The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 533

Chapter 533: Long live Empress Dowager 266! (Second Update)

Chapter 533: Long live Empress Dowager 266! (Second Update)

When Gu Jiao woke up, she found herself lying on a dry, comfortable bed.

She raised her head, looked around, and recognized that she was in her boudoir at the medical hall. She tried to shift her body and found that she was in pain all over.

“Are you awake?”

Xiao Liulang’s voice softly drifted from above her head.

However, as she was laying flat, her neck movement was limited and she couldn’t see him at the moment.

“Don’t move, I’ll come to you.” Xiao Liulang advanced a few steps, sat down on the edge of her bed, and carefully dabbed the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief.

“How are you feeling?” he asked, “Does it hurt?”

“No pain,” she replied.

The pain in her body couldn’t bother her— she was used to it, and didn’t think much of it.

She looked around restlessly.

Seeing her being uneasy, Xiao Liulang couldn’t help but raise the sternness in his voice, “You’ve been seriously injured, don’t move around recklessly.”

His tone was severe, but his eyes were filled with concern.

Today, he was supposed to be tutoring Lin Chengye and Fen Lin at their home when there was a sudden heavy rain. A sense of unease rose in his heart and sure enough, after a while, Liao Quan came to report that Gu Jiao and the old lady had had an accident.

Liao Quan had just got home after going through the kidnapping ordeal of Gu Xiaoshun. He hadn’t recovered from the shock when he had to handle the accident involving Gu Jiao and the old lady.

The medical hall received them from Xuanping.

Gu Jiao and the old lady had been injured in the collapse. Both fainted on the spot. Xuanping had originally come with Chang Jing with the intent to kill the old lady, but he ended up running into Zhuang Zhou. With Zhuang Zhou present, naturally they couldn’t kill her.

When Xuanping arrived, Gu Jiao and the old lady had been dug out from the ruins. While there were a lot of people surrounding the old lady, there was only one old priest next to Gu Jiao.

Xuanping sent a blood-soaked Gu Jiao to the medical hall.

The old lady’s condition was not promising either. Her head was bleeding profusely. Zhuang Zhou, worried she might not survive till they reached their home, decided to send her to the medical hall too.

Gu Jiao’s back had been struck by the falling roof, almost breaking her spine. Doctor Song had said that if her spine had been broken, she would have faced the risk of paraplegia and might not have been able to stand up for the rest of her life.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Liulang broke out in cold sweat.

Then there was her elbow. She had fallen while protecting the old lady, at least she should have landed on her hand, but she had used one hand to support the old lady’s waist and the other to protect her head. As a result, she landed on her knees and elbows, which got all swollen and bruised! _{frёewebηovel.cѳm}