The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading-Chapter 57 - 56 Afraid of Losing the Meal
Chapter 57: Chapter 56: Afraid of Losing the Meal
Chapter 57 -56: Afraid of Losing the Meal
The incident happened suddenly, with the speed of the crossbow arrow allowing no time for defense.
By the time Xiao Jinyan reacted, he saw the arrow hit Shen Chuwei’s chest. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Her delicate body, like a kite whose string had been cut, shook and nearly fell, but he caught her in his arms just in time.
The assassin, realizing the assassination had failed, quickly fled the scene.
Xiao Jinyan did not pursue, instead, he looked down at Shen Chuwei’s pale face, his gaze shifted to the arrow feather in her chest, and her green clothes were dyed red with blood.
For a moment, he was stunned.
Shen Chuwei clutched at the arrow feather, raised her eyes weakly to Xiao Jinyan, and said, “Your Highness, am I about to die?”
Xiao Jinyan rebuked her sharply, “Nonsense.”
“Your Highness, but I…” Shen Chuwei hadn’t finished speaking when she coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Xiao Jinyan took a handkerchief from his sleeve, and as he wiped the blood from her mouth, he said, “I won’t let anything happen to you.”
Shen Chuwei grabbed his hand with the handkerchief, her tone filled with grievance, “Your Highness, I’m afraid I won’t be able to eat the tea fruits.”
It was all because Xiao Jinyan ate her tea fruits, leaving her with this regret!
Because she hadn’t eaten them, she was still thinking about them.
Xiao Jinyan’s wiping paused.
What was she thinking about eating at a time like this?
“Once your injuries are healed, I will buy some for you.”
Shen Chuwei, excited, coughed up another mouthful of blood and asked, “Does Your Highness know where to buy them?”
Xiao Jinyan saw her vomit blood again, his brows knitting together, “They are just tea fruits.
I am the Crown Prince, what food is there I can’t buy?”
Having heard this, Shen Chuwei finally closed her eyes with relief and fainted.
Xiao Jinyan saw Shen Chuwei faint, panic flashing across the depths of his eyes so quickly, even he didn’t notice.
He whistled, and his horse, hearing the call, quickly ran towards him.
He lifted Shen Chuwei horizontally and swiftly mounted his horse.
Looking down, he saw her hand still clutching a small cloth bag tightly.
He spurred his horse and rode back to camp with the greatest speed.
Half an hour later, in the tent
Five military doctors surrounded the bed, treating Shen Chuwei.
The atmosphere was exceptionally tense.
When the arrow was pulled out, it left behind a lot of blood, which had turned black.
Xiao Jinyan stared at Shen Chuwei, who was lying unconscious on the bed for a long time.
Seeing the black blood, he knew the arrow had been poisoned.
“How is her condition?”
The military doctor replied respectfully, “Your Highness, she has been struck by a rare and intense poison; I am helpless.”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinyan became furious, “If you can’t save her, I will have you all buried with her!”
The military doctors trembled, “As you command, we will do our utmost to save her.”
After a while, a military doctor with trembling hands said, “Your Highness, the poison is spreading too quickly.
I fear her life cannot be saved.”
Xiao Jinyan asked coldly, “What do you mean?”
“Your Highness, it is a lethal poison, I…” The military doctor was so terrified he prostrated on the ground.
“Then give her an antidote.
Otherwise, prepare to join her in death!”
The doctors nodded frantically and turned to prepare the antidote.
But an antidote was not so easily concocted, and the five military doctors whispered among themselves about possible formulas.
Xiao Jinyan brushed aside his robe and sat down beside the bed, looking down at Shen Chuwei, whose complexion was pale, with her lips slightly dry.
He rose to fetch a cup of tea, brought it to her lips, and slowly fed her some, spilling a little in the process, which he wiped clean with the handkerchief.
After much deliberation, the military doctors finally came up with a prescription and decided to try it in desperation.
Qin Xiao personally prepared the medicinal soup.
After Qin Xiao finished preparing the medicine, he brought it over.
Xiao Jinyan helped Shen Chuwei sit up and reached out to Qin Xiao, “Let me feed her myself.”
