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The Crown Princess spoke gently, "Uncle hasn't returned to the capital, and aunt is alone. This consort couldn't rest easy without checking on her. I've already applied ointment, so it doesn't hurt anymore."
The Crown Prince held her hand and blew on it gently with concern. He said, "You're always thinking about others. When will you think about yourself? I searched outside for Xiao Liulang the whole night. I was exhausted. When I came back and couldn't find you, I felt really uneasy."
The Crown Princess looked ashamed, "This consort was wrong. I'll pay more attention next time."
In fact, the Crown Princess of the East Palace didn't have as much freedom as the princesses outside the palace. However, due to the trust of the Crown Prince and the Emperor, she was granted the privilege to go out of the palace.
"Is there still no news of Xiao Liulang?" She asked seemingly casually.
The Crown Prince was preoccupied with her injury and didn't notice the odd expression on her face. He replied, "No, the imperial guards speculate that Xiao Liulang might have been brought back to the capital. On the day he entered the city, the only ones who didn't undergo inspection were Minister Zhao and aunt. But both of them claim they didn't see Xiao Liulang."
"Aunt?"
The Crown Princess suddenly thought of the men's clothes that Yu Jin had hung out to dry and the tightly shut door of Princess Xinyang's bedchamber.
Could it be that… Xiao Liulang was saved by Princess Xinyang?
If that were true, it would explain why Ning Wang and the Crown Prince had practically turned the capital upside down searching for Xiao Liulang but still found no trace of him.
But why would Princess Xinyang keep it a secret? Was she afraid that Xiao Liulang would be targeted again after the other party learned that their plan failed?
Gu Jiao must be aware of the situation.
Her visit wasn't to treat Princess Xinyang's illness; it was because Xiao Liulang was there.
Thinking about it now, Yu Jin's words seemed quite laughable.
Addressing her as Physician Gu and claiming she, the Crown Princess, was the closest to the princess, yet in the end, they hid Xiao Liulang's whereabouts from her.
The Crown Princess clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
The Crown Prince clearly sensed the change in the Crown Princess's demeanor. He looked at her worriedly, "Linlang, what's wrong with you? Your complexion suddenly turned so unpleasant."
The Crown Princess closed her eyes briefly, "It's nothing. This consort is just tired."
The Crown Prince hurriedly said, "Then let me help you back to your room to rest."
……
Meanwhile, on the other side, Gu Jiao had been sitting on the wall for a whole hour, nearly turning into a small piece of dried salted fish from the heat. Finally, Long Yi helped her down.
Gu Jiao opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of black smoke. She said expressionlessly, "Next time the princess gets angry, let me face her wrath directly."
Gu Jiao strongly suspected that Long Yi's proficiency in this kind of work was due to having done the same with Xiao Heng when he was still young.
But she had a stronger suspicion that Xiao Heng needed to stay outside for so long not because Princess Xinyang would genuinely be angry for that long, but purely because the mischievous little Xiao Heng wanted to play around outside for as long as possible!
"You've been fooled, you know?"
Gu Jiao looked at Long Yi with a resentful expression, "Your little master is a little rascal."
Long Yi didn't react.
"I'm so hungry." Being roasted by the sun for so long had made her hungry.
There happened to be a stall nearby selling scallion pancakes. Gu Jiao bought two. These pancakes needed to be eaten hot and they would become hard if they were brought back. So she didn't bring any for Xiao Liulang and Princess Xinyang.
"It's ten copper coins in total." The vendor said.
Gu Jiao took out the copper coins from her pouch and handed them to him. She took the scallion pancakes and gave one to Long Yi.
Long Yi accepted it but didn't eat it.
Gu Jiao took a bite of the crispy and fragrant scallion pancake, then looked at him oddly, "Why aren't you eating?"
Right, she hadn't seen Long Yi eat anything yet.
This big guy always wore a mask and didn’t seem to have ever taken it off.
