strictlysupreme Chapter 132 Changing the dressing requires taking off clothes...
Chapter 132 Changing the dressing requires taking off clothes...
Upon hearing this, Qin Jiuwei pursed her pink lips slightly.
Even the hand turning the pages froze.
Changing the dressing requires taking off your clothes...
She stayed outside until Xie Yanli was dressed before coming in.
She had only ever seen Xie Yanli naked the night she was drugged with aphrodisiacs.
Now, if you ask her to look at it, she's actually a little embarrassed.
Qin Jiu lowered her eyes, seemingly unaware of Zizhu's footsteps, and appeared engrossed in reading.
Zizhu walked to the bedside and placed the wooden tray on the low stool next to it.
Xie Yanli's upper body clothes had been mostly removed, revealing the bandaged wound.
The wound still faintly showed traces of blood, which looked quite shocking.
Zizhu reached out carefully, making sure her movements were as gentle as possible.
But the moment Xie Yanli touched the bandage, his brows furrowed immediately. "Hiss..."
Zizhu: ...
Young Master, you never uttered a sound even when you were seriously injured before!
And I only touched the bandage, how did that hurt you!
At that moment, a gentle voice rang out, "What's wrong?"
Qin Jiuwei originally didn't intend to get involved in this matter, but then she heard Xie Yanli gasp.
I couldn't help but ask a question.
Xie Yanli pursed his lips. "It's nothing. Zizhu is changing my dressing."
Qin Jiuwei couldn't help but speak up: "Zizhu, go easy on him, the young master is injured."
Zizhu: ...
Honestly, he really went easy on me!
But before he could speak, Xie Yanli spoke up.
"Zizhu is a bit too rough with her hands, so please help me apply the medicine, Madam."
Zizhu: ?!
Qin Jiu moved her lips slightly, feeling that applying medicine was a bit too intimate.
But Xie Yanli was indeed injured while saving her.
I really shouldn't have refused.
Qin Jiuwei put down the book in her hand and slowly walked to the bedside to sit down.
The candlelight flickered, illuminating her gentle face and casting a soft halo around her.
Qin Jiuwei frowned slightly; this was her first time applying medicine to someone, so she was inevitably a little nervous.
Xie Yanli's upper body clothing had been removed, revealing his broad and muscular back.
Although he did not join the army, he practiced martial arts for many years.
The muscles in his back resemble undulating mountains, with strong yet smooth lines.
Qin Jiuwei couldn't help but blush slightly.
This was the first time she had ever looked at a man's back so closely.
She looked down inch by inch, and suddenly saw Xie Yanli's back, her pupils contracting sharply.
Here, one could see a crisscross pattern of old and new wounds.
Some wounds had scabbed over, showing a dark color, while others were still gaping and red and swollen.
"What happened to these injuries?" Qin Jiuwei asked, her voice trembling.
Zizhu sighed softly, "Some of them are from the Battle of Blackwater, when the young master was injured while saving the late emperor. Others are from the assassination attempts the young master has suffered over the years."
"The young master is highly favored by the late emperor and the current emperor, which inevitably makes some people jealous. Since he entered the cabinet, there has been no shortage of assassination attempts."
Qin Jiuwei felt a pang of heartache and tenderness, and gently touched the scars with her hand.
Xie Yanli's breath caught in his throat the moment the soft fingertips touched him.
His Adam's apple bobbed, but he didn't speak.
Immediately afterwards, Qin Jiuwei's gaze fell on the bandage.
Reaching out, he very gently untied the bandage, which was already stained with blood.
As the bandages were removed, a gruesome wound gradually became visible.
The skin around the wound was red and swollen, with the incision in the center caused by the sharp stone. The edges of the incision were jagged, like the gaping mouth of a demon.
The dried blood clotted around the wound, its dark color evoking pity at first glance.
Qin Jiuwei's brows furrowed instantly, her eyes filled with reluctance and heartache.
She dipped her fingertip in the ointment and slowly approached Xie Yanli's wound.
When the cool ointment touched the wound, Xie Yanli's body jolted, and his muscles tensed involuntarily.
