Ji Yunsheng was actually cowed by Xie Jiuan's action. Although he was a bit dissatisfied, he could only pout and then continued to examine Gu Jiangyue's injuries.
Ji Yunsheng reached out his hand to touch Gu Jiangyue's neck and intended to pull open her clothes to see if the injury had spread to other parts. But just as his hand touched the collar of Gu Jiangyue's clothes, it was blocked by Xie Jiuan. Ji Yunsheng looked at Xie Jiuan, feeling quite speechless.
"What? Do you want the Ninth Prince to do it himself?"
Gu Jiangyue was wearing a cross-collared dress. To examine the injury on her shoulder, one had to untie the clothes to expose the whole shoulder. Xie Jiuan looked at Ji Yunsheng and still held Gu Jiangyue tightly in his arms.
After thinking for a while, as if he had come up with a good idea, Xie Jiuan carefully reached out his hand and gently tore off a piece of cloth on Gu Jiangyue's shoulder without taking off the clothes, but the wound was completely exposed. Then he looked at Ji Yunsheng, parted his thin lips slightly, and said indifferently without much expression.
"Alright."
Ji Yunsheng was completely speechless this time but didn't say anything more. He silently treated Gu Jiangyue's wound.
Although Gu Jiangyue was already in a coma, when Ji Yunsheng applied medicine to her, the intense pain still made her body tremble slightly. Xie Jiuan felt extremely heartache seeing this.
They were in the wild at the moment. Seeing Xie Jiuan's grand display, Ji Yunsheng didn't bring much medicine. So he just casually bandaged Gu Jiangyue's wound and fed her some medicine to prevent excessive blood loss.
When Gu Jiangyue's lips regained some color and she stopped shivering, Xie Jiuan quickly carried her onto the carriage and headed towards the capital city. The intercepted grain was transported to other places.
The medicine that Ji Yunsheng gave Gu Jiangyue took effect, and she didn't feel so uncomfortable. Leaning on Xie Jiuan's shoulder and smelling the familiar scent on him, she slept very soundly.
When Gu Jiangyue woke up again, she was in an inn. The wound on her body didn't hurt anymore, but her head was still a bit dizzy. In order to prevent Gu Jiangyue from being woken up by the pain and getting beaten by Xie Jiuan again, Ji Yunsheng had fed Gu Jiangyue quite a lot of medicine.
Gu Jiangyue rubbed her head and looked at everything in front of her. It seemed a bit blurry. She shook her head hard, and then it got better.
"You're awake?"
A hoarse voice came from the door. Gu Jiangyue looked in the direction of the voice and indeed saw the familiar figure of the black-clothed man.
Gu Jiangyue nodded. She really didn't have the strength to speak at the moment.
Although they were in the capital city, Xie Jiuan didn't take Gu Jiangyue to Bishui Yunju. He didn't want Gu Jiangyue to discover his identity yet, so he first found an inn and settled Gu Jiangyue down.
"How long have I been sleeping?"
Gu Jiangyue reached out her hand to take the tonic that Xie Jiuan had just brought for her and asked weakly.
Xie Jiuan's face hidden under the mask was terribly calm. His hoarse voice blurted out.
"Two days."
These days, he would come to see Gu Jiangyue when he was free. The rest of the time, he was beating Ji Yunsheng, hoping that Gu Jiangyue could wake up soon so that he could feel at ease. However, Ji Yunsheng's martial arts were not bad, and he didn't suffer much in the fight with Xie Jiuan.
Hearing that she had slept for a full two days, Gu Jiangyue's eyes widened involuntarily, looking quite shocked.
"Did it delay anything important?"
Xie Jiuan looked at Gu Jiangyue. At this moment, he was a bit dissatisfied that Gu Jiangyue didn't pay enough attention to her own body. But looking into her curious eyes, he still couldn't bear to scold her. Instead, he patiently said,
"No. He lost the disaster relief grain and didn't dare to show up in the capital these days. I've sent a few people to monitor him, and he does have the intention to start buying grain these days."
Gu Jiangyue nodded in satisfaction. The arduous task of disaster relief was taken on by Xie Chengrui himself, and he even lost the disaster relief grain allocated by the court. Everyone thought that this wise and just prince was out for disaster relief. It would be really strange if Xie Chengrui dared to appear openly in the capital.
"He will probably take action in about two days. I've already been in contact with the boss of the grain store, but this time, you're not allowed to go."
Xie Jiuan's tone was very cold, without much emotion, but with a hint of determination.
"Why?"
Hearing this, Gu Jiangyue blurted out her doubt directly.
Xie Jiuan let out a long sigh and directly pointed at the wound on her shoulder. He asked seemingly helplessly,
"How about it? Does it still hurt?"
Gu Jiangyue understood immediately. It turned out to be because of this. She quickly answered without hesitation.
"It doesn't hurt anymore. Not at all. Can you let me go?"
Gu Jiangyue blinked her eyes and looked at Xie Jiuan, showing a bit of coquetry. Xie Jiuan didn't dare to meet her gaze, fearing that if he refused her, there would be a sad look in her eyes.
But then Xie Jiuan thought that even if he said directly today that he wouldn't let Gu Jiangyue go, two days later, she would probably sneak out while he wasn't paying attention. By then, it would be even more dangerous.
Seeing Xie Jiuan lowering his head in thought, Gu Jiangyue felt that she still had a chance. She gently grabbed the corner of Xie Jiuan's sleeve with her hand and began to sway it slowly. While swaying, she kept muttering, looking like a little rascal who would never stop if he didn't agree.
"I won't run around. My injury has healed. Just let me go..."
The more Gu Jiangyue spoke, the more choked up she became. She reached out her hand to wipe away the tears that she had managed to squeeze out from the corner of her eyes, and then pushed the tonic further away.
Xie Jiuan saw Gu Jiangyue's acting skills clearly and remembered them well. Gu Jiangyue could act in any role without batting an eyelid. Her acting was superb. Naturally, Xie Jiuan wouldn't be deceived by her.
Just as Xie Jiuan was about to seriously refuse Gu Jiangyue, he looked up and met her tearful eyes. Gu Jiangyue's eye sockets were red because she had rubbed them too hard when wiping her tears just now. She just looked at Xie Jiuan like this.
Although he knew it was fake, Xie Jiuan still felt a bit soft-hearted. Finally, he sighed helplessly and agreed to Gu Jiangyue.
"You can go, but you must protect yourself. Don't get hurt for my sake."
Xie Jiuan's voice was hoarse, but his tone was indescribably gentle and patient.
When Gu Jiangyue heard that he allowed her to go, she happily picked up the tonic on the table, held it in her hand, and gulped it down, seemingly trying to curry favor with him.
Seeing her obedient look, Xie Jiuan didn't say anything more. He just gently rubbed her head and then left.
Gu Jiangyue didn't idle away these two days. Almost as soon as Xie Jiuan left, Ji Yunsheng sneaked in and launched a most aggrieved complaint at Gu Jiangyue.
"Do you know how I've been these two days?"
"Gulp, gulp..."
The only response to Ji Yunsheng was the sound of drinking medicine.