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"I'm not tired. Let me see your injury. What if you become inflamed? Or perhaps, you lied to me. It's clearly very serious, and it's not just a small wound, but a peace of mind. "

Shen Zhu snorted, he glared at the man, and quickly took out some medicine and gauze from his bag, and some medicine from the system.

Su Zongwen lowered his eyes and glanced at the bundle on the ground. What Shen Zhu had brought were all some good medicine, and the medicine to treat Su Zongwen's blade wound was just right.

"Fine."

Su Zongwen was unable to force her, and could only take the medicine out from her, "Yue Niang, you rest for a while, give me the medicine, I will do it myself."

"Didn't you say that the wound is on your back?"

Shen Zhu rolled his eyes inside.

"It's good that I can do it myself. You've also been tired all day. Why don't you take a rest first?"

The wound on Su Zongwen's back was sinister and terrifying, he did not want Shen Zhu to see it.

"Cousin is right. Sister-in-law has suffered a shock today. It's better for her to rest for a while longer."

Seeing Shen Zhu's hesitation, Ming Jiling could guess the thoughts of kissing his brother, "Sister-in-law, give me the medicine, I'll apply it for you."

When there was an outsider, he would change his form of address back.

At the same time, he was also envious of his sister-in-law's feelings.

"It's been hard on you, Your Highness." Seeing that, Shen Zhu did not persist.

To be honest, she was deeply afraid of wounds and things like that.

Su Zongwen sat not too far away from him. After removing the bandages on his body, Ming Jiling immediately revealed the bone-deep scar on his back.

Ming Jiling carefully wiped the surrounding of the wound with a wet cloth, then sprinkled the medicinal powder within the porcelain bottle onto the wound, and carefully wrapped it up with gauze …

"Alright."

Ming Jiling returned the remaining gauze and medicine back to Su Zongwen.

"Sorry for the trouble, Your Highness."

Su Zongwen took the things, "Your Highness was on night watch yesterday, and did not sleep the entire night. Your Highness can also go take a rest, if there's anything I need, I will call you."

"Alright." Ming Jiling's black eyes lit up, and found a clean place to rest with satisfaction.

Try to be as invisible as possible, and give your sister-in-law some time to warm up.

Su Zongwen put the gauze and medicine back into the bag and then sat beside the hay.

Shen Zhu leaned on Su Zongwen's shoulder and told him about the recent events in the capital …

As the two of them chatted, Shen Zhu had unknowingly fallen asleep. When she woke up, the sky was already slightly dark, and Ming Jiling had long since woken up. He was sitting by the fire and adding firewood.

Shen Zhu looked at the dry grass beneath his body and the clothes covering his body. He felt warm in his heart.

Seeing that Su Zongwen had not woken up, she quietly got up, afraid that she would wake him up.

Just as Shen Zhu was about to cover the clothes in his hands, he noticed that something was wrong as soon as he got closer.

"Why is it so hot?"

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

Ming Jiling heard the commotion and immediately walked over.

Shen Zhu, "Your Highness, Brother Wen has a fever."

Ming Jiling frowned, "We have used up all the medicine we brought, Sister-in-law, do you have any for the fever?"

"I, I left in a hurry, I didn't prepare that much."

Shen Zhu slightly curled his palm, as though he had thought of something, and immediately ran out of the cave, "Your Highness, please guard Brother Wen, I will be back soon, sorry for the trouble."

"Sister-in-law, where are you going?"

Ming Jiling asked with some worry.

"I'll go and pick some herbs to reduce the fever. Don't worry, I'll be careful. I'll be fine."

With that said, Shen Zhu had disappeared. Even if Ming Jiling wanted to chase after him, he would not make it in time.

Moreover, Su Zongwen has a high fever right now, so he must have someone by his side to protect him.

Shen Zhu did not walk very far. After exiting the cave, she immediately found a concealed place to go into space to find Boo and ask for some fevers.

Ming Jiling had always been worried, but at the same time, he was worried about Su Zongwen.

If something were to happen to Shen Zhu during this trip out, how would he explain it to his brother?

Fortunately, Shen Zhu had returned not long after.

"Your Highness, I found a herb to reduce fever."

"Great."

At the same time that Ming Jiling heaved a sigh of relief, the worry in his heart was finally lifted.

Shen Zhu busied himself for half a day before he finally mashed the herbs and fed the juice to Su Zongwen to drink.

"This is all my fault. If it wasn't for me, my cousin wouldn't have suffered such heavy injuries."

Ming Jiling looked at the pale-faced Su Zongwen, his face full of self-blame.

"The matter of my injury has nothing to do with His Highness, there's no need for His Highness to blame himself."

Su Zongwen had already woken up, and even after drinking the medicine he still felt dizzy. Hearing Ming Jiling's words, he immediately tried to console him.

"Cousin, you're still having a fever. Let's not talk about that for now. Quickly lie down and rest."

Hearing that, Ming Jiling did not continue with this topic, and immediately laid the person down with worry and self-blame on his clean face.

"Brother Wen is right. Those assassins were waiting in ambush. They must have come prepared. Your Highness can't be blamed for this."

Seeing that, Shen Zhu immediately spoke a few words of consolation, but the guilt in his heart did not decrease because of the two people's consoling. He slightly lowered his eyes, a trace of killing intent quickly flashed past his eyes.

When he returned to the palace this time, he definitely wouldn't let the crown prince off.

That night, General Liu brought a small group of elites to find the secret message that Ming Jiling had left behind. They followed Ming Jiling's signal to find the cave.

"This subordinate came late to save Your Highness, please forgive me!"

When General Liu saw that the two of them were safe, he let out a sigh of relief and quickly knelt down to beg for forgiveness.

Ming Jiling was the emperor's most beloved prince. If something happened to him this time, he probably wouldn't be able to explain it when he returned to the capital.

"When I saw His Highness' signal, I immediately gathered some people to carefully search the area, until I saw the signal His Highness left behind, then I finally found this place."

General Liu once again admitted his mistake after explaining with a few words, "Your Highness being ambushed in half is all your subordinate's fault for not protecting you well. Your subordinate has failed in his duty, please accept Temple's punishment."

"General Liu, please get up."

Ming Jiling immediately helped him up, "These assassins were all prepared, no matter how well you defend, they might not be able to hide, so this matter can't be blamed on you. Furthermore, the mountain is very complex and you are not familiar with it, to be able to find us so quickly is already not easy, why are you blaming me for this?"

"This subordinate will definitely make amends and repay your highness for his kindness."

When General Liu stood up, he noticed that there was another lady behind Ming Jiling. He immediately asked in confusion, "Who is this?"

"This is my eldest sister-in-law, the second young mistress of Su Family." Ming Jiling explained.

"So it's the young mistress." General Liu greeted them politely.

"General Liu." Shen Zhu immediately returned the greeting.

"Your Highness, the group of men in black who attempted to assassinate His Highness has all fallen into his trap." Your Highness, the group of men in black who intended to assassinate His Highness has all fallen into his trap.

General Liu reported in a low voice, "This matter is of great importance. Subordinate has already reported back to the capital overnight. May Your Majesty thoroughly investigate this matter."

"Yes." Ming Jiling nodded.

That night, the group went down the mountain and camped at the foot of the mountain.

Because he was worried about Su Zongwen's injuries, Shen Zhu did not return to the capital and followed the army.

The next morning, they left camp and rushed to the mountain peak occupied by the bandits.