She left without explaining to him, but another woman appeared in the bamboo forest.
Ji Liyou sighed, "I have incurred so many romantic debts, they come to me one by one."
"Why are you here?"
The woman said, "I want to tell you that even if you beg for my forgiveness a thousand times, there will never be anything between you and me."
Ji Liyou suddenly wanted to laugh when he heard this, but he noticed that his face was cold, stretched out his hand, and said with a bitter smile, "I'm crying. What's going on? Why am I crying?"
The woman continued, "You never asked me if I wanted to ascend to the throne. I would rather become the mother of the country. You just arranged for me according to your wishes, thinking that you gave me the best future."
Ji Liyou felt as if his body was no longer under his control and he had become another person.
He said, "I can't help you, and I will repay you in all my life."
"I don't want repayment from you. How can you repay me if you have made yourself like this?"
Ji Liyou heard his own sigh, and there was a fire burning in his body, which made his whole body hot. His eyes were dizzy and he couldn't distinguish everything around him.
"Who are you and why did you come to me?"
With a chill on his forehead, Ji Liyou slowly opened his eyes.
The bamboo forest disappeared, and so did the woman's voice.
"Did you hear the woman speak?" he asked the storyteller.
The storyteller ignored him and just thought he was sick and stupid.
"Old man Wen, I'm asking you something!"
"With such a weak body, sleeping in the wind is really amazing."
Hearing his sarcastic words, Ji Liyou didn't want to talk back, "Forget it if you didn't hear it."
"It's your birthday in a few months. What birthday gift do you want this time?"
Ji Liyou shook his head, "Last time, you didn't finish your words, so just finish telling me Jin Tang'er's story. It's my birthday gift."
He sat next to him and put a pillow on his waist. "If you really want to know, it's okay to tell you. However, I still have to give a birthday gift. It's the junior's birthday. As an elder, I can't fool him."
"Old man Wen, when dad was still here, although you didn't stay in the teahouse all day like now, you would come to celebrate my birthday every year. Why?"
The storyteller seemed not to have heard what he said and kept talking about what happened to Zhu Ruilin and Jin Tanger.
The Liangzhu family has the habit of hunting in winter. On the day of hunting, Zhu Ruilin took his family and the children of the family to Qishan early.
Jin Tang'er couldn't speak. After getting lost, she was hunted as a small animal in the mountains and forests. She was hit by an arrow, and the maid was not around, so she had to wait for someone to rescue her.
Jin Tang'er hastily tore open the corner of his clothes and covered the wound, blood seeping out from the corners.
By the time the Zhu family and Qian family found her, she had already fainted in the grass.
Zhu Ruilin waited for a day and saw that he was a little tired. Qian Chaochao ordered his servants to take good care of Aunt Jin and took the best medicine to treat her injuries.
After drinking for a few days, his body became worse and worse day by day. The wound changed from the size of a fist to the size of a palm. Although it no longer bled, the wound actually turned into abscess.
The girl who came as a dowry was a maid who used to follow Jin Yingfeng. When she saw this, she went to look for Mr. Zhu, but was told that Mr. Zhu had gone to the Sixth Academy. The big shooting ceremony was coming soon, and the royal affairs could not be delayed.
The maid stayed with Jin Tang'er, remembering how favored she was in the Jin family in the past. Seeing her pulling the corner of her clothes today with a pale look on her face, the maid felt heartbroken.
So he was ordered to stop taking the medicine and was not allowed to receive any more soups from his wife.
As soon as Zhu Ruilin came back, Jin Tang'er's maid told him about the matter. Although Jin Tang'er no longer had a fever, she still hadn't woken up yet.
Zhu Ruilin was so confused by the Six Studies affair that he hurried to Jin Tang'er's place before he came back to wash his hands.
After the lady and everyone in her room had left, the maid secretly took out the dregs of the medicine, knelt in front of Zhu Ruilin and said, "This medicine must be weird. After drinking it for a few days, the condition is getting worse."
Zhu Ruilin hesitated, "You said this medicine was sent by Madam?"
"Exactly."
He sneered, "I don't know why the Jin family asked you to be Tang'er's dowry girl. Not only your bad conduct, but you are gossiping next to the master. How many words did you say in Tang'er's ear to make her careful about the court? How many doubts did it make her have?"
The maid was shocked, "This slave has no intention of estrangement, but the medicine sent by Madam is really suspicious."
"How presumptuous! You are still slandering Madam. Do you know that I had someone prepare this medicine and send it to her room? The medicine Madam sent me was not delivered to this room."
The maid lowered her head and did not dare to say another word.
"I will spare you this time. If you dare to say something treacherous next time, I will kick you out of the Zhu family."
"Yes, sir."
At night, Jin Tanger woke up faintly.
The maid quickly handed her hand to her, "Miss, what do you want?"
Jin Tang'er feebly wrote the word "water" on the palm of her hand.
"Thirsty, are you?" the girl asked.
She nodded.
Seeing that there was no blood on her lips, the maid felt very sad, "It's my fault. Madam asked me to go over, so I went over without thinking. If I had stayed with the lady all the time, the lady wouldn't have been hit by the arrow."
Jin Tanger shook his head.
"I really want to take the girl back to Jin's house for treatment, but the master said..." She is still ill, and the maid doesn't want to make her feel sad.
Turning around and holding Jin Tang'er's hand, "Miss, don't worry. No matter what happens, I will be with you. Don't trust anyone here. The people here are cruel!"
Jin Tanger wrote, "Why?"
"Miss, I didn't know that you had been in a coma for the past few days. I wanted to change the prescription, but... I forgot about it." Chi Su sighed.
"What happened?" She wrote weakly on the palm of her hand.
"The servants of the Zhu family were so bold. They all tried to prevaricate me. I said I wanted to go out to see a doctor, but they actually said, could it be that the doctor the government often invites to see patients is not skilled enough and they have to find someone else? I went to ask the old lady for help. , the old lady said, I need to ask your Excellency about this matter, but Your Excellency... Your Excellency said, you are just weak and you will be fine in a few days."
Jin Tang'er nodded and wrote, "My lord is right. Am I awake now?"
After resting for two or three days, Jin Tang'er was just able to sit up from the bed. Jin Tang'er remembered that it had been many days since he went to greet the old lady, so he insisted on dressing up and went to the old lady's place.
Just outside the door, she saw Qian Chaochao and Zhu Ruilin. They were leaning against each other and chatting with the old lady. They were like a beautiful pair, with a tight seam between them, making it difficult for a needle to be inserted.
She was about to walk back through the snow, but when she went in, everyone was unhappy. Qian Chaochao didn't like her, and he had to be affectionate with her in front of the old lady. Zhu Ruilin was blocked between the two women, and it was difficult to breathe. Thinking of this, she turned around and left, why bother to make it difficult for him.
"Tang'er?" The old lady stopped her.
She had to pretend like she had just arrived.
"Come in quickly, I haven't quite recovered yet. Why are you here? It's snowing today. Is it cold?" The old lady took her to her hand. The back of her hand was cold when she touched it, and she saw that there were no snowflakes on the front of her clothes. Then he knew that she had been standing outside the door for a long time.
(End of chapter)