“Concubine Qin, your wound hasn’t healed yet, so you can’t move.”
Su Jingwen nervously placed a cushion behind Concubine Qin’s waist.
“Concubine Qin, the eldest Miss Su is here.”
With a flicker of hatred in her eyes, Concubine Qin immediately returned to normal. “Let her in.”
“Yes.”
Hearing that Su Muge is here, Su Jingwen widened her eyes and stood aside unpleasantly.
Su Muge walked steadily into the room and bowed to salute. “Pay my respects to you, Concubine Qin.”
“Get up.”
Su Muge got up.
Concubine Qin leaned on the edge of the bed with a pale face and a bad spirit. Her phoenix eyes were no longer fierce and sharp but weak and delicate.
“I heard that Second Prince has already been awake. Su Muge, it’s your credit.”
Su Muge responded blankly, “Thanks to your heart blood, Second Prince can wake up so soon.”
Looking at Su Muge’s indifferent look and the harsh birthmark on the corners of her eyes, Concubine Qin felt that her chest began to hurt again.
“You have superb medical skills. This is your credit. Don’t be humble.”
Seeing Concubine Qin kept praising Su Muge and completely forgot about her existence, Su Jingwen couldn’t help becoming jealous and angry in her heart!
“Concubine Qin, you are right. My eldest sister’s medical skills are so excellent that she can even bring the dead back to life.”
Su Muge twitched her eyes, thinking that Su Jingwen was so eager to seek publicity. “Sister, you are flattering me. I’m not a god who can control life and death.”
“Second Prince and I both need a quiet rest and shouldn’t move around. I always think that you are a considerable child. Stay in the villa to take care of me and Second Prince these days.” Concubine Qin spoke quietly.
Su Muge paused, suddenly realizing her purpose.
If she stayed here, she was much likely to get into trouble; she was not that stupid.
“Concubine Qin, please forgive me. I’m afraid I cannot stay.”
Concubine Qin narrowed her eyes and said with a cold and unpleasant tone. “Why? Do you feel wronged to serve me and Second Prince?”
“That’s it! How glorious you are to serve Concubine Qin and Second Prince! How can you be so ungrateful?!”
“Concubine Qin, I still have to continue the treatment of the Emperor. I’m afraid it’s improper to stay at the villa.”
Concubine Qin suddenly choked; she had actually forgotten about it!
“There is Deputy Director Chen beside the Emperor.”
“Concubine Qin, you may be unaware that Deputy Director Chen has been unwell recently and I have been treating the Emperor.”
After Deputy Director Chen got a stomachache that day, the Emperor had never asked Doctor Chen to treat him. Now the Emperor’s attending doctor was Su Muge.
“Since that is the case, forget it. Come on! Bring the things up.”
Hearing this, two maids carried a box into the room.
“You’ve saved Second Prince. These are rewarded to you by me.”
Su Muge squinted and found a box of silks and satins, which was pleasant to the eye but of no use.
“Thank you for your reward, Concubine Qin.”
“Okay, I’m tired. You may retreat.”
Su Muge raised her eyebrows, wondering how Concubine Qin would let her go so easily.
Even so, she didn’t intend to let her rest so easily!
“Concubine Qin, I stayed up all night last night and made an ointment that would make your wound heal faster without leaving scars.”
Concubine Qin suddenly opened her eyes.
“Really?” No woman in this world didn’t pursue beauty, especially a woman serving the Emperor. Even if she was of a certain age, she didn’t want any flaws in her body.
“I dare not lie to you, Concubine Qin. You can have a try.”
Skeptical as she was, Concubine Qin believed that Su Muge dared not to harm her. “Okay, let me have a try.”
Su Muge completely ignored Su Jingwen’s malicious sight and took out a bottle of ointment. She disinfected Concubine Qin’s wound and then applied the black ointment on it.
When the ointment was applied, it felt very refreshing, making her much more comfortable than before indeed.
After applying the ointment, Su Muge bandaged her wound.
“Concubine Qin, you must prevent this ointment from water, otherwise the wound will easily be infected and ulcerated.”
“I see.”
Soon, Su Muge walked out of the room.
“Su Muge, stop!”
Su Jingwen trotted to Su Muge and blocked her way.
She finally had the opportunity to appear in front of Concubine Qin today, but it was completely ruined by Su Muge!
“Your currish ugly monster, do you think you’ll be treated differently by Concubine Qin if you have some medical skills? I tell you, don’t even think about it. Second Prince will never like you!”
Su Muge put on a sullen face; she didn’t care about the birthmark on her face, but she wouldn’t allow someone to attack her because of it.
“Oh? He doesn’t like me? Does he like you?”
“You! I, I…”
Su Muge didn’t allow her to finish her words. “Do you think Concubine Qin will let Second Prince marry you?”
“Why not?!”
Su Muge snorted. “You may be enough to be a concubine.”
