Chapter 43: Is it the little lover that Jie Chen keeps in the team?
Xiangying, on the other hand, was extremely calm.
She grabbed Jie Chen's hand and sucked out the poisonous blood for him.
She did this more than ten times until she felt it was enough, then she rinsed her mouth with clean water and salt.
Jie Chen stared at her in a daze, with an unconcealable look of astonishment in his thin eyes.
"You... do you know what you are doing?"
"What else can I do? Of course I'm going to save you."
Xiangying raised his head after saying this, his phoenix eyes were calm and composed: "Being bitten by a poisonous snake is not scary, just suck it out."
Then she tore off a section of his sleeve and tied it around his injured palm.
When people around saw this, they also realized that the relationship between Jie Chen and Xiang Ying was very unusual.
Even if it had nothing to do with him before, now the prisoner Xiangying owes the military supervisor a debt of gratitude for saving his life.
Xie Chen pursed his thin lips and stared at Xiangying's actions deeply.
Why was this woman becoming increasingly confusing to him?
I used to think she was so promiscuous that she even ignored her children.
But now, after getting along with her for so long, she seems like a different person.
Be affectionate and righteous, and distinguish between gratitude and resentment.
She also gave him drugs regardless of the danger to herself...
After Xiangying had bandaged the wound, Xie Chen pulled his hand back.
"Next time I can do it myself, so you don't have to take such risks for me."
Xiangying saw that although his tone was pretending to be cold, the look in his eyes beneath the mask had softened a little.
She spread her red lips and asked in a low voice, "Who said I took risks for you? Didn't you remind me to be careful first? Why, you are the only one who can care about me, but I am not allowed to help you?"
If Jie Chen had not reached out to grab the poisonous snake on her shoulder, he would not have been bitten.
After Xiangying said this, Xie Chen's ears exposed outside the mask turned red.
He glanced away unconsciously: "No one cares about you."
At this time, Captain Jia led his men to push through the crowd and question Xiangying in a menacing manner.
"Why didn't you allow us to shoot arrows just now? Because of your soft-heartedness, we lost a prisoner, so many snakes, and almost had everyone buried with you!"
Xiangying said coldly: "At that time, we did not allow archery to be shot in order to protect Mr. Lin. As for why Lady Feng died, you should not ask me, but ask others."
She looked at Xiang Qianqian not far away with her phoenix eyes. The other party seemed to feel her gaze, shrank back, hugged her knees, and lowered her head in fear.
Xie Chen turned sideways, blocking half of Xiangying's body.
“She did the right thing.”
"Military Supervisor! You can't be too partial to her."
Captain Jia was halfway through his words when he noticed Jie Chen's eyes were full of warning and sharpness, and he swallowed the rest of his words unwillingly.
Jie Chen led his men away, and at the same time asked the soldiers to patrol and check everywhere to prevent any snakes from getting into the food and fodder.
As soon as he left, Tao Xue rushed over with the other two children and hugged her.
"Mom, that was really scary just now!"
"How can you face the mother snake alone? What if you get eaten? Call me for help next time, okay?" Xiang Yuanxiao pretended to be serious like a little adult on his soft little face.
Xiangying's brows were relaxed and her laughter was pleasant.
She reached out and pinched Xiang Yuanxiao's soft, fair face: "I will definitely call you next time."
Xiang Yuanxiao then nodded with satisfaction, but the look in his eyes clearly showed that he felt Xiang Ying was causing him trouble.
The male snake and some dead little snakes were originally going to be thrown away by the soldiers, but Xiangying took them.
The skinny monkey came up to her curiously and watched Xiangying skillfully dissect the snake, scrape out the internal organs, take out the snake gall, and cut the meat into slices.
"Oh, you're really not afraid of snake meat being poisonous. You still want to eat it?"
"The venom of snakes is secreted from venom glands. Be careful not to puncture the venom glands when dissecting them, so they are naturally non-toxic."
As she spoke, she raised a piece of snake meat with her bloody jade hand and passed it to the skinny monkey: "Raw snake meat tastes very fresh, would you like to try it?"
