After tossing and turning all night, Ye Chaoxi was finally able to fall asleep as dawn broke.
I woke up when the sun was high in the sky, feeling weak all over, with aches in my joints and a heavy arm pressing down on me.
"Awake?" Xie Qinglan leaned closer.
Ye Chaoxi shrank deeper into the blankets, covering her exposed shoulders and collarbones, the marks on them testifying to the madness of the previous night.
She was truly terrified of this man.
However, she forgot that both of them were completely naked under the covers, and the covers couldn't hide him.
His large hand rested comfortably on her waist, his fingers gently circling her back, an atmosphere of intense intimacy. Ye Chaoxi could clearly hear Xie Qinglan's slightly heavier breathing, and saw that his hand was about to move downwards.
She hugged the blanket and shrank into the bed, trying to stay as far away from him as possible, leaving Xie Qinglan, who was also naked, exposed to the air.
Several bloodstains were clearly visible on her broad chest, marks left from the previous night. Further down, Xiao Xie Qinglan appeared full of energy.
Isn't he tired after a whole night?
Ye Chaoxi looked like she had a sty, quickly buried her head in the blanket, and muttered a curse, "You went too far!"
Xie Qinglan smiled. "You wouldn't let me cover up and then scolded me for going too far. Isn't that going too far?"
Ye Chaoxi remained silent, fuming.
She couldn't understand it. This person was shy yesterday, how could he become like this overnight? Could that thing really transform a person?!
Xie Qinglan wanted to tease her a little more, but just then Zhuo Qing knocked on the door.
"Your Highness, I have something to report."
Xie Qinglan had no choice but to get up, slowly put on her clothes, and ask her, "Are you still sleeping?"
"Get up." It's almost noon.
"You lie down first, I'll go and call your maid."
After Xie Qinglan went out, she first instructed Cuiyu to go in and serve her, and then asked Zhuo Qing, "What is it?"
Zhuo Qing quickly relayed the news he had received that morning: "Your Highness, the carriage we used to switch places yesterday fell off a cliff. They followed us all the way out of the city yesterday and attacked us at a cliff edge fifty miles outside the city. Our men sustained minor injuries, but their lives are not in danger."
"The Marquis's mansion has already sent people to search down the cliff. What should we do?"
Xie Qinglan pondered for a moment, then said, "Send someone to find a few corpses, disguise them as the five of us, and place them at the bottom of the cliff so they can find them."
"Do you want everyone in the Marquis's mansion to think you've been murdered? Then wouldn't Madam Zhang immediately urge the Marquis to make the Second Young Master the heir?" Zhuo Qing asked, puzzled.
"He has to be capable of sitting in that position." Xie Qinglan's voice was calm, but her face was as cold as frost.
He returned to the house, where Ye Chaoxi had already washed and dressed, and was admiring the jade's craftsmanship in the bronze mirror.
Cuiyu was skillful and clever, and she would style her hair in different ways every day, without repeating the same style for half a month. Ye Chaoxi loved to admire her hair in the bronze mirror every day.
Seeing Xie Qinglan come in, she casually asked, "What did Zhuo Qing want to talk to you about?"
She had only asked casually, but she didn't expect Xie Qinglan to not hide anything from her and to tell her directly.
"We might have to stay here for a while longer. I'll make the arrangements before we leave." Xie Qinglan stroked the handle of her wheelchair, her eyes lowered, lost in thought.
"Great!" Ye Chaoxi couldn't be happier to stay here. In the Marquis's mansion, it felt like there were always eyes watching her, she had no freedom, she had to deal with Madam Zhang, and every now and then Zhang Wanshu would dance in front of her.
"Take this time to rest and recover your leg. By the time we leave, Doctor Xue should be back, and then we can start treating your eyes."
Xie Qinglan went blind due to the residual poison. Although the poison was later cleared, his eyes could not recover due to the long-term damage. The recovery pills were slow to work on his eyes, and it would probably take two or three years to recover if he only used the recovery pills. If purple ganoderma could be used as medicine, the recovery speed could be accelerated.
Unfortunately, purple ganoderma is rare, and wild purple ganoderma can only be found in the south. Doctor Xue volunteered to go south to search for it, and if all goes well, he could return in about three months.
The group of five settled down at Wenyue Manor. Since they were going to stay for an extended period, Xie Qinglan instructed Zhuo Qing to send two more people over to be in charge of the manor's daily cleaning and purchasing.
They also had many things bought in the city and sent to the estate, from large items like recliners, beds, and desks to small items like winter clothes, brocade quilts, rouge and face powder for Ye Chaoxi, and bath flower petals.
Watching the well-trained people moving around the estate, Ye Chaoxi blinked. "Are all these your people? I've never seen them at Tinglan Garden before?"
"These are people I secretly trained after I was no longer in the capital. They don't live in the Marquis's residence; they train elsewhere in the capital and are only dispatched when needed."
After Cuiyu left, Ye Chaoxi got up and walked to his side, poking his chest with her fair fingertips. "People outside say that since losing his sight, the heir of the Marquis of Yongyi has stayed at home, living in seclusion in the Marquis's mansion, and has lost all his former vigor. Is that true?"
Xie Qinglan took her hand, played with her fingers in it, and said noncommittally, "I don't go out often. I only go out when His Majesty gives me an order."
"I will send someone to inform His Majesty about our temporary stay at the estate."
Ye Chaoxi understood. He appeared to stay at home, but in private he was doing things for the emperor. No wonder the emperor had suppressed the Marquis's family's attempts to establish a new heir all these years.
Ye Chaoxi bent down and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "I knew my husband wasn't the kind of person who wallows in self-pity. Even though he can't see, he won't waste his time doing nothing."
Xie Qinglan's lips curled into a smile.
"The last time I did something for His Majesty, I was ambushed on the outskirts of the capital on my way back. I didn't have many people with me at the time, and I got separated from them. I thought I was going to die in the woods, but a little girl saved me." Xie Qinglan spoke softly.
"Oh, really? You do know she's a young girl?" Ye Chaoxi's smile vanished, and she glared at him fiercely.
"Yes, she smelled wonderful, and her voice was beautiful. I'll probably never forget her."
“I was in a semi-conscious state at the time. I remember she took me to a cave and treated the wound on my leg. But when I woke up the next day, Zhuo Qing had already taken me away. When Zhuo Qing went back to find her, she was already gone.”
Well, this man, not only did he not recognize her, but he also only remembered that she was a girl, and he even tried to recall her in front of her!
You really can't give a man too much credit!
With a cold face, Ye Chaoxi kicked his wheelchair hard, and the wheelchair, out of control, carried Xie Qinglan out the door.
Xie Qinglan remained calm, stretching out his long legs to brace himself on the ground, steadily stopping the wheelchair from moving forward. A deep laugh emanated from his chest, husky and alluring, "Why is Madam jealous of herself?"
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