The arrow fell to the ground.

The broken string brushed across Chu Yunmu's right cheek, leaving an inch-long blood mark on his fair skin.

The broken string was stained with bright red blood, which dripped down.

“…”

“…”

“…”

There was silence in the martial arts arena, and everyone was stunned. At this moment, time seemed to freeze.

"Brother Mu!"

Shen stood up from the chair with a frightened look on her face and trotted towards Chu Yunmu.

Chu Qianchen also took two steps forward at a time, squatted down, checked Chu Yunmu's right face, and looked at his right eye first.

After making sure that his eyes were not hurt at all, Chu Qianchen breathed a sigh of relief, "My eyes are fine."

She took out a frosty white handkerchief and gently wiped the bloodstains on Chu Yunmu's face...

Everything that just happened happened so fast that Chu Yunmu himself didn't come back to his senses and didn't even feel any pain. It was only at this moment that he felt a burning pain on the right side of his cheek.

He caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye that Chu Qianchen's handkerchief was stained with blood, and his heart trembled, and his eyes felt a little hot.

"I'm fine," he said firmly, feeling very brave.

Yes, he will be a general on the battlefield in the future. How can he cry when he gets hurt? !

He couldn't see himself, so naturally he couldn't see that his eyes were red and tears were rolling in his eyes, making him look pitiful.

Just like that little puppy on the street begging for kisses, hugs, and to be lifted up.

Chu Qianchen was also distressed, thinking about asking Hubo to go out and buy some cakes and preserves that Chu Yunmu liked. He looked at his wound carefully and said, "It's not a serious injury, but it's a bit deep... Nanny Chen, go get the Ten-Healing Ointment."

Nanny Chen looked at Shen hesitantly.

Chu Qianchen took the initiative to say: "This wound is a bit deep. Apply some Shiquan ointment to it. It will heal faster and avoid leaving scars."

After the initial confusion, Shen had calmed down.

This Shiquan ointment belonged to Chu Qianchen, and Shen Shi didn't want to use it casually. As long as Chu Yunmu didn't hurt his eyes, it didn't matter if he was a boy. Chu Yunmu was as naughty as a monkey since he was a child. Even though he was watched by maids and nurses all the time, he still fell and bumped his hands and feet.

However, according to the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty, those with disabilities or scars on their faces were not allowed to hold official positions or receive titles.

"Madame Chen, please go." Shen accepted her kindness, and Madame Chen hurried away.

"Does it hurt?" Shen asked Chu Yunmu softly.

Chu Yunmu shook his head bravely, tears began to well up again, his mouth pursed, and his voice was filled with a bit of stubborn crying, "It doesn't hurt."

"Our Mu brother is so brave!" Shen personally fed him a rose candy and gently stroked his back, again and again, tenderly and lovingly, just like when he was a baby.

Chu Yunmu held a rose candy in his mouth, and the sweetness in his mouth overwhelmed the pain on his face.

When he finished eating a candy and was thinking about whether he should act coquettishly and coax Shen to give him another one, Nanny Chen came back hurriedly with the Shiquan ointment.

Chu Qianchen washed her hands and asked Amber to open the small porcelain jar with a white background and blue flowers. She applied some ointment through the handkerchief and gently applied it to the wound on Chu Yunmu's right cheek.

A thin layer of ointment covered the blood-like scars.

Chu Qianhuang, who was standing aside, lowered her eyes and watched Chu Qianchen's every move, with a look of scrutiny and speculation in her eyes.

She remembered the words Shen Wan said that day again -

"That miracle doctor also has a pair of phoenix eyes, almost exactly like you when you were young, big sister."

"The doctor's face is covered with a veil, so I can't tell what he looks like, but he is very young. I think he is only about thirteen or fourteen years old, probably around the same age as you, Sister Huang."

Judging from Shen Wan's description, the miracle doctor at Jishitang really looks like Chu Qianchen. In addition, Chu Qianchen also has the Ten-perfect Cream...

Chu Qianhuang didn't believe that there could be so many coincidences in this world.

