Huayang fed Chen Jingzong water and food, and she also ate on his side.
After eating, Chen Jingzong complained that his hair was itchy, so he asked Huayang to call Fugui to help him wash his hair.
He knew that his head was stained with the blood of enemy soldiers. Even if Huayang was willing to surrender, Chen Jingzong would not bear to make her suffer.
"Then I'll go see General Ling first." Huayang was still thinking about business. Ling Rucheng had won a victory, so how could she, the eldest princess who followed the army, ignore him? She also had to go see Prince Yu who was captured alive, to express regret and to despise him.
Chen Jingzong looked at her and suddenly said as if he remembered, "I forgot to tell you that Qi Jin was also injured."
Hua Yang immediately thought of the other wooden plank carrier following behind Ling Rucheng, and asked anxiously, "How is the injury?"
Chen Jingzong: "I was shot in the shoulder by an arrow. I look fine, but it will be painful to remove the arrow. You go see Ling Shuai first. When you come back, I will also pack up. I will go with you to visit him. Seeing that I can walk, he will feel more at ease. Otherwise, he will worry about me instead."
Huayang also felt that it was more appropriate for the couple to travel together. There were many people in the military camp and cousins needed to avoid suspicion. Huayang didn't want anyone to see her entering her cousin's tent alone.
She just fainted because she was worried about whether Chen Jingzong could hold on.
Chen Jingzong smiled: "After absorbing the aura from you, I feel like nothing happened now."
Fugui came in with water.
Hua Yang pretended not to hear what Chen Jingzong just said and said, "I'll go see General Ling first."
Wu Run and Zhou Ji were both outside, escorting the princess. On the way, Wu Run finally reported Qi Jin's injury to the princess.
Huayang: "Well, the prince consort has already told me."
Wu Run heard this and was glad that he did not interrupt the princess and her husband's relationship. Listen, the princess had known about it for a long time, but she still chose to spend more time with her husband. Now she came out to do some business first. It can be seen that Qi Jin not only failed to win the princess' heart many years ago, but also did not have much affection for her cousins who only met a few times a year.
Huayang stayed in Ling Rucheng's tent for two quarters of an hour, and then went to check on the tents where Prince Yu and Guo Jixian were imprisoned.
The last time Huayang saw Prince Yu was in mid-July. At that time, Prince Yu was so fat that he needed help to get on the horse. Now, after not seeing him for three months, Prince Yu has become only half of his original size!
I have to say, the thinner Prince Yu finally looks like Concubine Lin’s son.
"Sister, I regret it. I shouldn't have listened to King Jing's instigation and shouldn't have thought that the emperor was Chen..."
Facts have proved that although Prince Yu has lost weight, he still doesn't have much in his head. He couldn't even say Chen Tingjian's full name before the people arranged by Ling Rucheng to guard him stuffed a cloth in his mouth.
Huayang was very satisfied with Prince Yu's quietness. She said all the polite words she needed to say and then went to see Guo Jixian.
Guo Jixian had heavy iron chains on his hands and feet. Although he was also a prisoner, he still showed the pride of a great general.
Huayang despised Prince Yu, and her eyes were cold towards Guo Jixian.
She hated this man.
Just now at Ling Rucheng's place, Huayang had already thoroughly understood the ins and outs of the battle at Baiheling.
It turned out that Guo Jixian wanted to capture Chen Jingzong alive in order to force the imperial court to withdraw its troops.
How could Chen Jingzong be a spineless person who would surrender and beg for his life
The two people he was least willing to show weakness to were her and his father-in-law. The more so, the more he would not let himself fall into that situation.
Ling Rucheng and her father-in-law are old friends. In his previous life, her father-in-law must have known the truth, but he deliberately concealed it from her and only said that the rebels happened to have ambushed 10,000 people at Baihe Ridge, and it was the fate of Chen Jingzong and Daxing Zuowei that they ran into them.
Her father-in-law didn't want her to suffer any more grief because of Chen Jingzong's death, but his hair turned white due to the pain during those short years.
At that time, Huayang was unaware of the situation and only shed tears for Chen Jingzong's untimely death.
