"Your Majesty, this young lady is frail and weak. I see her face flushed and her breath short, and her skin feels hot to the touch. I just took her pulse, and it's floating and rapid. This is a symptom of a fever caused by internal heat. Evil heat invades the body, and the righteousness and evil collide, causing a temperature imbalance. There is also internal heat and toxins, which are blocking the meridians. I have prescribed a decoction that will improve within three days." The imperial physician frowned, glanced at Xie Guanlan, whose face was gloomy and cold, and added tremblingly, "As for the young lady's injuries, there are differences between men and women. I hope Your Majesty will personally examine them and apply this anti-inflammatory and anti-toxic powder to the wounds."
Xie Guanlan pressed his rosy thin lips into a straight line, took the golden medicine bottle from the imperial physician, walked quickly to the bedside, looked at Yuan Jiang lying inside with a flushed face, his eyes full of self-blame and regret.
He was too indulgent last night. The princess had expressed discomfort several times during the night, but he was only concerned with his own pleasure and hurt the princess for a while.
It even caused a high fever...
"Step back and go boil the medicine." Xie Guanlan frowned, his voice still frighteningly hoarse.
"As you wish, I'll take my leave." The imperial physician picked up his medicine box and rushed out with big strides, fearing that he would offend this unlucky man if he was even a second late.
The other maids were also dismissed by Xie Guanlan. The bedroom was quiet and peaceful, with only him and the sleeping princess.
Xie Guanlan sighed deeply and pulled back the blanket, revealing the girl's skin covered in finger marks, kiss marks, and pinch marks. Her skin was very delicate, and any force he applied would normally hurt her, let alone last night...
His body was covered with blue, purple and red marks, which were both strange and bewitching. They were so dense that they were particularly dazzling.
Xie Guanlan lowered his eyebrows and murmured in a hoarse voice, "I am too presumptuous."
If the princess hadn't been drugged, she wouldn't have been so proactive towards him.
He had harbored evil intentions towards the princess since childhood, but he couldn't help himself and indulged himself in the princess's tender affection.
Xie Guanlan thought about it. Normally, whenever he kissed the princess, her eyes would turn red as if she had suffered a great injustice. If she were to wake up and think about these things, she would probably cry and make a fuss, and would call him a thief and tell him to go to hell.
"You were the one who took the initiative last night, Princess, you can't turn the tables." Xie Guanlan's long black eyelashes trembled. He half-knelt at the end of the bed, opened his mouth and bit it, and applied medicine to her. Only then did he realize how serious the injury was.
No wonder she cried so miserably at the end.
Xie Guanlan pressed the tip of his tongue against his back teeth, a hint of hostility flashed in his eyes, and he immediately thought of Jia Yueling. If it weren't for this woman, he and the princess could have let this matter take its course. He was mostly responsible for the princess's injury, so Jia Yueling was also to blame!
"Hiss~" Yuan Jiang seemed to feel the pain, gasping for air and shrinking back with a shiver. He subconsciously cried out in pain with a hoarse voice and a crying tone.
His eyes were not open, but tears were streaming from the corners of his eyes.
Xie Guanlan could only comfort her softly: "Princess, please bear with it a little longer."
Yuan Jiang flinched in pain at the slightest touch and tried to dodge instinctively. Xie Guanlan had no choice but to harden his heart and grab her ankles, restraining her before he could apply the medicine with some difficulty.
Not long after, the imperial physician timidly came in with a bowl of medicine. Xie Guanlan held the medicine and leaned the girl against his chest, coaxing her softly, "Princess, open your mouth."
Yuan Jiang had a keen sense of smell and smelled the bitter medicinal smell, and pursed her lips tightly.
The pretty girl's brows were tightly furrowed, and traces of tears hung on her flushed little face.
"Princess, you will get better only after drinking the medicine." Xie Guanlan saw Yuan Jiang's lips tightly closed, and she refused to drink the medicine no matter how much he was persuaded. He frowned anxiously. This pitch-black medicine looked extremely bitter. He thought of adding some sugar to it, but the quack doctor said that the effect of the medicine would be halved if sugar was added, so he had to give up the idea of adding sugar.
Xie Guanlan wanted to pinch open the princess' lips and force her to feed the medicine, but there were pinch marks on her cheeks. However, when he touched her lightly, she closed her eyes and whimpered in pain.
He had no choice but to give up.
After thinking it over, Xie Guanlan simply poured the medicine into his own mouth, and then forced the bitter medicine into Yuan Jiang's mouth. After forcing her to swallow it, Xie Guanlan reluctantly let go of those soft lips.
Yuan Jiang's mouth was filled with the bitter taste of medicine. Her little face wrinkled and her delicate nose twitched. She didn't cry, but her eyes were still closed. She sobbed twice in grievance, and without even opening her eyes, she fell into a deep sleep again.
After feeding the medicine, Xie Guanlan asked someone to bring hot water and carefully wiped Yuan Jiang clean himself.
After finishing this, Xie Guanlan sat on the edge of the bed, with a worried look on his face, and reached out to touch Yuan Jiang's forehead.
The medicine soup was still boiling, and the temperature was still astonishingly hot.
"Princess, get well soon."
"I'll listen to you next time."
This time the fault is all his.
The princess was delicate and it was normal for her to be unable to resist the drug. However, he could not control himself, but chose to indulge himself and hurt the princess's body.
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