Edited: 11.15.2023
Ye Zi didn’t answer. He tightened his fingers on the tree trunk and his eyes drifted to the side as if nothing had happened, but he didn’t dare to look at Gu Yan.
Gu Yan could feel an oncoming headache from all this anger.
If it had been before, he might not have been able to see what was wrong with Ye Zi.
But ever since last time, when Ye Zi secretly pulled off his leaves for his medicine and had been low-spirited for more than half a month, he could already tell what exactly had happened.
Did this person think he was stupid?
Ye Zi’s recovery ability was excellent. Even if he hadn’t slept for five days and five nights, he could still recover fully with just a night’s rest. But it won’t be the case after hurting his vitality.
When Ye Zi’s vitality was damaged and his spirit was low, Gu Yan had to use a lot of tonics and forced Ye Zi to recuperate in the manor for half a month before he fully regained his energy.
“Ye Zi.” Gu Yan’s voice sank and for the first time, his tone carried a hint of anger: “What did I say to you earlier?”
Ye Zi knew he was in the wrong. He subconsciously took a step back when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his calf. He hissed and held onto the tree trunk to barely avoid falling.
Gu Yan was startled. He couldn’t afford to be angry with him as he walked forward hurriedly: “What’s wrong?”
“It hurts……” Ye Zi spoke in a low voice. Lifting the hem of his clothes, the fabric on his pants was already stained red.
Gu Yan’s breathing was stagnant and he carefully helped him sit down. Uncovering the fabric, he noticed his slender and pale calf had been scratched by a sharp arrow, leaving a long and deep bloody mark.
He was probably accidentally injured when they were dodging just now, but Ye Zi was too nervous to notice it before. It wasn’t until he relaxed that he felt the pain to be unbearable.
Gu Yan’s eyes darkened as he said in a low voice: “I’ll help you clean the wound. It may hurt a little, so bear with it.”
Ye Zi nodded. Gu Yan tore off a small piece of fabric and dipped some water from the canteen he brought with him to clean his wound. Ye Zi winced in pain, but he didn’t dare to move as his eyes began to water.
As Gu Yan raised his eyes to look at him, his action softened: “Now you know it hurts? Who told you to……If you were fine, you would have been able to avoid those arrows with your skill.”
Seeing that Gu Yan was really angry this time, Ye Zi pursed his lips and obediently admitted his mistake: “Zicheng, I was wrong, don’t be angry.”
Gu Yan carefully wiped his wounds for him and uttered coldly: “How can I not be angry when you’re like this?”
Ye Zi grabbed the hem of his clothes and explained in a low voice: “I just wanted to help you. I know you’re apprehensive. If there was something wrong with the medicine given by Sixth Imperial Uncle, or if Dr. Pei made any blunders when formulating the cure, putting the patient who tried the medicine in danger, it would definitely weigh on your heart. So I…….”
Gu Yan said: “So you gave your leaves to A Chu?”
Ye Zi nodded imperceptibly.
“You——”
Seeing that Gu Yan was about to get angry again, Ye Zi hurriedly said: “It’s because I was worried that he wouldn’t agree. If I gave him another method that would definitely save her, even if a problem arises with the cure, he would still be able to save his mother’s life. Only in this way can he feel at ease accepting the trial medicine.”
Gu Yan cleaned the area around the wound, tore off a small piece of clothing, and bandaged it carefully: “Even if you tell him this, he won’t believe how precious your leaves are. Why are you doing this?”
“Whether he believes it or not is up to him, but whether I give it to him or not is up to me.” Ye Zi lowered his eyes and watched his movements, curving the corners of his mouth, “I know, if it were you, you would definitely do the same.”
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Gu Yan’s movements paused. He suppressed the anger in his heart and softened his voice a bit: “A Zi, how many times have I told you, just leave things here to me. I understand that you’re worried about me, but you should know that no matter what, the last thing I want is for you to get hurt.”
Ye Zi retorted in a low voice: “It’s also……not really a grave injury. It’s only a small injury and at most, I will recover tomorrow. I……”
Gu Yan looked up and glared at him.
Ye Zi felt guilty from his look and the words that came to his mouth immediately changed: “My feet hurt so much, I can’t walk anymore. Your Majesty, can you……”
He didn’t finish his words and raised both arms towards Gu Yan, smiling at him curtly.
He wanted to be held.
Ye Zi had a cute and pleasing appearance. Even with a sullen face, he didn’t look serious at all. When he deliberately pretends to be obedient, it could easily melt anyone’s heart into a puddle.
