The atmosphere in the Xuan King's mansion these past few days had been incredibly somber.
First, Long Ziyue had been severely injured, nearly dying.
Now, the Xuan King had been carried back, and Chu Qianli and Liu Jin had been by his side all along.
It was said that he was undergoing some kind of surgery.
No one knew what surgery meant, but every time Miss Chu said she was going to perform surgery, it seemed she could truly save someone in critical condition.
Princess Pingyue had been awakened by her "surgery."
When Long Ziyue woke up, besides Dan Qing and the doctor, there was another person in the room.
Fu Long.
He was lying on a long bench not far away.
His face was pale, and he looked very unwell.
"Princess, you're finally awake!" Dan Qing's tears had been barely held back.
The girls of their Long Teng Kingdom were not supposed to shed tears.
But she felt truly heartbroken.
She had almost lost the Princess.
Long Ziyue opened her mouth, and the doctor immediately poured a cup of warm water, instructing Dan Qing to help her drink it.
After a while, Long Ziyue's spirits seemed to recover.
Having slept for three days and three nights, she was almost completely depleted.
Dan Qing helped her sit up.
She hadn't expected that after all the trouble, Fu Long still hadn't woken up and was still asleep.
"She..." After taking the medicine, Long Ziyue looked at Fu Long sleeping not far away, her face full of confusion.
Dan Qing lowered her voice, not wanting to wake him.
She whispered, "He gave the Princess a lot of blood... It was some kind of needle that Miss Chu used to transfer his blood into the Princess's body."
"I absorbed his blood?" Long Ziyue's eyes widened in shock.
How could she have been so muddled as to absorb someone's blood?
Was Fu Long so listless now because she had absorbed too much of his blood?
Long Ziyue instinctively touched her lips. How had she become a blood-sucking fiend?
"It's not what you think..." Dan Qing didn't know how to explain.
Long Ziyue didn't want to hear her explanation either. There were more important things than listening to explanations.
"I need to tell Ah Li, it was Chu Huaiyu, it was Chu Huaiyu... Chu Huaiyu is hiding her true strength, she's a bad person!"
Dan Qing's nose suddenly felt a sting of sadness.
Seeing the Princess about to get out of bed, she quickly helped her and gently pressed her back down.
"Princess, you just woke up, your body is still very weak. You can't move around. I... I'll ask Miss Chu to see you later."
"You must quickly tell her that Chu Huaiyu is not a good person, she..."
"Miss Chu knows, and besides, Chu Huaiyu is already dead."
"Dead?" Long Ziyue frowned.
After sleeping for a few days, how had everything outside turned upside down?
However, she had moved around a little just now, and her body felt extremely uncomfortable.
Her delicate eyebrows immediately knitted together.
Her chest hurt!
"My injury..."
"You were stabbed in the chest, and Miss Chu healed it for you. The wound was very deep. Princess, listen to me, lie down and rest for a while. Miss Chu will come to see you later."
However, Dan Qing didn't dare to say when this "later" would be.
Yesterday morning, the Xuan King was carried back, and since then, Chu Qianli and Mr. Liu Jin had been staying in his room, presumably to treat him.
Last night, Chu Qianli finally came, but she only hastily drew blood from Fu Long and transfused it into the Princess's body.
After that, she took the Princess's pulse, administered acupuncture, and attached her so-called IV drip before leaving.
Even the needle for the IV drip was handed over to another doctor to remove from the Princess.
Dan Qing helped Long Ziyue lie down and told her everything that had happened in the past two days.
After listening, Long Ziyue felt a surge of fear.
"Fortunately, I'm alive!"
At this moment, she was still a little shaken.
"If I had died, Ah Li would never have been able to clear herself of the suspicion of killing me, and Mother would not have let her off!"
Truly, it was a blessing in disguise!
Dan Qing let out a long sigh, feeling a pang of guilt. She said in a low voice, "I... I'm also fortunate... that I didn't do anything to truly harm Miss Chu, otherwise... I would deserve to die ten thousand times over and it still wouldn't be enough!"
It was also fortunate that she had no ability to harm Chu Qianli at all; otherwise, she would have made a terrible mistake.
"From now on, you must not be so impulsive again. What if you hurt a good person?"
"I understand."
Long Ziyue closed her eyes, and the breath she had been holding finally eased.
However, the Xuan King was seriously injured, and she still felt uneasy about his condition.
The doctor brought her medicine. After watching Dan Qing help her take it, he left.
Long Ziyue clutched Dan Qing's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Go and find out what the situation is with the Xuan King."
"Okay." In fact, Dan Qing was also very anxious.
Since the Princess had woken up and was in better spirits, she should hurry and gather information.
No matter what, the Xuan King and Miss Chu were both her benefactors.
Without them, the Princess might not have been able to... In short, she was very worried now.
After Dan Qing left, Long Ziyue looked up at the roof beams, her mood still heavy.
Asking Dan Qing to inquire was still not reassuring enough. She wanted to see for herself how badly the Xuan King was injured.
She also wanted to see how Ah Li was doing.
She heard Dan Qing say that Ah Li had been imprisoned by the Emperor. She wondered if she had suffered.
As she tried to sit up, she accidentally pulled on her wound.
Long Ziyue couldn't help but let out a low cry. She hadn't expected the wound to hurt so much.
However, this low cry caused Fu Long, who was on the verge of waking up, to suddenly open his eyes.
He sat up abruptly, his first thought being to roll up his sleeve.
"Ah Li, are you going to draw blood?"
Long Ziyue turned her head to look at him, a look of astonishment on her face.
This guy wasn't fully awake yet!
Fu Long quickly realized something was wrong. Ah Li was nowhere in the room.
Looking around, there was only himself, and... the awakened Long Ziyue?
The moment their eyes met, Fu Long stood up abruptly, instantly sobered.
"Princess, you... you're awake!"
She was really awake, she was finally, truly awake!
Fu Long hurried over, so excited he almost couldn't help but pick her up and spin her around twice.
He was truly too excited!
The Princess was awake, and he could report back to the Emperor.
The Long Teng Kingdom and the Bei Ming Kingdom would no longer have any chance of conflict! Ah Li was finally safe.
However, seeing Long Ziyue's still sickly appearance, Fu Long immediately reacted.
She had just woken up and was still very weak.
"I... I'll go call the doctor!" Fu Long wiped his face and turned to leave.
From behind him, Long Ziyue's weak voice came, "No... no need. The doctor has already... seen me and... I've taken medicine."
Had she been awake for so long? And already taken medicine?
How could he not know anything about it?
Long Ziyue looked at him and said hoarsely, "Can you... let me see your arm?"