Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1009 - 1007_1

Chapter 1009: Chapter 1007_1

The incident that occurred in front of the Four Seasons Restaurant reached Shangguan Xuanyi, who was in the middle of a military meeting, in under an hour. Usually unfazed even if a mountain collapsed before him, he abruptly left his subordinates in the midst of their discussion.

Everyone started guessing what had happened.

Someone suggested: "How about we have a wager?"

"Bet on what?"

"I’ll bet 100 taels that Prince Rui definitely rushed off because of Princess Rui!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up and left.

"Hey, why are you all leaving? You’re not betting?"

What else was there to bet on? They all thought the same! Apart from Princess Rui, what else in this world could change the complexion of the unflappable Prince Rui?

But what happened to Princess Rui? Why did Prince Rui rush back so anxiously?

When Shangguan Xuanyi arrived at Marquis Shengping’s Mansion, Xiao’er was tending to her wounds in her own boudoir.

She was indeed unlucky today. She barely escaped from a dog, yet she still couldn’t avoid being injured!

Before Shangguan Xuanyi entered the room, he saw Yang Liu applying ointment on her hand, the back of which was red.

What happened? Wasn’t it said that she wasn’t injured? Shangguan Xuanyi furrowed his brows, then quickened his pace and walked in.

Upon seeing him enter with a dark face, Xiao’er guessed that he must be upset about her injury. She gave him a particularly bright smile, "Dear husband, why are you back so soon?"

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at Xiao’er, who only called him her husband when she wanted to please him, and snorted coldly. Hmph! If he didn’t come back, he wouldn’t know she was injured again!

"What happened?" Shangguan Xuanyi looked at the blister on Xiao’er’s hand, how painful must it have been? His tone was chilly as he stretched out his hand to Yang Mei.

Yang Mei conscientiously handed him the ointment and cotton swab before taking her leave, closing the door behind her.

"I spilled some hot soup on myself earlier when I was cooking," Xiao’er explained truthfully.

Thinking of Jingrui and Di Shaowei leaving the Imperial City tomorrow, and the two men being too busy to eat, she decided to cook a meal for them with Zhu Yan and Ming Jingya. Consider it a farewell meal.

It was when she carried a pot of the just-cooked soup and was about to place it aside that Xiaoxiao ran in, trying to jump onto her.

Worried that the child would get burned, Xiao’er quickly placed the soup down. As a result, some of the soup splashed out and scalded her hand.

"Xiaoxiao tried to jump on you and caused the injury?" Shangguan Xuanyi guessed the reason without much effort.

This was not the first time Xiao’er had suffered a burn!

"What are the servants doing? From now on, let them do this sort of thing. You should stay away!" Shangguan Xuanyi’s voice was stern, but his actions were gentle.

At this point, Xiao’er knew he was upset and quickly promised, "I promise there won’t be a next time!"

"Promise to not burn your hand next time or burn your foot?" Shangguan Xuanyi knew her too well. Every time she suffered a minor injury, she would promise there wouldn’t be a next time, only to get injured again. If you asked her, "Didn’t you promise there wouldn’t be a next time?"

She would reply innocently, "This part of my body is getting injured for the first time today! Did I remember it wrong? Is this the second time this area is injured?"

Hearing her say things like this simply made one want to strangle her!

Xiao’er: "...." Well ~ she knows the same trick only works once.

However, Xiao’er was convinced she had countless tricks to employ. If all else failed, wasn’t there still the honey trap?

Of course, there was no need for the honey trap right now. Shifting the topic would suffice. "Brother Shangguan, did you know? Today, I nearly got bitten by a mad dog!"

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at her, knowing she was deliberately changing the subject. Unlike before, he didn’t follow her lead. "What should you do in the future, huh?"

"Who can guarantee such unexpected events? Isn’t there a saying that it’s not the ’ten thousand’ we’re afraid of, but the ’what if’?" Xiao’er said, unable to endure his persistence.

"Really? But I have a way to guarantee it. Want to hear it?" As long as he kept her by his side and didn’t let her do anything, there won’t be any accidents!

"No thanks!" Xiao’er quickly shook her head. What a joke, she didn’t need to hear it to know it wouldn’t be anything good!

She caught the hem of his sleeve with her uninjured hand, and begged with a hint of grievance, "Brother Shangguan! You don’t care about me anymore! This afternoon, a mad dog with its mouth wide open, dripping with blood, charged towards me in front of the Four Seasons Restaurant. I was scared to death!"

After saying this, Xiao’er rested her head on his arm, seeking comfort.

Scared? Shangguan Xuanyi did not think she would be scared but couldn’t bring himself to berate her anymore. So he said, "Why bother asking when you know the answer? Didn’t Zhao Yong already send people to investigate?"

Zhao Yong immediately arranged for someone to investigate and also informed him of what had happened.

He was already aware of everything that could be known. However, he still couldn’t help but worry and wanted to return to see for himself that she was alright.

He didn’t expect her to really be injured! If he hadn’t come back and decided to return after the meeting finished, the wound would’ve mostly healed, and he wouldn’t know how seriously she was hurt!

Shangguan Xuanyi was upset with her lack of self-preservation. She wasn’t distressed about herself, but he was!

"So, did you find anything?"

"How could it be so fast?" After Shangguan Xuanyi finished applying the medicine for Xiao’er and saw the blister on the surface, he felt a pang of pain. But this girl seemed to have no sense of pain, no matter how severe the injury, she never made a sound!

At that moment Yang Liu’s voice sounded from outside the room, "Mistress, it’s time for Princess’s meal."

"It’s mealtime! I didn’t eat enough at noon. I’m already starving!" Upon hearing this, Xiao’er immediately stood up.

Shangguan Xuanyi grabbed her as she tried to run out. He helped her lower her sleeve before taking her uninjured hand and they walked out together.

After dinner, they returned to Prince Rui’s Mansion and it was already dark.

The people sent to investigate the mad dog incident had returned, and Shangguan Xuanyi was meeting them in his study.

"Indeed, the mad dog managed to break its leash and run away, and it also bit a villager. The owner of the mad dog said that it would run around wildly every time it went mad, but it would usually return home after one or two days. However, this time the dog has been missing for several days. I asked people in the nearby villages, but none of the villagers have seen the mad dog. It’s like it suddenly appeared in the Imperial City. Also, it suddenly ran out from an alley. People in the nearby shops said that they didn’t see anyone else running out except for the mad dog. There’s a wall at the other end of the alley. It’s a dead end."

Even so, it doesn’t prove that the dog went mad on its own.

Shangguan Xuanyi felt that there was more to this matter.

The person who unleashed the dog managed to leave without a trace, which was not an easy task in and of itself.

Could it have something to do with Xiao’er’s special space?

But why would someone unleash a dog to bite people?

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