Chapter 84 Who is Wu Chuang's man?
Yun Zhaoxue held the cloth bag in one hand and used a dagger to cut the rope with the other.
Xiao Xuance still had his back to him, seemingly unaware of the situation. He was secretly delighted that Xiao Xuance hadn't noticed.
They're not as vigilant as she is.
She took the hawthorn and turned to hide behind a big tree. Before she even opened it, she felt something was off about the texture; it wasn't round. When she opened it, she found several mushrooms inside.
Red umbrella? White pole?
Is this an attempt to poison her?
What a bastard! She was thinking of stealing it while he was asleep. If he ate it while he was half asleep, she and the child would be doomed.
She was just about to confront the man.
Xiao Xuance had already walked over. He knew what she wanted to do before she asked him to lay out the mat, but he pretended not to notice.
She'll probably get angry when she finds out it's not hawthorn.
Just as he was thinking this, a figure darted out from behind the tree, shoving a poisonous mushroom in his hand in front of him and demanding, "Xiao Xuance, you heartless bastard, are you trying to poison me and your child?"
Xiao Xuance wasn't angry when she scolded him. His dark eyes were fixed on her beautiful face, which was flushed with anger. She was vibrant at that moment, like a ray of light shining into his gloomy life.
Seeing that he pursed his lips and remained silent, Yun Zhaoxue poked his chest with her index finger. "What are you looking at? Answer me, are you doing this on purpose? What sins did we commit to deserve such a heartless bastard like you! Believe me or not, I'll rip out your heart and lungs and see what it's made of!"
In the original book, he later turned evil and killed the original owner of the body, but the things the original owner did were not innocent.
She arrived in this world early, and she didn't kill his family, did she? She even saved him once, treated his injuries, and caught fish for them to eat.
Does he want to kill everyone right now?
“I didn’t pick them. Jun’er and the others didn’t know any better and thought they were edible. They just picked them randomly on the road. I was worried that they might accidentally eat them, so I put them in a bag and will find a suitable time to throw them away.”
He originally intended to throw it away, but after seeing the second and third wives stealing their food, he decided to keep it to teach them a lesson.
Where did the hawthorns go?
"It's lost."
He had long guessed that Yun Zhaoxue was stubborn and wouldn't listen to advice, and that she would definitely want to eat hawthorn, so he threw it away when she wasn't paying attention while he was cleaning the fish.
"Lost? Where did you lose it? Go find it for me. I want to eat it now. It must be your son who wants to eat it." Yun Zhaoxue threw the cloth bag at him.
In the original book, she liked spicy food in her previous life, while the original owner liked sweet food.
In this life, she transmigrated into the body of the original owner and found herself craving sour foods. The old saying, "Sour for a boy, spicy for a girl," proved true.
Xiao Xuance held the mushrooms in his hands and said, "My mother said that pregnant women who eat too many hawthorns will miscarry."
"I'm not eating anymore, I'm so angry I'm full." Yun Zhaoxue was so frustrated that she wanted to curse when she couldn't eat what she wanted.
As they passed each other, Xiao Xuance suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist. "If you want to eat something else, I'll try my best to get it for you."
Yun Zhaoxue said, "I already told you it wasn't a real miscarriage. Eating a few more won't cause any problems. Why don't you believe me?"
"The journey to exile is arduous, and you are pregnant, so you should not eat too much."
It's that same sentence again.
"This is so annoying, let go of me!" Yun Zhaoxue shook off his hand, which was stained with blood.
Is he injured?
When Xiao Xuance saw her staring at the back of her hand, he thought she was going to complain that he had dirtied her hand again, so he stepped forward to wipe the bloodstains off her hand with his sleeve.
"Your hand is injured?" Yun Zhaoxue grasped his hand and opened it, revealing a long, thin scar on his palm.
He injured himself while trying to take the whip.
Xiao Xuance: "It's alright, it'll be fine tomorrow."
He never bothered with such minor injuries, letting them heal on their own.
"It's alright? If your hand is ruined, who will push the cart tomorrow? Come with me." Yun Zhaoxue pulled him to sit down next to the cart and took out a water bag, wound medicine, and gauze.
Open the water bag and rinse the wound with the spiritual spring water. There are still a few grains of sand on the wound. Use tweezers to clean out the sand, then disinfect it again with the spiritual spring water, apply wound medicine, bandage, and tie a knot.
"Thank you." Xiao Xuance felt that her actions in treating the wound were even more decisive and efficient than those of the military doctor, and the effect was better; the wound no longer hurt at all.
