Chapter 129
Waking up from the dream, Rong Xiangmian’s first reaction was to take a look at his surroundings.
The candles were swaying, and it was peaceful and tranquil.
This was not in the British Residence, and she had not returned to her four-year-old self. Everything in the room was unfamiliar, and she was wearing clothes she had never seen before.
She subconsciously panicked, not knowing what situation she had fallen into.
When she saw the pair of jade bracelets on her wrist, she had no reason to be happy.
Fortunately, fortunately, she did not die.
Hearing the movement, Xiaonan and Linlang all came to her bedside, happily shouting: “The girl has woken up!”
When Dr. Sun heard this, he immediately went into the room and took Rong Xiangmian’s pulse again, and looked at her complexion. Although she was a bit weak, she could already breathe and swallow normally.
Lin Lang immediately brought a bowl of ginseng soup and fed it to her.
The feeling of the soup sliding across her throat was so familiar, so familiar that she wouldn’t have noticed it normally, but at this moment it was so delightful.
Rong Xiangmian sat on the bed and bowed to the Imperial Doctor, “Thank you, Sir Sun, I can’t thank you enough for saving my life.”
Dr. Sun stroked his beard and smiled, “Your Highness does not need to be courteous, this is the doctor’s job, to see your Highness recovered as before, I am happy in my heart ah.”
“Dr. Sun, I’ve been seeing patients for many years, no one has been able to cure my symptoms, can you give me a few more pills? I’ll keep them just in case?”
Dr. Sun laughed, “Your Highness, what are you talking about? My research on this allergy was originally commissioned by Yuhang and I received a gift from the Yuhang Mansion, so it’s all part of my duties, I’ll make more pills and send them to the Mansion immediately.”
“Yü Wang’s entrustment?”
“Yes, not long after Yü Wang’s wedding, he came to the door and entrusted me with the task, saying that there is a person who is extremely important to him, who was born with allergies, and also gave me a detailed description of the symptoms one by one, and asked me to delve into the medical books and ancient texts, to find a treatment method, so that I can save it if I inadvertently run into a risk.”
Rong Xiangmian stared blankly at Imperial Doctor Sun and mumbled, “He didn’t tell me that.”
“His Highness was cautious and explained that it had to be kept secret until it was accomplished, lest there be empty joy. It also took me a few months to make so many pills. I took them to Your Highness when I entered the palace today. Because I haven’t tested them on patients, I don’t know how effective they are, so I don’t dare to use them without authorization. Yuhang originally wanted to take it back to test the medicine first, but who knows, it just so happened that you encountered such a thing today and used it in a hurry. Fortunately, Yu Wang disposed of it in time, otherwise it would have been too late to save it even if it was sent to me.”
Rong Xiangmian listened quietly, swept around the room, did not see Zhou Xian Yang, Xiao Nan immediately said: “Master just accidentally fell, Sun Tai Doctor’s son is giving him a look, girl do not worry.”
“Fell ……,” Rong Xiangmian recalled Zhou Xian Yang’s desperate voice before he fell into a coma, his heart clogged with panic, all because of her. How could a person like him, with such a good body, fall for no reason.
She lifted the covering blanket: ”Thank you, Dr. Sun for your hard work. Can I get off the ground now? I want to go see him.”
As she spoke, the bedroom door had been opened, and Zhou Xian Yang quickly walked through the crowd to the bedside, taking Xiang Xiang’s hand, “You’re awake? Is there anything else that’s uncomfortable? You need to talk to the Imperial Doctor.”
Rong Xiangmian shook his head, looking at his pale face and eyes full of hopeful splendor, he could not say anything, just rustling tears.
Xiao Nan held the eunuch’s arm and said, “Lord Sun, you are tired, go rest first.”
Dr. Sun understood, and the maids of honor all followed and left.
As the lights flickered, the girl’s eyes became misty, like they were hiding a tantalizing vortex, watching Zhou Xian Yang become mesmerized.
It was good to see her eyes.
