Chapter 71 I don’t care, you fool, I just lied to you
After Xie Heng prepared the medicine, he came over and kissed her, and undressed her until the wound was completely exposed.
There was absolutely no room for her to refuse.
"I think my wife wouldn't lie. If she says the wound hasn't healed yet, then it must not be healed yet." He placed the medicine on the wound and applied it slowly.
The ointment felt slightly cool when it touched her, but was quickly melted by the body heat of both of them.
"Although your injury looks fine on the surface, you're still complaining of pain. There must be some unhealed area inside that you can't reach. I'll help you get the medicine in..."
He supported his hands on both sides of her body, lowered his head to look at the place where the medicine was applied, and pushed the medicine in little by little.
His movements were slow and gentle, for fear of accidentally hurting her again.
It has come to this point. Shen Yunshu knew that she couldn't escape tonight, so she could only relax and accept his "kindness".
In this way, he successfully delivered the medicine deep into her body, and his eyes finally moved to her face.
"My lady, does it still hurt?"
Shen Yunshu had just lied to him, and he was so gentle and careful this time, so of course it didn't hurt.
Seeing her shake her head, Xie Heng resisted the urge to run and probed, "What about here? Does it still hurt?"
Shen Yunshu still shook her head.
The arms supported on both sides were stretched straight, the lines on the arms were clearly undulating, and they trembled slightly as his waist and back gradually sank.
"Doesn't it hurt here? What about here..." He asked every time he touched a new place, until Shen Yunshu couldn't stand it anymore, so she put her arms around his neck and hooked him down.
"Silly boy, I just lied to you. It doesn't hurt anywhere anymore..."
All the restraint and forbearance just now vanished into thin air, leaving only endless passion and love...
So the two of them didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night.
Although he was much gentler than that night, it naturally took longer to grind the meat with a slow knife and reduce the force.
From the end of the Xu hour to the nearly Zi hour, another two hours passed. He asked for water twice. When he wanted to do it for the third time, Shen Yunshu had to use the same trick again and said that she seemed to be in pain again. Only then did he withdraw the sharp weapon in disappointment, apply medicine to her seriously with his hands, and then hug her to sleep.
I slept for two hours and was woken up by his kiss again.
"My dear, please accompany me to Nanyu Courtyard today. Get up quickly and put on your makeup..." Warm lips fell on her face like a chick pecking at rice, and he said a word and kissed her.
Seeing that she still refused to wake up, he bit her again.
Shen Yunshu was woken up by the noise, groped and pinched his ear, and said: "Stop making trouble, I want to sleep a little longer."
She had never been a sleepyhead, and this was the first time Xie Heng had heard her say this: "I was wrong to have made you tired last night. When I get back from Nanyu Courtyard today, I will definitely not bother you tonight..."
In fact, Shen Yunshu was not really sleepy, she just made an excuse that she didn't want to accompany him to Nanyuyuan.
Yesterday, the Empress Chen Fei, who was in charge of taking care of them, came here and tentatively asked her if she wanted to go to Nanyu Courtyard with Xie Heng. If she wanted to go, she should submit her name.
Shen Yunshu knew that if they really wanted her to go, they would have made the arrangements long ago. Just notifying her would be enough, instead of asking her if she wanted to go when the time was right.
It's just a test of her thoughts.
She was sensible and said meekly that she was not feeling well recently and decided not to go.
Sure enough, the Empress Chen did not continue to persuade her, but only told her to have a good rest.
Seeing that she refused to get up, Xie Heng lay back down and wrapped his hands and feet around her dishonestly.
Shen Yunshu moved: "Stop making trouble, aren't you going to Nanyu Courtyard?"
"If you don't go, what's the point of me going alone?" His big hands skillfully untied the laces of her pajamas and slid in like a fish.
"Since His Majesty has spoken of this matter personally, wouldn't it displease His Majesty if you don't go?"
"Then I'll tell you I want to stay in the palace to study. I don't think Grandfather will say anything."
"This isn't the Pei Residence, and Your Majesty isn't Old Madam Pei." He'd used this excuse to fool Old Madam Pei when they'd refused to sleep together. Just because Old Madam Pei believed it didn't mean His Majesty would. "Go, lest others think you're staying here for my sake. That would be very embarrassing for me..."
"Okay then." He agreed with his mouth, but his body had not yet left. In just a few words, he had thrown all her clothes out of the quilt.
Shen Yunshu, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly woke up: "No, it's so early in the morning..."
He came closer and grabbed her knees. "My dear, I wanted to take you with me, so I woke you up two quarters of an hour earlier to get ready. Since you're not going, I'll have two quarters of an hour to spare..."
Quarter of an hour?
