Chu Zhiyan couldn't take the medicine, but the situation was so critical...
Di Lanmo missed the modern era terribly. In modern times, no matter what the condition was, a single injection would solve the problem!
She cursed silently and said, "Give me the medicine. You can go out! I'll feed him!"
Qiao Yan, a single guy, looked stunned. Then he quickly realized what the princess meant by "feed".
He presented the bowl with both hands and fled out like a man running for his life. He even remembered to close the door.
Di Lanmo held the bowl of medicine and felt that her bottom line had been constantly broken since she married Chu Zhiyan.
She took a deep breath and sat down on the edge of the bed with a look of solemn determination.
She murmured to herself, "I'm saving his life. It's like performing a heroic act of saving someone. It's just like mouth - to - mouth resuscitation. When he wakes up, I must make him pay me!"
After giving herself this mental boost, Di Lanmo lifted the bowl and took a mouthful of the medicine.
Ugh, it was so bitter!
She leaned over, used her tongue to pry open Chu Zhiyan's teeth, and slowly pushed the medicine in her mouth down his throat.
Just as she was about to pass in the second mouthful, Chu Zhiyan suddenly opened his eyes, which startled Di Lanmo.
She thought he was awake and was about to ask him to take the medicine by himself, but then he closed his eyes again.
Damn it, he was just kidding me!
She punched the bed board hard with her small fist and resigned herself to continue passing the medicine.
The candlelight flickered gently, and the shadow of the woman constantly bending over was projected on the wall.
Chu Zhiyan had a dream.
In the dream, a woman whose face he couldn't see poured out her heart to him.
As she talked, the woman blushed and shyly confessed her feelings to him.
He heard himself sternly refuse, but then the woman's expression turned cold and she pounced on him ferociously.
He wanted to dodge, but his whole body seemed to be fixed, and he could only watch helplessly as the woman hugged him.
The woman leaned her face forward, and Chu Zhiyan saw clearly that it was Di Lanmo!
He saw Di Lanmo approaching his face fiercely. Her red lips parted slightly and kissed his.
She would pull back after one kiss and then kiss him again the next second. As the number of kisses increased, his mouth became increasingly bitter.
It should have been an ambiguous and beautiful scene, but he felt as if Di Lanmo wanted to devour him.
Chu Zhiyan suddenly opened his eyes. It was already bright outside.
"Damn it!" Thinking of the dream he had last night, Chu Zhiyan cursed under his breath.
He hadn't had a dream for years, and when he did, it was such an absurd one!
Chu Zhiyan never thought about why he had such a dream, nor did he think that Di Lanmo would "kiss" him for some reason. He just assumed it was because he was too badly injured and his mind was acting crazy.
Just as he was about to get up, a sharp pain shot through his lower back. "Ouch!"
He reached out and felt a thick layer of gauze wrapped around his waist. It was much thicker than normal.
He gave up the idea of getting up. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Di Lanmo lying on the edge of the bed. For a moment, his eyes softened inexplicably.
Perhaps because he hadn't had such a "leisurely" moment for a long time, Chu Zhiyan carefully shifted his body to avoid the wound and tilted his head to look at the sleeping woman.
The sun was rising, and the golden light shone through the window onto Di Lanmo's face.
Perhaps the light was a bit too bright. The woman's eyelids fluttered, and her delicate eyebrows frowned slightly.
Chu Zhiyan's heart skipped a beat. He reached out his hand to gently block the sunlight so that the girl could sleep more peacefully.
The sleeping girl looked peaceful, like a contented kitten.
It was hard to imagine that such a gentle - looking woman could unleash such a sharp and powerful aura.
In her daze, Di Lanmo felt a probing gaze on her. She suddenly opened her eyes and saw Chu Zhiyan's hand that hadn't had time to withdraw. On reflex, she even forgot where she was. She reached out her fair hand, grabbed the hand that was about to pull away, and bent it...
Chu Zhiyan didn't expect her to react so quickly. He quickly said, "It's me, the prince!"
