Consort of a Thousand Faces

the relations.h.i.+p between Liu Ye-er and Commandery Prince Xie.

”It doesn ’t look like his style.
Otherwise, why would she be able to live until now? ” Situ Li muttered lowly.
Then, he looked at Su Xi-er.

The ’he ’ and the ’she '[1] Situ Li mentioned didn ’t clearly point to anyone, but Su Xi-er could faintly surmise that he was referring to Commandery Prince Xie and Liu Ye-er.

”Cruelly bullied by people again? ” He pulled Su Xi-er to his side.

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With Situ Li pulling on her still injured left hand, Su Xi-er had to bite her lips to prevent herself from making a sound.

Situ Li noticed the subtle changes in her countenance and immediately looked at her left hand.
Then, he rapidly grabbed it and caressed her wrist slowly.

He ’s stroking it so seriously.
The expression in Su Xi-er ’s eyes changed and she quickly retracted her hand.

”Who set your bone for you? ” Situ Li gave her a probing look, his eyes deep.

The moonlight streamed past the door of the room and shone on his face, painting it a sickly ashen white.
Coupled with his current expression, there was an eerie feel to it.

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”Or perhaps I should ask you why the bones in your wrist were displaced? Because of scrubbing the chamber pots? ” Situ Li took one step forward, causing the distance between them to be extremely close.

Su Xi-er was very averse to having a man being so close to her, causing her to take a step back.
”I simply sprained it by accident.
It went out of alignment and I set them back properly. ”

Her words resulted in Situ Li chuckling.
”That ’s fortunate.
Here, use these medicinal herbs to apply to the injury three times a day; otherwise, there ’ll be plenty of pain waiting for you. ” He then sized her up from top to bottom, causing Su Xi-er to feel very uncomfortable.

”This figure of yours is too skinny.
Eat more to nourish yourself.
If something were to happen in the future and you have to suffer a beating from the plank, you wouldn ’t even survive ten strikes. ”

Su Xi-er raised her head to look at him.
”Third Imperial Prince, based on what you said, the reason for taking care of my body is to suffer a beating from the planks? ”

”Is the number of injuries you have received small? Your arms are filled with welts, right? ”

I didn ’t reveal my arms in front of outsiders, so how did he know that my arms are covered with welts?

1.
’He ’ and ’she ’ sound the same when spoken in Mandarin.