Gu Yan’s anger was instantly dissipated by this smile.
He accepted his fate and picked up the man. Being careful not to touch his wounds, he carried him on his back.
After failing to find any clues near the spring, Gu Yan carried Ye Zi back. Considering Ye Zi’s body, he walked slowly and steadily. As Ye Zi lay on Gu Yan’s back, he gradually began to feel tired and began to drift off to sleep.
Ye Zi rubbed his eyes, not daring to close them.
Gu Yan knew that he was sleepy after injuring his vitality. He tilted his head and said warmly: “If you are tired, take a nap. I’m afraid we won’t be able to arrive back before dark today.”
Ye Zi was sleepy, but still forced himself to say: “I won’t sleep.”
Gu Yan sighed and shook his head, saying nothing more to him. There was silence for a while, with only a few sounds of birds chirping and the breeze passing through the forest. Ye Zi was too sleepy to keep his eyes open and called out vaguely: “Your Majesty…….”
“What?”
Ye Zi softly said: “Your Majesty, don’t be angry with me.”
Gu Yan’s eyes moved slightly and he sighed softly: “If you can learn to take care of your own body, I won’t always be angry with you.”
Ye Zi instantly woke up a little: “So you’re really still angry?”
Gu Yan’s footsteps paused for a moment before he continued walking forward without answering.
Ye Zi buried his head into Gu Yan’s shoulder and nuzzled around coquettishly with a soft tone: “Zicheng, please don’t be angry, okay?”
“……This is the last time. I won’t dare to do it again, I promise you.”
“If you are still angry, just scold me a few times, just don’t send me away……I don’t want to leave.”
Ye Zi’s voice was getting quieter and quieter. Gu Yan looked back and asked him: “You’re afraid that I will send you away?”
“Mnn.”
“What on earth are you thinking?” Gu Yan smiled helplessly: “Did you think that I would secretly leave you behind while you’re asleep?”
Ye Zi shrank his neck and whispered to himself: “Who knows if you would, you’re so petty……”
Gu Yan didn’t hear clearly and asked: “What did you say?”
Ye Zi muttered: “Nothing.”
Gu Yan shook his head and coaxed: “I won’t be angry anymore, okay? You can sleep peacefully, I won’t leave you in the middle of the road.”
Ye Zi confirmed: “Really? Then you won’t send me away either?”
Gu Yan patiently responded: “No.”
Ye Zi grinned and leaned forward to kiss Gu Yan on the side of his face: “I knew you were the best. Now I can rest assured.”
There was no hint of sleepiness in this energetic appearance of his.
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows: “Were you pretending this whole time to make me feel bad?”
Ye Zi’s eyes flickered for a moment and he said sheepishly: “I……I wasn’t. I’m so tired, I want to sleep a bit.”
“You……” Gu Yan lost his temper from the anger. He didn’t say anything more and just carried the person on his back more steadily.
After coaxing Gu Yan out of anger, Ye Zi finally relaxed and realized that he was extremely tired. He no longer messed around and became completely quiet. After a while, he tilted his head to the side and fell into a deep sleep.
When he woke up again, the sky was already dark.
He could faintly hear the sound of running water and his breath was filled with moist water vapor. Ye Zi opened his eyes in a daze and realized that in front of him was not a familiar bedroom, but……a cave?
He was lying on a straw-covered stone slab with Gu Yan’s robe on top of him. A pile of firewood was lit in the open space in front of him and the dancing firelight illuminated the cave.
Ye Zi carefully sat up.
Where was he?
Where was Gu Yan?
“Awake?” A familiar voice came from the direction outside the cave as Gu Yan walked in unhurriedly.
Ye Zi was about to stand up when a sudden, excruciating pain came from his right leg. Ye Zi’s legs went limp as he sat back down on the stone slab.
“Don’t move.” Gu Yan walked up to him in two steps: “I just found some herbs for you and re-bandaged it. You must not get up now.”
Ye Zi obediently sat down on the stone slab and asked: “Where are we?”
“Still in the mountains.” Gu Yan answered: “Not long after you fell asleep, it suddenly started raining in the mountains. Seeing that the rain wasn’t letting up any time soon, I looked for a cave to settle in for the time being. Although the rain has lightened, it’s getting late, so we’ll stay in this cave for the night and go back down the mountain tomorrow.”
Gu Yan sat down beside him and took out a few fruits from his arms and placed them beside Ye Zi.
