The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1964

Chapter 1964: Chapter 979: Husband and Wife in Unison (Xinyang vs. Xiao Ji Special)

During this time, he made several attempts to speak, probably wanting to say something, but each time the cough stifled his words.

Princess Xinyang could already guess what he wanted to say— "You’re still scheming against me even when I’m like this, Qin Fengwan. You’re a beast."

Thinking of his failed attempt to tease her, Princess Xinyang felt a bit like laughing.

But when she lit the fire stick to examine his wounds, her laughter completely fled.

His injuries were too severe, far worse than she had imagined.

Earlier, he had quickly grabbed her hand and provoked her verbally, but in reality, it was to prevent her from touching the wound on his waist.

The flesh had split open, blood was flowing profusely, and the bone was visible deep inside.

But this wasn’t his only wound; some were visible, while others were undetermined, with whole patches covered in thick blood.

The scene before her was truly alarming.

"How did you... get so injured?" she forced herself to stay calm, yet her voice still conveyed an uncontrolled tremor.

Xiao Ji hesitated for a moment, but eventually spoke truthfully: "They captured Xiao En and Xiao Ze."

The trap was originally set for the brothers, but he had risked his life to pull them up, at the cost of falling down himself.

Princess Xinyang couldn’t accuse him of recklessness, as Xiao En and Xiao Ze were also his sons.

"How are Xiao En and Xiao Ze?" she asked.

He leaned his head against the wall behind him and sighed, "Captured by the Dongyi people."

Princess Xinyang analyzed, "Dongyi people captured them to threaten you. But since you’re nowhere to be found, they don’t know your stance, so they probably won’t harm Xiao En and Xiao Ze for now."

"Cough, cough!" Xiao Ji coughed up more blood.

Princess Xinyang hurried to get a handkerchief to wipe the blood, but unexpectedly found two bottles of medicine in her pouch.

She didn’t recall carrying these two types of medicine, but she recognized them. They were Jiaojiao’s secret formula: the jade bottle contained wound medicine, and the white bottle was an internal medicine with anti-inflammatory and blood-stopping effects.

She had seen Jiaojiao using these medicines for Xiao Ji when he was recuperating at Bishui Alley.

It must have been Long Yi who slipped them into her pouch when he tossed down her clothes.

Overjoyed, she removed the cork of the white bottle, poured out two brown pills, and fed them to his mouth: "Take the medicine first."

She remembered that this was the proper dosage.

Xiao Ji didn’t take the pills; instead, he frowned at her hand.

Xiao Ji snatched the medicine bottle with an expression of disdain, "You use too much force, let me do it myself."

Princess Xinyang was just about to speak when he cut her off, "Turn away, and don’t peek at my body."

Princess Xinyang: "..."

She turned around.

He blew out the fire stick.

Princess Xinyang clenched her fists: "I’m not looking!"

Xiao Ji: "I don’t trust you."

Once more, Princess Xinyang: "..."

The wounds on his body were evident to Princess Xinyang at a glance; the act of removing the armor nearly took the remaining half of his life.

He bit down hard, withholding even the slightest groan.

Afterward, he applied the medicine to the reachable areas, leaving aside wounds that were too shallow or too deep – the former wasn’t needed, and the latter wouldn’t help.

Princess Xinyang waited for quite a while before asking suspiciously, "Are you done yet? Do you need any help?"