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said to Long Yi, "Let's go eat on the roof. No one will see us there."
Long Yi brought Gu Jiao to the roof.
The angle was chosen perfectly. They could see the people on the street, but people on the street couldn't see them.
"Your mask." Gu Jiao said to him.
Long Yi didn't react.
Gu Jiao hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand to remove his mask.
In the moment before their impending contact, she could feel Long Yi's body slightly tilting backward, a subconscious evasive action.
But he didn't tilt back too much.
Gu Jiao hesitated for a moment before asking, "Shall I take it off?"
This time, when she reached out to touch Long Yi's mask again, he didn't show any signs of evasion.
Gu Jiao removed Long Yi's mask.
Gu Jiao had seen the Emperor's Dragon Shadow Guards before, and she thought that Long Yi, like them, would have a rather intimidating appearance. But when she saw Long Yi's face clearly, her eyes widened.
Wasn't he supposed to have an unremarkable appearance?
Wasn’t this a little too handsome?
He had a pair of narrow phoenix eyes, thick eyebrows that extended into his temples, resolute facial features, and his whole face exuded an extreme coldness.
However, there were no tattoos on his face.
Gu Jiao made a sound of surprise and said, "Long Yi, where are your tattoos? Aren't all the Dragon Shadow Guards supposed to have tattoos?"
Long Yi, of course, didn't respond.
"Well, eat the pancake." Gu Jiao handed him the scallion pancake again.
Long Yi paused for three seconds, then took the scallion pancake and started eating it without any expression on his face.
Fifteen minutes later.
Gu Jiao exclaimed, "Don't carry me under your armpit! Don't! I'll throw up!"
Only when they returned to Zhuque Street did they find out that Princess Xinyang had returned to the princess mansion.
No wonder the servants were in such a hurry to clean the room. Princess Xinyang had come back, and they had just missed her.
Gu Jiao went to Xiao Liulang's room. Xiao Liulang had already gotten out of bed and was wearing the clothes that Long Yi had brought him from the princess mansion. The clothes for a fourteen-year-old clearly didn't fit him well, making him look a bit comical.
"Are my clothes dry? If they are, please bring it in for me." He said to the servant girl before turning around and noticing Gu Jiao and Long Yi at the door.
"No need, I brought you clothes." Gu Jiao took a bundle out of her basket and handed him a set of his clothes, "Is your hand okay? Do you need my help?"
Xiao Liulang replied, "No need, I can change by myself."
Gu Jiao responded, "Oh."
...she really wanted to help him change though.
Gu Jiao waited for him in the yard.
On the other hand, Long Yi didn't go outside. He stared straight at Xiao Liulang's right leg.
The first time Long Yi met Xiao Liulang in the woods, Xiao Liulang had rushed towards him suddenly, and Long Yi hadn't paid attention to how he walked.
At this moment, Long Yi seemed to finally notice that there was something wrong with his leg.
Long Yi knelt on one knee and began examining Xiao Liulang's leg.
"Long Yi!"
Xiao Liulang tried to move away.
Long Yi looked up at him.
The expression in his eyes seemed somewhat bewildered and confused.
Suddenly, Long Yi stood up and swiftly left the room.
Before long, he swiftly returned.
Gu Jiao was at the door, and the two gusts of wind Long Yi had stirred up blew so hard that she couldn't keep her eyes open.
Long Yi came back with a bunch of jinchuang medicine. He pressed Xiao Liulang to sit in a chair, then bent his tall and robust body, knelt down on one knee again, and opened the bottles and jars. He then applied the medicine to Xiao Liulang.
Each time he finished applying one medicine, he made Xiao Liulang move.
When Xiao Liulang was young, he was quite a trickster. Whenever he fell down, he would pretend that his injuries were very serious to trick Long Yi into applying medicine for him and then take him out to play.
He never thought that one day he wouldn't need to trick Long Yi anymore.
For he would never get better again.
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