Chapter 58 Regret

Knock knock——

"Your Highness, I'm here to fetch water."

Xie Tingzhou woke up as if from a dream, and said loudly: "Put it at the door, and fetch a basin of warm water and a towel."

"Yes."

The footsteps of the maid faded away, and Xie Tingzhou opened the door and picked up the kettle. Xifeng and Changliu happened to walk into the yard at this time.

Xie Tingzhou glanced at the two people, said nothing, and closed the door with his backhand.

Xifeng and Changliu looked at each other, standing at the door on each side.

Changliu whispered: "What's going on?"

Xifeng frowned, "I don't know."

Changliu thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid you regretted beating someone?"

The two looked at each other, and both thought that the analysis made some sense.

"It's over," Changliu said: "You whipped him, didn't you?"

Xifeng remained calm, "I didn't execute it myself."

"That was also your order."

"It was your Highness's order."

Changliu shook his head and said: "Why don't you understand? How can your Highness be wrong? The fault must be ours."

Xifeng didn't say anything, as if he had already accepted it.

"Then... kneel?" Changliu asked.

Xifeng didn't answer, but his body was very honest. He lifted his robe and knelt straight.

Xie Tingzhou poured half a cup of water, blew it gently, and put it aside to dry.

The maid came to fetch water and was shocked to see two people kneeling on the left and right of the door.

"Your Highness, the water is here."

Xie Tingzhou raised his hand and lowered the bed curtain, "Come in."

The maid brought the water in, lowered her head and dared not look more. She walked to the bed with the water. The curtain was hanging, and nothing could be seen inside.

Xie Tingzhou sat on the edge of the bed, "Did you call the doctor?"

"Yes."

"Well, go out."

The maid retreated, and Xifeng and Changliu saw her coming out alone, and their eyes were full of shock when they looked at each other.

Changliu took a few steps and knelt side by side with Xifeng. He turned his head and asked in a low voice: "Only His Highness and Shiyu are inside. Who do you think is serving whom?"

Xifeng glared at him and said, "Don't guess."

"Aren't you curious?"

Xifeng looked ahead and pursed his lips, thinking that he couldn't open the door to see even if he was curious.

Inside the door, Xie Tingzhou twisted the handkerchief and gently cleaned the area around her wound.

After cleaning the wound, he applied medicine again. He wanted to apply gauze to her, but he hesitated and gave up, leaving her as she was.

Xie Tingzhou helped her up and leaned on his shoulder, and gave her a few sips of water. The doctor also came.

In the middle of winter, the doctor trotted all the way and was sweating all over.

"She has a whip wound on her back, and the wound has been treated." Xie Tingzhou said.

After taking the pulse, the doctor looked at the face and said, "Your Highness, you must have been injured and not treated properly. It snowed the day before yesterday and you caught a cold. The two things collided and made it serious. I'll prescribe some medicine for you. Once the fever subsides, you'll be fine."

Xie Tingzhou nodded and looked down at Shi Yu.

Her face was as big as a palm, and her arms were so thin that they seemed to break if she pinched them.

With such a body, what kind of power supported her to fight on the battlefield and come all the way to now?

Xie Tingzhou couldn't deny it, and a strange feeling surged in his heart.

Shen Yu on the bed moved, she felt so uncomfortable.

In a trance, he saw Shen Zhongan's face again.

There were piles of corpses in Yanliang Pass, and the war was raging. The dense arrows were almost on his back, but he was still fighting with a spear.

A Xijue man approached him quietly from behind.

"Be careful behind you!" Shen Yu shouted.

Shen Zhongan turned around and shouted at her: "Run! Run! Ayu, run!"

"Woo..." Shen Yu whimpered.

Xie Tingzhou looked down and saw that she clenched her teeth, frowned, and a tear slipped out of the corner of her eye.

Xie Tingzhou wiped her eyes with his fingers and let out a long breath.

Changliu knelt at the door until his knees were numb. He rubbed his legs and whispered, "If I had known that His Highness would stay so long, I would not kneel with you. I was not wrong."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened and Changliu knelt straight.

Xie Tingzhou closed the door and asked Xifeng in a cold voice: "When you sent the dog over, did you find anything unusual?"

Xifeng did not dare to raise his head, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his neck. "It was just dawn when I sent it over, and Shiyu answered in the room. I thought he was still asleep, so I put the dog in the yard."

Xie Tingzhou took a deep breath and asked: "How long will it take for Zhongbo to arrive?"

Xifeng replied: "He will leave from Beilin after the New Year, and it will probably take less than half a month."

Zhongbo is the steward of the Beilin Palace. This time Xie Tingzhou went to Beijing, and he would definitely not be able to return in a few months as before.

Emperor Tongxu wanted to keep him in Beijing as a hostage, and his return date was uncertain.

Now that Xie Tingzhou has lived in Shengjing for a long time, the original servants are naturally not enough. These days, each family is thinking about stuffing people into the palace, but people are still reliable. Zhongbo and the servants came directly from Beilin.

Xie Tingzhou frowned, "Who is in charge of the palace's internal affairs now?"

"It's the original housekeeper who stayed behind, but he was only responsible for arranging cleaning and maintenance. After His Highness returned to Beijing, Changliu will arrange his daily life."

"It's me, it's me." Changliu replied.

Xie Tingzhou asked, "There are people living in Lumingxuan, why don't you arrange maids?"

Changliu was stunned and reacted after a while, "But...but he is a guard, there is no reason to arrange maids for guards."

Xifeng elbowed Changliu, and he was almost knocked over by him when he was not paying attention.

Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes to look at the two of them, and walked away.

Changliu didn't understand, "I didn't say anything wrong."

Xifeng stood up and patted his pants, "Your Highness asked you, not to know why, but to remind you what to do."

Changliu suddenly realized and got up, "I'll arrange it now!"

Just as he limped out of the yard, he almost collided with Xie Tingzhou who was coming back.

Xie Tingzhou walked past him without looking sideways, walked to the front of the house, opened the door and called out: "Da Huang."

Da Huang looked up at him and lay down again.

Xie Tingzhou walked over, bent down, and said: "Follow me, don't disturb her."

Da Huang seemed to understand what he said and followed Xie Tingzhou.

One man and one dog walked into the yard, and a sharp whistle suddenly sounded in the air.

Bai Yu swooped over and passed by, and the wind lifted Xie Tingzhou's hair, frightening Da Huang to shrink beside Xie Tingzhou's legs and not move.

Bai Yu landed on the wall of the yard, raised his head and stared at Da Huang.

Xie Tingzhou looked down at Da Huang, then looked at Bai Yu, and whispered: "Don't make a fuss, you can't touch this."

Xie Tingzhou had his own considerations.

Now that she is still ill, extreme sorrow or joy will not help her recovery. Since Shiyu didn't know when Xifeng brought Dahuang, it would be better to wait a while and tell her the news of her father-in-law's death after she gets better.