Chapter 13

Mu Yunyao also realised how improper her actions were . She quickly looked around her . The water here was warm, there should be a lot of medicinal herbs that were still alive . She did not walk far before she found what she was looking for . She pulled it out from the ground and washed it clean .

“Where is your injury?” The weeds here were very tall, they reached Ning Junyue’s shoulder . She could smell the blood but was unable to spot it .

Ning Junyue stared coldly at her . After a while, he spoke, “The chest . ”

When the weeds were pushed to the side, Mu Yunyao’s heart lurched . His silver clothes were already dyed red . The injury was spread wide from his left shoulder to the ribs on his right . The injury was so deep that she could see his bone .

She mumbled a polite apology as she stripped him . As she looked at his injury, she took in a sharp breath . It was incredibly deep and the blood was black . If she did not do this properly, his only fate was death .

Yue Wang had a very awkward position . He was Empress Wei’s son, his position was supposed to be the best but because Empress Wei had poisoned a prince to death, her position was taken away and was sent to the cold palace . She gave birth to Yue Wang in the cold palace and died . Yue Wang was disliked by the Emperor since birth . Before reaching fourteen years old, he had stayed in the cold palace all his life . At fourteen, he was given a title and was given the poverty-stricken western province as his land .

When his title ceremony was over, he was immediately sent to the western province and stayed there for a full eight years . Everyone knew that although he was given a title, it was just a way to send him away . In her memory, Yue Wang was only supposed to return after another three years, so why did he appear here now?

As Mu Yunyao got lost in thought, her hands did not stop moving . She had already cleaned the area around his wound, it was just that his wound……

“Um…… . please lend your knife to me . ” Mu Yunyao was hesitant, she could sense that Yue Wang was on guard, she was afraid one wrong move and she would be sent to her grave . “There are a lot of dirt marks on your wound and there also seemed to be poison . If I don’t clear away that flesh, even if I apply medicine, the effects would not be good . ”

Ning Junyue handed his knife to her, his cold gaze landed on her slender neck . This girl was slender and petite . He could easily strangle her with just one hand .

Mu Yunyao felt the temperature around her neck lower, as if she was locked on by a fierce beast . Her heart could not help but beat faster . She took the knife and carefully brought it closer to his chest . “This will hurt a lot, please bare with it . ”

Ning Junyue did not care . His studied Mu Yunyao’s face and her neck . There were bruises on her face that had turned green, there was even a cut made by a sharp object . There was no way to imagine how her face originally looked like, but her neck was very pretty, white and without any blemishes like a jade . Under his gaze, her neck even had a hint of a blush, causing him to have the sudden urge to touch it .

Throughout the surgery, Ning Junyue did not make a sound, but Mu Yunyao was already sweating . The blood on his wound had already become a bright red and she immediately chewed the herb into pieces and applied it on his wound . “Done, you……”

Before she finished her sentence, there was a sudden cold feeling around her neck . A cold hand was wrapped around her neck .

Ning Junyue narrowed his eyes . It felt as if he was touching soft jade . He went accordingly to his own wishes and moved his fingers . They brushed across the blush on her neck, feeling her tremble under his touch .

Mu Yunyao’s heart was beating terribly quickly, her body as stiff as a rock . “I saved your life, you wouldn’t repay me by killing me, right?”

A hint of interest flashed across his eyes . Ning Junyue tightened his hand a little and saw her eyes widening, water starting to well up in those clear eyes . She was like a cat that he once had, weak and could not take one hit .

He removed his hand and saw a red string encircled her neck . He tore it off and held it, “I owe you a favour . ”

Mu Yunyao sighed in relief, the murderous aura had disappeared . “Then I’ll be leaving . ” When she saw that Yue Wang had no reaction, she carefully backed away, picked up her pannier and shot away, her hand still holding on to his knife . She did not manage to find a snake, so she would use this knife as its replacement .

She ran and ran for twenty minutes until she reached the village . She stopped and panted . She kept the knife properly and wiped away the sweat on her forehead and walked into the village .

The Mu Yunyao now was extremely afraid of death, because she had to protect her mother and she had to take revenge . Before fulfilling these wishes, she had to live well, better than anyone else .