Chapter 9: Retention is also a disguised confession.
After a long silence, Gu Yanchen raised his head, his eyes emitting a captivating light.
"If the Gu family is doomed to fail, will you still stay with me?"
"This disaster will definitely pass, believe me!"
There was no direct answer, but Ran Qingxuan knew that retaining the person was also a disguised confession.
However, Gu Yanchen's sudden and implicit confession almost broke her defense. After calming down, she signaled to him that treatment was more important.
Perhaps Ran Qingxuan's words just now worked, and Gu Yanchen was not so averse to her helping him heal his leg wound.
Ran Qingxuan tried his best to carry out the disinfection to the extreme, and it took a lot of effort to reconnect his injured ligaments. He did not stop moving his hands and spoke softly.
"You can't walk because you injured the ligament at the base of your leg. I've already stitched it up for you. Just be careful not to exert too much force in the next few days. You'll be able to run and jump soon."
The relaxed tone made Gu Yanchen feel much better, and he unconsciously looked at the person squatting beside the bed.
Ran Qingxuan also subconsciously looked at the person who was half lying on the bed.
The intersection of their eyes made them look away quickly, and somehow both of them blushed at the same time.
Ran Qingxuan made an excuse to ask someone to change the bed sheets, then stood up and was about to go out.
Perhaps the high-intensity concentration consumed a lot of her energy. The moment she stood up, she sat back on the bed.
Seeing that she was about to fall backwards, Gu Yanchen reacted very quickly and reached out to hold her. After taking the things in Ran Qingxuan's hand, he felt her head drooping weakly.
It happened that the hair on his head accidentally brushed across his chest, and Gu Yanchen's heart suddenly felt numb.
"you..."
"I'm hungry..."
Ran Qingxuan was really hungry. Gu Yanchen supported her shoulders and let her lean on the bed, then tried to get up. He was surprised to find that he could walk slowly without anyone's support.
Looking back at Ran Qingxuan who was resting with his eyes closed, a barely perceptible complexity flashed in Gu Yanchen's eyes.
"Your Majesty, can you stand up by yourself?"
Dahei had been guarding the door. The moment the door was opened, he was surprised and happy.
"I will no longer be a prince after tomorrow. Remember my instructions. Find a chance to take Daman and the others out of the city tonight."
"But my Lord, if what the Lady said is true, we should stay and help you, instead of..."
Dahei's address to Ran Qingxuan seemed to please him very much, and he didn't even notice the smile on his face.
Raising his hand to signal him to stop talking, Gu Yanchen said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty's move this time was too sudden. I have fallen into a trap. What you need to do now is to conserve your energy and gather your strength."
"After the indentures are returned to you, you will be innocent, and the dog emperor will not make trouble for you. If you and Daman want to leave, I will not stop you..."
Before Gu Yanchen finished speaking, Dahei immediately knelt on one knee.
"Master, you gave me and Daman's lives. We will never abandon you to live happily alone. Don't worry, even if you are exiled, we will follow you until death."
Gu Yanchen had no doubt about the loyalty of these people, he believed that his judgment was correct.
"Okay, besides these, go do one more thing."
Dahei thought it was some secret mission, but he didn't expect...
"You mean the prince and princess want to eat?"
The cook was woken up from her sleep and was still a little dazed as she rubbed her eyes and walked into the kitchen.
Dahei followed behind and was also a little slow to react.
"Yes, the princess is hungry. The prince asked the kitchen to cook some hot food for her. It doesn't matter what the dish is, as long as it's fast and delicious."
Although the cook was confused, she did not stop working.
In the time it takes to stick two incense sticks, three dishes and two bowls of seasonal vegetable egg noodles are ready.
Dahei mechanically carried the food into the room, didn't dare to look around, put the food in his hand down and walked out.
"The master actually let the lady lie in bed. The sun is about to rise in the west!"
He had not expected this to happen, but he must tell Daman and the others about this rare scene.
Gu Yanchen didn’t know how many days Ran Qingxuan had been hungry. He sat at the table and watched her finish three dishes and a bowl of noodles, then pushed the noodles in front of him that had not been touched towards her.
"If you don't mind..."
"You should eat something too. You don't know what will happen tomorrow!"
He picked up half of the noodles from the bowl and put them into his own bowl, then pushed the remaining half back into his bowl. His movements were very natural and harmonious.
Ran Qingxuan's wolfing down of food was so rude that Gu Yanchen immediately regretted saying those words to try to keep him.
But when I saw her hands trembling slightly because of hunger when she picked up the noodles, the regret in my heart turned into pity.
"Eat slowly, no one will snatch it from you."
"I know, I'm just too hungry."
Despite saying so, her hands still moved a little slower. As she slowed down, Ran Qingxuan soon felt full.
Wiping his mouth with satisfaction, Ran Qingxuan suddenly felt like he was alive again.
After having a full meal, it’s time to get down to business.
Glancing at Gu Yanchen's rosy face, Ran Qingxuan smiled, a very obscene smile.
"Are you feeling better?"
"I..."
Afraid that he would think wrongly again this time, Gu Yanchen answered with a normal expression.
"I'm fine. Your stitches are very effective. The wound doesn't hurt as much as before."
Ran Qingxuan's eyes lit up and Gu Yanchen's back tightened, and he asked unconsciously.
"what are you up to?"
Ran Qingxuan rubbed his hands and smiled evilly.
"Well, I haven't been to the palace yet. How about you ask Dahei to take me in for a look? He looks like he is very good at martial arts!"
"I am also very good at martial arts."
Gu Yanchen replied with a cold face, and only after he finished speaking did he realize what Ran Qingxuan said.
"You want to enter the palace? Can you tell me why?"
Ran Qingxuan scratched his hair with an innocent look on his face.
"Just going in to take a look..."
Before Gu Yanchen could respond, hurried footsteps were heard outside Tingyu Pavilion.
Dahei cleaned up the dishes and went to the kitchen. Gu Yanchen motioned for Ran Qingxuan to sit down, and he walked over and opened the door himself.
There was originally an anxious look in Old Madam Gu's eyes. She didn't expect that the person she saw when she opened the door was Gu Yanchen. She immediately took a step back in shock.
"Yan Chen, your legs?"
After she came to her senses, she took a few steps forward and looked her son up and down with tears in her eyes.
"Yan Chen, isn't your injury very serious?"
"Yes, Sixth Brother, you couldn't even get out of bed before, so you must not show off now."
"Hurry up and sit down and talk."
Even though there were important matters, the people in the Gu family were subconsciously concerned about his injuries.
Gu Yanchen doesn't need to hide himself in front of his family, which is heartwarming and makes him more determined to support the Gu family.
"Mother, sisters-in-law, I'm fine. Ran... Qingxuan knows a little bit about medicine, and she has a secret medicine given by her grandfather. She treated me just now and I'm much better now."
"Qingxuan?"
When the sister-in-law Zhou Furong, who was walking behind, heard Gu Yanchen's sudden change of address, her heart was relieved.
"Oh my, it's good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up. Look, mother-in-law, Sixth Brother has changed his name in a short while!"
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