"Wife! Didn't we say we didn't want that money? Don't you know who Manager Liu is? Did you suffer any grievances today? Did he make things difficult for you? Did he send his thugs to attack you?"

"Let me see if you're injured."

The young girl glanced at the person next to her somewhat embarrassedly, then pushed her young master aside.

"Um... Young Master! I'm perfectly fine. It's thanks to them that I was able to get my money back."

The man then remembered that there were several strangers standing inside the house.

When he looked up at the group of people, his pupils widened instantly.

His face was full of disbelief.

"Miss Lin...?"

"Martial arts..."

"Why is it you?"

"It's so good that you're still alive."

Lin Ru looked at the familiar face and then at the simple furnishings inside the room.

I felt a mix of sadness and emotion, "Yu Wang..."

"I never expected it to really be you."

"You're still alive."

This time, it was the little girl's turn to be incredulous.

"What? Young Master! You actually know Her Majesty the Empress."

Yu Wang stared blankly at Lin Ru after hearing this, but quickly smiled with relief.

"I knew it! Why do people describe that Empress so much like Miss Lin? And the Empress's surname is Lin, and yours is Lin too. I never thought it was the same person."

After he finished speaking, he struggled to get up, wanting to get down and bow!

"Look at my current condition, it's even a bit difficult for me to get up and bow to you."

Wu Juan looked at the once unrestrained and flamboyant young man, who had become so emaciated.

My eyes felt slightly warm.

She still remembered that without this young man, they probably wouldn't have been able to enter Kangqu County!

There was no way to buy that much food.

Perhaps the escape will be even more difficult from now on.

Lin Ru also thought of that scene.

This boy was given medicine by his stepmother, which made him completely stupid. He was even taken outside the city and almost died, but the silly boy still believed in his stepmother.

Moreover, that kid was incredibly extravagant back then.

But now...

Moreover, the first pot of gold she made to start her rebellion came from his family's assets!

She walked up to Yu Wang, pressed him down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and then took his wrist to carefully check his pulse.

Judging from this pulse, this person is terminally ill and will not live much longer.

The poison his stepmother had given him had been neutralized by the pills she had given him before.

I wonder what this person went through after they broke up. His body was completely exhausted, and he was depressed.

It was as if they had lost the will to live.

If a person loses the will to live, no matter what magic pills they take, it probably won't work.

She thought for a moment and then said comfortingly, "Yu Wang! I'm so glad you're alive."

"I also feel very sorry about your uncle's death."

"However, the culprit is already dead."

"You will have many more days ahead of you."

"I heard you call this little girl 'wife'."

"It seems you two have gotten together."

"You need to actively cooperate with the treatment."

"Otherwise, after you leave, there will be plenty of people who want to bully this little girl."

Yu Wang smiled weakly and looked at the little girl beside him, "My wife's name is Xiao Tao! She's the precious child my mother left me!"

“I was not very bright before, and I made Xiaotao suffer a lot. I didn’t expect that she would not only forgive me but also follow me and protect me.”

"Having a wife like this is truly my blessing."

Xiao Tao blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed.

Yu Wang said at the opportune moment, "Wife! Go to the kitchen and boil some water to make some tea for our guests!"

Xiao Tao immediately felt as if she had been granted a pardon and ran away shyly.

Yu Wang stared intently at her departing figure.

His face was full of doting affection and reluctance.

"I never imagined my health would be so poor. I thought I could grow old with her for the rest of my life, but I collapsed halfway through."

"Miss Lin, how can there be such a foolish woman in this world?"

“We were both so poor that we didn’t even know where we would eat our next meal, but she always remembered that I loved drinking tea, and she worked day and night making handkerchiefs and purses to sell.”

"In the end, I was cheated by a black-hearted merchant and bought a lot of old tea."

"Please don't find it offensive later."

Lin Ru never expected that Yu Wang's personality had become so delicate.

This is a stark contrast to his previous arrogance and domineering attitude.

She thought for a moment, and was about to speak when Yu Wang stopped her, "Your Majesty, I know what you want to say, but I know my own body."

"Now that you are Her Majesty the Empress, I have a request for you, considering that we have known each other for a while."

Lin Ru nodded.

"you say!"

Yu Wang coughed lightly twice, then looked towards the kitchen before continuing, "Xiao Tao is a good girl! Actually, we didn't consummate our marriage. The reason we became husband and wife was because she was injured on the way to escape famine, and I accidentally saw her body. To take responsibility for her, we became husband and wife!"

"However, as time went on, I truly fell for her!"

"But now you see it too."

"If I had known I would end up like this, I would never have married her."

"I beg you, please take Xiaotao away!"

"Being a maidservant by your side is better than suffering with me!"

"Sister, as you can see, the environment we live in now is a mixed bag. Even while I'm still alive, some thugs come to provoke me. If I really die, I'm afraid Xiao Tao will fall into the hands of villains. Your Majesty! Your Majesty the Empress! Goddess! I sincerely beg you!"

Looking at Yu Wang's current appearance, Lin Ru felt, for some reason, as if she were seeing County Magistrate Yuan!

I wonder if he was just as humble and resolute when he entrusted Wang to him!

Just as she was about to speak, Xiao Tao suddenly rushed in from outside.

He knelt down in front of Lin Ru!

"Your Majesty! Please do not agree to his request."

"I've decided that you're the one for me for the rest of my life. Whether I live or die, whether you truly love me or are just doing this to take responsibility for me, I'm willing to follow you forever."

"If the young master really dies, I will not live on alone."

Upon hearing this, Yu Wang's eyes immediately reddened, and he became extremely agitated. He wanted to reprimand Xiao Tao, but He Chi's words stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say them. In the end, he started coughing violently again.

Lin Ru looked at the two of them in this state.

I don't know why I suddenly thought of Wu Ling!