An hour later, Doctor Xu finally came out of the room.

"Fortunately, although the knife pierced his waist and abdomen, it avoided dirty objects. With timely treatment, Huaichuan is no longer in danger of death."

Ning Xihua breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

The knife was originally aimed at her, but because Huaichuan blocked it, it missed Huaichuan's vital points. It was a blessing in disguise.

If something really happened to Huaichuan, not to mention how she would explain to Su Bi, she herself would probably feel guilty for the rest of her life.

"Are there any sequelae of this injury?"

Doctor Xu sighed.

"Although his life is not in danger, the wound is in his abdomen. He may have to go through repeated high fever and inflammation to recover from this injury. He will have to be extremely careful after the wound scabs over. I'm afraid he won't be able to fight for three years."

Ning Xihua was silent.

For a top guard with great martial arts skills, being unable to use force means losing his value.

She felt sad and looked at Huailiu beside her, not knowing what to say.

Huailiu felt relieved after hearing that, and instead comforted Ning Xihua with a relaxed look on his face.

"It's good enough to be alive. Just not being able to fight for three years is not a big deal for Huaichuan! Besides, neither the master nor the princess will abandon Huaichuan for this, right?"

Ning Xihua nodded affirmatively.

Of course, I should do my best to repay the life-saving grace. How can I abandon him just because he cannot use force?

The next day, when Doctor Xu said Huaichuan had woken up and could be visited, she rushed to Yu'an Hall as soon as possible.

She saw that Huaichuan was pale, and his usually handsome and calm face seemed to be covered with a layer of gray gauze, and he looked lifeless.

When Huaichuan saw Ning Xihua coming, he was about to greet her, but was stopped by her.

On the contrary, Ning Xihua gave him a real gift by his bedside.

Huaichuan was surprised and tried to dodge on the bed, but he pulled the wound instead.

Ning Xihua quickly checked his injuries and was relieved to see that there were no lacerations.

"How can I be worthy of such a great gift from the princess?"

Ning Xihua said seriously, "Saving my life is like giving me a new life. How can you not be able to bear it?"

Huaichuan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, your words are very important. Protecting you is my duty."

Ning Xihua sighed.

"But you and Huai Liu are both His Highness's men. If you had not been ordered to protect me, you would not have followed me into Yizhou and entered such a dangerous place."

Huaichuan seemed to remember something and had a complicated look on his face.

"Princess, don't blame yourself. Huaichuan is the one who feels guilty."

Ning Xihua was confused after hearing this. Feeling guilty towards her?

Huaichuan, however, spoke in a leisurely manner, "Before, the princess was framed by Lin Mengli. I was ordered to secretly protect the princess. At that time, I led people to guard outside Yuchang Pavilion. However, due to my negligence and carelessness, the princess was captured and a disaster was almost caused. Huaichuan cannot deny the blame for this matter."

"You mean, His Highness asked you to protect me secretly before?"

Ning Xihua had never heard Su Bi mention this. She always thought that Su Bi rushed to save him because she received the news from Song Yi, which was why she was so upset and even abused herself.

But he had clearly made many arrangements in advance, and she was only kidnapped due to an accident. Why should he blame himself so much?

Huaichuan sighed when he saw that Ning Xihuasi knew nothing about this.

"It's not just that. Princess, you may not know that because the secret guards didn't follow you, you were pushed down the hillside by Bai Queyue. All the secret guards on duty were sent to the punishment hall."

Ning Xihua: ...and secret guards?

Even though he was someone else's secret guard, she still couldn't help but complain.

What kind of secret guards are they? They couldn't even catch up with her. But a warning is enough. It's not necessary to send them to the execution hall.

Then she responded, "You weren't also sent to the punishment hall because of Lin Mengli's matter, were you?"

Huaichuan remained silent.

Ning Xihua sighed in her heart, this was tacit acceptance.

"So you were sent to the execution hall because of what happened last time, so you are willing to protect me at the risk of your life this time?"

Huaichuan shook his head. "Not only because of this, but it was then that I realized what the princess meant to the master."

