Chapter 192

"Why do you want to send your sister away?"

Lu Jiang's expression was as cold as ice, and the thin sheet of Xuan paper crumpled in his hand from the force of his grip.

“Mother, she has done something wrong. If we don’t send her away quickly, she may lose her life.”

News of the misfortune that befell the He family spread throughout Shanzhou early this morning. It is said that the man has been crippled and is on the verge of death, only kept alive by the help of a physician who administers medicine.

Du Erniang's expression changed. Coupled with the incident at the He family mansion, she was half-believing and half-doubting Lu Jiang's words, but she didn't dare to really joke about Lu Rou's life, so she tacitly allowed Lu Rou to go to the manor.

Lu Rou knew that once she left, she might never return, spending her whole life holed up in the manor, or perhaps in two more years she would cut off her hair and become a nun, spending her life with only a Buddhist lamp and a monk.

But she didn't want it to be like this.

Du Erniang went out to instruct the servants to prepare carriages and bedding. Inside the room, Lu Rou knelt on the ground, hugging Lu Jiang's leg and crying incessantly, "Big brother, please plead for me. I was bewitched when I helped He Baixuan. I really didn't know that He Baixuan would harm my cousin Shu like this."

"I was wrong! I was really wrong!"

Lu Jiang was also heartbroken. Fortunately, Lu Rou was only an accomplice; otherwise, who knows if He Baixuan's fate would be the same as Lu Rou's.

“Listen to your brother, go to the manor outside the city, and you can at least save your life.” Lu Jiang’s eyes were red. He hated his sister’s cruel heart, but he was also secretly worried for Wen Shu that day. It was all his fault. Otherwise, why would He Baixuan have set her sights on Wen Shu?

On one side is the girl he likes, and on the other side is his own younger sister.

He did want to plead for mercy, but the threatening letter stated that if Lu Rou was not allowed to leave Shanzhou City for even a day, the crimes of the Lu family woman would be exposed to the world on another day.

When the insults and spittle rain down on Lu Rou, she won't be able to survive either.

Rumors and gossip can kill her.

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Wen Shu was unaware of the situation and was sitting on a low stool in the courtyard, staring blankly at the boiling medicine stove in front of her.

The two side rooms on the east side were cleaned up and used as lodgings for the two uninvited guests.

Wen Shu rested her chin on her hand, watching the flames spreading out of the furnace.

Hearing that the northern border had been repeatedly harassed by the desert people after the end of the year, Wen Shu was unsure of what to do.

If we really let Wenji join the army, will he be repeating the same mistakes he made in his previous life?

As night deepened and the wind howled, Wen Shu, as usual, brought the medicine to the door of the side room. This time, however, she wisely refrained from going in, only knocking on the door and calling out, "The medicine is ready."

Before the New Year, Pei Lingjun deceived her and made her realize that he had regained his memories. She then kicked him out. Afterwards, Pei Lingjun went to Jijing and came back. He coaxed his mother to take him to the Lu residence for a short stay, and now he has returned with her.

At the end of the year, the inn was usually deserted, but now it's completely silent.

No wonder he's so shrewd.

Under the candlelight, Pei Lingjun took the pills that Cui Pei had obtained from the divine physician Danzhu, which suppressed the pain in his chest somewhat.

Previously, he only had a cough at night, but ever since he went to Ling County and killed Cai Hui, he has started to experience angina.

However, the symptoms were not very obvious, and he could endure them at night if no one disturbed him.

He got up, opened the door, and brought in the medicine. Pei Lingjun looked at the dark soup and drank it all in one go. He then picked up two sweet dates from the side and put them in his mouth, which made him feel a little better.

Unable to sleep alone, after washing up, I lay down on the couch, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

There was no sound coming from next door anymore. The young man suppressed his heavy breathing and thought to himself: He and A-Shu are already husband and wife, so why should he have to endure loneliness?