Reborn as the Crippled King s Beloved

Chapter 84: Chapter 84 The figure is really too good
 

Murong Jiu awoke once more, the world outside already bright with sunlight streaming in through the window lattice, somewhat blinding.

It seemed she had slept in longer than usual this time.

The person beside her had already left, but it felt as if his lingering warmth remained in the bed.

She squinted against the light, her cheeks slightly flushed, her mind filled with Jun Yuyan’s handsome face.

A small smile played upon her lips, as she heard footsteps and thought it was Chun Tao coming in, she sat up and asked, “When did the Prince get up?”

“Just a little while ago, did I wake you?”

The man’s deep and magnetic voice sounded, and Murong Jiu looked up to see Jun Yuyan entering, holding a vase in one hand.

“Prince, I… I thought you had returned to your room,” she said.

“I saw some beautiful wildflowers on the roadside, fresh and fragrant. I thought you might like them, so I brought them to you,” he replied.

As he spoke, Jun Yuyan placed the vase on a pear-wood carved cabinet by the window.

They were unnamed wildflowers, uncommon, likely not picked casually along the road. Perhaps he had made a trip into the mountains especially to pick them for her.

At this thought, Murong Jiu felt she was probably overthinking it.

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Maybe the Prince simply had business on the mountain and picked the flowers for her along the way.

Just then, Chun Tao came in with water.

“Wash up first, we’ll dine together in a bit.”

Jun Yuyan stepped aside, walking out.

His leg was still a bit lame, and the mountain paths were tough to navigate. Murong Jiu eyed the flowers by the window, her heart unable to articulate what she felt, but she was certainly grateful.

She walked to the window, the more she looked at the vibrant wildflowers, the more she liked them. They were as fragrant as Jun Yuyan had said, not at all suffocating.

“The young master is so romantic. He cares so much for the Miss!”

Chun Tao’s eyes seemed to sparkle with little hearts, convinced that the young master cared a hundredfold for their Miss, a love story so utterly beautiful!

Look around Capital City, which man brings fresh flowers for his lady?

Not wanting to keep Jun Yuyan waiting, Murong Jiu quickly finished washing up and went to the dining hall.

Her master and Xiao Wen had finished their breakfast early and were now off to who knows where, leaving only her and Jun Yuyan at the table.

“Prince, I really like the flowers, thank you,” Murong Jiu said to him with genuine gratitude.

This was her very first time receiving flowers.

“As long as you like them, come, shall we start with some porridge?” he said.

Murong Jiu nodded, just as she was about to ask Chun Tao to serve her, Jun Yuyan had already filled a small bowl with shredded chicken porridge and placed it in front of her.

Perhaps due to hunger, Murong Jiu finished the porridge and ate some of the small snacks on the table.

After eating, she felt no nausea, which was a relief, but she dared not eat too much, fearing a repeat of the previous day when it felt like she’d vomited everything in her stomach.

Jun Yuyan had been observing her expression the whole time and let out a slight sigh of relief as well.

He then suggested, “Would you like to go up the mountain to pick wild fruit today? There’s a little path behind yesterday’s fishing pond that leads up the mountain. The scenery is pleasant, and there are several types of wild fruits that are sweet and fresh.”

Murong Jiu eagerly nodded, “Yes!”

But she looked at his leg, “However, it might not be easy for the Prince to go up the mountain; your leg isn’t well-suited for uphill paths.”

“It’s fine, Divine Doctor Zhai told me to walk more. He said he would apply a powerful medicine tonight, and it’s best if my leg hurts from walking today for the medicine to work well.”

Murong Jiu’s eyes suddenly lit up.

“Has Master started to treat you? What did Master say, does he perhaps have a better method that can make the Prince’s leg heal sooner?”

Jun Yuyan was dazzled by the sudden brilliance in her eyes, and he followed with a smile, “Yes, he said that if I cooperate, in at most a month, I could be restored to my original state.”

“Really!?”

Murong Jiu was truly overjoyed.

Her face bloomed with a radiant smile.

Jun Yuyan was moved and suddenly asked, “Ah Jiu, why do you seem happier than me?”

“I, of course, am happy. Once the Prince’s leg is healed, you’ll have even more qualifications to be the Crown Prince, won’t you?”

“So that’s how it is.”

Fearing that he would detect the secret and unsightly thoughts in her heart, Murong Jiu quickly said, “Previously, when I wanted to treat the Prince, you were very resistant. How come you’ve come around now?”

“Because… for an important person, I want her to see a perfect version of me, not this incomplete form.”

Murong Jiu felt an unavoidable sense of loss in her heart, knowing that he must be referring to the woman he admired.

It was that woman who changed his mind, and perhaps it was also her who made him decide to compete for the position of Crown Prince.

“Don’t talk about being incomplete or not, even as you are, you’re excellent.”

“Ah Jiu really thinks I don’t look bad in this state?”

Jun Yuyan laughed somewhat self-deprecatingly, “Back then, this face of mine cried many people. The scars on my leg are also terribly ugly. Not to mention my limping walk, where’s the excellence in that?”

Murong Jiu hadn’t known that he harbored such insecurity.

In her eyes, Jun Yuyan was a flawless person.

Having a disfigured face and a lame leg didn’t diminish his excellence; it merely added a different kind of charm to him.

“You’re not ugly.”

Murong Jiu sincerely told him, “I think regardless of how the Prince looks, or whether you have old injuries, you are the best. Those wounds are merely medals on the Prince’s body.”

Jun Yuyan had never heard such words before, his heart warmed slightly, and he felt an impulse to pull Murong Jiu into his arms.

But he still restrained himself.

He and Ah Jiu were getting along harmoniously now, and he feared that acting inappropriately might affect this balance.

At that moment, Murong Jiu smiled, “Of course, it’s best not to be injured. I hope the Prince doesn’t get hurt again in the future. That would be a loss for our Great Yan’s people. My Master said he can heal you, so he definitely can. Let’s go up the mountain. Master wants your old injury to act up, then apply the medicine at this time for twice the effect.”

Jun Yuyan smiled and nodded in agreement.

After coming back down the mountain, Jun Yuyan’s old leg injury indeed flared up. The old Master had already placed large quantities of medicinal herbs in the Soup Spring Pool behind Jun Yuyan’s room while they were climbing the mountain.

As soon as they returned, Jun Yuyan was ushered by the old Master into the pool.

“Soak in it, stay for a Shichen at first, and then continue for three days. But make sure to keep your heart exposed while soaking, don’t faint in the water.”

“Don’t worry.”

The old Master nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand, and left, telling Murong Jiu to check on him if there was nothing important, and to report back to him if anything unusual happened.

Murong Jiu’s cheeks were slightly flushed, having been there for the entire process while the Master insisted she watch. Jun Yuyan had gone down wearing only his briefs, with half his body still above the edge of the pool.

Even though she knew the Master was teaching her, Jun Yuyan’s physique was truly commendable, which frequently distracted her.

If Jun Yuyan had to soak for a Shichen, did she really have to watch for a Shichen?