Cunning General Si Ning

Just as expected Ah Dai rushed in and almost lost his balance at the doorway and Jiang Ye that was behind him quickly grabbed his waist to prevent him from falling while Xiao Pei collided with them and they all crashed down by the door. Xiao Pei's hand hit the door loudly in the process when he tried to lessen their impact on the floor and the harsh sound sent Si Ning's headbanging.

Si Ning closed his eyes shut and waited for the banging in his head to stop while he waved for them to leave because he felt like he would feel better if they all leave the room even though he knew it was just a false feeling. Xiao Pei and Jiang Ye that got the signal waited till they saw how irritated Si Ning seem because he was waving vigorously which made them quickly straightened up and leave the room like they didn't want to offend Si Ning because their Master just woke up and they unexpectedly created a ruckus at his doorway.

Ah Dai used his one hand to grab the door and after a little struggle he was able to stand on his feet, in that instance Si Ning expected him to leave only for him to do the opposite by rushing to the table to kneel, he took a rag and started to clean the floor and at the same time picking the broken pieces of the cup with his hand. Si Ning's mouth fell in shock when he noticed some dotted red spot forming on the bandage wrapped on Ah Dai's forehead which means he probably hit his head when they all crashed to the floor which made his wound open.

"Stay out and also go and rest in your quarters, I don't want to see you serving me." Si Ning said coldly with a glare that wasn't meant for Ah Dai but directed at him due to his bad mood and he didn't even try to hide his foul mood because he needed the expression to be stern or Ah Dai would never leave to attend to his health.

Ah Dai froze and just then Si Ning noticed a cut on his hand made by a broken piece due to his sudden halt, yet Ah Dai didn't make any move to leave the broken pieces or stand up and he only raised his head to look at his Master because Si Ning was tapping the table to gain his attention. Ah Dai was ready to protest but seeing Si Ning's cold gaze made his lips quivered before he paused his lips still making no move to stand up and leave the room.

"Get out." Si Ning said with no room for argument and he was ready to tell Xiao Pei to throw Ah Dai out in case Ah Dai decided to become unreasonable and beg to stay.

"Forgive me, Young Master." Ah Dai said softly.

Si Ning opened his mouth to call Xiao Pei only for Ah Dai to stand obediently and bowed. Si Ning was able to catch tears that were threatening to fall at the corner of Ah Dai's eyes as he turned and walked with small light steps to the door, opened the door slowly, and closed it after stepping out and seeing this dejected look stabbed Si Ning with guilt but he didn't have it in him to call Ah Dai back and explain that he wanted him to rest because he sustained an injury because of him.

"General, Imperial doctor is here to see you." Xiao Pei announced outside.

Song Feng?

Si Ning took a deep breath. "Let him come in." He said and stretched his neck to see If the floor Ah Dai was cleaning was at least clean and after staring for a few seconds, he couldn't even a spec of glass on the floor and he had to sigh thinking that Ah Dai packed the broken pieces of the cup with him yet he didn't notice because he was more concerned about seeing the expression he was making.

Si Ning recalled it was during Song Feng wedding he saw him last and he behaved shamelessly at the wedding so the least he could do was to apologize for his behavior because he doesn't want to play dumb or act like he didn't remember so Si Ning readied himself as Song Feng walked in, donned in the Imperial doctor's uniform then he proceeded to bow.

Si Ning smiled looking at Song Feng who seemed like a proper doctor now yet he felt there was a distance between them because Song Feng just greeted him formally but Si Ning shook the thought off and stood up to approach to welcome him.

"King Consort you should be careful." Song Feng said to stop Si Ning's movement as he set his box on the table before moving closer to the table, bent and picked up a broken piece of the cup that was beside the table.

"No Xiao Pei will do that." Si Ning was horrified and crouched down to stop Song Feng. It was embarrassing enough he had a broken piece of a cup on the floor and his doctor wants to pick it up.

"You are sick and this will harm you, I can't afford the future Empress to get wounded." Song Feng said slowly and bent to pick another one under the table.

"Xiao Pei!" Si Ning called in a hurry. "Pick this and throw it away and also find any on the floor." He said too quickly when the door opened to reveal Xiao Pei.

Xiao Pei seeing that Si Ning wanted him to get to work at once crossed over the room in large strides then he crouched and started searching and picking some up before collecting the one in Song Feng's hands. When he was done, he wiped the floor clean In case there were still fragments on the floor and made sure to wipe it well before leaving the room to give them privacy.

Without saying a word, Song Feng opened his box and started to pick out series of bottles and placed it on the table then he rolled out acupuncture needles before taking his seat across Si Ning, he took out a small piece of white cloth and took Si Ning's wrist, placed the cloth on it then placed his index and middle finger on it, he looked away to listen to his pulse to be able to measure it.

"How is your wife?" Si Ning tried to start a conversation after Song Feng was done measuring his pulse and now checking his eyes.

"She is fine and she is pregnant." Song Feng said and rolled up his sleeves as he started to inspect Si Ning's face and also moved closer to Si Ning to be able to see closely.

"Congratulations." Si Ning said and couldn't help the smile that immediately got plastered on his face that Song Feng had to quickly glance at him before concentrating on checking under his eyes.

He was never sure if he likes kids till he met Xiu Yuan and now he doesn't mind becoming the godfather of Song Feng's child if the couple would allow him.

"Thank you, King Consort." Song Feng replied firmly.

King Consort?

Si Ning raised a brow but Song Feng wasn't looking at him because he was now checking his palm. He would be a fool not to notice how Song Feng kept calling him in names to show he belong to the Emperor which almost made a vein pop on his head so Si Ning decided to stay quiet instead of apologizing for his last display at Song Feng's wedding, the room got so quiet which made Si Ning wondered if it had always been this quiet.