Chapter 48 Fortunately, the two of them were still

  Fu Xi was stunned by Qing Sang's roar and looked around, but it seemed that Chu Lianyu was nowhere to be seen in the room.

  Dazed for a moment, Fu Xi suddenly thought that Chu Lianyu shouldn't be living in this lower house.

  "Chu Taizhen shouldn't be living in this courtyard, I'll go take a look," said Fu Xi.

  "What about Chang An then?" Qing Sang asked sorrowfully, at this moment she was also at a loss.

  Fu Xi took a deep breath and calmed himself down before walking forward to examine Chang An's injury.

  Having spent a few years in the military camp as a child, Fu Xi had some ways to deal with cuts and stabs.

  Tore open Chang An's clothes, revealing a long knife wound on his chest, with blood already congealed.

  "The wound is long, but it didn't hurt the internal organs, just bleeding too much." Fu Xi carefully looked at it and took out a small bottle of medicine from his bosom, letting Qing Sang apply it to Chang An's wound, while he himself found a clean cloth strip to bandage Chang An up.

  Qing Sang saw that there were some dark flowers on the cloth strip, and upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a waistband. Only then did she realize that it was probably the waistband of a certain palace maid who had been thrown to the ground when she was raped by Xiang Xi. Thinking of this, Qing Sang couldn't help but shed tears.

  After securing Chang An's package, Fu Xi said: "Princess, I'll first take Chang An back to our East Wing, then go find Doctor Chu."

  Qing Sang nodded and said: "You carry Chang An on your back first, I'll take a look if there's anyone else alive!"

  "No, Princess, let's go together. After we find Dr. Chu, we can come back and look again, it won't be too late. It's too dangerous for you to be alone." Fu Xi said with concern.

  Qing Sang thought for a moment and then followed Fu Xi back to their residence in the East Wing.

  Chang An lay on the bed, his face deathly pale, unconscious. Shan Tao lay on the ground, wrapped only in Xue Hui's cloak.

  Fu Xi had gone to find Chu Lianyu. Qing Sang took a set of her own clothes from the trunk, and with tears in her eyes, she dressed Shantao. Yesterday, Shantao was still a little girl who could smile and talk, but today, she had become an icy corpse. From the many wounds and bloodstains on her body, Qing Sang couldn't imagine what kind of humiliation she had suffered.

  Tears fell like rain, dropping onto the pink gauze dress that had just been put on Shan Tao. The tears spread out on the gauze like the sorrow in Qing Sang's heart, uncontrollably spreading and growing inside.

  "Princess, Dr. Chu has arrived!" Fu Xi pushed open the door and entered, closely followed by Chu Lianyu with a medical box on his back.

  Qingsang's eyes welled up with tears as she looked up at Chu Lianyu again and again.

  Chu Lianyu had already heard Xiang Xi briefly explain the situation on the way here, and now seeing Qing Sang's sorrowful and dejected appearance, her heart was also twisted into a knot. Although she hadn't gone to the lower room to see the tragic scene, seeing Chang An on the bed and Shan Tao who had just put on new clothes, she could already imagine how miserable the situation in that room must be.

  "Princess..." Chu Lianyu stepped forward, wanting to comfort Qing Sang, but a thousand words stuck in her throat.

  "Go take a look at Chang An!" Qing Sang stood up and said to Chang An on the bed.

  "Yes!" Chu Lianyu efficiently began treating Chang An's injuries.

  "Your Highness, the wound is not fatal, just excessive blood loss, and he needs to rest. I've already given him an injection and stabilized his condition," said Chu Lianyu to Qing Sang.

  "That's good, that's good." Qing Sang finally put his heart at ease.

  "Is the imperial physician all right?" Qing Sang asked.

  "I'm fine." Chu Lianyu was touched by Qing Sang's concern for him.

  Qing Sang was just about to say go to the west side of the house to see if there were any survivors, when suddenly a person flashed through his mind, and he asked urgently: "Where is Cao Xiang?"

