Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord

Xuexue glanced at the pleading eyes and softened her heart, saying, "Alright, be careful."

"Okay! Sure!"

The two walked out excitedly.

Night, in the side room.

After throwing a big tantrum during the day, Gu Lingqiao was persuaded by the old maid that, being in the War Prince’s Mansion, she had to rely on Long Rui for everything. Thus, she decided to strike while the iron was hot, making good use of her childhood bond with Long Rui, and that night, she sent someone to invite Long Rui to dinner.

Her strategy was to prevent Xuexue from having a chance to interact with Long Rui.

Long Rui originally didn’t plan to dine there, but since he hadn’t seen his wife this morning, he felt a bit uneasy. Just as he was about to head to the Rain Listening Courtyard, the maid sent by Gu Lingqiao arrived to invite him for dinner.

Long Rui refused flat out, but the maid said that after falling this morning, the young lady felt unwell, refused medication, and was now having a fever. They hoped the Prince could come to persuade her to take her medicine and recover.

Considering that Gu Lingqiao, a young lady, traveled a long way to the Capital to seek refuge with him, Long Rui thought for a moment and decided to follow the maid to the side room.

"Brother Rui, you’re here, Lingling has been waiting for a long time." As soon as Long Rui entered, Gu Lingqiao stood up to greet him.

Long Rui looked at her sharply through his mask, "Lingling, aren’t you unwell?"

Lingling was momentarily stunned, then immediately remembered her lie. She had instructed the maid earlier that if the Prince didn’t come, she should claim she was ill, knowing Long Rui would be concerned and certainly come.

Gu Lingqiao reached up to rub her temples, pretending to be very weak as she sat down on the chair.

"Yes, this morning I was hit by the Princess Consort Sister..." Realizing the slip, she quickly looked up at Long Rui and hurriedly corrected herself, "Oh...no...after I fell this morning and applied some medicine, I felt better, but after a while, I started feeling unwell. Maybe the wound is infected."

Lingling pretended to be distressed, touching the wound on her face.

Since it was just a minor wound, the doctor didn’t apply any gauze, leaving it exposed to the air, visible at a glance.

Long Rui glanced down, noticing that although the wound still looked red, there were no signs of infection.

Long Rui asked, "Lingling, there’s nothing wrong with the wound on your face. Do you have other wounds on your body?"

Lingling blushed, lowered her head embarrassedly, and replied, "Yes, it hurts quite a bit. It’s in a... private area, so I was too shy to tell the doctor."

Long Rui furrowed his brow and said, "You don’t need to show the doctor, but you should at least ask for medication. Have your maid apply it, then it won’t get infected."

Knowing that Gu Lingqiao had wounds on her body, Long Rui considered that the fever might be due to an infection.

As a result, he skipped dinner and immediately asked the steward to call the doctor over to check her pulse. After the examination, the doctor had a peculiar expression, as if he wanted to say something but ultimately kept silent.

Long Rui inquired, "Doctor, are Lingling’s wounds alright?"

The doctor responded, "It’s fine, just apply some medication."

Despite the young lady in front of him pretending to be weak, it was obvious that the Prince had some romantic entanglement. The Prince’s relationships were quite complex, and he didn’t want to comment. After leaving some medication, the doctor took his leave.

"Brother Rui, Lingling is hungry." Gu Lingqiao weakly sat in the chair, acting coquettish towards Long Rui.

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