RVW-44.2

At this moment, the maids and Imperial Guards from Su Wang Mansion finally entered Tongcheng under the soldiers’ lead. Wen Liang had already let someone take care of everything for them, knowing that Chu Baning’s mind wasn’t in the right place. He directly brought the maids and Momos from Su Wang Mansion to the Gu family’s clinic.

Ru Lan was unable to move freely due to her foot injury, so after bandaging her injured foot she was left on the carriage. Only Ru Cui and two Momos entered the clinic.

They quickly saluted when they saw Chu Baning, then they worriedly looked at the still unconscious Ah Nan in the bed.

“Dr. Gu, how is Su Wang fei?” Wen Liang dared not enter the room and went face-to-face with Chu Baning, so he directly caught Dr. Gu to ask.

Dr. Gu was extremely dumbfounded when he heard Wen Liang referring to the woman Su Wang brought as “Su Wang fei”. Then he secretly rejoiced for himself that he was only referring to that lady as Su Wang’s little concubine in his mind, thankfully he didn’t say it out loud. Otherwise, he really couldn’t bear Su Wang’s fury. 

As Dr. Gu had now known of Ah Nan’s identity, he now suddenly thought, since she was the Su Wang fei, even if she were to be disfigured, she wouldn’t be despised right? Su Wang seems to hold her dearly…..

In the room, Chu Baning sat serenely on a stool beside the bed, while Imperial Guard Feng, Ru Cui, Zhang Momo, and the others were kneeling on the ground.

Chu Baning has received the letter that was brought by Imperial Guard Feng. The letter was of course the one that the Emperor gave to Imperial Guard Feng before leaving the palace. Imperial Guard Feng was a faithful and loyal patriot kind of person¹The RAW actually said “doll” or puppet instead of person. And the loyal and patriotic was actually “faithful to the monarch and loving the country” and was only obeying orders, so he must personally see Su Wang before handing the letter over. He was completely oblivious to the fact that his family’s Emperor was actually using him as a shield. This poor imperial guard had to share being on the receiving end of Su Wang’s wrath.

Chu Baning read through everything lightning fast, then his fingers curled in *squeezed* and *crumpled* the letter into a small piece.

The room atmosphere seemed to become even more tense, Imperial Guard Feng and the others buried their heads in, not even daring to breathe loudly. Obviously it was bitingly cold because of the late autumn weather, but they were sweating profusely.

The luckiest one in the room was the Wang fei who had just drunk her medicine and continued to sleep soundly. It was because she was currently sick and had just luckily escaped a disaster. If it wasn’t because she had just gotten injured, fell sick, and also got so thin her chubs have all gone, Wang ye also wouldn’t have spared her like this. 

Therefore, the step Wang ye has decided to take for this Wang fei was: Settle the accounts after autumn!

Who knows how long they have been kneeling, but when they suddenly heard a cold snort, a few of them went weak in the legs, almost going limp on the ground.

It wasn’t until Mu Yuan’er came and broke the atmosphere that those poor people were saved.

“Wang ye, the Governor Furen has already tidied up a courtyard, she said Wang fei can move in anytime to rest.” Although Mu Yuan’er sympathized with those people, he also didn’t dare to bump into the iceberg and could only speak softly.

Chu Baning heard it, but he also didn’t tell those people to get up. He just directly hugged Ah Nan and went out. 

Seeing Chu Baning simply left like that, the people in the room silently internally cried: Wang ye, have you forgotten that we are still kneeling? The weather is so cold, it’s really unbearable ah!

After quite a while, Ru Cui pounded her legs and stood up with a solemn expression, saying, “Wang fei is still sick and needs to be served by this servant. This servant will be going first.”

Imperial Guard Feng anxiously watched as this gutsy god-defying girl left just like that.

Indeed a foolish girl. He really didn’t know how this kind of gutsy god-defying foolish girl became Su Wang fei’s close attendant.

In the clinic, Wen Liang gracefully swayed a jade-folding fan. On the fan were five words written in dragon and phoenix calligraphy²Referring to cursive Chinese calligraphy, it’s great when you can see the boldness, vigorousness, and flamboyance in it.: Gentle and Kind Like Jade³温良如玉 (Wen Liang Ru Yu) is derived from the confucian philosophy (温润而泽，仁也) describing how a gentleman should act, basically being gentle and warm to people (jade’s first property is being able to make people feel warm, thus the “like jade”), and also benevolent and help/teach others. Wen Liang’s name is precisely the first two characters (温良) meaning warm/gentle and kind, basically here Wen Liang is referring to himself as a jade-like gentleman and also can mean Wen Liang is pretty/handsome (jade is usually used to refer to good-looking people). If those words’ meaning were to be ignored, one couldn’t help but sigh in admiration at its vigorous style of calligraphy. Wen Liang, sporting a gentle and refined smile, was asking things related to medical knowledge to Dr. Gu’s daughter, Gu Xiaoyan. However, Gu Xiaoyan clearly didn’t understand what this capital’s-most-beautiful-man was going about. Her expression was indifferent and distant as she answered Young Master Wen’s questions concisely.

