Chapter 51 The Princess's Heart
The snake venom was sucked out little by little.
Chi Zhao looked up and was annoyed by the lovestruck man's blank and silly expression. She flipped her hand, revealing a bright green bottle. She poured out a dark brown pill with a strong medicinal smell and handed it to Shen Yan'an, saying succinctly, "Eat it."
She thought to herself, if Shen Yan'an contradicts her again and says he won't eat, she really will just force it into his mouth.
Fortunately, Shen Yan'an was probably also afraid of death. When he saw the pills in her hand, he didn't even ask a question before taking them and putting them in his mouth.
The servants were stunned by everything that had happened.
Chi Zhao, did Chi Zhao suck out the snake venom for the princess?
She... she touched the princess's foot!
Good heavens, this is a serious matter that would damage a man's reputation!
But I doubt they would dare to say it out loud. If they did, the first question they would ask would be why the princess was poisoned by snake venom. Since there were men, why was it a woman who sucked out the snake venom?
Those in power will not pity the lives of servants like them; they will only think that as a personal attendant, you should dedicate everything to your master.
Shen Yan'an took the medicine and felt it melt in his mouth. After taking it, even his wounds didn't hurt so much. He guessed that it would be useful for detoxification. He looked at Chi Zhao with teary eyes and found himself unconsciously becoming very dependent on this reliable horsewoman.
"Will I... will I die?"
Chi Zhao's face darkened, and he completely ignored him. If he hadn't insisted on going deep into the forest, he wouldn't have caused so much trouble.
"Let's go to the clinic for another checkup."
Shen Yan'an only knew how to obey now, so he nodded quickly. When he saw Chi Zhao get up, he also quickly got up and followed behind her with a limp.
But after all, the young lady was spoiled and had never experienced hardship. She felt very tired after limping for a while.
Her voice was almost choked with tears as she instinctively turned to Chi Zhao for help, "I, I can't walk anymore, Chi Zhao QAQ."
...
How can there be such troublesome people in the world?
Chi Zhao suddenly turned around, picked the person up horizontally, and left with a cold look in his face, saying, "If you dare to complain that my hands are dirty, I'll throw you down."
Startled, Shen Yan'an quickly hugged her tightly, then shook his head vigorously, saying with a hint of grievance, "I didn't say I disliked you..."
Chi Zhao thought to herself, "It's all because you've been criticizing me so much."
After finally managing to move the person back into the carriage, Chi Zhao drove the carriage, but the person inside couldn't sit still anymore.
This time, however, it's not about causing trouble for people.
Shen Yan'an cautiously peeked out of the carriage window and asked softly, "Are we going to the clinic? But men and women shouldn't touch each other, I can't let other women see my feet..."
He is extremely virtuous!
Chi Zhao was annoyed with him. Why were there so many things to do? So she said with a hint of impatience, "I'll find you a male doctor."
She ran around for the prince every day. One day, she was surprised to see a clinic that was mainly staffed by male doctors. She was surprised, but she never expected to be able to use it so soon.
I'm speechless.
Upon hearing that it was a male doctor, Shen Yan'an calmed down and stayed obediently in the carriage without making a sound, only occasionally glancing at the straight back outside through the swaying curtain.
A slight sweetness crept into my heart.
Thinking of how Chi Zhao didn't hesitate to bend down and suck the snake venom from him, and how warm the temperature was, Xiao Junzi blushed with embarrassment.
How could anyone in the world care about him so much? Does Chi Zhao secretly like him?
Thinking of this, Shen Yan'an felt both ashamed and angry. Her thick, dark eyelashes trembled slightly as she lowered her head and buried it in her handkerchief.
Chi Zhao quickened the pace of the carriage and soon arrived at the entrance of the clinic.
As expected, the clinic was staffed entirely by male doctors, with only two women doing odd jobs. There were many men coming and going for treatment. Upon hearing that Shen Yan'an had been bitten by a snake, the resident doctor immediately told him to go to the inner courtyard to have his wound examined.
Chi Zhao casually pulled a limp, lifeless snake from his pocket. "This is the snake that bit him. Please have the doctor examine him."
Shen Yan'an then realized that she had even killed the snake that had bitten him. He was initially startled by the horrifying appearance of the venomous snake, but then felt a great sense of peace. This horse woman was so reassuring.
