But at the moment, Yan Fu was more worried about Jiaojiao in front of him, so he quickly withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice:
"Xuan."
Doctor Jiang was the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, which was why Yan Fu left him alone.
The imperial physician was also a foreign man, so it was Zhu'er who helped Qiao Yu remove the cloth bandage on her hand.
Because the wound on her hand had been there for a while, the dried blood was still attached to the skin. Even though Zhu'er was very careful, as soon as she peeled off a small piece, Qiao Yu's face turned pale with pain.
In order not to make Zhu'er worry, the girl deliberately bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth. Zhu'er was concentrating on her hands and did not notice the slightest movement of her master.
Fortunately, just as the red lips were about to be bitten, Yan Fu spoke up in time to stop them:
"Let me do it."
Zhu'er was stunned when she was called. If the person in front of her was not the emperor, and Yan Fu's aura was not too strong, Zhu'er would have shown distrust on her face.
Yu Yuanting had the foresight to order someone to bring in the brocade stool. Yan Fu sat down and spoke in a tone that was slightly reproachful but also became doting due to his worry:
"Don't bite your lip and scream out in pain. No one will dare laugh at you. Doctor Jiang, Concubine Hua's wound is stuck with cloth. Is there any way to relieve the pain and remove it?"
Yan Fu instinctively softened his voice for the first half of the sentence, as if coaxing a child. But Imperial Physician Jiang was treated no differently for the second half, and cold sweats broke out on his back as he listened.
Seeing how much the Emperor cared for Concubine Hua, he hadn't thought about this beforehand. Imperial Physician Jiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said,
"Could Aunt Sufang please mix the realgar in warm water, and then use a brocade cloth dipped in water to slowly wipe the wound. This way it will heal faster."
After saying this, Doctor Jiang received a cold look from Yan Fu, as if asking why he didn't say it earlier.
Fortunately, Sufang was quick and agile and quickly brought the warm water mixed with realgar.
Following Doctor Jiang's method, Yan Fu was able to easily remove the cloth from the wound. At this moment, Yan Fu did not realize how carefully he treated Qiao Yu. This concern seemed to have unknowingly exceeded his expectations.
Because everyone's attention was on Qiao Yu's wound, no one noticed the subtle indifference and complacency in the girl's eyes.
The wound on the hand was indeed painful, but Qiao Yu was just pretending to be afraid of pain. Isn't weakness just waiting for someone to feel sympathetic?
Yan Fu personally did everything from applying medicine to bandaging. He had been dealing with injuries since he was a child, so he was very adept at doing these things.
"Change the dressing on your Majesty's wound carefully every day. If you keep it tight, it might prevent scarring."
As soon as Doctor Jiang finished speaking, Yan Fu's face immediately became gloomy. It was not because of the scar that he was tired of Qiao Yu, but because he knew how much the little girl in his arms cherished her appearance.
Sure enough, before Yan Fu could say anything to comfort her, the girl's already pale face turned even paler. If Yan Fu hadn't stopped her, her hands would have been tightly clenched, and the wound would have split open again.
"Scars? How could scars be formed? Can't scar glue make them fade away?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Scars aren't guaranteed to form. I can prescribe some medicine and other external remedies to treat them. Even if scars do form, they will fade within two to three years."
Although the wound is not deep, it will take time to recover if it becomes infected.
Yan Fu saw that Qiao Yu was in a bad mood, so he dismissed the other palace maids:
"Everyone go down first."
Zhu'er also noticed that her master was in a bad mood and felt a little worried.
In her previous life, the young lady cherished her very much just because Yan Fu casually praised her beauty, fearing that her beauty would fade and the emperor's favor would no longer exist.
But Yan Fu had already kicked everyone out, and she had no reason to stay.
"With the Emperor here, Miss Zhu'er doesn't have to worry too much about Concubine Hua."
Seeing that Zhu'er looked worried, Yu Yuanting tried to comfort her since she was a capable maidservant of Concubine Hua.
She was worried because Yan Fu was the only one there!
Because Hua Yunlan was still deeply in love with Yan Fu before Zhu'er died, she was afraid that Yan Fu's words would hurt the young lady again.
"It's saved for me."
After all, the other party was the chief steward of the imperial court. Even if Zhu'er didn't like Yan Fu, she didn't want to upset Yu Yuanting and cause trouble for her own lady, so she responded indifferently and followed Sufang to get busy.
"Hey! This damn girl has a weird temper. Why don't you go and prepare some hot water for Concubine Hua to wash up!"
The young eunuch who was watching the show couldn't help laughing when he saw his master got humiliated, but since he was caught, he quickly tried to please him:
"Okay, okay, I'll go right away."
After the people in the room left, Qiao Yu could no longer control her sadness. Her body trembled slightly, and her watery eyes misted over. She felt helpless and afraid of something.
"Your Majesty is that horse. I don't know why it suddenly went crazy. I failed to protect myself...I deserve it."
Before she could even utter the word "death", she was kissed by Yan Fu. The unique faint scent of ambergris on the man's body filled and surrounded the girl in his arms.
Yan Fu bit the girl's red lips as if to punish her. When he saw her gasping in pain, he let her go worriedly and checked whether he had used too much force.
After checking that everything was fine, he leaned weakly on Qiao Yu's shoulder. Yan Fu had a slender figure, and leaning against Qiao Yu like this actually looked a little cute:
"I will take care of it for you. Stop cursing yourself. Your health is my greatest comfort."
Yan Fu likes Qiao Yu's intelligence very much, but sometimes he gets angry at her intelligence.
I was angry that she understood too well the lethality and value of her appearance. Perhaps she had long understood that it was because of her appearance that she was favored by me in the first place.
"Your Majesty, I believe that you care about me and will make the decision for me. I will not say these things again in the future."
Yan Fu saw that the girl said she believed him, but her hands subconsciously hid behind her back so that he couldn't see them.
If Qiao Yu hadn't been frightened today, he really wanted to punish her and let her feel his feelings through practical actions.
404: Yan Fu’s favorability +10, Lan’er, I will protect you from now on, total favorability 70.
Qiao Yu listened to 404's reminder. She had added 10 when Yan Fu found her just now. Now that the favorability has reached 70, it can be considered as love. However, what Yan Fu is willing to give is just to protect Hua Yunlan and that's all.
Yan Fu leaned on Qiao Yu's shoulder. The girl remembered that she was dirty and wanted to push him away embarrassedly:
"Your Majesty, Lan'er, please clean up quickly, otherwise Lan'er..."
Since she still rejected him, Yan Fu couldn't help but want to tease Qiao Yu. Although Qiao Yu's clothes were a little dirty, she still had her unique fragrance.
"emperor!!!"
Yan Fu actually bit her neck, frightening Qiao Yu so much that she couldn't help but exclaim, "No way, she's already like this, and she still won't let me go?"
Seeing the girl panicking like a little rabbit, Yan Fu's big hands reached out to unbutton Qiao Yu's coat.
When only her underwear was left on, the girl's face, though pale, was inevitably stained red by the shame in her heart, but it turned red and white again:
"Lan'er is ill. I'm afraid... I'm afraid she won't be able to serve the Emperor well."
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