.
Although Xia Hou Yiyun looks innocent and carefree, she grew up in the palace after all. She has been exposed to the struggle for power and favor since she was a child, and she certainly understands what Dongling Yuanhao's words mean.
Xiahou Yiyun frowned slightly, and did not want to discuss too much with Dongling Yuanhao about the internal affairs of their Xiahou Kingdom.
Of course, she was not afraid that he would know anything, but as the saying goes, the family scandal should not be made public, and she did not want to discuss with him the possibility that she was almost assassinated by one of her siblings.
Xia Houyiyun smiled bitterly, pretending not to care and said:
"No matter who the assassin is targeting, I am still alive and well."
"It's not you who is a lucky person, it's me who fought tooth and nail to save you. Otherwise, your life would have been taken away by the little devil long ago."
Dongling Yuanhao did not ask for credit, he just mentioned it casually as a joke. Moreover, he felt that she had no intention of discussing the topic of assassins in depth, so he followed her wishes and avoided discussing assassins.
Just in time, bursts of fresh fragrance drifted into their nostrils, stimulating their hunger instinct even more.
It was the smell of cooked fish, and a lot of meat juice had flowed out of the leaves and dripped into the fire, making a "squeaking" sound.
Dongling Yuanhao took the fish off the shelf and spread the fish meat on the ground with a big banana leaf. He first forked a little fish meat with a small dagger and put it in his mouth to pay for it.
Perhaps he was satisfied with the taste, so he separated another banana leaf in half, then carefully scraped the fish meat onto the banana leaf and handed it to Xiahou Yiyun:
"If you don't have chopsticks, just use a dagger to eat."
Xia Houyi took it without hesitation, and the feeling in his heart was self-evident.
"There may be fish bones. Be careful when eating. If it gets stuck in your throat, it will be uncomfortable."
Dongling Yuanhao explained carefully again before generously grabbing the remaining fish meat with his bare hands and putting it in his mouth to eat.
Xia Houyiyun actually didn't like the smell of fish, and she never ate fish. But she was really hungry, so she smelled the fish first. To her surprise, the fish had almost no fishy smell.
And it's very fragrant.
After taking a bite, she was surprised not only that the fish had no fishy smell, but also that the fish had a salty taste, as if it had been cooked with salt, making her feel satisfied!