The outer robe that Gu Yan wore was now on Ye Zi’s body, leaving him in only a thin inner garment. He should have been traveling in the forest for a long time as his body carried a lot of moisture causing even the hem of his garment to be wet.
It was rare for Prince Rui to look so disheveled. Ye Zi looked at him intently and suddenly burst into laughter.
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Gu Yan raised his eyebrows: “What are you laughing at?”
“I’m laughing at you.” Ye Zi’s eyes curved and he wiped the water droplets on Gu Yan’s face with the back of his hand: “Who would have thought that the majestic Prince Rui would be trapped in such a damned cave and be this disheveled?”
Gu Yan: “Who is to blame for this?”
“Blame me, it’s all my fault.” Ye Zi Ye Zi admitted his mistake unequivocally, picked up a fruit, and bit down on it, leaving a fragrant aroma in his mouth.
To be able to find such a delicious fruit in the deep mountains where it had just rained, he didn’t know how far this person had traveled outside.
Gu Yan was born noble and had been pampered since he was a child. No one dared to disobey his words. But when he was with Ye Zi, Ye Zi felt that he was the more pampered one.
He didn’t know how many blessings he had accumulated in his past life to be able to meet someone like him.
Ye Zi took another bite and felt the sweet and refreshing taste spread into his heart, making it sweet as well.
“What are you staring at, is it not delicious?” Seeing him holding the fruit in a trance for a long time, Gu Yan turned his head and asked.
Ye Zi hurriedly shook his head: “No, it’s delicious.”
Gu Yan nodded, not saying anything else.
Ye Zi added: “Right, those people we encountered just now……were they sent by the person who poisoned the water?”
“Most likely.” Gu Yan pondered for a moment: “I think the mastermind behind this probably sent them there so that they are ready to attack those who pursue this matter.”
Ye Zi sighed: “Sadly, we weren’t able to find any other clues.”
“No, there are still gains.” Gu Yan said, “At least we can be sure that there is indeed someone who is secretly messing around. As for what to do next, let’s wait until Pei Ge’s trial medicine is done and the epidemic is contained before we think of another method.”
Ye Zi nodded, and after eating a few fruits, he started to get sleepy again.
Ye Zi yawned and rubbed his eyes as Gu Yan said: “Sleep for a while longer. When the sky is a little brighter, I will take you down the mountain. I don’t know if that feathered arrow you got hit with had poison, but I will bring you to Pei Ge to have it checked. Although you’re immune to mortal poisons, it will still cause some damage to your body so you must not be careless.”
Ye Zi didn’t insist anymore and fell asleep as soon as Gu Yan helped him lie back down.
The next day, Ye Zi was in a daze as he was carried down the mountain by Gu Yan.
Gu Yan carried Ye Zi to the courtyard where Pei Ge was staying. A Chu was sitting in the courtyard decocting medicine. Once he saw the two of them in such a sorry state, he hurriedly greeted them: “Your Majesty, what happened? Mr. Ye, he……”
Gu Yan didn’t say much and simply asked: “Where is Dr. Pei?”
A Chu busily answered: “Dr. Pei is in the room, I’ll take you there.”
A Chu helped Gu Yan push open the door. Pei Ge was busy by the table and seeing Gu Yan come in, he quickly walked over: “Your Majesty, what’s wrong?”
Gu Yan glanced at A Chu, who was stunned for a moment before quickly bowing his head and retreating, closing the door behind him.
Only the three of them were left in the room. Gu Yan helped Ye Zi onto the bed: “A Zi and I went to the mountain to investigate the water source and encountered some assassins. A Zi suffered an arrow wound, please look at him quickly.”
After Gu Yan finished speaking, he stepped back a bit, allowing Pei Ge to come forward and carefully remove the cloth wrapped around Ye Zi’s calf.
“……”
Pei Ge didn’t move for a long time. Gu Yan couldn’t see clearly what was happening in front of him and asked: “How is it? Is the injury serious? Was there any poison?”
“This injury……” Pei Ge hesitated for a moment and said with difficulty, “Thankfully Your Majesty came early, if it were any later…..”
Gu Yan was stunned and hurriedly asked: “If it were any later, how would he……”
Pei Ge pulled off the cloth on Ye Zi’s calf, got up, and turned his head to look at Gu Yan: “If it were any later, I’m afraid that this injury would be completely healed.”
The injury on Ye Zi’s calf had healed to the point where the smooth skin only had a faint red mark.
