Chapter 158 Walking Hand in Hand
Although she was getting along well with Xia Houmo right now, she had never thought about having a baby.
“Let’s talk about it later.”
Yueru and others thought that Su Muge and Xia Houmo had already consummated and it was just a matter of time before they had a baby. However, they didn’t know that Su Muge was still a virgin!
After breakfast, Su Muge went to see Qingyu.
When Su Muge arrived at the courtyard, she met Liu Rumeng with a hamper in her hand at the door.
Liu Rumeng kept her eyes lowered, seeming to be in a low spirit. She was so in a daze that she didn’t even notice Su Muge.
“What is so fascinating you are thinking, Miss Liu?”
Su Muge’s sudden question frightened Liu Rumeng.
She looked up at Su Muge in amazement, who was only one step away from her. In an instant, she took a step back and bowed slightly. “Pay my respects to you, Your Grace.”
“Liu Rumeng, don’t be over-courteous.”
“Thank you, Your Grace.” Liu Rumeng stood up, thought for a while, and said, “I’ve always been worried about brother Qingyu’s body. Sorry to have offended you, Your Grace. Please forgive me.”
“Miss Liu, you did that for the sake of Qingyu. Let’s go in.”
Liu Rumeng took a step back. “Your Grace, please.”
Su Muge entered the yard. Zuoqiu and two guards were standing outside.
“Pay my respects to you, Your Grace.”
Su Muge nodded. “How’s Qingyu?”
“Your Grace, Qingyu woke up an hour ago.”
Guima had asked to carry Qingyu back to his room, so Su Muge directly went into his room.
There was no one else in the room, and Qingyu was lying on the bed quietly.
“Your Grace, you are here?”
Qingyu supported his body with his arms to get up.
“Don’t be over-courteous. You are still weak. Lie down.”
Liu Rumeng walked behind Su Muge with the hamper and looked at Qingyu with a complicated expression.
Qingyu lay down obediently.
Su Muge sat in front of his bed and took his pulse.
Guima should have fed him the detoxification pill this morning, so now his pulse was relatively stable.
Su Muge withdrew her hand and said, “Do you know you were poisoned yesterday?”
Hearing this, Qingyu was slightly stiffened and clenched his hands under the quilt. He replied in a harsh voice, “Yes, Doctor Gui has already told me.”
“No outsider has poisoned you, so the poisoning person can only be someone who can get close to you. You…”
“Your Grace, I have taken the poison by mistake.” Before Su Muge could finish speaking, Qingyu interrupted her anxiously.
Su Muge raised her eyebrows lightly.
“Yes, I’m guilty. I felt so depressed to be blind that I took out the secretly hidden poison while everyone else was not paying attention… If it were not for Rumeng who came in timely … I might have been dead!”
Su Muge looked at his distressful look and then looked at Liu Rumeng, who seemed to be exhaling a sigh of relief, and gently stroked her soft sleeves.
“Since you don’t believe in my medical skills, there is no need to cure your eyes.”
Hearing the words, Qingyu couldn’t help shaking his body violently but gritted his teeth without opening his mouth.
“Your Grace, you can’t give up Qingyu brother…” Liu Rumeng knelt in front of Su Muge with red and tearful eyes.
“Your Grace, I beg you to cure brother Qingyu’s eyes. I beg you, Your Grace.”
Liu Rumeng was begging and bowing with her head hitting to the ground.
The room quieted down for a moment, with only the sound of Liu Rumeng knocking the ground with her head.
Su Muge was surprised that Qingyu didn’t plea for Liu Rumeng.
After the cup of tea brought by Zuoqiu was already cold, Su Muge spoke quietly.
“Why would I waste my energy to save a person who wants to die?”
Liu Rumeng felt a little dizzy and she gritted her teeth to make herself sober.
“No, no, brother Qingyu must have been stuck for a while…”
Su Muge turned her eyes slowly to Qingyu.
“Oh? Qingyu, you heard that Miss Liu said you were just stuck for a while. Tell me, is she right?”
With a pale face, Qingyu was shaking with his whole body.
“Yes, I was just stuck for a while. Please don’t give up my eyes, Your Grace!” This sentence was almost squeezed out from his throat.
After hearing this, Su Muge stood up.
“This is the last time. If this happens again, I’ll ask His Royal Highness to prepare a good coffin for you.”
Su Muge stood up, took out a porcelain bottle from the medical kit, returned to the bed, opened Qingyu’s eyes, and dripped the medicine into his eyes.
As soon as the medicine entered the eyes, Qingyu felt a burning tingling sensation.
“Don’t rub your eyes with your hand. When your eyes don’t hurt anymore being dripped by the medicine, you will be fine.”
“Yes.”
“Your condition is relatively stable. Continue to take the medicine I’ve prescribed before.”
“Yes.”
“Take a good rest. I’ll come over to see you tomorrow.”
“Thank you, Your Grace.”
