C68

Chapter 68 - Servants

He saw a thirteen or fourteen year old girl standing in front of Zhao Chen. The girl was holding a handkerchief in her hand, and was wiping Zhao Chen's face.

"Who are you?" Zhao Chen was startled, and said.

His voice was still abnormally hoarse, as if someone was cutting his throat with a knife! As the voice left his mouth, Zhao Chen began to cough violently again! Following that, he involuntarily spat out another mouthful of blood!

The young girl was obviously shocked. She hurriedly ran out and after a moment, she brought out a cup of hot water!

"Who are you?" Zhao Chen breathed stably, and asked again.

"This servant is the maid that will serve His Highness the Crown Prince!" "We pay our respects to Your Highness, the Crown Prince!" The young girl hurriedly knelt down and said.

"A maid? When did a maid appear in the Han Palace? "Why don't I know?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness, I just entered the palace last night!" The young girl said.

"I don't need anyone to serve me!" You can leave! " Zhao Chen said indifferently.

"This... "This..." The young girl knelt there, at a loss of what to do!

"Is there a problem?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness, if I go out, I'm afraid that everyone will blame me and say that I won't serve Your Highness the Crown Prince!" The young girl said.

The girl's voice sounded pitiful, as if she was about to cry!

Zhao Chen glanced at her, and a bitter smile appeared on his face!

He could not understand why Zhe Keqiu would place a maid in this place! Logically speaking, the palace should be filled with Zhe Keqiu's men, with thousands of guards guarding outside, why would they need to place a maid inside?! However, he did not know that because of Yue Fei's incident yesterday, Zhe Keqiu and Li Gang were both furious, which was why they decided to send a woman to serve him! This was not only Zhe Keqiu's idea. Li Gang had the same thought in his heart! They felt that it was fine for Yue Fei and the others to be guards, but it was a little impossible for them to serve Zhao Chen! This woman was carefully selected by Zhe Keqiu. She was gentle and tranquil, kind and understanding, thus she was sent over! In fact, the maid did not have a 'mission'!

Zhao Chen did not say anything, and the girl also did not speak! Only, slowly, Zhao Chen actually heard the girl's crying!

"Alright!" Get up! Give me some water first! I haven't had a drink of water in days! " Zhao Chen said.

At this moment, his throat felt like it was about to burst out with smoke! Ever since he was injured that day, he had not drunk any water! When he woke up yesterday, he actually felt extremely uncomfortable. It was just that his heart felt like it had died, so he didn't drink any water!

The girl stood up. Only now did Zhao Chen realize that her eyes were already filled with tears! But Zhao Chen did not continue to chase her away, so a smile appeared on her face! This time, there was a tinge of sadness and a tinge of sadness. Everything was going to change in an instant!

She gently propped Zhao Chen's body up, allowing Zhao Chen to lean on her body! Then, she placed the water cup in front of Zhao Chen's mouth, waiting for him to drink the water!

Her actions were so gentle, Zhao Chen couldn't help but have a strange feeling!

Ever since he left Kaifeng, he had almost never dealt with a woman! Usually, the people he interacted with Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and the others were all martial artists, they were old and rough, how could they know how to serve others?

It had been a long time since Zhao Chen had felt this comfortable feeling. Originally, it was as if his heart was pressed down by a heavy stone, but at this moment, that large stone seemed to have become much lighter!

When she finished drinking the water, the girl gently put Zhao Chen's body down.

"I am A Yao!" The young girl said.

"A Yao, this name isn't bad!" Zhao Chen laughed.

At this moment, his mind gradually cleared up, and his eyes were no longer blurry like yesterday! He looked towards the girl called A Yao, and only then did he realise that she was actually a top tier beauty!

Her skin was extremely white, as white as cream! Her eyebrows were curved, so this was how Liu Mei looked like! Her nose was straight and very cute! That was especially true of her eyes, which were now like lakes! Her hair was also pitch black!

In Zhao Chen's opinion, this woman was like a person who had just walked out of a painting!

As he sized them up, he couldn't help but be stunned!

The girl blushed slightly and asked, "Your Highness, is your body still in pain?"

Zhao Chen was startled, and quickly regained his senses! His face was also somewhat red. It seemed a bit rude to size up a girl like this! It was the first time since he came to this era that he had sized up a girl like this!

"Not bad!" It's much better than yesterday! " Zhao Chen nodded.

He was still not in a good mood! If a person's eight extraordinary meridians and internal organs were damaged, it would be difficult for them to live past the age of 20. No one would be in a good mood!

