At night, Yang Wan also took a bath and lay on the same bed with Deng Ying.
Deng Ying had injuries on her hands and feet. Yang Wan was afraid that she would not sleep well at night and get hurt, so she deliberately stayed close to the wall and kept a distance from Deng Ying.
In the middle of the night, Deng Ying was still awakened by a hand slapping her face. When she opened her eyes, Yang Wan was curled up facing her, with one hand on her face and the other hand clenched into a fist, pressing on her chest.
Deng Ying reached out her hand from the quilt and gently put Yang Wan's hand, which was pressing on her face, back into the quilt. But she still refused to be quiet, and soon she put her hand on Deng Ying's waist again.
Deng Ying didn't dare to move anymore and continued to let Yang Wan get closer to her arms.
Although Yang Wan fell asleep, she did not sleep soundly.
Deng Ying vaguely heard the words she called in her dream, her voice was panicked, as if she had seen something bad. However, Deng Ying did not have the heart to wake her up, so she could only follow her voice and slowly comfort her.
In fact, after spending so much time together, Deng Ying gradually sensed the hidden fear in this woman's heart.
Even though she never actively showed it, when she had to follow him and lie down with him with nothing, she would unconsciously reveal her vulnerability. That kind of vulnerability had been there since she was tortured in the Zhenfu Division. As if to suppress that vulnerability, she resisted more and more fiercely, sometimes even at the cost of hurting herself like Deng Ying.
In fact, compared with Deng Ying's self-discipline and obedience to imperial power, Yang Wan's resistance has always been sharp. She does not recognize Deng Ying's fate, nor does she recognize her own fate, and even does not recognize the fate of Yang Lun, Zhou Mu and others. She always stands behind everyone, desperately dragging them out of the torrent.
History has not changed, but people's hearts are changing.
Deng Ying couldn't escape from it and sense the specific changes in her heart. She found that she dared not let her body lean against her when she was wearing thin clothes.
I dare not expose my imperfections in front of her.
Dare to hug Yang Wan again.
The wind blew outside the window, and the cold air seeped in through the window gaps.
The rain was hitting the eaves.
The sounds of autumn gradually rose over the moat. Deng Ying hugged Yang Wan, letting her knees rest between her legs.
"Wan Wan."
Yang Wan's back shuddered.
Deng Ying stroked her back again and again, saying softly, "I will never forgive you for my entire life. Don't be afraid, I will follow you."
In fact, Yang Wan didn't hear these words clearly, but her nightmare was gone.
**
For the next five days, Deng Ying was confined to bed by Yang Wan.
Yang Wan went to Chengqian Palace and brought back her own quilt. The satin was very soft, thick and warm, with a faint feminine scent.
Deng Ying stayed in bed every day and was very quiet. She slept most of the time. When she was awake, she sat on the couch and looked at the construction drawings of the Yunya Palace.
Zhang Zhanchun's construction notes had been lost, so Deng Ying began to redraw the structure of the single column bit by bit based on his memories and the drawings in his hand. The official in charge of the reconstruction in the Ministry of Works was Xu Qi, who had just returned from the river bank in Jingzhou. He had rebuilt the Hall of Supreme Harmony with Deng Ying, so they were very familiar with each other. He came once in person and told Deng Ying the details of the collapse of the Yunya Hall. Deng Ying listened and drew at the same time. In just two days, most of the most critical parts of the single column structure had been drawn.
At this time, Yang Wan started a terrifying business - making medicinal food.
She borrowed the menu from the female official in the kitchen, sat next to Deng Ying, and "studied" with her.
Just like when she was taking notes, once she was serious about the text in the book, she would become very focused. Deng Ying found that she was used to drawing a picture with a lot of frames and lines, first building the line base and then adding text on it. Yang Wan called it a "mind map", which looked scary, but the final result did not quite match her attitude.
After drinking two bowls of mullet soup cooked by Yang Wan, Li Yu couldn't help asking Deng Ying, "Can you sleep well at night if you drink the soup cooked by Yang Wan every day?"
Deng Ying smiled and said, "I've been drinking a lot of medicine these days, and it's lost its taste. I think it tastes better than medicine."
Li Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Who prescribed the medicine for you?"
"Peng, the Imperial Doctor."
Li Yu was shocked, "Jiang Shangyi is still willing to give face to Yang Wan."
Deng Ying smiled and said nothing.
Although Jiang Shangyi did not show up, she tacitly allowed Yang Wan to borrow her phone to ask Imperial Physician Peng to treat Deng Ying.
Deng Ying's injuries had almost healed in the imperial prison, but the problem was the old wound on his ankle, which was already badly damaged, and now there was a new wound. When Imperial Physician Peng was examining Deng Ying, he used a little force and Deng Ying frowned in pain.
Yang Wan bent down, covered Deng Ying's legs with a blanket, and said to Imperial Physician Peng, "Be gentle, it won't hurt."
Imperial Physician Peng smiled and said, "It will hurt, but I touched the area where the blood is stagnant. I will use medicine to disperse it. This is the area that hurts the most."
As she was about to pinch it, Yang Wan hurriedly said, "Hey, don't pinch it, it hurts..."
Imperial Physician Peng raised his head and said, "I was massaging your feet. Miss Wan, why are you in pain?"
Yang Wan was startled, and she pulled her hair up unconsciously, and said awkwardly: "I... I look nervous."
