Dilan Mo's expectation ended in failure.
Summer arrived with the noisy chirping of cicadas, and the poison in Chu Zhiyan's body was gradually decreasing.
However—
"Your Highness! The princess is coming!" Chu Zhiyan, who was sitting upright on the bed reading memorials, immediately lay down. The quilt was neatly covering his body. His reaction was so rapid and his movements so swift that Chu Shisan was astounded!
These days, Chu Zhiyan seemed to have gone crazy. Although his body had mostly recovered, he pretended to be on the verge of death. He showed none of his former might as a war god!
Chu Shisan silently complained in his heart.
Suddenly, he felt a sharp and menacing look sweep over him like a sharp knife. Chu Shisan quickly straightened his expression.
Come on, he wasn't the princess. He didn't dare to provoke the tiger!
Qiao Yan beside him giggled. Naturally, he also received a glare from his master.
With light footsteps like a cat, Dilan Mo stepped into the room.
Looking at Chu Zhiyan on the bed, who was lying with his back to her like a shy young wife, Dilan Mo rolled her eyes.
Since the day she took away the inkstone, Chu Zhiyan seemed to have suffered a great grievance. At first, he would eat two candied fruits after taking just one sip of the medicine. Gradually, he demanded that Dilan Mo feed him spoon by spoon. And now?
All Dilan Mo could say was "Hehe"!
"The medicine needs to be changed." Putting down the tray in her hand, Dilan Mo repeated the words she said three times a day.
Chu Shisan winked at Qiao Yan: Look! Is this still our majestic master?
Qiao Yan said mysteriously: You single dogs just don't understand!
Chu Shisan replied with a "Hehe": You understand! Since you understand so well, why don't you have a wife?
The two of them had a silent argument with their eyes, completely forgetting that the main characters were still in front of them.
Just as they were having fun, they saw Dilan Mo looking at them with a straight face. They immediately trembled and quickly ran away.
Chu Zhiyan turned over, looking sad and accusing Dilan Mo of her "brutality" with his eyes.
The situation that day was extremely urgent. In order to prevent the poison from spreading too widely from the wound on Chu Zhiyan's waist, Dilan Mo cut a palm - sized hole in his lower back. It had been a long time. Dilan Mo didn't know if Chu Zhiyan was just realizing it late because of his long reflex arc or if he was deliberately trying to torture her by bringing up old scores.
According to Chu Zhiyan, this injury was so serious because of Dilan Mo, so she had to be responsible!
In short, Dilan Mo rolled her eyes so much that she almost rolled them to the back of her head.
She helped Chu Zhiyan sit up like she was serving an ancestor, ignoring the corner of a memorial peeping out from under the pillow. She quickly took off his inner clothes and then unwrapped the bandage.
The wound was too big. In ancient times, there was no modern technology, so they didn't dare to sew up the wound. Bacterial infection was no small matter!
Due to long - term wrapping, the wound had turned pale. Fortunately, the scar had formed, and new pink flesh could be seen growing every day.
"Hiss!" Chu Zhiyan gasped.
Although this was a daily routine, Dilan Mo still patiently asked, "Does it hurt a lot? I'll be gentler!"
She gently wiped the wound and its surroundings with the self - made alcohol cotton. Chu Zhiyan felt the cool alcohol flowing over the wound and trembled again.
Dilan Mo forced a smile and made her movements even gentler.
Chu Zhiyan trembled again. Dilan Mo rolled her eyes and made her movements even gentler.
She couldn't be any gentler! It was like a feather brushing by. This time, Chu Zhiyan wasn't pretending. He was tickled!
But because of his previous behavior, Dilan Mo assumed he was still pretending! She took a deep breath and exhaled heavily.
Damn it! Enough is enough!
Dilan Mo slapped the wound hard and said, "Can you just let me apply the medicine or not!"
He was a great war god. It was okay that he was afraid of the bitter taste of the medicine. That was his personal problem!
But he had fought on the battlefield so many times and had countless injuries. Would he act so pretentious because of such a small wound?
It was okay for him to pretend in the previous days. She had taken into account that he was sad because of the emperor's poisoning and didn't argue with him. She had used up all her patience on this. If it were someone else, she wouldn't care if they lived or died, let alone take care of them every day!
Dilan Mo subconsciously didn't want to think deeply about why she distinguished Chu Zhiyan from others so clearly.
It was no wonder Dilan Mo was angry. Chu Zhiyan was also quite confused. At first, he just wanted to deliberately tease Dilan Mo. Later, he gradually wanted to see her being gentle and concerned about him.
If you asked him why, he couldn't explain. He just followed his instinct and never considered that his actions towards Dilan Mo were completely different from his usual self.
His Highness, the Prince of Qin, was very confused.
The two of them, who had never experienced love in their twenties, were equally confused!
Seeing that Chu Zhiyan didn't say a word, Dilan Mo gritted her teeth and continued to apply the medicine and bandage the wound.
Although her expression was as fierce as if she wanted to devour him alive, her hands were extremely gentle, even gentler than when she treated herself.
Dilan Mo packed up the things, went out for a moment, and then came back with a bowl of white porridge and pickled vegetables. She mixed the finely chopped pickled vegetables into the porridge and said fiercely, "Open your mouth!"
Still in a daze, Chu Zhiyan opened his mouth instinctively.
One fed, and the other swallowed.
Dilan Mo fed His Highness the Prince of Qin very quickly and roughly.
His Highness the Prince of Qin ate painfully. It wasn't because the white porridge was unpalatable. Although it wasn't particularly delicious for the noble and precious Chu Zhiyan, there was no way. As an injured person, he could only eat something light.
The woman in front of him slightly lowered her head, showing her graceful and slender swan - like neck. It was hot. She was wearing a thin layer of gauze. As she breathed, her chest rose and fell continuously. When she was feeding him, her sleeve slipped, and her fair arm swayed in front of Chu Zhiyan.
Maybe it was too hot. Chu Zhiyan ate without tasting. Suddenly, he felt a bit thirsty.
After swallowing the last mouthful of white porridge, he said, "You..."
Chu Zhiyan was startled by his hoarse voice. He cleared his throat and said, "Pour a glass of water for this king."
Dilan Mo's eyes flashed, and her look was dangerous: Pour?
Chu Zhiyan paused for a moment and said those two words for the first time in his life: "Thank you!"
Dilan Mo turned around satisfactorily, poured a glass of water, and handed it to him. "Are you very hot?"
Look at his blushing face. He was almost as red as a cooked crab!
Chu Zhiyan drank the cold water to suppress the inexplicable heat in his heart. "It's okay!"
Dilan Mo raised her eyebrows slightly, feeling puzzled. Could he be suffering from heatstroke?
She sat on the edge of the bed and put her jade hand on Chu Zhiyan's forehead.
Chu Zhiyan felt even hotter. The cold hand not only failed to reduce the heat but, accompanied by the woman's body fragrance, caused him to have an indescribable reaction.
Chu Zhiyan's face turned ashen. He had never been so embarrassed in his life!
He slapped the hand on his forehead and said coldly, "Get out!"
Dilan Mo just thought this man was being unreasonable. She had kindly cared about him, but he didn't give her a good look. Anger suddenly welled up in her heart. Who wanted to serve you anyway!
Seeing Dilan Mo shake her hand and go out angrily, Chu Zhiyan was also very helpless but couldn't explain.
He didn't have the face to tell a girl such a rather immoral thing!
After listening carefully to confirm that Dilan Mo had walked out of the yard and couldn't hear the sound in the room, he quickly got out of bed, rushed to the table, picked up a pot of cold tea, and gulped it down.