Geng Zhuo failed to detect the disdain in Xiao Tang's eyes. Instead, he smiled and asked again, "Your Highness, it seems you are quite accomplished in martial arts?"
"What kind of expertise are you talking about, kid? Your focus is so peculiar!"
[Does a frail woman like me look like a fierce woman who knows martial arts?]
"Your Highness?" The young man seemed genuinely curious about "Iron Palm," and kept asking persistently.
Xiao Tang got annoyed by his persistent questioning, so she explained, "It's just a martial art that's been lost to the martial arts world for many years. Can you please stop asking?"
Perhaps the atmosphere suddenly became a little stiff, Geng Zhuo nodded slightly.
They didn't dare to ask any further questions.
It was as if asking one more question would get him strangled by the princess.
Xiao Tang examined his chest before saying, "This injury is quite serious. We'll have to treat it both externally and internally. If it's not cured, it might leave you with lifelong health problems."
"What?" Geng Zhuo was stunned.
"From now on, whenever the weather changes, you'll start coughing because your lungs have been severely damaged."
The man was so excited that he almost choked on his breath, and the itch in his throat returned.
He was about to cough when Xiao Tang interrupted him.
"I'll apply a hot compress to you first, and then I'll write a prescription for you to take carefully."
"Oh right, I forgot to tell you, every time you cough up blood, your lifespan is shortened by one period."
[Who told you to live so long? This palm strike is going to kill you.]
Xiao Tang shook her head.
So much so that Geng Zhuo subconsciously swallowed the urge to cough.
He had no idea whether the princess was teasing him, threatening him, or was serious...
Xiao Tang then got up to prepare to write the prescription.
She paused as she picked up her pen.
[This young man, though, is young and spirited; he's still useful.]
Why did he specifically leave money for the Regent's shop? Could he be working for the main villain?
Just as he finished thinking, Yan Shi's exclamation suddenly came from outside the door.
"Your Highness, what...what are you doing here? When did you arrive?"
His voice became halting and stammering.
Startled, Xiao Tang scribbled heavily on the paper with her brush.
He suddenly turned around.
Over there, Geng Zhuo was still lying there with his chest exposed, looking like someone who had been sexually assaulted.
Anyone who didn't know better would think that Xiao Tang had done something heinous to him.
Her brow twitched slightly as she read it.
[Oh my god, what's going on?! The main villain had to show up now of all times!!!]
Seeing this man in bed, wouldn't she fly into a rage?
[I don't know when it started, but the villain's possessiveness towards me has become outrageously strong??]
"Your Highness?" Geng Zhuo heard it too and stiffly stood up.
"Your Highness..."
"Shut up, hurry up and hide." Xiao Tang made a quick decision, strode forward, and picked him up.
Geng Zhu hurriedly tried to gather his clothes together.
"Your Highness...you're just treating my illness, why...why are you in such a panic?"
"hehe."
Brother, I'm helping you save your life, and you really don't know how to be grateful?
Believe it or not, when the big villain walks in and sees you looking like this, the first thing he'll do is castrate you.
[It's like I'm doing all sorts of dirty tricks on you.]
She hissed, "Shut up! Get back in the closet!"
Seeing that Geng Zhuo opened his mouth to speak, she simply stuck a silver needle into his mute acupoint.
They kicked the person into the cabinet.
The timing was perfect.
The door was pushed open.
The long-absent man suddenly appeared in the inn, standing outside the door, leaving Xiao Tang somewhat bewildered.
The only difference is that he's wearing... the clothes of a bodyguard?
I don't know when they dyed their hair black.
However, his exceptionally handsome face remained unchanged, and he simply stared at her with a cold expression.
Yan Shi followed him in.
Yan Shiyi's exaggerated expression as if something big was about to happen.
Seeing the state of the two sides before him, Yan Shi tried his best to wink at Xiao Tang when the Regent couldn't see him.
He glanced at the bed.
Nobody's here!
very good!
Upon seeing that the bed was empty, he was truly worried for the princess.
He was treating a patient, and the patient was a man, and that man's injury was in his chest... that's...
Yanshi:-_-||
Xiao Tang glanced at the wardrobe.
He muttered to himself, "Holy crap, why is the young man's trouser leg tangled up?"
Perhaps her gaze fixed on the wardrobe was too obvious, for Di Jingling immediately followed Xiao Tang's gaze and looked at the wardrobe as well...
But just as my gaze swept over the wardrobe, a figure flashed past.
A slender little girl rushed into his arms.
Caught off guard, he immediately reached out and wrapped his arms around her lower back.
For a moment, he was a little surprised.
It's safe to say that Xiao Tang's willingness to throw herself at him was most likely an act, stemming from guilt.
Never once did I truly want to hug him...
As expected...
[Why did you come here, you big villain? Do you know how much pressure you're putting on us?!]
[Sigh~ I always end up hugging myself to cover up my 'sin'... Ugh, what sin? What am I doing?!]
How come it's as if I've committed a grave crime?
Xiao Tang immediately got into the act, buried her face in his chest, and pretended to cry.
"Husband, what brings you here?"
"I knew my husband couldn't let me go, that's why he came all this way, right?"
"Waaaaah~"
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