Xie Zhun instructed Bai Zhi to escort Ning Xi'er into his carriage.
Bai Zhi dared not refute. Although her mistress was still unconscious, the way the prince treated her...
They have witnessed it all.
Xie Zhun did not get into the carriage immediately.
He asked Eunuch Xu to bring Xu Yan over, took out a jade pendant from his person, and handed it to Xu Yan.
Xu Yan took it and then heard Xie Zhun instruct, "I originally wanted to use the mountain bandits to strengthen our defenses, but it seems that won't work..."
"Your men have been temporarily recalled to the capital to investigate. You can't be without some help..."
Xu Yan clasped his hands in a fist salute, about to say something, when Xie Zhun spoke again:
"Take my token and go to Xiuxiede County to find my teacher, Wei Xunfang. He will arrange for someone to help you..."
Xu Yan looked slightly surprised. Having been by his father Xu Gonggong's side for so long, he had never heard of Wei Xunfang's name before...
According to historical records, Wei Xunfang, the former tutor to the crown prince, retired and returned to his hometown after Xie Zhun was deposed as crown prince.
I'd never heard this name before, even among Eunuch Xu's circle; I'd assumed they'd lost contact long ago...
I never imagined we'd been in contact all along.
The fact that Xie Zhun added a word suggests that Wei Xunfang had been secretly planning and preparing for Xie Zhun for quite some time.
Coincidentally, the "hometown" he returned to was right on the road to exile, in Xiude County, a desolate place...
Is this just a coincidence?
From the very beginning, from the time Wei Xunfang retired from office, or even earlier, he and Xie Zhun had already joined forces to plan this grand scheme.
Judging from Eunuch Xu's expression, he showed no surprise whatsoever, clearly indicating that he was aware of Wei Xunfang's existence.
Why did he never mention it to me?
Xu Yan firmly believed that after these years of cultivating his relationship, he held a very important place in his father-in-law's heart...
But his concealment only further illustrates that Xie Zhun's significance to him goes beyond his own life, and even beyond his own life.
Besides Wei Xunfang, how many other things is Eunuch Xu hiding from me?
Having come this far, this is now the moment when the team is at its weakest, making it the best time to strike...
Xu Yan originally didn't want to leave, but with Eunuch Xu by her side at all times, and Xuan Feng and other guards never leaving her side, even the two hundred or so burly men, including You Yong, couldn't sneak up on the princess...
He might not be able to accomplish anything successfully...
In just a few breaths, Xu Yan had already mentally calculated hundreds of rounds of scenarios...
Then they heard Eunuch Xu remind them from the side, "Hurry up and thank the Prince!"
Xu Yan snapped out of his daze, immediately clasped his hands in a fist salute, and thanked them for their approval.
Xie Zhun ordered Eunuch Xu to personally prepare horses and provisions for him and instructed him to set off immediately.
Knowing that there was a shortage of manpower at the moment and that no time could be wasted, Eunuch Xu immediately went to make arrangements himself.
After arranging everything, Xie Zhun felt slightly weak and unconsciously rubbed his legs, feeling some soreness...
The movement of his hands paused...
He slowly lowered his head, looked at his hands, then at his legs, and was somewhat at a loss for words.
Xuanfeng immediately noticed the anomaly, and excitedly lowered his voice to call out, "Your Highness!"
Xie Zhun pinched his leg, seemingly in disbelief, and then pinched it twice more...
My eyes started to feel a little sore and swollen.
More than a decade, thousands of days and nights!
He thought he would be trapped and die in this confined space, even though Ning Xi'er assured him that she could cure his poison...
But he remained restrained, fearing that his hopes would be dashed.
On one hand, I cautiously hoped for it, and on the other hand, I constantly reminded myself to lower my expectations...
Just as Eunuch Xu had praised, Ning Xi'er never failed to keep any of her promises!
She really did it!
After a period of acupuncture, massage, and medicinal baths, his legs, which had been completely numb, finally started to respond!
But......
Xie Zhun suppressed his inner turmoil and waved to Xuan Feng.
Xuanfeng tacitly carried Xie Zhun back into the carriage and placed him next to the princess.
Xuanfeng pushed it out.
Xie Zhun lowered his head; this was the first time he had ever looked at the person in front of him so closely.
She was so close to him when the maids stopped her bleeding and bandaged her wounds after she was poisoned and stabbed...
Even with so many people present, he couldn't think of anything else.
His gaze remained fixed on her purplish lips and the slowly bleeding wound...
At this moment, he could carefully examine her eyebrows and eyes, her delicate nose, and the two small, sparrow-like dimples beside her mouth...
This face appears before him every day.
Xie Zhun took her small hand in his and massaged it countless times on his numb leg, tirelessly...
Xie Zhun recalled their first meeting: when he awoke from his unconsciousness and found her pulling up his trouser leg and examining him, he felt annoyed...
In less than a month, my feelings toward her completely changed.
Her two maids, Haitang and Aoxue, examined her and said she had no fever or symptoms of infection, and the wound on her chest had not worsened after the dressing was changed...
The purple color on her lips had completely faded. Haitang and Aoxue came every hour to fill her water pouch with the "potion" she had prepared in advance...
Everything is improving, but why won't she wake up?!
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