Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 238: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 35

"Where are we going now?" Shen Guli was still dizzy.

"Let's go back to your grandparents' house first, and then make other plans there!"

Gu Li pressed her temples and opened her eyes immediately after hearing this, "Mother, I want to go to the capital!"

"How can you go back in this state? Come back with me first and get well—"

"No, mother, I want to go back. My restaurant is waiting for me to open." She wants to go back and curry favor with someone!

Lin thought she was just thinking about her future livelihood. "Don't worry. Even without your father, your mother's dowry is enough for you to live a stable and wealthy life."

Lin pointed to an ebony box next to her and said, "This is something your elder brother secretly put on the carriage, saying it was for you."

Lin touched the pattern on the old box and said, "Your father must have told you to do this. This box is from the secret compartment in his study."

Shen Guli: -----

Dad, she wants to save him too.

Shen Guli insisted on returning to the capital, and Shen Helin, who was expelled from the Shen family, also proposed to return to the noodle workshop. Lin couldn't persuade her two children, so she simply gave up going back to her parents' home and went back to the farm first.

Shen Guli forced herself to stay awake and went to the farm with her mother and brother, but she did not stop. She ordered the car to turn around and head straight for the capital.

The four guards of the palace naturally followed Shen Guli's instructions, whipped their horse whips and drove the carriage away. Before Lin could even finish her instructions, all she saw was a trail of dust left behind by the carriage.

The carriage left the territory of Yonghe Prefecture. Shen Guli, who had relaxed her mind, was instantly overwhelmed by the suppressed fatigue and began to have an intermittent fever.

Cherry and Grape were so anxious that they wanted to ask the driver to change the route and go back to the farm, but when they lifted the curtain, they saw that the driver had been replaced by the guards from the palace.

The guard only took a look at the person lying in the carriage and said it was too slow to go back now, and suggested going to the next town to find a doctor for Miss Shen.

Yingtao kept changing the cold towels for Shen Guli to apply to her forehead. "Why do you think Miss is in such a hurry to go back to the capital?"

"I don't know. Miss must have a reason for what she did. But it seems that it was after the guard in the palace said something to Miss that she decided to rush back to the capital as soon as possible."

Yingtao changed another handkerchief. "Have you noticed that those guards seem to be more anxious to return to the capital than the young lady? Could something have happened in the capital?"

Grape was silent.

The two were both young lady's personal maids. Although young lady would usually ask them to stay away when she was talking to important people, they also felt that young lady had a special relationship with the Seventh Prince.

The guards were in such a hurry to go back, most likely because of the Seventh Prince.

The two maids guessed correctly. Shen Guli was in a hurry to rush to the capital because the guards received news that the Seventh Prince would be heading to the border battlefield soon.

As the prince's guards, they cannot follow their master to the border, but have to protect a little girl here. How could they be willing to do this when they have mastered martial arts and are willing to serve the prince?

So, regardless of Shen Guli's physical discomfort, they insisted on rushing back to the capital as soon as possible. Even when they arrived at the next town, they simply parked the carriage at the back door of the pharmacy, asked a doctor to come on board for a consultation and get some medicine, and then continued on their way.

Cherry and Grape were so angry that they only had the chance to make medicine and porridge for the young lady during the day when the horses were resting and fed. The rest of the time they were on the road.

Not only did Shen Guli's motion sickness not get better after taking the medicine, the closer she got to the capital, the harder it was for her to swallow the medicine.

Cherry wiped away her tears, lifted the curtain, smashed the medicine bowl in her hand against the shaft, and yelled angrily at the guards who were leaning against a big tree and eating dry food.

"If you continue to drive the carriage like this, you can leave first. Our Shen family does not need your guards."

The guards of the palace also knew about Miss Shen's situation and were discussing what to do next. The prince asked them to come to protect Miss Shen, but they failed to hurt Miss Shen and were exhausted by them, so their protection mission was considered a failure.

The guards of the palace finally slowed down. One of them rode at full speed back to the capital to report the situation, while the others looked for the next town and went into the city to recuperate Miss Shen.

When Shen Guli woke up again, it was two days later. She woke up in a daze and raised one hand with difficulty to lift the curtain.

She had something on her mind. In fact, she had been conscious intermittently. She knew that she had been in a coma for many days and was afraid that she would miss something important.

Unexpectedly, the weak arms fell down as soon as they touched the curtain, and the dry throat could not make any sound.

Just as she was gathering her strength to make some noise, a warm and powerful big hand gently lifted up her soft little hand.

The curtain was slightly opened, revealing Lee Hyun's handsome and noble face, just as she had seen him for the first time at the gate of the manor.

Noble and indifferent.

"Are you awake?" The inquiring voice was the opposite of his expression, with a kind of care and concern.

Shen Guli mouthed a word silently: "Water!"

Li Xuanzhi lifted the curtain, sat on the edge of the bed, reached out to pick up the teapot on the small table beside the bed and poured her a cup of warm water.

With one hand, he lifted up the poor girl who was as soft as a cloud, and with the other hand, he brought the cup of water to her bloodless lips, "Drink slowly and sip slowly!"

Shen Guli was as obedient as a newborn lamb, leaning on his strong arms and pecking at the water in his hand bit by bit, until the whole glass of water was finished. She turned her head away from the cup, and Li Xuanzhi withdrew the hidden thoughts that inexplicably arose in his heart.

"Want more to drink?"

Shen Guli shook her head, and he let her lie down again.

"This is where?"

"It's a farm in the suburbs of mine. Do you have something to talk to me about?" Otherwise, why would she ignore her own health and insist that Wei Yi and the others keep on traveling?

"I heard that the prince is going to the battlefield?"

"Well, I was just ordered to go to the border to supply some food and grass." Of course, if the battlefield needed him, he would stay.

Shen Guli said in a hoarse voice, "My Lord, you have to be careful. You have to quietly add a heart guard to the back of your heart."

Li Xuanzhi frowned, "What do you mean by that?"

What's the point of that? Wasn't he killed in his previous life by a surprise attack and an arrow piercing his back?

Who could shoot an arrow at him from behind?

He must be a traitor.

But she didn't know who that person was!

Gu Li: "Prince, I offer you the craft of making colored glaze in the hope that you can see my sincerity. I hope that the Seventh Prince can protect me and my family, so I also hope that the Seventh Prince can be safe and sound!"

Li Xuanzhi listened carefully to Shen Guli's expression of loyalty. He straightened his sleeves and understood the meaning of her words, "Are you saying that there is a traitor around me? Who is it?"