Edited: 11.15.2023
Ye Zi didn’t answer. He tightened his fingers on the tree trunk and his eyes drifted to the side as if nothing had happened, but he didn’t dare to look at Gu Yan.
Gu Yan could feel an oncoming headache from all this anger.
If it had been before, he might not have been able to see what was wrong with Ye Zi.
But ever since last time, when Ye Zi secretly pulled off his leaves for his medicine and had been low-spirited for more than half a month, he could already tell what exactly had happened.
Did this person think he was stupid?
Ye Zi’s recovery ability was excellent. Even if he hadn’t slept for five days and five nights, he could still recover fully with just a night’s rest. But it won’t be the case after hurting his vitality.
When Ye Zi’s vitality was damaged and his spirit was low, Gu Yan had to use a lot of tonics and forced Ye Zi to recuperate in the manor for half a month before he fully regained his energy.
“Ye Zi.” Gu Yan’s voice sank and for the first time, his tone carried a hint of anger: “What did I say to you earlier?”
Ye Zi knew he was in the wrong. He subconsciously took a step back when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his calf. He hissed and held onto the tree trunk to barely avoid falling.
Gu Yan was startled. He couldn’t afford to be angry with him as he walked forward hurriedly: “What’s wrong?”
“It hurts……” Ye Zi spoke in a low voice. Lifting the hem of his clothes, the fabric on his pants was already stained red.
Gu Yan’s breathing was stagnant and he carefully helped him sit down. Uncovering the fabric, he noticed his slender and pale calf had been scratched by a sharp arrow, leaving a long and deep bloody mark.
He was probably accidentally injured when they were dodging just now, but Ye Zi was too nervous to notice it before. It wasn’t until he relaxed that he felt the pain to be unbearable.
Gu Yan’s eyes darkened as he said in a low voice: “I’ll help you clean the wound. It may hurt a little, so bear with it.”
Ye Zi nodded. Gu Yan tore off a small piece of fabric and dipped some water from the canteen he brought with him to clean his wound. Ye Zi winced in pain, but he didn’t dare to move as his eyes began to water.
As Gu Yan raised his eyes to look at him, his action softened: “Now you know it hurts? Who told you to……If you were fine, you would have been able to avoid those arrows with your skill.”
Seeing that Gu Yan was really angry this time, Ye Zi pursed his lips and obediently admitted his mistake: “Zicheng, I was wrong, don’t be angry.”
Gu Yan carefully wiped his wounds for him and uttered coldly: “How can I not be angry when you’re like this?”
Ye Zi grabbed the hem of his clothes and explained in a low voice: “I just wanted to help you. I know you’re apprehensive. If there was something wrong with the medicine given by Sixth Imperial Uncle, or if Dr. Pei made any blunders when formulating the cure, putting the patient who tried the medicine in danger, it would definitely weigh on your heart. So I…….”
Gu Yan said: “So you gave your leaves to A Chu?”
Ye Zi nodded imperceptibly.
“You——”
Seeing that Gu Yan was about to get angry again, Ye Zi hurriedly said: “It’s because I was worried that he wouldn’t agree. If I gave him another method that would definitely save her, even if a problem arises with the cure, he would still be able to save his mother’s life. Only in this way can he feel at ease accepting the trial medicine.”
Gu Yan cleaned the area around the wound, tore off a small piece of clothing, and bandaged it carefully: “Even if you tell him this, he won’t believe how precious your leaves are. Why are you doing this?”
“Whether he believes it or not is up to him, but whether I give it to him or not is up to me.” Ye Zi lowered his eyes and watched his movements, curving the corners of his mouth, “I know, if it were you, you would definitely do the same.”
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Gu Yan’s movements paused. He suppressed the anger in his heart and softened his voice a bit: “A Zi, how many times have I told you, just leave things here to me. I understand that you’re worried about me, but you should know that no matter what, the last thing I want is for you to get hurt.”
Ye Zi retorted in a low voice: “It’s also……not really a grave injury. It’s only a small injury and at most, I will recover tomorrow. I……”
Gu Yan looked up and glared at him.
Ye Zi felt guilty from his look and the words that came to his mouth immediately changed: “My feet hurt so much, I can’t walk anymore. Your Majesty, can you……”
He didn’t finish his words and raised both arms towards Gu Yan, smiling at him curtly.
He wanted to be held.
Ye Zi had a cute and pleasing appearance. Even with a sullen face, he didn’t look serious at all. When he deliberately pretends to be obedient, it could easily melt anyone’s heart into a puddle.
