His cheeks were sunken due to his thinness, and his beard was obviously just shaved and was white, and the skin around his face was rough.
Yan Shiyue choked up and said, "Are you going to be a bandit? Don't they give you food? Look at you! You're so ugly!"
Huo Qijing touched his face embarrassedly: "We are a group of grown men, so we don't pay much attention to this."
She choked up and wanted to say something but didn't. She took the ointment, held his face with both hands and rubbed it.
Huo Qijing whispered, "I'm fine."
She shouted, "Shut up!"
He stopped talking, put his arms around her waist and closed his eyes.
Yan Shiyue rubbed him carefully over and over again, and stopped when she felt the skin under her hands became slippery. She then leaned on his shoulder and was about to speak when she noticed that his movements froze slightly.
Yan Shiyue slowly stepped back and looked at him.
Huo Qijing pursed his lips when she looked at him. He wanted to deny it at first, but when he saw her like this, he swallowed it again and whispered, "It was an accident! It wasn't caused by a firearm. It was a firearm that collapsed the rocks and accidentally hit me. It's okay."
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...
Considering Huo Qijing's skills, he was injured, so the situation must have been extremely dangerous.
Yan Shiyue burst into tears immediately and whispered, "But, there is no need for firearms now! Why are you in such a hurry? Why are you working so hard..."
She sobbed and tore off his clothes. She saw that his entire back was bruised. It was obviously not a new injury, but the marks were still very clear. There were scars on his skin from healing injuries. There was a splint under his ribs.
She suddenly sobbed, but covered her mouth with her hands for fear of waking the child.
Huo Qijing lowered his head, like a child who had made a mistake: "I didn't want you to see it... I just missed you and the child! I wanted to come back and take a look. I shouldn't have let you see it... Actually, it's really nothing. It's inevitable that a grown man won't be hurt."
She was so distressed that she kept sobbing: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault for talking too much! Why did I make this! If I had known, I would never have made it!"
"Don't talk nonsense." He said seriously, "It is my wish to protect my country. Don't worry, I will never do that again. With you and the child waiting for me, I will definitely not get hurt."
Her tears fell on him. He patted her back gently, then lowered his head and kissed her face again and again: "It's really okay, Ayue, don't cry, don't cry..."
She cried for a long time and didn't know when she fell asleep.
When I woke up, he was gone again.
The bed was cold when I touched it, and I didn't know when he left. It was obvious that he was in such a hurry to come and go, because he really missed her and the child.
Yan Shiyue washed her face and went out, thinking about finishing what she had on hand quickly so that she could go to his place and accompany him.
In fact, Emperor Ming Yan and the Empress knew that Huo Qijing was injured, but they kept it from her.
Knowing that he had returned that day, the Queen went to the Cining Palace to pay her respects in the morning. When she came out, she ordered the servant to go to the Duke's Mansion to check on him, fearing that Yan Shiyue was feeling unwell.
As a result, not long after returning to the palace and sending away the people who came to pay their respects, Linglong quietly came over and whispered, "Your Majesty."
The Queen asked, "What?"
Linglong lowered her voice and said, "Madame Fu said a few words to me today."
When the Queen went to pay respects, Jinyu usually went in with her, while Linglong and Amber stayed outside. But today, Nanny Fu came over with a box, so Linglong went over to help. Then Nanny Fu said casually, "The Queen Mother summoned the young master and his sister again today."
Linglong naturally smiled and said, "It is a blessing for our little prince and young master that the Empress Dowager likes it."
"Yes!" Aunt Fu said, "The Queen Mother likes them very much. She always gives them good food during meals."
The queen frowned and slowly repeated, "Never forget to give them good things to eat."
She suddenly came to her senses.
The Empress Dowager is old, so the imperial chef will cook nourishing medicinal food for her. It is said that they use only top-quality ingredients, and each pot takes several hours to stew.
But Jiaozi and Nian Gao are only two or three years old, how can they eat these tonics! I am afraid that they will get sick!
But how could the Queen Mother not know about this? She couldn't possibly feed this to her child!
But the old maids around the empress dowager, especially Fu Ma, Shou Ma, and Xiang Ma, have been with her for decades and are very trusted. They are all very cautious. She suddenly said this, it must not be without purpose.
The queen was terrified for a moment.
She calmed herself down, looked at the time, and asked someone to secretly inquire what they were doing.
Linglong went to inquire about it, and when she came back her face looked a little bad. She whispered, "They said they wanted two people to do somersaults, and whoever did the most somersaults would get a reward."
The queen was stunned, her eyes widened with anger!
You know, the palace families are very different from ordinary people. Not to mention the age when they should start to learn, even at the age of one or two, they would never be asked to play games like somersaults and wrestling. This is not raising children at all, it is purely for entertainment!
Not to mention the children of the princess, even if it was a child of a minister brought by a noble lady, they would never do this, as it would be tantamount to humiliation!
The queen was gasping for breath.
Jin Yu helped her calm down and said, "But this shouldn't happen! The Queen Mother... has no reason to do this! The Queen Mother has always liked the little prince, why is this happening?"
Yes, there must be a reason behind this.
But she couldn't care about that at this moment. The queen gritted her teeth, stood up and said, "Let's go to the Cining Palace!"
She took people to the Cining Palace,
It was dinner time. When the queen entered, she saw two children, each with a bowl of thick soup in front of them. It was obviously the tonic soup that the queen mother often drank.
The queen clenched her hands in her sleeves, her heart was filled with anger, but she pretended not to see it, and smiled and bowed, "Mother, my daughter-in-law has come at an untimely time."
The Queen Mother looked at her and asked, "Why are you here at this time?"
The Queen smiled and said, "This is not..." She pretended to glance at the dumplings and rice cakes, and whispered in his ear, "Duke Rong was injured a while ago, and he came back yesterday on a fast horse. He said that his bones were slightly dislocated. I just found some good medicine and wanted to send them back to deliver it."
The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Since you are injured, why are you running back and forth? You should be more careful when doing errands for the Emperor."
The queen's smile froze.
Just from this one sentence, she knew the direction.
Under normal circumstances, after hearing this, the Queen Mother would have shown some concern for Huo Qijing's injury.
But now her instinctive reaction is to find fault with everything, which... is obviously because she is angry.
Something must have happened in between!
At this moment, the queen was in the dark and could only smile and say, "This matter is confidential and important. Huo Qijing must come back regularly to report to the emperor."
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