Chapter 7 Being stupid once in your past life is enough
Yun Si opened the door, still half asleep: "What's wrong?"
The person knocking on the door was Lansing.
"My lord, His Highness was attacked on his way back from the palace. I saw that he was covered in blood and seemed to be seriously injured. Lu Yu went to check on the situation first. Would you like to go and see him too?"
Yun Si was slightly startled upon hearing this.
How could that be?
In his previous life, Qin Ye was not assassinated...
Could it be that he suffered this calamity in a different way?
There have been two incidents that deviated from the trajectory of my previous life. Where exactly did things go wrong?
Yun Si didn't have time to analyze things too much at the moment. She quickly calmed down, turned around and went to the pharmacy next door. With the medicine box she had just prepared during the day, she immediately headed towards the main courtyard.
“Master.”
Lansing called to her from behind, "It's chilly at night, put on a coat before you go."
Yun Si did not stop walking.
Lansing had no choice but to go to her room to get a cloak herself before catching up and draping it over her shoulders.
Upon arriving at the main courtyard, Yun Si headed straight for Qin Ye's sleeping quarters.
However, there was complete silence at the entrance to his bedchamber.
Nobody's here.
"Master!"
Lu Yu ran over, panting, saying, "He's in the side hall."
Yun Si frowned.
Some doubts lingered in her mind, but she didn't ask any further questions and instead followed Lu Yu to the side hall.
At the door of the side hall, Yun Si immediately spotted Qin Ye standing on the stone steps.
She strode forward, her gaze falling on him as she looked him up and down.
His clothes were stained with a lot of blood, especially his left arm, with blood dripping from his sleeve onto the ground.
However, compared to his previous life, he doesn't seem to be seriously injured.
Yun Si silently breathed a sigh of relief.
"You're injured, why are you standing outside?"
She reached out, her fingertips just touching Qin Ye's blood-stained sleeve, when he turned aside to avoid her.
The man's sharply defined profile appeared particularly cold and hard under the dim light. His gaze met Yun Si's worried eyes and her thin clothes, and his brows furrowed slightly.
His eyes seemed to hold an indelible darkness.
"I am unharmed."
He stared at her for a moment before speaking, his voice low and hoarse, like gravel: "This blood isn't mine."
It wasn't his blood?
really.
Except for the arms, the rest of the body was just coated with the substance.
Seeing Qin Ye's gaze fixed on the door in front of him, his stern jawline taut, and a hint of annoyance hidden in his eyes.
Was he worried about the person who had stained him with blood?
Yun Si's intuition told her that the injured person inside must be a woman.
"Your arm is bleeding."
Yun Si grabbed his blood-stained wrist. The medicine box hit her leg with a dull thud, and the pain almost made her lose her balance. Suddenly, a hot hand appeared around her waist and steadied her.
The two exchanged a glance, and Qin Ye pushed her away, saying coldly, "What are you doing here? Go back."
"Let me treat your arm injury."
"It's just a minor injury, no need to worry."
"What minor injury? You've bled so much. Do you not want your arm anymore?"
Yun Si glanced at the candlelight shining from the side hall. The faint sound of a woman's painful groans confirmed her intuition, and a chill ran through her heart: "Or is it that Your Highness cares more about the lives of others?"
Qin Ye looked at her, his aura icy.
Yun Si didn't care about anything else and dragged him towards the front hall.
The night wind carried the stench of blood as it swept through the corridor.
Yun Si pressed him down onto the armchair, then used scissors to cut open his blood-stained sleeve, revealing a long and deep wound that exposed the bone, but fortunately, it did not hit any vital organs.
"Is the girl inside the concubine you were going to marry?"
She pressed the cotton cloth soaked in medicinal wine heavily onto him, watching Qin Ye's brows furrow slightly. Suddenly, a scene from her past life flashed through her mind: he broke into the Shen family and was pierced through the shoulder blade by Shen Qian's secret guards without even flinching. A touch of bitterness and tenderness welled up in her heart.