  "Princess, don't worry, Cao Xiang is fine." Chu Lianyu said. "Cao Xiang's injuries are more severe, and I was worried, so last night I had her moved to the room next to mine for easier care. The events of last night did not affect this side."

  "Did you hear anything last night?" Qing Sang asked.

  "My humble abode is far from where the incident occurred, and since I slept soundly last night, I didn't hear anything. I deserve to die." said Chu Lianyu with his head lowered.

  Qing Sang murmured: "I've never heard of anything better, otherwise there would be one more corpse."

  Fu Xi and Chu Lianyu both sighed upon hearing this.

  The three of them locked up the house and went to the west wing.

  Chu Lianyu was stunned by the scene in front of her.

  The three of them walked past the corpse one by one, Chu Lianyu checking each one to see if there was still any breath left, while Qing Sang and Fu Xi picked up the torn clothes beside them to cover the palace maidens.

  Some of the palace maids seemed to have bitten their tongues and died, while others were beheaded by a single knife. Some may have been ravished to death. Qing Sang couldn't imagine how many beasts had committed this heinous crime on them yesterday. Among these palace maids and eunuchs, the youngest was probably only 14 or 15 years old, and the oldest was no more than 18 years old. They were all in their prime of life, but became sacrifices to politics.

  "There is still one left." Chu Lianyu shouted.

  Qing Sang and Fu Xi hastily went forward to take a look.

  "Wake up, wake up." Qing Sang called out, grabbing some clothes from beside her and covering her with them.

  Chu Lianyu then took a silver needle and pierced it into the palace maid's acupuncture point.

  The palace maid slowly came to, struggling to open her eyes and looking at the few people in front of her.

  Qing Sang asked excitedly: "What do you think?"

  The palace maid stared blankly at Qing Sang, let out a loud wail and burst into tears. Before she could finish crying, she suddenly fainted and fell to the ground.

  "Ah, ah, Nurse Zhuo, how is she?" Qing Sang didn't know the name of this palace maid, and seeing her faint again, he couldn't help but ask urgently.

  "The princess, she's now fainting due to excessive blood loss. Her body has suffered severe injuries, and...and the bleeding won't stop, we need to treat her properly before we know if she can be saved." Chu Lianyu said with difficulty, looking at Qing Sang with some hesitation.

  Qing Sang saw Zhu Lianyu's awkward expression, and after a moment of stunned silence, he suddenly understood what he was referring to. He glanced at the palace maid's two snow-white thighs exposed outside, which were covered in bloodstains. Qing Sang looked up to see Xiang Xi with a red face, uncomfortably lowering his gaze to the ground, unsure of what to say for a moment. He could only say in a low voice, "Only the imperial physician understands medicine here, so we can only trouble the imperial physician."

  Chu Lianyu pinched her mouth, wanting to say something, but seemingly unable to speak out, so she said: "I'll first give this girl an acupuncture treatment and seal a few acupoints. Then I'll check the remaining people to see if there are any survivors, and then provide medical treatment."

  Qing Sang hastily nodded his head.

  Chu Lianyu continued to look at others, Qing Sang squatted beside the palace maid to take care of her, seeing Xiang Xi's face red, hesitating and not moving forward, knowing that he was shy.

  It's been ten years since then, I don't know if he has gotten married in the capital city, and how much he knows about men and women. So with good intentions, she said: "You watch her, I'll follow Dr. Chu, so you won't feel uncomfortable."

  Fu Xi's face turned even redder as Qing Sang said that, and she scolded, "What do you mean I'm not at ease? Just now wasn't I helping Doctor Chu with you?"

  "Then why are you blushing now?"

  Fu Xi stuttered: "I... I just heard Dr. Chu say that... then... why are you asking so many questions?" Fu Xi couldn't continue, and his face turned red with anger. He said to himself, "I'm not going to play the demon's game anymore." Although he had seen all these naked palace maids from the beginning, his sadness and anger had prevented him from thinking about it too much, and when he covered them with clothes, he did it very quickly. But just now, Dr. Chu's words made him think of something, and he felt ashamed and embarrassed. Now being questioned by Qing Sang, he couldn't speak, feeling even more humiliated, so he couldn't help but get angry.