He looked at Ning Xihua, who was still in a state of confusion, and simply told her everything that she didn't know.

"When the Fourth Princess drugged you, the Master deliberately had someone expose Sun Wei's selling of official positions and titles, which led to the Fourth Princess and Consort Sun being punished more severely by His Majesty."

Originally, regarding the matter of Sun Wei, the master intended to use him in the Ministry of Personnel for other purposes, but in order to vent the princess's anger, he exposed the matter in advance.

"At the farewell banquet for the envoys at Linhua Palace, the maid who stole your handkerchief and gave it to Chen Fen was later found dead in a well. Chen Fen was bedridden for a whole month and has suffered from impotence since then. If you hadn't spared Lin Mengli, I think she would not have had an easy time either."

At that time, the princess had someone push Lin Mengli into the water, and the master saw that she wanted to retaliate, so he did not touch Lin Mengli. However, the rumor that Lin Mengli and the third prince had secretly decided to spend their lives together was spread by the master.

"The princess may only know that Bai Queyue was married off to Jizhou by Prince Bai, but she didn't know that Bai Queyue contracted a serious illness due to acclimatization as soon as she arrived in Jizhou, and died within two months."

At that time, Bai Queyue refused to acknowledge it in front of Duke Zhenguo. His master, considering the face of Duke Zhenguo and the Bai family, did not take action in the capital.

But Jizhou is far away, and Bai Queyue got into trouble there. Even though Duke Zhenguo knew what happened, he finally swallowed his anger.

"After you got into trouble in Yuchang Pavilion, the master had Huailiu feed the person with muscle softening powder and throw him out to the suburbs. But the aphrodisiac on Huailiu was given to him by the master along with the muscle softening powder and other medicines. Later, because you didn't want Lin Mengli to die too quickly, the master had people take away the torture instruments in the underground dungeon of Linhua Palace."

The master knew that Huai Liu would not let Lin Mengli have an easy life, so she gave him the aphrodisiac. If the princess had not spared her life, Lin Mengli would have been skinned and boned in the dark cell, living a life worse than death.

Ning Xihua was stunned by every single thing that happened.

"Why didn't he say a word to me?"

Huaichuan smiled bitterly.

Perhaps it is because even if the princess knows the master's nature, the master does not want to appear too cruel in front of the princess.

Huaichuan did not answer her, but said, "I protect you with my life, not only because I have been taught a lesson, but also because I know that if something happens to the princess, not only will the master go crazy, I am afraid that in the end... he will not survive alone."

The master will kill everyone who hurts the princess at all costs, and finally chase after her.

Ning Xi was speechless in Chinese. For a moment, her heart seemed to be filled with all kinds of emotions, and her whole chest felt uncomfortable.

She never knew that Su Bi did so many things for her behind the scenes.

As early as when she was drugged by the Fourth Princess, he had been standing silently behind her.

Su Bi is a person who always does more and talks less.

Maybe because he was lonely in his childhood, he was used to forbearance. He would not complain about the suffering, the pain, the jealousy and sadness, the fear and worry, and even less would he say how much he had given for her.

In this relationship, she seemed passive, but in fact she had always been the one taking the lead.

She gradually dug into Su Bi's heart, making him open and honest with her, and taught him to act coquettishly and show weakness in front of her alone, and to express his desires.

It was Su Bi who gave her this unique preference, making her always be treated specially in his world.

Seeing Ning Xihua bow her head and remain silent, Huaichuan said carefully, "I have overstepped my bounds and shouldn't have told you so much. But I just hope that the princess will not feel guilty for my injury, and I also hope that the princess will take good care of herself."

Because her safety not only concerns herself, but also Su Bi.

Ning Xihua understood what Huaichuan meant. She shook her head and said softly, "Thank you for telling me this. And no matter what, you saved me, which is a real favor."

But after hearing so many things she didn't know, she suddenly missed Su Bi very much.

She wanted to see him, wanted to hear him joke with her, wanted him to bring her lots of delicious food with a doting look on his face.

Suddenly, there was a sound of excitement coming from outside the house.

"My Lord! I have received news that my Lord is already outside the city!"