Shen Qingyu was grateful for Li Jiaoyue's insightful understanding.
If she encountered someone who was persistent and would resort to crying, making a scene, or threatening suicide, even if Shen Qingyu could maintain her stance, she would still feel uncomfortable.
When Shen Qingyu reached the door, she took out a box from her medicine chest: "I didn't bring anything with me on this mission to Daxia. This is a ginseng root, which I'll give to Miss Li to help her recover."
Even with my daughter injured like that, I can still afford a ginseng root.
The general's wife received it, and only opened it after Shen Qingyu had gone quite a distance. Upon reading it, her eyes widened in astonishment!
The ginseng roots are intact, densely coiled in the box. This ginseng is at least a hundred years old!
This is something that's rarely seen even in the palace!
Ginseng is only found in the north, and as a southern country, the wild ginseng from Daxia is particularly expensive.
The general's wife took the ginseng back to show Li Jiaoyue, but Li Jiaoyue had already taken her medicine and fallen asleep.
Back at the Sifang Pavilion, Shen Qingyu felt less depressed. Seeing Qi Yunxiao lying there looking sickly, she felt sorry for him and guilty.
Walking to the bedside, Shen Qingyu met Qi Yunxiao's stubble-covered face and apologized softly, "I'm sorry, I was too hasty and my words were harsh."
Qi Yunxiao reached out and grabbed Shen Qingyu's hand, suddenly feeling a little aggrieved: "If I had known it would be like this, I should have smeared my forehead black as soon as I arrived in Daxia."
Shen Qingyu was stunned for a moment before she realized that he was saying that if she was ugly, she wouldn't attract any suitors.
"What nonsense are you talking about? If it weren't for your tendency to attract unwanted attention, and if Li Jiaoyue hadn't saved you today, I would be a widow!"
Qi Yunxiao refused to accept this possibility: "It's unlikely. I already sensed the danger at that time, which is why I shifted my body. Even without Li Jiaoyue's intervention, that crossbow bolt would at most shatter my shoulder blade. I wouldn't have died."
Shen Qingyu got angry again: "So you mean that a broken scapula won't affect your future life?"
Qi Yunxiao blinked a few times and finally fell silent.
Shen Qingyu fed him something again, and the two rested, without saying a word all night.
The next day, Qi Yunxiao felt much better.
However, he was still unable to move and had to pretend to be seriously injured and bedridden.
Even Shi Jixian, the commander of the Imperial Guards, has sent many men to surround the Sifang Pavilion these days, fearing that something might happen to Qi Yunxiao again.
Shen Qingyu went to Li Jiaoyue's place and took the opportunity to replace the water in her teapot with spiritual spring water. Then, when Li Jiaoyue said she was thirsty, Shen Qingyu gave her a cup of water on the spot.
Although Li Jiaoyue found the drink delicious, she thought it might be because her mouth had lost its flavor after her injury, so she didn't doubt it. She just drank more and felt a little more energetic.
Shen Qingyu chatted with her, and after talking for a while, they had another drink.
When Shen Qingyu was about to leave an hour later, Li Jiaoyue had already drunk a whole pot of water.
After filling the kettle, Shen Qingyu took her leave.
When the maid came into the room to add water to the teapot, she discovered that the teapot was already full.
Huh? Didn't you drink quite a bit?
The maid scratched her head in confusion, finally suspecting that the young lady drank water by touching her lips to the ground.
Shen Qingyu went to the palace: Qi Yunxiao was injured, there must be an explanation, right?
Has that person been caught? Why did they commit the crime?
Normally, Qi Yunxiao handles the purchase of grain and the opening of restaurants with the King of Daxia, while Shen Qingyu follows along like a mascot.
But this time it wouldn't work; Qi Yunxiao lay down, and she had to stand up.
Upon arriving at the palace gate, after reporting inside, a young eunuch soon came running to greet her. He was fair-skinned and had a smiling face. "Princess Qingyu, you have been waiting for a long time. His Majesty knew that you had arrived and immediately ordered me to come and meet you. However, my legs are too short and I run slowly. I have troubled you to wait for so long."
Shen Qingyu laughed: This little guy has such a sweet tongue!
Even if His Majesty told her to wait, she wouldn't get angry, much less take it out on a lowly eunuch who was running errands.
They went to the Imperial Study, where they met the King of Great Xia and an unfamiliar official with a horse-like face.
When the King of Daxia saw Shen Qingyu's calm and composed demeanor, a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes: even noble ladies from aristocratic families would find it difficult to remain as calm and composed as Shen Qingyu when their husbands were injured.
"Please offer Princess Qingyu a seat." The King of Great Xia ordered a palace maid to bring over a small stool. Shen Qingyu bowed and sat down before looking at the King of Great Xia and the horse-faced official, with an air of "I can wait."
However, the King of Great Xia did not intend to delay. He pointed to the horse-faced official and said, "This is Ma Dongping, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice in charge of investigating the incident of Lord Qi's injury. Minister Ma, please explain the ins and outs of the matter to Princess Qingyu."
So Ma Dongping began to explain.
The matter is actually not complicated.
Li Jiaoyue and Princess Fangyi both followed a martial arts instructor named Guan Xiangfei. This man was a martial arts master whom the general met during his campaigns. The general admired him greatly and wanted him to join the army.
But this person was unruly and disliked being restrained, so he refused.
Later, after arriving in the capital, he met Li Jiaoyue by chance and fell in love with her. Upon learning that she was the daughter of a great general, he devised a plan to become Li Jiaoyue's martial arts instructor.
At the time, Li Jiaoyue was only fourteen or fifteen years old. After Guan Xiangfei vaguely expressed his feelings for Li Jiaoyue, she rejected him, saying that she only wanted to go to the battlefield to fight and become a female general, and had no intention of getting married.
Guan Xiangfei remained calm and thought that Li Jiaoyue was too young to understand love between men and women, so he suppressed his feelings and focused on teaching Li Jiaoyue and Princess Fangyi.
The two noble ladies were both quite talented in martial arts, and each became more skilled than the other. Guan Xiangfei even received a reward from the late emperor for this.
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