The movements of his hands also became lighter.
Qin Ye looked up at her, staring straight at her face, his dark eyes revealing complex and unfathomable emotions.
He didn't answer, but Yun Si already had the answer in her heart.
Yun Si didn't say anything more, but silently treated his wounds.
Her expression became extremely calm, without a trace of worry. When she saw the wound, there was not even a hint of heartache; only seriousness and earnestness remained.
Qin Ye turned his face away, a mocking smile appearing on his lips.
Just then, footsteps came from outside the door.
Doctor Ji rushed in, his hands stained with blood, and said urgently, "Your Highness, Miss Lin's injuries are dangerous; the dagger is stuck in her chest, and I dare not pull it out rashly..."
Qin Ye suddenly stood up, but Yun Si stopped him first.
"You're not a doctor, so there's no point in you going."
"It's none of your business."
Yun Si took a deep breath.
She stuffed the hemostatic powder into Qin Ye's palm and said firmly, "Wrap the wound properly before you go."
"..."
...
A moment later.
Yun Si carried the medicine box and went with Qin Ye to the room in the side hall.
As the candlelight flickered, Yun Si saw clearly the person lying on the bed, but her face showed no surprise.
Sure enough, it was her.
Lin Shuyan.
Qin Ye's neighbor's younger sister when she was a commoner.
Yun Si remembered that in her previous life, Lin Shuyan married a nobleman's son because of her relationship with Qin Ye. As for how she lived after the marriage, Yun Si didn't know.
But in her previous life, Lin Shuyan didn't appear by Qin Ye's side so early.
In this life, she not only arrived in the capital ahead of schedule, but also almost became Qin Ye's concubine...
Such a dramatic trajectory of fate would be impossible without the preordained intervention of some force.
“Your Highness, if this knife is not pulled out, Miss Lin’s life will be in danger at any time. But if it is pulled out, I’m afraid she will not be able to catch her breath and will die even faster.”
Doctor Ji's voice brought Yun Si back to reality.
The way he said it would scare most people to death, if not kill them.
Not at all subtle.
Lin Shuyan's face was as pale as paper, covered with fine beads of sweat. Her light-colored dress had a large patch of blood on her chest. She was completely exhausted and weak, as if she might... be blown away by the wind at any moment.
She struggled to reach out her hand to Qin Ye, but Qin Ye simply stepped forward and coldly reassured her, "Don't worry, you'll be fine!"
Having said that, he turned to look at Doctor Ji and said, "I don't care what method you use, you must ensure her life!"
Dr. Ji was on the verge of tears.
He is a doctor, not a god.
There's no guarantee at all.
"No...it's alright. I have no regrets about taking this blow for His Highness. Doctor Ji, you don't need to have any concerns. Please...please draw your sword."
Yun Si watched coldly, not intending to meddle in other people's business.
She studied medicine, but she didn't learn the principles of compassion and benevolence that come with being a doctor.
Furthermore, she was only a half-baked scholar with theoretical knowledge and dared not show off her limited skills in front of Doctor Ji.
However, upon hearing Lin Shuyan say that she had taken the knife for His Highness, Yun Si's eyes widened slightly.
First came the bond of childhood friendship, then the debt of saving his life.
If Lin Shuyan is also someone who has been reborn, then was this assassination attempt an accident, or... a carefully orchestrated scheme?
If it's the latter, then this woman is truly ruthless in achieving her goal.
Yun Si glanced at Qin Ye.
Seeing his furrowed brows and gloomy expression, Yun Si also felt somewhat annoyed.
If Lin Shuyan dies, will Qin Ye remember her for the rest of his life?
Then there's nothing for her to do.
She would repay what she owed him, but if he had someone else in his heart, she wouldn't cling to him shamelessly.
She was foolish enough in her past life; in this life, she wants to be more clear-headed.
Yun Si didn't believe that Lin Shuyan hadn't left herself a way out.