Deng Ying held Yang Wan's hand and helped her stand up. "Wan Wan, sit down and watch. I don't feel any pain, but I feel swollen."
Imperial Physician Peng said, "Don't make up lies to her. How can this not hurt? There is no such thing as a painful injury in the world."
Yang Wan sat next to Deng Ying, looked at her ankle and said, "How else can it be treated?"
Imperial Physician Peng lifted the body and asked Deng Ying, "Can you walk?"
Deng Ying nodded.
"Were you enduring the whole time when you left?"
Deng Ying glanced at Yang Wan secretly.
Yang Wan said angrily: "Look at what I am doing, can you behave yourself in front of the imperial physician?"
Deng Ying quickly turned her head around and answered honestly, "It does hurt a lot if you walk for a long time, but I haven't gotten out of bed in the past few days, and I feel like I'm getting better."
Imperial Physician Peng lifted Deng Ying's leg and said, "I'll try to lift your ankle. Tell me where it hurts."
"light… "
"I will do it next year, I will do it next year!"
Before Yang Wan could finish the word "qing", she was interrupted by Imperial Physician Peng.
He then looked at Yang Wan and said impatiently, "Miss Wan, when I was treating me before, you knew to stay outside. Now you don't stay away and sit next to me, making a lot of noise."
Yang Wan stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm sorry, I won't say anything."
After that, he reminded Deng Ying: "If you feel pain, tell me, don't just endure it."
Imperial Physician Peng couldn't help but say, "Miss Wan, I think you should stay away from outside when you ask me to treat your injuries in the future."
Yang Wan stood up with a gloomy face and said, "I really won't make trouble anymore, please don't chase me out."
Imperial Physician Peng glanced at Deng Ying and asked, "Can't you control her?"
"I… "
Deng Ying said, reaching out to pull Yang Wan's hand, "Wan Wan, sit back."
"Okay, I'll sit back down."
As soon as she finished speaking, she sat down next to Deng Ying, with her hands clasped obediently on her knees.
During the days of recuperation, Yang Wan seldom listened to Deng Ying. She would only give in when the imperial physician was around.
Deng Ying couldn't help but smile when she saw Yang Wan's appearance. She lowered her head and said to Imperial Physician Peng, "Thank you, Imperial Physician."
Imperial Physician Peng then held Deng Ying's heel and slowly twisted it upwards. Deng Ying pursed her lips and trembled all over in pain. Yang Wan didn't dare to make a sound and finally just closed her eyes and refused to watch.
Imperial Physician Peng released Deng Ying's feet, clapped his hands, stood up and said to Deng Ying, "Okay, sit on it."
Then he said to Yang Wan, "I will go back and write a prescription. You can't get the medicine from the Imperial Pharmacy anymore. Miss Wan, you have to find a way yourself."
Yang Wan said, "Okay, write it to me and I'll ask someone to buy it for me."
Imperial Physician Peng said, "It is said that you, Chengqian Palace, were fined."
Yang Wan smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. I still have some money left."
Imperial Physician Peng listened and laughed at Deng Ying who was sitting on the bed. "I have been in this palace for a long time, and I have never seen a palace maid willing to support a eunuch. You are really blessed."
Seeing Deng Ying lowered her head and said nothing, Yang Wan hurriedly supported her and walked out, saying as she walked, "You are always disrespectful to me when you are here. Please come out. Shang Yi has something for me to tell you."
After sending Imperial Physician Peng away, Yang Wan closed the door and walked to sit beside the bed. "Don't listen to Imperial Physician Peng's nonsense. He has become more familiar with me recently and has become more impolite."
Deng Ying looked at Yang Wan with a smile, "You are right."
Yang Wan lifted the bun on the back of Deng Ying's head and said, "The bun is loose. I'll help you tie it again. Sit up."
Deng Ying sat up straight as she was told, still relying on Yang Wan to tossing her hair behind her.
"Wan Wan."
"What?"
"I don't know how I can save some money to buy you something. I'm just a slave in the 24th Bureau now, and my salary is much less than before. Otherwise... I'll give you my salary like Chen Hua did, and you can use it to buy the things you want."
Yang Wan took off Deng Ying's hairband and bit it, then said vaguely, "So you will eat whatever I give you in the future."
"Yes, I'll eat whatever you give me."
Yang Wan tucked up Deng Ying's hair and tied it up with a hairband again, "Okay, then give it to me."
After she finished speaking, she stood up and sat opposite Deng Ying. "This is a good knot today. It doesn't block my eyes at all. Do you want to continue looking at the Yunya Palace drawings?"
"want."
"Then I'll go get it for you."
"Wan Wan..."
Deng Ying lifted the quilt and said, "You don't know which one it is, I'll go get it myself."
Yang Wan turned around and said, "What did I say before? You are not allowed to get off the bed. Sit back down."
Deng Ying quickly covered herself with the quilt.
Yang Wan walked towards the desk and said, "I dare not disobey you when I am here, Imperial Doctor Peng. You still have to listen to me when I am gone. You have only been taking care of it for four or five days, and you are in trouble again. You must have turned into a moth. You really are... You are a worry to me, I think..."
She squatted beside the desk, searching and muttering.
Deng Ying leaned on the bed and whispered, "Wanwan, it's right next to you, under that thick book."
Yang Wan found the blueprint as he said, and after taking it, she continued to nag, "Just wait for another hour, wait for me to cook, eat and then rest."
"good."