With her other hand, she nervously fidgeted with the hem of her dress.
Xuan Yuanjue frowned as he watched Shen Li's unconscious little actions. "Little one, do you know that you always fiddle with the hem of your dress when you're lying?"
"Come on, I'm really fine. Why do you insist on looking at my wrist? I've already said I'm okay." Shen Li felt a bit guilty and didn't dare to meet Xuan Yuanjue's eyes. She was just one step away from the door. She took big strides towards it, eager to leave this place quickly.
But this time, Xuan Yuanjue actually used his internal energy to grab Shen Li's arm. He rolled up her sleeve and found the wound on her left arm.
Xuan Yuanjue looked angrily at the wound on Shen Li's wrist. That deep wound felt like it was carved into his own heart. "What happened to your hand?"
"Moonlight has already told you not to use your internal energy. You're still in the recovery period." Shen Li frowned, looking a bit annoyed.
"I'm asking you one more time. What on earth happened to your hand?" Xuan Yuanjue tightly grasped Shen Li's arm, as if trying his best to suppress his inner anger. He didn't dare to use too much force, afraid that he might hurt Shen Li if he lost control.
Shen Li wanted to retort, but seeing Xuan Yuanjue's burning anger and his efforts to hold back his temper, she suddenly got scared.
"Fine, I'll tell you. Your poison can be cured with my blood."
Taking advantage of Xuan Yuanjue's momentary daze, Shen Li quickly pulled her hand out of his grasp. She let down her sleeve, covering the wound on her hand again.
Immediately, Xuan Yuanjue's angry expression disappeared. Looking at Shen Li's retreating back, his face was full of distress. He opened his mouth, wanting to stop her but couldn't say a single word. When Shen Li's back disappeared from his sight...
His thin lips parted slightly. "I'm sorry..."
That night, Shen Li found that all the dishes the servants had brought up were pig blood, duck blood, and other animal offal.
Just looking at them made Shen Li feel nauseous.
"What's going on with today's food?" Shen Li threw down her chopsticks, her face looking a bit bad.
The servant beside her lowered his head, his body trembling slightly. He whispered, "This was all ordered by the young master. I'm just following orders."
"I knew that guy had no good intentions." Shen Li gritted her teeth as she looked at the animal offal on the table.
Moonlight was standing behind Shen Li. She couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter.
Shen Li turned around and gave Moonlight a cold glare, full of threat. But Moonlight wasn't scared. Instead, she said in a teasing tone, "Miss, the young master is worried about you. He's got some conscience after all."
Just during dinner, Moonlight could clearly hear Shen Li grinding her teeth, as if she was imagining the food as Xuan Yuanjue and tearing it apart fiercely.
The next day, Shen Li left Xuan Yuanjue's villa on the outskirts of the capital. After all, the emperor was waiting for her to report on this important matter. She also needed to deal with Shen Feng. Shen Li always remembered all the things Shen Miaoniang's family had done to her before.
The people from the second branch of the Shen family were no good either.
When Shen Li was about to leave, Xuan Yuanjue looked at her reluctantly and didn't want to let her go.
"Little one, look at me. I'm still seriously ill in bed. How could you abandon me at this time? After all, I became like this for your sake." Xuan Yuanjue looked at Shen Li with teary eyes and clung tightly to her sleeve.
Shen Li felt a bit headache. She didn't know what was going on. It seemed that after this serious illness, Xuan Yuanjue's personality had changed greatly. He started to act coquettishly at every turn.
"Then I'll leave Moonlight here. I don't know any medical skills anyway." Shen Li snatched her sleeve back from Xuan Yuanjue's grasp.
Xuan Yuanjue pouted, looking very sad. He mumbled in a low voice, "Forget it then. I'd rather have Tian Qing."
Speaking of this, a clever idea suddenly flashed through Xuan Yuanjue's mind. He seemed to have noticed that he hadn't seen Tian Qing's shadow for a long time. Xuan Se had mentioned to him once before that Tian Qing had been taken to the palace by Eunuch Li.
This was just the right excuse. So Xuan Yuanjue said, "How about this? You're going to the palace to talk to the emperor about this matter anyway. Why don't I go with you? I can just pick up Tian Qing by the way."
Shen Li didn't say a word. She just gave Xuan Yuanjue a disdainful look, then took big strides towards the carriage outside the door. She didn't even look back at Xuan Yuanjue and just got into the carriage directly.
Moonlight was very happy to see her miss treating Xuan Yuanjue like this. She made a face at Xuan Yuanjue and then trotted to catch up with Shen Li.
When Shen Li left there, she didn't let the coachman drive towards the palace. Instead, she drove towards the Shen mansion.
Of course, Shen Li didn't let the carriage stop directly at the main gate of the Shen mansion. She got off the carriage one block away from it.
Shen Li guessed that Shen Yuhang and Shen Simin should still be in the Shen mansion at this time.
Relying on her previous memory, Shen Li led Moonlight to a remote alley. There was hardly anyone passing by here.
Moonlight didn't quite understand what her miss was going to do. So she asked curiously, "Miss, what are you going to do? You should be going to the palace at this time. Why are you here?"
There was a sly smile in Shen Li's eyes. She shuttled back and forth in this alley, as if looking for something.
"It's not urgent to go and see the emperor. I have something more important to do now. Just watch."
After walking back and forth for a while, Shen Li finally found a perfect spot. Looking at the nearly 2.5 - meter - high wall, she then looked at Moonlight beside her and frowned subconsciously.
After a moment of thought, Shen Li said, "Moonlight, why don't you go back to the mansion first and tell elder brother I'm safe. Otherwise, he'll worry about me. I'm going to talk to the people in the Shen mansion about something today."
Moonlight immediately had a long face. Her big, round eyes were full of grievance. "Miss, are you going to leave me again?"
"No, I just think it'll be inconvenient to take you in." Shen Li shook her head.
Hearing Shen Li's firm attitude, Moonlight didn't say much. She just nodded and chose to go back to Ye Yousi first.