At this moment, Song Xizhi's mind was completely blank. Faced with the scene before her, she didn't know how to react.
But when she felt He Jingyan's pulse, she hurriedly said, "His health is very poor and he needs immediate medical treatment."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Guangqi, who was originally seated, slowly walked up to He Jingyan and said, "In that case, let Minister He return to the Marquis of Anding's residence to recuperate."
"Once Minister He has recovered, I must reward him handsomely."
As soon as Emperor Guangqi finished speaking, several yamen runners stepped forward, carried He Jingyan on a stretcher, and hurriedly took him back to the Marquis's residence.
Seeing him covered in blood, Song Xizhi hurriedly followed him to his side.
As everyone hurriedly stepped out of the Jingzhao Prefecture, Song Xizhi suddenly turned his head and saw Pei Yunyi's sorrowful eyes in the distance.
Emperor Guangqi's eyes darkened for a moment. He patted Pei Yunyi on the shoulder and addressed everyone in the courtroom in a deep voice: "Crown Prince, come with me to return to the palace."
Pei Yunyi felt the heavy pressure on his shoulder, closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, they were bloodshot.
"The Prefect of the Capital brought the evidence into the palace and imprisoned Song Ruo'an in the imperial prison to await interrogation."
After saying this, Pei Yunyi followed behind Emperor Guangqi and slowly walked out.
Everyone in front of and behind him knelt down on the ground, kneeling before the supreme power.
Only Pei Yunyi, listening to the devout cries in his ears, stepped out from under the gate of the Jingzhao Prefecture. The warm sunlight shone on his broad back, but he could not feel any warmth at all.
When Pei Yunyi returned to the palace, He Jingyan had already been carried back to the Marquis's residence on a stretcher.
The Ximoxuan Pavilion was brightly lit.
At this moment, he was lying unconscious on the bed in the master bedroom of Ximoxuan.
Song Xizhi and Master Rihua were by the bedside, taking He Jingyan's pulse, performing acupuncture, and feeding him medicine as he fell into a coma.
After Song Xizhi took He Jingyan's pulse and prescribed medicine, he had the divine physician Rihua confirm the diagnosis again.
What the two were certain of was that He Jingyan's health was extremely poor, and he had indeed survived a near-death experience.
Not only was there a scar on the back of his head, but his entire body was covered with scars, old and new, crisscrossing each other, with not a single patch of unscathed flesh.
Even the renowned physician Rihua couldn't bear to see his body like that: "It's truly remarkable that he's still alive; it's practically a miracle."
Song Xizhi pursed his lips, lowered his head slightly, and gazed at the sleeping face on the bed.
Although he and Pei Yunyi looked exactly alike when they wore human skin masks.
But looking at them now, I realize they are completely different.
Song Xizhi couldn't describe the feeling in his heart; he just felt that his mind was in complete turmoil.
Seeing Song Xizhi's tired expression, the divine physician shook his head and patted the back of her hand.
Before the divine physician Rihua could say anything, they heard footsteps outside.
Song Xizhi turned his head in the direction of the sound and saw the figures of Marquis Anding, Madam He, and He Yunce.
It seems that He Yunze has already heard the details of what happened from the Marquis of Anding, and his expression at this moment is extremely shocked.
He first frowned, looked up, and glanced at Song Xizhi.
When Song Xizhi turned slightly to the side, he looked down at He Jingyan lying on the bed.
Perhaps the effects of the medicine had begun to take hold, for He Jingyan heard the commotion outside and slowly opened his eyes again.
When He Yunze saw He Jingyan's bloodshot eyes, his heart ached, and he suddenly knelt down by the bed and burst into tears again.
He shook his head, trying to speak, but could only babble incoherently and couldn't utter a single word.
With trembling hands, He Yunze wrote several large characters on He Jingyan's palm: "Brother, I'm sorry."
He Jingyan struggled to sit up from the bed, then shook his head with a smile: "Brother is back, what can't we overcome?"
Upon hearing He Jingyan's words, He Yunze's tears began to flow like a torrent. He thought about what he had done and kept crying. He then wrote down a few more words: "Brother, I have done many wrong things."
He Jingyan touched his hand, his gentle eyes seemingly capable of melting him at that moment: "Little Yun Ce has grown up so much, everyone makes mistakes..."
"During the time my elder brother was away from the Marquis's residence, Yun Ce and Zhi Zhi worked tirelessly to take care of it..."
After saying this, he raised his eyes again, his amber eyes, like glass, gazing affectionately in Song Xizhi's direction.
Song Xizhi only glanced at it before daring not to look again.
The two brothers were still reminiscing by the bedside when Marquis Anding hurriedly called Song Xizhi outside to find out what was going on.
Song Xizhi truthfully described He Jingyan's current physical condition, and also mentioned that she already knew the Crown Prince's identity beforehand.
He further explained that Pei Yunyi used He Jingyan's human skin mask to return to the capital in order to expose the major spies in both the military camp and the capital.
They had previously followed the clues to uncover Zhao Qingshu, but they never expected that the real culprit was someone else. In particular, the evidence presented today at the Jingzhao Prefecture proved that the real culprit was acting with impunity, and finding out the truth was urgent.
When Marquis An Ding finally understood the truth, his eyes widened, and he nodded and shook his head repeatedly.
When Song Xizhi finished speaking, she bowed to the Marquis of Anding. She felt a pang of sadness in her heart and sincerely apologized: "All the concealment was not my wish, but I had no choice but to do it."
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