Qi Changyi's eyes were suddenly blurred with tears, and he couldn't speak, "Uh... it hurts..."
The crisp sound made Pei Zheng stunned and loosen his fingers. He didn't expect this. This thin wrist was too fragile. It was obvious that he didn't use much force.
Pei Zheng called Cheng Feng over and said, "Ask the accompanying imperial physician to come over. Don't look for Jiang Yubai."
Chengfeng took the order and left. After a while, another imperial physician came with a team.
The imperial physician saw Pei Zheng sitting aside with a cold eye, while the prince was kneeling on the floor in a mess in his white undershirt, sweating from the pain.
He was so frightened that he dared not look or say anything more. He stepped forward to check the prince's wrist, put his arm around his shoulders and tried to help him stand up.
"Let go." Pei Zheng said coldly from behind.
The imperial physician half-supported Qi Changyi's body. If he let go, the little guy would surely fall back to the ground. The floor was cold and hard, so he couldn't stay there any longer.
"Master Pei, I'm afraid the prince..."
"I asked you to let go. Your Highness's body is noble, how can you touch it casually? Could it be that you don't want your hand anymore?"
The imperial physician was startled and hastily loosened his grip, and the little guy could not stand and was about to fall down.
Pei Zheng suddenly stood up, took a big step over and pulled Qi Changyi, who was about to fall to the ground, into his arms, carefully avoiding his wrist, and gently placed him on his bed.
The imperial physician was a little confused. Why didn't Lord Pei take His Highness to the bed to rest when he wasn't there just now? Instead, he waited until he took action and then snatched the person away with a murderous look on his face.
He didn't dare to think too much and hurried over to help His Highness reconnect his dislocated wrist.
The pain of setting a bone is no less than that of breaking a bone. Qi Changyi bit his lips until they turned white, but he didn't make a sound.
The imperial physician applied a thick layer of ointment on Qi Changyi's knee and wrapped it with a thin gauze to prevent it from being rubbed.
After finishing all the busy work, the imperial physician was sweating. He looked up and found that Pei Zheng had left the room at some point, and only Chengfeng was standing at the door.
After instructing Qi Changyi not to walk around casually in the next few days, the imperial physician closed the door and left under Chengfeng's gaze.
The room was empty and only Qi Changyi was left. He lay on the bed with the quilt covering his head, and then he began to hum softly in the quilt.
His wrists and knees hurt so much that he couldn't help crying again. However, no one noticed and he cried until he was so tired that he fell asleep.
When he woke up early the next morning, Li Yu came to help him change his clothes and had some breakfast porridge. Qi Changyi ate two bowls, which was rare for him.
The front team was already waiting outside the inn. Chengfeng came to pick up Qi Changyi and take him downstairs. At the request of his master, he carried him down on his back. His hands were clenched into fists at the bend of Qi Changyi's legs, not daring to touch the person on his back.
After all, he still wants these hands.
Qi Changyi was sent back to the carriage, and Pei Zheng was not on it.
Li Yu leaned over the carriage and whispered, "Your Highness, Lord Pei is riding a horse today, in front of the team with General Zhao. If you haven't gotten enough sleep, you can catch up on some."
After hearing that Pei Zheng would not ride in a carriage, Qi Changyi was indeed relieved, but he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed in his heart.
He told himself that it was okay. After all, he had liked Brother Pei for so many years, it was impossible for him to stop liking him all of a sudden. It was understandable that his heart still ached for him.
As he was thinking this, he fell asleep in the swaying carriage. Perhaps he had a nightmare, as his beautiful brows were tightly furrowed in his dream.
In the next few days, Pei Zheng rode in front of the team. They were now in the wilderness far away from the town. There were many hillsides and woods along the way, so they must not let their guard down.
Qi Changyi rode in the carriage alone and had to sleep in it at night, while everyone else lived in tents.
Every time it was time to eat, the team would stop to rest, and Li Yu would bring food to the carriage.
Without having to face Pei Zheng and with less mental pressure, Qi Changyi rested well. The injuries on his wrist and knees had healed a lot. He could already walk, and even his complexion became rosy again.
The good thing about a young body is that it can recover quickly no matter what pain it suffers.
It was time for dinner again. The carriage slowly stopped and the person who opened the carriage was not Li Yu, but Pei Zheng, who had not been there for several days.
Qi Changyi's originally curved eyebrows disappeared immediately, "Brother Pei, it's you."
"Why, are you disappointed?" Pei Zheng stepped onto the carriage. The eunuch following him placed the food on the table, then quickly closed the door and left.
"No, that's not what I meant." Qi Changyi lowered her head and pulled at her red dress in annoyance.
"So, what does your highness mean?"
"I, I just want to ask where Xiaoyuzi went."
"Don't worry, I won't touch him for now." Pei Zheng lifted his chin, "As long as you obey me and don't disobey me again."
Qi Changyi nodded very slowly, and it was obvious that he felt very aggrieved.
"I haven't seen you for so many days. Let me see if you have changed."
Pei Zheng came closer and looked up and down Qi Changyi's bright face. "Why do you seem to be more beautiful, huh?"
Her face was fair, her cheeks were rosy, and even her lips had regained their red color.
The hot breath sprayed on Qi Changyi's ears, and his ears immediately turned red. "No, no, it's still the same as before."
As soon as he finished speaking, his stomach growled twice.
Pei Zheng curled his lips, "Are you hungry?"
"A little bit." Qi Changyi blushed now, "But, only a little bit..."
Just as he finished speaking, his stomach growled even louder.
Pei Zheng smiled, let go of the little guy, stepped back a little, and said, "Eat."
Qi Changyi then sat down at the table and started eating. When he ate, he was like some small animal, always stuffing his cheeks full, then chewing slowly, swallowing, and stuffing them full again...
Pei Zheng just watched his cheeks rising and falling, and thought that the little guy who didn't say anything and just ate obediently was so cute, and there was a tenderness in his eyes that he himself didn't notice.
"Eat slowly, don't stuff so much at once, no one will snatch it from you."
There would be no one else except Zhao Litang.
"Master Pei." Zhao Litang said, "Are you in a bad mood?"
Pei Zheng had an aura that said "keep away from strangers" and glanced at him coldly.
"Negotiations with Amul are not going well? I wonder what the two of you are up to that you can't even tell me?"
Pei Zheng snorted coldly, "General Zhao, you can't even fulfill your own duties, and you still have the time to care about my affairs?"
Zhao Litang was choked. Although he was responsible for the safety of the marriage, this was not the frontier where he was in charge. To put it bluntly, these guards and imperial guards who came from the imperial capital still had to obey Pei Zheng's orders.
The conversation ended before it even began, and the queue continued to march quietly and orderly.
After walking for a while, suddenly, a strong wind blew on the flat dirt road in front of them, and dust, sand and stones flew everywhere. The horses were frightened and started running around, and the team gradually loosened.
I don't know who shot him with an arrow, blood spurted out, and he fell off his horse. Someone was shouting in panic.
"Oh no! There are robbers!"