Su Muge went out of the room and gave the bottle of eye drops to Zuoqiu. “Once every morning, noon and evening. Do it yourself. ”
Zuoqiu took over the potion.
After Su Muge’s leaving, Liu Rumeng came to Qingyu’s bed carrying the hamper.
“Brother Qingyu, you haven’t eaten anything yesterday. I went to the general kitchen today and made you your favorite porridge. Let me feed you.”
Qingyu lay quietly on the bed as if he hadn’t heard it.
Liu Rumeng clenched the embroidered handkerchief in her hand. Just as she was to open her mouth again, Qingyu struggled to sit up.
“Brother Qingyu, what are you doing? You are not recovered yet.”
“Rumeng, why?”
Qingyu looked towards Liu Rumeng with his hollow eyes.
Without flickering eyes, Liu Rumeng felt so fl.u.s.tered even if she knew Qingyu couldn’t see her.
“Brother Qingyu, what are you talking about?”
Qingyu grabbed Liu Rumeng’s hands and said in a low tone, “Rumeng, you want me to die!”
Liu Rumeng couldn’t hide the panic in her eyes.
“What, what are you talking about, brother Qingyu? Why would I want you to die?”
“But there are no people else around me besides you…”
Hearing this, Liu Rumeng pushed Qingyu’s hand away and stood up.
“You suspect me? Just because I’m the only person around you, you suspect that I want to poison and kill you?”
“I, I …” Hearing Liu Rumeng’s sobbing tone with rage, Qingyu was fl.u.s.tered.
He had never thought this way before hearing Doctor Gui’s words. He had never thought that Liu Rumeng would harm him.
“Brother Qingyu, if I really wanted to kill you, I wouldn’t have waited until the Rani could cure your eyes.”
“But Doctor Gui …”
“Doctor Gui? What did Doctor Gui tell you that you would suspect me? Well, now that you suspect me, I will never come to see you again!”
Hearing this, Qingyu was panicked. Regardless of whether Liu Rumeng was poisoning him, he struggled to get out of bed and rushed to pull Liu Rumeng back.
“Rumeng, don’t be angry. I, I’m sorry…”
Outside the door, there were two silhouettes under the window looking at the people in the room.
“Wow, she’s really capable and coaxes him in a few words.” Su Muge pulled up the cloak on her body. After squatting here for so long, she felt a little cold.
“Women are the most cold-hearted.” Guima made a meaningful concluding statement.
Zuoqiu looked at the two people crouching under the window speechlessly.
Your Grace, you had just said that you were leaving!
Su Muge stood up and restored her dignity on her face.
“It’s getting late. I’ll have to leave for something else. Goodbye.”
Guima also stood up, shook his head, and walked into another room.
Just as Su Muge returned to Bamboo Courtyard, Xinche came out to greet her.
“Your Grace, His Royal Highness has sent people to pick you up. The carriage has arrived outside the door.”
“Okay.”
Su Muge entered the room and changed into a men’s suit sent by Xia Houmo.
After that, she tied her long and black hair into a brisk ponytail, took out the medicine, and began to apply it on her face.
After a quarter, a handsome young man appeared in front of everybody.
After getting ready, Su Muge left the mansion with w.a.n.g Yi and w.a.n.g Nuo.
The injured barracks were on a flat ground outside the city.
After an hour, the carriage arrived at the injured barrack.
w.a.n.g Yi jumped off the carriage first.
“Your Grace, here we are.”
Su Muge lifted the carriage curtain and glanced at her. “Your Grace?”
w.a.n.g Yi froze for a moment and then corrected herself, “Yes, Master.”
There were soldiers guarding the injured barrack. As soon as Su Muge looked up, she saw Xia Houmo standing outside the gate.
She walked up to him.
“Your Royal Highness, pay my respects to you.”
Looking at her neat men’s suit and disguised face, Xia Houmo nodded in satisfaction, reached out to hold her hand, and took her into the injured barrack.
“Your Royal Highness.” The soldiers guarding at the gate stepped forward to salute. As they looked up and found Xia Houmo holding a man’s hand and walking into the injured barrack, they were all stunned with their eyes widened.
“Okay.”
Seeing their surprised looks, Su Muge was so embarra.s.sed.
She was a man now. It was really weird for two men to hold hands!
“Your Royal Highness, I can go by myself. Release my hand please.”
Xia Houmo seemed to have heard nothing and took her directly into a big tent.
“Your Royal Highness ……” Seeing Xia Houmo coming in, the vice generals stepped forward. But when they saw Xia Houmo holding a man’s hand, they were all shocked with their words stuck in their throat.
“Is everything ready?” Xia Houmo looked at them coldly.
The vice general nodded. “Your Royal Highness, it’s all ready.”
“Well, let’s go now.”
“Yes.”
“When does His Royal Highness become so close to people? They were even hand in hand?!”
“How can I know?! Could it be that His Royal Highness is interested in men lately?…”
Along the way, there were endless comments. The military discipline was too loose! Could they chat while standing guard?