Chapter 215: What You Lack, You Want
In Xunfeng Pavilion, Li Yushi applied medicine to Shen Ning's forearm, and then asked Shen Ning to lie on the bed while she rubbed the ointment on her bruised back to dissolve the blood clots.
After studying medicine with Ye Heng, Li Yushi entered the Imperial Hospital as Ye Heng's assistant. While studying medicine, she also did some miscellaneous tasks such as decocting medicine. In fact, these were also learning.
This time when they went to the palace to escape the summer heat, Ye Heng from the Imperial Hospital was also among them, so he brought his apprentice along, and took the opportunity to let Li Yushi broaden her horizons and practice her skills.
When Ye Heng learned that Shen Ning was injured, he came immediately. It was inconvenient for him to check the injury on her back in person, so he left Li Yushi to help Shen Ning apply medicine.
The Queen Mother condescended to sit beside her, and when she saw the shocking purple bruises on Shen Ning's back, her expression tense.
She knew how the bruise was caused. If Shen Ning had not used her back to block the rock, the rock would have hit her head.
You can imagine how dangerous that is...
The Queen Mother was used to being high and mighty, so she couldn't say anything cheesy. She just put on a stern face and asked her personal palace maid to get the medicine.
"Use all the finest ginseng, snow lotus, and other things in the small storeroom."
Shen Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I don't really need so many rare treasures. Thank you, Queen Mother, for your concern."
The Queen Mother said solemnly, "Shut up and don't say anything. You are the one who is meddling in other people's affairs."
She looks smart, but she is so nosy when it comes to life and death. It would be fine if she just protected this old woman, but she even risked her life to rescue the second brother who has nothing to do with her. I really don't know whether to say she is stupid or nosy.
Although the second son was her grandson, the empress dowager still felt that the fool in front of her was a little too kind... Xu Wanqing and Shen Nian hid behind everyone with their heads in their arms, while she was the only one who cared about others.
Of course, Shen Ning didn't know what the Queen Mother was thinking. As for saving the Second Prince, she only did so after being held back by several guards' clothes to ensure her own safety.
Maybe she was a little nosy, but she couldn't come to terms with watching a living life fall into the mudslide when she could have helped.
At this moment, footsteps were heard, and Xiao Nanchen strode in from outside, accompanied by the eunuchs and palace servants frantically trying to stop them: "Ningning..."
Li Yushi had already sorted out Shen Ning's clothes.
After Xiao Nanchen came in, he first carefully looked at the injury on Shen Ning's wrist, and then asked her: "Where else is it injured?"
Shen Ning smiled and comforted him: "It's nothing serious, just a bump on the back."
Xiao Nanchen frowned: "Let me see."
Of course, he had no other thoughts at the moment. He was so worried that he forgot the difference between men and women. Shen Ning looked at him helplessly. Beside him, the Queen Mother cleared her throat: "Seventh Brother, be careful."
Queen Mother Zhou said slowly, "You haven't even gotten married yet, how can you behave like this? If you really want Shen Ning's best interests at heart, you should consider her reputation."
Xiao Nanchen frowned and turned back: "On a day like this, the Imperial Grandmother insisted on climbing that mountain... If this causes harm to others, can even praying to countless gods and Buddhas ever make up for it?"
Of course he knew that he couldn't disrespect the Queen Mother, but when he thought about how Shen Ning almost lost her life because of the Queen Mother, Xiao Nanchen felt a deep chill in his heart.
It is a taboo to place secret guards next to the Queen Mother, unless you want to rebel openly. Unexpectedly, Shen Ning almost got into trouble just by staying next to the Queen Mother.
For the past twenty years, he always felt that he had lived in a daze and without purpose. Now, after spending a few short days with Shen Ning, he suddenly realized that those twenty years seemed to have been lived in vain. He could not imagine what would happen to him if he lost Shen Ning.
That is why, facing the culprit, His Royal Highness Prince Ding finally revealed his fearless and rebellious nature.
