Volume 1 Chapter 128: Stubborn

  Cut by ceramic tile?

  Zhen Shining curiously took Shen Zhongjie's palm and looked at it.

  Is it a piece of porcelain that is cut off bit by bit, or is it the hand pressed on the broken porcelain and rubbed hard to torment oneself?

  Zhen Shining didn't understand why this hand would be injured in such a strange way.

  Qiu Ju led a young maid carrying salt water, medicine and other items into the room.

  Rather than saying that she was afraid of Shen Zhongge discovering her own doubts, it would be better to say that Zhen Shiniang had a vicious and malicious nature, intentionally retaliating against Shen Zhongge's bullying behavior. She knew very well that cutting open the wound would be extremely painful, yet she maliciously did not administer anesthesia.

  Only let Autumn Chrysanthemum find a towel for Shen Zhongke to bite.

  The wound was reopened, the rotten flesh and pus inside were cut away, and a special brush was used to carefully remove the ceramic powder that had seeped into the muscle fibers. The young maids were so frightened that they retreated with trembling legs, and even Ah Jiao, who was known for her bravery, turned pale at the sight of this surgery. "Madam..." she called out shakily, hinting to Zhen Shiniang with her eyes that the package by her side contained anesthetic.

  Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Zhen Shi Niang raised her head. Shen Zhong Ge's face was pale and his face was covered in sweat, which had formed a river. He was biting hard on the cloth in his mouth, watching her movements without making a sound.

  This guy's bones are indeed hard enough.

  Look at Shen Zhongjie's entire arm, tightly bandaged, even his fingers were stiff as stone. Zhen Shiniang's heart finally softened, she stopped her actions and ordered Qiuju, "Go get a cup of strong wine!" Seeing Shen Zhongjie's puzzled gaze, she added, "Guan Yunchang's scraping bone to cure poison is just drinking strong wine to numb it."

  "No way!" Shen Zhongke gritted his teeth and hummed in a low voice.

  "Your muscles are so tense, I can't handle it!" The hero wasn't usually this arrogant, and Zhen Shiniang gave him a big white eye in her heart. Seeing him staring at her, she said, "Turn your head away, you can't look at me like that." Losing her usual chastity, Zhen Shiniang's beautiful eyes widened, looking as cute as a little girl.

  The two of them stared at each other for half a day. Shen Zhongjie suddenly burst out laughing and beckoned to Qiuju to pass the wine over.

  Borrowing the autumn chrysanthemum's body to block, Zhen Shi Niang applied the entire package of anesthetic to Shen Zhong Ke's palm. After about half a minute, she picked up the knife again and neatly cut open another incision for cleaning...

  This strong liquor really works. The piercing pain on the palm of his hand gradually disappeared, Shen Zhongge relaxed completely, and he even felt a little drowsy, dozed off for a while, and opened his eyes again. The wound on his hand had been cleaned and bandaged.

  Qiu Ju was tidying up the house with a little maid.

  Shen Zhong's arm swung back and forth, and he lifted his right arm to try it out. His palm was still numb and had no sensation, but his entire arm felt strangely light, without the soreness and swelling of the past few days. He couldn't help but feel secretly amazed, "Her medical skills are indeed very high."

  He didn't believe her before, and he hadn't planned to let her re-operate on him. But he was moved by her playful remark "I'm also a master of medicine now." He couldn't bear to pour cold water on her, so he decided at the last minute to endure the pain and encourage her.

  She was injured in just a few battles and returned to Fengguo's large camp the next day. The military hospital was full of experts treating external injuries.

  Unexpectedly, she was indeed a master of medicine.

  She also remembered the calmness and boldness she showed when facing the wound with pus and blood, her composure and ease. Shen Zhongge's eyes flashed a hint of confusion, was this the woman who always lowered her head and obeyed him, gentle as water?

  "Is the general awake?" Zhen Shi Niang entered with a bowl of medicinal soup.