The problem is, as far as she knows, Chu Qianchen probably doesn't know any medical skills.

Thinking about how Chu Qianchen saved Chu Yunmu in March, Chu Qianhuang hesitated again...

She told herself that she couldn’t be affected by the dream anymore, as the Chu Qianchen in the dream was very different from her now.

Chu Qianhuang remained silent, and many things emerged in her mind, some from her dreams, some from reality, making her feel as if she couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality.

Chu Qianchen quickly applied the ointment to Chu Yunmu and told Nanny Chen: "Apply it twice a day."

Nanny Chen agreed.

Chu Yunmu only felt the wound was icy cold, and the burning sensation disappeared after a while.

The comfortable feeling made him forget about cheating for candy and he grinned.

“It doesn’t hurt anymore!”

He subconsciously touched the wound on his cheek, and the result was—

“Bang!”

His right hand was lightly slapped away by Chu Qianchen.

Chu Yunmu looked at Chu Qianchen with grievance, feeling that her sincerity was misplaced after all. Was he still her beloved Mu Ge'er? !

"Don't touch the wound." Chu Qianchen said seriously.

Chu Qianchen turned to Shen and said, "Mother, there is no need to bandage Mu'er's wound. Bandaging it will only slow down the healing process. Be careful not to let him touch the wound, so as to avoid getting dirt on it."

Shen and Nanny Chen could understand what she said. It was the same reasoning as not picking scabbed wounds and rashes with your hands and letting them fall off on their own. But reasons are reasons, and there are always people who cannot control their hands.

Shen and Nanny Chen looked at Chu Yunmu with burning eyes. Chu Yunmu was a naughty boy who couldn't control his hands. He could even scratch a mosquito bite until it bled.

Chu Yunmu was startled by what he saw, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "If you don't want to touch it, then don't touch it!"

Shen did not comment.

Chu Yunmu said seriously: "Really."

The only response he got was silence, and Chu Yunmu felt terrible.

Can people have a little trust in each other?

After this little incident, Chu Yunmu stopped shooting arrows, and the four of them returned to the main courtyard first.

There was some blood on Chu Yunmu's clothes, so he simply changed into new ones.

By the time he changed his clothes, it was dusk and time to pay his respects to the lady-in-waiting, and the four of them went to Rongfu Hall together.

During this period of time, the lady still ignored Shen Shi, but Shen Shi didn't care about it. She just went to Rongfu Hall on time every day to sit and leave.

Anyway, she is not a newly married young wife anymore. She has sons and daughters, imperial decrees, and the support of her natal family. She doesn't care about the lady's opinion at all.

The lady ignored Shen as well. Even when Shen bowed to her, she didn't even look at her until her eyes swept across Chu Yunmu's face.

"Brother Mu, come here quickly, what's wrong with your face?"

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The lady was so distressed that she called Chu Yunmu to sit on the bed and stared at his little face carefully.

Chu Yunmu told him in a baby voice about how he accidentally cut his face when shooting arrows in the martial arts arena. He also complained: "That bow is too old and has not been well maintained. The deerskin on the bow handle is still wrapped by me! I should have changed the string too!"

At the end, he emphasized: "Grandma, I didn't cry!"

He is not a crybaby like his fifth brother, who would cry loudly just by falling down.

Chu Yunmu thought with great pride.

The lady looked at the glaring bloodstain on her grandson's face and gave Shen a reproachful look, "Azhi, you don't even let anyone keep a close eye on Mu Ge'er!"

The implication is that Shen was blamed for not taking good care of Chu Yunmu.

The more the lady looked at him, the more distressed she felt. She touched Chu Yunmu's intact left cheek and muttered, "This wound is about an inch long. I don't know if it will leave a scar... Brother Mu, has a doctor checked you?"

The lady was both distressed and worried.

The court's laws clearly stated that people with disabilities or disfigurement could not hold official positions or inherit titles.

The location of Chu Yunmu's wound is very conspicuous. Even if he grows a beard when he grows up, it may not be able to cover it. If it leaves a scar, it will affect his succession to the title.

