Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers

Chapter 352: Chapter 352: “Stop dawdling, and get on with what you need to do.
 

While bathing, she thought a lot.

At one moment, she felt she should postpone consummating the marriage by one day, especially since they had just experienced that great battle.

Though she hadn’t fought, facing such a bloody scene had still been somewhat shocking!

Then she thought, why be so sentimental? What’s bound to happen will happen.

Since they were already married, consummation was just the natural course of things.

Besides, by this winter, she would be twenty.

By her calculations, that was also a legal age to marry in her world!

Thus, lost in her muddled thoughts and bathing, she inadvertently delayed herself.

“Yueyue, I have already bathed, you can soak a bit longer and relax.”

Upon hearing Zhao Xiyan calling her from the door, Qi Yue, startled, shrank back into the water and hurriedly responded.

“Oh, okay.”

She really feared that this fellow might push the door open!

“Do you want me to have someone heat up your water?”

Qi Yue glanced at the unfastened door, her heart pounding like a drum.

“No need, I’m about to get out.”

“Oh, good. Then I’ll wait for you to drink the wine.”

Wine again…

Qi Yue’s face flushed immediately.

On the way back, this scoundrel had quietly whispered in her ear, saying once they drank the ceremonial wine, they could proceed with that matter.

No longer responding, she quickly got up from the bath.

Hearing a light laugh from Zhao Xiyan outside the door, who then briskly walked away, Qi Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She had reason to suspect that Zhao Xiyan came just to hurry her.

His words about letting her soak a bit longer were completely nonsensical!

Indeed, when she returned to the main room, she saw Zhao Xiyan already sitting at the table waiting for her.

“Yueyue, come quickly…”

Was he really in such a hurry?

Qi Yue, a bit agitated, awkwardly hesitated.

“Aren’t I here?”

Zhao Xiyan couldn’t wait any longer and rose to pull her into his embrace.

“It’s getting late, let’s drink the wine first.”

With the earlier events serving as a prelude, there wasn’t much more to say at that moment; their arms entangled, they finally drank the ceremonial wine.

“Yueyue…”

Hearing Zhao Xiyan’s tenderly affectionate call, Qi Yue was too nervous to lift her head.

“Hmm…”

What was to follow was clear, and though she was bold, she still felt a bit inhibited.

“Yueyue, shouldn’t you now call me ‘husband’?”

Zhao Xiyan’s voice, delicate like crushed jade, arose next to her ear, her neck also feeling warm.

Qi Yue’s half-face blushed hotly, feeling the man’s cool and comforting body, she couldn’t help leaning into him.

“Husband.”

“Wife. Can we go to bed now?”

Hearing Zhao Xiyan still asking, Qi Yue really wanted to knock some sense into him.

Always talking about getting it done, but when it truly came time, he was all dilly-dallying!

But she couldn’t possibly respond with a shy, smiling “okay”, as it would damage her image.

“Yueyue…”

“Stop dawdling, hurry up and do what you need to do,” Qi Yue punched him lightly on the chest, hearing him laugh as his chest shook.

“Okay.”

Qi Yue felt the ground disappear beneath her feet, as she was lifted up by Zhao Xiyan.

His magnified handsome face drew closer, landing between her brows and finally stopping at her lips.

With just a kiss, Zhao Xiyan finally stepped toward the inner room.

Qi Yue nestled in his arms, feeling the intense heartbeat in Zhao Xiyan’s chest, as a sense of happiness enveloped her again.

The inner room was suffused with the scent of flowers, bright red candles burned high, illuminating the whole room.

“Yueyue, I’ve finally married you…”

Her fingers, smooth as jade, caressed her cheek, inching downward.

….

Suddenly, a distant “boom” thundered sharply, causing both of them to halt their movements.

The unexpected sound instantly swept away the amorous atmosphere between the curtains.

Qi Yue immediately hooked her arm around Zhao Xiyan’s neck and sat up.

“What was that sound?”