Qin Jiuwei's hand froze in mid-air, and she looked up at Xie Yanli like a startled deer.
Her voice was full of guilt, "Did I hurt you?"
Xie Yanli turned his head away.
The two were already very close, and when he suddenly turned his head, their breaths mingled instantly.
Qin Jiuwei's cheeks flushed slightly from nervousness and closeness, and her breathing became shallow and rapid.
Xie Yanli gazed at Qin Jiuwei, who was so close to him, his eyes falling on her slightly trembling lips, and the desire in his heart grew wildly like weeds.
He was momentarily lost in thought, and it took him a while to recover before he shook his head slightly.
His voice was deliberately hoarse and suppressed, "It doesn't hurt."
Qin Jiuwei lowered her eyes and didn't look at him, but nodded gently.
He then took some ointment with his fingers and gently applied it to his wound.
However, when applying the medicine, my fingertips trembled slightly, and my heartbeat became erratic.
Zizhu watched from the side and couldn't help but smile like an aunt.
I was thinking about how to get the young mistress to lower her guard around the young master.
In retrospect, the young master's injury came at just the right time.
Not only did she win the young mistress's sympathy, but she also completely outshone Young Master Jiang.
If he hadn't been watching closely from the side, he would have suspected that this was a ruse orchestrated by the young master...
After applying the medicine, Qin Jiuwei hurriedly got up and said softly, "The medicine has been changed, husband, you should rest well."
"Wait a minute," Xie Yanli suddenly said.
Upon hearing this, Qin Jiuwei stopped what she was doing, turned to look at Xie Yanli, and seemed somewhat puzzled.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Yanli suddenly leaned towards Qin Jiuwei and raised his arm.
Qin Jiuwei felt Xie Yanli approaching, her heart pounded faster, and a hint of panic flashed in her eyes.
Xie Yanli's fingertips lightly touched a wisp of Qin Jiuwei's hair that had fallen beside her cheek.
He slowly tucked it behind her ear, his movements extremely slow and gentle.
This subtle movement made the air between the two even hotter and thicker.
An ambiguous atmosphere permeated the small space as if it were a tangible presence.
But then, Xie Yanli stopped moving and shifted his body backward.
"You've worked hard today. It's getting late, so get some rest."
He pursed his thin lips slightly, telling himself this in his heart.
Don't be impatient, don't be impatient...
Seeing that he made no further move, Qin Jiuwei slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
She smiled gently at him and said, "My husband, you should rest early too."
The next day.
"Young Master, are we really going to see Prince Xie?" the attendant Qiu Feng couldn't help but ask.
Jiang Chirang said calmly, "It was already inappropriate for me to leave so early after Prince Xie was injured yesterday, so it is only natural that I have to come and visit him today."
He glanced at him and asked, "Have you prepared everything I asked you to?"
Qiu Feng nodded and said respectfully, "Of course I brought them; they are all top-quality medicinal herbs."
Qinglan Courtyard.
Upon hearing the servant's report, Xie Yanli sneered inwardly.
Why would Jiang Chirang be so kind as to come see him?
The weasel pays New Year greetings to the rooster.
But he still ordered that he be allowed to come in.
After Jiang Chirang entered, he bowed and asked with concern, "Young Master Xie, are you alright?"
Xie Yanli raised his eyes, a smile on his face, but his voice was cold.
"Don't worry, Brother Jiang. After all, I have a wife and children. I certainly won't let anything happen to myself."
Jiang Chirang's smile froze, and his right fist clenched involuntarily inside his sleeve.
"That's good. I've also prepared some medicinal herbs for you. I hope the young master recovers soon."
He turned his gaze slightly, and Qiu Feng immediately stepped forward, reading out the names of the medicinal herbs one by one.
"Deer antler, Morinda officinalis, Cynomorium songaricum, Cistanche deserticola..."
With each name Qiu Feng called out, Xie Yanli's expression darkened further.
These herbs are all aphrodisiacs...
What does Jiang Chirang mean?
He injured his back, not anywhere else!