Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

Another person told him, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful, the walls may have ears."

"What could he possibly be? He's just a sickly guy. We're incredibly unlucky to have been assigned here. What future can we have with a master like that?"

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We were chosen, after all."

The little eunuch spat angrily: "It's bad enough that there's hardly any profit to be made, but we still have to work ourselves to death like this."

After complaining for a while, he finished decocting the medicine and carried it into the room.

The bitter smell of medicine wafted in with the cool spring breeze, and Akahoshi shivered, his brows furrowing.

"Get up and take your medicine."

The little eunuch said impatiently.

Seeing that Akahoshi was drowsy and about to faint, he spoke even more recklessly:

"Tsk, being mute is one thing, but being deaf is another. I hope he doesn't die from illness."

He walked over, roughly lifted the small, thin child, and, ignoring his resistance, pinched his cheeks hard. He then said to another eunuch:

"Quick, bring the medicine over and force it down his throat. If he dies, we'll have a hard time explaining ourselves."

Just as Akahoshi was about to use his divine power, he sensed a familiar aura approaching.

At this pause, the little eunuch suddenly forced a large mouthful of dark, bitter medicine down his throat.

"Cough cough cough..."

The medicine went directly into the trachea and nasal cavity, and Akahoshi coughed until his whole body turned red. He coughed and gagged, and large tears fell down his face.

"presumptuous!"

A familiar figure burst in. Before the two eunuchs could even see who it was, they were each kicked aside.

The eunuchs who followed them in immediately pinned the two men down and took them outside to await their fate.

Akahoshi fell into a warm embrace, but couldn't open his eyes to see clearly. The medicine in his lungs made him cough uncontrollably, and every cough caused his internal organs to ache.

"Pass on the Imperial Physician!"

Murong Yu roared at the people who had followed him.

He placed Chixing on his lap and held him close. Noticing that Chixing was trembling, Murong Yu pulled the blanket over him.

Seeing that he was in pain and not knowing what to do, I could only keep patting his back to help him cough up what he had just coughed up.

The black medicine dripping from Chi Xing's mouth stained the Crown Prince's moon-white robe, but the usually clean prince seemed not to notice and hurriedly wrapped the blanket around him.

He also told the palace servants, "Close all the doors and windows."

Chi Xing coughed softly in Murong Yu's arms. The heart-wrenching cough had left him feeling weak and limp.

Seeing his flushed face and pale lips, Murong Yu felt a pang of panic and whispered:

"Don't sleep, the imperial physician will be here soon."

He wrapped the blanket tighter around himself and pressed his face against Akahoshi's cheek.

An unprecedented sense of panic threw the usually meticulous Crown Prince off balance.

The imperial physician entered and was somewhat surprised to see His Highness the Crown Prince. He quickly bowed.

Murong Yu said anxiously, "No need for formalities, Physician Chen, please take a look at him quickly. Someone just forced something into his mouth."

The eunuch next to him took the half-bowl of medicine that hadn't been finished and showed it to Physician Chen.

Physician Chen smelled the medicinal liquid, paused for a moment, and, unsure, even put some in his mouth himself.

He frowned as he took Chi Xing's pulse, and after a moment said, "This medicine was originally harmless, but I discovered that it was mixed with some other medicinal herbs, some of which are incompatible."

"Young Master is frail and cannot be exposed to the wind; he should be well cared for."

As he spoke, the imperial physician wrote another prescription, and fearing another mistake, he handed it to Murong Yu's eunuch.

After being acupunctured several times by the imperial physician, the burning sensation in Chi Xing's lungs gradually subsided, and he lay drowsily in Murong Yu's arms.

Xiao Yezi, who was beside Murong Yu, brought over the freshly brewed medicine. Murong Yu took it over herself and blew on it.

He glanced at Xiao Yezi, who quickly whispered:

“The servants who were serving the young master were not attentive. They didn’t clean the medicine pot properly before decocting the medicine last time, which is why there was that medicine that was damaged just now.”

Murong Yu took a deep breath. Seeing Xiao Yezi's hesitant expression, he said coldly:

"explain."

Xiao Yezi lowered her head and said, "This servant saw some spoiled food in the small kitchen, some of which was even from several days ago."

Murong Yu's face darkened. No wonder, no wonder the child looked like he hadn't eaten. No one brought him lunch. These scoundrels hadn't even considered giving him any food.

The person in his arms stirred. Murong Yu's expression softened, and he brought the warm medicine to Chi Xing's lips, whispering:

"Drink your medicine, and after you finish, I'll give you some pastries."

Akashi blinked her big eyes, tears still clinging to her long eyelashes. Two marks on her cheeks, pinched open, stood out starkly against her pale face.

Murong Yu coaxed again, "If you drink it obediently, I will take you back to eat meat."

Finally hearing what she wanted to hear, Akahoshi obediently drank the medicine.

The medicine was bitter, and the child's face scrunched up. A eunuch brought him warm water to rinse his mouth, and Murong Yu stuffed a candied fruit into his mouth.

Pat him on the back and say, "Good boy."

The child's big eyes were still looking at him, and Murong Yu couldn't help but kiss his smooth forehead.

After the kiss, Murong Yu was stunned for a moment.

The eunuchs around them quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look any longer.

Murong Yu felt that the little hostage was both pitiful and cute, except that he was a bit too thin. How could there be such a thin child?

"What's your name?"

He certainly wouldn't bother to remember the name of an insignificant proton.

After they came into contact, the little one couldn't speak, so he didn't ask any questions.

Xiao Yezi, who had already looked it up, replied, "Young Master's name is Chixing, which means 'star' in the sky."

"Is it a star?" Murong Yu asked Chi Xing softly.

The little one in my arms nodded.

After glancing at the simple house, Murong Yu said, "How about Xingxing comes back to the East Palace with her brother?"

Chi Xing buried her face in Murong Yu's arms, suppressing the smile on her lips, and softly hummed in agreement.

"Huh? You can talk?"

Murong Yu looked delighted and tried to pry Chi Xing's face out.

Akahoshi nodded and said in a hoarse voice, "Brother... Brother."

His voice was very unpleasant, but Murong Yu listened attentively. It was the first time she had heard him call her "brother," and her suppressed feelings were relieved considerably.

"Then come back to the East Palace with me, and your brother will protect you."

The little boy is too fragile. If he stays in the prince's quarters, he will be bullied. Even the lowest-ranking eunuch dares to bully him.

"Ah."

"Never mind, your throat isn't better yet, so don't speak, just nod or shake your head."

Akahoshi nodded obediently.

Thinking of something, he had to speak again: "Nan... Qiao".

"Nan Qiao?"

After a moment's thought, Murong Yu asked, "Did you bring these people?"

Akahoshi nodded.

Murong Yu immediately ordered people to search for them. It was easy to find them; the only people from Beidi were probably Chixing and Nanqiao.

"I'll send someone to look for it. You come back with me now; it's too cold here."

Someone came over to hug Chixing, but Murong Yu dodged it.

"I have come."

Murong Yu was already in good health and was even taller than his peers, so he could easily carry the little one out, even with the blanket on.