Shaoyao came again early in the morning. Huazhi was leaning on the bed and eating porridge slowly. She had only been drinking porridge and soup these past two days. Just thinking about the food that Fudong made every day made her mouth water.
After receiving the message, she couldn't wait to put down her bowl and asked Nian Qiu to prepare for the reception. Over the years, most of the ladies she had seen were those who looked just like her. She was quite curious about Shaoyao, a completely different type of woman.
In this age where men are the masters of everything, there are too few women who can step out of their inner homes and make a living.
Shaoyao was still wearing her white veil hat and carrying a medicine box on her back. She walked at a leisurely pace. She sat on the round stool beside the bed, took off her veil hat and looked directly into Hua Zhi's eyes.
It was indeed a face disfigured by a sharp weapon, but Hua Zhi did not even blink. She had seen worse things than this. A face covered in blood looked like that of an evil spirit. In comparison, this woman, with the scent of medicine surrounding her and clear eyes, looked like she was sitting on a lotus platform.
After looking at this for a while, Shaoyao found this man very pleasing to the eye. She smiled for a rare moment, took out the medicine pillow and placed it on the edge of the bed, motioning Huazhi to put her hand on it.
"The foundation is well maintained and the recovery is good."
"Thanks to your medicine."
"Of course. My medicine is priceless."
Shaoyao's matter-of-fact words made Hua Zhi laugh, "It seems that I owe a lot of debts, but the Hua family is very poor now, I'm afraid I can't pay it back for the time being."
"Yours is free." Who dares to charge for the medicine the prince wants to send? Shaoyao then took out six porcelain bottles of different sizes from the medicine box, pointed at the largest one and said, "Remove scars."
Baoxia was overjoyed and bowed sincerely, "Thank you, Miss Shaoyao."
Shaoyao nodded and pointed to the medium-sized bottle. "Apply it."
Then he pointed to the small bottle and said, "Take it. One pill a day is enough."
Hua Zhi sat up a little and bowed, "I don't need to thank you for your kindness, Hua Zhi will keep it in mind."
"I was asked by someone." Shaoyao tilted her head and looked at her, "Do you want to know who it is?"
"do you speak?"
The prince didn't seem to say that he couldn't tell her, but he didn't say that he would tell her either, so it was better not to tell her. Shaoyao shook her head, "I'll go back and ask first."
Hua Zhi nodded obediently. She didn't want to know who the other person was. From his behavior last night, she could tell that he was not an ordinary person. There must be some inconveniences with his identity, otherwise he wouldn't have covered his face with a black scarf. What the Hua family wanted now was peace and stability, and no more trouble.
And they were obviously here for the bad guy from last night, and it didn't look like they were doing any small favors or grudges. However, they still had to be thanked.
"Have you always lived here?"
"For the time being, I have to heal my wounds before I can go back."
"Would it be annoying for you if I came here every day?"
There was no smile in Hua Zhi's eyes. Even though her appearance was ruined, she still had such a pure heart. How rare it was! Even if she was useful, it could be seen that her master took good care of her.
"As long as you are willing to come, I will answer your call even if you knock on the door in the middle of the night."
"Knocking on the door in the middle of the night is not a good thing, don't make promises." Shaoyao closed the medicine box and spoke in a brisk tone, looking very happy, "I'll come tomorrow."
"My maidservant cooks delicious food. Come and have breakfast."
"Okay, I'll be earlier then."
Bao Xia escorted the person out of the door, and only after making sure that the person had left did Nian Qiu put away the medicine bottle with a precious look, and said softly, "This Shaoyao girl looks cold, but I didn't expect she has a good temper."
"He may not really be a good person." He is only so nice to talk to someone he likes. He may not be like this to someone he doesn't like. "Restrain the people below you and don't let anyone offend you."
"yes."
After Shaoyao returned, she ran to the study without even putting down the medicine box. As long as the prince didn't go out, he would spend most of his time here.
“Looks happy.”
Although her expression didn't change much, after knowing each other for many years, the prince could see that the look in her eyes was different from before.
Shaoyao nodded, "I'm glad. I'm going to Huazhi's for breakfast tomorrow."
The prince raised his eyebrows. Shaoyao was very sensitive to people's thoughts. Apart from those around him who had been with him for many years, he had no other contacts. Now there was a rare Hua Zhi that she liked. He was happy for her, "If you like, you can live there for a while."
Shaoyao thought about it seriously, but still shook her head, "You have a mission in a few days, you can stay here when you are free."
Looking at the criss-crossing scars on her face, the prince inexplicably thought of Hua Zhi's ferocious look last night, and suddenly he understood why Shaoyao liked her.
"Prince, can I tell her your identity?"
"What level of identity? Did she ask?"
In front of people close to her, Shaoyao talks more. "She didn't ask. I asked her if she wanted to know. She asked me if I would tell her, and I said I would come back to ask first."
Such a person with a keen mind might not necessarily want to know. Under the current circumstances of the Hua family, making friends with the powerful and wealthy would not only be of no benefit to the Hua family, but it might also make the emperor think too much. Hua Zhi should be able to see what he could see, so she didn't ask, and even blocked the question.
"No need to tell her, just think of it as making a friend."
"Friend." Shaoyao repeated the word several times. The more she repeated it, the brighter her eyes became. She jumped twice with joy, turned around and ran with the medicine box in her arms, "I'll go make the medicine!"
In the study room that had returned to silence, the prince put aside the case file with a puzzled expression. "Friends?" Ha, what a luxurious word for him. As a prince, he doesn't have one, and as the leader of the Seven Stars Division, he doesn't have one either.
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After lying in bed for another day, Hua Zhi insisted on getting up.
"The fruits will soon fall from the trees, and the peaches have a short shelf life. If we don't prepare them quickly, any that are stored will go bad." The wound hurt so much when she raised her arm to put on her clothes, but she endured it calmly, not wanting to make the maid, who had already lost a few pounds from worry, even more anxious.
According to Bao Xia and the others' thoughts, they naturally wanted to tie the young lady to the bed, but they also knew that most of the Hua family's already limited money had been invested in this matter. If the young lady lost money when she first took over the family, it would be difficult for her to manage the family in the future. For the sake of long-term planning, they did not dare to disturb the young lady's business.
It's just heartbreaking. The young lady they have carefully served for more than ten years has never suffered such hardship.
Nian Qiu carefully adjusted her clothes and said softly, "Just use your mouth and brain. You can ask me for other things. We can't have so many people here just sitting around doing nothing."
"I won't be hard on my body." If she had a choice, she would also like to lie in bed and recuperate. Hua Zhi sighed in her heart, and when she saw a figure at the door, she smiled, "You're just in time, Liu Xiang, let Fudong serve breakfast."
"yes."
Shaoyao entered the house, very satisfied that she could come here freely today.
"Why did you get up?" He pinched her wrist and took her pulse. There was no worry on Shaoyao's face.
"This injury won't heal in a short time, so we still have to do what needs to be done."
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