Xu Zhao fished out the handkerchief from the basin and wrung it dry again.

The towel soaked in hot water was still warm even after being wrung out. Xu Zhao first wiped the blood along the outside of the wound.

"Does it hurt?"

Shen Yu didn't know whether Xu Zhao was talking about the old wound on his back or the new wound she was wiping.

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

Apparently, he had been hurt before, so Xu Zhao wiped it even more gently.

The handkerchief was stained with blood, one flower after another.

Xu Zhao washed the handkerchief with warm water over and over again, and wiped the wound over and over again.

In order to avoid embarrassment with Xu Zhao, Shen Yu decided to point the finger at Shen Lingge.

He looked at Shen Lingge unhappily, "What are you doing here?"

Shen Lingge shrank back at the angry tone. It seemed like he had come at the wrong time. Now he was being pissed off...

He said with a bitter face, "I just heard Deputy General Fang and others talking, and I heard that the Grand Princess of Mobei Kingdom wants to accompany us to the Imperial City."

"Hmm?" Xu Zhao first asked in doubt, then quickly recalled the historical content she had seen in her mind. At this moment, it was as if there was a book in her mind, and she could see the contents of the book in detail.

When recalling the subsequent story, Xu Zhao felt a little guilty, "Look at my brain. I was so busy telling you the content of the negotiation that I forgot about this matter."

"It's nothing, I just want to take an extra princess with me on the way back." Shen Yu knew that this was a hot potato, but he had no way of refusing this offer.

If it was rejected, the Mobei Kingdom could naturally say that it was sincerely seeking peace and was even willing to send the princess away, but the Yue Kingdom was unwilling to accept the princess. Then it would question whether the Yue Kingdom was really willing to be friendly with Mobei.

"We clearly didn't want a hostage, so why did the Mobei Kingdom send us an extra princess?"

Shen Lingge had seen the letter Xu Zhao wrote to the emperor's uncle, which detailed what tribute he wanted from Mobei. It was such a high amount, and after Mobei agreed, he also gave an extra princess. What did this mean?

Taking this opportunity, Shen Yu told him about the affairs of Mobei Kingdom.

"Do you know what the relationship is between this princess and the new emperor of Mobei?"

Shen Lingge had heard about this from the Grand Tutor in the palace.

"This eldest princess is the daughter of the Queen of Mobei, and shares the same mother as the Crown Prince of Mobei. She is also the only princess of Mobei."

"As for the new emperor of Mobei, he was born to an unfavored concubine and can basically be said to be a nobody."

Even if he doesn't know the secrets of other countries' palaces, as the royal heir, he must know about the royal members of each country.

"That's right." Shen Yu was testing whether he had been slacking off in his studies.

"The eldest princess has a willful personality. She relies on the fact that she is a legitimate daughter and has a brother who has a high chance of inheriting the throne. She is not someone who is easy to get along with." Xu Zhao added.

After listening to Xu Zhao's words, Shen Lingge thought silently.

The edge of Shen Yu's wound was stained with unabsorbed golden wound medicine residue, and Xu Zhao wiped it off.

After wiping it clean, he picked up the medicine on the table and sprinkled it evenly on the wound. He then took the cloth strip that Shen Yu had prepared for him and passed it from his right shoulder through the armpit of his left arm, wrapping it not too tightly to allow the wound to breathe.

"I saw that your wound had clearly shown signs of scabbing, so how come it opened again?" Xu Zhao asked in confusion.

As expected, he could not escape Xu Zhao's eyes. Shen Lingge felt a little guilty. He could say that he was worried that Xu Zhao would leave again, so he came back in a hurry and then rode a fast horse to tear open the healing wound again.

Of course it couldn't. Shen Yu coughed lightly and explained in panic, "I was too excited about winning, and I rode too fast, so it broke."

Because she was facing away from Xu Zhao, she did not see Shen Yu's panicked expression.

After wrapping the cloth strips, Xu Zhao stood up and walked to the bedroom closet, and took out another inner garment with the scent of soapberry for Shen Yu.

Because he was worried that Shen Yu would move too much and reopen the wound that had just been wiped and bleed, he helped him put on his clothes.

Shen Yu's body stiffened, and he said dryly, "I'll do it myself."

"Don't move yet. Be careful not to open the wound again. If blood bleeds out again, it will naturally wash away the medicine on the wound, and the medicine just applied will be in vain." Xu Zhao naturally couldn't help him with everything. "I'll put on this sleeve for you, and you can put on the rest yourself."

Shen Yu nodded and let Xu Zhao do whatever he wanted to her. After she put on her clothes, he tightened her inner garment and tied her belt.

Although there was no distinction between men and women in front of the doctor, Shen Yu still felt that Xu Zhao had seen his body and that his innocence had been taken away by him...

But he couldn't chase Xu Zhao to take responsibility for him. After all, she was just applying medicine for him out of kindness.

The wound on the back was in a delicate location, and it was difficult for him to apply the medicine so carefully by himself. In the end, he could only sprinkle it casually, using as much as he could.

"Ah! I understand," Shen Lingge, who was alone thinking about the reason behind Mobei Kingdom's move, finally figured it out. He exclaimed, not paying any attention to the behavior and expressions of the two people in front of him.

Xu Zhao stuffed the golden wound medicine back into his sleeve. The ancient sleeve design was great and could hold a lot of small things.

The clear water in the basin had already turned a light red, and the pink handkerchief was half submerged in the water. Xu Zhao did not take the handkerchief out of the water, but found a stool and sat down, "Tell me about it."

"The Seventh Prince is not favored by the Emperor of Mobei, and the eldest princess is so unruly. She must have bullied the new emperor who is also the Seventh Prince." Shen Lingge said it with certainty, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"Why?" After all, there was a woman around, and it might be inappropriate to wear only the inner clothes, so he took off the outer clothes hanging on the screen and put them on.

Seeing how conservative he was, Xu Zhao smiled secretly, fearing that Shen Yu would not be able to sleep well tonight.

Shen Lingge walked up to Shen Yu and confidently stated his reasoning, "Look, we all call her the eldest princess. According to the rules, when a new emperor ascends the throne, he will naturally confer the title of eldest princess on his elder sister. But this eldest princess has not enjoyed any of these. I guess the new emperor doesn't like her very much."

"After the new emperor ascended the throne, he didn't kill all of his brothers. The surviving princes were given titles and fiefs. An Ran took their mother to the fiefdom. So, the new emperor is not completely an unreasonable person who kills innocent people."

"So, I think that even though the eldest princess is younger than the seventh prince, she has most likely bullied him. This shows that the new emperor is a vindictive person, and we need to be more careful when interacting with him."

Shen Yu nodded in satisfaction, he had made a lot of progress.

"The new emperor of Mobei sent the eldest princess here, probably with the intention of humiliating her. And the eldest princess won't have a good life in Yue Country. You know, death is the easiest thing to do. Torturing a person is to torture her spirit."

"But isn't he afraid that the eldest princess can't bear it and commit suicide?" Shen Lingge couldn't understand.

"In Mobei, the strong have always been respected. Only by living can there be hope. She will return to Mobei alive and drag her good brother, the emperor, to hell."

Shen Lingge also agreed with this point. "It seems that on the way back, we still need to pay more attention to this princess."

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