Now that Huayang knew, she was glad for Chen Jingzong who was waiting for her in the tent, but she also felt sorry for the stubborn Chen Jingzong who died in his previous life.
"Whether it's Prince Yu or Prince Jing who's the mastermind behind this rebellion, you're the most powerful knife in their hands."
"The soldiers who died in this rebellion were all our people. They had the opportunity to go to the border to defend their country, but they died at the hands of their own people because of your ambitions."
"Guo Jixian, even if you were famous before, from now on, ten, a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand years, you are not worthy of the title 'general'."
Guo Jixian, who had been standing with his eyes lowered since Huayang came in, finally raised his eyes and looked at the eldest princess whom he had never taken seriously.
Huayang didn't look at him again and turned away.
The curtain fell, and suddenly a man's self-deprecating laughter was heard from inside. As he laughed, it turned into crying.
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Under Fugui's diligent care, Chen Jingzong washed his hair thoroughly and brushed his teeth clean.
"Prince Consort, is your injury really that serious?" Fugui asked worriedly.
Chen Jingzong: "How about I chop you with my sword and try it?"
Although his coma was fake, the knife and gunshot wounds were real. If he didn't feel the pain, he would be a living god.
Fugui felt very distressed.
Chen Jingzong: "Go away, stop looking at me with that disgusting look."
Wealth: …
He retreated in grievance.
Chen Jingzong leaned against the back of his chair, his eyes gradually turning cold.
Considering the overall situation, he couldn't do anything to Qi Jin now, but Qi Jin was dreaming to expect Huayang to show some serious concern for him, a beast who harmed his comrades.
"Princess, you are back."
A rich and noble voice was heard outside the tent, and Chen Jingzong restrained his emotions in time.
Huayang stood outside the tent for a long time before coming in.
She thought she could face Chen Jingzong calmly, but when she walked into the inner tent and saw Chen Jingzong sitting on the chair, Huayang seemed to see the Chen Jingzong who had fought bloody battles in Baiheling in her previous life, the Chen Silang who would rather kill himself than be captured alive when he had exhausted all his strength and could no longer kill any rebel soldiers.
Chen Jingzong was just about to ask her why she had been outside for so long, and did not hear her asking Fugui anything about him, but he saw the eldest princess standing at the door suddenly burst into tears.
Although she immediately lowered the curtain, her tears still fell on Chen Jingzong's chest without a drop falling.
He once hoped that this ancestor would shed tears for him, but when that day really came, Chen Jingzong realized that he didn't care at all.
He would rather she was arrogant and proud, would rather she glared at him and made sarcastic remarks, than to see her cry again.
"What's wrong? What did you hear outside?"
Finding the person hiding behind a curtain and crying with her back to him, Chen Jingzong pulled her into his arms and asked helplessly.
The clean robe he had just put on was soon soaked by Huayang, and the coolness spread all the way to Chen Jingzong's chest.
Huayang had to give him a reason: "I heard that the rebels wanted to capture you alive."
Huayang: …
She found that no matter how heavy her emotions were, Chen Jingzong always had the ability to break them down with just a few words.
It was clearly the old lady she used to fool him, but he borrowed it to comfort himself.
Huayang did feel much better.
When she raised her head again, her eyes were red and there were two big wet circles on Chen Jingzong's chest.
Chen Jingzong looked down, lifted up his outer robe and shook it while complaining to her: "You are quite good at crying. If this side gets wet, switch to the other side."
Huayang looked at the two funny big circles and couldn't hold back his laughter any longer.
People who are like peonies are indeed more suitable for smiling.
Chen Jingzong took a step forward and wanted to hug her and kiss her.
Huayang raised his hand in time to block the two of them, and said with his head tilted: "This is your tent, you can change your clothes anytime, just don't get mine wet."
If the two of them were pressed together, his wet robe would surely wet her collar.
Chen Jingzong: …
"You are too unreasonable. You allow the governor to set fires but not the people to light lamps?"
Huayang raised the corners of his lips slightly. He just realized that she often acted like a princess.
