"Alright, alright..." Xu Si nodded repeatedly, touching his face.
I still remember the scene of him being slapped by Su Wanyan.
Su Wanyan told him to see a doctor, who prescribed a liniment for bruises and sprains. After applying it for a few days, the swelling had mostly subsided.
"Those burns..."
"It'll be done soon, it'll be done soon," Xu Si said repeatedly, clutching his right arm.
The wound was covered by his clothes, so Su Wanyan couldn't see it, but she knew from his words that it hadn't fully healed.
Burns are the hardest to heal, and the scars they leave are the hardest to remove. Su Wanyan instructed, "You don't need to take care of me these next few days. You should rest well. I will make the antidote while you are resting."
"Huh?" Xu Si's eyes widened.
"What? You don't want the antidote?" There was no antidote, but she could make some medicine to help him recover and nourish his body, as a way of repaying him for taking care of her for so many days.
"Yes, yes, thank you, Your Majesty."
"Don't thank me yet. I hold grudges. I haven't forgotten how fierce you were to me before. If I hadn't been quick-witted, you would have tortured me to the point of being nothing but bones."
"Oh, Your Majesty." Xu Si knelt down with a thud: "This servant already knows his mistake, this servant has already corrected himself, hasn't he? This servant was blind, Your Majesty, please don't mention it again."
"Alright, go and rest."
"Yes, then this servant will take his leave."
After Xu Si left, Su Wanyan entered the room carrying large and small bags: "Yu Nanqing, I'm back!"
Every time Su Wanyan came back from outside, she would call out this. Yu Nanqing slowly opened his eyes, watched her put all the things on the table, and relaxed his shoulders: "I'm so tired. I have four maids, but not one of them helps me."
Actually, Su Wanyan didn't want them to carry her things; the way they were watching her made it seem like she owed them millions.
Those who don't know the situation might still think they are the masters.
And that guard standing at the door, motionless like a telephone pole, Yu Nanqing couldn't run away, so no one knew what he was guarding.
Looking at her exhausted appearance, Yu Nanqing's eyes flashed with a dark light, and he said, "Go to the brokerage."
"where?"
"Loan shop".
Su Wanyan paused for a second, then realized: "A brokerage firm? A human broker?"
Human slave traders are merchants who sell people into slavery and work as long-term laborers for wealthy families.
It dawned on her: "That's right! I can go to the brokerage and pick a few maids to serve me! How come I didn't think of that!"
"I'll go take a look tomorrow." As she spoke, Su Wanyan thought of something and habitually leaned over the edge of the bed to look at Yu Nanqing: "How about we buy someone to take care of you? If I go out, someone can look after you."
"No need." Yu Nanqing closed her eyes and coldly refused.
Su Wanyan pouted: "You're the one complaining?"
Yu Nanqing's eyebrows twitched, but she kept her lips tightly shut, not wanting to speak.
Suddenly, Su Wanyan shoved something into his mouth. He opened his eyes wide and tasted the sweetness that melted in his mouth.
"Is it good?" Su Wanyan looked at him and smiled. "It's rock sugar. I bought it from a street vendor. It's quite delicious."
The rock candy was made into round little candies, somewhat like modern colored candies, but only in white and yellow. It didn't taste as cloyingly sweet as rock candy, so it must have had other ingredients added.
Yu Nanqing silently put the candy in his mouth. Before he could speak, Su Wanyan continued, "I bought a whole bag of it."
She opened the paper bag and handed it to Yu Nanqing: "This is enough for me to eat for a long time. When Chi En comes back, let him have a taste too."
Su Wanyan's eyes seemed to always hold a glimmer of light, even though she was surrounded by desperate situations...
"Why are you looking at me like that?" After saying that, Su Wanyan laughed: "Oh, I know, haven't you had anything sweet in a long time? Are you so touched that you don't know how to thank me?"
"..."
Yu Nanqing looked away and closed her eyes again.
But the sweetness in his mouth seemed to melt into his heart, how could he not be moved?
Seeing that he had closed his eyes again, Su Wanyan pouted: "You're not talking, you're not a block of wood. Eating candy and sleeping, be careful of getting cavities."
Although she said that, she didn't disturb his rest any further.
Su Wanyan took out some bottles and jars from her bags, all of them white porcelain. She had bought about seven or eight jars. She then opened a small bag and took out several packets of Chinese medicine.
She was going to use these bottles and jars to refine pills. The system's [Medicine Identification Skill] made her familiar with the effects and uses of each medicinal herb, so she also knew the relationships of mutual generation and restraint between medicinal herbs.
The heart-nourishing and breath-clearing pills I promised to make for Xu Si were actually intended for Yu Nanqing.
What if he went to the palace banquet with her and was so angry that he died from just a few words from Emperor Yuanhe?
These pills are being made to save his life.
Thinking about it, he picked up the few packets of medicine in his hand and left the room.
As soon as Su Wanyan left, Yu Nanqing opened his long eyes. He looked at the white porcelain jar on the table and wondered what she wanted to do.
Thinking this, his gaze shifted to the bundles on the ground. From the corner of the bundle peeking out, he saw a bundle of books inside.
The book contained books such as "Women's Virtues and Admonitions," "Laws of the Great Jin Dynasty," and "General Rules of Etiquette," which were all books of instruction. In addition, there were two copies of "Records of Mountains and Rivers" and a "Illustrated Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicines."
Yu Nanqing could understand reading "The Records of Mountains and Rivers" and "Illustrated Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicines," but why would she read about female virtues?
Recalling her carefree and lively appearance, and how she transformed into a well-mannered and refined young lady in the blink of an eye, Yu Nanqing couldn't help but frown.
Actually, Su Wanyan had bought these books when she went to the market last time, but at that time she had her maid carry them. Later, after she got separated from her maid and returned to the mansion, she found that she didn't know where the books were.
Perhaps because they were afraid she would run away, they rushed to Emperor Yuan to complain, and the maid threw away all her books.
Su Wanyan couldn't find it when she returned, so she went to the bookstore again.
Seeing that there seemed to be something else in the bag, Yu Nanqing slowly stretched out his slender fingers, wanting to lift it up and take a look. However, Su Wanyan's footsteps suddenly entered his ears, startling him so much that he quickly withdrew his hand.
"Oh no, one pack is missing. Did it fall off on the way back?"
Su Wanyan rushed into the room and saw that Yu Nanqing's eyes were open. She asked curiously, "What's wrong? Weren't you asleep? Why are you awake again?"
“Cough…” Yu Nanqing coughed awkwardly.
"Does your wound hurt? Or is something on your mind?" Su Wanyan simply poured a small handful of rock sugar into one of the porcelain jars and placed it on the bedside table: "I can't sleep when I have something on my mind either. This won't help you, but if your wound hurts, eat one. It will make you feel much better."
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