Chen Nian was pinned down by Xiao Yanzi, and his head hit the ground hard. Fortunately, the table had been moved to the courtyard, where the ground was dirt, not stone, so Chen Nian's fall wasn't too bad.
"Cough... Pfft..."
Feeling the pressure of Xiao Yanzi pressing down on her, and the pain in her head, Chen Nian wanted to cry but couldn't. She had suffered too many injuries. If Ertai found out, he would worry and get angry again, and she would have to coax him again.
I promised him yesterday that I would take good care of myself when he wasn't around, but I got hurt after he left me for just a short while.
Unbeknownst to many, Chen Nian had already prioritized Ertai's thoughts.
"Little Swallow, weren't you supposed to be repairing the roof? How come you made a huge hole instead, and then fell down so dramatically, smashing the dining table? Are you two alright?"
The Emperor spoke with a mixture of concern and reproach, his worried gaze fixed on the two of them.
"How are you? Did you fall? Look, I was really out of my mind. How could I let Princess go up to fix the roof? Princess, I'm so sorry."
Magistrate Liu, who had just returned from borrowing fish, saw the two people lying on the ground, dropped the fish he was holding, and quickly stepped forward to speak with concern and self-reproach.
Qing'er and Ziwei quickly stepped forward and helped the two of them up.
"Niannian, where did you fall? Where does it hurt? Please tell me."
Qing'er looked the people around her up and down, her eyes full of worry.
"It's alright, it's alright, I'm fine, Qing'er."
He spoke quickly, lost in thought.
"Niannian, how are you? Is anything wrong?"
Little Swallow looked at the person with a pained expression and asked anxiously and with concern.
Now her mind is completely on Shen Nian, and she has even ignored the pain in her buttocks.
"It's okay, it's okay, Little Swallow, I'm fine. Is your butt alright?"
She didn't know how badly Xiao Yanzi's buttocks were injured.
"It's nothing, ah—"
Little Swallow hadn't reacted yet, but upon hearing Chen Nian's words, she immediately felt a burning pain. Little Swallow covered her bottom with both hands and kept jumping around.
"Where is the water? Where is the cool water?"
Xiao Yanzi asked Liu Yixin, who was standing in front of her, with a pained expression.
"Which room is available? Let me see how her hair is getting permed."
Ziwei asked anxiously as well.
Even though the scene was fast-paced, it couldn't escape the laws of the plot. The distance was so short, and Xiao Yanzi fell quickly, so her bottom inevitably came into contact with the hot soup, though not as badly as in the original drama.
"Yes, yes, yes, my bedroom is fine. This way, this way."
Upon hearing Ziwei's words, Magistrate Liu quickly led the way.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry—"
The emperor, standing to one side, was also urging them on.
...
Between Xiao Yanzi and Shen Nian, it was obvious who was more seriously injured. After everyone had finished worrying about Shen Nian, their attention turned to Xiao Yanzi.
Xiao Yanzi was still concerned about Chen Nian, but she was forcibly dragged away by her two protectors and Ziwei to get checked out. She kept calling out for Chen Nian as she left.
"Chen Nian, how are you? Did you hurt yourself anywhere? Is anything bothering you?"
Ertai, who was repairing the roof, heard Chen Nian's cry of pain and quickly used his lightness skill to get down from the roof. When he got down, he saw a person sitting in a chair, covering his head and looking depressed.
Looking at Qing'er brushing the mud off someone's body and the marks on the ground, it was easy to tell what had happened.
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