Qin Xiao handed the medicine to His Highness, then stood by, watching His Highness’s actions, inevitably doubting Shen Chuwei’s identity.
Could anyone ever imagine that His Highness would personally attend to and feed medicine to someone?
Xiao Jinyan held the steaming bowl of medicine to his lips and blew on it for a long while, waiting for it to cool a bit before bringing it to Shen Chuwei’s lips.
After feeding her a bit, he found her mouth tightly closed, unwilling to drink any more.
Because though some water was spilled earlier, she did drink a little.
Seeing Shen Chuwei’s furrowed brows, Qin Xiao couldn’t help but remind, “Your Highness, is the medicine too bitter?”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinyan said softly, “Be good, bitter medicine is good for health; once you take it, you’ll feel better.”
After he said this, he continued to try to feed her, but her mouth remained tightly shut and refused to open; the medicinal soup just dribbled down from the corner of her mouth.
Qin Xiao and Weichi, witnessing this scene, thought if they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, who would have known His Highness could be so gentle?
Xiao Jinyan tried several times, but the medicine had cooled down and he still couldn’t feed it to her.
He reluctantly pinched her chin, forcing her to open her mouth, and fed the medicine to her.
Even so, half of the medicinal soup was still spilled.
Shen Chuwei’s brows were tightly knitted, and when Xiao Jinyan released his hand, she spat out the last mouthful of medicine.
Xiao Jinyan, upon seeing this, was both angry and helpless, “Bring a cup of warm water here.”
“Yes.” Qin Xiao took the empty medicine bowl, turned around, and brought a cup of warm water to His Highness.
Xiao Jinyan held the warm water to Shen Chuwei’s lips, and this time she did not keep her mouth closed tightly.
She drank some of the warm water, diluting the bitterness in her mouth.
After feeding her some water, Xiao Jinyan gently laid Shen Chuwei back down on the bed and covered her with the blanket.
His gaze fell on her injured hand, and his movements were much gentler than usual.
Xiao Jinyan’s expression grew dark.
It had been only two days since the autumn hunting expedition had begun, and there had already been multiple assassination attempts against him.
He clenched his fist.
“Weichi, investigate this.”
“Yes.” After receiving the order, Weichi quickly left the tent.
Xiao Jinyan lowered his gaze to look at the still unconscious Shen Chuwei, her delicate little face was very pale.
Everything that had happened today was too sudden, yet the moment Shen Chuwei took an arrow for him was crystal clear in his mind.
She had taken that arrow for him without a moment of hesitation.
After watching for a good while, Xiao Jinyan stood up.
Seeing the cloth bag on the table, he picked it up, untied it, and peered inside.
The Blood Phoenix was inside, struggling and flapping its wings frenetically.
Such a rare and precious Blood Phoenix, which Shen Chuwei had found at a glance.
Not only that, having witnessed how fast the Blood Phoenix could fly, yet Shen Chuwei had effortlessly caught it.
The luck involved was extraordinary.
Xiao Jinyan instructed, “Qin Xiao, take good care of her.”
Qin Xiao bowed in acknowledgment, “As you command, Your Highness.”
After speaking, Xiao Jinyan picked up the cloth bag and went to the Emperor’s tent.
Xiao Jinyan approached and paid his respects, “Your Majesty, this son greets you.”
The Emperor was playing chess with Xiao Jinyu, surprised to see Xiao Jinyan return so soon.
“Crown Prince, how come you’ve come back so early?”
Xiao Jinyan bowed, “Father, your son has captured the Blood Phoenix.”
The Emperor thought he had misheard and asked again uncertainly, “What did you just say?”
Xiao Jinyan repeated, “Your son has captured the Blood Phoenix.”
The Emperor was immensely surprised, not caring about his chess game any longer.
He turned to Xiao Jinyan, almost too eager as he commanded, “Where is the Blood Phoenix?”
Xiao Jinyan took out the cloth bag, untied the knot, and poured the Blood Phoenix out of it.
The Blood Phoenix flapped its wings, struggling to fly but unable to soar because Shen Chuwei had tied its wings together.
“Father, this is the Blood Phoenix.”