During these two nights, which time was it less than twenty-fifteen hours?
"Goodbye, there's no time."
"There's still time, I'll just hurry..."
Not only can a dog's mouth not spit out ivory, but what it says sometimes cannot be trusted.
They had agreed to stay for a quarter of an hour, and after a quarter of an hour, he was still holding her tightly. If time hadn't really run out, he might have lingered for who knows how much longer.
After finishing, he hurriedly got off the bed and dressed. Before leaving, he left a series of apologetic kisses on her lips: "Please forgive me, my lady, I didn't have time to help you clean up today. I came here by myself..."
"Stop kissing me, let's go," Shen Yunshu pushed him away, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "otherwise it will be too late."
After Xie Heng left, the smile on Shen Yunshu's face slowly faded. As usual, she got out of bed, took out a pill from her dressing table, and swallowed it...
*
In the southeast corner of the city is the Royal South Garden.
Xie Heng was extremely surprised to see his elder brother and Shen Youran here.
The court officials who came to this banquet were all of the fifth rank or above, so he was not surprised to see his elder brother here, but he did not expect to see Shen Youran as well.
However, he soon thought that officials of the third rank and above could bring one family member with them. Her father was the Minister of Revenue, so she must have come with her father.
"Your Highness..." Shen Youran followed his elder brother and called him like this.
Xie Heng felt uncomfortable after hearing this: "I still prefer to hear you call me 'brother-in-law'..."
"Brother-in-law," Shen Youran's emotions were a bit complicated when she first saw him, but when she saw that he was still the same as before, she immediately relaxed, "Brother-in-law, where is my sister? Why didn't she come with you?"
"She..." Thinking of the rare lazy side of Shen Yunshu this morning, Xie Heng's heart was filled with joy again. "She was tired, so she didn't come with me."
"Tired?" Shen Youran naturally couldn't guess the deeper meaning of his words. She was only concerned about her sister. "Why is my sister tired? Does she still need to work in the palace?"
"No, I didn't let her work."
"Then how did she get so tired?"
"I slept too late last night and I'm exhausted..."
"Why did she sleep so late last night? Was she worried about something?"
"Nothing's on my mind."
"Why do you sleep so late if you don't have anything on your mind?"
She was so eager to get to the bottom of this that Xie Heng couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Do you go to bed early at night?"
"Yes, I went to bed at 15:15 last night."
"So do you go to bed early every night?"
"..." This question stumped Shen Youran.
She certainly didn't go to bed early every night.
I went to bed early last night because I had to accompany my second brother to the South Imperial Garden to participate in the archery ceremony today. I had slept very late the nights before. As for the reason...
call out……
So, is that the reason why my sister slept late last night?
A flash of embarrassment crossed Shen Youran's face, and she fell silent. She quickly found an excuse to escape: "Well, my second brother has also been selected as an archer. I'm going to go see him..."
She lowered her head and ran away quickly. Xie Heng and Pei Huaijin followed her all the way with their eyes, but their eyes were different. Xie Heng's eyes only contained a simple smile, while Pei Huaijin's eyes were full of doting.
The archers were not far from them, there were more than twenty of them, all wearing purple loose shirts, yellow robes, long-legged hats, and headbands of the same color as their clothes.
In addition, their heights were almost the same, and for a moment, Shen Youran's eyes, which were not very clear, could not find his second brother at all.
"Second brother!" she shouted.
Unexpectedly, when the archers gathered together heard her voice, most of them turned to look at her.
Being stared at by so many people at once, Shen Youran blushed and lowered his head even lower.
Where is my second brother?
Shen Youran squinted his eyes to look for it.
Finally, a glimpse of red appeared on the wrist of an archer.
That was the red rope she personally went to the temple to ask for her second brother after he came back. It could ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and her second brother has been wearing it ever since.
The person wearing the red rope was also walking towards her.
It must be my second brother without a doubt.
Shen Youran walked over with his head down, grabbed the man's arm, and dragged him to a less crowded place.
The other archers immediately started to boo.
Shen Youran was still confused: She was looking for her second brother, what was there for them to make a fuss about?
While Pei Huaijin and Xie Heng were talking, they watched the third lady of the Shen family walk towards the group of archers with a depressed look on her face and drag out the sixth son of the Liang family.
Pei Huaijin: “…”
Xie Heng: "..." Didn't she say she was going to find her second brother?
The remaining sound was still there, but Pei Huaijin had already walked out.
Xie Heng immediately followed.
Shen Youran let go of the “Second Brother”’s arm and looked up: “Ah…Mr. Liang!”
Why is it Liang Xu?
Why was there also a red string on Liang Xu's wrist? Just as he was panicking, he heard his second brother's voice from behind him: "Third sister, are you looking for me?"
