Chapter 97: A Hero Saves a Beauty
Wind? As Qin Xiangnuan drifted off, she felt the wind at the cave entrance grow stronger. Perhaps her senses weren't sharp enough, but with some effort, she lifted her eyelids and thought she heard someone talking. A faint light flickered in the small hole dug by the skinny monkey, like a human figure. Could it be a hallucination? Qin Xiangnuan wondered wearily, closing her eyes and ignoring it.
Dong——dongdong——
The knocking frequency was getting closer and closer, indicating someone was really there. Qin Xiangnuan's body seemed unable to move, but she still opened her eyes. Crash! A dazzling light emanated from the cave entrance, and broken stones crashed down, hitting her body. A small stone rubbed her eye and fell. Fortunately, Qin Xiangnuan closed her eyes in time, otherwise she would have become the third lady with only one eye like Wang Qiang.
The place where her head had hit was hit again. Qin Xiangnuan cursed inwardly, "Murder?" Then she couldn't hold it anymore and her eyes became heavy. In the last second before she fainted, she seemed to see a young man in white clothes walking quickly to her, holding her in his arms desperately, and calling her name anxiously, "Qin Xiangnuan!"
This is the murderer! Qin Xiangnuan thought silently, feeling that the contents of her stomach were about to be vomited out by him shaking her.
Who is it? The voice sounded familiar, but was he saving someone or murdering them? Every bone in her body was about to be broken by the shaking. Qin Xiangnuan barely managed to squeeze out a weak word, "It hurts." The person holding her seemed stunned, but soon shouted loudly for everyone around to help lift Qin Xiangnuan up. This person's IQ was a bit questionable.
Qin Xiangnuan muttered to herself and passed out with her eyes closed.
An unknown amount of time passed before Qin Xiangnuan felt as if she were in a vast ocean, her body floating in mid-air, always wanting to grab onto something. The surroundings were no longer cold, but warm, as if someone was tucking her into a quilt. "Doctor, how is she doing?" "The Third Young Lady's body has been depleted and needs to be healed. Her foundation is already damaged. If she doesn't recover soon, she'll probably die soon." Bah! Who was cursing her life? Although Qin Xiangnuan couldn't open her eyes, she could hear clearly.
"The lump on Miss Third's head has now shrunk considerably."
The old quack doctor's voice continued, and another cold and familiar voice asked, "But why hasn't she woken up yet?"
"Perhaps the Third Young Lady hasn't rested well lately, and her body needs sleep to adjust. Once she's had enough sleep, she'll naturally wake up," the old imperial physician said. Qin Xiangnuan coughed twice in anger, her body trembling violently. Jiang Lin, noticing her unusual behavior, immediately took the medicine bowl beside him and fed the dark, bitter decoction into her mouth. The moment her lips tasted the bitterness, Qin Xiangnuan instinctively dodged in resistance.
Jiang Lin held her shoulders, frowned, and said softly, "Be obedient."
What are you listening to? There are other prescriptions to choose from, but he insists on using the bitterest one. What is this imperial physician thinking? Qin Xiangnuan complained in her heart. After struggling hard, she finally opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was the bowl of pitch-black medicine. She almost vomited the bitterness in her stomach.
"Chuanxiong..."
Qin Xiangnuan pushed away the medicine bowl in Jiang Lin's hand and weakly named a few Chinese herbs. The imperial physician was skeptical at first, but gradually listened more carefully. After Qin Xiangnuan finished speaking, he suddenly showed an expression of admiration and annoyance, "That's right! The medicines that the third lady mentioned are more effective. I will go get them right away! You should rest well." The imperial physician turned and left the carriage and ran out.
At this moment, Qin Xiangnuan finally perked up and looked around.
The carriage's interior was crafted entirely from silk and satin, its cushions top-notch. As expected of the Marquis of Xiaoyao, his carriage was large enough to accommodate seven or eight people, complete with a charcoal brazier and a large bed. It was practically a mobile living room. Qin Xiangnuan dodged Jiang Lin's hand, leaning against the headboard. "Why is the prince here? Thank you so much for saving my life. May I ask them..."
"Everyone in the General's Mansion is safe. I have already placed them outside."
Jiang Lin pulled his sleeves back, walked to the round table in front of the bed, and poured himself a cup of tea. "Just on my way. I heard you were trapped in there." On my way? An Feng listened to his master's words, his features almost wrinkled together. They had dug all day without sleep, finally digging through the end of the underground river. His master really was... not what he said.
"Oh, so that's how it is." Qin Xiangnuan probably guessed what Jiang Lin was up to, but still didn't expose him and just pretended not to know.
Jiang Lin looked at her pale face. In just a few months, Qin Xiangnuan had lost a lot of weight. Her small face, once the size of a palm, was now almost the size of a fist. Qin Xiangnuan was unconscious at the time. In the critical moment, Jiang Lin picked her up, but she felt weightless. The imperial physician who came to see her said that she had exerted too much energy and was almost exhausted.
"Did Anliu tell you my identity?"
Jiang Lin didn't hide anything anymore, but looked up at her with interest, "My secret guards rarely leak information like this."
"Perhaps he felt the prince wasn't wary of me like an enemy, so he just casually mentioned it. I guessed that," Qin Xiangnuan explained on Anliu's behalf, not wanting Jiang Lin to misunderstand. As a secret guard and a death squad, loyalty was paramount. While she didn't think Jiang Lin was as treacherous and cunning as Gu Mingqi, she didn't want him to harbor a grudge and stop using Anliu.
The carriage was quiet for a while, and Jiang Lin suddenly chuckled. He looked at Qin Xiangnuan's profile and expression, "Don't worry, I won't doubt my people. I sent them, and I thought at the time that they couldn't withstand your questioning." Qin Xiangnuan didn't think much about it at first, but she soon sensed something was wrong. Why did she sound like a femme fatale?
"You were also demoted?"
Qin Xiangnuan changed the subject, turning her head to look at the things in the carriage. Winter and summer clothes were placed on the cabinet next to them. She asked bluntly. Jiang Lin was stunned for a moment, and An Feng couldn't help but speak: "Why was our prince demoted? If it weren't for you, why would he give up his good life in the capital and do it so long in advance..." An Feng wanted to continue, but Jiang Lin turned his head and glared at him.
An Feng was suddenly stunned, with an annoyed expression on his face, "Master, please punish me."
He didn't know what was wrong. When he heard Qin Xiangnuan's words, he couldn't help but refute and accidentally leaked the matter.
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