The Possession of My Beloved

But there was no one coming after several shouts, Cui Xingzhou raised his eyebrows and asked, “How many people have you knocked down?”

Miantang did not answer. She could not say that a pack of overpowering smoke had knocked down all the guards in the inner yard.

Next, Cui Xingzhou limped to the screen panel to get the wide robe he usually put on for washing, and asked Miantang to put it on first.

Miantang saw his wound with her own eyes just now. The ferocious and swollen wound was startling to see, and the white bones were also faintly visible. No wonder Zhao Quan said that he would be disabled in the future.

Now when she saw him limping, she held his hand tightly and said, “Why are you still walking around when you are injured so seriously? Sit down. I just want to give you the medicine. Since it’s delivered, I’m leaving…”

After saying that, she got up and wanted to leave, but Cui Xingzhou held her wrist with his big palm, “I’ve said, you can leave after the trial. If not, I’ll go to the State of Xi to talk to your Grandfather in detail…”

Miantang stared angrily, “Don’t you dare!”

The way they used to get along with each other was a bit deep into the bone marrow. If Miantang wanted to yell at her husband before, she didn’t need to think about it.

Now, in this secluded warm pavilion, Miantang remembered that he was not Cui Jiu, a merchant until Cui Xingzhou looked directly at her and asked coldly, “What do you say?”.

What else does Prince Huaiyang not dare, who slaughtered the barbarians in the northwest for three thousand miles and pacified the serious troubles in the Imperial Court?

Thinking of this, Miantang shut her mouth and said nothing. She only took the clothes handed over by Cui Xingzhou and went to the screen panel of the Warm Pavilion to change clothes.

Cui Xingzhou walked out of the Warm Pavilion again and poured a cup of tea on the face of the guard who was lying on his back at the door.

After waking up two of the guards, he said coldly to the stunned guard, “Go ahead and ask someone to wake the others up… Block up the river fence and send more people to guard… In addition, ask someone to cook a pot of ginger soup.”

When he turned around, Miantang came out from behind the screen wearing his wide robe and wiping her long hair with a dry towel.

The white robe, which was originally free and spacious, was put on her body, and when she moved around, it showed some delicate curves, and the charm suddenly emerged.

Of course, in Cui Xingzhou’s far memory, she has a more delicate and profound understanding of Miantang’s charm. When she is staring at her, the matter inside the curtain in the old day’s surges and his throat can’t help moving up and down

Miantang did not know that she was wearing a loose gown, which made others’ eyes red. She just knelt on the floor of the Warm Pavilion, bowed her head, and waited for The Prince’s trial honestly.

Cui Xingzhou really hurt his leg just now. At this time, a burst of pain rolled over. For a moment, he suppressed the idea of a charming look and lay on the soft couch again. He said to her, “Is there no chair here? What are you acting and kneeling on the ground? If you are obedient, all my bodyguards will not lie on the ground.”

Miantang pursed her mouth and said, “I heard from Marquis Zhao that you gave me all the miraculous medicines, but your leg injury was not healed. I could not bear such grace, so I’m here to give you all the medicines back. Please don’t play with your noble body.”

Cui Xingzhou also guessed that Zhao Quan’s words are not tight and leaked the matter to Miantang. He could not help but frown and said, “No wonder he has been doing idle work all the time. He is careless…”

Just now when he looked at the jar, there was so much medicine left. It can be seen that Miantang didn’t use it these days, but has kept it all for himself. When he was angry and worried about her injury, he felt warm.

To be honest, Miantang went off so decisively at the beginning, which really broke Cui Xingzhou’s heart.

He asked himself that although he had cheated on her, which part of his love for her was fake? But she said she would leave without any room for mediation.

But now, watching her deliver the medicine thousands of miles away, she came back to his side in a strange way. Cui Xingzhou seems to have once again seen the Young Lady who chased him from Lingquan Town all the way and said that she would take him home no matter whether he’s dead or alive.

The beauty of the past floats on his mind, even if his leg hurts, he can bear it.