Gu Yan’s anger was instantly dissipated by this smile.
He accepted his fate and picked up the man. Being careful not to touch his wounds, he carried him on his back.
After failing to find any clues near the spring, Gu Yan carried Ye Zi back. Considering Ye Zi’s body, he walked slowly and steadily. As Ye Zi lay on Gu Yan’s back, he gradually began to feel tired and began to drift off to sleep.
Ye Zi rubbed his eyes, not daring to close them.
Gu Yan knew that he was sleepy after injuring his vitality. He tilted his head and said warmly: “If you are tired, take a nap. I’m afraid we won’t be able to arrive back before dark today.”
Ye Zi was sleepy, but still forced himself to say: “I won’t sleep.”
Gu Yan sighed and shook his head, saying nothing more to him. There was silence for a while, with only a few sounds of birds chirping and the breeze passing through the forest. Ye Zi was too sleepy to keep his eyes open and called out vaguely: “Your Majesty…….”
“What?”
Ye Zi softly said: “Your Majesty, don’t be angry with me.”
Gu Yan’s eyes moved slightly and he sighed softly: “If you can learn to take care of your own body, I won’t always be angry with you.”
Ye Zi instantly woke up a little: “So you’re really still angry?”
Gu Yan’s footsteps paused for a moment before he continued walking forward without answering.
Ye Zi buried his head into Gu Yan’s shoulder and nuzzled around coquettishly with a soft tone: “Zicheng, please don’t be angry, okay?”
“……This is the last time. I won’t dare to do it again, I promise you.”
“If you are still angry, just scold me a few times, just don’t send me away……I don’t want to leave.”
Ye Zi’s voice was getting quieter and quieter. Gu Yan looked back and asked him: “You’re afraid that I will send you away?”
“Mnn.”
“What on earth are you thinking?” Gu Yan smiled helplessly: “Did you think that I would secretly leave you behind while you’re asleep?”
Ye Zi shrank his neck and whispered to himself: “Who knows if you would, you’re so petty……”
Gu Yan didn’t hear clearly and asked: “What did you say?”
Ye Zi muttered: “Nothing.”
Gu Yan shook his head and coaxed: “I won’t be angry anymore, okay? You can sleep peacefully, I won’t leave you in the middle of the road.”
Ye Zi confirmed: “Really? Then you won’t send me away either?”
Gu Yan patiently responded: “No.”
Ye Zi grinned and leaned forward to kiss Gu Yan on the side of his face: “I knew you were the best. Now I can rest assured.”
There was no hint of sleepiness in this energetic appearance of his.
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows: “Were you pretending this whole time to make me feel bad?”
Ye Zi’s eyes flickered for a moment and he said sheepishly: “I……I wasn’t. I’m so tired, I want to sleep a bit.”
“You……” Gu Yan lost his temper from the anger. He didn’t say anything more and just carried the person on his back more steadily.
After coaxing Gu Yan out of anger, Ye Zi finally relaxed and realized that he was extremely tired. He no longer messed around and became completely quiet. After a while, he tilted his head to the side and fell into a deep sleep.
When he woke up again, the sky was already dark.
He could faintly hear the sound of running water and his breath was filled with moist water vapor. Ye Zi opened his eyes in a daze and realized that in front of him was not a familiar bedroom, but……a cave?
He was lying on a straw-covered stone slab with Gu Yan’s robe on top of him. A pile of firewood was lit in the open space in front of him and the dancing firelight illuminated the cave.
Ye Zi carefully sat up.
Where was he?
Where was Gu Yan?
“Awake?” A familiar voice came from the direction outside the cave as Gu Yan walked in unhurriedly.
Ye Zi was about to stand up when a sudden, excruciating pain came from his right leg. Ye Zi’s legs went limp as he sat back down on the stone slab.
“Don’t move.” Gu Yan walked up to him in two steps: “I just found some herbs for you and re-bandaged it. You must not get up now.”
Ye Zi obediently sat down on the stone slab and asked: “Where are we?”
“Still in the mountains.” Gu Yan answered: “Not long after you fell asleep, it suddenly started raining in the mountains. Seeing that the rain wasn’t letting up any time soon, I looked for a cave to settle in for the time being. Although the rain has lightened, it’s getting late, so we’ll stay in this cave for the night and go back down the mountain tomorrow.”
Gu Yan sat down beside him and took out a few fruits from his arms and placed them beside Ye Zi.
