Chapter 94 He was afraid that the blood on his body would scare Xiao Haitang
The warm spring sun shines through the window and slants onto the screen, reflecting the rugged and majestic figure behind it.
Xiao Yan sat on a four-legged couch with his outer robe open, his exposed waist already stained red with blood.
Madam Qin's face was extremely grim: "Who did this? It was only half an inch away from being a vital point, and you actually dared to ride back on horseback? Are you trying to save your life?!"
"Just look at the injury, don't say anything." Seeing the embroidered green skirt fluttering at the edge of the screen, Xiao Yan frowned: "This governor is fine."
"Nothing?"
Although Madam Qin had long been accustomed to his cold attitude, she was still annoyed by his stubbornness.
She sneered, and when she wrapped the white cloth around his waist, her movements became heavier. Xiao Yan's breathing suddenly slowed down and became heavier. The muscles on his shoulders and back tensed up and trembled slightly due to the pain. His lips lost their color, and fine cold sweat oozed from his forehead.
Song Tangning couldn't see what was happening inside, but she could only hear his breathing suddenly quicken, his eyes reddened with anxiety. "Sister Qin, what happened to my brother?"
"You can't die." Madam Qin sneered.
Song Tangning couldn't see Xiao Yan's injuries, nor did he know how serious they were, but his brother never showed his emotions, so how could he be so calm when he was in so much pain?
There was still blood on her hands from when she helped the person over. Thinking of the large bloodstain on his waist, Song Tangning hurriedly raised her foot and wanted to go in, but she was stopped by someone inside before she passed the screen.
"Don't come in."
"Brother..."
"I'm fine." Xiao Yan took a breath and lowered his voice: "Madam Qin was just trying to scare you."
The white cloth was stained with blood, and the wound on the waist was hideous. How could such a disheveled child be tolerated? Moreover, such a bloody appearance was not something a young lady could bear to see.
He clenched his hands lightly to suppress the pain, and looked at the person beside him with his sharp eyes: "Don't tease her, take a good look at the injury."
Madam Qin rolled her eyes. When she picked up Xiao Yan, he was covered in blood and almost died. Almost all of his bones and blood were replaced, but he survived.
Hearing the little girl outside sobbing as she spoke, pacing nervously back and forth across the screen, she finally stopped torturing Xiao Yan and bandaged his wounds swiftly. After everything was done, she angrily said, "Your Majesty, you only have one life left. You'd better take it easy. If you die, you'll have nothing left."
"As long as Lady Qin is here, I will be safe."
Lady Qin was immediately furious and said, "I'm just a doctor, not a god!"
Xiao Yan put on his clean undergarment with Jin Yun's hand, and whispered softly with pale lips, "To me, you are a Daluo immortal. There is no other Qin Miaoshou in the world."
Madam Qin: “…”
This flattery made her feel choked up in her chest. She didn't know whether to get angry or not.
Xiao Yan raised his hand to tie the rope around his waist, and was helped by Jinyun to sit aside again. Only then was Song Tangning allowed to come in.
The little girl almost ran up to him, her skirt was wrinkled at the edges of her legs. Her eyes were red as she looked at him, and her face was mostly wet with tears.
Xiao Yan sighed softly: "Didn't I tell you it's okay? Why are you crying?"
"Just hope that Miss Song will feel sorry for you, and don't always try to make her happy and show off."
Madam Qin gave Governor Xiao no face at all. While washing her hands beside him, she said to Song Tangning, "He's seriously injured. The knife wound in his waist was only half an inch away from killing him. The wound is next to his lower ribs, so he needs to rest well. Even though the weather isn't too hot recently, he needs to change the dressing frequently, otherwise it will cause abscesses and be troublesome."
She shook off the water stains on her hands and was a little angry:
"He was injured a while ago and his body is not as good as that of an ordinary person. He has been taking herbal medicine intermittently for many years but has never fully recovered. He has always ignored what I, a doctor, say. If I didn't accidentally owe him a favor, I would not bother to treat patients like him."
No matter his life or death!
Song Tangning thought that Madam Qin was saying that Xiao Yan was different from ordinary people because he had been castrated. His heart tightened. "Sister Qin, give me the medicine for the wound. I will take care of my brother."
Madam Qin scoffed, "He's always pretending to obey but secretly disobeying. It's strange you can control him."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan glared at Madam Qin, and before he could say anything, he felt someone grabbing his sleeve.
Seeing the little girl's wet eyelashes, with tears hanging on them, he sighed softly, his eyes softening as he compromised helplessly, "Okay, you take care of it."
"Brother, do you mean what you say?"
"count."
Tang Ning's eyes sparkled. She took his sleeve and turned to look at Madam Qin: "Sister Qin, I will take care of my brother and let him recuperate well. If there is anything about his injuries that requires attention, please tell me everything."
Madam Qin was surprised. It was the first time she saw Xiao Yan give in to someone. Could it be that this Madam Song was really a master of conquering others?
It wasn't that Madam Qin really didn't want to treat Xiao Yan, she just didn't like the fact that he didn't take good care of his body. Moreover, she knew more than others and knew how much Xiao Yan had experienced in the past, which gave her more and more headaches about him now.
Now that there is finally someone who can control this stubborn donkey, how could Madam Qin miss it?
She pulled Song Tangning aside and kept talking about the things that needed attention. Song Tangning took note of them carefully and imprinted them in his mind bit by bit.
Seeing the little girl not far away with a stern expression, as if she was asking about something earth-shattering, afraid of missing anything, Xiao Yan couldn't help but hold his forehead in his hand, "She's taken advantage of this opportunity. I wonder how much she's told Tang Ning."
Jinyun chuckled softly, "Madam Qin is also worried about the Governor. The Governor's injuries are quite serious this time. It would be better for him to stay in the mansion and recuperate for the next few days."
"There are so many things to do in the Privy Council, and I'm also tied up in the palace, so how can I have time to recuperate?"
Xiao Yan had just finished spitting when Song Tangning suddenly turned around and looked at him. He changed the subject: "But it's not impossible to stay in the mansion for a while..."
He was really afraid of her tears, so he would just wait until the housekeeper fell asleep before getting busy.
Jinyun couldn't help but smile secretly when he saw that he rarely admitted defeat.
Xiao Yan coughed softly, raised his head and glanced at him. After withdrawing his gaze, he got down to business: "How's the interrogation of those people we captured outside the city today going?"
Jinyun's smile faded: "They are all dead men, there is no way to pry open their mouths."
Two of them died on the way back. Although the other two were still alive, their tongues had been cut out, making it almost impossible to get anything out of them.
Xiao Yan had long expected that those sent to carry out the operation outside the capital would leave no evidence behind. He was not surprised at all and simply sneered, "That old bastard Lu Chongyuan is finally getting impatient."
Jin Yun was surprised when he heard this: "Master, are you saying that the assassins today were sent by the Lu family?"
Xiao Yan's expression was cold: "Eighty to ninety percent."
The aristocratic families had suffered a great loss in the previous grain tax corruption incident, and Lu Chongyuan and others were forced to cut off their own tails, which resulted in the loss of at least 60% of the business in the south.
It would be fine if the money was thrown into the water, but the key point is that the businesses that the family has been running for many years have run into problems one after another. Not to mention the other families, even the Lu family can't bear it.
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