Thinking of this, he said softly, “Don’t worry about my leg injury. Although it’s scary to watch, I can find some ways to cure it in the future. You should look after yourself first. Curing your hands and legs are the priorities.”

What Cui Xingzhou didn’t say was that his leg injury was intentional.

The news that the Empress Dowager had intended to bestow him as the husband of her daughter came to his ears early. Cui Xingzhou heard that the Princess was arrogant and domineering. She was a spoiled child of Empress Dowager Wu.

Cui Xingzhou was not a good-tempered person, and he didn’t want to bow down to a woman in his bedroom and compliment her every time. Therefore, he can’t afford this!

But now he is not in a temple. There are always people in the Court who are slandered by him. It is not the best policy to refuse forcefully. It is necessary to bear some hardships and tactfully discourage the Empress Dowager.

It is said that Commander Shi tried his best to encourage this good marriage, and Prince Sui gave advice. Cui Xingzhou recorded this account on the head of Prince Sui, and he will pay it back someday!

So he planned to hurt himself in front of the Court Envoy and smeared bone etching medical grass on the wound. It seemed that the leg injury was more serious and even spread the word that he will be disabled. Now there was a lot of noise about his leg injury in the Capital and he was not afraid that the unruly Princess would not know it.

Because of his tight mouth and clever methods, even Zhao Quan was fooled. But in this way, there are also some risks. If he doesn’t use the dosage well, he will cripple himself.

However, Cui Xingzhou thought it would be worthwhile to disable a leg if he could refuse the daughter of the demon Empress. A man should live willfully. He can bow his head for a while. But if he marries a woman against his will, he will be suffocated all his life.

But he never thought that the wounded leg would kill two birds with one stone, attracting back a cruel little lady. If he knew this would work, he would have been injured earlier. How would he endure it until now?

Cui Xingzhou, who had a little taste of the benefits, decided not to break it and coaxed Miantang to see his injured leg which caused her eyes to turn red.

At that moment, Servant Li came in with a pot of fragrant soup. This is made of ginger, pork belly, pepper, and Chinese yam when Servant Li got the order. It can dispel cold and warm the stomach.

She thought it was The Prince who wanted to drink, but Servant Li walked all the way and looked at the bodyguards who had just woken up on the roadside. She was also puzzled.

When she saw Liu Miantang in the Warm Pavilion, Servant Li was shocked and her eyes widened.

Just now, she heard that people in the inner courtyard had been put down by overpowering drugs. The brain of Servant Li was starting to ache again after a long time, and she was worried about what The Prince would do to Lady Liu who suddenly came in.

Unexpectedly, The Prince didn’t seem to want to interrogate. He just coaxed Liu Miantang to drink the warm soup to dispel the cold first.

The cold dispelling soup is a little spicy, which is not very appetizing to Miantang. In addition to her worries, how can she drink it? The Prince was patient. He sat beside her, holding the bowl with one hand, and asked her to drink as if he were coaxing a child.

When she reluctantly drank a bowl, Prince Huaiyang asked the maid to come and apply medicine to Miantang’s hands and feet.

Miantang seems unwilling and insisted to give the ointment to Cui Xingzhou. Seeing this, Cui XIngzhou pull his face strict and said, “Why don’t you believe that I’m fine? If you move again, I’ll tie you up and apply for the medicine again!”

Miantang pursed her mouth and finally asked the servant girl to apply the medicine for her. Servant Li found that Miantang was thinner than before when she was in the Wuning Checkpoint…

Thinking about The Prince’s moodiness these days, Servant Li sighed, young men and women in the world are the most annoying, even The Prince who has always been indifferent is no exception. However, it seems that Lady Liu is also suffering from lovesickness.

Unfortunately, they don’t look like a pair no matter how she sees it!

After receiving the medicine, Cui Xingzhou waved to the people to go down.

However, when he turns around to look again, Miantang seems to be inappropriate.

Because there was a period of separation between them, and now she has applied for the medicine again, there is a painful feeling of new bone and flesh in her hand and foot injuries, which makes people sweat on their forehead and shrink on the bed.

