Yu Jiao's brows were tense, "Is the young marquis seriously injured?"
The servant looked at Yu Jiao and led them to the east wing, whispering, "The day my young master was sent back from the palace, his back was covered in blood and he was seriously injured. He was a strong man who never cried out in pain or showed weakness. Even though he was injured like that, he still managed to walk back to the courtyard when he returned home that day, pretending that nothing had happened. I guess he was afraid that the lady would feel bad if she knew how seriously he was injured."
"I'm just saying this to the two sisters," the servant whispered, "I heard from Jin Bao, who serves the young marquis personally in the courtyard, that since returning from the palace, the young marquis has had difficulty turning over on the bed and has been in so much pain that he can't sleep well. The doctor has been bleeding for days when he changed the dressings."
This gatekeeper is a smart guy. Many people in the mansion know that the young marquis likes the third young lady of the Liu family. Although Madam Liu said such things when she came to the mansion some time ago, since the third young lady Liu sent her maid over, it is possible that she has the young marquis in mind.
The young marquis was a man of action rather than words, and he would certainly not tell the two maids in the Liu mansion how badly he was injured. He had to say more on behalf of his young marquis, in case the news got back to Miss Liu San's ears, and Miss Liu San would feel more sorry for the young marquis.
What's more, what he said was true and he didn't exaggerate.
Yu Jiao felt even more upset after hearing this. Gu Yun had been severely punished and injured like this because of her. She felt really bad and her steps couldn't help but quicken.
The servant led them to the door of the east wing, opened the door, and invited Yu Jiao and Bai Lu in.
As soon as Yu Jiao entered, she smelled a strong smell of medicine. She sniffed out several herbs including Gastrodia elata, Dragon Bone, and Notopterygium wilfordii, all of which were used to prepare medicine for wounds.
"Young Marquis, I've invited the two sisters from the Liu Mansion over." The servant walked into the inner room and said to the bed.
Gu Yun couldn't move because the injury on his hip was too severe. He was only wearing a middle-length shirt and it was inconvenient to put on an outer robe. In order to meet the person coming from Yu Jiao's courtyard, he asked the servant to draw the curtains on the bed.
He thought that the person who came over was really a maid from Yu Jiao's courtyard, so he asked through the curtain, "Why did the Third Miss ask you to come over?"
As soon as he finished asking, he hurriedly reminded her, "Don't tell her about my injury when you return home."
On the day Gu Yun came back from the palace, Liu Ziqi came to see him. They both agreed not to tell Yu Jiao about his punishment. Gu Yun thought that Yu Jiao might not know about it yet, but the room was full of the smell of medicine, and he couldn't get up from the bed, so he was afraid that he couldn't hide it from the two maids.
Yu Jiao felt a little sour in her nose. This man was so injured, but he was still afraid that she would know when he opened his mouth.
"Gu Yun, it's me." Yu Jiao's voice came from the felt hat, with a slightly muffled nasal sound. She walked closer to the bed, "How are your injuries?"
When Gu Yun heard her voice, he was stunned for a moment, but then his hands moved faster than his thoughts and he pulled open the curtain without even caring about whether it was impolite or not.
He turned around and saw Yu Jiao wearing a maid's clothes, dressed as a maid. Gu Yun was surprised and asked, "Why are you here?"
After a pause, Gu Yun looked a little guilty and whispered, "You already know about my punishment?"
Yu Jiao saw that his lips were pale, and his usually flamboyant and energetic face looked a little weak. She felt uncomfortable and asked with concern, "Did you hurt your bones? What medicine did the doctor use?"
Gu Yun curled up the corners of his lips, forced a smile, and said in a light tone to cover up the trouble, "Don't worry, I'm fine, I'll be able to get out of bed in two days."
Seeing that he couldn't move and could only twist his neck to talk to her, Yu Jiao walked closer to the bedside and said, "Let me help you take a look at your injuries." She naturally didn't believe that the injuries on Gu Yun's body were as he said.
Gu Yun's face turned slightly red. Most of his injuries were on his buttocks and thighs, and he couldn't let Yu Jiao see those areas.
He pressed the quilt on his body with his hands, wrapped himself more tightly, and said with a hot face, "No bones or muscles are injured. I have already applied medicine. My injuries are really not serious. Look, I am fine now, right?"
Yu Jiao had no idea what he was feeling awkward about, but she couldn't feel at ease because she hadn't seen the injuries on Gu Yun's body with her own eyes.
"Gu Yun, I'm a doctor." She placed the medical box on the bedside and said, "Eighty strokes of the cane will not be enough to sustain even the strongest body. If the tendons and bones are really injured, even if the external injuries are healed, there will be hidden dangers, and it will be difficult to remedy them in the future. You are a martial artist, you should understand this."
Gu Yun wrapped the quilt tighter around himself and refused to let Yu Jiao see his wounds.
Yu Jiao had no choice but to say, "Then let me take your pulse."
Gu Yun then stretched out a hand, and Yu Jiao took out a pulse pillow from the diagnosis box, placed it under Gu Yun's wrist, and placed her fingers on it.
Her fingers were cold, in stark contrast to Gu Yun's warm body temperature as he lay on the couch. Noticing that Yu Jiao's slender hands were red from the cold, Gu Yun's face changed and he held Yu Jiao's hands instead, covering her cold fingers with his warm palm.
His palms were a little rough, with a layer of calluses left by martial arts practice. Yu Jiao was startled, and pulled her hand away with force, calling out angrily, "Gu Yun!"
What Gu Yun was concerned about was that the maid's clothes she was wearing were so thin, and there were wet marks on the hem of her skirt and embroidered shoes. He understood in an instant that Yu Jiao had probably sneaked out of the mansion. It was windy and snowing outside, but she had walked all the way from Liu's mansion.
Gu Yun hurriedly ordered the servant beside him, "Go get the hand warmer and light a charcoal fire in the room! Go to my mother's room and get two sets of thick clothes, and also get the fox fur cloak made of white fox fur that I hunted last year!"
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