The skinny monkey waved his hands and took a few steps back: "I don't deserve it, I don't dare."
Xiangying smiled.
Of course, she didn't eat it either.
Instead, he gave it to Lin Lingxiang and quietly handed her a small bag of yellow rice.
"Find a chance, make some porridge for yourself, add some snake meat into it, and give it to the old man. It will have a miraculous effect on replenishing the body."
When Lin Lingxiang learned that it was snake meat, she was a little scared, but she took it with gratitude.
"Thank you, Princess. I will work harder to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and help you share the burden."
Xiangli, who was standing next to her, heard the words, raised his gentle and clear eyes, and silently glanced at her.
Xiangying smiled with her phoenix eyes narrowed: "We are a family on the road of exile, don't be polite, brother, don't you think so?"
Xiangli was startled when he was named. Lin Lingxiang looked at him with a gentle gaze. He nodded slightly: "Yes, we are a family."
The remaining snake skin was spread out by Xiangying, dried on the stones, and finally sewed together to make a snake skin sunshade.
The snake gall was used as medicine. She fed some to Xiangli and kept the rest for Jie Chen.
However, when Xiangying fell asleep at night, she had just closed her eyes when she felt someone coming to test her breath.
She opened her eyes and saw that it was the children.
Xiang Xiuxiu, whose little hand was still under her nose, quickly retracted her hand.
"Brother, brother, mother is still alive!"
Xiangying sat up and rubbed his sleepy brows: "Why are you three not sleeping so late at night?"
Xiang Yuanlang said in a cold tone, holding his shoulders with his hands: "Xiu Xiu was worried that you were bitten by a snake during the day but didn't know, so the three of us took turns to keep watch."
Xiangying almost laughed out loud.
"It was your Uncle Jie Chen who was bitten, not me."
Xiang Xiuxiu's voice was soft and pitiful: "He is not our mother. We only care about you."
These words instantly touched Xiangying's heart.
She pulled her daughter into her arms and patted her: "Don't worry, I'm really fine. I'm still breathing through my nose. Stop making trouble and go to sleep."
The three little ones lay down around her.
Xiang Yuanlang and Xiang Xiuxiu both closed their eyes, but Xiang Yuanxiao still reminded them like a little adult: "If you feel uncomfortable, be sure to tell me, don't try to show off."
Xiangying hummed twice and nodded perfunctorily: "Okay."
Apart from anything else, Xiang Yuanxiao is so fond of worrying at such a young age, he is destined to be a big brother!
Wake up the next day.
As the exile team set off, Xiangying sat on the wooden cart with his feet up, as if he was on vacation, holding an iced sweet water in his left hand and a meat bun in his right hand.
She ate while basking in the sun, which was really enjoyable.
At noon, the whole team stopped to rest by the stream, but Xiangying asked Taoxue to set up a big pot to cook.
She quietly walked to the stream, pulled out a fish from the space, and then held it up and pretended to be happy: "Look what I caught in the stream?"
Tao Xue exclaimed: "The eldest princess is so amazing!"
Everyone was stunned. Where did such fat fish come from in this clear stream?
They didn't even see any shrimps or crabs.
Xiangying asked Taoxue to clean the fish, and then she put the whole fish into the pot to cook, and threw in the wood ear and bamboo shoots that she didn't finish eating last time.
After a while, the fragrant smell of fish soup wafted out.
Xiangying invited Lin Lingxiang and the Seventh Princess to come drink together. In the hot summer day, they drank until they were sweating and felt extremely refreshed.
Seeing how happily they were eating, the other prisoners also went to wait by the stream to see if they could catch anything.
Only Xiang Qianqian was sitting alone in the distance, looking exhausted from hunger.
Captain Jia stood beside her without her noticing, and sneered, "Did you see that? You follow the rules, but your elder sister doesn't follow the rules at all. How can she look like an exiled prisoner? She's simply the supervisor's mistress in the army!"
"Please consider my suggestion carefully. At midnight tonight, invite Qi Fengyi out. I will not let you down."
Xiang Qianqian didn't say anything, but just stared at the bowl of fish soup in Xiang Ying's hand.
(End of this chapter)
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