Cui Xingzhou frowned and tried to hold her in his arms, but Miantang bit her teeth and avoided, saying in a low voice, “I didn’t manage to let you use the medicine even after I came here. It’s a waste of time! In this case, Your Highness can either put me in prison or let me go back. It also saved others from misunderstanding and disgraced Your’s Highness’s reputation.”

Cui Xingzhou felt angry when he saw that she wanted to come clean again. But now he has also learned that he can’t go the hard way with Liu Miantang. Her heart can be tough, and she will really leave if she says so.

So he only pretend that he didn’t hear her angry words, and softened his tone, “Even if you don’t come, I plan to see you after some time when I get well. The Lady Lin you saved turned out to be the daughter of the barbarian Old Shanyu. She prepared a lot of medicinal materials for you and entrusted me to bring them to you. Although the medicinal properties are not as effective as those I prepared for you, it is said that the cold dispelling effect is good…”

At this point, he couldn’t help but pull the shrunken Miantang into his arms, massaging her wrists and murmuring, “Be good, bear it, it will be fine in a moment.”

Miantang couldn’t bear to be so close to him, so she wanted to push him, but he was determined not to let go. How could Miantang push him?

She was annoyed and said, “What are you doing? Don’t you let go now!”

Cui Xingzhou looked at her bright eyebrows and eyes, as well as her pink cheeks against her long hair, and slowly pulled his long voice, “I want to cook porridge with you…”

In the beginning, Miantang didn’t understand. She blinked and stared at Cui Xingzhou, but he hugged her more and more tightly. Miantang suddenly understood what he said…

When she was a fake couple with him, she once half-jokingly learned Cui Jiu’s words about the hot love between husband and wife from the North Street neighborhood, and urged her husband to come back from the military camp when he was free, get mature with her, and don’t let the bed be cold…

But now she and he are over. He suddenly mentioned this section, which made her a bit shame and embarrassed.

Miantang nearly hit his injured leg with a fist, “… Cook… What do you want to cook? I’m not in your pot!”

Cui Xingzhou can’t help but lower his head and kiss her lips. No matter who is in the pot, after thinking about her for so long, a little rice soup should be given away, right?

After a hot kiss, Miantang’s cherry lips were dyed as red as rouge, and her big eyes were immersed in a layer of water mist, with a slight gasp, which is very attractive.

But Cui Xingzhou couldn’t go in any further.

Because Miantang cried.

“I really shouldn’t have come… You are unwilling to take the medicine, and you also use me as a clear porridge that can be filled at any time… Aren’t you going to marry the Princess? Why are you provoking me like this?”

Cui Xingzhou saw that she was crying, and his thick eyebrows are entangled, “Did you listen to Zhao Quan’s nonsense again? Who said I would marry the Princess without a decree? Besides, I’m disabled now, and the Court knows about it. How would the Empress Dowager marry her beloved daughter to a cripple?”

Miantang sniffed and said softly, “It doesn’t matter who you marry. If you are not going to trial on me, I’ll return now.”

Cui Xingzhou took her by the hand and also said in a low voice, “We have been separated for so long. I am with a group of rough men all day long. I am busy on the battlefront, and I miss you the rest of the time. But what about you? There is a son of a bitch named Su who comes from nowhere around the Lu family, and the matchmaker asks about you every other time, looking like you want to get married right away. Are you worthy of me?”

Miantang knew that Fan Hu sent letters to Cui Xingzhou from time to time, and she was not surprised to know. But when he said he missed her, Miantang half raised her head and said, “Why do you miss me?”

Cui Xingzhou said with a straight face, “Don’t you miss me? You were so hospitable that you always call ‘Husband’ in the beginning, have you forgotten all about it once you turned away, is this appropriate?”

Miantang was a little angry with him. She just knelt on the bed and said to Prince Huaiyang, “You lied to me, and said that I was inappropriate! So you are appropriate?”

Cui Xingzhou likes to look at Miantang’s angry appearance, and he calms down a little, “I mean, you should leave some mercy in life. When you do business, don’t you always say that business can’t be benevolent? How can you leave without successfully making a deal? Don’t you want to do any other business in the future?”

