The Hidden Beauty

Chapter 75 Care
The heavy rain continued until dawn when it gradually stopped.

Meng Tingzhou usually wakes up early. He suddenly opened his eyes to the gradually brightening sky. Seeing Jiang Shiwan sleeping beside him, he remained silent.

She was sleeping very quietly, lying on her side without moving, with one hand about to rest on his waist.

In case he makes any movement, I can be alerted immediately.

Meng Tingzhou reached out carefully, pulled the quilt for her, then put his arm around her shoulders, feeling satisfied.

The sound of rain drops outside, and the time is quiet inside the house.

Jiang Shiwan fluttered his eyelashes slightly, suddenly woke up, and murmured, "Why did you fall asleep?"

She wanted to move and found that Meng Tingzhou was holding her with one hand.

I didn't dare move, for fear of touching his wound.

Meng Tingzhou pretended to be asleep and called out softly, "Meimei."

"I'm here." Jiang Shiwan sat up halfway, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"A little thirsty."

Jiang Shiwan said "Oh", "I'll pour you a cup of tea."

The tea was about to flow out when he drank it, so Jiang Shiwan hurriedly wiped it off: "Sorry, I'm clumsy."

"Feed me." Meng Tingzhou looked at her lips and asked, "This way it won't leak."

This……

Jiang Shiwan glanced at him hesitantly, but saw that he said frankly: "It's not convenient for me to change clothes now. My collar is uncomfortable when it's wet."

"Okay, I'll feed you."

Jiang Shiwan held the water in his mouth and put the tea into his mouth.

Meng Tingzhou smacked his lips and said, "Not enough. I'm still thirsty."

Jiang Shiwan gave him a few more bites.

After drinking the water, he frowned again: "The wound hurts a little."

"Ah?" Jiang Shiwan asked anxiously, "Do you want me to ask Doctor Mei to come over?"

"Invite him later." Meng Tingzhou looked at her pleadingly, "Can you give me a blow job?"

Jiang Shiwan followed his temper and leaned over to blow air for him. After blowing a few times, she asked in confusion: "Will this work through the gauze..."

When she looked up to ask the question, she saw the corners of Meng Tingzhou's mouth that seemed to be smiling, and she suddenly realized: "You lied to me?"

Meng Tingzhou grabbed her hand: "No, it really works."

Jiang Shiwan knew what he was thinking. He stood up angrily and opened the curtain. Seeing the river water rising and the boats were high, he said to himself, "Will this affect the sailing?"

"It's okay." Meng Tingzhou understood. "There's a lot of rain in the south of the Yangtze River. Thunderstorms will raise the water level all of a sudden. It will fall when the weather clears up."

"Are you hungry? I'll go get you something to eat?"

"Okay, please ask Dr. Mei to come in and change the medicine for me. I will take it after it is changed."

After Doctor Mei came in, Meng Tingzhou looked as usual. When Jiang Shiwan left, he immediately touched his chest and said, "It feels like it's on fire."

Doctor Mei sat down and unwound the gauze for him. After removing only three layers, he saw blood seeping out and frowned. "You don't know how to scream when it hurts? You had to wait until now to call me?"

Meng Tingzhou glanced at him expressionlessly: "Isn't this because I'm afraid of disturbing your rest?" "How can you be afraid of disturbing my rest?" Doctor Mei said unhappily, "I think you just want to stay with your wife for a while longer, so you're just holding on."

"Just hold on. If your wound is broken, even a great god can't save you."

When the two of them get along privately, they can't help but bicker with each other.

Meng Tingzhou made a silent expression: "Isn't this because I don't want her to worry."

Doctor Mei looked outside the door, shook his head and sneered, "I think you are really poisoned. You are holding her in your arms for fear of dropping her, and you are tying her up at the same time. Not to mention her, even I think you are seriously ill."

"You..." Meng Tingzhou just wanted to move, but his wound was affected. He immediately frowned and made a "hissing" sound.

Jiang Shiwan came in with a lacquer tray. Seeing his ferocious expression, he put down his things and walked over: "Doctor Mei, is it serious?"

"He..." Doctor Mei was about to complain, but seeing Meng Tingzhou's obscure hint, he changed his words and said, "Well... the bleeding from the governor's wound has stopped temporarily. Madam, please continue to take good care of him. It will take some time for the wound to heal. Don't let him act rashly."

Jiang Shiwan nodded: "Anything else I need to pay attention to?"

Doctor Mei said as he packed up his medicine box, "I will change the gauze and medicine for the governor every day. Madam, please try to clean the governor's body and massage his hands and feet every day, otherwise his body will become stiff if he lies down for too long."

Doctor Mei looked at Meng Tingzhou and said, "I can only help you here." "After lying down for four or five days, you can get up and walk around a little."

"Okay, I remember."

After Jiang Shiwan sent Doctor Mei away, he first gave Meng Tingzhou some food and then washed his body.

The two of them got along as usual, just like an ordinary couple.

"Meimei, I'm a little sleepy."

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Jiang Shiwan didn't expect that he would feel sleepy right after dinner. He touched his forehead and found it was not warm. "If you want to sleep, take a nap. You can't do anything lying down anyway."

Meng Tingzhou looked at her: "I slept very well last night because you were with me."

Jiang Shiwan glared at him unhappily and wanted to refuse, but then he thought that since he was taking care of him, he should obey him.

After all, sick people are prone to emotions.

She lay down again: "Go to sleep."

Meng Tingzhou was really tired and soon fell asleep.

Jiang Shiwan vaguely heard the noise outside and walked out on tiptoe for fear of waking him up. He saw someone outside asking Pei Qing to open the door: "The emperor has issued an order. Please ask the governor to come and receive it immediately."

Pei Qing, however, refused to open the door: "The governor has had a headache recently, please forgive me, eunuch."

"Master Pei, it's not that I don't sympathize with the governor, but the emperor's decree requires everyone to receive it in person." The eunuch squinted his eyes impatiently, "Or do you want to disobey the governor's order on his behalf?"

Pei Qing was about to speak when Jiang Shiwan stopped him softly, "The governor finally went to bed, who dares to make noise outside?"

Seeing that it was her, Pei Qing immediately bowed his head: "Madam."

The eunuch looked her over and bowed indifferently, "Your servant greets the governor's wife. The emperor has issued an order. Please let the governor's wife pass it on. Please ask the governor to accept the order immediately."

Jiang Shiwan smiled slightly: "Thank you for traveling all the way from the capital to here, but unfortunately, my husband's old illness came back and he had a splitting headache. He took medicine and finally lay down. I really couldn't bear to wake him up."

"Since the eunuch is here, why not read the imperial edict through the door? It will be the same. I will definitely hand the imperial edict to my husband."

"How can this be possible!" The eunuch obviously would not give up until he saw Meng Tingzhou. "Who in the world would not personally welcome the imperial edict? Is the governor defying the emperor's authority?"

Suddenly, the door opened, and Meng Tingzhou looked at the visitor expressionlessly: "Madam, you don't know the rules, please forgive me, eunuch. I have risked my life to help His Majesty, how dare I despise the emperor's grace."

(End of this chapter)