"Your Highness, are you hungry?" I'll bring you something to eat! " The young girl said again.

"No need... Sit down and talk to me! " Zhao Chen said.

Right now, he was in a bad mood and only wanted to find someone to relieve his boredom! In the past, only Yue Fei and the rest were by his side. He, Yue Fei and the rest could only discuss martial arts and military strategies! At this moment, with such an unfamiliar girl around, Zhao Chen couldn't help but have the mood to chat! Even if this girl was a spy sent by Zhe Keqiu, he wouldn't mind chatting with her for a while!

The young lady sat down obediently in front of his bed. Suddenly, Zhao Chen smelled a faint and delicate fragrance and was stunned! It seemed like this was the woman's fragrance! He sized up the woman for a while and saw that she was wearing light pink clothes that accentuated her perfect figure! Although the young girl was only 13 or 14 years old, she had a slim figure and gave off a very good feeling!

"You were once the servant of the General Crop?" Zhao Chen said.

"No!" This humble girl was once a servant of Master Cao Rong! " The young girl A Yao said.

"Cao Rong! What do you do in his house? " Zhao Chen said.

"The main reason is to accompany the young miss of Cao family to study!" A Yao said.

"Is the Cao family pretty?" Zhao Chen said.

A Yao was startled, sshe did not know why Zhao Chen asked such a question! She didn't know that ever since Zhao Chen came to this era, he had either been in the Imperial Palace or a mountain pass like the Tongguan. Zhao Chen had almost never come in contact with the commoners of the lowest level of Song Dynasty, and had never entered the homes of the lowest level of Song Dynasty. Thus, he was very interested in this place! Of course, Cao Rong was not a lowly commoner, but in this kind of official's house, Zhao Chen had never gone there before! That was why he asked this question!

"The Cao family is very big, after all, Master Cao is the Prefect of Middle Han Area! Of course, that place is far from the Han Palace! " A Yao said.

"When I have time, I'll go over to his place to have a look!" Zhao Chen laughed.

"Your Highness, you can go wherever you want!" However, Your Highness needs to first recuperate! " A Yao said.

"I'm afraid my body will never recover!" Zhao Chen's face revealed a bitter smile.

"How can Your Highness have such thoughts?" Right now, my lords are searching for a famous doctor for His Highness! When the famous doctor arrives, he will definitely be able to heal His Highness's injuries! " A Yao said.

"Famous doctor? Previously, they had already gathered all of the famous doctors in Middle Han Area, and they could not do anything about my injuries! " Zhao Chen said.

"Those are just the famous doctors of the Middle Han Area. With how big the world is, there might be people who can cure His Highness' injuries!" A Yao said.

"You're right!" Zhao Chen nodded lightly!

Hearing A Yao's words, Zhao Chen actually felt a trace of hope! When he thought about it again, she felt that A Yao was right! With how big the world was, who knew if there was an unrivaled doctor who could cure his injuries!

Thinking of this, he heaved a huge sigh of relief!

"Your Highness, if your chest hurts, I'll massage it for you!" A Yao said again.

"Alright!" Zhao Chen nodded.

A Yao placed his hand on Zhao Chen's chest, and gently rubbed it! Her hands were abnormally soft and soft. It could even be called soft to the point of being boneless! Zhao Chen felt comfortable and closed his eyes once again.

"When the weather gets better, His Highness can go out for a walk and recover his health!" A Yao said gently.

"That's right!" Zhao Chen nodded.

Originally, he did not have much good feelings towards A Yao, because he felt that she was a person sent by Zhe Keqiu, who would definitely carry Zhe Keqiu's orders! Perhaps this girl was just monitoring him! But the girl was so beautiful and gentle, and the wariness in Zhao Chen's heart actually began to lessen!

"From the sound of your accent, you don't sound like someone from Middle Han Area?" After a while, Zhao Chen said.

"This humble girl is from Jiangnan!" A Yao said.

"Jiangnan people? Why did you come to Middle Han Area? " Zhao Chen said in shock.

"A few years ago, there was a drought in Jiangnan. Mother brought my brother and I to flee for our lives in the north! Later on the road, in order to support my brother, my mother sold me to the steward of the Cao family! Cao family's butler brought me to the Middle Han Area! " A Yao said.

There was a trace of sadness in her voice!

"Alright!" From now on, if you stay in this Han palace, as long as you do things with your heart, I won't treat you unfairly! I won't let you suffer! " Zhao Chen said softly.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" A Yao anxiously said.