Unless, of course, she herself hadn't expected this outcome.
"Since Miss Lin has put it that way, then I will do my best to try."
Just as Doctor Ji was about to draw his sword after making all the necessary preparations, a voice suddenly came from the doorway: "Wait a minute!"
A maid rushed over in a hurry.
"Dr. Ji, please take a look and see if this medicine will work. It was obtained by Miss through good deeds on her way to the capital. She said it could save her life."
Doctor Ji looked at the exquisitely crafted medicine box in her hand, took it, opened it, and his eyes lit up immediately: "This is a good thing."
Yun Si looked over curiously.
The moment the medicine box was opened, a strange medicinal fragrance wafted out, carrying a faint herbal bitterness and a barely perceptible sweet and fishy smell.
It was a pure white pill with a faint, shimmering light on its surface, resembling condensed moonlight under the candlelight.
Dr. Ji marveled; he had never seen such a pill before.
A look of confusion flashed across Yun Si's face.
strangeness.
This medicine... it feels vaguely familiar.
Oh right, the recipe for this medicine is recorded in the journal.
This is a miraculous medicine that can save lives; I'll have to try and see if I can concoct it.
Doctor Ji's excited voice rang out: "This medicine can revive a broken pulse and temporarily slow the loss of qi and blood. Although it cannot directly cure a serious injury, it is enough to sustain you through the perilous moment when the sword is drawn. What a pity..."
Unfortunately, he didn't finish his sentence.
Yun Si could tell what he was thinking from the expression on his face.
This medicine must be given to Lin Shuyan immediately, otherwise he could extract the ingredients and study the formula.
Yun Si's eyes flickered slightly, and the corners of her lips curved into an almost imperceptible smile.
As expected, she had no interest in lingering any longer and left with her medicine box.
She could feel Qin Ye's intense gaze fixed on her departing figure, but he didn't follow her out, and she didn't turn back either.
On her way back to Qiwu Garden, Yun Si passed by Granny Qian's room and saw that the light was still on. Granny Qian's hand looked like it had been burned, and she was applying medicine to herself.
The wound must have been there for two days; it was red and moist, with a layer of small blisters.
Clearly, the medication she was using wasn't very effective.
Yun Si took out a sample of wound medicine from her medicine box, placed it at her door, and then left silently.
She didn't sleep very well in the latter half of the night.
My mind is always filled with random, disorganized thoughts.
I miss Shen Qian, I miss Qin Ye, I miss Lin Shuyan, I miss my parents and my brother.
Who exactly is the mysterious person behind Shen Qian?
The Shen family has been supporting the eldest prince, Prince Jin, Qin Su. Could the mysterious person behind him be Prince Jin?
Qin Ye may seem to have no power in the court, but in reality, he had made preparations before returning to the capital from the countryside. He had many talented people around him, and the officials in the court who supported him were very well hidden. However, at present, he was not yet fully powerful and needed to keep a low profile.
As for Lin Shuyan, Yun Si was certain that she had also been reborn!
Lin Shuyan returned with memories of her previous life, so she must know very well that according to the trajectory of her previous life, Yun Si should have died long ago at this point in time, so how could she have returned to the palace and ruined her plans?
So, when her first plan failed, she immediately implemented her second plan.
Actually, it's not hard to guess.
Lin Shuyan knew that Qin Ye would eventually reach the highest position, and she wanted to marry into the royal family before the prime minister's eldest daughter, so that she could also compete for the position of empress in the future.
Amidst these chaotic thoughts, Yun Si gradually drifted off to sleep.
In her drowsy state, she seemed to return to three years ago, to that cave where she had a persistent high fever, alternating between chills and fever. It was still that gentle young man who was watching over her, holding her, wiping her sweat, and warming her up.
She was delirious from the fever and desperately wanted to open her eyes to see what the young man looked like, but she couldn't open them no matter what she did.
She used all her strength.
Finally, little by little, I slowly opened my eyes.
She saw that face.
It turned out to be...
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