Chapter 292
The Cannon Fodder and Villain’s Happy Ending
ââ¦â¦â Qin Jiu naturally saw it and couldnât help commenting to herself: That is obviously intentional, but why, probably because she is afraid that the empress would not notice the injury on her writs thatâs why she did that?
But this doesnât stop Qin Jiu to looked at Changningâs left wrist under the sleeve with great interest, half an inch of bandage was vaguely exposed under the wide sleeve, and the bright red blood on it looked unsightly.
Qin Jiu, blinked as she curiously asked herself, how on earth did Changning get the injury on her wrist?
Changning, on the other hand, was not even the least interested in Qin Jiuâs inquiring gaze and just looked at Empress Wei as she sincerely said, âImperial Mother, this is this daughterâs kind intention.â
âChangning is very considerate.â However, Empress Wei neither said she would take the medicine nor said she would not to drink it, her eyes just fell on Changningâs left wrist and asked, âWhat happened to your wrist?ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âNo, itâs nothing.â Changning quickly shook her head. âIt wasnât that much. Thanking Imperial Mother for your concern, itâs just this daughter accidentally scratched it.â
Changning smiled gently and curtsied again, âImperial mother, this daughter will leave first.â
Empress Wei never asked again what really happened nor stopped her.
ââ¦â¦â Changning was silent for a moment as her face slowly stiffened.
But since she had already said goodbye, she could only stand up, however, coincidentally or not when she turned around, her wrist just hit the food box in the hand of the palace maid close to her, her expression suddenly became very painful. Her two delicate willow eyebrows were tightly wrinkled as crystal tears rolled in her eyes.
âAunt,â Qin Jiu, who couldnât bear to look at it, suggested, âShould we get the imperial physician to come and take a look at the Third Princess?â
Empress Wei glanced at Qin Jiu and slightly nodded, she said. âOkay.â
The imperial physician was on standby at the Fengluan Palace, so after Empress Wei gave an order, not long after, an old physician with gray hair came in.
Empress Wei instructed, âImperial Physician Zhang, the third princessâ wrist seems to have been injured, go and see her.â
Changning hurriedly said, âNo need, Imperial Mother.â
âIf you say so.â Empress Wei said indifferently, âThen thereâs no need.â
Changning: ââ¦.â
âYour Highness,â Ling Xiang said in a soft voice and hurriedly convinced her mistress, âyou should listen to the Empress and let Imperial Physician Zhang take a look.â
This time, Changning hurriedly nodded, taking advantage of the situation for her own benefit before it would go awry again: âAlright. Thank you for your care, Imperial Mother.â She gently curtsied.
Imperial Physician Zhang first checked Changningâs pulse, then said, âYour Highness, Third Princess, please pull up your left sleeve a bit.â
Her palace maid Ling Xiang pulled up Changningâs left sleeve revealing the bandaged forearm, her white skin and slender wrist looked more fragile with the blood-stained bandage.
Seeing this, Imperial Physician Zhang couldnât help but frown, he asked. âHow did your highness get hurt?â
Changning glanced at Empress Wei and Xu momo as she timidly said, âI accidentally scratched myself.â
Imperial Physician Zhangâs frown deepened as he looked at the amount of blood oozing from the wound, feeling that the wound really didnât look like an accidental scratch. âMay I ask to untie it?â
Changning originally wanted to put on a show and wanted to casually ask Imperial Physician Zhang to prescribe some healing medicine, but looking back at the situation just now, she was afraid that Empress Wei would ask this, which would be troublesome.
Ling Xiang, however, hurriedly said, âYour highness, youâd better let Imperial Physician Zhang have a look. If it leaves a scar⦠you already have a scar on your forehead.â She looked worried and hesitated before she continued, âImperial Physician Zhang, this servant requests you to take a look at her highness wound.â
As she said that, Ling Xiang had already taken the initiative to untie the bandage on Changningâs left wrist, but the latter dodge her for a while before she let her untie the bandage while half pushing her palace maid.
After the bandage was unraveled, the wrists covered with blood were exposed. The dark red blood hadnât completely dried up yet, and the wound was about an inch long, apparently, it hadnât been treated, and the flesh was badly mangled.
Qin Jiu couldnât help looking curiously and watched Imperial Physician Zhang first wipe the blood stain on Changningâs left wrist with a wet gauze. âYour highness, please bear it.â
After cleaning around the wound, they could now see the fresh blood on the wrist that was cut by the blade.
Changningâs eyes were moist and red, her slender figure was taut, and the corners of her forehead were covered with cold sweat as if she was enduring great pain.
After a long time, she heard Empress Wei ask, âWhatâs wrong with the third princessâs wrist, Imperial Physician Zhang?â
âAnswering to Your Majesty,â said Imperial Physician Zhang respectfully, âthe third princess was cut by a sharp blade, and a small piece of flesh was cut off, and Iâm afraid that the wrist will leave a scar.â
Imperial Physician Zhang felt that the third princess was really making people worry, it wasnât even that long before he heard that she hurt her face in her fight with Princess Yingluo, but the wound on her wrist looks like she scratched it herself.
âImperial Physician Zhang, will it really leave scars?â The palace maid in blue was so anxious that she was about to cry. âThen what to do!â
âItâs not a problem, I can just cover it with my sleeve,â Changning said softly and feebly.
Palace Maid: âPrincess, for the sake of the Empressâ¦.â
âShut up!â Changning aptly interrupted the palace maid, then added, âPhysician Zhang, just give me some medicine to bandage it up.â
Qin Jiu: ââ¦.â
Imperial Physician Zhang: ââ¦.â
âFor the sake of this empress?â Empress Wei on the bed smiled, raised her eyebrows, and asked, âWhat did you say?â
The palace maid bent her knees and hurriedly said, âYour majesty, the Empress, the Third Royal Highness Princess saw a folk remedy in the medical book, saying that it is very effective for your qi disease, but this decoction needs human flesh as one of the ingredients, soâ¦â
âThis bowl of medicine?â Empress Wei asked, pointing to the bowl of soup medicine in Xu momoâs hand, âImperial Physician Zhang, have a look at it.â
Xu momo then brought the bowl of soup medicine to Imperial Physician Zhang, the latter first smelled it and scooped up a spoonful of soup medicineâ¦
Seeing that the doctor brought the spoonful of medicine to his lips, Changning hesitated but stopped the imperial physician, âWait, Imperial Physician Zhang!
Facing Empress Weiâs suspicious eyes, Changning slightly bit her lower lip and curtsied to the empress again as she said, âImperial Mother, this daughter saw this folk remedy in a medical book called Yanâs Miscellaneous Diseases, which said that as long as you cut a flesh and use it as one of the ingredients, it can cure Qi disease.â
Empress Wei thought she was already used to seeing the world, but it seems that this was not the case as she was stunned by Changningâs words and was dumbfounded for a moment.
Changning continued, âImperial Motherâs phoenix body is not well, this daughter is so worried, so I am willing to cut my own flesh for the imperial Mother as a medicine, this is also this daughterâs filial piety.â
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