The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1245 - 1245 608 couple (2 watches)_3

Chapter 1245: 608 couple (2 watches)_3 Chapter 1245: 608 couple (2 watches)_3 “I’m asking how you are doing,” said Princess Xinyang.

Gu Jiao hung the stethoscope around her ears and listened to the baby’s heart and lung actions for a moment.

Princess Xinyang caught her expression and sighed, asking, “Are you injured?”

“I’m fine,” Gu Jiao spoke up before Princess Xinyang could ask again, “The old wounds have also healed long ago.”

Princess Xinyang nodded in satisfaction and then turned to the child on the table, “He won’t be in any trouble, will he?”

After listening to his heart and lungs, Gu Jiao removed the stethoscope and said, “Pneumonia. It must have been contracted before the child fell into the well, and soaking in the ice-cold water for so long has worsened the condition.”

Princess Xinyang’s face changed upon hearing pneumonia; Xiao Hen had the disease when he was young, coughing incessantly and burning with fever, nearly passing away from it.

Princess Xinyang still shuddered at the memory, “What should we do?”

Gu Jiao replied, “First, give him medicine. If he can’t swallow it, we’ll have to administer an IV.”

This disease was considered serious in ancient times, but for the first aid kit, it was not so difficult to address.

Indeed, when Gu Jiao opened the first aid kit again, it already contained fruit-flavored antibiotics and antiviral oral solutions.

“The rice soup is ready,” Yujin said as he walked in with a bowl of steaming rice soup, “The kitchen only had this.”

Meaning this was the only thing suitable for the child to eat.

Gu Jiao handed the medicine to Yujin and instructed him on the method and dosage.

“Alright, I will feed it to him in a bit,” Yujin glanced at the weak child, “He’s quite well-behaved, not making any fuss.”

Princess Xinyang also looked at the infant, saying, “After crying for so long, he doesn’t have the energy to make a fuss now.”

With Yujin there, Gu Jiao went next door to check on Xiao Hen.

Compared with the baby, Xiao Hen’s condition appeared far graver. He was initially just half a mummy, but now his whole body was wrapped in bandages, practically becoming a big white dumpling.

Marquis Xuanping’s situation was no better, but Gu Jiao was Xiao Hen’s wife; wherever she said to bind, he would be bound. However, Gu Jiao was not Marquis Xuanping’s wife.

He refused to be bound.

So Gu Jiao had his own wife called over.

When Princess Xinyang entered the room, Gu Jiao had already left, and Marquis Xuanping was slumped in a wheelchair, his back towards the door.

Thinking it was Gu Jiao arriving, he grunted, “I’m not going to bind that thing up!”

“If you don’t bind it, what would you like?”

The voice of Princess Xinyang resonated, detached.

Marquis Xuanping choked, and as he turned his head, pain shot through his neck, causing him to gasp for air, “Why is it you?”

Princess Xinyang approached him and asked, “Why won’t you accept treatment?”

Marquis Xuanping spoke carelessly, “It’s just a scratch!”

He still had to go and kill the old King Liang. If he didn’t hurry, that old man would die a natural death.

Marquis Xuanping thought she would say all roads were blocked and how he could go, and he had already thought of a solution, to detour through the neighbouring county. It might be too late, but he had to try.

He was a person who wouldn’t give up until he reached a dead-end.

But Princess Xinyang didn’t say that.

After a terrifying pause, she began in a deep voice, “I have thought countless times about killing him. Initially, I attempted to use the Dragon Shadow Guard, but they wouldn’t budge.”

Marquis Xuanping pondered for a moment, then analyzed with a furrowed brow, “They are death soldiers bought by old King Liang from Yan Country, and their master trainer also came from Yan Country. He was involved throughout their training process, so he must have secretly commanded them never to harm him.”

Princess Xinyang nodded in agreement, “I gave orders to Dragon Two through Dragon Five, none of them obeyed me. I unintentionally left out Dragon One, who happened to be away. When he first came to my side, he was somewhat restless, always lingering in the manor without following the rules. I didn’t realize he had infiltrated; I just thought he, like the other four Dragon Shadow Guards, would not carry out an assassination mission against that man. After he returned, I couldn’t be bothered to issue the order again.”

Marquis Xuanping caught a crucial point, “Wait, what do you mean Dragon One infiltrated?”

Princess Xinyang explained, “A few days before the late Emperor passed away, he called me into the palace, saying he would give me four Dragon Shadow Guards. But when they arrived at my estate, there were five. I assumed the late Emperor changed his mind and sent me an extra one after I left.”

Marquis Xuanping expressed his puzzlement, “Didn’t you go and ask?”

Princess Xinyang naturally responded, “Why would I question a good thing? What if by asking, it gets taken away?”

Marquis Xuanping’s mind momentarily seized up, clearly not expecting Princess Xinyang to possess such a penchant for taking advantage of situations.

“That also makes sense,” he acknowledged.

Perhaps due to the weariness of standing, Princess Xinyang sat down on a stool diagonally across from Marquis Xuanping, “Later, I secretly cultivated some forces. Even without using the Dragon Shadow Guards, I could kill him. But I didn’t.”

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