Chapter 942: This subordinate has a duty (1/2)

Han Yunxi was already angry, but Gu Beiyue didn’t budge. Instead, he said, “This subordinate hid my identity and committed the offense of lese-majeste, may princess mete punishment.”

Han Yunxi already knew from experience that it was useless to waste words with him, so she simply left him with harsh words. “Gu Beiyue, I punish you to treat my injuries. If I can’t walk by today, then do as you see fit!”

As Gu Beiyue prepared to speak, Han Yunxi stopped him. “This is an order, no more nonsense! Hurry and get up!”

With a sigh, Gu Beiyue rose to his feet. “Don’t worry, princess. You’ll be able to walk before night falls.”

Gu Beiyue’s words were definitely trustworthy! He started treatment on Han Yunxi’s legs right at Fragrant Pine Garden. Injuries like broken bones weren’t healed until the bones grew back in place. Simply using acupuncture wouldn’t do much, but Gu Beiyue was also applying medicine as well. With a mixture of acupunture and moxibustion, the medicine was able to react and take effect. Of course, he was the only one capable of producing such quick results, while it’d take others half a month or more. Han Yunxi had already been healing for a while, enough for her to stand steady on her feet, so this posed no challenge to Gu Beiyue at all.

In the silence, she remained lying down while Gu Beiyue applied his needles. Occasionally he’d ask her questions. Meanwhile, Long Feiye sat on one side to keep watch. Time flew, but none of them took a break. By the time Gu Beiyue finished his acupuncture treatment, it was already approaching dusk.

“Princess, you can walk now.” Gu Beiyue didn’t even bother saying “try,” but simply had Han Yunxi start moving. He cleaned up his medicine chest and retreated beyond the folding screen, eyes refusing to linger a second on Han Yunxi’s slender shins.

Although Han Yunxi knew she could recover, she still felt excited. Her hand tightened unconsciously around Long Feiye’s as their eyes met. Long Feiye was feeling even more nervous than she was. He carried her upright and Han Yunxi said, “I want to walk.”

Long Feiye carefully set her on the ground, but didn’t let go of her hand. Han Yunxi looked askance at him before breaking free herself and taking a single step forward. Perhaps it’d been too long since she walked, but the first try felt a little awkward. Han Yunxi took another step with Long Feiye following close behind in case she fell. The second step was still a bit strange, but Han Yunxi risked it all and kept walking a few more steps with Long Feiye in tight pursuit. Just like that, the couple ended up walking all around the bedroom and folding screen, then back again. Gu Beiyue looked at them with a serene smile before silently slipping away. He made sure to shut the door behind him before he was gone.

Very soon, he heard Han Yunxi’s exclamations behind him. “I can walk! Long Feiye, I can walk now!”

Long Feiye must have picked her up then, because her laughter rose. Gu Beiyue didn’t turn back at the sound nor still his steps, but kept walking to the entrance of the courtyard. There, he told Xu Donglin, “When His Highness emerges later, tell him that the princess has just recovered from her injuries. She shouldn’t walk too much in the next three or four days because she still needs to nurture her body.”

Xu Donglin was thrilled. “Princess’s injuries are really well?!”

Gu Beiyue nodded. As he prepared to leave, Long Feiye’s startled cries rang out in the air.

“Gu Beiyue! Gu Beiyue!”

If it was anyone else, Gu Beiyue could stay calm, but Long Feiye’s shouting could only mean something critical had occurred! Before Xu Donglin could react, Gu Beiyue vanished from sight. Despite just recovering from his own internal injuries, the man had used his paltry 20% of internal energy to activate the shadow arts, which costed massive energy. Heaven knows how many days it’d take him to replenish his stores again. It seemed as if his facade of calm would be shattered at any instant. Unfortunately, Han Yunxi couldn’t see it, because she had lost consciousness. By the time Gu Beiyue rushed into the room, Long Feiye was already sitting on the ground with Han Yunxi lying in his lap. She had just been walking fine a moment ago, so Long Feiye was only watching to make sure she didn’t fall. He never expected her to faint away.

Hearing Long Feiye describe the situation, Gu Beiyue knitted his brows as he took Han Yunxi’s pulse. His pale face only grew more ashen.

“What’s wrong?” Long Feiye couldn’t help but interrupt.

Gu Beiyue only shook his head and kept taking Han Yunxi’s pulse. Then he checked on her eyes before answering, “Her pulse is normal. There’s no sign of illness, it’s the same as the last few times I examined her.”

“Could it be the poison storage space?” Long Feiye asked tensely.

Gu Beiyue had his suspicions, but he was quite strict as a doctor. “Possibly, but it’s impossible to ascertain.”

He didn’t even know whether Han Yunxi felt discomfort anywhere, now that she was unconscious.

“Then when will she wake up?” Long Feiye didn’t even realize his own words were superfluous in such a situation.

Gu Beiyue helplessly shook his head. The thorniest case he’d encountered in his lifetime were Han Yunxi’s fainting incidents. “We can only wait.”

Long Feiye fell silent. If even Gu Beiyue had no answers, then there was no one in the world who would. He picked Han Yunxi up and instructed, “Stay in the side rooms. Come over whenever there’s new developments.”