Chapter 53: The Emperor Will Be Injured Too
Breathing a sigh of relief, Nian Yingxi looked at Xuan Yining, who was lying on the bed unconscious, to be honest, this Xuan Yining may be the most alternative emperor in Nian Yingxi's eyes, not only does his deeds be elusive, but he also does not follow the routine at all.
Although she didn't know what Xuan Yining was visiting the Nian Mansion at night this time, she was sure that the people who were shouting outside the face now must be arresting him, the emperor of Xuanguo.
'Knock knockββ! There was a knock on the door, interrupting Nian Yingxi's thoughts.
Exhaled deeply, Nian Yingxi deliberately sighed, slowed down and crossed to the door, "Who?" β
"Disturb the second lady to rest." The guards outside the door didn't seem to expect Nian Yingxi to go to bed so early, and hurriedly explained his intention while apologetically, "The Nian Mansion discovered the assassin late at night, and someone said that the assassin ran towards the courtyard of the second lady. β
"I see." Nian Yingxi thought for a moment, and then said, "I was also just awakened by your shouting, presumably your wanton search, the assassin didn't dare to come, if it's okay, just disperse, don't disturb my rest." β
"Yes." Although the leading guard was still a little worried, he didn't dare to disobey her words, and looked around the courtyard again, before waving his hand and shouting to the people behind him, "Go!" Come with me to the other side! β
Listening to the distant footsteps outside, Nian Yingxi breathed a sigh of relief, raised her hand and was about to wipe the fine sweat on her forehead, but she was stunned when she raised her arm, I don't know when, her palms have been stained red with blood, and those viscous liquids, rolling into beads with her movements, are constantly ticking and falling towards the ground.
As if thinking of something, Nian Yingxi suddenly turned around and walked back to the bed, without saying a word, she reached out and tore open the night clothes on Xuan Yining's upper body, that is, while tearing off the night clothes, Nian Yingxi couldn't help but gasp.
Under the faint candlelight, the sturdy white jade chest was covered with large and small scars, those scars were criss-crossed, and white bones were already visible in the deepest places.
For a while, those wounds hidden in the night clothes were presented in front of Nian Yingxi's eyes without reservation.
Looking at the coma again, Xuan Yining's handsome face that had lost its blood, where did Nian Yingxi dare to delay? Hurriedly turned around and opened the wardrobe, took out the ointment sent by Li Pei last time, and some scattered gauze, and returned to the bedside to do a simple hemostasis and bandaging for Xuan Yining.
Nian Yingxi was dealing with these fragmented wounds, while drawing an arc in her heart, these wounds were not caused by the sword, but more like scratches when she ran away or struggled, thinking about the scene when she first saw Xuan Yining in the secret room of the Nian family, Nian Yingxi couldn't help but secretly guess, could it be that Xuan Yining was in the secret room of last year's house again? But since he had told her that the main letters of fornication with other countries were in the hands of King Sinan, why did he take such a risky trip to visit the Nian family's secret room?
When the wound was almost treated, Nian Yingxi not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but wrinkled her brows again, because she saw that on Xuan Yining's left shoulder, there was an arrow feather, and the tail of the arrow feather had been twisted off by an external force, leaving only the head deeply buried in the flesh.
Taking a closer look at the broken tail of the arrow, Nian Yingxi's eyes tightened, the head of this arrow must be a barbed structure, otherwise it would definitely not be pierced into the flesh, and even the outer skin also appeared swirl.
Barbs, barbs, Nian Ying sighed happily, how is this good? In this era of all evils when you don't even know what a scalpel is, is it impossible to use a kitchen knife to cut the meat little by little, and then use your fingers to cut out the blade of the arrow?
Just when Nian Yingxi was at a loss, the sound of conversation suddenly came from outside the door.
"The master is well."
"Second Miss is in the room?"
"If you go back to the master, the second lady has already slept in the afternoon, and she should be there at the moment, and the slave maid has just come back from the kitchen, and she is afraid that the young lady will be hungry at night, so she ordered the kitchen to make some snacks."
It's actually a new year? Nian Yingxi didn't even have time to think, so she quickly pushed the gauze medicine scattered on the bed into the bed, then put down the bed curtain, went to bed with slippers, and pulled the quilt together, covering herself and Xuan Yining, as well as the piles of medicine bottle gauze, under the quilt.
At the same time, Qianqian pushed the door and walked in, put the tray in her hand on the table, and walked towards the back room, seeing that the curtains on the bed were still scattered, I was afraid that Nian Yingxi woke up and fell asleep again, so she couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Miss is awake?" β
"Awake." Nian Yingxi, who was lying on the bed, responded, pretending to have just woken up, got up and leaned on the bed.
"Do you want to get up, Miss? The old man has come to see the young lady. Qianqian said that she was about to step forward and lift the bed curtain.
"No!" Nian Yingxi twisted her eyebrows and shouted to Qianqian, who was walking towards her bed, "I feel a little cold, I don't know if I caught a cold when I was sleeping, Qianqian, you can directly bring your father in, and by the way, I will tell the kitchen to cook me a bowl of ginger soup." β
"Yes, miss." Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then turned around and walked out of the back room.