Zhao Xiyan also stopped what he was doing, his brow furrowed.

“It’s the Black Feather Guard; someone must be hurt.”

They both quickly dressed in the clothes they had halfway removed and had just stepped out of the inner room when they heard rapid footsteps rushing toward Furong Courtyard.

Qi Yue felt a bad premonition rising.

“Could it be that something has happened at Longnan County Government?!”

Zhao Xiyan’s expression was also tense.

“Let’s not jump to conclusions yet, let’s listen first!”

They headed to the main hall, and the footsteps from outside had reached the courtyard gate.

Zhao Chong and Zhao Tai, who were secretly responsible for their safety, had already arrived and respectfully saluted them upon seeing them.

“Zhao Chong, go see what’s happening, and bring the people in.”

“Yes!”

Zhao Chong strode off and soon returned with a few people.

Qi Yue recognized all of them as guards from the household, but the injured one she saw for the first time.

However, hearing Zhao Chong calling him Zhao Lin, Qi Yue guessed that he was one of the Black Feather Guards responsible for important intelligence.

Zhao Lin had multiple knife wounds on his body, his blood had already dried to black, and an arrow was still embedded in his back.

His entire face was as pale as paper, his eyes barely able to stay open, only standing upright with the support of the two people beside him.

Qi Yue identified the condition with just one glance.

Excessive blood loss, critical condition, at risk of shock and possible death at any moment.

She hurriedly stepped forward and shoved a Blood Coagulation Pill into his mouth.

Zhao Lin had already lost the ability to swallow, so Qi Yue quickly took out a silver needle and pricked both sides of his neck.

Instantly, his throat moved, and he swallowed the pill.

With that, Qi Yue let out a sigh of relief, then instructed someone to bring him water to drink.

The well water in this household had long been infused with large amounts of Spiritual Spring Water, which also had great effects on injuries.

The main ingredient of the Blood Coagulation Pill was the blood of the White Rhino, incredibly precious, capable of saving lives from even the most severe blood loss with just one pill.

A few seconds later, Zhao Lin’s complexion visibly improved, and his eyes didn’t droop anymore.

Now, Qi Yue called people to help him to a nearby chair to sit at an angle and started treating the wound on his shoulder.

At first glance, she took another startle.

This arrow was shot cunningly, the arrowhead skewering through the back, lodged in the axillary artery.

Under normal circumstances, such a wound would likely lead to the loss of an arm if not treated promptly.

What’s even more strange is that given such a wound, Zhao Lin shouldn’t have survived up to this point.

It was miraculous.

The only possibility was that Zhao Lin had taken some kind of self-rescue measure.

Qi Yue wanted to ask him what he had done for the arrow wound on his back, but she held back.

Currently, there were more pressing matters to deal with.

She quickly tended to the wound, and seeing that Zhao Lin had somewhat recovered, she spoke urgently, “You can talk now; afterwards, I’ll need to operate on your shoulder.”

Zhao Lin did not know what surgery was, but he knew his arm was likely beyond saving.

However, at this point, there was nothing much to contemplate; the intelligence was crucial.

He quickly narrated the intelligence he had gathered while out scouting.

“Master, the ships from Nanyue are frequently approaching Nanling. On the surface, it looks like regular trade, but following up, I noticed that many did not seem like crew members, and hundreds have already infiltrated Longnan. Furthermore, there are unusual activities in multiple parts of Longnan County Government; the atmosphere is very abnormal.”

Hearing this account, Qi Yue’s heart filled with even greater astonishment.

According to Zhao Lin’s narration, he had engaged with the opposition in Longnan County Government; he thought he had escaped them.

But those people had unexpectedly followed him past Yulin Pass, up to halfway through his journey.

Realizing this, Zhao Lin fought them in a fierce battle, finally managing to kill them but also severely wounding himself.

Luckily, he met a Black Feather Guard who was delivering a message and was rescued and brought back.

“Who inflicted these wounds on you?” Zhao Xiyan, who had been silent all along, suddenly asked.

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