Chen Jingzong unbuttoned his outer robe casually, revealing his inner garment which also had two small circles printed on it, and he continued to take it off.
He was so tall, and Huayang's face was facing his scarred chest.
Chen Jingzong saw her staring at the wounds and was afraid that she would cry again, so he went to the inner tent to change clothes.
Huayang suddenly grabbed his hand, and after Chen Jingzong stood still, she hugged his relatively intact waist and gently placed cotton-soft kisses on his scabbed wounds.
Chen Jingzong: …
When Huayang wanted to kiss another scar, she caught a glimpse of him being naughty again. Although he didn't say it, he showed it, and the evidence was clearly shown in front of her.
Huayang left him and walked out. After taking two steps, he remembered that her expression must be wrong, so he went back in angrily.
Chen Jingzong couldn't follow her in at this time. If he went in and was seen by her, wouldn't that just add fuel to the fire
There was a pot of herbal tea on the table. Chen Jingzong gulped down half of it, calmed down for a moment, and was finally allowed to go in.
Huayang sat on the chair with a stern face.
Chen Jingzong coughed, took down his undershirt from a simple hanger, and took a few breaths as if touching a wound while putting it on.
Every time he inhaled, Huayang's expression looked better. Finally, he came over and helped him put on his outer robe.
Chen Jingzong looked at her still red eyes and said, "I didn't mean it. It's just like you have to drink water after eating chili peppers. I can't help it."
Huayang: "Shut up."
Chen Jingzong: "While I am in good spirits now, go see your cousin."
Huayang glanced at him and asked, "Can you really walk?"
Chen Jingzong: "Just walk slowly."
Huayang nodded, and after going out, he asked Zhou Ji to support Chen Jingzong.
Zhou Ji did not see the injuries on the prince consort's body and thought they were indeed serious, so he used his strong arms to firmly support half of Chen Jingzong's shoulders.
Chen Jingzong slowly accompanied Huayang to the outside of Qi Jin's tent.
Qi Jin was lying on the bed. Due to the removal of the arrow and the blood loss, his face looked even uglier than when he just came back.
Hearing from the chief servant that the eldest princess and her husband were coming to visit him, Qi Jin smiled faintly and told the chief servant to go and invite them quickly.
The couple came to the inner tent alone.
Huayang saw Qi Jin's pale face. After all, they were cousins, so she certainly felt bad.
Huayang even felt a little ashamed, because she didn't remember whether her cousin and the Jinwu Vanguard had been ambushed by the rebels in her previous life, and she didn't think about asking. She only remembered that her father-in-law told her how Chen Jingzong passed away, and then she began to live alone in the Princess's Mansion to mourn for her father. After she finished her mourning period, the war became a taboo for her and the Chen family, and no one would take the initiative to mention it to them.
"Cousin, how are you injured?"
Because Qi Jin was covered with a quilt below his neck, Huayang couldn't see the extent of his arrow wound.
The confusion in her eyes made Qi Jin understand that she really didn't know how badly he was injured, and her red eyes were definitely not because she was crying for him.
Qi Jin smiled and said, "It's okay. It will be fine after a few days of rest. How about the Prince Consort?"
Huayang looked at Chen Jingzong.
Chen Jingzong also laughed: "I'm also okay..."
As he spoke, his tall and straight figure suddenly shook.
Huayang hurriedly supported him and called Zhou Ji to come in in panic. She was afraid that Chen Jingzong would faint again and she would not be able to hold on by herself.
Zhou Ji and Qi Jin's attendant rushed in together.
Zhou Ji took over Chen Jingzong's weight in time, and the attendant retreated tactfully.
Huayang was no longer in the mood to stay here, and said to Qi Jin: "Cousin, rest and recover. I will send the prince consort back first and come to visit you another day."
Qi Jin: "Okay."
Huayang and Zhou Ji protected Chen Jingzong on both sides as they walked away.
The attendant came in again to serve Qi Jin, helping him to remove the quilt from his body, revealing his left shoulder that was unable to bear any weight.
Then the servant was horrified to find that his master's wound had split open again, and a large pool of blood was seeping out!
(End of this chapter)