Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

Chapter 47 Life-saving grace

"Yes, sir, you are right. Thank you, Miss Mu, for saving my life." As he spoke, he tried to stand up and give Mu Xue a deep bow.

Mu Xue waved her hands repeatedly and said, "Please don't. If you reopen your wound, I'll have to save you again. You should rest."

Reizen: ...These two must be from the same family.

Mu Hu stepped forward and tidied up the messy ground. He said to Mu Xue, "Master, you've been busy all night, you should rest for a while."

Mu Xue said listlessly, "I can't rest. He's still in critical condition. I have to keep an eye on him."

"Xiao Xuexue, why don't we just leave these three here? They're too much trouble," Cang Lin said, rubbing his hands together as he looked at Leng Quan, eager to get started.

"Miss Mu!" Upon hearing this, Leng Quan became anxious and hurriedly called out.

Cang Lin's sinister gaze fell upon him, and Leng Quan felt as if he were being targeted by a venomous snake.

"Don't worry, I can't give up halfway after using so many of my pills." Mu Xue thought to herself, how could she ask for money like this without saving these people?

"Thank you, Miss Mu." Leng Quan wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

"Alright, stop thanking me. Of the three of you, you're the least injured. You should rest. We're heading back tomorrow, and we'll need you to help take care of people." Mu Xue really couldn't stand being thanked.

In her past life, she had saved so many people, yet she never cared who thanked her.

Reizen wisely kept quiet and lay down on his side, looking at Yoruichi's bloodless face. Sure enough, he was the least injured.

The vast mountain range is actually relatively safe during the day.

Cang Lin was also exhausted, so he found a tree and leaned against it to rest.

Mu Hu sat on the rock and also began to doze off.

Yoruichi still had a fever, and Reizei sat beside him, wiping his sweat from time to time.

Mu Xue was looking after Ye Shangyuan. As she watched, she gradually closed her eyes, her little head nodding.

At this moment, Ye Shangyuan's uneasy murmurs woke the dazed Mu Xue. She moved closer to his lips, wanting to hear what he was saying.

"Mother, Mother... don't abandon Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan will be obedient, will be obedient..." He kept repeating, Mu Xue couldn't hear clearly, but she could tell that it was related to his mother.

She thought, if he is the regent of the Western Jade Kingdom, then his mother must be a concubine in the palace. Why does he call her "mother" instead of "Empress Mother" or "Consort Mother"?

Suddenly, Ye Shangyuan reached out and grabbed Mu Xue.

Mu Xue immediately threw herself into his arms. A blend of herbal scents lingered around her nose, and she blushed slightly. She wanted to push him away, but dared not push too hard.

Even in his unconscious state, Ye Shangyuan seemed extremely uneasy. He held her wrist tightly, and Mu Xue could only whisper softly to comfort him, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here. I won't leave you, I'm here, I'll always be with you."

Mu Xue's comforting words seemed to have an effect, as the strength in his hand gradually lessened, but he still didn't let go. Helpless, Mu Xue could only let him hold her hand, and she reached out her other hand to check his body temperature.

She nodded. The temperature had dropped, which meant the poison had been completely suppressed. As long as the person woke up, there would be no problem.

Finally, unable to resist the drowsiness, Mu Xue nestled next to Ye Shangyuan and fell asleep.

At noon, the weather was sweltering, and Mu Xue was so hot that she opened her eyes and met a pair of dark purple pupils.

Wait, dark purple?

Mu Xue snapped out of her daze and gave Ye Shangyuan an awkward smile: "You're awake?"

"Hmm." He felt a little disappointed as the scent of medicine faded away.

Mu Xue felt the coldness on her wrist and suddenly realized that someone was still holding it. She quickly pulled her hand back and said, "You had a relapse of the poison last night, and we were busy all night. I was so tired that I fell asleep. Um, sorry."

"You're welcome. I should be thanking you. Without you, I might..." Ye Shangyuan said.

"Well, you should get some rest. We were planning to head back today, but it looks like we'll have to rest for another night," Mu Xue said.

"Yes, we've dragged you down," Ye Shangyuan said apologetically.

"It won't be a burden. There's still time. You rest first, I'll go check on Yoruichi." After saying that, Mu Xue turned around and left as if fleeing.

A low chuckle escaped from Ye Shangyuan's handsome lips.

Hearing the laughter, Mu Xue walked even faster.

Cang Lin closed his eyes, clicked his tongue twice, and ignored them.

Leng Quan was the first to notice that Ye Shangyuan had woken up, but Ye Shangyuan didn't let him move.

Now it seems, he was probably afraid of waking Mu Xue.

Mu Xue patted her cheeks and squatted down to check on Ye Yi's condition. Mu Hu also stepped forward to report: "His fever has subsided. I just gave him some water."

“His condition prevents him from walking out with us. We’ll make a simple wheeled stretcher in a bit,” Mu Xue said after a moment’s thought.

"Okay," Mu Hu agreed readily.

Leng Quan listened with curiosity. A stretcher on wheels? He had never seen one before.

After a simple lunch, Mu Xue took Mu Hu to the forest to find suitable wood.

In just one day and one night, Leng Quan recovered quickly. The scratches on his body had scabbed over, and he could move around easily as long as he didn't do anything strenuous.

The ancient doctors' elixirs are indeed far more powerful than the wound medicine from the Valley of Healers.

Ye Shangyuan also sat down next to Ye Yi, and he and Leng Quan were talking in hushed tones.

Cang Lin conscientiously went out hunting to prepare dinner for the group.

Leng Quan looked up and saw Mu Xue and Mu Hu pushing a stretcher back.

Yes, pushing it.

Hearing the noise, Ye Shangyuan also looked up.

This is a modified version of the modern emergency stretcher by Mu Xue. It has no screws and uses mortise and tenon joints.

Mu Hu was amazed by what he saw.

Leng Quan asked, "Miss Mu, what is this? It can be like this?"

"An emergency stretcher," Mu Xue explained.

"This design is ingenious; Miss Mu is truly clever," Leng Quan praised.

"I've only heard about it from others, and this is my first time doing it," Mu Xue said, not daring to take credit.

“That’s still very impressive,” Ye Shangyuan said.

Mu Xue smiled and asked, "Where's Uncle? Why isn't he here?"

“My uncle said he’d gone hunting since we’re all wounded,” Leng Quan said.

"Ugh! It stinks!" Cang Lin yelled and rushed to the riverbank, jumping right into the water without even taking off his clothes.

Mu Xue and the others were dumbfounded.

"What's wrong with Uncle?" Leng Quan asked in astonishment.

Everyone else looked at He Li Canglin with confusion, but Mu Xue couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.

“You know.” Seeing Mu Xue’s fox-like expression, Ye Shangyuan knew that she must know why.

"Haha, he's a bit too curious. Hahaha..." Mu Xue couldn't help but laugh.

Mu Xue laughed so hard she couldn't straighten up.

Others were confused and found it all baffling.

Only Ye Shangyuan smiled.