  For two lifetimes, although I only had that one encounter with Tong, adding the indirect experiences from my past life, theoretically I absolutely understand more than Fu Xi. Seeing Fu Xi's appearance, I also know he thinks too much. But at this moment, the most important thing is to handle the current matter properly, so I didn't say anything else and directly walked towards Chu Lianyu.

  Fu Xi hesitated for a moment and didn't follow, picking up a half-sleeve from the side and covering the palace maid's leg with it.

  After Chu Lianyu's careful examination, no other survivors were found. So, Qing Sang let Fu Xi hold the palace maid and return to her own courtyard first.

  Fu Xi originally didn't think much of it, and when he saw the scene in the morning, he wrapped Shan Tao in his cloak and brought him back without thinking anything was wrong. But after being asked by Qing Sang, he felt a bit uneasy and hesitated to approach.

  Qing Sang said helplessly: "Husband, are you going to carry your wife on your back and take her away?"

  Fu Xi glared at her and said: "Why can't you let Dr. Chu work hard for once?"

  Qing Sang glared at him and said, "Is this the time to shirk responsibility? Saving people is urgent. Dr. Chu is a refined and cultured person with no strength to bind a chicken, how can you be so heartless!" Qing Sang was anxious, her words took on a somewhat modern tone. However, Fu Xi was scolded by her and didn't have the heart to think too much, he hastily took off his outer garment and wrapped it tightly around the palace maid who was lying on the ground.

  "Hubby, please be gentle, this girl's condition is not good, too much movement will cause massive bleeding, and she might lose her life." Chu Lianyu reminded Fu Xi, who seemed to be unaware of the gravity of the situation.

  "Or are you coming?" Fu Xi didn't know where he got the courage from, this Qing Sang was already ordering him around, and now Chu Lianyu also dared to say a few words, although he was angry in his heart, but his movements obviously became lighter.

  "It's not like I said Dr. Chu has no power to tie a chicken, hurry up." Qing Sang urged.

  Chu Lianyu, who was standing beside her, couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. This "hand without the strength to tie a chicken" wasn't exactly a compliment, yet the princess repeated it multiple times, saying it with such abandon that it made him, as a man, feel utterly humiliated.

  Carry this palace maid back to the Qing Sang house, there is no place to settle down. The northern Rong's wedding room prepared for Qing Sang and Fu Xi was actually very simple, except for a bed, it was just a six-seat table and a dresser, with no cabinets at all, and those boxes of clothes were also placed on the ground. Now that Chang An was lying on the bed, she could only spread a thin quilt on the ground and put this palace maid on the ground first.

  "Princess, in my humble opinion, it would be better to move this eunuch and palace maid to my quarters. This way, I can also conveniently treat them. You and the prince consort will still need to stay here!" Chu Lianyu suggested, looking at the situation in the room.

  "These can be discussed later. Dr. Chu, you save people first. I and the prince will go to see King Rong. Yesterday was just married, today should go to visit King Rong and Queen. Moreover, this matter should also have a statement." Qing Sang has now come out of grief and has an idea in mind.

  Chu Lianyu nodded and went to take care of Chang'an and the newly rescued palace maid.

  Fu Xi no longer dwelled on the recent incident, but he knew that going to see King Rong would also be futile. In the past few days, he had observed in Beirong that King Rong held the Xuan people in extreme contempt. The ones who came to drink last night were all fierce generals under King Rong's command, so it was only natural that they were the ones who caused trouble. However, precisely because of this, would King Rong punish his generals for the lives of a few Xuan people?

  However, if they didn't go, it would be unfair to the tens of people who died unjustly, and not speaking out about this matter wouldn't make sense either. Therefore, Fu Xi did not stop Qing Sang, and the two set off together to see King Rong.

  (Next, Qing Sang and the King of Bei Rong will have their first confrontation. Who will take the lead? Please stay tuned. By the way, please recommend and collect.) You can search for "Shu Nu Hua Guan Lu Dou Dou Wang" on Baidu.