Still waiting for Zhaoyang

Chapter 33
Shang Rui was dizzy and didn't have much appetite. After eating a bowl of hot ginger soup, the close-fitting clothes were more comfortable, and he was inevitably a little sleepy, so he looked at the soft couch under the window and said to Xia Yue: "I Sleep here for a while, eat by yourself, and let me go on the road after eating." After finishing speaking, he lay down on the bed, and fell asleep after a while.

There was no quilt on the soft couch, so even if there was one, he would dislike it.

Xia Yue glanced at him, then buried herself in her meal.Being able to order a bowl of ginger soup for him is already the greatest kindness of her half-hearted doctor.

After a while, the buddy delivered the last steamed three treasures, which made some noise, but it didn't disturb his good sleep.

After she was full, he still fell asleep.

It was still bright outside and the sun was still shining, but the weather in spring looked like a sunny day, and it was getting dark in a blink of an eye.She couldn't sit still, and called out "Hello".

He didn't move.

Xia Yue walked over and wanted to push him to wake him up, but she felt that something was wrong with his face, so pale that there was no trace of blood.She touched his hand, it was as cold as ice, and her body shivered imperceptibly.

She knew that he was a sign of a high fever that was about to erupt all over his body after the cold air gathered in his heart.

"Master Hong." She tried to call out.

He fell ill when he fell asleep, so of course he couldn't respond to her.

Xia Yue yelled again, but still didn't move.After standing there for a while, she stretched out her hand to touch his forehead again, and her body temperature suddenly rose.

Seeing that he was really sick and unconscious, she couldn't help taking a step back and had other ideas in her mind.

Now that she has easily left the imperial capital, and this person in front of her is like this, it is a good time for her to get out.

He Xiang is still in the city, and Gao Xinyu is also hiding in the city.Jade is an external object, but lotus fragrance is a living life.If he left her behind, would it cost her his life?

However, if she doesn't leave now, Zijin has already started trouble, and she is his weakness.

Thinking of Zijin, she glanced at Shang Rui on the couch again.

He has such a face of a Wei family member, is he an enemy or a friend?Is it the royal family or the clan's children?His real surname is Hong?If his surname is not Hong, is his surname Wei?
In an instant, Xia Yue remembered the coldness in his eyes when he called her "Yu Zhaoyang", which oppressed her so much that she couldn't breathe.He knew Yu Zhaoyang, so if he followed the clues, it would implicate Zijin, not to mention that he had met her Gao Xinyu.

Even if it's just in case, she can't take Zijin to take this risk.

While thinking, she touched the hairpin hidden in her chest.

At this moment, should she take advantage of his unpreparedness and kill him?

Thinking of this, her hands trembled, and she couldn't help holding the golden hairpin tightly in her hand.She has some medical skills and knows where the vital points are. Although she can't guarantee a one-shot kill, at least she can make up for it a few times.

But it's easier said than done, she has lived for so long, she has never killed a chicken, let alone killed a living person.

When she was struggling in her heart, Shang Rui on the couch was probably comatose with fever, and he seemed to yell vaguely like a child: "Mother."

She was startled.

That's right, he might just be an irrelevant person, with a father, a mother, maybe a wife and children, how could she kill him indiscriminately based on his face and his knowing her real name.

What's more, he also saved her.How could she be such a sinister villain who would repay her kindness and take her life carelessly.

She wanted to pay him back, so she couldn't kill him.

Xia Yue seemed to breathe a sigh of relief for the reason she had found, she took several steps back, then turned around, opened the door and walked out.

Yao Chuang let go of his hanging heart, winked to the side, and asked someone to follow Xia Yue, and then carefully entered the room to check Shang Rui's situation himself.

Yao Chuang lost his mind for a while, if Xia Yue really wanted to escape, how could they stay? Is it really just like what Shang Rui ordered last time, they only need to stay alive?
Xia Yue was afraid of being suspicious, so she walked downstairs calmly.The lobby on the first floor was very lively, no one paid attention to her at all, even the little guy just now didn't know where he went.She walked outside to the stable without turning her eyes, and led her own horse.