Rong Xiangmian’s throat was stagnant, wanting to say something but unable to, Zhou Xianyang stroked the top of her hair, lowered his head against her lips, pecking and rubbing: “There’s no need to say anything, there’s no need to say anything. Before I met you, I was always thinking that the matter of divorce could be delayed for a day or so, until you lost your anger, maybe there is still room to turn everything around. Now I don’t care about anything, as long as you are alive. It doesn’t matter if you are in Cixi Street, or Yuhuang Mansion, or if you have left Jinling, as long as you are still alive, it doesn’t matter what I want. As long as you’re alive, whatever I want is fine.”
These almost humble yet ecstatic words caused Rong Xiangmian to have mixed feelings in her heart and just silently shed tears.
Zhou Xian Yang wiped her tears and picked up the ginseng soup, feeding it to her one by one, “Tomorrow you can try to eat some liquid food, and tonight you can use some ginseng soup first. If Dr. Sun says you’re fine tomorrow, you can return to Jing Yi Yuan. Recuperate for a few days, and when you are in better spirits, we will go to the palace together to clarify the matter of peace and separation, and then you will be the free and unchecked Fourth Miss of the Rong Family!”
Zhou Xian Yang thought of a bright future for her while coaxing her to finish the ginseng soup.
He also helped her to lean on the soft pillow, “Rest well, I will guard here tonight, don’t be afraid.”
Rong Xiangmian tilted, looking at him like he was fine, as if all the desperate, agonizing and helpless people in that downpour were just her hallucinations.
“Where did you fall? Are there any major injuries?”
“It’s fine.” Zhou Xian Yang brightened his bruised palm, “Such a small injury, similar to a mosquito bite.”
She was relieved and asked softly, “How did you find me?”
Zhou Xian Yang was a bit ashamed, “Not long after I ran away in the daytime, I regretted that I shouldn’t have said those words to you. Later, when I noticed that you were following me on your horse, I thought I would slow down a bit and wait for you to catch up, and then apologize to you properly. Who knows, after turning a corner, I couldn’t see you anymore.
I didn’t know if you were angry and turned back or what, so I had to go back and forth around that road looking for you. Then I met a peasant woman who stopped me to ask for help, and that’s when I realized something had happened to you.”
Farmer’s wife? Rong Xiangxian remembered her, “Her family lives in Baixi Village outside of Jinling City, her surname is Jiang. She was very pitiful, her husband died rescuing a man, she was pregnant all by herself and encountered outlaws. In the daytime, she fell and got caught in the rain, I don’t know if she’s hurt. Can you send someone to take a look for me? Send some silver over for me, and help hire a nurse practitioner and doctor to take care of her.”
Zhou Xian Yang nodded, “Okay, I’ll send someone over right away. She is a great benefactor to me, and I was worried about how to post a portrait to find her, so it’s even better that you know.”
Rong Xiangmian was relieved, and before sleepiness struck, he smiled in a soft voice and said, “Thank you, Zhou Xianyang.”
The girl’s sleeping face was peaceful and beautiful, and as Zhou Xian Yang quietly watched, he felt that this was good enough.
The next day, Xiangmian was back to her normal self, not only eating the torn noodles that Zhou Xianyang had made for her, but also a whole yam cake with jujube paste.
Zhou Xian Yang was as nervous and excited to see her eat as he was to see her win a battle. When the battle was over, he immediately went to thank Dr. Sun and then prepared a carriage to take Xiangmian back to Jing Yi Yuan.
This day is the selection of the beginning of the day, the original Zhou Xian Yang resignation of the folders have been prepared, was known to Rong Xiangmei, naturally told him not to delay the official business. And that the selection of military generals in the Jinling City school outside the East Shengmen, away from the Jing Yi Yuan is too far, to and fro too hard, told him to live in the east of the city, do not have to come back day after day.
Seeing that Xiangmian has recovered, and insisted on this, Zhou Xianyang had to pack his bags, and Xiao Nan a lot of advice before going out.
The news of Rong Xiangmian’s accident had already spread to Jinling. Rong’s family members and the royal family all came to visit him. Rong Xiangmian only had to meet them one by one to thank them, and he was busy instead of recuperating.
