After everyone finished their meal, Shen Rou got up and went to check on the opening situation.

Shangguan Yunting had other official business to attend to at home.

Doctor Ye watched them all leave, and his eyes swept over Shen Xue and Shangguan Rui. They were both angry, while the other one kept his eyes on his disciple. He chose to go home so as not to become redundant.

"Xiaoxue, Master is going home to get some things. Go back and carefully examine the injuries of those people and record them one by one. I will go over and check tomorrow."

"Master, I understand."

Shen Xue watched Ye Gucheng leave, she glanced at Shangguan Rui and left angrily. Bei Ze hurriedly pushed the wheelchair to catch up with her.

Shangguan Rui felt helpless when he saw the angry Shen Xue, but he also felt that her angry look was very attractive.

"Xiaoxue, wait for me."

"What do you want me to do? Go find your gossipy cousin."

"Why would I look for him? I'm looking for you."

Shen Xue saw people coming and going on the street, so she walked ahead on her own to avoid gossip.

Shangguan Rui said no more, his face darkening as he spoke, "Beize, send a message to my grandfather. Tell him that if he can't control the Ruan and Liang families' mouths, I won't mind disciplining them for him. But I can't guarantee whether they live or die."

"I obey my orders."

A carriage was coming towards them, and Su Feng saw Shangguan Rui sitting in a wheelchair and whispering something to the emperor in the carriage.

The eldest prince smiled triumphantly and ordered, "Stop the car."

The carriage slowly stopped beside Shangguan Rui. The eldest prince lifted the curtain, looked at Shangguan Rui, and said with a smile: "Third brother, what a coincidence! Seeing you now is even harder than seeing father. Last time, I sent someone to send gifts, but you refused to let them in. I was worried for days."

"Thank you for your concern, my royal brother."

"Where are you going? I'll give you a ride."

Shangguan Rui was very angry when he saw how the villain had succeeded, but he did not show it.

"Your Majesty, please feel free to take a walk. You don't need your Majesty to see you off."

"Royal brother, it's so rare for us brothers to meet, why don't I treat you to a meal at the restaurant?"

"My royal brother is injured and cannot accompany you. Please forgive me. I need to recuperate for a while and it is inconvenient for me to see anyone. However, I will see my royal brother often in the future. I hope you don't feel annoyed when the time comes."

"My royal brother hopes to see me in the court every day."

Shangguan Rui said firmly: "Yes."

The eldest prince deliberately said: "Beize, take good care of your master to prevent him from being bullied."

"As long as my brother doesn't bully my younger brother, no one will dare to bully me."

The eldest prince said in a pretentious tone, "We are blood relatives, how could we possibly bully you? My royal brother, please recover soon. Together we brothers can help our father solve his problems."

After saying this, he lowered the curtain and signaled the driver to drive away.

Shangguan Rui looked at the departing carriage, his eyes filled with anger, and whispered, "Such hypocrisy, disgusting."

"Master, don't be angry. It's not worth it to get yourself hurt. Wait until your leg injury is healed by Miss Shen, and then we can make a long-term plan."

"Last time I asked you to find out who was the person who passed the message? Did you find out?"

"My subordinates are incompetent. The people they sent out found out that a man gave a passerby ten taels of silver and ordered him to deliver the news to our house. The passerby disappeared from then on."

"He must have been murdered to silence him."

"I think so too."

Shen Xue turned back halfway and didn't see Shangguan Rui, which made her even angrier.

After returning to the Princess's Mansion, he hurried to the backyard to check on the patients' conditions and recorded them one by one.

Shangguan Rui returned to the Princess's Mansion from the back door. When he returned to the courtyard where they lived, he didn't see Shen Xue. "Dongyue, where is the second lady?"

"Your Highness, the second young lady has gone to the backyard carrying her medicine box."

At this time, Shen Xue came back and saw Shangguan Rui. She ignored him and went straight into her room and closed the door with a bang.

Shangguan Rui knocked on the door and said softly: "Xiaoxue, open the door, let's talk."

There was no movement in the house. Shangguan Rui knocked on the door a few more times. "Xiaoxue, if you don't open the door, I'm going in."

Shangguan Rui deliberately shouted loudly: "Beize, go and get this prince's walking stick."

"Master, what do you need a cane for? I'll just push you."

"Xiaoxue, the threshold of the room is too high for the wheelchair to pass through."

"Please wait a moment, I'll get it right away. Don't move, or you'll fall and it will be troublesome."

Shen Xue sat in the room and said angrily: "You are so pretentious. Do you think I don't know? You said it on purpose for me to hear, wanting me to worry about you. This man is too scheming. I won't open the door. Let's see what you will do."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a bang at the door and Shangguan Rui's muffled groan was heard.

