Chapter 238: Hot inside, cold outside
When the military doctor arrived, the Sixth Prince was sitting on the bed, wrapped in the fox fur cloak that Xiangying had given him, and shivering uncontrollably.
When the trusted guards came in and saw this, they were stunned.
The Sixth Prince shouted angrily: "I just told you to add more charcoal, why is it still so cold? Keep adding more charcoal!"
The guard glanced at the three braziers in the room, which were burning with a rumbling sound.
He bowed awkwardly: "Your Highness, there are already three braziers."
"Then why am I still cold? I feel chilly... It seems that I am not suffering from the plague, absolutely not." His teeth chattered slightly, and he quickly closed his mouth.
In the Sixth Prince's impression, Xie Chen had a high fever all over his body, and his symptoms were different from Xie Chen's.
So he is definitely not a plague, absolutely not!
The military doctor came closer, stretched out his hand to feel the patient's pulse, and immediately frowned.
He pondered for a moment, his expression became much more serious, and was about to speak, but when he looked up, he saw the murderous eyes of the Sixth Prince.
If the military doctor dared to tell others that he had contracted the disease, he would immediately have the doctor's body and body separated.
"Your Highness... your illness is not an epidemic, but it is somewhat serious and requires special herbs. Please allow me to find them."
"Go find me!" The Sixth Prince roared, "If I don't get better within three days, none of you will be able to escape."
The military doctor bowed and accepted the order, then hurried out of the room.
The Sixth Prince called his trusted guards and said, "Guard them strictly. If anyone dares to leak the news that I am ill, I will not let them off lightly."
"yes!"
at this time.
Xiang Qianqian has already led her men through the frosty weather and arrived outside the granary.
The granary stood in the snow in the middle of the night, its outer walls covered with a thin layer of frost.
Xiang Qianqian knew without thinking that it must be very cold in the granary.
Without food and firewood, Xiangying and his companions will not be able to survive for more than three days. They will either starve to death or freeze to death!
Xiang Qianqian walked to the door, and her voice was full of pride.
"Big sister, I'm here to see you. I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"
Inside the granary.
The silvery charcoal in the brazier burned faintly, and invisible smoke floated out through the hole in the back wall.
This was made by Xiangying and Jiechen when they had time. It is only the size of a fist and is just for ventilation to prevent carbon dioxide poisoning.
At this moment, the charcoal fire flickered, and a faint flame occasionally appeared, and the whole room seemed to be shrouded in hazy light and shadow.
The fallen bed curtains were very quiet until Xiang Qianqian's voice continued to be heard, calling "big sister" again and again.
Finally, the bed curtain moved, and a jade-white hand pulled it open.
Xiangying gathered the quilt together, and looked out in a daze. The exposed white collarbone was like a blooming red plum stamen, each one bright red.
She glanced in the direction of the door and was about to speak when a big hand reached out from behind her, hooked her neck and hugged her back.
The bed curtain fell again, and Xiangying's muffled voice came from inside: "Are you completely well? How come you are getting more and more energetic!"
Jie Chen said nothing, but answered her questions with actions.
Xiangying's muffled complaints gradually changed their tone.
Outside the door, Xiang Qianqian was shivering in the cold wind, but the smug look on her face could not be dispelled.
"Big sister, big sister, why don't you say anything? Are you fainted from hunger?"
Xiang Qianqian walked to the window and wanted to look inside.
However, the window had been sealed with mud by the Sixth Prince's orders, so now nothing could be seen.
There was no sound at all from inside.
Xiang Qianqian sneered, not caring whether Xiang Ying could hear it or not.
She said, "Even if you don't want to hear it, I still have to tell you. The good news is that I have been named a concubine by the Sixth Prince, and my status is much higher than yours. Big sister, you can no longer use your status as a legitimate or illegitimate concubine to demand things from me."
"If my father knew that I could be the Sixth Prince's concubine, he would be proud of me. As for the bad news, it's that Ah Ren ran away."
"You helped this little boy, gave him food and water, but when he saw you in trouble, he ran away. It's freezing outside. I think he deserved it if he froze to death."
"Big sister, you gave him so many good things, but he didn't know how to cherish them. Do you regret it? If you had used these things to help me, I wouldn't stand by and watch him die. At least, I would ask the Sixth Prince to leave you and Jie Chen with intact bodies!"
Inside the granary, the golden threads on the bed curtains swayed as if blown by a strong wind. Sometimes the wind was strong, and when the wind subsided, it became light.
Xiang Qianqian put her ear against the door. She always felt that she heard some sound inside, but when she listened carefully, it sounded like the sound of heavy snow and wind outside.
She frowned and said viciously, "He must have frozen to death, right? He deserves it! Let's go."
She was so cold that she couldn't stand it. She felt her feet were stiff after just standing for a while. Xiangying, who was freezing and starving in the granary, must not be much better.
She walked away, and inside the granary, Xiangying and Jiechen were still "arguing".
She lay on her stomach, and used Jie Chen's bony fingers to push aside the hair that was stuck to Xiangying's temples.
He bent down and kissed her cheek. Xiang Ying's beautiful eyes sparkled as she glared at him fiercely.
"Didn't you say don't move?"
"I'm talking about you." Jie Chen chuckled.
Xiangying tried to fight back and hit him, but he grabbed his wrist instead, and they both fell into the soft cloud-like bedding.
Xiang Qianqian swayed her waist and returned to the arena where she was stationed. She wanted to go into the house, but found that there were several guards standing outside the Sixth Prince's house.
As soon as she approached, the guards reached out to stop her.
"His Highness said that the concubine does not need to serve tonight."
Xiang Qianqian was stunned.
"No need to serve...but I have to go in too, otherwise where will I sleep?"
The guard said in a cold tone: "His Highness did not say this. His Highness only said that no one is allowed to disturb him when he is resting."
Xiang Qianqian was completely dumbfounded.
It is freezing cold now, and all the rooms are full of people. Even the stables have people sleeping in tents, and they are as cold as frozen stones.
Xiang Qianqian knew very well how hard it was to sleep outside. Ever since she followed the Sixth Prince, she had never suffered the hardship of sleeping outdoors again.
Asking her to move out all of a sudden would be like being sent back to earth from heaven. How could she bear it?
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Xiang Qianqian called out twice, sobbing softly, trying to awaken the Sixth Prince's conscience, "It's freezing outside, where is Qianqian's place to stay?"
"I promise that I will never disturb Your Highness after I go in, okay?"
There was no sound in the room. The guard drew his sword fiercely, scaring Xiang Qianqian so much that her face turned pale.
"Your Highness has no other instructions. Please don't make things difficult for us, otherwise..." The sword in his hand flashed, and the words he didn't say afterwards were self-evident.
Xiang Qianqian could only choose to stagger away, walking around the door of every room with tears in her eyes.
However, her arrogance just now had been seen by the prisoners, and as soon as they saw her, they closed the door.
Even the soldiers brought by Jie Chen avoided her as if she were a ferocious beast.
Xiang Qianqian had nowhere to turn to, so she could only go to the stable, find the carriage she and the Sixth Prince were riding in, and climb in.
Fortunately, there was a quilt left in the carriage. She wrapped herself tightly in it and fell into the carriage, shivering.
While crying, she had to comfort herself: "His Highness definitely didn't ignore me. He is not that cruel to me..."
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