Chapter Ninety-Three: Care
Helian Cheng looked at Uroran and was silent for a long time, and comforted: "Alain, I don't want to accept a side concubine for the time being, I know your generosity, but it will take time for the Huns to be unified, and now is not the time to enjoy themselves." ”
"Yes, I understand the great Khan's ambitions, but it is also very important to have children, otherwise who will take over the unification of the Xiongnu in the future?" Uloran continued to persuade.
"Alain, do you really want me to take a side concubine?" Helian City asked, his eyes fixed on Uloran, causing Uloran to bow his head.
"I ・・・・・・," Uloran couldn't say, she actually wanted to ask, "Great Khan, are you unwilling because of that woman?" But you can't ask for such words, and you don't want to ask for them.
"Okay, okay, it's really time to rest, there's still a lot of work to deal with tomorrow." Helian was reluctant to continue the conversation.
The weather has become colder and colder these days, and November in the grassland is already deep in winter, and I don't know how many times colder than the winter in the capital. Since Chu Xiangwan came to the Xiongnu, at this time of year, his hands would get frostbite. Speaking of which, it is because of the relationship between the queen mother, when Chu Xiangwan was tortured with a stick in the Cihe Palace, if it were not for the careful treatment of the imperial doctor, I am afraid that ten fingers would be destroyed, and the palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty will burn a hot charcoal basin to keep warm in winter, and all the clothes are wrapped in the neckline and cuffs with good fur, which is very warm. Therefore, Chu Xiangwan has never had chilblains on his hands. However, the winter here is dry and cold, and Chu Xiangwan is a low-status slave girl, countless dirty work is waiting for her, and the frostbite on her hands is naturally going to come out. Zimiao Yan took pity on her hard work, so every winter he tried to let her work less, and took ointment to rub her, but in Tata, no one felt sorry for her, and her hands were soaked in ice water all day these days, and they were so red and swollen that they couldn't see it.
"Late slave, summoned by the Great Khan." Someone came in, Chu Xiangwan was washing vegetables in cold water, and when she heard this, she straightened up and silently followed out.
Since coming to this Tata, Helian City has not found fault for a day, every day it is either that her dishes are salty, or light, or the dishes are not good and can't be eaten, Chu Xiangwan couldn't help but want to ask several times: Why don't you replace me if the Great Khan is not satisfied? But after all, she didn't want to dwell on it, so she just endured it silently.
"See the Great Khan." Chu Xiangwan lowered his head and waited to listen to the reprimand.
"Today's food is too unpalatable, you make it again. Remember, you'll bring it yourself later, and if Ben Khan isn't satisfied, you'll have to keep it until I'm satisfied. Helian Cheng really started to find fault again as usual.
"Yes." Chu Xiang picked up the plate in front of the night and was about to leave.
"Wait!" Chu Xiangwan's hand was suddenly grabbed, the plate was unstable with one hand, and everything was spilled on the ground.
"What is the Great Khan doing?" Chu Xiangwan raised his eyes, wanting to break free.
"What's the matter with your hands? Has anyone tortured you? Helian Cheng suddenly noticed that Chu Xiangwan's hands were red and swollen, thinking that someone was bullying her.
"No, no one tortured me, it's just chilblains." Chu Xiangwan struggled, his hand was already very painful, and now he was pinched by Helian Cheng, and it was broken in some places.
"Since it's chilblains, why don't you rest well?" Helian Cheng realized Chu Xiangwan's pain, let go of his hand and asked embarrassedly.
"The Great Khan is joking, right? I'm just a slave girl, and I still have a lot of work to do, so please forgive me for quitting. Chu Xiangwan lowered his body and went to clean up the things that had been spilled on the ground.
"Leave that alone." Helian Cheng pulled her up again, and shouted outside, "Go and ask the archmage to come." ”
"It's just a little chilblains, I've long been used to it, and I don't sweat a lot." Chu Xiangwan turned around to leave.
