What came into view was Su Liluo's worried face as she bent down to tend to her wounds and bloodstains.
The light from outside the window shone through the cracks and fell on her face, making the fine downy hairs stand out.
Gentle and graceful.
At this moment, Su Liluo fell into Xiao Ye's heart like a fairy who saves the world.
Su Liluo didn't notice that Xiao Ye had woken up; she was still carefully tending to his wounds.
Although she had made great progress in her detoxification and healing skills recently, this was the first time she had ever seen so much blood.
She felt a pang of sympathy.
"Thud!"
A tear rolled down her cheek.
"What's wrong? I, I'm fine!"
Xiao Ye saw her tears falling before he spoke.
Upon hearing the voice, Su Liluo looked at him in surprise.
"How are you? How are you feeling now? Didn't we agree that we would definitely win? How did you get so badly injured?"
Her eyes held an undisguised mix of joy and worry, her gaze clear and bright.
Xiao Ye's heart felt as if it had been violently struck.
He grew up in the palace and all the women he met were full of scheming and self-interest. Even a lowly palace maid had a bit of greed in her eyes.
He had never seen Su Liluo with such pure eyes, filled only with worry and joy for him.
It was like a ray of light suddenly falling into his heart, which had been shrouded in darkness for so long.
"I'm much better now. If I hadn't been injured, the victory would have been too easy, and Su Lianwu would probably have noticed something was wrong."
Xiao Ye explained slowly.
Su Liluo then realized that Xiao Ye's severe injuries showed how difficult it was to win this battle.
If they return easily and unharmed, Su Lianwu might start to overthink things.
The reason they were able to defeat the Northern Desert this time was not only because of Xiao Ye's ability, but more so because they had manipulated the military map.
Long before Ayu stole the map, Su Lilu had Xiao Ye draw a half-real, half-fake military map to replace the real one.
What Ayu brought to the Northern Desert people was drawn by Xiao Ye, which is why the Northern Desert people were able to pass through Moshan smoothly, but when they attacked Youshan, they were like entering a maze.
"By the way, I found a strange person in the Northern Desert this time."
Suddenly, Xiao Ye seemed to remember something and looked at Su Liluo seriously.
Su Liluo's heart tightened. "Who is it?"
"When I was fighting the generals of the Northern Desert, I was originally caught in their trap, but at the critical moment, a soldier from the Northern Desert suddenly shot the wrong arrow, giving me an opportunity to take the enemy general's head with my Crimson Blade."
Did they shoot the wrong arrow?
Su Liluo was shocked. How could a soldier who could enter the army make such a mistake?
A flicker of excitement rose within her as she looked at Xiao Ye, "Husband, what do you think he is...?"
"He might be an undercover agent!"
Xiao Ye readily accepted Su Liluo's words.
"The man was about forty or fifty years old, with a disfigured left cheek. When I took the head of the enemy general, he shouted in a panic, causing chaos in the enemy army."
"Disfigured?"
Su Lilu asked in confusion, which meant that her original appearance was no longer recognizable.
However, this age matches that of her father. And then, recalling what Su Wanshi said in her previous life, that her father had made great contributions and was coming back, could it be that her father had been lurking in the Northern Desert all these years?
"Well, we can only see the right side of his face. He must have been quite good-looking before he was disfigured."
Xiao Ye nodded regretfully.
Upon hearing that her right cheek could be seen, Su Lilu felt a glimmer of hope.
She remembered the portrait she had stolen from Jiang Qinshu, so she pretended to take the portrait out of her sleeve and hand it to Xiao Ye.
"Look, the other half of his face looks like this?"
Xiao Ye looked toward the opened portrait.
The portrait depicted a man in his early twenties or thirties, with a majestic figure, handsome and sharp features, and a dazzling and radiant aura.
He then recalled the man he had met on the battlefield. Although there was a difference in their ages, they shared the same masculine strength.
Xiao Ye reached out and placed his hand on the portrait, deliberately covering the left half of the man's face in the portrait.
His pupils suddenly widened.
“It’s him. His right cheek is the same as this one, only he looks older.”
Su Liluo's face lit up with joy; her father was indeed an undercover agent in the Northern Desert!
"This is a portrait of my father when he was young."
After calming down, Su Liluo spoke to Xiao Ye in a calm manner.
Xiao Ye was also extremely surprised. He never expected that the once glorious and mighty General Su had been disguised as a lowly soldier and infiltrating the Northern Desert all these years.
In this great battle, General Su's contribution was truly immense!
"Don't worry, I'll leave some people here and try to get in touch with your father."
"Um---"
Just as Su Liluo nodded, a commotion suddenly came from outside the door.
"Let me in! Even if she's the Crown Princess, she can't harm His Highness the Crown Prince! The Crown Princess is my sister, and I had no idea she knew anything about medicine. You're trying to kill the Crown Prince!"
Su Lianwu, who had been waiting outside for a long time, became impatient and started arguing with Ye Dong and the others.
"I'm going out to take a look!"
Su Liluo stood up, walked to the door, and opened it.
Su Lianwu anxiously asked her, "How is His Highness the Crown Prince? Your Highness, you should quickly send the military doctor in to take a look!"
He was genuinely afraid that something might happen to the Crown Prince here. If the Crown Prince died here, the Emperor would definitely blame him.
But when Su Liluo stepped aside, he saw Xiao Ye, who had already sat up from the bed and whose complexion had obviously improved a lot.
He was still stunned.
"Your Highness, how...how are you?"
Su Lianwu quickly ran inside.
Ye Dong and the military doctor also followed them in.
At Su Lianwu's request, the military doctor quickly went up to examine the crown prince's body.
"It's really strange, the poison has actually been cured. The Crown Princess is truly amazing!"
After taking his pulse, the military doctor exclaimed in surprise.
"Is the poison really cured?"
Su Lianwu still had a sliver of doubt; he found it hard to believe that Su Lilu could actually cure a poison that even the military doctors couldn't.
You should know that this military doctor was a very famous doctor whom I had gone to great lengths to hire. He had been practicing medicine for at least twenty years.
But the poison that had left him helpless was easily cured by Su Liluo.
What exactly happened over the years that caused Su Liluo to change so drastically?
"It's really cured, but His Highness the Crown Prince is still somewhat weak due to his injury and needs to recuperate for a while."
The military doctor said affirmatively, while looking at Su Liluo with a hint of appreciation.
Xiao Ye also learned from their conversation that he was poisoned thanks to Su Liluo; otherwise, he would have been in danger.
His life was saved by Su Liluo!
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