Chapter 354 Patiently Coaxing Her

"She just took her medicine and went to sleep. What's wrong?" Lu Yuan asked.

Xie Qi also came out at this moment, "Zhizhi, do you have any good news?"

Ye Qi scratched his head, looking somewhat embarrassed.

This news is not good for their boss.

"Lord Shen has woken up."

As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yuan and Xie Qi's expressions both darkened.

"So fast?" Xie Qi couldn't help but mutter.

Lu Yuan didn't say anything, only calmly, "Okay, I'll tell her the news when she wakes up."

Ye Qi didn't know how to comfort his boss.

I originally thought I could take advantage of Lord Shen's unconsciousness to cultivate a good relationship with Princess Qinghe.

Now everything is ruined.

So all I could ask him was, "The imperial guards who besieged the Shen residence have been brought under control. What are you planning to do with them, Boss?"

After all, the Imperial Guards were numerous, and he dared not make decisions on his own.

"Imprison them in the imperial prison and torture them severely, without mercy. Those who refuse to confess should be killed on the spot, without reporting it." Lu Yuan's expression was cold and stern.

With Yan Wenhong dead, these imperial guards have no chance of survival either.

If they can find out his relationship with Xiao Yunheng through interrogation, they can convict him of a serious crime.

This time, he absolutely cannot let Xiao Yunheng turn the tables again.

Ye Qi's expression hardened; he knew that his boss was truly enraged this time.

I wonder how badly Princess Qinghe is injured.

He then remembered something else, "Yan Wenhong's corpse..."

He saw it by the tree not far from the entrance when he came in.

"Take him back to Kyoto, hang him upside down on the city gate, and let everyone see his fate." Lu Yuan exuded a sinister aura.

Although Xie Qi saved Jiang Zhi, he was still not satisfied with Yan Wenhong's easy death.

If he falls into his hands, he will definitely keep Yan Wenhong alive and make him experience all seventy-two tortures in the imperial prison, making him wish he were dead.

He then turned to Xie Qi and asked, "General Xie, what do you intend to do with the male members of the Earl of Zhongqin's household?"

All the men of the Loyal Earl's Mansion were exiled to the northern border to do hard labor, their lives hanging in the balance with a single word from Xie Qi.

Xie Qi sneered, "Don't worry, it's common for a few people to die from disease in the mine."

"Don't leave any future trouble," Lu Yuan warned.

"No need for you to say more."

Ye Qi couldn't help but shiver.

General Xie looked spirited and dashing, dressed in fine clothes and riding a spirited horse.

Although their leader was cold and stern, he was not a man who killed indiscriminately.

But now, these two have directly ruined the future of an earl's mansion in just a few words.

This made him realize something profound.

No matter what happens in the future, you must never, ever offend Princess Qinghe.

Jiang Zhi slept a very deep and long sleep, and when she woke up it was almost dark.

Although the wounds on my body hurt, they weren't as unbearable as they had been at the beginning.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Xie Qi and Lu Yuan's concerned faces.

"Zhizhi, you're awake. I asked the hunter brothers to leave you some hot porridge. You must be hungry after sleeping all day. Get up and have some."

Jiang Zhi nodded, confirming that her stomach was indeed empty.

Xie Qi pushed aside Lu Yuan, helped her sit up against the headboard, and then fed her the millet porridge that had been simmering over a low flame.

"I can do it myself." The injury on her arm wasn't serious, and she reached out to take the porcelain bowl.

Xie Qi refused, saying, "Look at the injury on your hand, you shouldn't move around."

She had bruises on her wrists and ankles from being bound, and although she had applied medicine, they didn't heal quickly.

Xie Qi blew on the porridge to cool it down and patiently fed it to her spoonful by spoonful.

Jiang Zhi's lips were still sore, and she would occasionally hiss, making it extremely difficult for her to eat.

After finally finishing a bowl of porridge, Xie Qi's personal guards, Wei Yu and Wei Shu, arrived, saying they had important matters to report.

Xie Qi glanced at Lu Yuan, told him to take good care of Jiang Zhi, and then took the bowl and went out.

Jiang Zhi noticed that Lu Yuan was staring at her and couldn't help but ask him, "What's wrong, Lord Lu?"

Lu Yuan cleared his throat. "There's something I want to ask you."

He didn't dare look into Jiang Zhi's dark eyes, and instead turned his face away to ask, "Do you have any other hidden injuries?"

Hidden injury?

Jiang Zhi thought for a moment and shook her head, "No."

"Don't feel embarrassed. We've already been intimate. You can tell me anything." Lu Yuan frowned, feeling that she was holding back some things from him.

But the thought of what she might have suffered filled him with unbearable heartache.

Jiang Zhi didn't understand what Lu Yuan was insisting on for a moment, and just looked at him blankly, "Really, there's nothing wrong. Xie Qi bandaged my leg injury, and other doctors have also checked it and there's nothing wrong."

She held out her wrist. "If you don't believe me, take a look for yourself."

Lu Yuan was convinced that Jiang Zhi didn't want to tell him, so he wiped his hands clean with a damp cloth, stepped forward, and said, "Fine, you told me yourself."

To Jiang Zhi's astonishment, he lifted the blanket covering her legs.

During the day, to make it easier to change the dressing and to avoid the frequent dressing and undressing being detrimental to the injury on her leg, Xie Qi did not put any underpants on her, only covering her with the hem of her outer skirt.

As soon as the bedding was taken away, Lu Yuan immediately began to examine it.

Jiang Zhi was startled and instinctively tried to shrink back. "Lu Yuan, what are you doing? I only asked you to check my pulse, who told you to do this?!"

But Lu Yuan had anticipated that she would try to dodge. He pressed down on her injured leg with one hand and used the other to skillfully probe inside, leaving her no room to resist.

Jiang Zhi tensed up completely, desperately blocking him from going further in.

"Don't worry, relax. I just wanted to check if you were hurt by that beast. If it hurts anywhere, just tell me and I'll get the medicine myself."

“I know you don’t want to talk about it, but if you drag this out, you’ll only suffer. Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.”

Lu Yuan patiently coaxed her, but his actions left no room for refusal.

Overwhelmed with shame, Jiang Zhi finally realized that Lu Yuan and Xie Qi must have misunderstood something.

She took a deep breath, wishing there was a hole she could crawl into right now. "Lu Yuan, stop! Yan Wenhong hasn't even had a chance to do anything to me yet!"

Lu Yuan stopped his probing motion, a look of surprise flashing across his face. "What do you mean by that?"

Jiang Zhi had to endure the shame and explain to him, "I injured him in the thatched hut and escaped. We fell into the waterfall together, but Xie Qi saved us in time. Although I was injured, I was not, and I was not violated by him."

As she spoke, her head drooped lower and lower, and a blush rose to her cheeks.

Lu Yuan was completely stunned, his hand remaining motionless as if he were petrified.

"Why aren't you taking it out yet?" Jiang Zhi urged in a low voice.

What if someone else sees us?

Lu Yuan then seemed to wake up from a dream.

Jiang Zhi's words sounded like heavenly music to him.

That's great, it turns out it was just a misunderstanding between him and Xie Qi.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and seeing Jiang Zhi's increasingly unpleasant expression, he realized how reckless his actions had been.

Lu Yuan's face showed a rare hint of embarrassment. Just as he was about to pull his hand back, Xie Qi returned, his voice filled with gritted teeth, "Lu Yuan, what are you doing?!"