Before leaving, she turned and glanced at the window on the second floor.She estimated that the boy would send him the dried clothes in a while, and seeing his appearance, she would definitely ask someone to see a doctor for him.

Afraid of attracting attention, she didn't ride the horse immediately, but led it and walked slowly on the avenue.Firstly, she was afraid of getting lost, and secondly, she was determined to look like Shang Rui, so it would be difficult for her to wake up by herself, let alone chasing her.

She glanced back at the inn again.

He was so young and strong, and looked in good shape, so he probably wouldn't have died from a high fever.

But—what if the boy and the shopkeeper are black-hearted, see that he has run away, and the one left behind is unconscious, so they just lift him out and throw him away, so what should we do?

She didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of her.

Xia Yue suddenly thought of his frostbitten hands for her, and the raindrops dripping down the tip of his nose in the cave on the black cliff.

She walked for a while, then got on the horse again.

A heart seemed to be entangled by something, and it became more and more tightly entangled, layer after layer, and she couldn't breathe.

At this time, it seemed as if a drop of water had dropped on it, such a small mass of moistness spread out in layers, and gradually penetrated into the depths, and the cool and cold touch touched her heart. With a rift, the breeze slowly penetrated into the heart.

She was riding on horseback, turned around and looked at the way she came, took a deep breath of the wind blowing towards her face, pulled the rein and turned back the same way.

She told herself that she owed him her life on the matter of Xue Que, and now she will pay it back first.

六

Xia Yue went back and forth so quickly, which caught Yao Chuang by surprise. He didn't know Xia Yue's intentions, and he didn't dare to risk Shang Rui's safety. Let them be alone again, and then lightly jumped and hid on the roof beam .

She went back to the house and touched Shang Rui's forehead.

It was astonishingly hot.

He began to babble, but couldn't make out what he was saying.

Xia Yue asked the little guy to find him a quilt to cover him, and then went to fetch a basin of cold water, soaked the handkerchief and applied it to his forehead.His head was diametrically opposite to his limbs, and he was so tortured that he trembled from time to time.

Seeing him like this, the boy couldn't help asking: "He's so cold, do you want to add another quilt?"

Xia Yue shook her head: "He only feels cold because he has a high fever, and it's not good to cover too much."

The little guy asked enthusiastically again: "Shall I get him a Tang Pozi?"

Xia Yue touched his cold hand, and replied: "He is hot, and this kind of illness needs to be cured by dissipating the heat. Mrs. Tang is too strong." Saying that, regardless of the little boy still beside him, she put He put his hands in his warm palms.

But his fingers were so long that she couldn't cover half of them at all, so she had to rub them back and forth.

The young man thought that the two must be husband and wife, so he didn't think much about it.

Xia Yue said again: "Brother, please help us find a car and take us into the city."

The little guy thinks about it too, here in the wilderness, there is no doctor or medicine, it is definitely not as convenient as in the city, and said: "It's just, this carriage..."

Xia Yue understood what he meant.She didn't bring any money with her when she went out, and she didn't pay attention to where Shang Rui put the money bag after changing clothes just now, so she had to hand over the golden hairpin in her arms to the young man: "I didn't bring any money, see if this is okay, how about it?" Please find two people to help me carry him downstairs."

The little guy's heart skipped a beat: "Girl, your jewelry is so expensive, if you can do it, you won't need that much."

She hadn't planned to keep this hairpin, if she had escaped just now, she planned to use it as money.She thought for a while: "Why don't you take it and cut a corner, and return the rest to me."

The young man thought the idea was good, he weighed it in his hand, and was about to ask the shopkeeper for advice, but he couldn't help asking: "Isn't it a pity to cut such beautiful jewelry?"

Xia Yue rubbed the cold hands in her palms without raising her eyelids: "There is no pity for the things outside the body." Anyway, he bought this thing with money, and it happened to be used wisely to save his life.

