mtlumby2d Chapter 199 The Princess Doesn’t Cherish Me, But I Do
Chapter 199 The Princess Doesn’t Cherish Me, But I Do
Su Muxi did not stay in the Duke's Mansion for long as her feet were too burdened. She lit two incense sticks and told An Yutang about the court affairs before saying goodbye and leaving.
Even if he doesn't say it, An Yutang will know it, but the meaning is different. Su Muxi must give this little trust, and he must pretend to be real enough.
Her foot injury became more serious. Not only did the swelling not go down, but it was also accompanied by a slight fever. Su Muxi returned to the princess's mansion, took a drowsy nap, then got up and drank a bowl of antipyretic medicine. Only then did she feel better.
She had asked for leave from the court yesterday to go and pick up her mother and sister-in-law.
She asked Qiushi to wear the same clothes as her and get on the carriage in advance, while she got on the carriage at the gate of the princess's mansion. When she left the carriage, she met He Yuncheng who was going to court.
He Yuncheng rode on a horse and looked at the princess' phoenix carriage. "Princess, why don't you ride a horse to pick up the Duke's wife?"
"The road to the northwest is long and tiring. This car is faster and can also allow them to rest." Su Muxi was wearing women's clothing today. She stood on the frame and was slightly taller than He Yuncheng who was riding on a horse.
"I heard that Prince Huaiyang will be coming to the capital soon?"
He Yuncheng has been in high spirits these past two days, and he smiled brilliantly upon hearing this, "The child's full-month banquet will be held soon, and the princess is invited to attend then."
It was an ambiguous answer, but Su Muxi understood what he meant and accepted the invitation.
The two men pretended to be ignorant while knowing the truth, but in fact they had their own thoughts. With the arrival of Prince Huaiyang, the storm would gather, and they were afraid that this winter would be spent in blood and rain.
Su Muxi didn't want to get entangled with He Yuncheng any more. The reason she happened to run into him was just to let him watch her get into the car.
"Don't disturb Prince Jin's government affairs." Su Muxi bowed and let him pass. "Please, Prince Jin."
The two parted ways. Su Muxi took a carriage out of the city as planned, and Qiu Shi then led the team to continue heading northwest. Su Muxi changed into light clothes and rode a horse to leave the team alone.
Although riding a horse is not as good as riding a carriage, it is much better than walking on the ground. Su Muxi is an excellent horseman. He just puts his injured foot on the stirrup and feels almost no effort.
After walking for a while, an inconspicuous carriage appeared. The driver had only one leg, which was hanging on one side, swaying from time to time as the carriage shook.
"Old Feng, can you please drive the carriage slower? My legs are numb from the shaking."
If he had spoken to someone else like this, Feng Guizi would have responded with, "I'm sorry, I just can't feel one of my legs."
But it was Su Muxi who was speaking. Feng Quezi laughed.
"Master, I'm too excited. Slow down now. Slow down now."
Su Muxi was speechless. She asked someone to pick her up, but she didn't expect that the person arranged to come was Feng Quezi. It's not that Feng Quezi is a bad person, but now they are master and servant, one has a broken leg and the other has a disabled leg, which is really funny.
Su Muxi waited for the carriage to stabilize and changed the bandage on her ankle. "Is everything arranged?"
"Master, don't worry." Feng Quezi was afraid that Su Muxi couldn't hear clearly, so he leaned back and said next to the thick curtain: "Everything has been arranged, Master, you will know in a while."
Su Muxi heard that he had made all the arrangements, so she stopped worrying and said, "I'll take a nap, don't rock me anymore."
Su Muxi slept very deeply. When she woke up, she found herself in a room. She stood up suddenly and shouted, "Old Feng."
Then she saw Xiao Yunjin. Xiao Yunjin had lost a lot of weight, and his face was a little pale. He was sitting on a chair beside her, looking at her deeply with his eyes.
Their eyes met, and Su Muxi seemed to be sucked into those deep eyes. She tilted her head to avoid his sight and said in a mocking tone, "Why? Xiao Yunjin, are you going to repay kindness with enmity like this?"
