Emperor And I ✔️

Hot Yet Cold

Chapter 70

Wei Li Lian
YiYuan

It was Li Lian's back that jolted her from sleep. She anxiously rubbed it keen to get more rest but when her heavy eyelids faltered about, she saw women and men in light blue robes. This was uniform for people who specialised in medicine so the crew were probably physicians there to treat her.

It was night and they were gathered together, discussing her health. She was not sure whether it was still the same night she woke up to earlier or this was on another day or days later.

“Her vitals are not normal.”

“She should be dead with these vitals.”

She did not understand what that meant.

A sheen of sweat collected on her forehead, her body unable to bare the pain. She closed her eyes, and sunk deeper into the bed to ease it. She was familiar with the pain but her experience did not lessen it. The torment was probably similar to contractions that women experienced in labor. The pain would strike for a few minutes then disappear before appearing again, more intense.

Because of her fidgeting, the physicians looked back at her, realising she was awake.

“Give me anything to make this pain go away,” she begged.

Nobody moved. They stared at her as if she was a piece of meat.

“What are you doing standing there?” she screamed, her voice raw from pain that had no ending. It kept coming in waves, bashing her back with determination to break her. “Do something, please!”

“Young Miss, please calm down. We do not understand anything yet so you will have to withstand the pain.” A lady assistant physician approached her. She recognised her to be the older woman who fed her medicine when she pretended to be asleep.

Li Lian flipped over on the bed and ended up lying on her stomach, her hands rubbing her back. The assistant physician did the same to help her out.

“Please!” Li Lian’s tears wet the bed. They were treating her this badly because they suspected her identity. Wasn't it? Bloody Nevoria.

“Duibuqi,” the lady apologised.

At least she was being sympathetic but sorry was not going to treat her back. Her savage bitter cry echoed in the room as she vigorously hit the bed. She was going to die, she was going to die, she was―

“What is this commotion?”

Li Lian stiffened at the authoratitive voice and coiled away in embarrassment.

'How unrefined?' she could hear Mistress Kei spite her.

“Grand General!” Everyone went on their knees and silence seized the room.

What was she to do? Kneel too? What was worse is her back was toward him.

Despicable.

A maid's back toward a nobleman. Though this wasn't the first time she did this, in this situation it was wrong because other people were around. Watching, and obviously despising her more than they already did.

She delicately shifted to kneel too when her tiny body was hauled into his arms as if she weighed like a piece of paper.

And that was all she needed.

Courtsey broken. She tightly hugged him, her hands around his neck, legs twisted around his waist. His hard toned body was a welcomed resting place.