RNP Chapter 39 It's only been a few days since I last visited?
Chapter 39 It's only been a few days since I last visited?
The next morning, Li Yuanke got up and returned to Qingyan Palace.
I heard that a royal physician was invited from Peach Blossom Village.
Li Yuanke didn't eat breakfast and hurriedly rushed to Peach Blossom Village.
The wind was strong by the lake. As Li Yuanke passed by the Water Heart Pavilion, a handkerchief was blown towards him. The handkerchief was raised high, and a fragrant breeze wafted through the air.
Li Fude jumped and tried to grab it, but failed.
Li Yuanke reached out and grabbed it. A person emerged from behind a paulownia tree, and upon seeing the handkerchief in Li Yuanke's hand, was overjoyed. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, may you be well!"
Li Yuanke didn't recognize her, so Li Fude prompted him, "Your Majesty, it's Consort Yuan."
What kind of round little master is this, or flat little master!
Yuan Zhaoyue had already stood up. "Your Majesty, if you like my handkerchief, I would like to give it to you. I spent several days embroidering it."
The emperor glanced at the handkerchief, noting that the embroidery was better than that dog's. "Hmm, not bad!"
Yuan Zhaoyue saw the colorful rope on the emperor's arm. "Although I am not as skillful as Consort Shen, my feelings for Your Majesty are the same as Consort Shen's. It is my blessing that Your Majesty likes my handkerchief."
Li Yuanke chuckled. "Let's go!"
Li Fude shouted, "Let's go!"
The imperial carriage passed by Yuan Zhaoyue, and she watched it head towards Peach Blossom Village. That morning, she had heard that a royal physician had been summoned to Peach Blossom Village.
I knew the Emperor would come this way.
Xiangrui helped her mistress to her feet and asked worriedly, "Mistress, will the Emperor summon you to his bedchamber tonight?"
"The Emperor accepted my handkerchief, so he probably will." Yuan Zhaoyue clenched her fist. She had been in the palace for almost a month and had not yet served the Emperor.
Although she wasn't the only one who hadn't been chosen to serve the emperor, the waiting was unbearable.
She was getting impatient waiting.
In Peach Blossom Valley, Li Yuanke descended from the imperial carriage and rushed inside, only to hear Shen Shixi's wailing voice, "Ah, it hurts, it hurts, be gentle, be gentle, waaaah, you're killing me! Bai Ping, are you even a woman? How can you be so rough?"
Hearing the sound of bowing, Bai Ping looked up and saw the emperor had arrived. She quickly knelt down and bowed, saying, "This servant greets Your Majesty!"
Shen Shixi lay sprawled on the couch, her hair disheveled, while Bai Ping knelt before her, holding ointment in her hand.
"What happened?" Li Yuanke asked.
Shen Shixi covered her head and remained silent. "Who asked you to come?"
Her eyes darted around, her peach blossom eyes sparkling, and she avoided looking at him directly.
Li Yuanke asked Bai Ping, "You speak!"
Bai Ping was too embarrassed to speak, but dared not deceive the emperor. She stammered, "This morning, the master accidentally rolled off the bed and hit his footstool, getting a big bump on his head and bleeding."
Li Yuanke hurriedly said, "Let me see!"
Having already lost face, Shen Shixi simply gave up struggling, collapsed, and said, "See? See?"
[Sigh, I don't want to live anymore. That bastard Li Yuanke is definitely laughing at me in his heart. He's the most malicious person of all.]
Li Yuanke didn't bother listening to her. He was already being very careful, and the moment he touched her hair, he heard her cry out, "Ouch! Ouch! Don't touch me!"
She covered her head with both hands; it really hurt, and tears welled up in her eyes. "Waaah, don't touch it, it really hurts!"
"Be gentle, bear with it!" Li Yuanke brushed aside her hair and saw a huge lump, a hideous wound, with bloodstains on it, which looked really scary.
"How did you get injured like this!"
Seeing her shouting so loudly, Li Yuanke thought it was nothing serious and called out, "Imperial Physician, is her injury... serious?"
Jiangling Youdao said, "The swelling is too big, the wound is a bit deep, and it's hot outside, so I'm worried it will get worse."
Li Yuanke stood up and sat down beside her. "Are you still of any use? Do you go crazy in your dreams every night? You've hurt yourself like this! It's only been a few days since I last visited!"
Shen Shixi was furious. "Stop trying to make yourself look good! I've survived sixteen years without you! Can't you even speak properly? If you can't, then don't speak at all. Did I want to? How many times have I fallen like this? This is the only time! Waaah, it hurts so much! Li Yuanke, you're not human! I'm already like this, and you're still cursing me!"
Jiang Lingyou was terrified when she called the emperor by his name. He knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head, and thought to himself, "My life is over."
Will I be implicated and die because of Shen Shixi?
