Chapter 515: Victory over the Sun (9)
[Half-alive.] The system remains mechanical and cold.
Shengxia breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize belatedly that the system had a strange sense of humor.
It was already late at night when Chen Zhuo was brought back. The head of the Imperial Hospital was dragged over by Shen Ling and started to check Chen Zhuo's pulse before he could even catch his breath.
Shengxia and Shen Ling both stood by Shen Zhuo's bed with serious expressions.
After a long while, the imperial physician finished examining the prince's pulse and said, "The prince has been seriously injured. The knife may have damaged his internal organs. I will prescribe medicine and acupuncture for him. If he wakes up within three days, he will be able to overcome this difficult time. If not..."
Shen Ling's face was as gloomy as water. "I'd like to trouble Doctor Mo to take care of my son these days."
"Your Excellency is too polite. The Crown Prince cannot move freely these days."
"Well, Xiaoxia, come with me."
Shengxia followed.
"Do you know something?" Shen Ling's eyes were sharp.
Sheng Xia looked him straight in the eye and said, "Every word I said before the Emperor is the truth. I dare not lie to His Majesty. My heart palpitations came true last time, and now I have them again. I am truly terrified."
"Linzhi is the martial arts master my brother found for me. But she follows me around every day, so I figured she wasn't just any ordinary martial arts master. In a moment of urgency, I asked her to find someone to come in and find my brother. I didn't expect she could summon such a powerful person."
Shengxia lowered her head, her voice tinged with tears, "I've already lost my biological father, and I don't want to lose a brother who's so kind to me."
Seeing her panic, Shen Ling put his hands on his hips and sighed, "I'm not questioning you, I'm trying to understand the situation. Father has to thank you. If you hadn't sent someone in to look for your brother, I'm afraid what I'm seeing now would be his corpse."
Shengxia looked up, tears in her eyes. "Father, who on earth wants to kill my brother? Yesterday, someone tried to pour tea on him that would make horses go crazy, and today he came back covered in blood."
"I'll find out. Go back to sleep. You've been waiting for a long time." Shen Ling patted her shoulder.
He also heard about what happened yesterday. With Zhuo'er's ability, he would be able to find out. If there is no result, then there is no way to investigate.
"My brother is not out of danger yet. I can't sleep. I'll go in and look after him." Shengxia wiped her tears with her sleeves and returned to the tent with her head hung.
Chen Zhuo's attendant Min Yang had already wiped the blood off his body.
Shengxia found a cushion and sat down in front of Chen Zhuo's bed, looking at his pale profile with a heavy heart.
"Brother, you must wake up."
She told herself that she had to be as cold as iron when completing the mission, but now she didn't know whether she was worried that he would die and the mission would not be completed or she was really just worried about him.
As dawn approached, Chen Zhuo developed a high fever, and Shengxia hurriedly went to call the imperial physician.
The high fever didn't subside until the afternoon.
Shen Ling went out for a while with a grim look on his face. After coming back, he sat in front of Shen Zhuo for a while, then went out again because his subordinates had something to report.
I couldn't bear the heat of summer and took a nap on the recliner in the compartment.
When I woke up, I went to find Chen Zhuo, and he was already sitting on the bed drinking medicine.
Shengxia was delighted and ran to him quickly, but she stumbled because she ran so fast.
"Brother, you're awake. How do you feel?" She grabbed the edge of the bed to steady herself, looking at Chen Zhuo's eyes sparkling.
Chen Zhuo took back the hand that was about to support her, raised his head and drank the medicine in the bowl in one gulp, "I'm fine."
Shengxia took the bowl from his hand and put it away, "I'll go call Doctor Wu."
"No need. He came before, but you were too sound asleep to hear him. He'll be fine after a few months of recuperation." Chen Zhuo shook his head. "I heard that you sent someone in to look for me."
"You all ask me one by one, I'm just worried about you." Shengxia hung her head.
"look up."
Shengxia raised her head as she was told.
"I don't doubt your meaning. Some things can't be explained by common sense. Let's just call it God's will. You are always lucky to be with me." Chen Zhuo looked into her eyes, hesitated for a moment, and put his hand on her head and patted it gently. "If you hadn't sent someone in to look for me in advance, I would probably be a corpse now."