  Shen Zhong stared at her blankly, speechless.

  Zhen Shining sat down beside him, "The general has a fever, drink the medicine first." Seeing that he didn't take it, Zhen Shining brought the medicine bowl to his mouth, "The general's hand is injured, these days you should drink less wine, eat fewer spicy foods, and avoid shrimp and crab..." As she fed him the medicinal soup, Zhen Shining instructed.

  Soft and gentle voice, with a bit of a young wife's tenderness.

  Shen Zhong looked at her several more times.

  The apricot-colored jacket wrapped around her slender figure, the black hair was simply tied with a wooden pin, her face was as white as snow, and her gentle eyes seemed to be misty and beautiful like the March rain. Along with her light breathing, a faint fragrance that seemed to exist but not exist entered my heart, making me feel palpitations.

  Suddenly, Shen Zhongge felt that the room was a bit hot.

  His eyes gradually became profound.

  He lifted his left hand to take the medicine bowl, and with a few gulps, he finished the remaining medicinal soup. He then instructed, "Prepare water for bathing."

  Take a bath?

  Zhen Shining was startled.

  His palm had just been dug out a pile of rotten flesh and sewn with more than ten needles, the wound was so serious... He also had a fever... At this time, take a bath?

  She wanted to stop him, but then she thought that he had just broken out in a cold sweat and must be feeling terrible. If it were her, she wouldn't be able to sleep without taking a shower, so she responded with a "yes".

  She had a charcoal brazier lit in the bathroom and ordered Dong Ju to come and go to attend to her, instructing her, "Be careful not to get your injured hand wet." Only then did Zhen Shiniang calm down, just as she was about to read a travelogue, when Dong Ju rushed out trembling with fear.

  "What's wrong?" Zhen Shi'niang's heart skipped a beat.

  "The general doesn't allow servants to attend." Dong Ju bit her lip and held back tears.

  Look at Dong Ju's face turning pale with fright. Without guessing, Zhen Niang also knew that she must have been scolded by Shen Zhongjie.

  It's hard to tell whether to laugh or cry.

  He really is guarding Chu Xinyi like a precious jade. And it's not like she intentionally used Dong Ju to seduce him, but the wound on his hand made it difficult for him to move around, so why be so fierce with just a maid?

  "You can go down now." Zhen Shining sighed and turned around to beckon someone to find Rong Sheng to come in and serve.

  Rong Sheng was taken aback, "General taking a bath and letting a servant attend to it?" He looked at Zhen Shi Niang, thinking in his heart, "...what is the point of being a mistress?"

  Why don't you go in and attend to her?

  The general's mind is clear and straightforward about his promotion.

  Taking a deep breath, Rong Sheng finally gathered the courage to remind Zhen Shi Ni of her duties as a wife, but when he looked up, she had already entered the inner chamber.

  Shaking his head, Rong Sheng went into the bathroom with a sigh.

  Chrysanthemum fears Shen Zhongjie's violent temper, and so does he.

  This time back from Zhongtang Fu, Zhen Shiniang gained a lot. Knowing she likes to read books, Xiao You brought her many books. She was holding a travelogue and reading it with great interest when Shen Zhongke pushed the door open with a gloomy face.

  "...... Done with the bath?" Zhen Shi Niang put down her book and walked up, "Didn't get the wound wet, did you?" She reached out to grab Shen Zhong Ke's right hand to take a look.

  Shen Zhong dodged her and strode over to sit down in the chair.

  What's wrong again?

  Zhen Shi Niang turned around and stared at Shen Zhong Ke's back in shock.

  For some reason, although Shen Zhongjie's face was gloomy and black, if Dong Ju and others were here, they would have been scared out of their wits. But Zhen Shi Niang felt that he looked like a child who didn't get the sugar he wanted, his frowning expression exactly the same as Jian Wu's when he was being stubborn.