The outer robe that Gu Yan wore was now on Ye Zi’s body, leaving him in only a thin inner garment. He should have been traveling in the forest for a long time as his body carried a lot of moisture causing even the hem of his garment to be wet.
It was rare for Prince Rui to look so disheveled. Ye Zi looked at him intently and suddenly burst into laughter.
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Gu Yan raised his eyebrows: “What are you laughing at?”
“I’m laughing at you.” Ye Zi’s eyes curved and he wiped the water droplets on Gu Yan’s face with the back of his hand: “Who would have thought that the majestic Prince Rui would be trapped in such a damned cave and be this disheveled?”
Gu Yan: “Who is to blame for this?”
“Blame me, it’s all my fault.” Ye Zi Ye Zi admitted his mistake unequivocally, picked up a fruit, and bit down on it, leaving a fragrant aroma in his mouth.
To be able to find such a delicious fruit in the deep mountains where it had just rained, he didn’t know how far this person had traveled outside.
Gu Yan was born noble and had been pampered since he was a child. No one dared to disobey his words. But when he was with Ye Zi, Ye Zi felt that he was the more pampered one.
He didn’t know how many blessings he had accumulated in his past life to be able to meet someone like him.
Ye Zi took another bite and felt the sweet and refreshing taste spread into his heart, making it sweet as well.
“What are you staring at, is it not delicious?” Seeing him holding the fruit in a trance for a long time, Gu Yan turned his head and asked.
Ye Zi hurriedly shook his head: “No, it’s delicious.”
Gu Yan nodded, not saying anything else.
Ye Zi added: “Right, those people we encountered just now……were they sent by the person who poisoned the water?”
“Most likely.” Gu Yan pondered for a moment: “I think the mastermind behind this probably sent them there so that they are ready to attack those who pursue this matter.”
Ye Zi sighed: “Sadly, we weren’t able to find any other clues.”
“No, there are still gains.” Gu Yan said, “At least we can be sure that there is indeed someone who is secretly messing around. As for what to do next, let’s wait until Pei Ge’s trial medicine is done and the epidemic is contained before we think of another method.”
Ye Zi nodded, and after eating a few fruits, he started to get sleepy again.
Ye Zi yawned and rubbed his eyes as Gu Yan said: “Sleep for a while longer. When the sky is a little brighter, I will take you down the mountain. I don’t know if that feathered arrow you got hit with had poison, but I will bring you to Pei Ge to have it checked. Although you’re immune to mortal poisons, it will still cause some damage to your body so you must not be careless.”
Ye Zi didn’t insist anymore and fell asleep as soon as Gu Yan helped him lie back down.
The next day, Ye Zi was in a daze as he was carried down the mountain by Gu Yan.
Gu Yan carried Ye Zi to the courtyard where Pei Ge was staying. A Chu was sitting in the courtyard decocting medicine. Once he saw the two of them in such a sorry state, he hurriedly greeted them: “Your Majesty, what happened? Mr. Ye, he……”
Gu Yan didn’t say much and simply asked: “Where is Dr. Pei?”
A Chu busily answered: “Dr. Pei is in the room, I’ll take you there.”
A Chu helped Gu Yan push open the door. Pei Ge was busy by the table and seeing Gu Yan come in, he quickly walked over: “Your Majesty, what’s wrong?”
Gu Yan glanced at A Chu, who was stunned for a moment before quickly bowing his head and retreating, closing the door behind him.
Only the three of them were left in the room. Gu Yan helped Ye Zi onto the bed: “A Zi and I went to the mountain to investigate the water source and encountered some assassins. A Zi suffered an arrow wound, please look at him quickly.”
After Gu Yan finished speaking, he stepped back a bit, allowing Pei Ge to come forward and carefully remove the cloth wrapped around Ye Zi’s calf.
“……”
Pei Ge didn’t move for a long time. Gu Yan couldn’t see clearly what was happening in front of him and asked: “How is it? Is the injury serious? Was there any poison?”
“This injury……” Pei Ge hesitated for a moment and said with difficulty, “Thankfully Your Majesty came early, if it were any later…..”
Gu Yan was stunned and hurriedly asked: “If it were any later, how would he……”
Pei Ge pulled off the cloth on Ye Zi’s calf, got up, and turned his head to look at Gu Yan: “If it were any later, I’m afraid that this injury would be completely healed.”
The injury on Ye Zi’s calf had healed to the point where the smooth skin only had a faint red mark.
