Jiayin instinctively raised her arm, ready to pull the trigger on the crossbow.
Fortunately, Mu Xu called out in time, "It's me!"
Jiayin breathed a sigh of relief, but when she looked under the light, she was shocked and her face turned pale.
Mu Xu's face was deathly pale, blood was flowing from his forehead, and one of his arms was twisted unnaturally, with drops of blood falling from his fingertips.
"What happened to you? Where are you injured?"
Jiayin frowned, quickly went to get the first-aid kit, and then began to peel off Mu Xu's outer garment.
Mu Xu flinched instinctively. Although he had often slept in the outer room for safety reasons, which meant he shared a room with Jia Yin, he had a clear conscience and the two of them were completely innocent.
If he were to undress in front of everyone now, even in an emergency, it would be bad for Jiayin's reputation if word got out.
Jiayin was very clever; she understood what was going on at a glance.
She glared at him angrily, pulled him in front of her, and snapped, "Do you want to die? What kind of time is this to be arguing about such useless things!"
After saying that, she quickly peeled off the dirty outer garment, and sure enough, the white sleeves of Mu Xu's inner garment were soaked with blood.
Jiayin then took the scissors and cut off the sleeve, revealing the wound inside.
Mu Xu's entire forearm was covered in blood, the middle bone was broken, and even exposed the white bone fragments, which was extremely frightening.
"How did this happen? You're so badly injured!" Jiayin was furious.
Just watching him made her gasp in pain for Mu Xu.
I really don't know how Mu Xu managed to run back with such serious injuries!
When Mu Xu saw that she had even forgotten to clean the wound medicine and instead blew cold air on his arm like a child, he suddenly felt a little itchy, as if everything was awkward but also comfortable.
He coughed twice and replied, "I saw an acquaintance in the palace and wanted to follow him to see what was going on, but someone was secretly protecting that person. Perhaps they thought I had malicious intentions, so they started fighting with me. I was careless and suffered a little loss!"
"Is this a small loss? It almost killed me!" Jiayin cursed, and quickly fetched water and a cloth to help clean the bloodstains from the wound.
Seeing that her light pink sleeves were stained, Mu Xu wanted to say something, but Jia Yin glared at him and stopped him.
So Jiayin was as busy as a bee, while he was smiling like a black bear that had just eaten honey...
After a full half hour, Mu Xu's severed arm was straightened, treated with hemostatic medicine, wrapped in white cotton cloth, and finally secured with thin wooden strips, and hung across his chest.
Even the wound on his head was properly bandaged.
Jiayin finally sat down and let out a long sigh of relief.
Mu Xu felt both heartache and gratitude, and wanted to say something gentle, but instead said, "Aren't you going to ask me who I saw in the palace?"
Jiayin poured two glasses of water, pushed one in front of him, and gulped down the other one.
"No need to ask, I know. And I hope you forget about seeing that person today and don't tell anyone. Otherwise, not only you, but my family and my godfather will also suffer, and we won't be able to protect you."
Mu Xu frowned, thought about it carefully, and then nodded hesitantly.
Logically speaking, although he entered the palace to protect Jiayin and was given the title of secret guard, he was quite familiar with the defenses of various parts of the palace.
But the people protecting that person today are highly skilled in martial arts and ruthless in their attacks, far more powerful than the secret guards.
He didn't even find such a master by the emperor's side.
There's only one conclusion: that person is more important than the emperor!
Or rather, the emperor believed that this person was more precious than his own life!
Thinking about the man's age again, he had some vague guesses, and cold sweat slowly trickled down his forehead...
Seeing him like this, Jiayin secretly felt relieved.
She was really afraid that Mu Xu would ignore her advice and continue investigating, which would be digging his own grave!
"Don't think about it anymore, go and rest. Come back the night after tomorrow to apply the medicine. Avoid spicy and pungent foods for the next few days. Take the pills tonight; you might develop a fever, so be careful."
"Starting tomorrow morning, I'll have Aunt Mei brew medicine for you morning and evening. Remember to drink it."
"Okay, I've got it." Mu Xu took the medicine bottle from Jia Yin, grabbed his dirty clothes, and jumped out of the window again.
Jiayin sat by the window, enjoying the evening breeze and gazing at the moon. Her mind was in turmoil; she truly didn't know what the future held.
She didn't want things to turn out as disheartening as she suspected, but she also had to be wary of the treacherous nature of people...
In the inner courtyard of the palace, under the layers of eaves, in a secluded side hall not far from the imperial study, a young man was reading by candlelight.
Suddenly, the candle shadow on the table moved, and he looked up and asked casually, "You're back?"
A man in black appeared strangely at the table and replied, "This subordinate deserves to die. We didn't catch anyone, we only injured this person."
The young man nodded, showing no sign of blame, and instead began to reflect on his actions.
"Don't blame yourself. I was reckless this time and almost gave myself away. What happened today will not happen again."
"Remember this: if you see that person again, do not pursue the matter further. This matter ends here!"
The man in black was taken aback for a moment, then quickly kowtowed, "Yes, Master."
After saying that, he vanished in a flash.
The young man walked to the window, looked at the moon half-hidden in the clouds, and sighed softly.
The moon yawned as it emerged from the clouds, looked down at the world, and couldn't help but complain.
These two really don't like studying. Why are they always looking at this stuff when they have nothing to do?
Mu Xu has been with the Li family for quite some time now, and everyone treats him like their own child.
In particular, because he stayed by Jiayin's side day and night to protect her safety, his family members were even closer to him.
Everyone was surprised to see him injured, but when they heard that the wound had been treated, they tacitly guessed that Jiayin had asked him to do some errands, which caused the injury, so no one asked any further questions.
This made Jiayin take the blame, since it was Mu Xu who acted on his own initiative and went to touch the tiger's butt!
But soon, the family members stopped speculating.
Just as Li Lao Er had predicted, the court quickly set a date for the envoys to leave the capital, which was ten days later, indeed earlier than Jia Ren and the others.
Therefore, Wan'er and Jiayin not only had to prepare luggage for Jiaren and Lige'er, but also had to prepare things for Jiaxi and Jia'an to take to Quanzhou.
All sorts of new brocades in the capital, new styles of dresses and jewelry, food for the home, fine ornaments that Jiayin had picked up in the palace, newly printed books from bookstores, and so on.
Wan'er and Jiayin were so busy they were completely overwhelmed.
Even Li Lao Er, Li Lao San, Mr. Wen, Jia Huan, and the others never came back empty-handed, carrying large bags and small packages.
Even Guo Wenhao got involved, sending over a lot of things, half as a tribute to Old Lady Li and half as a gift to Madam Wen, the teacher's wife.
Of course, Liu the镖头 (bodyguard) also wanted to bring things for his wife and children, and the village elders were also thinking about Hui Niang and her two children...
Finally, after much effort, the large ship that arrived was still fully loaded when it left, and even more than it could hold, so they added another ship...
Aibei and Wenwen didn't want to leave. They hadn't had enough of staying at Suijintan, nor had they had enough of the food at home, and they were even more reluctant to leave the comfort and warmth of home.
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