Di Lanmo paused. In a split - second, she realized what was going on and quickly withdrew her hand.
"You're awake?" She subconsciously skipped over this awkward moment and said, "I'll go and get your medicine."
Chu Zhiyan raised his sword - like eyebrows but didn't expose her. "Okay!"
When Di Lanmo reached the kitchen door, she heard the kitchen maids chatting animatedly about her.
"Mrs. Lin, I tell you, the princess was really fierce last night!"
Someone responded, "What happened? Did the princess beat someone?"
The first one said, "Beat who? The princess knocked out the prince last night!"
Mrs. Lin was curious. "The prince is a war god. Does the princess have the ability to knock out the prince?"
Seeing that she still didn't understand, the other woman was anxious. "Why don't you understand? I mean when the princess and the prince were... you know, the prince fainted! Look -"
The old woman pointed at the medicine boiling on the stove. "The prince still hasn't woken up yet! This medicine is for the prince to replenish his energy!"
Mrs. Lin suddenly understood and was extremely excited. In a rather lewd voice for her age, she said, "The princess looks so delicate but is actually so powerful! Even the prince..."
It wasn't entirely their fault for spreading such rumors. After Di Lanmo and Chu Zhiyan put on a show last night, Eunuch Hao went out and met the servants who had rushed in.
Thinking of the scene in the room, Eunuch Hao explained and told them not to go in and disturb.
There were many married servants in the mansion, so they naturally understood what Eunuch Hao meant. Then, not long after, Qiao Yan rushed into the kitchen with a dose of medicine, saying that the prince was too tired and needed to replenish his energy.
The imaginative servants, associating with what Eunuch Hao had said before, had all sorts of wild speculations. They boldly asked Qiao Yan.
Qiao Yan couldn't explain the truth because he couldn't say that the prince was injured. So he could only default, and that's how the rumor spread.
Now Di Lanmo was speechless. She thought for a while but couldn't come up with a reason that could explain why Chu Zhiyan needed the medicine and prove her innocence at the same time. So she gave up.
She mentally made a note against Chu Zhiyan!
It was one thing for her not to explain, but it didn't mean that the servants could spread rumors!
"Ahem!" Di Lanmo coughed loudly to let the two gossiping women in the room know that she had arrived.
Di Lanmo strode in. In the face of the maids' eager, gossiping looks even while they were bowing, she calmly poured the medicine into a bowl.
Seeing her pouring the medicine, the two maids exchanged a look and excitedly communicated with their eyes about something only they could understand.
Di Lanmo pretended not to see and turned around to leave under their lewd gazes.
However, her back seemed to show that she was fleeing in a hurry.
When she returned to the room, she handed the bowl to Chu Zhiyan.
On the way back, she had already thought it through. Compared to the rumor that she was the one who was "knocked out", the current situation was more to her liking!
It was a case of a strong woman and a weak man. It wasn't a loss!
Obviously, Chu Zhiyan didn't know yet what kind of image he would have in the servants' minds in the future. Watching him drink the medicine in big gulps, Di Lanmo was a bit looking forward to his reaction when he found out.
Suddenly, Chu Zhiyan felt a chill down his spine. He looked up and saw Di Lanmo with a creepy smile on her face, as if she was thinking about something.
Sensing Chu Zhiyan's gaze, Di Lanmo came back to her senses and said seriously, "Now that you're awake, it's time we settled the score!"
Di Lanmo counted on her fingers. "So far, I've saved your life five times!"
Chu Zhiyan interrupted her. "How did it become five times?"
Di Lanmo sneered. "The time in the hot spring doesn't count."
"Once when I helped you detoxify in the Chonghua Palace yesterday!"
"Once when I dealt with the assassins!"
"Once when I carried you back to the mansion!"
"Once when I tricked Eunuch Hao away!"
"And once when I passed the medicine..." Di Lanmo's voice trailed off, and her earlobes turned slightly red.