Su Muxi didn't think about it. Cang Yingcang would never hide it from Xiao Yunjin. Xiao Yunjin must know that she had been to Fangfeiyuan.
Seeing Su Muxi wake up, Xiao Yunjin's eyes showed a hint of joy. He had been guarding here for quite a while. In his dreams, she often lay like this, silently. Xiao Yunjin wanted to check Su Muxi's breath several times, but he held back in the end and just watched from afar.
"Princess, what you said is true. A drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water." Xiao Yunjin didn't want to make Su Muxi angry, but he couldn't help wanting Su Muxi to say a few more words to him. Even if it was sarcastic, he wanted to listen, so he smiled and said, "Princess, don't you feel it?"
Su Muxi looked down and found that her clothes had been changed and she felt clean and fresh. Even the pain in her ankle was not obvious. There was a copper basin, towel and medicine beside the bed.
Su Muxi frowned. She had no recollection of how she got from the carriage to the room. "You poisoned me again."
"It's such an injustice. I met a cripple who was in a panic on the way, so I went to help him out of kindness." Xiao Yunjin stood up and walked to Su Muxi's bed. "Princess, your wound is infected, you are unconscious, and you have a high fever. I am sincere to you."
Su Muxi didn't believe a word he said. Even if she had a severe fever, she wouldn't pass out. It was obvious that this guy was making it up. "Then we're even now. Get out."
"I repaid a drop of kindness with a spring, but the princess is ungrateful and repaying kindness with evil." Xiao Yunjin had already come in front of Su Muxi, looking down at her, with only her in his eyes.
"Princess, please stop wasting your energy. Your foot is seriously injured. To prevent it from getting worse, I will take over your foot from now on."
Xiao Yunjin smiled when he said this, "The princess doesn't cherish it, but I cherish it very much."
Su Muxi couldn't remember where she had fallen into Xiao Yunjin's trap, so she could only endure his teasing, "Where are the people following me? They can't even stop me from arranging things, right?"
"Then put on your clothes and I'll let him in." Xiao Yunjin was not joking at this time. If he was really annoyed, he would feel distressed.
Xiao Yunjin sat down on the bed and reached out to help Su Muxi tie her shirt, but was caught by Su Muxi. Although she didn't have much strength, her refusal was obvious. Xiao Yunjin settled for the next best thing and helped Su Muxi put on her coat.
"Okay, I'll go get someone to make medicine for you," Xiao Yunjin stood up and met Su Muxi's warning look with a good-natured smile.
That’s great. He likes Su Muxi so much, who is so lively.
Xiao Yunjin walked out of the room happily, then crossed the corridor, went to the other person's room, opened the door and went in.
Feng Quezi was tied up and gagged. He had only one leg tied up with his upper body, so he couldn't get up at all. He twisted his body on the ground and moved towards the door.
"Oh, you're still so tough?" Xiao Yunjin's face turned a little colder when he saw this person.
As soon as he heard that Su Muxi had left the capital, he immediately took people to chase after her. After following the large group for most of the day, he discovered that Su Muxi was not on the carriage at all.
Xiao Yunjin didn't expect that Su Muxi had learned a trick from him and used a substitute on him. He had no choice but to expand the search area.
Fortunately, when Su Muxi got into trouble last time, he sent people to keep an eye on Su Muxi's remaining soldiers. When he learned that Su Muxi was heading towards Huaiyang, he immediately rushed over.
As a result, this cripple arranged a shabby carriage for Su Muxi, which caused Su Muxi to have a fever and become sick.
Feng Cuzi was wrongly accused of death. It was clearly the princess's order, but he was afraid that the princess would not be used to it, so he put two layers of quilts inside.
The rag on his mouth was torn off, and Feng Quezi immediately started to curse, "If you have the guts, let me go, and let's fight one-on-one, you despicable villain, you are bullying the minority with your numbers."
"Heh, even ten of you are not qualified." If Xiao Yunjin hadn't arranged things like this for Su Muxi's sake, he would have dragged his subordinate out and chopped him off. "Your master is looking for you, get out of here!"