Chapter 94: Anger

Xu Zhao fished out the towel from the basin and wrung it dry.

The towel soaked in hot water was still warm even after being wrung out. Xu Zhao first wiped the blood along the outside of the wound.

"Does it hurt?"

Shen Yu didn't know whether Xu Zhao was talking about the old wound on his back or the new wound she was wiping.

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

Apparently it had hurt before, Xu Zhao wiped it even more gently.

The handkerchief was stained with blood, one blood flower after another.

Xu Zhao washed the handkerchief with warm water over and over again, and wiped the wound over and over again.

In order to avoid embarrassment with Xu Zhao, Shen Yu decided to point the finger at Shen Lingge.

He looked at Shen Lingge unhappily, "What are you doing here?"

Shen Lingge shrank his neck at such an angry tone. It seemed that he came at a really bad time. Now he was being taken out on...

He said with a bitter face: "I just heard Deputy General Fang and others talking, and heard that the Grand Princess of Mobei Kingdom wanted to follow us to the Imperial City."

"Hmm?" Xu Zhao first asked in doubt, and then quickly recalled the historical content she had seen in her mind. At this moment, it was as if there was a book in her mind, and she could see the contents of the book in detail.

When recalling the subsequent story, Xu Zhao said with some self-blame, "Look at my brain. I was so busy telling you the content of the negotiation that I actually forgot about this matter."

"Nothing, just taking one more princess with me on the way back." Knowing that this was a hot potato, Shen Yu had no way of refusing this proton.

If they were refused, Mobei could naturally say that they were sincerely seeking peace and were even willing to send away the princess, but Yue Kingdom was unwilling to accept the princess. Then they would question whether Yue Kingdom was really willing to be friendly with Mobei.

"We clearly didn't want a hostage, so why did the Mobei Kingdom send us an extra princess?"

Shen Lingge had seen the letter Xu Zhao wrote to the emperor's uncle, which detailed what tribute he wanted from Mobei. After Mobei agreed to such a high amount, he also gave an extra princess. What did this mean?

Taking this opportunity, Shen Yu told him about the affairs of Mobei Kingdom.

"Do you know what the relationship is between this princess and the new emperor of Mobei?"

Shen Lingge had heard about this from the Grand Tutor in the palace.

"This eldest princess is the daughter of the Queen of Mobei. She is the same mother as the Crown Prince of Mobei and is the only princess of Mobei."

"As for the new emperor of Mobei, he was born to an unfavored concubine and can basically be said to be a nobody."

Even if he doesn't know the secrets of other countries' royal palaces, as the royal heir, he must know about the royal members of each country.

"That's right." Shen Yu was testing whether he had been slacking off in his studies.

"The eldest princess has a willful personality. She relies on the fact that she is a legitimate daughter and has a brother who has a great chance of inheriting the throne. She is not someone who is easy to get along with." Xu Zhao added.

Shen Lingge listened to Xu Zhao's words and thought silently.

The edge of Chen Yu's wound was stained with unabsorbed gold wound medicine residue, and Xu Zhao wiped it off.

After wiping it clean, he picked up the medicine on the table and sprinkled it evenly on the wound. He then picked up the strip of cloth that Chen Yu had prepared for him, and passed it from his right shoulder through the armpit of his left arm, not wrapping it too tightly to allow the wound to breathe.

"I saw that your wound had clearly shown signs of scabbing, so how come it opened again?" Xu Zhao asked in confusion.

As expected, he did not escape Xu Zhao's eyes. Shen Lingge felt guilty. He could say that he was worried that Xu Zhao would leave again, so he came back in a hurry and then rode a fast horse to open the healing wound again.

Of course it couldn't. Chen Yu coughed lightly and explained in panic, "I was too excited about winning, and I rode too fast, so it broke."

Because her back was facing Xu Zhao, she did not see Chen Yu's panicked expression.

After wrapping the cloth strips, Xu Zhao stood up and walked to the bedroom closet, and took out another inner garment with the scent of soapberry for Chen Yu.

Because he was worried that Shen Yu would move too much and reopen the wound that had just been wiped and bleed, he helped him put on clothes.

Shen Yu's body stiffened, and he said dryly, "I'll do it myself."

"Don't move yet. Be careful that the wound will open again. If blood flows out again, it will naturally wash away the medicine on the wound, and the medicine just applied will be in vain." Xu Zhao naturally couldn't help him do everything. "I'll put on this sleeve for you, and you can put on the rest by yourself."

Chen Yu nodded and let Xu Zhao do whatever he wanted with him. After he put on his clothes, he pulled his inner garment together and fastened his belt.

Although there is no distinction between men and women in front of a doctor, Shen Yu still feels that Xu Zhao has seen his body and his innocence has been taken away by Xu Zhao...

But he couldn't chase Xu Zhao to take responsibility for him. After all, she was just applying medicine for him out of kindness.

The wound on the back was in a delicate location, and it was difficult for him to apply the medicine so carefully by himself. In the end, he could only sprinkle it casually, using as much as he could.

"Ah! I understand," Shen Lingge, who was alone thinking about the reason behind Mobei's move, finally figured it out. He exclaimed, not paying any attention to the behavior of the two people in front of him.

Xu Zhao stuffed the golden wound medicine back into his sleeve. The design of the sleeves in ancient times was great, as it could hold a lot of small things.

The water in the basin had already turned light red, and the pink handkerchief was half submerged in the water. Xu Zhao did not take the handkerchief out of the water, but found a stool and sat down, "Tell me about it."

"The Seventh Prince is not loved by the Emperor of Mobei, and the eldest princess is so unruly. She must have bullied the new emperor who is also the Seventh Prince." Shen Lingge said with certainty, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"Why?" After all, there was a woman around, and it might be inappropriate to wear only inner clothes, so he took off the outer clothes hanging on the screen and put them on.

Seeing how conservative he was, Xu Zhao smiled secretly, fearing that Shen Yu would not be able to sleep well tonight.

Shen Lingge walked up to Shen Yu and confidently stated his reasoning, "Look, we all call her the eldest princess. According to the rules, when the new emperor ascends the throne, he will naturally confer the title to his sister as the eldest princess, but this eldest princess has not enjoyed any of it. I guess the new emperor doesn't like her."

"After the new emperor ascended the throne, he did not kill all of his brothers. The surviving princes were given titles and fiefs. An Ran took their mothers to the fiefs. Therefore, the new emperor is not completely an unreasonable person who kills innocent people."

"So, I think that even though the eldest princess is younger than the seventh prince, she has most likely bullied him. This shows that the new emperor is a vindictive person, and we need to be more careful when dealing with him."

Chen Yu nodded in satisfaction, he had made a lot of progress.

"The new emperor of Mobei sent the princess here with the intention of humiliating her. And the princess won't have a good life in Yue Country. You know, death is the easiest thing. Torturing a person is to torture her spirit."

“But isn’t he afraid that the princess won’t be able to bear it and commit suicide?” Shen Lingge couldn’t figure it out.

"In Mobei, the strong have always been respected. Only by living can there be hope. She will return to Mobei alive and drag her good brother down to hell."

Shen Lingge also agreed with this point, “It seems that on the way back, we still have to pay more attention to this princess.”