Although Chu Qianli was covered by a quilt, ever since Liu Jin entered, he had felt the terrifying pressure emanating from the depths of Prince Xuan's cold eyes. He absolutely dared not look around. Even when taking Chu Qianli's pulse, he cautiously touched her wrist only after the Prince extended her hand. As for her face, he could truly only see her face. If it weren't for him to examine Chu Qianli's complexion, the Prince would likely not even allow him to glance at her face. m..oΓg
This immense pressure could only be attributed to one reason: the girl beneath the quilt was undoubtedly naked. Her breathing was erratic, and her pulse was weak. Her complexion was deathly pale, and from her cheeks to her earlobes, there was a faint mark left by the Prince...
"Your Highness, she is injured, and you treated her... like this. She must have been in pain for a long time." After taking her pulse, Liu Jin immediately turned his back to the large bed, not daring to look again. He said, "If Your Highness truly intended to cripple her arm, why not simply chop it off? Why strike the same wound again and again?"
Liu Jin knew his words were disrespectful to the Prince. However, he truly could not bear to see such treatment of a delicate young girl. Feng Ye Xuan's eyes darkened, and he said displeasantly, "When did I ever strike her wound?" He knew Chu Qianli had an injury on her shoulder, but he hadn't expected it to be this severe. Yet, he had deliberately avoided her shoulder before. It was only because she desperately resisted that she injured herself.
"Your Highness, forgive my bluntness, but this wound has been injured at least three times, all by internal force."
"Who?"
"Liu Jin cannot answer this question. Doesn't Your Highness know yourself?" Liu Jin was one of the very few people who dared to speak frankly to Feng Ye Xuan. If it were Qing Ming or Leng Ji, they would absolutely not dare to voice such doubts. Were they not seeking death?
Feng Ye Xuan was not angry at this moment, only frowning in thought. The first injury to her shoulder must have been from Jian Wu Ying's palm. At the banquet tonight, Feng Ming Zhu said she had vomited blood in the back garden... Thinking of this, his heart suddenly ached again!
This damned woman, why must she be so stubborn? She was already so badly injured, why couldn't she show weakness and beg for mercy in front of him? He had no intention of hurting her; it was just that his anger had overwhelmed him, and his protective aura had accidentally leaked out, injuring her. However, he had absolutely not touched her shoulder wound. The person who hit her... His palm slowly clenched. Yu Ling Long. If Yu Ling Long was the third person to injure her, then who was the second? Could it be that someone dared to bully her at the Duke's mansion?
"Your Highness..."
"Speak!" Liu Jin was startled. He rarely heard such an angry tone from him. It seemed the Prince was truly angry this time. However, he himself was also one of the people who had hurt Chu Qianli; what right did he have to be angry? After mentally complaining, Liu Jin said, "Your Highness, Miss Li needs rest. I have some medicine here for external application, but..."
Seeing his extremely displeased expression, Liu Jin knew that if he continued to hesitate, the Prince might really kick him out. Liu Jin truthfully said, "I am a physician, and it is my responsibility to serve patients. I can also apply medicine to Miss Li's shoulder and even give her a massage..."
"You dare!" As expected, Feng Ye Xuan exuded a chilling aura, almost forcing him to roll out. Liu Jin dared not speak any more sarcastic words. He immediately jumped down from the chair and walked towards the outer room, not daring to delay for even half a second. The Prince might not know that his profound protective aura, if not careful, could truly injure others.
Quickly retreating to the outer room, Liu Jin said, "Your Highness, the massage technique is very simple. Use your warm palm to slowly push along the meridians, but it may take a longer time. If it can be massaged for an entire night..."
"Leave the medicine and you can get out!"
"Yes!" Liu Jin breathed a sigh of relief. He had wanted to leave quickly for a long time. Being in this room was simply torture. However, he became even more curious about the girl on the bed. He had never seen the Prince care so much about a girl... No, he had never seen the Prince care about any woman. Chu Qianli was absolutely the first, and the only one. Since he liked her so much, why were they arguing like this? And even talking about divorce?
Liu Jin left, leaving behind the massage ointment. Feng Ye Xuan sat by the bed, looking at the ointment with a stern expression. Did he really have to massage this damned woman all night? It was clearly she who didn't want him. Bringing her back this time was meant for punishment. He no longer wanted this damned woman! It was just to humiliate her. Why did it turn out like this in the end? And he had to apply medicine and massage her?
But this damned woman's complexion was truly terrible. He didn't know how badly she was injured; her face was as pale as paper! In the end, Feng Ye Xuan still lifted the quilt, exposing her small, rounded shoulder. Massaging her was not out of pity, but simply because he didn't want her to die too soon. Keeping her wretched life would allow him to vent his anger slowly!
... Chu Qianli had been sleeping very uncomfortably at first. But later, her shoulder felt a wave of warmth, and the gentle heat gradually dispelled the pain. She slept very soundly in the latter half of the night. She even had a very, very long dream. She dreamed of her life in the War Department, of how she had been soft-hearted several times and mistakenly trusted her senior sister. She also dreamed of the sarcastic smile on her senior sister's lips when she harmed her. Her senior sister had personally told her that she had also killed their master, and no one in the world knew. Her senior sister also said that over a decade of gentle care was merely to gain her trust...
Actually, Chu Qianli wasn't unaware of her senior sister's true nature. But after their master passed away, her senior sister was the only family she had in this world. She thought she could lead her senior sister back onto the right path, but she never expected her senior sister to be so malicious! In her previous life, she had trusted the wrong person. In this life, she didn't want to trust anyone at all.
The dream finally reached the point where she returned to the explosion site, back into a sea of fire. The scorching flames made her body feel uncomfortable. She thought she was going to die again. But just as she was about to die, someone reached out and pulled her...
"Princess Consort, you're awake?" Seeing Chu Qianli open her eyes, Xi'er looked overjoyed. Then, she became sad: "Princess Consort, you were injured so badly, why didn't you ever say anything? If you had told the Prince, perhaps he wouldn't have been so rough with you!"
The Prince had spent the night in the Princess Consort's room. When she came to serve the Princess Consort today, she saw that the Princess Consort's neck and chest were all marked by the Prince. The Prince... must have been very rough last night, otherwise, the Princess Consort wouldn't have fainted. Xi'er felt sorry for her just thinking about it.
Chu Qianli, however, frowned, her gaze slowly falling. In her dream, why was the person who reached out and pulled her Feng Ye Xuan? She opened her mouth, only to find her voice extremely hoarse: "Your Highness... where is he?"