"You are from Jiangnan, tell me a bit about Jiangnan's scenery! "I'm afraid I won't be able to go to Jiangnan in this lifetime!" Zhao Chen said.

"Why does Your Highness say that?" "When Your Highness is done, I will accompany you to Jiangnan!" A Yao said.

Zhao Chen once again revealed a bitter smile! He knew that the possibility of healing his body was extremely low! Therefore, he no longer wished to go to Jiangnan!

"Tell me about your hometown!" he said again.

A Yao nodded and started to talk! Her voice was gentle, and hearing her voice, Zhao Chen slowly went to sleep!

When Zhao Chen woke up again, he actually saw Yue Fei standing in front of him!

Yue Fei pressed a hand on his body, and streams of inner force continuously entered into his body! This inner force made Zhao Chen feel abnormally warm, even his internal organs felt much better!

"Big Brother Yue, you don't need to use up any more inner strength! I feel much better! " Zhao Chen said.

Hearing Zhao Chen's calm voice, not as desperate as yesterday, Yue Fei's face also revealed a hint of joy!

He released his hand and said, "Your Highness, from today onwards, I will treat your injuries by circulating my cultivation every day! Although there might not be any benefits from doing this, there definitely wouldn't be any harm! "At the very least, if you can clear eight extraordinary meridians, you might be able to cure them in the future!"

"Alright!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"Lord Li and the others are looking for famous doctors everywhere, they can definitely cure His Highness!" Yue Fei said.

"Hopefully!" Zhao Chen shook his head and said.

"Your Highness, the lady was sent by Zhe Keqiu to serve Your Highness! Lord Li has already sent people to investigate this woman's identity, she is indeed just a maid, and won't endanger His Highness' safety! " Yue Fei said again.

"Un, I know!" Looking at her gentle appearance, she doesn't seem to be someone who can harm me! Right, where did she go? " Zhao Chen laughed.

Until now, Zhao Chen still missed A Yao's gentleness from before! Just listening to her gentle and gentle words made Zhao Chen's heart feel at ease!

"She's going to cook the bird's nest porridge for His Highness!" Your Highness, this humble subject and the rest of the men are very strong, they won't serve Your Highness! With this woman here, I am much more at ease! " Yue Fei said.

"She came from Cao Rong's residence, so it would be difficult for her to be his trusted aide!" Zhao Chen thought about it and said.

"Yes sir!" Yue Fei nodded, he also had the same thought!

After a while, A Yao entered the room again! Yue Fei left the room and stood outside!

A Yao began to serve Zhao Chen with porridge. She was focused and gentle, and when the porridge was finished, Zhao Chen actually had a feeling of loss!

"Your Highness, there are still some medicine over there!" I'll get it for you! " A Yao said again.

"No need! I'm lying here, unable to move, trying to find someone to talk to! Let's continue our chat! Keep me up on the sights and people of Jiangnan! " Zhao Chen laughed.

A Yao nodded her head. She once again sat on the side of Zhao Chen's bed and started to recount the events to him. Zhao Chen closed his eyes once again!

Another ten days passed like this. During these ten days, Li Gang, Wang De and the others came over one after another. Each time they came, they brought along a "famed doctor!" However, all the "famous doctors" could not do anything about Zhao Chen's injuries. They could only prescribe some tonics, in the hope that it would improve Zhao Chen's condition!

Zhe Keqiu, Zhe Yanwen, Zhe Yanzhi had also came here a few times, and they recommended Zhao Chen to ascend the throne immediately! It was just that with Zhao Chen's current state, if he could not even get off the bed, how would he be able to ascend to the throne? Hence, they could only give up for now!

Yue Fei was still channeling his energy to heal Zhao Chen every day. After more than ten days, Zhao Chen felt that his meridians had become a lot more comfortable. Of course, he still couldn't get lucky. If he got lucky, his whole body would be in pain and he would faint very soon! Ever since he had tried it once, Zhao Chen no longer dared to recklessly try it out!

On the other hand, Zhao Chen was getting more and more familiar with the girl A Yao. He didn't know why, but he just liked to talk to A Yao! Under his "interrogation", A Yao recounted all of her experiences from when she was young. It was as if Zhao Chen had experienced it with her one last time!

On this day, the two of them were still in the room. A Yao pulled open the curtains, and sunlight shone through the entire room!

The warm sunlight caused Zhao Chen's heart to feel at ease. He smiled and said, "You've told me so many sights and figures of Jiangnan, I'll also tell you some stories!"