Miantang was so angry that she opened her mouth and stared at him and asked, “Then Your Highness should tell me, what business can we talk about in the future?”

Cui Xingzhou didn’t really think about it, but he just didn’t want to break up with Miantang, “How can we break up as a couple after so long? You should give me some time to think about it…”

Miantang tried her best to remind herself that the man in front of her was The Prince, and she could not afford to offend him, but when she broke up with him in the beginning, she has a bunch of anger.

Now she has endured and endured, and she can’t hold it back anymore, “No, I just don’t understand, what does Your Highness want from me? I want to know where are you at a loss. Although I am clumsy, I served you very diligently at the beginning, right? Even though I am ugly and don’t deserve to touch your precious body, I let you drink an energetic tonic wine, and your first time was given to me, and it was my fault. But later, when I saw that you couldn’t get up from bed, you… were not very reluctant. Since you are not at loss, can you please spare me the mercy and don’t haggle over the trifles with me? ”

Cui Xingzhou said with a straight face, “It’s more than a trifle of matters? How can there be a woman like you? Since you know that your first time has given to me, but you still want to marry someone else! Is that appropriate? You know everything, but you are afraid of being at loss, so you just roll up and leave. Isn’t that forcing me to marry you as the legal wife?”

Miantang was angry at what he said, and thus, she stretched out her finger and swore to heaven, “I! Liu Miantang! Swear to heaven that even if all the men in the world are dead, I will never want to marry… Wuwu…”

Before Miantang could finish her poison oath, Cui Xingzhou blocked her mouth.

He forgot how venomous the Young Lady’s mouth was, and such words of cutting ties could be said by her!

For a moment, the lips and tongues of the two people were once again in the same place. When they stayed apart, Miantang gasped again but did not speak anymore. She just turned around silently and lay down, with her back facing Cui Xingzhou.

Cui Xingzhou hugged her slim waist and pulled her closer, saying, “I regret that we were in such a hurry to separate. No matter whether you and I are going to break or not, you will have to allow me some time. My affairs are about to end. When I return to the Capital, I will pass by the State of Xi. How about I visit your Grandfather then?”

Miantang was pulled around by him and she looked at the man in front of her.

To be fair, he is really good-looking. He is not simply handsome and gorgeous but elegant from the inside out.

Having experienced such a beautiful man, others are a bit dull.

But Miantang doesn’t want to talk to him anymore, she just honestly said “My Grandfather is not well and can’t get agitated. Please don’t bother him. Besides, I’m not a stupid and ignorant woman who stays in the Mansion that you can coax me to be your Mistress in a few words. If I’m a noble Princess, I can break with you slowly as you said. At most I can just treat it as growing my face and play with it. Unfortunately, I’m just a common citizen, and I don’t have any room for reckless behavior. I can’t afford to gossip with you too… ”

Cui Xingzhou was a little angry with that “growing face”. He squinted and asked, “I didn’t expect you to have a big ambition. How can you amuse yourself?”

Miantang didn’t want to argue with him, so she got up and got out of bed. She reaches for her clothes, which were almost baked by the warm stove, and then turned to the back of the screen panel to change them. She then asked him, “Will I be taken to the prison later, or will I swim back?”

Cui Xingzhou stared at her and didn’t speak for a long time. When Miantang thought he was going to send someone to escort her, he said, “Since you have come here, just be a nice person to the end. My legs are badly injured. Those local maids are tough. Take care of me for a few days. When I return to the Capital, I will take you back to the State of Xi… Otherwise, you will go back in a prison car!”

This sentence can be regarded as nailing Miantang’s route out.

However, instead of saying she was taking care of him, it was rather the situation of him looking at her applying the medication. After using the ointment regularly and quantitatively, the atrophied tendons of Miantang’s hands and feet grew much better.

Cui Xingzhou has a Jianghu doctor beside him. He looks like he was very old. She doesn’t know where Cui Xingzhou invited the doctor, but he has the ability. It is said that the medication plaster was also from this doctor.

When Miantang’s hamstrings grew, the doctor used a silver needle to poke them and connect them slowly.

