Crown Prince Yuan Zhao nodded, agreeing that Nangong Zheng’s words made a lot of sense, he hadn’t misjudged Nangong Zheng.
He asked Helan Jue, "Master Helan, what do you think?"
Helan Jue nodded, forced to admit that Nangong Zheng’s point was valid, and bowed, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, tomorrow you’ll command from the rear, while I and young master Zheng attack the city."
Yuan Zhao was satisfied. He didn’t mind when his subordinates butted heads, his fear was foolishness, the refusal to acknowledge others’ abilities. Helan Jue had that virtue, he nodded, "Good, we attack the city first thing tomorrow, I will command from the rear, and must protect the siege cannons at all costs. We cannot afford to lose another one." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"Yes."
Once a decision was made, Nangong Zheng and Helan Jue together adjusted the combat tactics, according to Dawei’s current siege status and Nanchu’s defence situation.
Xie Yuan returned to his residence and quickly fell asleep. Two hours later, he abruptly woke up, lit a lamp and looked at the timepiece.
It was already early in the morning.
He immediately put on his clothes and walked out, opened the door, startling the guard, "Master?"
Xie Yuan said, "Gather anyone who can still battle, and quickly go to the city gate."
The guard startled, quickly responded.
Xie Yuan’s actions soon caught the attention of the restless Ning Ze in the adjacent room. He quickly got up, hastily dressing while grabbing a guard and asked, "What’s happening? Is Dawei attacking again?"
The guard shook his head, "The Master woke up and ordered anyone who can still battle to hurry to the city gate, he already left."
Hearing this, Ning Ze looked outside, it was still pitch black, he became skeptical but still nodded, rushing to follow Xie Yuan towards the city gate.
Su Rong didn’t have a fever. Perhaps after being gravely injured during the assassination attempt by Nangong Yu, she had taken a large amount of life-saving medicine. Once her injuries healed she didn’t neglect to take a pill every day to strengthen her body, and as a result, she slept peacefully in a deep slumber.
However, Zhou Gu had developed a fever. He was already severely injured and had new wounds, his rush and distress were too much for his body to bear. When Lan Zhi and Bi Qing came in to check on him in the middle of the night, they immediately noticed that Zhou Gu’s face was flushed red, his body was hot like a burning coal. They both panicked and immediately brought back the fever-suppressant medicine.
After bringing the medicine, the chore of feeding Zhou Gu proved to be a challenging task, and after several failed attempts.
Fortunately, Doctor Zhang had been staying in the courtyard, not needing to keep a close eye on others, as the princess is the heir to the throne and his benefactor. His family’s fortune was closely tied to the princess’s, thus even though he was pretty sure Su Rong would be fine, he still diligently stayed by her side, sleeping in his clothes, not allowing himself to sleep too deeply, always keeping an ear out for any movement in Su Rong’s room.
When Lan Zhi informed him that Zhou Gu had a fever, Doctor Zhang immediately got up, cursing himself for forgetting that the prince consort was also a royal. His health was actually worse than Su Rong’s, with old wounds unhealed and new ones added on top, this was the most dangerous situation.
Doctor Zhang quickly got up, dashed out of the door and asked Lan Zhi, "Have you given the Young Master his fever medicine yet?"
"We couldn’t get him to take it." Lan Zhi replied, "And we also didn’t want to force him, so we had no choice but to come to you."
Doctor Zhang nodded and hurriedly went to the main house, "Okay, I’ll deal with this."
Upon entering the room and seeing Zhou Gu burning up like fire, he propped Zhou Gu up, supporting him to sit upright while talking to him, "Young Master, you have a fever and must take this fever medicine. If I fail to feed it to you, I will have to ask the princess to do it, and you know her condition is severe."
A good doctor is not only good at medical treatment but also skilled in understanding human nature.
Zhou Gu had kept his mouth shut, Lan Zhi and Bi Qing had several bread crumbs of feeding him with a spoon in vain. But as soon as Doctor Zhang arrived and said those words, he surprisingly had an immediate effect. Slowly, Zhou Gu opened his mouth and Doctor Zhang signaled Lan Zhi to feed him.
Therefore, spoon by spoon, a bowl of medicine was gradually swallowed by Zhou Gu.
After finishing the medicine, Doctor Zhang was covered in sweat, laying Zhou Gu back down, both Lan Zhi and Bi Qing let out a breath of sigh.
Through all the commotion, Su Rong slowly opened her eyes, watching the people in the room, "What happened...?"
"Young Master has a fever." Lan Zhi, seeing Su Rong awaken, happily answered her question.
Turning her head, Su Rong noticed Zhou Gu laying next to her, his entire body was flushed red indeed. She struggled to get up, quickly stopped by Lan Zhi, "Princess, don’t move, your injury is severe.."
Before she could finish her words, Su Rong had already sat up by herself. After feeling the scorching pain in her back, she didn’t have time to worry about it. She looked outside the window, seeing only pitch black, she immediately asked, "How long have I been unconscious? What time is it now?"
"You’ve been unconscious for a half day and a night. Right now it’s early in the morning."
Su Rong nodded, thinking that it was early in the morning, and then asked, "What’s happening outside?"
Lan Zhi shook her head, and Bi Qing immediately said, "I’ll go check."
Bi Qing hurried out, then quickly returned after a short while, speaking to Su Rong, "It’s Master Xie, he’s gathering all those capable of fighting to the city gate."
Su Rong quickly jumped over Zhou Gu to get out of the bed, "Is Dawei attacking again?"
"Not yet." Bi Qing shook her head.
Lan Zhi hurriedly warned, "Princess, be careful not to tear your wound."
Doctor Zhang added from the side, "Yes, Princess, your action just now was too abrupt, the wound hasn’t healed, you shouldn’t make any sudden movements."
In fact, he wanted to tell her that the best option was to rest in bed, but he knew for Su Rong, bed rest was impossible. After all, Dawei was waiting for an opportunity to attack any time.
Su Rong turned her head, glanced at Zhou Gu and ordered, "I hope Doctor Zhang can look after Zhou Gu, I will go to the city gate."
Doctor Zhang opened his mouth to protest, then eventually nodded, "Princess, please rest assured."
Su Rong turned around, put on her clothes, and proceeded to walk out.
Lan Zhi and Bi Qing exchanged a glance, then looked at Doctor Zhang.
Doctor Zhang immediately waved his hand, "You two should follow the Princess. In case she reopens her wound, you can bandage it for her in time. I will stay here with the Young Master."
Lan Zhi and Bi Qing also had the same idea, they nodded and followed Su Rong out.
Su Rong walked quickly to the entrance, where she saw Fen Ling, Ye Guixue, Zhang Yun, Zhang Mao and others had already gathered, preparing to go to the city gate. Upon seeing her, Fen Ling was startled, and immediately said, "Sis, why are you here? Dawei hasn’t attacked yet, you should go rest."
Su Rong shook her head, "Dawei won’t let us rest for long, after all, Yuan Zhao wasn’t severely injured, he will definitely launch an attack soon, probably by dawn at the latest."
Fen Ling was worried, "But what about your injuries?"
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