Taking advantage of Qianqian's turn to leave, Nian Yingxi pulled the corner of the quilt again, for fear of revealing a handful of Xuan Yining's hair or a piece of clothing.
In fact, she can find an excuse to let Nian Gengrong leave, but now that she has become the queen, it already makes Nian Gengrong feel incredible, and now that Nian Gengrong is making assassins again, if she closes the door at this time, I am afraid that Nian Gengrong will be even more suspicious of herself.
Nian Yingxi is not afraid that Nian Gengrong will deal with herself, but she is worried that Nian Gengrong will inform King Sinan of today's doubts and let him be on guard, if that is the case, it may be even more difficult when she wants to sneak into Sinan's palace to find those letters in the future, so for the sake of the overall situation, she would rather take the risk of seeing Nian Gengrong now.
Nian Gengrong walked into the back room, glanced at Nian Yingxi behind the bed curtain, his thick eyebrows were twisted, he sat down next to the chair by the window, and snorted coldly, "I really became a queen, and now I want to see you for my father, are you so embarrassed?" β
Nian Yingxi's attitude towards Nian Gengrong's cold words has long been commonplace, and she smiled, with a slight apology in her words, "Where did Daddy say this?" The daughter felt that her body bones were a little wrong, so she didn't get up for a long time, if it was usual, now her daughter is about to enter the palace, if she is infected with wind and cold and enters the palace with illness, if she provokes the emperor Longyan displeased, wouldn't she be punished with her father? β
When Nian Gengrong heard that Nian Yingxi was actually using the emperor to pressure herself, although she was very unhappy in her heart, she still had to pretend to be in awe on her face, "I didn't expect Xiaoxi to think so thoroughly." β
"Naturally, Daddy taught well." Nian Yingxi wanted to laugh after speaking, but suddenly saw the quilt next to her move, and in a hurry, she hurriedly reached out and pulled the quilt, afraid that Xuan Yining would wake up temporarily and suddenly get up and not understand the situation, so she couldn't help but lead the topic to the point, and no longer delay the time to go around the bend with Nian Gengrong, "I don't know what happened to my father?" β
Of course, Nian Gengrong knew the gap between himself and Nian Yingxi, and now seeing that Nian Yingxi asked directly, he didn't bother to go around the bend again, sorted out the draft he had made in his heart before he came, stared at the bed curtain that was driven by the wind from time to time, and said, "The palace is not as good as your own home, and you have to rely on silver and connections to take care of any big and small affairs, although you are the queen, but you are also the first to enter the palace, don't look at your noble status, but if you don't have extensive contacts and enough silver, you can't get a foothold in the harem......"
Listening to these ear-grinding clichΓ©s, Nian Yingxi interrupted directly, "So what does Daddy want to say?" She just touched Xuan Yining's pulse, there had been a slight fluctuation, it is estimated that she will wake up soon, if she goes on like this ink according to Nian Gengrong, I am afraid it will be enough time for Xuan Yining to faint again after she wakes up.
Nian Gengrong didn't expect Nian Yingxi to be so arrogant, and was about to reach out and slap the table angrily, but after thinking about it, he finally withdrew his arm, after all, he came to talk to Nian Yingxi about the conditions, if he was angry first, this matter would not be able to be discussed.
Lowering his voice a little, Nian Gengrong almost hummed the cold air out of his nose, and said again, "Although I haven't been interested in you since I was a child, but you are the daughter of my Nian family after all, and now that you are about to enter the palace, how can I ignore it?" As soon as the words changed, Nian Gengrong said in a deeper voice, "I can help you dredge your connections, and I can also give you enough gold and silver, but it's just ...... On the other hand, you have to record the big and small things in the palace every day, and when it comes to a fixed day, I will send someone to pick it up. β
"Heh......" Nian Yingxi smiled coldly after hearing this, but they are just using each other, so why talk about those ethereal family affections? Nian is more honorable, Nian is more honorable, you are really beautiful under this son, it is estimated that if it were someone else, I would like to make this deal with you, but it is really not rare for me to be young, because I can't believe you at all!
Retracting the thoughts in her heart, Nian Yingxi was about to refute and refuse, but suddenly felt a tightness around her waist, and then a pair of big hands flipped her hand in the quilt upward, and the person holding her wrist was quickly writing a 'quasi' word on her palm.
Nian Yingxi was surprised that Xuan Yining woke up but didn't make a sound and image, and at the same time, she was even more surprised that he would agree with Nian Gengrong's words just now, but she was surprised, but she didn't plan to do what Xuan Yining explained, thinking about it at the same time, she felt tired between Nian Gengrong and Xuan Yining, so she didn't do this thankless thing, and was thinking about pulling back her wrist to continue to refuse Nian Gengrong, but she didn't expect Xuan Yining to spread her palm again, and as if she knew her thoughts, she quickly wrote again, "Agreed, I will grant you a condition." β
Condition? Nian Yingxi was stunned for a moment, and then gently hooked her lips, this time she felt that it was not bad to agree to Nian Gengrong, although she couldn't look down on Nian Gengrong's conditions, but occasionally she was very interested in the emperor of Xuanguo.