He never told her about what happened on the battlefield.
"Well, I heard from Qin Wu that when the prince was fighting the enemy at the border, he fell into a trap and narrowly escaped death. In the end, he survived by drinking the blood of wild beasts."
How simple it was in one sentence, it made her feel so distressed.
On the contrary, Xiao Mingxuan looked at him silently, as if this matter was nothing more than normal.
However, before the silence lasted for two minutes, the sound of swords clashing was heard outside the courtyard.
"What's going on?"
Both of them were startled and looked at the door at the same time.
"Your Majesty."
The housekeeper jumped up the steps in twos and twos and stood outside the window. There was urgency in his voice and an imperceptible panic.
"The Queen Mother summoned the prince to enter the palace. Marquis Chongyang brought people to invite him. Qin Yin stopped him and used his sword."
The two were slightly stunned. Luo Jiuli suddenly looked at him and lowered his voice.
"The Queen Mother sent someone here at this time? What is the purpose? Could it be that she knows about the spell on the prince's body?"
"impossible."
Xiao Mingxuan spoke without any hesitation.
The fact that he is under a curse will never be revealed.
Luo Jiuli was startled, and suddenly his mind suddenly became clear. Judging from Xiao Mingxuan's tone and state, the spell in his body had nothing to do with the royal family, at least it had nothing to do with the emperor or the queen mother.
Xiao Mingxuan's questioning voice was heard again.
"Because of what?"
Outside the window, the housekeeper said:
"I heard that Xue Ningshan and Su Tong were ordered to investigate Hu Bingyu's case. They found a sachet left by the bandits on the carriage that Hu Bingyu was riding in at that time."
"And the sachet not only contains aphrodisiac drugs, but it is also sewn with tribute Guangling brocade."
"It just so happens that our Nine Princes' Mansion has Guangling Brocade."
"Ha! What a joke."
Luo Jiuli was so angry that he laughed.
"How could they come up with such a clumsy plan?"
Xiao Mingxuan's face was covered with frost, so that Luo Jiuli could feel the cold from his hair to the soles of his feet.
"Butler, please let Marquis Chongyang wait for half a cup of tea, and then tell him that the prince is taking a bath, and you will meet him after the bath."
When the housekeeper heard this, he immediately started to murmur in his heart.
"But Miss Second, today is fifteen."
"I know, you go first."
"Listen to her."
Xiao Mingxuan's cold voice came out faintly.
"yes."
The prince has spoken, but there is no reason why he dare not obey.
The butler exited the yard.
Xiao Mingxuan pulled her face.
"Do you know what you just said?"
"Know."
Luo Jiuli nodded.
"If my blood has no effect, then I will go out with you."
"What's more, the prince is prohibited from entering the palace according to the emperor's decree. Is it possible that the queen mother wants to go beyond the emperor's imperial decree?"
"Sir, it's not just once or twice that we have resisted the decree and disobeyed it."
Xiao Mingxuan smiled fondly, stretched out his hand and tapped her forehead.
"It's your spirit."
After all, she still understood him, and he had never taken the Queen Mother of the Imperial City seriously.
Luo Jiuli smiled and hooked his neck.
"Are you ready?"
"Um."
Xiao Mingxuan nodded.
Luo Jiuli turned around, and the two of them let go almost at the same time.
Under the dim candlelight, after Xiao Mingxuan left Luo Jiuli, his body stiffened suddenly. The long-lost pain suddenly hit him. His face was twisted in pain, and his eyes became visibly without pupils.
Gray and black without eyeballs.
Luo Jiuli turned his wrist, took out the thumb-sized vacuum glass tube he had prepared earlier from the ancient ring space, and pulled off the lid.
"Open your mouth."
When Xiao Mingxuan heard her voice, he endured the severe pain and opened his mouth, swallowing a tube of blood.
The smell of blood exploded in his mouth and entered every part of his body along his throat. He clenched his fists tightly and veins popped up on his forehead, especially his eyes, which he did not dare to open at all.
One minute, two minutes, the pain points on my body were slowly dissipating, although very slowly.
"Yes, it works, but it's not obvious."
Luo Jiuli was overjoyed.
"It really works."
He turned his wrist again, and the blood bag from before appeared in his hand.
"Don't drink it all at once, drink it a little at a time and feel if it has any effect."
Xiao Mingxuan was holding the blood bag, and he wanted her to end it.
Because he didn't know how much blood there was, or even how much he drank just now, nor did he know when her blood was prepared.
This made him panic, lest something happen to her.
Luo Jiuli could see his rejection and said sternly.
"Your Majesty, it has come to this time, and you and I have no choice. The Marquis of Chongyang is waiting for an opportunity to seize it outside the courtyard with the decree in hand. If the Prince does not show up, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of those in the palace."
"If something happens to the prince, who will protect me and keep me safe?"
"Then Xiao Zhumo is still eyeing me. The Queen Mother and Concubine Hu want to kill me--"
Gudong!
Gudong!
Xiao Mingxuan raised his head and took two big sips. He couldn't bear to hear these words, and his heart felt so sore and painful that it was unbearable.
Luo Jiuli is his woman.
It can only be his woman.
He had to live and live well so that he could protect her and stay with her for the rest of his life.
As he drank all the remaining blood, the pain in his body almost reached a level that he could bear.
Luo Jiuli could clearly feel his brows loosening slightly.
"Does your body still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore."
"Where are your eyes? Open your eyes."
She didn't dare to support him, lest the blood's effect would fail.
He slowly opened his eyes and could vaguely see Luo Jiuli's blurry shadow.
He was shocked. He didn't understand what kind of physique Luo Jiuli had. Her blood had such a great effect on him. Could it be that her blood was really his medicine?
"Hazy, vague shadow."
When Luo Jiuli heard this, he was shocked, dumbfounded, and had various complicated emotions.
After almost pausing for a moment, he walked to the table without any hesitation, poured out the water in the tea cup, and then took out the scalpel from the medicine box.
He rolled up his sleeves, gritted his teeth, raised the knife and quickly made a cut on his wrist.
Blood came out all of a sudden, and she quickly caught it with a tea cup.
Tick tock! Tick tock!
The sound of blood falling into the tea cup was particularly heartbreaking in this silent room.
"Luo Jiuli, what are you doing? Are you crazy? You are hurting yourself. How did you agree to this king?"
Xiao Mingxuan's ear was very good, and he listened to the sound of the blade cutting through the skin for eighteen years, from the time he started practicing martial arts to when he returned to Beijing and handed over military power.
Countless enemies have died under his sword, how could he not know what Luo Jiuli is doing now?
What's more, the smell of blood gradually rising in the air made him want to rush over immediately.
"Don't move, don't waste my blood."
"You know, I am a female doctor, and I will put my own body first."
Luo Jiuli tried his best to control his vibrato, but his face was distorted by pain.
It hurts! It really hurts!
Fortunately, the teacup was not big, and soon half of it was filled with blood. She handed the teacup to him.
"Drink it."
Xiao Mingxuan did not move, clenching his fists with both hands. Not only did he have excellent ears, but his senses were also extremely sharp.