I hide my concubine in a golden house

Chapter 32 He is dead!
"What are you emphasizing, Your Highness?" Quan Juan lowered his head and looked at her, his eyes seemed to be smiling, but upon closer inspection, they seemed to be not. They were only deep and full of incomprehensible emotions.

"It's nothing." Su Tian blushed for some reason, she let go like touching some hot potato, she lowered her head and dared not look at Quan Juan again.

Quan Juan slowly closed the pages of the book, turned off the oil lamp, stood up from the small table, bent slightly, put his arms on the table, and said softly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, if it's yours, it won't run away, if it's not yours... naturally You can’t force it either.”

When he spoke, the hair scattered on his back slipped over his shoulders inadvertently, and swept across the back of her hand.

Su Tian squeezed it, but didn't hold it tightly, the strand of hair ran out of her palm following Quan Juan's movements.

After speaking, Quan Jue straightened up and went straight into the room.

Su Tian let out a long sigh.

……

After another half a month of training, Quan Juan's body was gradually getting better.

Although the wound has healed, the body still needs to rest and recuperate. The palace is not as rich in inventory as the capital. Seeing that Quan Juan's injury does not affect her walking, Su Tian asks someone to pack her things and prepares to return to the capital ahead of schedule.

Early in the morning, the carriage was ready at the bottom of the mountain, and the imperial guards cleared the way, making two majestic lines.

Su Tian boarded the carriage with Quan Juan.

A few days ago, it rained for several days and the mountain road landslide and flooded the official road. Before it was cleaned up, the carriage entered the market under the escort of the imperial guards.

The imperial guards cleared the way with gongs and drums, and the nanmu carriage marked with the royal emblem was surrounded in the middle. He Qing was wearing a silver armor and a red cloak behind him, riding majestically on the side of the carriage.

The people in the county town gathered around the road to watch the excitement. The imperial guards wanted to clear the way while maintaining order, so as to prevent people from making trouble, they moved very slowly.

Su Tian lay on the small case and looked at Quan Juan, who was still sitting quietly with a book alone, suffocated to death.

Suddenly, I don't know what happened outside, the carriage stopped abruptly with a jerk.

Su Tian lost her sense of balance, slipped her hands, and fell flat on the table.

"His Royal Highness, please help Your Highness, save us!"

A young man in ragged clothes crashed into the middle of the road from nowhere, and the imperial guards who were fiercely clearing the way did not stop him. He fell down, half kneeling and half lying on the ground, and stopped in front of the horse's hoof.

"Bold grassroots, how dare you stop the empress guard of honor!" A small captain in the team shouted, and sent someone to drive him away.

The man struggled a few times to get up, but failed, revealing his muddy cloth shoes with two big holes worn through them.

"Human life is at stake, if Her Royal Highness doesn't care, isn't she forcing us to die?"

The crowds of people crowded around all of a sudden backed away, leaving a large space, whispering not far or near, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

He Qing waved his hand and said, "Where are you from? Why don't you go to your county government office. Someone, take him down!"

"Wait a minute, General He, bring him up—" Su Tian suddenly lifted the curtain of the car, and poked her head out of it.

"Yes."

The convoy traveled for a long while, and when it was close to Wangcheng, Su Tian stopped the convoy in a place with few people, got out of the car and asked, "Who are you? What grievances do you have? How can I save you?"

"Your Highness." The young man dropped his body and choked up his voice, "Caomin is the Lizheng of Jinshui Village. A few days ago, half of the families in our village were infected with a strange disease, which developed very fast. Many doctors in the village have seen it." No, I can only wait to die..."

Although the young man described himself as embarrassed and his face was waxy, he explained the matter very clearly when he opened his mouth, thinking that he had read books for a few days.

"What strange disease?"

"Those who are sick will have many dark spots on the skin, cough and vomit blood all the time, have a headache and body pain, and the high fever will not go away. Gradually, the hands and feet will start to fester or gangrene. No one can cure it. Can wait to die."

Su Tian frowned. She had never heard of this kind of symptom. The high fever that does not subside is like some kind of disease. If it is true, it will be troublesome.

"I beg Your Highness to show mercy, Your Highness, please save us, save our village." Seeing that Su Tian hesitated to speak, the young man kowtowed several times and made dull noises.

"You get up first, after I send people to investigate..." Su Tian was shocked when she heard this, and just took a look here, and saw the young man coughing violently for a while, rolled his eyes, and passed out.

Su Tian frowned, "Take him down and go together, give him some food and water, and bring him to see me when he wakes up."

Quan Jue sighed from behind, so soft that only she could hear: "Your Highness, it is better to leave this kind of matter to the local county government."

Su Tian put down the curtain of the car, turned around and looked at Quan Juan: "If the county government can take care of it, he wouldn't take the risk to stop the driver."

Quan Yi leaned against the wall of the carriage, and said lazily, "Your Highness, do whatever you want."

It's not that he doesn't know this truth, it's just that this kind of thing is too tricky, and it will cause public grievances, so it's not suitable for him to come forward in person.

After wandering along the way, the carriage finally stopped in front of the majestic royal city.

Su Tian stepped on a small stool and got out of the carriage. The sun was so hot outside that she couldn't open her eyes. She raised her hand to cover the sun and said, "The sun is too strong. Don't come down now. Let the coachman take you to the carriage." You go back to Changle Palace."

Quan Jue bent down and lifted the curtain of the carriage, and jumped out of the carriage with his hands on the shaft, a little funny: "How come your Highness can tan, but I can't?"

"That's not what I meant." Su Tian rubbed her closed eyes and muttered, "It's just that I heard people say that Qianqiu's summer is much more poisonous than your Beiming's. It’s still cooler, and you’ll know when you return to Wangcheng, if it’s serious, people who can get sunburned will peel off their skin.”

Quan Juan stared at Su Tian's eyes.

"Your Highness, you are back." Jiu Lixiang came up with someone holding an umbrella, greeted her, and said, "Your Highness and the son-in-law have worked hard this journey."

"Mujin, take my son-in-law back to the palace for me. I have something to go to see my father." Su Tian turned her head to look at Quan Juan: "Go back and take care of your wounds."

Quan Juan raised his eyelids, and answered casually: "Okay."

Jiulixiang bowed her head: "This servant has already ordered people to prepare hot soup. Your Highness is running all the way. Do you want to take a bath and change your clothes before going?"

"No need, you can go with Hibiscus."

Jiu Lixiang nodded, walked up to Quan Juan and said, "My son-in-law, please come with your slaves."

Su Tian turned to look for her father, but unexpectedly, King Qianqiu was recruiting people to discuss politics, so she was in vain.

"Your Highness, it's not good, Your Highness!" Just as he was walking back, the squad leader of the Imperial Guard who had blocked people on the street ran over in a panic, panting and shouting.

Su Tian stood still: "What happened, please speak slowly."

"Your Highness, the general asked his subordinates to come down and report that Lizheng in Jinshui Village, he...he died!"

(End of this chapter)