When the hamstrings were connected, her hands and feet were clamped to prevent Miantang from moving.

Miantang just lies around every day, and Servant Li is responsible for all kinds of food and support. Instead, she replenishes all the weight she lose previously.

As for the matters in the Escort Agency, Miantang contacted the staff of the Escort Agency and asked them to send the accounts to the inn in the State of You, and then Fang Xie will then deliver them to the Pavilion.

It is not convenient to strike an abacus because she has a splint on her hands and feet.

Cui Xingzhou looked at the way she was clumsily fiddling with the abacus with one finger. He stretched out his long arm and took the abacus over. His long finger moved quickly. She was stunned that he play the abacus like an ancient famous zither.

It didn’t take a moment for the account to be sorted out for her.

Miantang asked him curiously when he could use the abacus so well. But Cui Xingzhou glared at her and said nothing.

Just one thing, Miantang is still worried. Since that old doctor is so skilled, why is Cui Xingzhou’s leg not recovered?

Recently, he even asked a craftsman to make a pair of black-painted wheeled chairs. When strolling in the courtyard, he sat on it and asked Miantang to push him.

Miantang felt uncomfortable when pushing the cart, “Didn’t you say it was okay? Why did you still use a wheelchair… If I knew this, I wouldn’t use that medicine even if I died! Where is the source of the hawk bone flower? I’ll find it for you when I leave the Mansion!”

However, Cui Xingzhou didn’t say anything about it until he waved the maids away at the dining table, leaving them alone in the room. He then said, “Actually, my legs are much better, but the Imperial Court has been urging me to return to the Capital. Now is not a good time to go return to the Capital. I will delay as much as possible.”

Cui Xingzhou’s wound was very scary at first. It almost showed his white bones. But now the wound is healing slowly, and the new flesh grows out, which is much better.

To tell the truth, Miantang also gradually suspected that his original injury seemed exaggerated. Now after listening to his words, she confirmed her thoughts.

So she stared at him and asked, “You didn’t want to marry the Princess, so you injured yourself on purpose?”

Cui Xingzhou didn’t speak, but he acquiesced to her words.

Miantang was so disgusted that he pretended to be real. Had she known that she would not have come here on her initiative, she was deceived by him again!

And… he doesn’t even favor the Princess. She doesn’t know what kind of person he will marry in the future?

Miantang thought for a moment and asked, “My splint will be removed in a few days. How long will you keep me.”

Cui Xingzhou reached for a fried shrimp and put it in Miantang’s bowl, “Your Big Uncle has been in the State of You for a few days, and he is free today. I will send someone to invite him over to have lunch together.”

It turned out that Lu Xian chased Miantang all the way and finally found the State of You.

Miantang put her bowl down and said, “Why did you ask him to come here? You need to take care of everything every day. Don’t waste your time… I’ll go back with my Uncle.”

However, Cui Xingzhou ignored her and asked Lu Xian over.

Miantang was worried and frowned, “What are you going to do?”

Cui Xingzhou is also used to her temporary hypocrisy and deference, but she has lost her virtue of rules for a while. But now he only raises his eyebrows and says, “You asked me not to punish Fan Hu’s gang of fools. I have followed your advice. However, I just wanted to see your uncle, and you’re glaring at me! No manner. Learn the rules from Servant Li tomorrow again.”

Miantang, seeing that he had put up the manner of The Prince, had tolerated her anger, knelt, and said, “I dare to ask Your Highness, what’s the matter with meeting with my Uncle?”

Cui Xingzhou raised his eyebrows and said, “Just tell him not to rush to make a marriage for you after taking you back, or I will bring 100000 soldiers to the State of Xi to see you!”

Besides, Lu Xian chased her to the State of You Inn. He hasn’t got a chance to catch his breath and he only saw the two servant girls and not the child, Miantang.

After careful inquiry, he found that Miantang was detained in the Hot Spring Pavillion where Prince Huaiyang lived temporarily.

Hearing this, Lu Xian stamped his feet. This is so dreadful! Why did these two enemies of life and death come together again?