Sun Mingyue see Zhou Xianyang is not at home, came to live with her to eat with the care of the company, but also happy. Later on, Rong Xiangmian saw that the king of the run to stay in nothing, really feel bad, urged Mingyue to go home.
That night, she tossed and turned and couldn’t sleep. When she closed her eyes, she always heard Zhou Xian Yang’s voice echoing in her ears.
She didn’t want to admit that the emotions in the midst of her despair that day had shaken her. Carrying two night pearl in her hand, through the little light, she opened the door, the moonlight outside the door like a wash, a place of tenderness, even on the lake are flooded with faint and fine light.
I do not know why, always feel that tonight outside the bedroom, the water in front of the steps, the agitation of the sound is a little louder, could it be that a gale has arisen tonight?
Along the steps, sitting on the bottom layer, gently scooped up a handful of water, and splashed away, over and over again, consuming time.
Flying snow on the side to give her cloak, Xiang see told her to go to the back to rest, cross tonight is not able to sleep.
FeiXue refused: “I just told XiaoNan to go to rest, agreed that I will guard the night tonight, if she knows that I also went to sleep, she will not take care of me in the future.”
Rong Xiangxian patted her hand, “Okay, I’ll go back in a while.”
She played with the water for a while longer, and when she got up to go back, her footsteps lurched, and the shadow cast by the roof on the ground raised an irregular outline at the edge.
Raising her eyes, a dark figure leaned casually against the front of the roof, blending in with the darkness.
Realizing that he had been discovered, he straightened up, and the moonlight outlined his hard silhouette in a warm and elegant manner, like an exiled immortal descending to the world.
Rong Xiangmian only felt her heart beating violently, as if there was a butterfly inside that wanted to lift its wings and rise up, to break through the bondage of the physical body and fly towards him.
She said after a long time, “Zhou Xian Yang, is this how you’ve been spending your nights these past few days?”
“Uh-huh.”
Her breath hitched and her tone was slight, “And why do you bother? Aren’t you tired?”
“Of course it’s necessary. The Ministry of Justice’s charge for Zhang Pan has been finalized, beheading. The Emperor has changed it to exile, remembering that the Marquis of Yongan is old. Next, there will be a lot of turmoil in Jinling, and I don’t feel at ease.”
Subsequently is a long time of silence, the two look at each other, as the moon in the frost e, as the sneak dark guards. The night breeze is intoxicating, such a good time, those unhappy past, also seems to be the lake and the wind to wash away clean.
Can look at each other quietly like this, vividly exist in the world, it is very good.
When everything was silent, a group of birds flew in the bushes, and the sound of their wings flapping rapidly suddenly broke the tranquility of the night.
The figure on the roof stiffened, “Xiangmian, quickly go back to your room, take your sword and put on the bracelet.”
With a jolt, Rong Xiangmian pulled Feixue to hide inside the room.
Only in the moment the door closed did she see a large black shadow floating in the water that swirled in front of the steps.
Were they Western Qin assassins? They had actually sneaked into Jing Yi Yuan from the river!
She subconsciously pulled on the door, which had been locked by him from the outside. Soon, a tumultuous tangle of sounds came.
The sound of cold weapons clashing together, the sound of someone falling onto a porch pillar, the sound of blood spurting out, the sound of hissing because of pain, and the sound of suppressed gasping …… That was the sound of Zhou Xian Yang being injured. He didn’t say a word, but it made her extra worried.
Several times, she wanted to drill out of the window and fight the enemy, but she resisted the urge.
She knew that she shouldn’t add to the chaos and distract Zhou Xian Yang, so she just hugged her sword and sat leaning against Fei Xue, encouraging and comforting each other.
At this moment, her mind suddenly flashed back to that nightmare, the nightmare of Zhou Xian Yang being shot through the heart with a crossbow and arrows.
If the enemy had brought crossbows and arrows, how would he be able to withstand them?
Xiang Xiang couldn’t help but get up, walk to the window and raise the window, but only opened it a little bit before Zhou Xian Yang pressed the window back: “Don’t move!”