His words were merciless, and the Queen Mother's face immediately turned livid with anger: "Is it your turn to teach me a lesson?"
She pointed at Xiao Nanchen and said, "You are like this, and you are still a god of war who can plan and strategize... Chen Ning risked her life to save me, so I will remember her well. But now you are acting so ruthless and reckless in front of me. Aren't you afraid that I will blame you on Chen Ning and make her suffer for me in vain?"
How could Xiao Nanchen not think of this, but he didn't care.
"I will protect my people. If Grandmother hadn't insisted on sending her to my side, there wouldn't have been this disaster. If the Imperial Grandmother's favor can only bring people into danger, then it's better not to have it.
The Royal Grandmother doesn't need to use her to threaten me. Today, I am putting my words here. If anything happens to Chen Ning at the hands of the Grandmother, the Zhou family will be extinct."
"presumptuous!"
Empress Dowager Zhou slapped Xiao Nanchen in the face, her eyes red with anger: "Seventh Brother, you completely disregard me, huh?"
Shen Ning was also shocked by Xiao Nanchen's madness. When she came to her senses, she quickly grabbed his arm and gritted her teeth: "What are you crazy about? How can you talk to the Queen Mother?"
She tried her best to wink at Xiao Nanchen.
Xiao Nanchen's expression was gloomy.
He knew that he had gone too far, but when he thought of the piles of rocks and mud that he had seen filling the mountain stream, and the two young eunuchs who had been dug out, their mouths and noses filled with mud and sand, and their eyes wide open... when he thought of Chen Ning's narrow escape from death in that situation, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
At this moment, Shen Ning held his hand and whispered a warning to him. After taking a few deep breaths, Xiao Nanchen barely suppressed the coldness in his heart.
Finally unable to help himself, he didn't care that the Queen Mother was still beside him, he reached out and hugged Shen Ning into his arms, and said in a muffled voice: "I'm so scared."
Lowering his head and taking a deep breath of Shen Ning's breath, Xiao Nanchen whispered: "If anything happens to you... I will go crazy."
The Queen Mother gnashed her teeth beside her: "Asshole!"
After a moment, Xiao Nanchen's sharp temper was appeased, and he reluctantly apologized to the Queen Mother: "Grandmother, please forgive me. I lost my composure a little just now. Please don't take it to heart."
Queen Mother Zhou raised her hand and pointed to the door: "Are you done? If you are, get out."
Xiao Nanchen stood up and said, "Then I will come again tomorrow... to pay my respects to you."
Empress Dowager Zhou sneered: "Get lost."
Pay your respects to her? It's good enough if you don't make her mad to death!
Xiao Nanchen didn't care. He still didn't care that the Queen Mother was watching beside him. He squeezed Shen Ning's hand impudently and then got up and left.
The people left for a long time, and the Queen Mother was still angry. Then she glanced at Chen Ning: "Your credit for saving my family this time is all gone, and it has been used up for the crime of that evil creature just now!"
Li Yushi stood by, watching her nose and her heart, trying hard to reduce her presence.
Shen Ning smiled and said, "It's gone, so long as you're not angry... The Seventh Prince has always had a bad temper. He's a warrior, but he still respects and loves your grandmother in his heart. Please don't bother with him."
The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "You two, one is full of rebellion, the other is smooth-talking... neither of you is a good person."
Shen Ning knew that the Queen Mother was furious just now, and continued to show weakness and said: "Then you don't have to bother with us, don't get yourself hurt by being angry."
In fact, the Queen Mother had long known what kind of personality the Seventh Prince Xiao Nanchen had. When she saw how the Seventh Prince treated Shen Ning, she realized that the Shen girl in front of her was already the apple of the Seventh Prince's eye.
Someone almost lost his life at her place, and she was the one who dragged him into the palace. It was normal for the Seventh Princess to feel resentful...but she was the empress dowager, and that evil creature had just been too disrespectful to her.
Fortunately, this person is sensible and understanding.
