Chapter 137 Are You Worried About Me?
"No, no, this archer is too cruel. He put a barb in the arrow." Xiao Jiuyue tried to pull out the arrow and clearly felt resistance during the process. If he pulled it out forcefully, it would be dangerous.
"It's okay. There's nothing vital on the shoulder. At most, it'll bleed a little more." Jun Lie leaned against the wall. He had lost too much blood and had a fever. He looked very weak. He said, "Don't worry, just pull it out."
"Then, bear with it." Xiao Jiuyue reminded him, looking at the ground ivy beside him and handing it directly to his mouth: "Chew it up and it will stop the bleeding later."
Before Jun Lie could bite it, Xiao Jiuyue had already taken it back. She bit it directly into her mouth and said, "Forget it, just in case it hurts and you swallow it."
Xiao Jiuyue frowned and bit the ground ivy into pieces. Taking advantage of Jun Lie's shocked look, Xiao Jiuyue exerted force and pulled out the arrow.
Warm blood splashed on half of her face. Xiao Jiuyue calmly pressed the ground ivy she had chewed in her mouth on his wound. She then quickly put the ground ivy next to her into her mouth and bit it until the juice came out. She then quickly pressed it on his wound.
A series of movements, quick and neat, blood slid down her face, she didn't even blink, pulled up her dress, tore off a few strips of cloth and put them on his shoulders, wrapping them directly around his wound.
"Why are you looking at me?" Xiao Jiuyue bandaged his wound and put on his outer robe. "I'm not taking off your clothes to take advantage of you. I'm bandaging your wound."
"Yeah." Jun Lie leaned against the wall. When Xiao Jiuyue was bandaging his wound just now, her focused and serious expression made him forget the pain.
"Don't you feel any pain at all? You didn't make a sound, you're a real man." Xiao Jiuyue gave him a thumbs up, and his words were full of admiration. If it were someone else with that arrow wound, they would probably scream out loud, but Jun Lie didn't say a word.
If it weren't for the beads of sweat oozing from Jun Lie's forehead, she would have thought that the injured person was not him at all.
"How did you fall from up there?" Jun Lie asked, changing the subject.
Xiao Jiuyue got angry when she thought of this. She curled her lips and said, "Maybe I didn't check the almanac before going out." She had obviously jumped out of the carriage in time, but who knew that the carriage would just jump onto the cliff. Fortunately, Jun Lie caught her, otherwise, she would have been seriously injured.
"By the way, what about you?" Xiao Jiuyue asked subconsciously. Only after asking did she realize his identity. She said, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."
"Maybe they discovered a secret that no one knows about, and the other party wants to kill them to silence them?" Jun Lie chuckled. In the forest where wolves were howling and the firewood in the fire was crackling, he picked up a handkerchief and wanted to wipe the blood off her face.
"We didn't even check the almanac before going out. Where is Guo Sheng?" Xiao Jiuyue wanted to take the handkerchief and wipe the blood off her face. She thought of Guo Sheng who was always noisy and followed Jun Lie.
Jun Lie didn't answer but asked, "Do you care about him?"
Xiao Jiuyue raised her eyes: "He wouldn't be unaware of your accident, right? If this goes on for a long time, what should we do?"
"When it gets light, we can leave here." Jun Lie cleared his throat and asked, "How do you know this herb can stop bleeding?"
"As the doctor said, now that we're in Hongdu, we can't have a doctor at home like we did in Shengjing. We have to find ways to treat headaches and fevers ourselves." Xiao Jiuyue sighed.
Jun Lie looked at her frowning brows and said, "One day, the Xiao family will be vindicated."
"Do you think so too?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at him with sparkling eyes, and then thought of Jun Lie's identity. Although he was a prince, he was not as good as the crown prince in having a prominent maternal family, nor as good as the second prince who had a noble concubine as his biological mother. Jun Lie, who grew up in the cold palace, still had an embarrassing identity.
"Justice is clear, and there will always be a day when the injustice will be redressed." Xiao Jiuyue added, her stomach growling. She touched her stomach awkwardly and took out the snacks that the beautiful mother had hung in the purse around her waist.
"Great! It didn't fall off." Xiao Jiuyue handed over the auspicious cloud-patterned jujube paste pastry. "Even though it won't fill my stomach, at least it can fill my stomach."
The white jujube paste pastry has a red auspicious cloud pattern in the center, which looks auspicious and festive.
"This is something my mother painted herself. You can eat it." Xiao Jiuyue explained, stuffing it directly into Jun Lie's hand. "My mother is very skillful. Whenever she makes jujube paste pastry, she likes to make it in the shape of auspicious clouds. She says it means to put good fortune into your stomach!"
"It tastes sweet and sour. Is it okay for Your Highness the Third Prince to eat?" Xiao Jiuyue ate it in small bites. Fortunately, her beautiful mother liked to cook for her, and Luo Kui liked to hang it around her waist. Otherwise, she would probably have nothing to eat now.
"Mother, do you always make this style?" Jun Lie asked when he saw the jujube paste pastry with auspicious cloud pattern again.
"Yes." Xiao Jiuyue nodded and bit the date paste pastry bit by bit, which made her rumbling stomach feel a lot better.
"Are you bringing this with you when you enter the palace?" Jun Lie asked.
Xiao Jiuyue looked up blankly, and the memories of the original owner jumped into her heart. She said, "As I recall, every time I entered the palace, my mother would always give me a few snacks."
Maybe it’s because she likes to eat date paste pastry the most, so she always stuffs it with date paste pastry.
Jun Lie looked at her, the pile of firewood was jumping, his face was burning, and the wound on his shoulder behind him seemed to be numb from the pain. The Xiao Jiuyue in front of him seemed to overlap with the chubby little girl in his childhood.
"Here you go." The chubby little hand pinched a piece of jujube paste cake and handed it to him.
A piece of jujube paste pastry, not even the size of a palm, was eaten up even though Xiao Jiuyue ate slowly. Noticing Jun Lie's gaze, she raised her eyes and looked at Jun Lie with deep eyes. She couldn't help but ask, "Third Prince, don't you like it?"
Jun Lie didn't say anything and stuffed the date paste cake into his mouth.
The speed was so fast that Xiao Jiuyue was speechless. Since she had given it away, she would not take it back. Was there any need to stuff it into her mouth like this?
"Do you need help?" Jun Lie asked.
You, a clay Buddha, can't even save yourself when crossing the river.
Xiao Jiuyue complained inwardly, but said with a smile, "No need, they are probably just some scoundrels. Third Prince, I'll go change the handkerchief."
Xiao Jiuyue swallowed and looked at the blood-stained handkerchief she had used to wipe the wound. She got up and went outside to wash the handkerchief.
I’m hungry!
Xiao Jiuyue went to the stream, washed the bloody handkerchief, and drank a few sips of the clean stream water. Since there was no food, he might as well drink some water.
When she ran back, she saw Jun Lie craning his neck to look out. She couldn't help but jokingly said, "Third Prince, you're not worried about me, are you?"
Jun Lie looked at her with a dark gaze. Seeing her playful smile, he slowly closed his eyes, startling Xiao Jiuyue. "Third Prince, I, I was just joking."
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"Third Prince?" No matter how Xiao Jiuyue called him, he didn't respond. She walked forward anxiously and checked his breathing. Only when she confirmed that he was fine did she feel relieved. She touched his forehead which was terribly hot, and took the handkerchief that she had just wet and put it on his forehead.
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