Chapter 336 Feeding Medicine
One day ago.
Wu Yu was engrossed in fiddling with his little Gu worm when he suddenly heard a painful groan from the person on the bed next to him. Turning his head, he realized that Xuan Yuanze had woken up.
She was a little stunned: "Your Highness, why are you back so soon? Weren't you going to pick up the princess for the marriage alliance?"
She looked at Xuan Yuanze, asking questions as she stood up and carefully examined him.
In fact, she hadn't even figured out the Substitute Gu before being forced by the Carefree King to use it on him and eight hundred elite soldiers. This kind of Gu, which had been lost for a long time, must have extremely strong aftereffects, such as the body rotting and decaying, and a person's memory and temperament changing drastically.
Sure enough, the scars that had healed after being soaked in the secret medicine reappeared, and not only that, they had increased in size, looking rather frightening.
Xuanyuanze didn't open his eyes, but suddenly sat up and spat out a mouthful of dark blood to the side.
This was the blood clots that the body had expelled during this period. Wu Yu wasn't frightened by the blood, but rather by his expression.
He opened his eyes, his pair of scarlet eyes staring straight ahead, his expressionless face making him look like he could eat people.
Judging from his appearance, he was clearly heartbroken. Wu Yu took a step back, not wanting to miss out on the drama, and said:
"Your Highness, I told you, you won't win a girl's heart this way. Even if your methods are legitimate and your reasons are justified, if she doesn't like you, she just doesn't like you, and you can't force her."
She had been through it all and felt sorry for the carefree prince.
However, there is a fundamental difference between the two. Wu Yu himself has long since let go of the past and doesn't care, but judging from Xuan Yuan Wang's stubborn appearance, he will probably have to stumble many times before he realizes it.
"I won't say more, so you won't get angry. What's meant to be will be, and what's not meant to be, you can't force."
The words had barely left his lips when the man on the bed uttered a single word: "Get out."
Without saying a word, Wu Yu quickly packed his things and ran away.
The man, shrouded in shadow, thought to himself, "It seems all my roundabout methods have failed."
After being kicked out, Wu Yu encountered an acquaintance again, Ren Shun.
Unlike Xuan Yuanze, his substitute Gu has an additional hypnotic spell, which allows him to temporarily forget his past memories and only remember the memories that Wu Yu hypnotized him with.
Wu Yu waved his hand at him: "Ren Shun? Do you know who I am?"
There was no part of Wu Yu in the hypnotic memories, so she wasn't sure if Ren Shun remembered it now.
"Get lost." The boy, his face cold, stiffly turned his eyes to stare at her.
Alright, looks like he remembered. He told me to get lost again, so Wu Yu grabbed the things and kept running.
These two are more inexplicable than the other. She doesn't even ask for payment for her help, and they act as if she owes them something. The Yue Kingdom will be doomed sooner or later if it falls into the hands of these two madmen.
No, Wu Yu stopped in his tracks.
She lifted her foot, glanced at the sticky, scarlet sole of her shoe, then turned back—
Along the long palace corridor, a lean and tall young man in black held a bloodstained longsword behind his back, the crimson blood staining the path.
Further ahead, it was clear that almost all the guards and palace servants of the Yue Kingdom's royal palace had died along the way, with a still-warm corpse every few steps.
Wu Yu got goosebumps all over her arm. How come she hadn't noticed at all!
The young priest grabbed his small bundle and ran away, not daring to stay in this terrifying palace for even a moment longer!
Qi army camp.
Whether to advocate for war, celebration, or a period of rest and recuperation, a group of generals argued for most of the day without reaching a conclusion. Qi Jun remained silent and did not offer any opinion.
This is clearly not something that can be decided in one discussion.
Qi Yuxuan brought in the medicine herself and saw him sitting behind the long table, with his personal guards opening the urgent memorials that had arrived from eight hundred li away.
Her entrance was quite a commotion; the guards immediately bowed and stepped aside.
The Crown Prince should take his medicine now, so reading the memorials will naturally have to stop.
Qi Jun glanced at him and instructed, "You go out first and wait for my summons."
The guard immediately responded and went out.
Only two people remained in the tent.
Qi Yuxuan placed the medicine bowl on the table, thought for a moment, then picked it up again. "Did my cousin call someone out? Does that mean I should feed you your medicine?"
Despite saying that, she had already scooped up a spoonful of medicine and brought it to Qi Jun's lips.
Qi Jun drank it from her hand, his eyebrows twitching slightly from the bitter taste of the medicine.
He couldn't even remember the last time he had taken his medicine.
He started practicing martial arts from a young age, and his body was stronger than that of ordinary military generals. He rarely even caught a cold. Occasionally, when he was tired from handling government affairs, he could rest for a while and be refreshed.
Thanks to the injury to both arms, I actually got to experience feeding medicine to my beloved little girl.
Only after seeing Qi Jun swallow the medicine in one gulp would Qi Yuxuan scoop out a spoonful, her movements slow and deliberate, trying to be steady, lest she spill the medicine on the Crown Prince's clothes and become a laughingstock when the guards came in.
However, taking each spoonful of medicine was quite an ordeal for Qi Jun.
If you ask me, he really wanted to just pick up the bowl and drink it all in one gulp, so the bitter taste wouldn't linger in his mouth for too long. But let alone the fact that he couldn't do it now, even if he could, with the young girl feeding him the medicine by hand, he just hoped that he would drink the medicine slowly, much slower.
He moved slowly enough for him to see the heartache in the other person's eyes.
"Does the wound still hurt?" After feeding Qi Jun the last spoonful, Qi Yuxuan subconsciously took out her handkerchief and pressed it to the corner of Qi Jun's mouth.
As soon as she finished speaking, Qi Yuxuan froze. She looked at the handkerchief in her hand and awkwardly withdrew her hand.
She was so used to feeding the princess her medicine that she even used her own handkerchief...
Hopefully, Qi Jun didn't notice this.
The young crown prince on the throne curled his lips into a slight smile, but a hint of pain flashed in his eyes:
"It hurts, it hurts so much. I don't know why it hurts even more than before after taking the medicine."
Qi Jun was well aware of his good looks. When he was a child, he often used this trick to win the teacher's sympathy by pretending to be wronged. Although he stopped doing so as he grew older.
This was the first time Qi Yuxuan had seen him like this. His sword-like eyebrows curved slightly downwards, and his bright, star-like eyes seemed to be misty with tears in them, making him look quite pitiful.
She was a little slow to realize that Qi Jun might be deliberately feigning weakness, but after thinking about it, she decided to call the old doctor to take a look.
"Cousin, please sit for a moment, I'll go and call the doctor right away." After she finished speaking, she prepared to go and call someone.
Qi Jun immediately said, "No need, just blow on it for me."
Qi Yuxuan paused, looking at him suspiciously. "You're lying to me?!"
She was a little angry. Who would joke about their own pain?
Thinking this, she stepped forward, picked up the bowl, and was about to leave.
Qi Jun was stunned for a moment, and his arm moved unconsciously as if to pull her. The pull made him hiss softly in pain.
Upon hearing the sound, Qi Yuxuan finally stopped, but her gaze remained questioning.
Qi Jun: "...No, it really hurt just now."
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