Chapter 210 Ye Susu's Schemes
The next day, Su Tingwan was awakened by the noise outside. When she woke up, she did not see Xie Shang in the tent. She remembered that Xie Shang was reading by the bed last night. She originally thought that he would eventually fall asleep when he got tired of reading, so she deliberately wore revealing clothes. She thought that she would seduce him after they got into bed, and he would be tempted no matter what.
Now she was annoyed that she had fallen asleep. When she thought of Ye Susu in the military camp, she quickly got out of bed.
Just then, Ginkgo arrived with toiletries. "Miss, you're awake. I've prepared water for you to wash your face."
"Where is the prince?" she asked.
Yinxing said, "This servant did not see the prince. This servant got up early this morning to fetch water for the young lady to wash up."
Seeing her in a plain dress, Su Tingwan asked, "Whose clothes are you wearing?"
"It's from Physician Ye. My clothes are too worn out, so she gave them to me." Yinxing didn't know Ye Susu's intentions, but she felt that Ye Susu was a very kind person. No one had ever been so kind to her before.
Su Tingwan was furious when she heard this. "Why would she lend you her clothes? What is your relationship with her that she would be so kind to you?"
Ginkgo was startled and quickly explained, "It's nothing, it's just that last night she saw that my clothes were tattered and old, so she took me to take a bath, gave me clothes, and applied medicine to my wounds..."
“Take it off, throw it away. Who gave you the right to accept charity and wear other people’s clothes? Don’t you know whose servant you are?” Su Tingwan said directly.
Yinxing froze on the spot. What would she wear if she took off her clothes? Her mistress had clothes to wear, but they didn't care about her life or death. She served her mistress with all her heart. Yinxing's eyes were filled with tears, and she stubbornly refused to take off her clothes.
Su Tingwan was furious. "You don't listen to me anymore, do you?"
“No…” Ginkgo felt extremely aggrieved.
At this moment, Xie Shang lifted the curtain and walked in. Last night, he had spent half the night with the guards. As soon as he got to the door, he heard Su Tingwan throwing a tantrum. He felt as if he didn't recognize her.
He glanced at the ginkgo tree but didn't say anything.
When Su Tingwan saw him come in, she quickly lowered her voice and said gently, "Where did Your Highness go? I didn't see Your Highness when I woke up this morning."
Xie Shang bypassed her and said directly, "We're about to return to the capital. Pack your things."
Su Tingwan was stunned; she didn't have anything to pack.
"Ginkgo, go fetch another basin of water." She added, "Your Highness hasn't washed up yet, has he? Let me serve you."
She wrung out a handkerchief and handed it to Xie Shang. Xie Shang took it, washed his face, and handed it back to her, then ignored her.
"Your Highness hasn't had breakfast yet! Let me have someone bring some to eat with you."
Without her having to call out, someone brought in Prince Heng's breakfast, but there was only a pair of chopsticks and a bowl, meaning that nothing was prepared for Su Tingwan.
Xie Shang said, "You eat, I've already eaten."
Su Tingwan then realized she had misunderstood. But where did he eat? Could it be that he ate with Ye Susu? Ye Susu had been in his tent with him last night, and they had celebrated the Lantern Festival together.
Aunt Liu said that Ye Susu was always sneaking into the prince's tent, and her thoughts were written all over her face; Xie Shang couldn't possibly not see it.
Did he take a fancy to Ye Susu? So he went to sleep in Ye Susu's tent last night?
Su Tingwan filled in the blanks with her own imagination, creating a rich and varied picture.
Xie Shang, of course, had no idea what she was thinking. Seeing that she was standing still, he asked again, "Aren't you hungry? Why aren't you eating?"
Su Tingwan was puzzled, but she didn't show it. She immediately sat down to eat, saying, "Your Highness, please have some more with me."
"I have already eaten," Xie Shang said in a cold voice, meaning that he meant no more eating.
At this moment, Ye Susu entered the tent with a medicine box and smiled, "Your Highness, it's time to change your medicine."
"Hmm." Xie Shang seemed to be used to the process of changing the dressing. He sat on the edge of the bed, unbuttoned his shirt, and revealed half of his arm and chest muscles.
Seeing this, Su Tingwan's eyes were full of obsequiousness, "This concubine can help Your Highness change your dressing." Is this how this woman changes Xie Shang's dressing every day? And he's still bare-armed.
"You also know medicine? And how to bandage? Can you do these things?" Xie Shang asked her in a deep voice, knowing she couldn't.
Su Tingwan was stunned, "I..."
"Eat well, so you can have a good journey." Doesn't she want to go back to the border? Then let's send her back to stay for a while first, so she doesn't get bored and start having wicked thoughts.
Su Tingwan thought Xie Shang was concerned about her, so she obediently ate her meal.
Ye Susu examined Xie Shang's wound and said, "It's almost healed. As long as you don't make any big movements, Your Highness can even hold the sword without any problem. I'll wrap the bandage around Your Highness again so that your clothes don't touch the wound."
"Thank you for your help, Physician Ye," Xie Shang said gently.
Ye Susu smiled slightly. She deliberately moved closer to Xie Shang's body, her earring almost dangling around his neck. Xie Shang felt a cool sensation on his neck, but he remained calm and composed, without any particular thoughts in his mind.
However, Su Tingwan saw that Ye Susu seemed to be deliberately rubbing against him and seducing him, her fingers even touching Xie Shang's skin.
In this situation, Su Tingwan had no appetite for food. Her chest was burning with anger, and she almost gritted her teeth. "The way Physician Ye bandaged the wound was really strange. Her face was pressed against the prince's shoulder. Did the bandage have to be tied like that? Did you have to stand in front of the prince?"
Unexpectedly, Ye Susu became nervous upon hearing her words and fell into Xie Shang's arms. Her hands were still wrapped around his smooth neck. Xie Shang instinctively hooked his arm around her waist to support her: "Are you alright!"
She quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
Ye Susu didn't linger. She quickly stood up from his embrace and explained, "I was just helping Your Highness wrap bandages. The concubine has misunderstood."
Su Tingwan stared wide-eyed. She stood up, pulled Ye Susu aside, and stood in front of Xie Shang. "I saw it with my own eyes. Do you think the Prince doesn't have eyes in the back of his head and can't see it? He can't see it, but he can feel it! Where are you putting your hands? You dare to seduce the Prince in front of me, your concubine. Don't think I don't know what you're up to."
"I..." Ye Susu felt extremely wronged. Her eyes were red, as if nothing she said would be right: "I changed the prince's dressing like this before, and I never made a mistake."
"What do you mean by running into the prince's arms right in front of me? Throwing yourself into a man's arms is also Physician Ye's job..."
Xie Shang said coldly, "Su Tingwan, are you done raving? Apologize to Doctor Ye. Her intentions aren't as filthy as you think."
"Your Highness, she really did..." She didn't finish her sentence, but she saw it clearly.
"Slap!" Xie Shang slapped her across the face. "I told you to learn the rules properly, but you disobeyed and ran around. The princess consort did her best to teach you the rules, but where have you learned them?"
Su Tingwan's tears fell, and she unconsciously called out, "A Shang."
She covered her face and cried, "You once said you would always love me, like me, and cherish me, but now you're hitting me for a scheming woman. I ran away to find you. Have you forgotten that you said you would only love me in this life? Now you're bewitched by a female doctor. I thought you liked someone like Jiang Fenghua, but I never expected you would like even such a lowly female doctor like her."
She suddenly yelled at him, "You said you would always love me, no matter what I do, you would always love me." Tears streamed down her face as she turned and left the tent.
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