Seeing that she wasn't at a disadvantage at all, Li Yuanke felt relieved and said in a gentle tone, "Was I scolding you?"
He asked Jiang Lingyou, "Take good care of Consort Shen. If she recovers, I will reward you!"
Jiang Lingyou then said, "Your Majesty, if you want to recover quickly, I suggest shaving the hair around the wound. This will make it easier to apply medicine and prevent the wound from worsening."
Although it is said that "our bodies, hair, and skin are given to us by our parents, and we dare not damage them," it is also a reminder to cherish our bodies, not that we cannot shave our heads in this situation.
"Shut up, what kind of terrible idea is this? Shaving your head means losing your head, keeping your hair means keeping your head."
This rhyme confused Jiang Lingyou. He listened to it silently twice before he understood what it meant: "Your injury is quite serious, and your hair is thick, which can easily stick to the wound and cause it to worsen."
"Stop talking, I'd rather die than shave."
Li Yuanke dared not touch her head; the lump, the size of an egg, was frightening to look at. He gripped her shoulders and said, "Imperial Physician Jiang, you examine her. Shave it if necessary."
"Li Yuanke, how dare you!" She grabbed Li Yuanke's hand, her eyes brimming with tears and reddening. "If you dare to shave my head, I'll shave it all off while you're asleep in the middle of the night!"
The thought of having a bald patch on her head made Shen Shixi feel depressed.
No one had ever dared to speak to the emperor like that before. A large number of people knelt in the hall, and Jiang Lingyou's hands were trembling. If he had known that Shen Shixi would be like this when he entered the palace, he should never have become a royal physician in the first place.
They are too easily implicated.
Li Yuanke found it amusing and took her hand, saying, "Listen to me, it's not like you're not going to grow back. Look at yourself, how did you get hurt like this? The injury is really bad."
Shen Shixi was still afraid of death. This was an era where even a minor cold could cost you your life. After hesitating for a while, she shook Li Yuanke's hand and said, "People will laugh at me, and you'll laugh at me too!"
Li Yuanke gently rubbed the edge of her wound with his fingertips. "I promise I won't laugh at you, and I won't allow anyone to laugh at you. If anyone laughs at you, I'll punish them for you!"
"Alright... then!" Shen Shixi said, "I want Bai Ping to shave my head. Bai Ping, you can't shave even a single hair off my head, otherwise, I'll wait until you fall asleep and shave your head completely!"
Bai Ping suppressed a laugh, "Alright, mistress, I promise I won't shave an extra shave. You can ask His Majesty to keep an eye on things for you."
She shook Li Yuanke's hand, "You keep an eye on things for me, and don't let her shave my hair, even if it's not hers."
[Ugh, why did Li Yuanke have to come? He witnessed such an embarrassing thing; he'll laugh at me for the rest of his life. Waaah, I know a lot about his embarrassing moments, like the time he used his tiny fingers to sue someone for amusement. If he dares to laugh at me, I'll laugh at him too.]
Li Yuanke looked at her with a gloomy expression, "What are you thinking about now?"
"What can I think? I'm already like this, I don't have the strength to curse you in my heart."
Hearing the snip of scissors, Shen Shixi screamed and instinctively tried to cover her head with her hands. Li Yuanke quickly grabbed her hands, "Don't move, you'll poke the scissors."
"How much did you cut? How much did you cut?" Shen Shixi hurriedly turned her head.
Bai Ping picked up a strand of hair, looking at her speechlessly, "It's just this little bit, Master. Your hair is already thick; you can cover it up with a bun. What's the big deal?"
"It's finally a bald patch!" Shen Shixi was on the verge of tears. Turning her head, she saw Li Yuanke smiling with pursed lips. She rushed over and patted his chest. "I told you you could smile, you bastard, you lied!"
Li Yuanke caught her, his voice tinged with laughter, "Bai Ping is right, I really can't tell, it doesn't have any effect. Listen to me, I'll help you apply the medicine."
She fell on the back of her head, near the top of her head, and a bump the size of an egg appeared. The wound was quite large, so they only cut the hair in the area with the wound; Bai Ping didn't dare touch the rest of her head.
Jiang Lingyou saw the emperor personally apply medicine to Shen Shixi under his guidance.
Shen Shixi couldn't go out because she couldn't tie her hair up, and more importantly, she had a mild concussion, so any movement made her dizzy.
After drinking a bowl of bitter Chinese medicine, Shen Shixi nestled in Li Yuanke's arms and whimpered, "I'm so unlucky. Don't tell anyone how I got hurt, or people will laugh at me."
What was supposed to be a sad thing turned into something that made Li Yuanke want to laugh because of Shen Shixi's antics.
Li Yuanke suppressed a laugh, but his chest trembled. "Fine, I won't say anything. Anyone who speaks of what happened today will be severely punished by me!"
He looked down at her. "Then tell me, how did you fall off the bed, and so hard?"