Lue Zhen was thrown among the slaves.
He was responsible to fetch water dutifully.
Other slaves were ordered strictly to keep eyes on his movements.
He was looking around without coming into notice off and on to search the Prince of the Shang Kingdom who was kidnapped by the cunning methods of enemies.
He came through rumors that the Prince was prisoned and tortured every day by the soldiers of Kingdom Zhilan.
Prince was not prisoned in the commoner's cell.
Lue Zhen was trying to find what place Prince was prisoned.
During this lookout, he was caught by the soldiers of Palace.
After severe punishment, he was shifted in his slave dorm, he was riddled with lots of injuries and blood was seeping from several wounds. To save him from sudden death, bigger wounds were wrapped with rags.
Slave dorms were next to servants dorms.
Jie Lan was shifted in her dorm by the maids of third Prince because she fell unconscious while talking to third Prince.
She woke up after an hour since Wei Lan was continuously rubbing her hands and trying to wake her up, Wei Lan was spared for today because first Prince was gone to attend some urgent matters and he would be busy for two more days.
"Wei, I am not feeling good, I wanted to meet Lue Zhen, its already a week, I did not see him_!!" her hair was unsettled and she herself was looking sick.
"You wanted to meet Lue Zhen, while you are looking sick, do you think he would feel good to see you in such state_??" Wei Lan was concerned for her sister, she cupped her face and looked at her sister.
"Then help me make it look good_!!" Jie Lan smiled to lessen the concern of her younger sister.
Wei Lan brought her dress and combed her hair well and fixed them neatly.
Jie Lan got ready and ran toward the particular dorm which was located at the end of slave dorms and it looked pretty worn too.
She stood at the half-opened door and thought to knock it but then slightly pushed to give Lue Zhen surprise.
It was dark inside, void of any light despite the fact that it was not evening yet.
There were only a single bed and someone laying there motionless, there were a table and chair on the other side of the room.
She entered the room and the first thing she did was to open the window to let the natural light brighten the room.
She looked at the bed and she got frightened.
The man laying there seemed not Lue Zhen, his left eye was swollen, and right cheeks was seeping blood, his body was wounded all over and few rags were wrapped around bigger injuries to stop the blood loss.
She thought to run away but did against it.
She came little closer and hurriedly stopped the screams coming out her mouth, he was Lue Zhen, what happened to him?? what brought him such state??
Tears formed and rolled down from her eyes.
She leaped toward him and hugged his bruised body, she cried her lungs out loud which brought him conscious.
"Lue Zhen what happened to you, why he tortured again, did Prince Yong forgot his promise to not torture us anymore_??"
He was unable to answer her.
He just didn't have enough strength.
A tear rolled from his right eye.
She was frantically thinking to cure him no matter how.
She ran back to her dorm, her sister know some herbs right!
She grabbed her hand and dragged her sister toward the last slave dorm.
Wei Lan could not comprehend this new situation, she wanted her sister to explain first but Jie Lan was running wild.
They stopped when they finally reached the room.
Her mouth left wide agape to see Lue Zhen in this condition, he was sure to die, he was only dragging time.
Jie Lan fell in her feet and begged her to do something to cure him.
She was more confused.
She was not a physician.
He only knows some herbs by chance.
When did her sister start to think that she could create a miracle out of nothing??
Moreover, his condition was severe, really only a miracle could cure him, not a well known physical or herbalist much less her who was only by passer of herbs.
He looked at her sister, mouth stitched to say anything.
She did not want to break her hope immediately, it would leave trauma in her.
"I only know some primary herbs to cure superficial injuries Jie_!!" she beckoned her sister.
"Do it, whatever you know_!!" Wei Lan has access to the formal kitchen, she ran to gather some herbs from there.
Every formal kitchen was filled with necessities for formal use.
She grinned some herbs and gave a pot of paste to her sister.
She exited the room because it would be inconvenient for her sister to put this paste on all over his body in her presence.
Jie Lan was silently shedding tears while putting remedy on his wounds, she wanted to live with Lue Zhen happily but the turns of events were enough to destroy their happiness and even future.
She was not sure, when would they be able to get rid of the clutches of their enemy??
Or they would simply give a death sentence because they belonged to the other Kingdom??
Whatever their circumstances would be, it would be more miserable by every passing day.
His abdomen and thighs were seeping blood and it was necessary to clean the wounds first and then apply the herbal paste.
As soon as she moved the water rag on his wounds, he groaned with the intense pain and jerked up to stop the hands those were moving on his wounds.
Jie Lan was horrified greatly with this sudden jerk of his and barely hold herself.
"It's me Lue Zhen, Jie Lan, Your Jie Lan, I am cleaning your wounds, please let me do it_!!" she almost cried and beg of him, she did not want to see him die.