The queen looked at her with a shrewd look in her eyes, "Two months."
She couldn't wait to see him get better. Xia Zian had said before that it would take three days for Axin to get through the critical period, but now, in less than two days, Axin has stabilized.
Zi'an smiled bitterly, "My queen, His Highness's illness has been going on for a long time. It's not easy to regenerate a broken bone."
"Okay, three months. After three months, if King Liang cannot be cured, you are a smart person and you know what the consequences will be." The queen said coldly.
Zi'an naturally knew that if she couldn't cure King Liang, and she knew King Liang's secret, how could the Queen allow her to stay in this world
She said, "Your Majesty, three months to six months, this is the final answer I can give to Your Majesty."
The queen said sternly, "Xia Zian, don't push your luck. You said before that the prince of Liang would be out of danger in three days, and it's only been two days."
Zi'an shook his head, "My queen, this is different. The aspiration pneumonia that the prince of Liang contracted this time was an acute illness. With proper treatment and the prince's good foundation, it was easy for him to stabilize. Moreover, he is only stable now and needs follow-up treatment. As for the leg injury and other injuries, we have to wait until the prince of Liang recovers before we can start treatment. Otherwise, he can't bear the pain of broken bones regenerating."
Seeing her insistence, the Queen asked suspiciously, "Are you sure you are not delaying me?"
Zi'an looked directly at the Queen, "Your Majesty, at this point, do you really think that my family can do anything to me? I don't need to delay, Your Majesty. I offered to treat the King of Liang because I regretted my decision to break the engagement, and I want to make it up to him."
The queen hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, three months to half a year, but after three months, you must show me the results."
Zi'an agreed, and the Queen ordered her to go back to Changsheng Palace to guard Prince Liang.
Outside the Hall of Eternal Life, there is still a heavy blockade of troops.
When he arrived at the Changsheng Palace, he saw Murong Jie coming out. He handed the painting he got from the queen to Zi'an and said, "When Prince An comes to the palace later, you give this painting to him."
Zi'an took it and asked curiously, "How did the prince know that he would enter the palace?"
Murong Jie smiled and said, "He will come, and he will come very soon."
Zian was stunned, "Really?"
Murong Jie turned around and left. Before leaving, he turned back and ordered, "I will not enter the palace again tonight. You keep a close eye on me."
"Where is the prince going?" Zi'an blurted out, but then she regretted asking. This was not a question she should have asked.
Murong Jie's eyes were a little surprised, as if he had not expected her to ask this, but he still replied: "The king has something to do tonight."
Zi'an watched him leave and saw Ni Rong coming in from outside. Ni Rong was actually wearing armor. He didn't know what Ni Rong said to him. He only saw him stop and then stride away.
Zi'an was secretly surprised. Wearing armor, was he going to a military parade
But what is the point of a military review at this late hour of night
But what does this have to do with her? She smiled and turned to go into the hall.
In the palace, Prince Liang had just had some rice soup. His attendant, A Jin, was waiting beside him. When he saw her come in, A Jin went to greet her and smiled kindly, "The young lady is here?"
Zi'an hummed, "How much did your highness drink?"
"A small half bowl!" said Ajin.
"Okay, that's enough." Zi'an asked Ajin to leave.
She walked over and saw King Liang, who was covered in a quilt and had just drunk some hot rice soup. Beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead.
Zi'an took out a handkerchief to wipe it for him, and when she looked down, she saw King Liang looking at her with his dark and calm eyes.
He said, "Xia Zian, what you say is different from what outsiders say."
Zi'an smiled and put the handkerchief away, "Your Highness said something different from what outsiders said."
A sneer appeared on King Liang's face, "Yes, how can we take what outsiders say seriously?"
Zi'an sat down and took his pulse. The pulse had become much calmer. He had to admire that King Liang's foundation was indeed good.
"I'm fine now," said King Liang, and then he looked around, "Is the emperor's uncle gone?"
“Just left!”
Prince Liang stretched out his hands lazily, crossed his hands on the quilt, stared at Zi'an and asked, "You are going to marry the emperor's uncle. How do you feel?"
Zi'an shook his head, "I don't know. I don't want to think about things that haven't happened yet."
King Liang was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Marry him."
Zian was a little surprised, "Huh?"
"He's worth it." King Liang said something without any context and closed his eyes.
Zi'an wanted to say that this was not a question of whether it was worth it or not. If two people wanted to get married and spend their lives together, in addition to external conditions, it also depended on whether there was affection between them.
Of course, she felt that it was unnecessary to talk about love with King Liang. He didn't understand her, but he still wanted to marry her, right
When nobles marry, they marry for family background, not for the person.
When Zi'an was in a daze, King Liang suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her seriously, "In fact, I asked you to agree to marry the emperor's uncle because I was giving you face. Even if you don't agree, you have to marry. The emperor's uncle is different from me. The marriage between me and you is not arranged by the emperor's grandmother or mother, but the marriage of the emperor's uncle must be arranged by the emperor's grandmother. If you don't marry and break off the engagement, you will be disobeying the order and you will die."
Zian said unhappily: "Thanks for the reminder."
"You're welcome. I'm just afraid that if you cure me and gain the respect of my grandmother and mother, you'll forget your own situation." King Liang said calmly.
How could Zi'an forget? How could he forget the fact that his fate was still in the hands of others
However, she knew that King Liang's reminder was well-intentioned.
It won't be long before she can no longer handle it on her own and has to resort to mutual exploitation with certain people.
After talking, King Liang felt a little tired, so Zi'an changed a thin quilt for him and let him sleep.
She extinguished the candles in the temple and lit some oil lamps.
Sitting in the hall, bored anyway, he began to consider the next treatment plan for King Liang.
Just as he picked up the paper and pen to write a prescription, he saw Nanny Yang leading someone in.
This man had a handsome face, sword-like eyebrows, bronze skin, and was dressed in a court robe with a four-clawed golden dragon on it. He had a gold and jade belt around his waist and held a jade-handled sword in his hand. His eyes were dark, like two bottomless ancient wells. Just standing there, he made people feel murderous for no reason.
Even though he had tried to suppress his aura, he was still aggressive.
Zi'an was born in a special agent group and knew that this kind of hidden murderous aura could only be possessed by generals on the battlefield.
She recognized who this person was at a glance, her expression straightened, and she stepped forward and bowed, "Xia Zian pays respect to Prince An."
Prince An looked at Zi'an, and the woman wearing the phoenix-shoulder bridal gown that day naturally came to his mind. He said softly, "Are you Zi'an?"
Zi'an's eyes narrowed, "Your Majesty, that's right."
Prince An hummed, not in a hurry to look at Prince Liang, but asked Zi'an, "How is your mother?"
Zi'an was slightly surprised. It seemed that he shouldn't ask this question so blatantly. After all, there were several imperial doctors standing outside the palace. Why didn't Prince An avoid suspicion at all
However, Zian still answered politely: "To answer your Majesty, she is fine."
(End of this chapter)