The doctor was startled when he saw the bright green snake, but then he exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my, a beautiful snake! This is poisonous. Where did it bite you? Let me take a look at the wound for you, young master."
He had just taken drugs out of desperation, but now that he was injured, he couldn't just stand there and watch. He turned his back silently and said, "I gave him an antidote pill. I'd appreciate it if the doctor could check if all the toxins in his body have been neutralized."
"An antidote?"
The doctor was taken aback. He looked down at the wound on the patient's ankle. It had been bitten by a venomous snake, but there was no unusual color. In fact, it looked like an ordinary wound. Looking at the patient's complexion, it did not have the pale white of illness. In fact, it was too rosy. He took the pulse, and it was strong and powerful. It did not look like poisoning at all.
The doctor turned around in surprise and asked, "What kind of antidote did you give her? Do you have any more? Can I take a look?"
His family had been practicing medicine for generations and had never seen such a useful antidote, which could even instantly neutralize the venom of the beautiful snake.
Having studied medicine since elementary school, he had a strong desire for this medicine.
However, Chi Zhao shook his head, "There's only one."
Since it's produced by the system, there won't be many.
"All right."
Upon hearing that there was only one, the doctor was somewhat disappointed, but Shen Yan'an widened his eyes slightly. Only one?
There was only one, but she was willing to let me eat it.
She...she secretly likes me, doesn't she?
The young lady was extremely shy.
When the doctor turned around, he noticed that the young man's complexion had become much rosier.
"The venom of the beautiful snake has been neutralized. It's just that the young master's body is a bit weak. He just needs to take good care of himself in his daily life. There's nothing serious about it."
"Yes, thank you, doctor."
The doctor gave a few instructions and then left.
Chi Zhao said calmly, "Please put on your shoes and socks, Princess. I will escort you back."
Sitting in the back, Xiao Junzi felt inexplicably uncomfortable because the woman's back was to him and her distant tone made him feel very uncomfortable. He couldn't help but mutter an unreasonable request, "I want you to help me put it on."
The two servants turned pale with fright and immediately knelt down, pleading anxiously, "Your Highness, this is against the rules..."
Shen Yan'an wanted to say that Chi Zhao had already touched his feet in the woods, and now he was just helping him put on socks, so what was wrong with that? But before he could say anything, the horse woman refused him.
"Please dress yourself, Your Highness. I am merely a servant of the Prince of Qing's mansion and am not capable of such work."
Chi Zhao was still angry, so of course she wouldn't put shoes on her husband. In her eyes, her husband in this life was just spoiled!
They can't even do something as simple as putting on shoes.
Shen Yan'an was taken aback when rejected, and a hint of grievance gradually appeared in his eyes. "I didn't look down on you because you're a servant. So what if you're a servant..."
He was the one who always brought up her being a stable girl back then, and now he's the one saying he doesn't mind.
Chi Zhao ignored him, pretending not to hear or see.
If it were before, Shen Yan'an would have gotten angry long ago if Chi Zhao ignored him like this, but today... Hmph, never mind, I won't be angry with her.
He didn't mention asking Chi Zhao to help him put on his socks and shoes again, nor did he ask the two servants beside him to help him. He obediently put on his shoes and socks himself, and then warned the servants, "I don't want to hear about what happened today from other people's mouths."
If this gets out, it won't be good for either him or Chi Zhao.
The two servants weren't stupid. The prince was the son of a princess. If other women saw his feet, at most his reputation would be damaged, but for them, it would probably mean certain death.
To save their own lives, they wouldn't tell anyone about it.
In the end, I only bought a few patches of medicine for external wounds from this doctor and then went home.
Following the rules, Chi Zhao drove the carriage to the entrance of the Prince's Mansion, waited for Shen Yan to get off the carriage, and as usual gave him a forced smile. After smiling, he consciously left work and was about to drive the horse away.
When the young master saw her turn away without any mercy, he felt a slight pain in his heart. He couldn't help but reach out to pull her back, but he restrained himself halfway and pulled back. He couldn't help but complain in his heart, "Didn't you like me? You were so good to me and cared about me so much. Why are you ignoring me now?"
I'm injured!
Why didn't they ask a few more questions...?