"Oh, by the way, I still have two horses, you take care of them first, and someone will come to pick them up in two days." Xia Yue added.

After a while, the boy found a person and a car, and carried Shang Rui into the car, not forgetting to hand her the dried clothes.

The little guy said again: "This elder brother has taken over your work, girl, you just need to show him the way."

Xia Yue followed the boy's words and looked at the driver. He was a very strong middle-aged man, but his appearance was not very comfortable. Especially when the boy handed Shang Rui's clothes to her, he saw that the clothes were flawless. His eyes lit up when he buckled his white jade waist.

She kept an eye out and asked the boy: "Isn't this big brother from your store?" If she opened a store to do serious business, she would not be afraid.

The boy replied: "The carriages in our store are for delivery. I'm afraid it's not suitable for you to sit in. This elder brother often comes here to buy wine. When he heard that we were looking for a carriage, he said he had it. But don't worry, the money shopkeeper Already paid."

After the incident with Wang Gan, she was very sensitive to these details and became very timid.

For a moment, she hesitated.

Xia Yue took a look at Shang Rui in the car. She originally wanted to ask the coachman to take him into the city, but she parted ways with him halfway, and she might not be able to do it now.Leaving him alone, in case the other party has any evil intentions, he may have to be slaughtered.

She looked at the shattered golden hairpin that the boy had returned to her, and felt like crying.The shopkeeper probably thought that the hairpin was exquisite, and it would be bad to lack anything, so he simply gave away the hairpin pole, and left the head of the hairpin for her, which would definitely be useless for self-defense.

She left Shang Rui in the car and entrusted him to the boy to take care of him first. She used the excuse that she was going to give birth, so she took the opportunity to go into the kitchen and asked for a knife to hide on her body, and then got into the car.

Yao Chuang stared at her from a distance, and his mood became complicated.

Shang Rui's stature was a bit long, and the carriage was not enough for him to lie flat, so he had to sit leaning on it.However, the wheels of this carriage were very crude, and the driver's driving skills were not very good. The carriage was bouncing and shaking, and his head kept knocking on the side wooden boards.Xia Yue looked at it in shock, it wouldn't be good if her brain was not burnt out, but confused, so she hurriedly hugged his head in her arms.

His head was still hot, his eyes were tightly shut, and his lips were plump and bright red from the fever.

She was very afraid that the people around her would have such a constant fever.That's how Zijin burned her ears back then. She has left this shadow since she was a child, and she still has lingering fears.

Xia Yue sighed quietly, and changed the wet handkerchief covering his forehead.

But he was so hot that even the cold veil was warmed. There was no water in the car, so he could only put the veil in the wind to cool it down before sticking it on.

She didn't dare to put down the curtains of the car, and she kept staring nervously at the outside of the car, fearing that the driver would drag them to some wilderness, she couldn't help touching the knife hidden behind her, and after making sure it was still there, she felt a little relieved After a while, he put Shang Rui's hand in his palm and breathed out.

So many times.

They came out on fast horses without any feeling, and they were in a relaxed mood, but the journey back was so long.

She tensed her nerves for a long time, watching the sky outside the window gradually darken, and finally became chaotic.

Suddenly, the person in his arms moved, and said in a daze: "I want to drink water."

The high fever made his voice hoarse, and his voice was murmuring. She only heard the word "water" clearly, and said, "I forgot to prepare water, you just have to bear it."

Hearing this voice in a haze, Shang Rui was shocked, and his mind was mostly clear, and he suddenly realized that he had slipped his words, looked around suspiciously, and closed his eyes again after a while.

Xia Yue thought he was awake at first, and thought of them being so ambiguously cuddled together, it was very embarrassing, so she plucked up the courage to look down at him, but found that he hadn't opened his eyes at all, thinking that he was probably still talking nonsense in a dream, so she turned her forehead The front veil was turned over.

Then, he rubbed his cold hands again.

