roccoschili Chapter 141 Your Highness, can you let me down?
Chapter 141 Your Highness, can you let me down?
Si Jinchen held Yan Qingwan in his arms and walked towards the main courtyard at high strides.
Not long after, they arrived at their destination.
At the gate of the next yard, Xiaoman heard the noise and curiously stuck his head out to look.
When she saw Yan Qingwan in Si Jinchen's arms, a hint of joy flashed across her face, but she was sensible enough to remain silent, then turned into the yard and went to inform the other servants.
Si Jinchen caught a glimpse of Xiaoman's departing back, calmly withdrew his gaze, and continued to walk into the yard.
Along the way, Yan Qingwan kept his head buried in Si Jinchen's chest.
Now that they had finally reached their destination, she pleaded softly, "Your Highness, can you please let me down?"
However, Si Jinchen seemed not to hear her request, but walked straight into the living room and gently placed her on a chair.
Yan Qingwan carefully observed his expression, but found that he had a sullen face and began to look for the medicinal wine stored by the maid.
Not long after, he returned to her with the medicinal wine in his hand, opened the bottle cap, poured some of the liquid medicine into his palm, then turned to look at her and said in a low voice: "Be patient, it may be a little painful."
Yan Qingwan nodded, bit her lips tightly, and prepared to endure the pain.
Seeing that she was ready, Si Jinchen started massaging her arms.
Yan Qingwan felt the stinging pain in his arm, and subconsciously frowned and gritted his teeth to endure it.
When Si Jinchen saw Yan Qingwan's reaction, he felt a little distressed, but more of it was self-blame.
If he hadn't left more people behind to protect her and allow her to stand up when danger came, her arm wouldn't have been strained.
So Si Jinchen's movements became gentler, for fear of hurting her.
As time went by, Yan Qingwan gradually got used to the pain, and the tingling sensation in his arm slowly subsided.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked at the man in front of her who was massaging her seriously.
Si Jinchen was concentrating on the action in his hands. Feeling her gaze, he couldn't help but ask, "How is it? Is it better?"
Hearing this, Yan Qingwan hummed and said, "Your Highness, my arm is much better now. There must be many things outside that need your attention. You should go out and get busy first."
Hearing this, Si Jinchen raised his head and looked at her, then lowered his head again and continued with his actions, "Don't worry, I have almost finished my work, you are the most important right now."
Yan Qingwan: “…”
She said "Oh" and let him do as he pleased.
Si Jinchen rubbed it for a long time before withdrawing his hand. He said in a deep voice, "You need to rub it once a day to get better. If you need anything, ask Shi Yu Xiao Man and the others to do it. You take good care of it and don't use too much force on your arm, okay?"
Yan Qingwan nodded obediently and said in a tender voice, "I understand, Your Highness."
Si Jinchen: "Well, I'll go next door and ask Xiaoman and the others to come back to accompany you. I have to go out for a while, so you don't have to wait for me to come back at night."
Yan Qingwan smiled and responded, "Okay, take care, Your Highness."
Si Jinchen nodded, turned around and walked out.
Not long after, Shi Yu and Xiao Man came running back in a hurry.
Both of them looked at Yan Qingwan's arm with concern.
Shi Yu said worriedly, "Princess, His Highness said that your arm was injured. If there is anything, just let us know."
Yan Qingwan nodded to show that he understood.
She looked up and asked, "Where's Qi'an? How is he?"
Xiaoman replied: "The little prince just fell asleep not long ago, so the servants did not bring him over."
Yan Qingwan hummed softly and said, "If you fall asleep, there's no need to bother carrying me around. I'm also very tired today. Prepare some water. I want to take a bath."
Xiaoman nodded, then turned and ran out.
Yan Qingwan was helped by Shi Yu and Xiao Man to take a comfortable hot bath. After a simple dinner, he went straight to bed.
She was indeed very tired and soon fell into a deep sleep.
The next day.
sunny.
Yan Qingwan slowly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.
Seeing this, Shi Yu, who was standing by, hurried forward to serve, helping Yan Qingwan to make the bed and tidy up her clothes, and skillfully tied Yan Qingwan's long hair into a beautiful bun.
Yan Qingwan sat in his seat and asked casually, "Did His Highness come back last night?"
Shi Yu shook his head slightly and replied, "No, I guess His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very busy."
Yan Qingwan nodded and asked, "What's the situation in the front yard and the alley outside the mansion now?"
Shi Yu smiled and explained, "Don't worry, Princess. The guards stayed up most of the night last night and took care of everything. Even the bloodstains on the ground were washed away by the heavy rain in the second half of last night."
After hearing this, Yan Qingwan felt relieved and felt much more relaxed.
She smiled and said, "That's good."
However, Shi Yu's next words made Yan Qingwan frown slightly.
It turned out that a series of events that happened yesterday caused more than a dozen servants and maids in the mansion to quietly pack their luggage and run away at night.
However, after learning that everything was safe in the mansion this morning, another dozen people returned.
But there are still two or three people who have not returned yet, and no one knows what happened to them.
Yan Qingwan raised his eyebrows and said in a light tone: "If you don't come back today, don't ask for it later. We don't think we can stay here for long and will have to return to the capital soon."
When Shi Yu heard the news, he asked, "Crown Princess, the weather is very cold now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to travel."
Yan Qingwan hummed, "In this weather, I'm afraid it will take some time on the road, but if we can set off as soon as possible, it will be a good thing to return to the capital as soon as possible."
Shi Yu frowned and said worriedly: "But if we do this, we may encounter many difficulties and inconveniences on the journey."
Yan Qingwan smiled slightly and consoled him, "It depends on how His Highness arranges it. After all, he has more experience in these matters than us. If we wait until after the New Year, we will have to wait until spring to set off."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yu nodded and felt a little relieved.
She smiled, changed the subject, and said, "I'm afraid the Crown Princess doesn't know how good your reputation is in the palace now."
Yan Qingwan looked at Shi Yu behind him through the diamond-shaped mirror and asked curiously, "Oh? What happened? Could it be that the incident yesterday spread throughout the mansion?"
Shi Yu nodded and replied with a smile: "Of course, everyone in the palace is talking about it privately, saying that the Crown Princess remained calm in the face of danger and led only a few dozen guards in the palace to fight against the other side's 300 people, and even held out until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned!"
Yan Qingwan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and chuckled: "It seems that the identities of me and His Highness are now known to everyone. As for what happened yesterday, it was just an emergency at the time, and I just reacted instinctively."
Shi Yu's eyes flashed with admiration, and then he said: "The identities of His Highness and the Crown Princess have been exposed. I wonder how lively Jiangning Mansion will be in the next few days.
Now everyone in the palace says that you are not only brave, but also smart, and you have come up with so many clever ways to protect yourself and others, so your prestige in the palace has greatly increased. "
Yan Qingwan shook her head slightly and said modestly, "Let it be exposed, it's no big deal. Yesterday I just did what I should do, and it's all thanks to everyone for the compliment."
Having said that, I am actually very happy.
After all, she didn't expect that she could hold on.