C21 The Prince Is Ill

The person did not say a word and continued punching at Xu Zhaoning's vitals. Xu Zhaoning did not retreat, but advanced instead, fast as a flash, clamping onto the man's wrist. She pushed forward, making a "ka" sound, which was the sound of her arm being dislocated.

"Xu Zhaoning, do you even look like a woman?"

Xu Zhaoning recognized Nie Tian's rough and dissatisfied voice almost immediately.

Si Nan, that brute beside Prefecture Prince Si. With his brainless behavior, Xu Zhaoning's wariness was slightly lowered.

"If you want to be sent to Pine Crane Hall by Hou Mansion's night watchman, then just shout out. I promise that I won't stop you." Xu Zhaoning took out a fire piston and lit the candle. Sure enough, she saw Si Nan grimacing in pain.

Looking at how foolish she was, Xu Zhaoning wanted to hold her forehead and sigh deeply. How could Si Jingyu, who had such a strong aura, let such a joyful person accompany him?

"I …"

Si Nan seemed as if someone had grabbed his throat. His good hand was supporting his dislocated hand as he stood on the spot with a face full of grievance.

Xu Zhaoning rolled her eyes and ignored him. If she remembered correctly, this Si Nan had an inexplicable hostility towards her. Under such circumstances, it was very important why Si Nan came here.

Xu Zhaoning purposely ignored Si Nan, so she didn't say anything. Si Nan thought Xu Zhaoning would be curious about his purpose in coming here, so he waited for Xu Zhaoning to ask first.

It was late in the night, and the autumn air was thick, but Xu Zhaoning had no other movement other than to place a cup of tea on the table, let alone ask a question.

Si Nan almost vomited blood due to her shameless act. In the end, he had to bite the bullet and walked forward: "Come with me now."

"No!" Xu Zhaoning didn't even bat an eyelid as she spat out the word.

"Woman, why are you like this? I've already personally come to invite you. How can you not know what's good for you?"

Si Nan was furious. He pointed at Xu Zhaoning with a face full of disbelief.

Because of his prince's face in front of His Majesty, as his right-hand man, he held quite a high position as well. From court officials to steward Dark Guard, everyone treated him with utmost respect.

However, this Xu Zhaoning, a woman who was not favored by her family, actually dared to look down on him like this. This was simply unforgivable.

"I think it's necessary for me to remind you once again that I'm His Majesty's personally bestowed Prefecture Princess , which also means I'm your mistress." If you glare at me like that again, I'll cripple your other hand, so Si Jingyu can't say anything. "

Xu Zhaoning's eyes narrowed slightly as her killing intent poured out of them.

"I …" Hearing the name of his prince, Si Nan was stunned for a moment. Si Bei's warning echoed in his ears. Gritting his teeth, he suppressed his frustration and unwillingness and knelt down in front of Xu Zhaoning.

"Afternoon. Your highness's cough is acting up again. I hope that Eldest Miss Xu can come with me to the Prefecture Prince's Mansion to take a look for your highness. I'll let Eldest Miss Xu pay for the clinic."

Xu Zhaoning finally put down her teacup, as this was a begging gesture. However, she still didn't intend to forgive Si Nan like this. She smiled and said,

"Your prince is ill, so naturally we should go to the palace and invite an imperial physician. I'm not a doctor, how can I help your prince?"

How could Si Nan not know the reason behind Xu Zhaoning's nagging? He lowered his head even more and said while gritting his teeth, "If Eldest Miss Xu can cure the Prince's illness, Si Nan will be at Eldest Miss Xu's command from now on."

He looked down on Xu Zhaoning because she was too weak and had once been engaged to the crown prince. But now, reality had shown him that this woman was not weak at all.

In those few rounds just now, it was impossible for her to cripple him. He didn't dare to underestimate such a woman.

Besides, Si Bei had said that Xu Zhaoning had suppressed him when the King's Gu poison flared up that night. Based on this point alone, he had to listen to Xu Zhaoning's commands.

Xu Zhaoning snorted. "Then what if I want your life?"

No one wanted to see the people around her poking their noses into his face. Not to mention what would happen in the future, but at least in the three years that she had promised Si Jingyu, Si Nan must be driven by her.

"Don't push yourself too far!" Si Nan was furious. This woman was too arrogant.

"Oh, you don't want to. The gate is there. See you out." Xu Zhaoning shrugged her shoulders, not at all surprised by Si Nan's reply.

"I promise. As long as you can cure the prince, I, Si Nan, will let you take my life. But you must promise that you will not let me do anything that would harm you."

"Very good!" Xu Zhaoning clapped her hands and looked at Si Nan seriously.

Compared to Si Bei's gentle and refined attitude, Si Nan was simply a rough guy. Not only were his thoughts simple, his words were straightforward. However, once he recognized someone as his master, it was a matter of life and death.

Such a person would not be moved by anyone or anything unless you could truly convince him or her.

At this moment, Xu Zhaoning finally understood why Si Jingyu wanted Si Nan to stay by his side.

Wasn't such an ungrateful subordinate exactly what she, Xu Zhaoning, needed right now?

Withdrawing her thoughts, Xu Zhaoning swiftly took Si Nan's hand back to its original place and then proceeded to the Prefecture Prince's Mansion with Si Nan.

The four corners of the study room were filled with fine silver charcoal made from Prefecture Prince's Mansion. The entire room was filled with warmth.

Si Jingyu was wearing a thick cloak as he sat on the soft collapse. He covered his chest with one hand and clenched his fist with the other to his lips in an attempt to stop the coughing sound from coming out.

However, he couldn't stop his coughing. Si Bei hurriedly brought him a cup of warm water, "Let me drink some warm water to moisten his throat."

"The white water is tasteless. Go and bring the hawthorn water over to this king." Si Jingyu pushed away the warm water and pointed at another bowl of cold hawthorn water on the table.

Si Bei did as he was told and put down the teacup to carry the small bowl. The bright colored hawthorn water was particularly eye-catching in this warm room. Si Jingyu felt a cool sensation in his throat just by looking at it. He hurriedly took it from Si Bei and prepared to drink.

Before the bowl could even reach his lips, he heard a faint voice, "I think you're just going to cough yourself to death."

The door was pushed open from the outside, and Xu Zhaoning walked in from the outside, her body covered in cold air. Si Bei's eyes lit up as he rushed forward to welcome Eldest Miss Xu. "Eldest Miss Xu, you …"

However, Xu Zhaoning only glanced at him and then snatched the small bowl away from Si Jingyu with a cold expression.

The hawthorn water that he wanted to drink was taken away. Si Jingyu's face sank as he frowned and asked in a very unfriendly tone, "What are you doing here?"

As soon as he finished his words, he coughed violently, causing his face to turn pale.

At this moment, he was still cold to the point of repelling others a thousand miles away, but at the same time, he was also breathtakingly beautiful. It wasn't the usual beauty of a tall mountain flower, but was more like an unruly youth who needed to be taken care of next door.

Xu Zhaoning swallowed her saliva. For some reason, she felt that Si Jingyu, who was bewitching, was much more to her taste than when he was looking at her with a venomous look.

Xu Zhaoning, who was engrossed in watching, did not retract the infatuation on her face at all. Her naked eyes were caught by Si Jingyu just like that.

He sneered and ordered, "Si Bei, throw her out."

Xu Zhaoning was the first to recover. "Damn, how can you be like this!" There wasn't the slightest bit of embarrassment from being caught, there was only anger from being maliciously treated.

"Si Bei!" Si Jingyu continued to insist, so Si Bei had no choice but to shrink his neck forward.