As she spoke, a corner of the door curtain was slightly lifted from the outside, revealing a few pairs of embroidered shoes underneath. One pair of shoes had a pair of delicate colorful butterflies adorned on the toe, and the butterfly wings were slightly fluttering.

Chu Qianhuang noticed it, she smiled sweetly, and comforted the lady, "Grandma, don't worry, I have used the Ten Perfect Ointment on my fourth brother, so I believe there will be no scars."

"That's good! That's good!" The lady felt relieved upon hearing that.

The old lady also knew about the affairs of the National Medical Clinic, and now she was quite in awe of the name of the miracle doctor. This Ten-Ingredient Ointment was made by the miracle doctor, so it must be a good thing!

The next moment, Liu strode in, followed closely by Chu Qianling. Both mother and daughter looked aggressive.

The two concubines from the second house at the back looked timid and lagged behind by several steps.

Liu glanced sharply at Chu Yunmu, who was sitting next to the lady, and her face suddenly turned dark.

She didn't even bother to greet the lady, and angrily asked Shen: "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by this?!"

"I've asked you for the Perfect Cream so many times, and I've said all the good things you can think of."

"How could you not give the Perfect Cream to our sister Ling, but give it to your brother Mu instead!"

"It's no big deal to have such a small cut on Mu'er's face!"

"The wound on my sister Ling'er's face is so deep... Sister-in-law, as an aunt, you are too biased and too hard-hearted!"

The more Liu spoke, the sadder and angrier she became. Veins on her forehead were throbbing. She felt that the eldest branch of the family were teaming up to bully the second branch.

Chu Qianling's eyes were red outside the veil, and she stared at the ointment on Chu Yunmu's face with a burning gaze, with a bit of resentment in her eyes.

The eldest son of the family clearly did it on purpose. Chu Qianhuang plotted against her, Chu Qianchen hurt her, and now Chu Yunmu has snatched her medicine!

They harmed themselves!

There was a fire burning in Chu Qianling's heart, like a volcano about to erupt, suppressed and violent.

The two concubines of the second house exchanged glances, at a loss as to what to do. They had not yet paid their respects to the lady-in-waiting, so naturally they could not sit down. They could only lower their heads and pretend that they did not exist.

Shen frowned, and before she could speak, the lady said unhappily, "Second son's wife, you are also Mu'er's aunt, why don't you show any kindness to our Mu'er!"

"You're not a doctor, how do you know that the cut on Mu'er's face is nothing serious!"

"If Brother Mu really gets a scar and can't inherit the title, can you afford it?!"

The lady's voice was sharp and each word was concise.

She is the old lady of the Marquis' Mansion, so naturally she values ​​her legitimate grandson more.

To her, no matter how unlovable the Shen family was, they were of noble birth. Chu Lingxiao's legitimate son was definitely better than a concubine's son, and the title of the Marquis' Mansion should of course be inherited by the legitimate son.

Chu Yunmu is definitely more important than Chu Qianling, a girl.

"..." Liu was not convinced and even more angry: Ling Jie'er was injured first, but Shen ignored her pleas and held on to the ointment. And now, her mother-in-law completely ignored the principle of first come first served and helped the eldest house grab the ointment, trampling on the second house.

It is obvious that their sister Ling is also the granddaughter of her mother-in-law!

"Mother, Mu Ge'er is the apple of your eye, but we..." Liu wanted to argue a few more words, but at this time, more people filed into the left side room.

Chu Lingxiao walked in front, followed by the second master Chu Lingyu and the second young master Chu Yunchen, the eldest son of the second branch.

Chu Lingyu interrupted Liu and shouted, "How dare you talk like that in front of your mother!"

Liu: “…”

Liu's face turned pale and blue, and she became more and more unconvinced.

"Mother." Chu Lingxiao bowed to the old lady first, then glanced around the room and landed on the scar on Chu Yunmu's right cheek that was covered with ointment. He was stunned for a moment, "Brother Mu, your face..."

He opened his eyes slightly, his eyes flashed, and then he looked at Chu Qianchen again.

(End of this chapter)