“How’s it looking?” he asked.
“Not good,” Hou Jingshu said. “There are more injured coming in with each passing day, and we’ve completely run out of alchemy pills, salves, and salt. I’m beginning to regret using those alchemy pills that first day. We could have really used them now.”
“What’s done is done. There’s no use crying about what already happened. For now, we should focus on doing whatever we can,” Wu Meiying said.
Hou Jingshu wore a bitter smile. “You’re right, of course. I know that regretting what already happened is pointless… but I still feel responsible.”
“Is that why you’re working so hard?” asked Wu Jian.
The Shang Kingdom princess shook her head. “Of course not. This is my family—o-or it will be when we come of age. I just… don’t want to see my family get destroyed. T