Seeing Chen Ning's pale face and thinking of how she protected herself without hesitation when the rocks rolled down, the Queen Mother's anger disappeared.
Standing up, the Queen Mother said coldly, "I'll have the medicine delivered to you later. You should take good care of yourself... so that the evil creature won't come to anger me again!"
Shen Ning smiled: "Your servant obeys your order."
Li Yushi finally breathed a sigh of relief after the Queen Mother left. She patted her chest in fear, "His Royal Highness Prince Ding is so bold! I was afraid he might have made the Queen Mother faint."
Shen Ning was somewhat helpless: “Who said it wasn’t.”
Li Yushi spoke with a hint of sarcasm in her tone, "However, His Royal Highness Prince Ding truly cares deeply about you, Master. I just noticed there's a spot of mud on the hem of his robe. I'm afraid he didn't even bother to change before coming to see you... He even went toe-to-toe with the Queen Mother for you. If word gets out, others will be more cautious when facing you, Master."
Shen Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Who are you following, Master? Who are you following?"
Li Yushi laughed out loud: "It's all because of my good master. He emphasizes to me almost every day that I can disrespect him, but I must respect you."
Shen Ning was amused: "That idiot..."
At this time, the voice of the palace maids came from outside.
“Lord Shen Xiang, Concubine Xu, the Second Prince, and the Tenth Princess have all sent people to deliver medicinal herbs.”
Shen Ning was startled for a moment, then said, "Please invite the person in."
This was the second time Shen Ning saved Xiao Nanrong.
The first time, Concubine Xu didn't bother to pay attention to a widow who was wandering in the countryside. She pretended to be ignorant and didn't say anything, but this time it was different.
Chen Ning is now Princess Ding. Princess Ding risked her life to save her son, so even Concubine Xu couldn't continue to play dumb.
There is no need to say much about Xiao Nanyong and Xiao Bi.
Chen Ning saved Xiao Nanrong's life under such circumstances. Xiao Bi witnessed it with her own eyes and was also touched.
At the Second Prince's place, Xiao Bi sighed with emotion: "That Chen Ning actually looks like a pretty good person, at least not as bad as Sister Wanqing said."
At least, in the previous situation, Xiao Bi himself could not take the risk to save his brother.
Xiao Bi blushed as she spoke. She glanced cautiously at Xiao Nanyong and said apologetically, "Brother, I was panicking at the time... I, I was too scared..."
Xiao Bi felt a little ashamed that her own brother had to be rescued by someone else.
Fortunately, her second brother was still as good-tempered as usual, and did not blame her at all. He gestured to her: Don’t blame you, I’m fine too.
Xiao Bi breathed a sigh of relief, then remembered something and quickly stood up. Then he explained shyly: The students from the Imperial Academy who came to participate in the poetry reading have arrived, and I... I'm going to take a look at the poetry reading.
Xiao Nanrong nodded gently, and saw Xiao Bi running out happily like a nimble bird.
In fact, he knew that Xiao Bi was not going to the poetry reading, she was going to see Shen Qingbai.
Ever since Xiao Bi dressed up as a man and went with him to the literary gathering during the last Imperial College examination, she has lost her appetite and often becomes distracted. She also ridicules and mocks Chen Ning less and less.
Just like just now, he actually started praising Shen Ning... The reason for this wasn't necessarily just because Shen Ning saved his brother.
Thinking of his carefree sister who was as carefree as a little bird, and then thinking of his mother who had an affair with her adoptive brother without caring about the lives of her children and even the entire family, Xiao Nanrong lowered his eyes with an indifferent expression.
Are women really so ridiculous and brainless? Apart from those fake love affairs, they can't accommodate anything else?
They never thought about how to survive in this cannibalistic palace...
Xiao Nanrong thought of Chen Ning again, the woman who saved him twice.
The first time, he was acting on his own, the second time... he was trying to harm her, but that woman was stupid.
This kind of stupidity will make her die quickly in the deep palace. How could Xiao Nanchen like such a woman?
Do you want what you lack?
It's also ridiculous...
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