Shen Yan'an pursed his lips. The young master, who always spoke his mind and never held back, also had the thoughts of a young man.
He felt that the woman didn't love him enough.
But they were too embarrassed to say it.
In the end, he could only return to his own courtyard dejectedly.
Wang Jun arrived as soon as he caught a whiff of the rumors. Today, the capital was abuzz with the news that his son had gone to harass Lu Mingwei again, and that Shen Yan'an had completely disgraced the Qing Prince's Mansion.
Shen Yan'an had just sat down and hadn't even changed out of his slightly disheveled clothes when his father arrived and berated him, telling him to wake up. He said that Lu Mingwei clearly looked down on him, otherwise she wouldn't have humiliated him so disregarding his dignity.
In the past, upon hearing these words, Shen Yan'an would have argued with his father in protest, but today...
Prince Qing was prepared to argue with his son, but to his surprise, his son was only slightly dazed after being scolded, and after a while, he replied, "Father is right."
"Hmph, I have no idea what kind of bewitching potion Lu Mingwei gave you! That made you... um? What did you say?"
Unexpectedly, his son agreed with him.
This caught Prince Qing off guard, and he was completely stunned.
Shen Yan'an's mind was in turmoil when he returned, completely preoccupied with the stable woman. He hadn't thought about Lu Mingwei at all, let alone bothered to sort out their relationship. But now that his father had mentioned it, he suddenly remembered. He liked Lu Mingwei, and he kept bothering her in front of the stable woman. If the stable woman liked him, she must be feeling very uncomfortable seeing that.
Lu Mingwei only hurts and humiliates him and doesn't like him at all. But the horse woman is different. She cares about him and always puts meat on his plate, even though he refuses. She buys him delicious pastries, even though he did it on her behalf. But most importantly, the horse woman is willing to risk her own safety for him!
He wasn't stupid. Even his two personal servants, who had cared for him since childhood, were unwilling to suck out the poison for him, which showed how dangerous the matter was. Yet, Chi Zhao was willing to do something so dangerous for him, and even gave him her only antidote. The snake in question looked extremely venomous, so one could imagine that the only antidote must have been worth a fortune...
Chi Zhao, who was tending to the horses in the stable, was called out shortly afterward. She thought that the young princess had come up with some new idea to torment her, and she had long anticipated the young princess's heartlessness. However, when she went out, she was surprised to find herself facing a doctor.
The doctor arrived with a medicine box, saying that it was the princess's order to come and check her pulse.
The doctor was the imperial physician of Prince Qing's mansion, specializing in taking the pulse of Prince Qing and the young princess. It was his first time taking the pulse of a woman from a horse stable, and he was quite unaccustomed to it, so his expression was unnatural.
Chi Zhao was even more startled, wondering if the little princess had changed her personality?
But this spin was too big, it was a bit scary.
After eagerly awaiting news from the backyard that Chi Zhao was healthy and free from illness, Shen Yan'an finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing the princess like this, the two servants were filled with unease. They exchanged a glance, but knew they were powerless to stop her. No one could ever stop the princess from doing what she was determined to do.
Chi Zhao waited all day but didn't receive any troublesome news, so he put Shen Yan'an out of his mind.
Today she confirmed that the other party was her little husband, but since the two of them have no official status, how could she possibly lecture him?
I can only keep it to myself and deal with it another day.
The next day, the princess clearly hadn't forgotten her thoughts from the previous day, and ordered someone to summon Chi Zhao over early in the morning.
He acts as he pleases, without any scruples, and if he likes someone, he will show it and never hide it.
And importantly, he's a hopeless romantic.
His mother, father, and sister were not as important to him as the woman he loved.
Chi Zhao thought that he hadn't eaten breakfast yet and was going to buy snacks for Xiao Junzi again. He was speechless and couldn't even force a smile when he got to the courtyard.
To her surprise, the girl simply waved to her and said excitedly, "You're here! I've had breakfast prepared. Would you like some?"
Xiao Junzi tossed and turned all night, realizing that she would frown whenever she thought of Lu Mingwei, but would be so happy that she would hug her blanket and toss and turn whenever she thought of Chi Zhao. She finally understood her feelings: I like Chi Zhao. Chi Zhao takes such good care of me and is so tolerant of me, so he must like me too, right?
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