Chapter 83 First Encounter with Xie Yu

Chapter 83 First Encounter with Xie Yu

"Your Highness! You mustn't!" Wuying stopped him.

"No need to say anything more! Go get some strong liquor, quick!" Xie Yan said without giving any room for argument. He found a pair of scissors, pulled back the screen, and lowered the silk curtains.

"Your Highness Prince Jing, I have some in my medicine chest." The imperial physician quickly put down his medicine chest and took out some strong liquor.

Xie Yu walked over, took the strong liquor from the imperial physician, turned around and went behind the screen, handing the bottle to Xie Yan.

Xie Yan gave Xie Yu a deep look, "Get out!"

Xie Yu straightened his jawline, looked away, stepped out from behind the screen, and walked to the wall.

At this moment, Xue Yubai also rushed over. He looked at the corpse on the ground and the bloody smell that filled the room, and his expression was shocked.

Facing the screen, he said in a deep voice, "Prince Jing, the imperial physicians have arrived. Let them take your pulse first. You must not be impatient and harm yourself."

Xie Yan paid no heed to the sounds outside. He picked up the wine bottle, unscrewed the cork, and poured the wine onto the wound. Then he picked up the scissors and forcefully cut off the arrow shaft in his chest.

Hearing the "crack" sound coming from inside, Wuying became extremely anxious. "Young Master Xue, please persuade our Highness."

Xue Yubai was even more anxious than Wuying, but he understood Xie Yan's character and knew that persuasion would be useless. Nevertheless, he still said to him:

"Prince Jing, leave her to the imperial physician. Princess Jing will surely be alright. If anything happens to you..."

He couldn't say what came next explicitly, but Xie Yan would definitely understand.

Another "crack" sound came from inside, and Wuying became even more anxious, immediately kneeling on the ground: "Your Highness, please allow me to treat Princess Jing's injuries!"

"After I have healed my wounds, I will immediately commit suicide so as not to tarnish the reputation of Princess Jing."

Wuying prostrated himself on the ground with both hands, his head hitting the ground heavily, his voice filled with sorrow: "I only beg Your Highness to put the greater good first!"

Seeing this, Xie Yu leaned against the wall, slid down limply, and fell to the ground.

His shoulders were tense, his head was turned to the side, his face was pale, and he stared at the screen with a pain in his eyes that he dared not speak out.

Xie Yan, inside the silk curtains, knelt on the bed, carefully laying Shen Nanzi's body flat with both hands, loosening her belt, and cutting her heart-shaped garment.

As he tore open her wound, looking at the wound stained with black blood, he bent down and knelt down.

He took a sip, turned to the side and spat it out, then took another sip.

They completely ignored the bitter taste of the poisonous blood and the pungent, nauseating stench.

All he knew was that only by sucking out as much of the toxin as possible could Shen Nanzi have a chance of survival.

He couldn't let the poison continue to erode her body; he wanted her to live.

Even if she doesn't like him, hates him, or has someone else in her heart, he doesn't care, as long as she's alive.

The venom entered his mouth, and he gradually lost sensation in his lips and mouth, while his throat became numb and painful.

As time went on, nausea and dizziness began to set in.

His strong will kept him going, with only one thought in his mind: the more breath he took, the more hope she had for survival.

He dared not imagine how heartbroken Cheng'er would be without his mother, or how bitter his future days would be.

He was a man who was like a fatherless man, and he knew the bitterness of it all.

He didn't want Cheng'er to repeat his fate at such a young age.

Watching the blood gradually turn from black to red, and seeing the exposed arrow shaft, he hardened his heart, pinched it between two fingers, and pulled it out forcefully.

Blood gushed out, and his face turned pale.

Quickly take out the hemostatic powder and sprinkle it on the wound.

He knew that these next few days would be the most dangerous.

On the battlefield, he saw many people live and many people die.

Xie Yan looked at the unconscious Shen Nanzi. His body had also reached its limit. With trembling hands, he dressed her and said to the outside, "Imperial physician, come in and take her pulse."