  Shaking her head with a smile, “...the patient is the most important, has the right to be stubborn.” Silently reciting this sentence of calming magic that had been cultivated for thousands of years, Zhen Shi Niang followed Shen Zhong Shuo to the side of the chair, lowered her head and saw that the gauze on his hand was soaked with water, stretched out her hand again to rewrap it, “...it's all wet, I'll rewrap it again.”

  Shen Zhong shook his hand and pulled her to one side.

  This guy is really stubborn.

  Zhen Shining was taken aback, looking at him with a scrunched up face, and suddenly her competitive spirit rose, "I'll go find Rong Sheng!" As if she was also angry, she lifted her leg and left.

  When she heard that she was going to find Rong Sheng again, Shen Zhong's body shook and he raised his head blankly.

  Zhen Shining was passing by his right side, suddenly bending down, "Look where you're hiding!" Shen Zhong's injured right hand was firmly grasped in her hand, and she raised her head to smile at him slightly, "This medicine cloth is all wet, if you don't change it quickly, it will get infected again, and your hand will really be beyond salvation." Her tone was gentle, with a hint of tolerance and guidance.

  Unexpectedly, the normally gentle Zhen Shiniang was also capable of cunning, and Shen Zhongge was taken aback, slightly moving his arm, only to have his wrist grasped tightly by Zhen Shiniang. She then proceeded to carefully remove the bandage from his wound. Unable to help himself, Shen Zhongge's mouth curved upwards once more, his smile uncontrollably spreading to the corners of his eyes, which also softened as he quietly watched Zhen Shiniang's skilled movements... When she looked up, he immediately resumed a serious expression.

  After a day of hard work, Zhen Shiniang slept very soundly that night.

  Waking up from a nap, I see that the water clock has not yet struck noon, thinking of dozing off for a bit longer. Just as I closed my eyes, I suddenly remembered that Shen Zhongjie was still living here, and I sat up with a start.

  Xia Ju carried in a basin of water for washing her face.

  The four big maidservants were all bought, Zhen Shiniang followed Autumn Chrysanthemum and Winter Chrysanthemum, and named the other two maidservants Summer Chrysanthemum and Spring Chrysanthemum.

  "Is the general awake?" asked Zhen Shiniang as she stretched out her hand to let Xiaohua help her dress.

  "......The general has left." Xia Ju lowered her head and carefully tied the buttons on Zhen Shi Niang's collar, serving with extra care.

  This new master looks gentle and calm, but every move he makes is full of majesty, making people dare not to be careless.

  "He's gone!" Zhen Shi Niang's body stiffened.

  "They left with Rong Sheng before the third watch." Xia Ju nodded, "Dong Ju sister wanted to come and call you, but was stopped by the general, only letting the kitchen make a bowl of noodle soup."

  What a wonderful bell!

  Tell her this morning that she can die today.

  His wound needs to be changed every day, and the stitches need to be removed after seven days. He said he was leaving today, so he prepared his medicine last night and brought it with him. Shen Zhongge has always been one to say what he means and do what he says, and Zhen Shimu has long gotten used to it. But now that he's her patient, if he wants to be discharged from the hospital, even if he doesn't need to ask for her approval as his attending physician, at least he should inform her, right?

  She had already gotten annoyed early in the morning, Zhen Shining was extremely grateful, fortunately they looked at each other with disgust, it's just that they tolerated each other for two years, if she had to spend her whole life tied down with someone like this, she thought, she would go crazy first.

  The injury on Shen Zhong's hand was not a minor one, Zhen Shiniang had intentionally asked Ji Huifeng to deliver the medicine to General Shen's residence and instructed him to come back in seven days to remove the stitches. She wrapped it up into a small package, but after some thought, she put it away again. Having been beaten like a pig head by the joyful magpie and having the experience of being driven out at midnight, she was afraid that if she took the initiative to deliver it herself, others would not think she was doing her duty as a doctor, but rather that she was trying to seduce Shen Zhong...