Chapter 121

Now Zixiu had a profound understanding of what it meant to make every possible effort!

Though the toxin had entered her heart, Xingyi was still alive. Zixiu thought in addition to his dad’s remarkable medical skills, it was also because Xingyi always used poison as a weapon and she was more resistant to it than ordinary people! As Xingyi had used poison to threaten him months ago, Zixiu was not surprised that she had such a strong tolerance to it!

Zixiu also witnessed how to create conditions under difficult situations!

He popped his eyes when he saw his dad use the hollow stem of the feather from a pheasant as a blood transfusion tube. It was incredible… but it worked! Otherwise, there was no way that Xingyi could hold on till dusk!

Of course, it was merely a coincidence that they had saved Xingyi by blood transfusion!

He was not at all sure beforehand. But they made it! It was really a miracle!

At the thought of the thrilling operation in the morning, Zixiu, who was carrying the thatch in the snow, couldn’t help but let out a sigh. “As long as you want, everything is possible!”

At this moment, the snow had stopped and the setting sun was shining quietly on the wall. He looked up at his dad, who climbed up the roof to repair it as soon as he had finished the operation, and then at his pregnant sister, Liuxu, who was preparing dinner for the whole family, feeling both relieved and happy. It turned out that it was already a blessing to be free from sickness and disaster! Of course, if “the sick man and the injured woman” lying in the room could recover and leave soon, that would be perfect!

“Brother, watch your step!” From time to time, Liuxu would pop her head out to have a look, and when she saw that her brother was losing his mind again, she immediately reminded him.

Unlike the lazy, reckless Zixiu, who would make a mess of the house every time he did housework, Liuxu was a virtuous, diligent, and careful girl. When Zixiu and his dad were busy treating the injured, she not only prepared enough warm water for the operation but also got the lunch ready. Zixiu grew even more suspicious that his sister had been abused in the imperial palace. Otherwise, how could a princess know how to make a fire and cook?

Before dark, the roof repair work was finally done!

As soon as they walked into the room, they saw that a table of steaming food was ready. Zixiu was hungry and when he smelled the delicious food, his mouth began to water. In spite of the presence of his sister, he had left table manners behind and before his dad could even pick up his chopsticks, he had started chowing down.

“…” Liu Wuyi was rendered speechless. It seemed that the reason Zixiu always ate so little was not because of his poor appetite, but because of his dad’s poor cooking skills!

Liuxu only revealed a faint smile. As she had never been here before, she was a little shy and uneasy. As a sensitive girl, she could tell that her dad was a little alienated from her, though he did not show it.

He had a calm nature and as an elder, Liu Wuyi could not get his way in front of Liuxu like his son. He needed time to accept his daughter who had suddenly come to him. To be frank, he was not happy about her appearance! It was not because he disliked Liuxu, but because he was irritated by what Liuxu’s birth mother, Wang Ning, had done! He was reluctant to believe that Wang Ning was a selfish and merciless woman. What’s more, he could not understand why Wang Ning had treated him like this. He needed time to accept what had happened seventeen years ago. To be precise, he needed time to calm down to face Wang Ning who had been separated from him for seventeen years!

Therefore, though he was indeed very busy all day, he was also deliberately to avoid talking to Liuxu. Before he picked up the chopsticks and dug his food, he said nothing except for “Let’s start!”

At first, nobody spoke and it was quiet in the room. After gobbling up half a bowl of rice, Zixiu put down his chopsticks, picked up the soup ladle, and was about to scoop up the soup when a muffled “thump” suddenly came out from the bedroom.

What happened?

The curious, lively Zixiu rushed into the bedroom at an incredible speed. Holding the soup ladle, he couldn’t help but laugh secretly. ‘Ha-ha-ha! Another big show!’

A moment later, Liu Wuyi and Liuxu walked in as well. They saw that the pale girl was holding the edge of the bed and trying to stand up. Obviously, the “thump” they heard just now was the sound of her falling off the bed.

It would be against etiquette if men and women had physical contact! Seeing that her brother was still standing there, Liuxu thought he dared not to give a hand to the injured because of the etiquette, so she hurried to help Xingyi up carefully while asking her with concern, “Concubine Xingyi, are you all right? Did you get hurt?”

“Pooo!” Zixiu almost laughed loudly. Fortunately, he covered his mouth in time and lowered his head, as if he were about to cough, but actually, he was laughing crazily in his mind, ‘Ha-ha-ha! Concubine! Ha-ha…’

As she had sensed that Liu Zixiu was about to laugh, Xingyi’s pale face suddenly turned livid. She was so annoyed that she almost lost her breath.  “Cough…” she immediately coughed violently.

However, Liuxu did not know that Xingyi was mad at Zixiu. At the thought that the condition of this “Concubine” from Prince Mu’s Mansion seemed to worsen after she fell heavily to the floor, she was more worried. She then pressed Xingyi gently against the bed. “Madam, come on, go to bed to rest. The floor is very cold!”

“Cough…” The Sixth Concubine? Liu Zixiu! “Cough…” The more furious Xingyi became, the more violent she coughed, and she could not even speak.

Liuxu still did not see anything wrong. As it was so cold, while patting her back gently to help her regain her breath, she went on persuading the “Sixth Concubine” not to stand on the floor for too long.

Liu Wuyi had noticed his son’s weirdness, but he did not take it seriously. He walked to the hall, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Liuxu. “Give her some water.”

Before Liuxu could pick it up, Xingyi suddenly grabbed the glass from Liu Wuyi and drank the water up in one gulp.

She finally stopped coughing!

However, now that the little bit of physical strength she had regained after the operation was almost exhausted, Xingyi was so weak that she nearly fell to the bed. She subconsciously grabbed the sleeve of the pregnant woman who looked very similar to Liu Zixiu and guessed she was probably the real Princess Liuxu!

Though a number of questions popped into her mind, she was in no mood to think about them, and she just wanted to rest now. But as Prince Mu’s maidservant and subordinate, she could not share the same bed with her master.

“Take me to another room!” With that, she closed her eyes feebly.

“…” With an awkward look, Zixiu hurried to help Liuxu. ‘Well, this bitch is really conservative! Doesn’t she have a crush on Nangong Du? Now that they are all patients, what’s the big deal about sharing the same bed for one night?’