After finishing her words, Su Muge walked past her.
Su Jingwen was stunned for a moment and was instantly angered. “Su Muge, stop!”
…
On the morning of the third day of the hunting party, everyone except Concubine Qin and Xia Houkun who stayed for recuperation was to go home.
As Xinche supported Su Muge to get on the carriage, a series of clops came from behind.
“Miss Su, wait a moment.”
Hearing this, Su Muge stopped to look back and found Donglin coming over on a horse.
Donglin skillfully dismounted and took off the bag hanging on his body.
“This is sent by His Royal Highness to help Miss Su get over the shock.”
Xia Houmo was the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards. And Su Muge’s accident in the hunting field could also be said to be the dereliction of duty of the imperial guards. So it was reasonable for him to send her a gift of apology. Moreover, in front of so many people, neither did they pass things between individuals illegally and secretly.
Su Muge accepted the bag aboveboard. “Thank you, His Royal Highness.”
“I have something else to do. Please excuse my departure.”
“Take care.”
Donglin mounted his horse and left like a gust of wind, just like the way he came.
Su Muge handed the bag to Xinlan, and Xinlan whispered.
“Miss, what is this? It’s so heavy.”
Su Muge raised her eyebrows and didn’t open the bag until she got on the carriage.
Inside lay two scary bear paws!
Zhao turned pale in fright. “This, this was given to you by the King of Jin?”
Su Muge twisted her eyes while looking at the paw which was even larger than her face.
To help her get over a shock by sending such a scary thing …
“Well, I’ll make roasted bear paw for you after going home, mother.”
While speaking, she let Xinlan put the bag away.
It was already afternoon when Su Muge returned to Su Mansion.
“Miss, Madam, you are finally back.” Meihua and Yueru had been waiting outside the door on getting the news.
“Yeah, we’re back.”
After a long and bumpy journey, everyone was tired. Su Muge returned to Peachblossom Courtyard and took a bath before going to Zhao’s room.
Not having seen her baby son for a few days, Zhao changed her clothes and asked the nanny to hold little Wenmo to her.
Su Muge looked at little Wenmo’s increasingly fair face and smiled, “Mother, my brother is really like you.”
Zhao’s look was quite presentable; in addition to her careful nursing these days, she looked much younger now.
“I usually watch myself in the mirror and always feel that I look like neither mother nor father. Maybe the strangers won’t believe that I am your child.”
“Bang!”
The porcelain cup in Zhao’s hands fell to the ground, making the people in the room all startled.
Su Muge looked at the stunned Zhao and wondered, “Mother, what’s wrong with you?”
Zhao came to her senses and turned around to hug little Wenmo. “Nothing, it’s just a slip of my hand. Are you okay?”
Su Muge couldn’t see her expression and thought she was also scared, and then she said carelessly, “How can I be hurt so easily? I’m not that delicate.”
“Boohoo…”
Zhao might have held him too tight or he might have been hungry, little Wenmo suddenly cried out.
Hearing this, Zhao put everything down and held little Wenmo up to pacify him softly.
The little guy would usually be quiet after pacified by Zhao, but he kept crying all the time today, making Zhao helpless.
“What’s wrong with this child? Is he uncomfortable?”
While little Wenmo kept crying, Su Muge found his face red and his small limbs struggling; it seemed that he was extremely uncomfortable.
“Mother, put him down first. Let me see if he is uncomfortable.”
Zhao nodded repeatedly and carefully placed Wenmo on the bed.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao put him down, the little guy regurgitated milk.
“Mo’er!” Zhao was astonished and turned pale.
Su Muge frowned and asked Meihua to wipe the regurgitated milk.
After little Wenmo finished regurgitating milk, Su Muge took his pulse.
Hardly had Su Muge released her hand when Zhao asked hurriedly, “How is he? Is Mo’er sick?”
“Mother, don’t worry. Judging from his pulse, he has a gaseous distention. He may have been overeating and cannot digest well.”
Little Wenmo had always been fed by Zhao and his nanny, and the number of times of drinking milk was fixed every day.
“Go and call the nanny.”
“Yes.”
Little Wenmo’s nanny was no longer the previous one in Shunyang prefecture but Fang whom they hired after moving to the capital.
Fang was from a local people of the capital, but her husband’s family was not rich, so she came out to be a nanny. She was responsible for feeding the child during the day, and Zhao fed him by herself at night.
During the past few days when Zhao attended the hunting party, Fang had been responsible for feeding little Wenmo day and night.
“Miss, the nanny is here.”
Fang might have known what happened and was too nervous to speak at this moment.
Sitting on the chair, Su Muge dropped down the teacup on the table heavily.
With a “bang”, Fang was frightened and shuddered.
“Miss, please forgive me. I don’t know anything …”
Su Muge raised the corner of her lips coldly. “So, you’ve done something?”
