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Many people were burned, and several of them were seriously injured. Ye Zhen checked their pulse one by one and prescribed medicine again. Unknowingly, it was already dark. Looking at the dark night outside, she remembered that Mo Rongzhan had been in the palace for more than half a day and had not come to her yet. It seemed that he was also very busy.
"Niang niang …" Hou Peidong walked over with a tray in his hands. "You haven't eaten all day. Have some snacks to fill your stomach. I've already sent someone to prepare dinner."
Ye Zhen said with a smile, "I'm not hungry."
"It's all thanks to Your Highness's miraculous hands that those patients seem to be in much better pain," said Hou Peidong.
"I only lifted a finger. They were undeserved disasters." Ye Rou sighed in a low voice. "Lord Hou, you've worked hard for the clinic these past few years."
Hou Peidong shook his head with a smile. "Your Highness, your words are too serious."
"I'm no longer the Empress. It's not appropriate for you to call me Lady anymore," Ye Rou said with a smile.
"Oh, look, I forgot again." Hou Peidong gently slapped his mouth, "You are Princess Qin now."
Ye Zhen looked at him with a smile. She remembered that when she first saw Hou Peidong, he was still a rascal. She did not expect him to become mature and steady in recent years. "It's getting late. I should go to the city. I'll come back tomorrow."
"Then I will escort you back to the city." Hou Peidong immediately said.
"There's no need to go through so much trouble. I can ride my own horse out of the city." Ye Zhen laughed. She was in a hurry to come to the clinic today. She didn't even have a carriage, so she picked a horse from the Ye family.
In Hou Peidong's memory, the image of Lu Yaoyao often overlapped with that of Ye Zhen. They were both delicate young ladies. It was a little hard for him to imagine that she rode out of the city on her own.
"But … it's not very safe now." He remembered that Lord Ye had personally taught Ye Zhen how to ride a horse. It seemed that Lu Yaoyao was also good at horsemanship since childhood. However, he had heard that on the day of 'hitting the trees and flowers', there was an assassin who wanted to assassinate Princess Ming Yu. Lu Yaoyao was the biological mother of the princess. It was hard to guarantee that she would not be in danger.
Ye Zhen hoped that the assassins would dare to appear and kill her. At that time, it would be easier for her to force out who was trying to hurt Ming Yu.
"Don't worry too much, Lord Hou. I have my own way to protect myself." Ye Zhen waved her hand, motioning Hou Peidong not to worry.
"Wangfei …" Hou Peidong was about to persuade her to let him escort her back to the city, but he saw that Ye Zhen had already stepped out.
He hurriedly chased after her and came to the gate of the clinic. Ye Zhen's horse was tied to a big tree next to her. She had already mounted the horse neatly. She turned back and waved to Hou Peidong. "Lord Hou, you don't have to see me off."
With that, she spurred her horse and left.
They didn't even give Hou Peidong the time to send someone to escort him.
Hou Peidong watched her figure disappear into the night. He could only hear the sound of footsteps getting further and further away. He thought to himself that she actually had such a valiant and heroic side. He really hadn't noticed it before.
"Master Hou." It was unknown when Physician He had appeared, but he was standing behind Hou Peidong.
"Medical Officer He, what's the matter?" Hou Peidong turned around to look at Medical Officer He, his expression cold.
"Marquis, aren't you going home?" Medical Officer He asked with a smile.
Hou Peidong said lightly, "I'm not going back."
Medical Officer He frowned and said, "Marquis, you haven't been home for a long time. Madam misses you very much …"
"Medical Officer He!" Hou Peidong's tone became more serious. "It's not appropriate for outsiders to ask too much about this Marquis's family affairs. Whether or not to go home, when to go home, are all my business. I hope you know your place."
"I'm just concerned about Madam. Seeing that Madam misses Marquis so much, but she can't see Marquis, I feel sorry for her …" Medical Officer He's face was stiff. This was the first time she was treated like this by Hou Peidong.
Hou Peidong revealed a cold smile. He and his wife, Madam He, had always treated each other with respect. These past two years, Madam He had heard rumors that he had an affair outside. After arguing with him a few times, he simply took in a few concubines and placed them at home. Madam He, on the other hand, had calmed down. She no longer cried, threw a tantrum, and threatened to hang herself. Instead, she spent her days at home fighting with her concubines. He was happy to be at peace. Instead, it was this Medical Officer He who, relying on the fact that he was related to Madam He, treated him as an elder. Even when he spoke a few words to the female doctor, she would find an excuse to make things difficult for the female doctor.
If it weren't for Madam He's face, he would have long ago chased this old woman away.
"Medical Officer He has too many things to worry about. Being a doctor at the clinic, you have to worry about the matters of this Marquis's household. Why don't you stop being a doctor here and go to the Marquis's household to be a housekeeper." Hou Peidong said lightly.
Medical Officer He's face changed. Wasn't that making her a slave? "If the Marquis doesn't want to hear my concern, then I won't say it in the future."
"In the future, other than treating patients, it's best if Medical Officer He doesn't interfere with the other matters of the clinic. That's not something you should care about." Hou Peidong said.
"Yes … …" Medical Officer He said through gritted teeth. Her heart was filled with hatred. It must be that Lu Yaoyao who said she wasn't the Marquis in front of Hou Peidong. Otherwise, why would the Marquis treat her like this?
But what could she do? Even if Lu Yaoyao was no longer the Empress, she was still a princess. She was just a small medical officer, how could she go against a princess?
Hou Peidong did not pay any more attention to her and turned to return to the clinic.
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Mo Rongzhan left the Imperial Palace and went directly to the Hidden Guards. Even though the people in the Hidden Guards knew him, he still took Murong Ke's handwritten order.
"Your Highness, this way please." When Shen Yi heard the news, he personally came out to welcome Mo Rongzhan, "We listened to Young Master Ming Xi's intentions and found a doctor to treat the two soldiers. But there is no improvement, they still don't feel any pain."
If they didn't feel any pain, then it meant they were still unwilling to confess.
Mo Rongzhan lightly said, "Take me to have a look."
Shen Yi brought Mo Rongzhan to the room where the two soldiers were locked. Even though it was still a prison, it was clearly much better than the previous place.
"Your Highness, it's those two." Shen Yi pointed at the two people lying on the bed and said.
Mo Rongzhan walked over. The two people were tied up and unable to move. There was no light in their eyes. If it wasn't for the fact that they were still breathing, they would be no different from dead people.
"The doctor said that their blood is poisonous. Your Highness, don't go near them." Shen Yi said in a low voice.
"No matter." Mo Rongzhan lightly said. He held the wrist of one of them. No matter how much training a person's body had, they would still feel something. It was impossible for them to not feel any pain at all. They were just trained to be numb, so their ability to endure pain was much stronger than normal people.
He placed his hand on the forehead of one of them and injected a trace of spiritual energy into it.
That person instantly broke out in a cold sweat and his teeth chattered.
Shen Yi was incomparably shocked.
"Who sent you?" Mo Rongzhan asked in a low voice.
Just as he finished speaking, that person spat out a mouthful of black blood. His eyes rolled back as he fainted.
Mo Rongzhan's expression slightly changed.
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