"You sit here for me, and I'm not allowed to go anywhere." Helian Cheng suddenly roared, startling Chu Xiangwan.
The archmage soon arrived, and as soon as he entered the tent, he thought that Helian Cheng was injured, and he forgot to glance nervously, and then saw Chu Xiangwan sitting on the side, so he saluted: "What is the matter with the Great Khan looking for me?" ”
"You show her hands." Helian Cheng pointed at Chu Xiangwan.
"Yes." The archmage lowered his eyebrows, raised Chu Xiangwan's hand, looked at it carefully, and said, "It's chilblains, it doesn't matter, just apply some medicinal powder and rest for a few days." The archmage took out a bottle of medicinal powder from his cuff and prepared to give Chu Xiang the evening medicine.
"Okay, you put down the medicine and go back." Helian Cheng said.
The archmage glanced at the two of them and quietly withdrew.
Chu Xiangwan waited for a long time and didn't see Helian Cheng give her the medicine, and she couldn't step forward to grab the bottle in Helian Cheng's hand, so she got up and said, "Great Khan, can you give me the medicine?" ”
Helian Cheng came back to his senses and said: "The knife many years ago, are you ・・・・・・" The following words did not continue, Helian Cheng remembered the knife that Chu Xiangwan blocked for the emperor when he assassinated him that day, but he didn't know what he wanted to ask.
"If that knife had killed me at that time, I wouldn't have become the Great Khan's slave girl now, would I?" Before mentioning it, Chu Xiangwan also felt like a world away.
"Yes, so the fate of people is very strange." There is something in Helian City's words.
"I'm afraid I can't talk about the word fate between me and the Great Khan." Chu Xiangwan retorted.
"Indeed, it is hatred, not fate." Helian Cheng was very unhappy when he said this, so he dragged Chu Xiangwan's hand over and sprinkled the medicine powder on Chu Xiangwan's hand.
"Hey," the medicinal powder was applied directly to the wound, and the stimulating feeling made Chu Xiangwan tremble, she retracted her hand and said, "Thank you Da Khan, I'll just go back and take the medicine myself." ”
"Don't move," Helian Cheng still grabbed Chu Xiangwan's hand, but this time his movements were much lighter, he was very cautious, but he said in his mouth, "This good gold sore medicine can't give you a little slave girl, if your hand is broken again in the future, come here to take the medicine." ”
Chu Xiangwan stared at Helian Cheng in confusion, his mood changed so fast that it was unpredictable. "Why?" Inadvertently, Chu Xiangwan blurted out questions.
"What?" Helian didn't seem to hear clearly, but only for a moment he replied, "Don't you know? ”
Chu Xiangwan turned his head, only focused on his hands, and did not speak again.
"Concubine Khan, why don't we go in?" Seeing this scene in the tent, Wu Luolan's hand in lifting the curtain loosened, so she turned back to her tent, and Yan Du followed her and asked.
Uloran didn't speak, just walked briskly to his tent. As soon as she entered the tent and sat down, Yan Du poured her a cup of tea, picked up the teacup, and Wu Luolan fell to the ground again, and tears flowed down her eyes.
"Concubine Khan, be careful of burning you." Yan Du was taken aback, and immediately stepped forward to check if Uloran had burns.
"He clearly said that she was just a slave girl." Uloran still had the scene in her mind.
"Concubine Khan, don't be angry, the Great Khan is just greedy for freshness."
"Really? I offered to take a concubine, but the Great Khan did not agree. ”
"This ・・・・・・" Yan Du hesitated, "Xu is the Great Khan and he ・・・・・・" said for a long time, and Yan Du didn't think of any more reason.
"You really like it, don't you?" Wu Luolan herself said this answer, Helian Cheng's caring eyes were invisible to others, but she could see it clearly.
"Slaves deserve to die." Yan Du knelt down.
"Get up and get the archmage in the evening." Uloran stared at the tent in a daze.