Shengxia pursed her lips. She had saved him from being thrown off the horse, preventing him from losing his leg, but she had also almost pushed him to death.
The changes you make will have a ripple effect on the entire body.
"Brother, I'm glad you're okay." She gave him a faint smile.
"Um."
Knowing that Shen Zhuo had woken up, the emperor sent people to express his condolences and concern. Shen Ling stared coldly at the eunuch who brought the gift.
Being stared at by this evil general who had been on the battlefield all year round, the eunuch broke out in a cold sweat. After giving his gift and saying some caring words, he ran away.
Seeing Chen Ling there, Shengxia tactfully left first.
"Father, what did the Emperor say?"
Shen Ling sat down with a majestic look and patted his shoulder. "This is not a clean job. We'll know who did it once we investigate. But the Second Prince is still a prince after all. There will be a punishment, but it won't be severe. I just found a fault and confined him for six months."
"If you punish him publicly, everyone will know that it was the Second Prince who harmed you, which will damage the reputation of the royal family. The emperor will lose his dignity in the hearts of the people and it will be difficult for him to govern the country."
Chen Zhuo felt chilled, and after a long moment he whispered, "The ruler is the leader of his subjects, if the ruler is not upright..."
He didn't say the rest of the words. The matter of the horse had been resolved in advance, and he was not injured. Fine, he could endure it, but he felt sorry for Shengxia. But he almost lost his life in the assassination, so what was such a light punishment?
They were determined to be loyal to whoever was in power, and they wanted to kill him just to remove obstacles in their attempt to seize power. He could have thought of this. The emperor was very treacherous and it was impossible for him not to have thought of this.
Shen Ling pressed his shoulders and said, "Zhuo'er, don't say such things anymore. Walls have ears."
That being said, they were ultimately just subjects.
"I understand, father, let's go back." Shen Zhuo lowered his eyes and swallowed the bitterness.
After returning to the Duke's Mansion, Shengxia first went to see Li Wan, and then went to see the old lady.
Chen Zhuo sent someone to deliver the best ointment to Shengxia's yard, which was said to be a good scar remover.
When Chen Zhuo was injured, Shengxia visited him every two or three days and went to the martial arts field to practice archery every day. Later, she asked Linzhi to teach her how to shoot.
The day before Chen Zhuo's birthday, Shengxia went to the temple and asked for a peace amulet for him.
"Next year's birthday gift will be decided next year. This is this year's."
Chen Zhuo looked at her and asked, "Did you go to Puji Temple to pray?"
To obtain the talisman at Puji Temple, one must be sincere and walk up nine hundred stone steps.
"Well, brother, you have been so sincere to me, so I will repay you tenfold. I heard this amulet is very effective, so I went to ask for it."
Winter was coming soon, and Chen Zhuo was able to get out of bed and wrap himself in fox fur to go to the martial arts training ground to practice archery. Of course, he was seriously injured and didn't dare to move too much. He mostly walked around the martial arts training ground a few times and watched her practice archery and spear.
Hearing that Shengxia was practicing shooting, the old lady got up early and came to watch.
Shengxia put down his gun and went to help her. "Grandma, if you want to see me practice with my gun, I can go to your yard and practice. Why are you getting up so early? It's cold."
"I'm old and sleep less, so it's good to go out for a walk. I haven't seen a winter morning for a long time." The old lady patted her hands and looked at Chen Zhuo, "Brother Zhuo, your injury is not healed yet, why don't you rest in the yard?"
"I've been lying down for almost two months. I need to walk around and stretch my legs."
In late summer of the following year, Li Wan went into labor and gave birth to a boy, whom Shen Ling named Shen Shuo.
Li Wan fell asleep due to exhaustion. The old lady came over to see her and then went to hold her grandson.
After seeing her brother, Shengxia went to stay by Li Wan's side and waited until Shen Ling came in before leaving.
When he went out, he ran into Chen Zhuo, "Brother, are you here to see Ah Shuo?"
Chen Zhuo was on duty today and just came back now.
Chen Zhuo sat next to the old lady, hooked his fingertips around Chen Shuo's still slightly wrinkled little hand, and looked at her, "Well, is Aunt Wan in good health?"
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