Her medical skills are excellent, even surpassing those of the imperial physicians. I've never heard of her before; is she hiding her abilities?
Yun Zhaoxue waved her hand, "No need to thank me, just make sure your hand heals quickly so you can push the cart tomorrow."
The Yang family had finished eating, and they even picked some leaves to give the pot a quick rinse before putting it back in the car, planning to wash it again tomorrow when they passed a stream or river.
Yun Zhaoxue told them to go over to the straw mats to rest.
Xie Wanyun was worried that the children would catch a cold at night. After thinking about it for a long time, she finally mustered up her courage and cautiously asked, "Third sister-in-law, the children are weak and will catch a cold if they are not covered with blankets at night. Could you share a piece of your blanket with the children?"
They're small and don't take up much space. If that's not possible, then forget it. We're already very grateful that you're willing to share your straw mats with us."
In the past, whenever Yun Zhaoxue was in a bad mood, she would scold or hit them to vent her anger.
Once, she snatched Xian'er's candied hawthorn, and Xian'er cried.
She slapped her and made Xian'er kneel for an hour as punishment.
She seems to have become more agreeable now.
Only then did Xie Wanyun dare to muster up the courage to make the request.
Yun Zhaoxue hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Okay."
There was a conflict with the second branch of the family just now. The three children did not hide behind the adults, but also argued with the second branch. Jun'er even bit Wu's hand. He has guts, which she admires. So it's not unreasonable to give them some to build.
Yun Zhaoxue lay on one side, the three children lay in the middle, and on the other side were Yang Shi and her two daughters-in-law.
Xie Wanyun and Song Mingyan repeatedly expressed their gratitude, "Thank you, thank you, Third Sister-in-law."
Yun Zhaoxue lay down and covered herself with half a blanket, giving the other half to the three children.
To avoid suspicion, Xian'er lay down beside her, followed by Jun'er and Ming'er.
Xian'er didn't dare to get too close to Yun Zhaoxue, keeping a distance of about a hand's width between them.
She remembered that the day after her third aunt married into the Wang family, she wanted to play with her beautiful third aunt and even gave her the newly bought bamboo dragonfly.
Yun Zhaoxue threw it away in disgust, pushed her down, and said that she was an annoying and irritating child and that she was not allowed to come within three zhang of her in the future.
"Thank you so much, Third Aunt."
Yun Zhaoxue also didn't like others getting too close, "Yes, you're welcome."
Since men and women are different, Xiao Xuance and Xiao Xuanwu simply found a spot nearby to sleep.
late at night--
"Coo! Coo! Coo!"
"Gurgle!—"
"—Coo coo!!"
Xiao Xuance heard a familiar, rhythmic bird call coming from the woods. It started with three short calls followed by one long one, then a slight pause, and then two more short, rapid calls.
While everyone was still fast asleep, he suddenly got up and silently disappeared into the dense forest beside him.
Two dark figures clasped their hands in greeting to him, "Your subordinates pay their respects to the Crown Prince!"
Xiao Xuance slightly raised his hand.
Seeing the white gauze on his hand, Zhuiying hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, is your hand injured?"
"She applied medicine and bandaged me up; it's nothing serious."
Chasing Shadow and Chasing Wind wondered who that "she" was.
"What's going on in the capital?"
"Your subordinate has discovered that the Second Prince and Wanyan Zonglie are colluding. Last night, the two of them were drinking and carousing at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion."
Xiao Xuance's eyes darkened. "Second Prince, are you sure that person is Wanyan Zonglie?"
Could it be that his father's death was related to the second prince?
“It’s confirmed. It was obtained by one of my subordinates who captured a Jingguo spy and interrogated him. He also said…” Zhu Feng paused, then continued, “Wanyan Zonglie also sent spies in the city to gather information about Princess Zhaoxue. I’m worried that Princess Zhaoxue might harm the Crown Prince and the Princess Consort.”
Zhuiying said, "The princess saved the prince while she was in prison, surely that's unlikely."
"She won't! Send people to keep a close eye on the Jingguo spies. If they find anything detrimental to her, kill them all at all costs!"
"yes!"
"What news is there from the palace?"
"His Majesty has been unable to sleep due to the emptying of the palace, and his health has deteriorated, resulting in the suspension of court for three days. Rumors in the capital about the ghost of a prince causing the emptying of the city are spreading rapidly, and the culprit has not yet been identified. Your subordinates will continue to investigate."
Xiao Xuance then asked, "Whose side is Wu Chuang on?"
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