kvmb Chapter 52: Trying to Erase This Imperfection
Chapter 52: Trying to Erase This Imperfection
Lu Yangyang's eyes were practically sparkling.
Fortunately, she remembered to be modest and said, "You flatter me."
“Miss Lu is too modest. When Physician Lu returned to the Imperial Hospital yesterday, he praised you effusively, wishing he could snatch you up and bring you there,” Eunuch Cao said sincerely.
Lu Yangyang couldn't help but ask, "Really?"
“We never lie. If Miss Lu doesn’t believe me, you can ask His Highness. Miss Lu’s name is known throughout the entire Imperial Hospital these days,” Eunuch Cao said with a smile.
Lu Yangyang looked at the Crown Prince.
The crown prince smiled and said, "It's true."
Lu Yangyang blushed genuinely, unsure whether it was from the praise or from being dazzled by the Crown Prince's bright and gentle smile.
Once inside, Eunuch Cao straightened his expression and bowed respectfully to Lu Yangyang: "Miss Lu, I also have a favor to ask. I would like you to examine His Highness's injuries. However, His Highness's status is special, so whatever you see, please keep it a secret."
Lu Yangyang was truly shocked this time.
Before coming, she thought that Yan Yue was right. Maybe His Highness the Crown Prince was just using the excuse of asking her to come for acupuncture as a formality. He probably wouldn't actually ask her to come.
At her age, to say that she has superb medical skills sounds like complete nonsense, with absolutely no credibility.
She knew her own limitations, so she didn't dare to be overconfident.
She felt a little sorry for the Crown Prince because he had helped her, and wanted to find an opportunity to check on him to see how bad his injuries were and if there was anything else that could be done.
But before she could even figure out how to bring it up, the opportunity came along.
Should she say that His Highness the Crown Prince is genuinely carefree, or that he's desperately seeking any treatment?
Lu Yangyang blinked, a hint of uncertainty in her eyes.
"Miss Lu is unwilling?" Eunuch Cao asked tentatively.
“No, no,” Lu Yangyang hurriedly said, “Of course I am willing. Your Highness helped me, and I will do my best as long as it is within my power. It’s just that I only know a little bit. If Your Highness doesn’t mind, I am of course willing.”
She has always been grateful for kindness, especially to someone like His Highness the Crown Prince, who used to be someone far away from her. She never expected him to be so approachable and kind, so of course she was willing to help him!
"Then I'll have to trouble Miss Lu. Please feel free to ask me for anything you need." Eunuch Cao smiled sincerely.
"May I take a look at Your Highness's injuries first?" Lu Yangyang asked the Crown Prince.
The crown prince paused slightly, his expression unreadable, and replied gently, "Yes."
Lu Yangyang thought for a moment, then turned to Yan Yue, who was eagerly craning his neck, and said, "You go out first."
"Huh?" Yan Yue didn't understand. Why were they kicking him out? For so long, he had really wanted to see how his cousin's injuries were, but he had never dared to bring it up. Now that he finally had a chance, why were they kicking him out?
Yan Yue looked at Lu Yangyang expectantly, hoping that Lu Yangyang would let him stay, but Lu Yangyang urged him with a cold expression: "Get out."
Yan Yue could only walk away, turning back every few steps.
"Eunuch Cao...may he also go out?" Lu Yangyang was more familiar with Yan Yue and could directly ask him to leave, but she was not so sure about Eunuch Cao. After all, he looked like a confidant of the Crown Prince, and she wasn't completely ignorant of social etiquette.
Eunuch Cao looked at the Crown Prince, who nodded slightly.
Eunuch Cao immediately stepped aside respectfully: "Then I will entrust Your Highness to your care, young lady. I will stand guard at the door. Please call out if you need anything."
"Okay," Lu Yangyang replied.
Once everyone had left, Lu Yangyang went over and closed the door, then walked up to the Crown Prince and squatted down.
She reached out towards the prince's legs.
He was wearing a casual, loose robe, which covered his legs. When Lu Yangyang reached out to touch his legs, his body stiffened involuntarily.
Lu Yangyang didn't notice, but instead took off his boots, grabbed his ankle, and tried to roll up his trouser legs.
The Crown Prince reached out and pressed down on Lu Yangyang's shoulder.
Lu Yangyang looked up in confusion and met the Crown Prince's slightly bewildered eyes.
From the first moment she saw the Crown Prince, he seemed to her exactly as she had heard about in legends—a perfect person, almost like a god.
The only thing that intrigued her was that she thought the Crown Prince was incredibly eloquent; she was simply no match for him.
But his face always remained calm and expressionless, as if he didn't care about his injury or that these things didn't affect him.
She had seen far too many people suffering from injury or disability, filled with despair and helplessness, but she had never seen anyone as calm as the prince.
She thought he could truly remain calm and composed.
But it wasn't until this moment that she realized it wasn't true. His godlike face finally had a touch of reality, a touch of human warmth.
"Your Highness?" Lu Yangyang called softly.
The prince's fingers tightened slightly, but not too much. Lu Yangyang knew he was struggling.
A moment later, he released her shoulders, his voice a little hoarse: "Sorry, you had to see this."
"How could that be? When I grew up a little, I didn't like letting others see the scars on my face. I also care about my appearance." When Lu Yangyang first struggled to survive, she didn't care about beauty or ugliness. But she was still a child at that time. She was sad and angry amidst all kinds of gossip. It took her a long time to understand that she had to rely on her own abilities to make others overlook her appearance.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Yangyang reached out to remove the mask from her face in order to make the Crown Prince feel more at ease.
But the Crown Prince stopped him: "If you don't want people to see it, then don't let people see it."
Lu Yangyang gave him a bright smile.
Then he lowered his head and rolled up the prince's trouser legs, revealing a pair of legs covered in scars.
His skin was as white as jade, almost without any flaws, but his legs, which should have been equally flawless, looked many times more terrifying than the scar on Lu Yangyang's face.
I don't know exactly how badly he was injured back then. The tangled scars look like pebbles have been ground over his body, with varying sizes and depths, and now they have scabbed over into fine, mottled scars.
Perhaps due to frequent massages and acupuncture, I haven't reached the point of being skin and bones, but over time, my muscles have atrophied, and I'm still terribly thin.
Like a dry branch casually discarded in the woods.
It's unimaginable that such legs could appear on the body of this person who is as white as jade.
When Lu Yangyang saw the scar for the first time, a flutter of her heart pounded.
I want to erase this imperfection.