Shen Xue opened the door without hesitation and saw Shangguan sitting in a wheelchair. She became even angrier and said, "Liar, big liar."

Shangguan Rui looked at Shen Xue with a hint of grievance in his eyes, and hurriedly explained: "Xiaoxue, Ruan Yanran and I have no other relationship. My grandfather asked to see me when I returned to the capital, and I had to see him. After all, he is my mother's biological father. I have a distant relationship with the Ruan family since I was a child, but I have to keep it to myself."

"We met at the restaurant and she was there too. We didn't say much. Your eldest sister and Uncle Jiu also came to eat that time, and later I went to eat with them. If you don't believe me, ask your eldest sister when she comes back."

Shen Xue snorted coldly, "Who would believe your lies? You even pretended to wrestle to trick me."

"I'm not lying to you. My injured right leg really hurts a little. Can you help me check it?"

Shen Xue hurriedly pushed the wheelchair towards Shangguan Rui's room, "Does it really hurt?"

"Why would I lie to you? It hurts so much."

"Did you just touch it?"

"Kitazawa was walking too fast on the street chasing you and fell."

"I don't believe you. Bei Ze dared to push you and make you fall. This excuse is too perfunctory."

After entering the house, Shen Xue carefully helped Shangguan Rui lie down on the bed, pulled up his pants and checked his injuries.

Seeing that her injured right leg had turned red, she couldn't help but feel distressed. She touched the place where the bone had been fractured and whispered, "Does it hurt here?"

"Kind of."

Shen Xue touched her knee again and asked, "Brother Rui, does it hurt here?"

"pain……"

There was a hint of coquettishness in Shangguan Rui's voice.

"Brother Rui, did you really fall just now?"

Shangguan Rui hummed softly.

"Beize is so careless. You should just stay in bed and recuperate for the next few days. I'll prescribe some medicine for you and it will less hurt after you take it."

"Okay, it's up to you."

Bei Ze stood at the door and felt more wronged than Dou E. How dare he push his master and make him fall? It was his master who pinched his right leg and pretended to be pitiful to gain sympathy.

The master has demonstrated the spirit of "I would rather die than let my friend die", which is done vividly.

Shangguan Rui held Shen Xueer's hand tightly, his eyes full of concern and tenderness. He whispered, "Xiaoxue, please don't be angry, okay?"

Shen Xue tried to break free from his hand, "Don't move, I'm not angry anymore!"

Shangguan Rui didn't let go, but instead held her hand even tighter. "Are you really not angry anymore? We've known each other for a few years, and this is the first time you've lost your temper. I didn't expect you to be so angry."

"Are you scared?"

"Don't worry, I think it's very cute. I made you angry because of me. I will be more careful next time."

"I'm just so angry. They said it was a good thing they didn't marry you, otherwise they would have become a laughing stock in Beijing. You're so good and outstanding, it's just a leg injury, it will heal soon, but when they say it, it tastes so bad."

"They also said that my brother-in-law married my eldest sister, a powerless girl, and became a laughing stock in the capital. My eldest sister is so outstanding, and she and my brother-in-law love each other so much that it was only natural for them to get married. But when they talk about it, it becomes a joke."

"They also said that the daughter of the Minister of War was going to marry my brother-in-law as a concubine. My eldest sister and brother-in-law haven't even gotten married yet, but they're already being targeted. This is really too much."

Shangguan Rui then understood why Shen Xue was so angry. It was not only because she had eaten the wrong thing, but also because her elder sister, whom she respected the most, was being talked about.

Shangguan Rui looked at Shen Xue seriously and said, "Xiaoxue, don't be angry. Those people's gossip is just for no reason. Don't take it to heart."

"Uncle Nine and your elder sister are a match made in heaven, a man of talent and beauty. Their marriage has been approved by our father and grandmother. You don't have to worry, and you don't have to care about what others say. They are just envious that your elder sister can marry such an outstanding man like Uncle Nine."

"And you don't have to worry about me marrying someone else. I almost became disabled trying to break off the engagement, but I don't regret my decision."

Shen Xue looked at Shangguan Rui with emotion, gently held his hand, and said softly: "I understand. Next time you encounter something like this, don't joke with your body. What should I do if something really happens?"

Shangguan Rui held Shen Xue's hand tighter and whispered, "Xiaoxue, don't worry! I'm not that stupid. I still have a lot of things to do. How could I bear to die?"

"Pfft! Stop talking nonsense. Close your eyes and pray that the gods didn't hear what you just said."

"superstitious."

"Pray quickly."

Shangguan Rui closed his eyes and prayed, "Okay, okay, I'll just pray, okay?"

"That's pretty much it."

"Brother Rui, don't say that word next time. I'm scared."

Shangguan Rui said lovingly, "Okay, I won't say it again, okay?"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

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