Chi Mu shook his head, looking at Shen Yuerong's worried eyes, and said with some guilt, "Did I make you worry about me? You silly girl, I sent someone to ask you to follow them yesterday, why didn't you go, why did you stay here, aren't you afraid..."
"Why should I go with them when you're here?"
Shen Yuerong looked at the wounds on his body and couldn't help but shed tears.
"Didn't you promise me before that you would protect yourself no matter what happened? What's the matter with you now? Didn't you say... that you wanted me to wait for you at home for dinner?"
"I'm sorry, I missed your date."
He looked at her with some guilt, but given the situation yesterday, there was no way he could still carry out the agreement.
"What's going on? Do you know that when I saw Fang Mu, I was almost scared to death."
He held her in his arms, "I can't explain it to you right now, but you can...just assume that I'm fine."
"How can this be okay?"
Shen Yuerong smelled the blood emanating from his body and knew that he must have been seriously injured yesterday.
"Those people took them away again and again, but they didn't really want to kill me and him. It was just that Fang Mu refused to let them go, so he was seriously injured. I am not as seriously injured as him."
Shen Yuerong was still a little worried, so she tore off his clothes without any hesitation and checked his injuries carefully.
"Miss Shen, I'm still here, aren't you two trying to avoid suspicion?"
After hearing another person's voice, Shen Yuerong stood up nervously.
Only now did she remember that when she stepped into the courtyard, Shen Yuerong completely ignored another person.
"Your Majesty, long live your Majesty."
She quickly knelt down and saluted the person in front of her.
"Get up!"
The emperor looked her up and down, "As expected of you, you are the descendant of Divine Doctor Shen. Your behavior does have the elegance of Divine Doctor Shen back then. I just wonder if you can still be as elegant as you were back then. Even if there are thousands of troops in front of you, you will collapse in fear."
“I can’t do it.”
Shen Yuerong spoke very seriously.
"When I was young, I wanted to save people from illness. I felt sorry for the suffering of the soldiers and felt sorry for them being tortured by illness, so I dared to transform myself into a man as a woman and join the military camp. But now my heart is no longer at peace."
When he said this, his eyes were still on the man beside him.
"Now that I have someone in my heart, I am no longer as brave as before. Now I just want to protect him behind me, live a peaceful life, and then I can live out the rest of my life."
"You want to protect him?"
The emperor pointed at Chi Mu with interest. Over the years, no woman was willing to stand in front of a man to protect him from the wind and rain.
"Of course, he was not born to endure hardship and pain. Since I love him, I will not let him suffer for no reason."
"Now I understand why you said that this lady from the Shen family would be the love of your life!"
The emperor walked down from upstairs and looked at Chi Mu who was lying beside him.
"You were unconscious yesterday, so you probably didn't see Miss Shen's anxious look. It reminds me of the person who risked his life to cross the river just to save the general!"
His tone suddenly changed.
"You were once so devoted to the general, and I even gave your marriage to Jiayu, but didn't it end in failure? You once vowed so firmly that you and the general would live together forever, but in the end, it was all in vain!"
"I think I have never done anything wrong to that general in my life, but did he really treat me with sincerity? My legs were crippled for many years to save him, but he despised me... He even refused to touch me. But when I was in the most embarrassing moment, the prince showed no sign of abandoning me. Just for this, I will do my best to be with him and will never let him suffer for me."
"Are you sure?"
Shen Yuerong still nodded insistently.
"I have my own thoughts on today's matter, but how will Your Majesty deal with it?"
“No disposal.”
He looked at Shen Yuerong and said this very coldly.
She felt a little sad, but soon recovered and said, "When can I see the prince and go back?"
"Wait until his injury gets better, then we can talk about bringing him back."
Shen Yuerong agreed, and the emperor turned around and left because he had a mission to do with her, leaving the entire room to the two of them.
Shen Yuerong. She couldn't help but sit down beside his bed.
"You really scared me to death."
"Yesterday, the prince's men came aggressively. Fang Mu tried his best to protect me and wanted to take those two people with him, but he was defeated in the end. In fact, I didn't suffer any injuries, and..."
He took out a bronze mirror from his arms.
"The arrow he shot into my chest just happened to miss this mirror, which reduced a lot of impulse. The wound only looks scary, but it's not that serious actually."
Shen Yuerong knew that he was just comforting her, but she still spoke, "You... I knew that you took a risk when you entered the palace that day, and I would never agree to it easily no matter what."
"There are some troubles in the palace. I don't know how to tell you, but the prince's behavior has aroused the dissatisfaction of your majesty. I just need to wait."
He reached out and touched Shen Yuerong's cheek, "The prince has been doing a lot behind the scenes these years, and your majesty will not touch it easily, but this time he intercepted people at the palace gate and seriously injured me. No matter what, your majesty will not stand by and watch."
"But I see that he doesn't seem to want to punish the prince, and even wants to put this matter aside."
Chi Mu didn't know how to explain this matter, but although His Majesty did not take any action openly, he already had a plan in his mind.
"Your Majesty was able to indulge him in the past because he did not go too far. But in this case, the East Palace is provoking Your Majesty. Your Majesty will never tolerate it as you did in the past."
Sure enough, an imperial edict was delivered to the East Palace in the afternoon, saying that the prince was not strict enough and allowed people to speak wildly, which was inappropriate. He was fined three months' salary and confined to the palace for half a month.
Although it was just a minor punishment, at least there was a result.
Chi Mu didn't want to stay in the palace for too long, so he returned after resting for two or three days.
Shen Yuerong took care of him every step of the way, fearing that he would feel something was wrong.
"You haven't been at peace since you came back. Don't come to my place every time. You should also pay more attention to your body and don't hurt yourself."
"I know my limits, but you, if I hadn't applied medicine to your wound every day, you don't know how bad it would have become. By then, I would be the only one who would be sad. You roll your eyes!"
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