Chapter 1964: Chapter 979: Husband and Wife in Unison (Xinyang vs. Xiao Ji Special)
During this time, he made several attempts to speak, probably wanting to say something, but each time the cough stifled his words.
Princess Xinyang could already guess what he wanted to say— “You’re still scheming against me even when I’m , Qin Fengwan. You’re a beast.”
Thinking of his failed attempt to tease her, Princess Xinyang felt a bit like laughing.
But when she lit the fire stick to examine his wounds, her laughter completely fled.
His injuries were too severe, far worse than she had imagined.
Earlier, he had quickly grabbed her hand and provoked her verbally, but in reality, it was to prevent her from touching the wound on his waist.
The flesh had split open, blood was flowing profusely, and the bone was visible deep inside.
But this wasn’t his only wound; some were visible, while others were undetermined, with whole patches covered in thick blood.
The scene before her was truly alarming.
“How did you… get so injured?” she forced herself to stay calm, yet her voice still conveyed an uncontrolled tremor.
Xiao Ji hesitated for a moment, but eventually spoke truthfully: “They captured Xiao En and Xiao Ze.”
The trap was originally set for the brothers, but he had risked his life to pull them up, at the cost of falling down himself.
Princess Xinyang couldn’t accuse him of recklessness, as Xiao En and Xiao Ze were also his sons.
“How are Xiao En and Xiao Ze?” she asked.
He leaned his head against the wall behind him and sighed, “Captured by the Dongyi people.”
Princess Xinyang analyzed, “Dongyi people captured them to threaten you. But since you’re nowhere to be found, they don’t know your stance, so they probably won’t harm Xiao En and Xiao Ze for now.”
“Cough, cough!” Xiao Ji coughed up more blood.
Princess Xinyang hurried to get a handkerchief to wipe the blood, but unexpectedly found two bottles of medicine in her pouch.
She didn’t recall carrying these two types of medicine, but she recognized them. They were Jiaojiao’s secret formula: the jade bottle contained wound medicine, and the white bottle was an internal medicine with anti-inflammatory and blood-stopping effects.
She had seen Jiaojiao using these medicines for Xiao Ji when he was recuperating at Bishui Alley.
It must have been Long Yi who slipped them into her pouch when he tossed down her clothes.
Overjoyed, she removed the cork of the white bottle, poured out two brown pills, and fed them to his mouth: “Take the medicine first.”
She remembered that this was the proper dosage. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚫𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⚫𝘯𝘦𝘵
Xiao Ji didn’t take the pills; instead, he frowned at her hand.
Her palms and edges were all scraped, quite unlike the royal princess, who apart from carrying Ahen out of the fire, had never suffered such injuries.
“Hurry up and eat it. Why are you dawdling?” Princess Xinyang urged.
When conjuring something from nothing, he was the sharpest talker, but upon seeing genuine evidence of her deep feelings, he stopped teasing her entirely.
He silently ingested the medicine.
Princess Xinyang stored away the white bottle and then opened the jade bottle containing wound medicine.
“Wait,” he said, “This medicine seems expired.”
“It is, it smells off.”
“How is it off? Long Yi gave it to me; it wouldn’t be expired. If you don’t believe me, let me apply it and show you.” With that, she uncorked the bottle, and with her fingertip dipped in the medicine, she applied it to her scrape, “No redness, no swelling!”
Xiao Ji sneered, “You can’t tell from such rough hands, try it on the knee.”
“Such nitpicking.” Princess Xinyang pulled up her pant leg and smeared a thin layer of wound medicine on her knee’s scrape, “It’s not expired; it’s good medicine!”
Xiao Ji watched her adequately cover all relevant areas before responding with a dry “Oh.”
Princess Xinyang realized belatedly that she’d been tricked with the already limited supply of medicine.
Xiao Ji snatched the medicine bottle with an expression of disdain, “You use too much force, let me do it myself.”
Princess Xinyang was just about to speak when he cut her off, “Turn away, and don’t peek at my body.”
Princess Xinyang: “…”
He blew out the fire stick.
Princess Xinyang clenched her fists: “I’m not looking!”
Xiao Ji: “I don’t trust you.”
Once more, Princess Xinyang: “…”
The wounds on his body were evident to Princess Xinyang at a glance; the act of removing the armor nearly took the remaining half of his life.
He bit down hard, withholding even the slightest groan.
Afterward, he applied the medicine to the reachable areas, leaving aside wounds that were too shallow or too deep – the former wasn’t needed, and the latter wouldn’t help.
Princess Xinyang waited for quite a while before asking suspiciously, “Are you done yet? Do you need any help?”