Shang Rui closed his eyes, a little reluctant to open them.

All the way was safe and sound, Xia Yue felt relieved.

After entering the city, she let go of Shang Rui, opened the front curtain, showed the coachman the way, and went directly to Li Ji's mansion.

When she arrived at the gate of Li's residence, she politely asked the coachman to call the door. She turned around and found that he was awake and sitting straight in the car.

She looked at him, not knowing where to start with the experience in the middle, her lips moved, and she was about to speak, but was interrupted by the porter who came in a hurry.

When Li Ji got the news, his expression changed, and he came out from the mansion to welcome him.

Shang Rui propped his head up, lifted the bamboo curtain of the carriage and got out of the carriage.

She went back to her own yard, but no one came to tell her what happened to him afterwards. Seeing how he got out of the car and walked, it seemed that as long as Li Ji was around, he would be fine.

What she didn't know was that Shang Rui didn't go back later, but stayed in Li Ji's mansion.

Shang Rui said to Li Ji: "I am not seriously ill at first, just grab some medicine for me and take it here, so as not to go back and call the imperial doctor's record file, asking questions, alarming the queen and the queen mother, and another burst of nagging .”

Unexpectedly, not long after taking the medicine, he had another high fever.

Ming Lian, who had been waiting for Shang Rui for a day in Li Ji's mansion, said with tears in his eyes, "I was fine when I went out in the morning, how could I be so sick? How can I explain this when I go back to the palace?"

Li Ji explained: "Your Majesty has worked hard all day long, didn't pay much attention to eating and sleeping, became sick from overwork, and got cold again, that's why he developed such a severe fever."

Li Ji asked again: "Lord Yao, where did you and the emperor go?"

Yao Chuang didn't dare to answer, how dare he talk too much without Shang Rui's approval.

Minglian hesitated: "Do you want to go back to the palace now?"

Yao Chuang said: "The emperor said just now that he would not go back, so he can only stay with Mr. Li first."

Shang Rui was so burned that his whole body was cold and trembling, and he recovered after Li Ji gave him two injections.

When He Xiang went to the backyard kitchen, she heard the decoction, so she came back and told Xia Yue: "Miss, should we go and have a look?"

"Look at what he's doing? If it wasn't for him, I would have run away long ago. My stomach is turning green now." She roughly told He Xiang about the matter, except for the part where she deliberately killed him.

"And you," Xia Yue poked her on the head again with her finger, "I told you to go early and you wouldn't listen, what if I'm so determined that I don't care about him today and leave you alone?"

He Xiang pursed her lips and smiled: "If Miss finds the young master and entrusts me with a dream or something, I will run away."

"Bah, bah, bah," Xia Yue said, "Dreams are only dreamed after death. You hate me so much that you want me to give you dreams."

He Xiang giggled non-stop.

When the two were laughing and joking in the room, someone came outside the door: "Miss Min."

A boy's voice, not very familiar.

"Miss Min, have you rested?" Seeing that Xia Yue didn't respond, the other party asked politely.

He Xiang went to open the door and found that it was Ming Lian.

Minglian didn't dare to enter the house and stopped at the door.

"What's wrong?" Xia Yue asked in the back room behind the screen.

Minglian made a deep bow: "Our young master is chanting the girl's name, please go and have a look."

Xia Yue was stunned when she heard the words, if this person was sick, he should go to Li Ji, if he was fine, he would go back to his home, why should he look for her?

"What's the matter? I've just rested." Xia Yue declined.

Seeing her refusal, Minglian felt a little aggrieved.Just now when he was at the door, he heard the play of the master and the servant. Now that the emperor has caught the cold because of her, she is as happy as meeting a happy event, and she doesn't even want to take a look...

He persuaded again: "Our son is not well at the moment, I hope the girl can go and have a look."

Seeing him like this, Xia Yue couldn't refuse anymore, so she had to dress neatly and follow Minglian for a walk.

When she saw Shang Rui, Li Ji was giving him an injection.

(End of this chapter)