Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1217

Chapter 1217: Chapter 1211: Concealing the Truth to the End

Bai Qingyan nodded, "Alright!"

"Miss..." Chun Zhi stood outside the door, did not come in, and reported softly, "The guard Yue Shi who was previously with the master requests to see Miss!"

Bai Qingyan gathered her spirits, "Invite him in! I have something to ask him!"

Wei Zhong saw this and retreated out.

Bai Qingyan dressed properly, came out from behind the screen, and heard Wei Zhong and Yue Shi speaking, saying, "Let Yue Shi come in!"

Wei Zhong personally opened the curtain for Yue Shi.

As soon as Yue Shi entered, seeing Bai Qingyan already seated at the main seat, his eyes turned red instantly and he knelt down, bowing his head in salute, "Miss!"

"What exactly happened with your master’s injuries?" Bai Qingyan asked.

Yue Shi did not dare to lift his head to look at Bai Qingyan, said, "A few days ago before the battle started, I heard the news that Miss was surrounded in Jiangzi City by Xiliang’s General Cui Shanzhong with the main Xiliang forces. I prevented anyone from informing my master, but unexpectedly, I was careless, and my master blocked an arrow for me, exposing a weakness and letting Xiliang take a bite, it was all my fault!"

The news arrived before the battle began, Yue Shi feared that Xiao Rongyan would worry about Bai Qingyan and her unborn child, so he suppressed the message. Unexpectedly, he became distracted himself, leading his master to save him instead.

As Yue Shi spoke, his voice had already choked with emotion, and he heavily kowtowed before Bai Qingyan, "Yue Shi requests punishment!"

Bai Qingyan was silent for a long time before speaking to Yue Shi, "Since you concealed it, why not keep it concealed till the end? Why let him come with such severe injuries?"

"I..." Yue Shi’s throat convulsed, "I was afraid that if I hid it from my master, and something really happened to Miss here, he would regret it for life, so... I told him..."

Yue Shi did not expect that after he told him, Xiao Rongyan would lead the troops day and night towards Jiangzi City.

He understood his master’s heart for Miss, so the entire way he dared not stop him, only grit his teeth and followed behind. From the battlefield to Jiangzi City, Xiao Rongyan almost never dismounted the horse.

Yue Shi knew his master harbored a fury, remaining silent, thinking his master was angry with him for not informing him earlier about Miss being besieged in Jiangzi City, he behaved like a quail the entire way, standing by his master’s side without daring to breathe hard.

Seeing Yue Shi’s appearance, Bai Qingyan knew he surely followed Xiao Rongyan the entire way, and however long Xiao Rongyan hadn’t slept, he hadn’t either...

"Rest assured, your master is fine, the military doctor has treated him, he’s just overly fatigued, and I just fed him medicine. As long as the fever subsides, he’ll be fine!" Bai Qingyan looked down at Yue Shi’s clean, deep black, tearful eyes, her voice unconsciously softened, "You’ve had a hard journey, go rest. I’ll watch over your master!"

"Subordinate... wishes to kneel outside watching over the master." Yue Shi said, choking with emotion.

"Go rest, even if you ruin your knees from kneeling, it won’t help your master!" Bai Qingyan’s voice carried exhaustion, "Eunuch Wei will say to the outside that the Ninth Prince of Yan is arranged in the courtyard next to mine. You can stay in that courtyard to avoid suspicion, go eat something and rest, and tomorrow attend to your master properly."

Chun Zhi, listening intently from outside, did not hear the sound of Bai Qingyan dipping cloths into water for a while, so softly called out, "Miss..."

Hearing no response, Chun Zhi carefully pushed the door open, the cold wind rushed in, causing the candle flames to flicker.

Seeing Bai Qingyan asleep through the screen, she quickly warmed herself by the brazier, then gently draped a cloak over Bai Qingyan and quietly extinguished several candles, lowering the thick embroidered curtain on the copper hook, tiptoeing out of the room.

Once Chun Zhi stepped out, she saw a Bai family guard holding several rolls of bamboo slip, stepping in from outside the courtyard, and said to Chun Zhi, "Has Miss woken up?"

Chun Zhi quickly gestured for silence, waved her hand, glanced at the room, indicating the guard to come to the side and speak, not to disturb Miss.

"Is something the matter?" Chun Zhi softly asked the Bai family guard as they stepped aside.

"General Liu led troops to chase Xiliang’s defeated soldiers and hasn’t returned yet, so... supplies have arrived from Bailong City, and since Wang Jin couldn’t make a decision without the one in charge, he brought it to Miss. I thought since the master just lay down not long ago, I took the liberty of taking two brothers to verify and handover, thinking to bring the document to Miss afterward." Bai family guard said.

Chun Zhi took it with both hands, "Give it to me, I’ll deliver it to Miss when she wakes up. Go rest quickly!"

The Bai family guards had not slept as long as Bai Qingyan hadn’t during the battles, out of compassion, these guards wanted Miss to sleep a bit longer, so they endured their fatigue to handle the supplies, only reporting afterward.

"Alright, then it’s hard on Miss Chun Zhi." The guard said and yawned.