With his last breath, he exposed Shen Nanzi's wrist, then leaned against the foot of the bed, panting heavily.

The old imperial physician cautiously stepped over the corpse and approached the bedside.

Xie Yan could no longer open his eyes and was breathing rapidly. "I suspect it's a mixed poison, containing arsenic and aconite."

"There is also severe pain, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. I don't know what kind of toxin it is. You must give me a proper diagnosis and do not make a mistake that could cost her her life."

The elderly imperial physician, with his gray hair, felt the pulse and nodded repeatedly. "Your Highness, you guessed correctly; there is indeed arsenic and aconite poison."

"Severe pain, dizziness, and nausea are symptoms of snake venom! These are its typical toxic characteristics."

Is there any way to quit drugs?

“Your Highness, I will do my best to save him,” the old imperial physician added, “but you should also be prepared.”

"The person who poisoned the arrow was ruthless and did not intend for the victim to survive, which is why they mixed the three poisons together."

Xie Yan's fingers curled weakly. "I'm going to make things difficult for you today. Please, you must rescue Princess Jing!"

The old imperial physician was sweating profusely, and he tremblingly agreed.

Xie Yan could no longer hold on. He closed his eyes and instructed the person outside the screen: "Dispose of the corpses outside secretly. There are no leads on today's events, so do not publicize them."

After saying that, he fainted.

Wu Ying and Xue Yubai rushed in. Seeing Xie Yan unconscious, Xue Yubai said to the other imperial physician, "Quickly save His Highness Prince Jing!"

In no time, the small room in front of the bed was filled with people.

Xie Yu stood outside the crowd, his body as heavy as cotton soaked in water.

His gaze passed over the crowd and landed on the bed, looking at Shen Nanzi, whose face was almost transparent.

Her eyes were closed, her brows furrowed, and a hint of pain lingered between her brows.

Xie Yu's fingers clenched tightly inside his sleeve, his memory being pulled back to when he was twelve years old.

…

That year's ice skating was just as lively as the previous year's, and perhaps even more grand and exciting.

That year's snowfall was even heavier than the previous year's, and the entire city of Luoyang seemed to be covered by a thick blanket.

The entire landscape was white.

The Royal Ice Games Banquet was held over three designated days, and the Emperor generously allowed officials of the fourth rank and above to participate with their families.

Therefore, many unfamiliar faces appeared at the ice skating banquet.

The boys always traveled in groups. He was a prince, and he had many followers among the sons of nobles.

For those two days, they were bullying the daughter of a minor official.

The reason they bullied her was simple: because she was exceptionally beautiful.

Young men always have a special interest in beautiful girls, and he was no exception.

He was a prince of noble birth, accustomed to the fawning of others, but the young girl was oblivious, pretending not to recognize him even though she knew him.

He deliberately bumped into her several times, and each time she would greet him and then quickly leave, which made him extremely frustrated and awkward.

Later, several sons of noble families deliberately blocked her, using various youthful tricks to surround her.

Watching her panicked yet stubbornly confront them.

He found himself able to look at that vibrant and captivating face without any restraint.

They 'bullied' her even more enthusiastically, and for three days he devoted all his attention to her.

Seeing her puffed-up face, he was especially hoping that she would realize his identity and apologize to him.

In the future, he will be able to classify her as "one of his own".

However, she was as stubborn as a little donkey, completely ignoring the occasional attempts he made to give her a way out.

Instead, realizing they wouldn't really do anything to her, she became even more defiant towards him.

This infuriated him.

On the last night of ice skating, they forced her to the shore of Hongchi Lake.

The boys have always been arrogant and disdainful of lively places, especially when they do evil!

The quieter the better.

The best place is one that is free from constraints, far from guards, and completely at ease.

She was relentlessly pursued by them until she was pushed into a dark, deserted place far from the crowd.

Unexpectedly, this place is near the mountainside, where the temperature is slightly higher and the ice layer is thinner.