Chapter 662 A Dream of Youth 194
While Xie Ning was treating the wounds, Qiu Yu and Ru Jie'er rushed over with their men. The two were horrified to see the corpses all over the ground.
Rujie'er's face was deathly pale, and she ran to Xu Hongying, her body trembling, "Sister, are you alright?"
"fine."
"How could I be alright?" Xie Qi grimaced. He had been slashed on the shoulder; it wasn't deep, but it hurt a lot, as it was about two fingers long.
But he didn't have time to pay attention to his own injury. He just gently pulled Xu Hongying's left hand. There was a deep cut on her forearm that exposed the bone.
As soon as Sister Ru saw it, she burst into tears, "Sister, I, I'll bandage you up."
But she didn't really know how, so she just took out a handkerchief and wrapped it around Xu Hongying's neck. Xie Qi couldn't bear to see it and took the handkerchief to bandage it herself.
When Xie Ning was studying medicine, he would teach him a few tricks, so he knew how to stop bleeding and bandage wounds. At this moment, he couldn't care less about the proper separation between men and women.
As the girl's face flushed, seeing that the two of them both looked very calm, the heat on her face subsided a little.
The guards' horses were equipped with commonly used hemostatic drugs, so Xie Ning didn't have to worry about medication for the wounded when treating them.
Xie Ning saved all the guards who had fallen and were still breathing.
Princess De'an glanced at Xie Ning in surprise. She hadn't expected Xie Ning to be so skilled in treating external injuries. In her opinion, several of the guards present were surely dead, but Xie Ning was able to keep them alive.
The rescue was extremely fast, but the technique was a bit... rough.
"Young Master Xie, are there any of these assassins who can be saved?"
By this time, it was getting slightly dark, and the stable manager arrived with his soldiers to provide support, even though the assassins had all retreated...
The steward breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Princess De'an was safe and sound.
Heaven knows how chilled he felt when he heard about Princess De'an's assassination attempt.
Although palace maids and guards helped with bandaging and treatment, Xie Ning's hands were still trembling. He stood up, glanced at the assassin's corpses being dragged together, and then nodded to Princess De'an, "I'll go take a look. If I can save them, I'll do my best to do so."
She knew what Princess De'an wanted; if there were any survivors, she could find out who was behind the assassination attempt.
"Thank you for your hard work, young master."
As soon as Xie Ning turned around, Princess De'an immediately lost her temper and scolded the official who brought the reinforcements for being stupid for not even bringing a doctor.
“De’an…” A weak voice called from behind. Princess De’an stiffened and then saw her husband waving at her.
"Jinxue, are you feeling alright? We'll head back in a bit."
Since they've sent a sedan chair, it'll probably be quite slow.
"I'm fine." Then he looked at the junior official beside him, "Is the horse farm fenced off?"
"After hearing the news of the assassination attempt on the princess and her consort, we took control of the horse farm to ensure that the assassins would not escape."
But this place is so big, an entire mountain, catching an assassin isn't easy. But no matter how difficult it is, he has to make a guarantee, or he'll face punishment.
The prince consort nodded and then inquired about other matters.
They were relieved to learn that they had also sent a team of soldiers to search for the assassin.
On the other side, Xie Ning bandaged Xie Qi's wounds, constantly nagging, "Brother, you should practice more. You, the guards, and Mo Qi were injured even though you were trying to take down two assassins. Although swords and spears have no eyes, don't you think your skills are a bit lacking?"
Xie Qi, the guards, and Mo Qi all lowered their heads upon hearing this.
Xie Qi quietly raised his head to look at Xu Hongying, and saw the smile that she hadn't had time to hide, which made him even more indignant.
He vowed that once the imperial examination was over, he would definitely hire someone to teach him martial arts!
Forget it, I'll just go back and practice.
Today was truly a day of utter humiliation... His manly image has been shattered.
The more Xie Qi thought about how he couldn't protect his beloved and sister today, the more heartbroken he became. He was truly useless!
Xie Ning looked down and saw that Xie Qi's eyes were getting redder and redder. He knew he had gone too far, so he sighed and patted Xie Qi's head. "Brother, you are still very capable. You even shot and killed an assassin. Your archery skills are superb!"
Although he was being chased by assassins and screaming in pain...
Xie Qi's eyes were red, "Really?"
"real."
Then Xie Qi looked at Xu Hongying and asked, "Does Miss Xu also think I'm very capable?"
Xu Hongying blinked, seemingly not quite understanding, but when she met Xie Qi's bright, starry eyes, her heart pounded, and she hesitantly nodded.
Then Xie Qi regained his confidence and began to ramble on about how he shot the assassin and how he bravely held him off, leaving the two young girls, Qiu Yu and Ru Jie'er, completely bewildered.
Xu Hongying smiled, her bright phoenix eyes filled with Xie Qi's image.
"Sister Ying."
Um?
Have you ever thought about taking the imperial examination?
Xu Hongying turned her head blankly, pointing at herself in disbelief, "Taking the imperial examination? Me?"
"That's right, with Sister Ying's abilities, wouldn't it be a piece of cake for her to take the imperial examinations?"
Xie Ning genuinely believed that Xu Hongying was highly skilled; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to hold off the assassin leader for so long.
Xu Hongying blushed and said bitterly, "I am not good at poetry and prose, let alone policy essays. I only know a few characters. How could I possibly pass the imperial examination?"
Thank you... Sister Ning, please don't flatter me."
Since Xie Ning was calling her "sister," Xu Hongying decided to address her in a more intimate way, since she quite liked Xie Ning.
Xie Ning was taken aback, then realized that Xu Hongying had misunderstood.
Her eyes crinkled into a smile, and she continued in a low voice, "Sister Ying, what I'm talking about... is the martial arts examination."
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