Shen Youran looked back and saw her second brother standing behind her with a bow and arrow in his hand, with the same red rope on his right wrist.
The subtle numbness in the arm that she had just gripped was still there. Liang Xu lowered his eyes and looked at the bewildered person, explaining, "I just heard you call me Second Brother, so I wanted to take you to find Second Young Master Shen."
"Oh, I see." Shen Youran said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person just now."
"It's okay, I'll go back first."
"Mr. Liang, take care..."
As soon as Liang Xu left, Pei Huaijin and Xie Heng came over.
Xie Heng, who was always bold and outspoken, teased, "What's going on? How dare you cheat on me right in front of Big Brother?"
Shen Youran stamped her feet and defended herself: "I didn't, I just recognized the wrong person..."
Pei Huaijin knew she didn't mean it, so he pulled her to his side: "Stay with me, don't wander around."
Halfway through the banquet, the archery ceremony that everyone had been looking forward to finally began.
Shen Youran sat at the end of the banquet, watching from afar as the emperor in a yellow robe held a carved bow and shot an imperial arrow. The arrow, with a sharp tail sound, cut through the sky and hit the target. All the officials and envoys at the banquet shouted "Long live the emperor".
After that, the archers from the archery team came on stage. They not only had to perform archery, but also had to compete with the archers brought by the envoys from foreign countries in archery skills.
Archers with outstanding performance will be rewarded with silver saddled horses, clothing, gold and silver utensils, etc.
Liang Xu was the second to come on stage.
The first arrow hit the bull's eye with such force that the target shook violently. Then two more arrows were shot in succession, each of which penetrated the bull's eye, causing everyone at the banquet to applaud.
His Majesty was very pleased and rewarded him with a saddle.
Shen Changyu appeared later. He was good at riding and shooting. Together with three other people from the archery team, he competed with several experts from the Jiang State. In the end, they narrowly defeated the opponents. When His Majesty was giving rewards, he chose an inconspicuous peep show.
The competition finally ended and the archery team's mission was completed.
Shen Changyu took the peep show and was about to go find his sister, but was stopped by a young girl.
The other person has a pair of delicate eyebrows and eyes, and when he smiles, he looks very beautiful under the winter sunshine.
"Sir, my surname is Jiang, and my father is the Imperial Censor. I want this peep show. Could you please give it to me? I'm willing to pay any price..."
Shen Changyu had just become a young master and had not read much, nor had he learned much about rules and etiquette. He could not tell the difference between high and low status. "What do you want this for?"
"I heard this thing can see very far away, I'm very curious..."
Shen Changyu was dazed for a moment because of her appearance, but his face turned cold because she wanted what he had in his hand: "What does that have to do with me?"
After saying that, he left the person there and left by himself.
By then, the emperor had returned to the banquet hall to rest, and the people at the banquet lost their previous restraint and scattered around the imperial courtyard.
There is a large lake on the west side of the Imperial Garden. Shen Youran followed Pei Huaijin for a walk here, and Xie Heng also rushed over from the banquet hall to find them.
"Why don't you stay in the palace with His Majesty for a while longer?" Pei Huaijin asked him.
Xie Heng smiled and said, "There are many people accompanying the Emperor, and I am no exception."
Your Majesty is on the throne, and several vassal kings are guarding their own fiefdoms. In order to maintain checks and balances, each vassal king has at least one son sent to the capital as a hostage, so Your Majesty is indeed surrounded by many imperial grandchildren.
Xie Heng had just returned and was favored by His Majesty, so he lived in the palace, which naturally aroused envy.
Those sons of the royal family of his generation excluded him openly or secretly, but he was too lazy to join them and decided to go out for a walk.
Soon, Shen Changyu also ran over to join them and handed the reward he had received to Shen Youran: "I heard that using this can allow you to see very far, you try it..."
Shen Youran took the tube-like thing and was very curious about it. He held it in front of his eyes and was finally able to see things three meters away clearly.
Not just three feet away, but even ten or twenty feet away...
She could see the words "Cui Run Xuan" inscribed on the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the bronze bells adorning the vermilion palace eaves, the slender branches of plum trees jutting out from the palace walls, and a few sparrows pecking at the cold grass on the rockery not far away. Someone leaned halfway out, bow in hand, his gaze fixed on the direction they seemed to be heading...
A chill suddenly rose, and Shen Youran pointed in the direction of the rockery: "Yes, there is an assassin!"
At the moment she raised her hand, the other party loosened the three fingers on the string, and the arrow flew off the string, flew over the treetops, and shot straight towards them.
"careful!"
“Big Brother!”
"younger sister!"
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