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It had been four or five days since she last took a bath. Jin Lei went out to find a bath barrel for her, but found nothing after searching for a while. She had no choice but to find Nangong Han's personal guard, Xuan Hou.

"We all go to the river for a bath," he said. "No tub."

Jin Lei returned to his room to tell the bad news to Xia Yi An.

"What!?" Wash in the river? " She almost fell off the bench. The weather in May was still cold. How could it be possible for her to bathe in the river? Besides, she was a woman, it would be terrible if she was seen.

Jin Lei felt wronged for her and said, "Teacher should just listen to me and not come. Not to mention staying in this broken house, I don't even have a bath."

Sigh. Xia Yi An waved her hand, signalling for her to stop talking.

It was unknown if the soundproofing effect of this broken house was too poor or if Nangong Han's ears were too sharp. Jin Lei complained for a while before he came over. He even got someone to bring a bath barrel over.

Xia Yi An was overwhelmed by the favor and her eyes lit up as she stared at the half-used bathtub and thanked him profusely.

Nangong Han looked around her room, and after he found nothing was missing, he left without saying a word.

Jin Lei waited for Nangong Han to leave before he walked to Xia Yi An's side and whispered, "I didn't expect that King Han would take good care of us."

Xia Yi An rubbed the bathtub contentedly and said, "Since we are useful, we won't mistreat those who are useful. Hurry up and boil some hot water for me! "

… ….

The hot water came. Jin Lei was standing guard outside the house while Xia Yifan took a comfortable hot bath inside. This was because Nangong Han had guards coming in and out of the house. In order to wash them and make them feel at ease, she had asked Jin Lei to stand guard.

When Nangong Han heard that there was a bucket of water and a bucket of water next door, he helplessly thought to himself, this master and servant really have a lot of weird fetishes. A manly man going out to take a bath was even more troublesome than a prince like him.

"Come in and help!" Xia Yi An lowered her head as she fiddled with the cloth covering her chest, but she wasn't able to wrap it properly.

Jin Lei pushed open the door, closed it and went to help her. The two of them tossed and turned. Xia Yi An sighed and said, "Being a woman is too troublesome. Sometimes, I wish my breasts were flat."

Jin Lei giggled as he helped her comb her hair. "Miss, you're talking nonsense again."

"Cough!" What did you call me? "

"Sir …"

While the two of them were chatting in the house, the sound of an anxious guard suddenly came from the courtyard, "Prince, the villagers of Donghe Village came out together to cause trouble!"

Nangong Han's gaze turned cold as he strode out.

The door to the room next door suddenly opened. Xia Yi An carried her medicine case and followed behind Nangong Han.

Nangong Han stopped and looked at her, using an commanding tone he said, "Go back, that is not a place you should go."

A disaster victim needed to be suppressed by force. A powerless doctor wouldn't be able to help.

Xia Yi An held onto the medicine chest's strap in her hand and calmly looked into his cold eyes, saying, "My prince, the people are worried about the disaster. The cause of the unrest is the plague. I'm a doctor, so I'm at ease for them."

Nangong Han looked at her for a moment before turning to leave. At this point, Xia Yi An agreed and hurried to follow her.

… ….

On the way, she needed to ride a horse. Nangong Han ordered the guards to bring her a horse. The red horse snorted as it wagged its tail, arrogantly looking at the emaciated her.

Xia Yi An had never ridden a horse before. She resentfully said to Nangong Han, "My lord, this commoner doesn't know how to ride a horse."

By the time she had reached his limit, he had lost patience and was galloping away with the words, "Why do you need me?"

Xia Yi An was so angry that her teeth itched as she watched him ride away. Her white hands clenched into fists and loosened. This damned prince was still so annoying!

… ….

When Nangong Han rushed to Donghe Village, the villagers were gathered at the village entrance killing the soldiers. Although they were all sick people, the soldiers couldn't do anything to them. They could only endure their staves and stones.

Xuan Wu dismounted from his horse and shouted, "Frost King has arrived, don't stop!"

The villagers heard the shouting and gradually stopped. They glared hatefully at the majestic prince in front of them.

"Your Royal Highness, you have put us under house arrest because you want to kill us all. Only a few people here are infected by the plague, why would you want us to die with you?"

"Right, you officials don't take the commoners seriously and do not care about our lives. We are going out!"

The leaders shouted a few times, and everyone followed suit, starting to fight again. There were more than a hundred villagers and more than a dozen soldiers.

Nangong Han had to face a bunch of troublesome villagers almost every day, and in the end, he had to take care of them by force.

The clatter of horse hooves came from behind him. Nangong Han turned around and saw a handsome man in white riding over.

He frowned as he looked at Xia Yi An. From the way she was riding, he seriously suspected that she was lying. Didn't they say that she didn't know how to ride a horse? Why are you riding so well?

The long hair that was tied behind Xia Yi An's head was blown back by the wind.

"Phew –" She pulled on the reins and stopped the horse just one meter away from Nangong Han. She took a few deep breaths before her vision went dark and she fell off the horse.

Nangong Han didn't even think before stepping forward to catch her. Xia Yi An's medicine box crashed onto the ground.

Looking at the thin man in his arms, Nangong Han felt awkward. He licked his lips and patted her, waking her up.

Xia Yi An got up the courage to mount the horse. She pulled the reins regardless of the situation and was in a state of disarray. It was thrilling that she had ridden over. Due to her high level of nervousness, when she stopped, she went soft all over and fainted with cerebral congestion.

After waking up, she noticed that she was leaning against Nangong Han's chest, causing the medicine box to fall onto the ground. Her face turned red as she squatted down on the floor and reached out her hand to pick up the medicine box.

"Show off your strength." Nangong Han lowered his head and looked at her, spitting out two words.

Xia Yi An tightened her grip on the medicine box, wishing she could throw it at his face. Why was she trying so hard? Wasn't it to calm the hearts of the people?

"Lu Dongbin the Dog!" She cursed under her breath and walked past him to the group of villagers.

"You …" Nangong Han's sharp eyes shot towards her.

"Fellow villagers, listen to me …" The plague here can be cured, so calm down first … " Before Xia Yi An could finish, the villagers were already throwing rocks at her.

"What a useless doctor! He used so many methods to treat us, yet you all want to trick us into staying here and letting us out!"

"Every day, people die in this village, what's the use of being a doctor!"

Xia Yi An couldn't dodge in time and was hit on the back and forehead by a few stones. Nangong Han couldn't stand it any longer and waved his hand to have the other soldiers surround and chase away the villagers. He walked over and pulled Xia Yi An away and said coldly, "Don't you think you're stupid enough to negotiate with a bunch of ignorant fools?"

Xia Yi An rubbed the bag on her forehead and glared at him angrily. Why was this guy so infuriating? He kept saying that she was useless and that she was stupid, which was intolerable!