The two of them were astonished when they saw Chu Baning coming out as he princess-carried Ah Nan. Although the customs in the border areas were relatively more open, such a thing as a man hugging a woman in public places with a lot of people so openly was still brazen. But looking at Chu Baning’s so natural-as-if-nothing-was-wrong expression actually made them feel that it was something normal, there was no need to make a fuss.

“Ai ya, Wang ye, you are finally willing to come out la~” Wen Liang asked as he gracefully swayed his fan

Chu Baning ignored him, only faced Dr. Gu and asked him, “Dr. Gu, Wang fei isn’t well and needs a female doctor who is familiar with medicines to serve by her side. Would your daughter⁴The term of address was 令媛 or 令爱, that is used to respectfully address the other party’s daughter be willing to follow Ben Wang now? Your daughter can go back after Wang fei has gotten better.”

Gu Xiaoyan was already shocked enough when she heard Wen Liang addressing Chu Baning as “Wang ye”, but hearing Chu Baning’s words, she was even more astonished. She had never expected that the person whose wound she treated previously was actually a Wang fei. Moreover, this Wang ye was actually…..

Dr. Gu naturally didn’t dare to refuse. He hurriedly said he would let his daughter pack up quickly and follow Wang fei along.

After Chu Baning received his permission, he carried Ah Nan and then, under the witness of Toncheng’s people, got into the carriage that the city governor’s mansion had sent, heading towards the governor’s mansion.

Upon arriving at the City Governor’s Mansion, Governor He and his Furen were already waiting outside the door, respectfully waiting for the honorable Su Wang and Su Wang fei’s visit. When they saw a young lady being carried by Chu Baning as they got off from the carriage, Governor He and his Furen eyed each other, not knowing what had happened.

There were still a few commoners outside of the City Governor’s Mansion. Although they didn’t know Chu Baning’s status, the fact that he was able to make Governor He personally went out to welcome him means that the status of this person definitely wasn’t low. Very soon, someone found out that he was Su Wang, the Emperor’s relative, who the Emperor had stationed here to guard the borders.

Chu Baning, in high profile, carried his family’s little Wang fei as he entered the Governor Mansion under everyone’s gaze.

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Ah Nan woke up in the depth of the night.

She was awakened by her body’s physiological response——Urgent need to urinate is also a physiological reaction that makes everyone helpless!

However, she felt a bit stifled and unable to move. It felt like something was pressing onto her waist, making her feel extremely sore and weak. A lamp was lit in the room, the incandescence of the fire lamp quietly blossomed its twinkling splendour in the night, allowing her to see the unfamiliar surroundings clearly.

Her mind was still a bit muddled, Ah Nan kept moving and then finally found that she was unable to move because she was actually trapped in someone’s embrace. The familiar embrace and masculine scent were enough for her to know who was hugging her.

Ah Nan was still half-awake, thinking she was still dreaming. If it wasn’t, then how could she be in Wang ye’s arms once she was awake, as if they went to sleep together as usual? She remembered that she was still on the way to Tongcheng, alright.

“Awake?” A deep husky male voice sounded near her ear, carrying a sensual allure of someone who had just woken up.

Ah Nan was still dazed, she lifted her head to look at the blurry outline of a man in the dusky and ambiguous light.

A warm big hand touched her forehead, covering her forehead as if trying to probe out her temperature.

Ah Nan sluggishly looked at him, then foolishly said, “I want to get up later….”

“……..”

Rustling sounds could be heard after a few seconds of silence. Chu Baning had gotten up and put on his coat, then he picked up a thick warm cloak and draped it over her body, supporting her weak body to get up and out of the bed.

Ah Nan fumbled about to put on her shoes. Like sleepwalking, she followed along the man who supported her until she reached the screen that faced the outside of the room. When her fingers touched the icy screen, that ice-cold touch cleared up her mind a little. A burst of cold night wind blew in from the half-open window, making rustling sounds from the blown curtains, as well as waking her up from drowsiness.

Ah Nan’s eyes widened, almost popping out of her sockets, staring in horror at the man who was supporting her.

The man, in return, stared at her with an extremely solemn and grave expression.

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