Shuangxi looked at his lifeless appearance with concern: "Master, you have also taken a lot of medicine. Your body must have more toxins than that Miss Lin. Why don't you go and have the young mistress checked as well?"
Upon hearing this, He Yunze felt utterly exhausted, and the vague emotions swirling within him only intensified his distress.
"Let's focus on the outsiders first. They will never give up until we cure them."
Shuangxi sensed He Yunce's despair and knew that today's events had dealt a heavy blow to He Yunce, even seriously affecting his future career.
So Shuangxi carefully comforted him:
"Your Majesty, you need not worry too much. No matter what, no one can shake your position as a sixth-rank remonstrating official. As long as you gain favor with His Majesty, they will still fawn over you in the future."
"Moreover, you may not know this, but the eldest young mistress has also treated all the ladies one after another. The Marquis's family has done an impeccable job."
He Yunze listened in silence, then stepped into the study and plopped down in a chair.
He looked up at the sky outside the window, his eyes somewhat unfocused, his face full of dejection, no longer the cheerful look he had in the morning, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
"How could it not have an impact?"
"This flower-viewing banquet has invited so many people, made so many people laugh at me, and even harmed the wives of your superiors... Lin Miaoxin is Prime Minister Lin's lifeblood."
"Even if Song Xizhi heals them all, even if I know nothing about it, the Minister of Rites and my father will have a much worse impression of me, and it will be impossible for me to inherit the title in the short term."
His words left Shuangxi speechless for a moment.
But He Yunze suddenly raised his eyes and looked solemnly at Shuangxi.
His tone was tinged with sorrow: "What hurts me is not the affairs of officialdom, but Ruo'an. Ruo'an doesn't know medicine, yet she deceived me like this, keeping me in the dark."
For some reason, he felt that Ruo'an in this life was somewhat different from Ruo'an in the previous life.
Shuangxi racked his brains to comfort her: "But Madam's heart is good. She lied and said that the medicine was a tonic she brewed herself in order to treat you. Moreover, she even spent all of her dowry to hire a doctor in order to save you."
Upon hearing this, He Yunze nodded, and the complex emotions he had been feeling eased considerably.
“You’re right. Ruo’an was worried about my health at first, which is why she fed me the medicine. It was only later that I made a big mistake by letting her treat other people.”
But then he couldn't help but wonder: what about his past life?
In her past life, Ruo'an didn't know medicine, nor was she trying to heal herself. Yet, she lied to everyone, claiming to know medicine, and even kept it a secret from herself her whole life.
What's going on here?
But he couldn't say this to Shuangxi, so He Yunze sat up straight and asked a different question: "Shuangxi, what kind of person do you think Ruo'an is?"
Upon hearing this, Shuangxi immediately felt a sense of impending doom. He licked his lips and said, "Madam... is naturally a good woman. She is completely devoted to you, isn't she?"
He Yunze closed his eyes, and the image of Song Ruoan's smiling face from his previous life, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, appeared before his eyes.
"That's right. She took care of me in every way, bearing and raising our children, even ruining her health in the process."
A couple married across two lifetimes is a destiny cultivated over a thousand years.
It must have been out of pity for their unjust fate in their previous life that Heaven gave him a second chance at rebirth, and as a reward, he married Ruo'an on his wedding night.
In his previous life, misled by Song Xizhi, people despised him for having an affair with his sister-in-law, yet they also envied him.
Because there is no woman like Ruo'an in the world; she loves him so much that it's almost to the bone.
They share the same hobbies, have endless topics to discuss, are both particularly fond of local snacks, and are also deeply enamored with books.
When he is irritable or tired, make him a unique incense to soothe his emotions; when he is hungry, wash his hands and cook for him, showing tenderness and care.
Even when he encountered difficulties in his official career, they racked their brains to offer him advice and strategies, and worked together to win over influential people.
So... in her past life, her claim of having medical skills was a way to win over influential people?
As he was thinking this, Song Ruoan's heart-wrenching voice suddenly rang in his ears: "Husband, this is all my sister's conspiracy..."
He Yunze was startled, and then came to his senses.
Ruo'an was right. After today, his and Ruo'an's reputations will plummet, while Song Xizhi's reputation will resound throughout the capital.
No wonder the fickle Song Xizhi seemed to have changed her nature, no longer fawning or flattering him. It turned out she had been prepared all along, inviting a doctor to pretend she knew medicine and then framing Ruo'an.
She thought that this way she could see her more often.
Otherwise, why would it be Song Xizhi who was able to cure the ladies' illnesses? Even Physician Li couldn't cure them.
Unless the medicine prescribed by the legendary physician Qihuang was all prepared by Song Xizhi himself!
What a vicious woman! Her wicked heart is truly disgusting.
As He Yunze thought about it, his handsome face instantly wrinkled up. He pushed the chair away abruptly and rushed out without a second thought.
Caught off guard by He Yunce's actions, Shuangxi hurriedly followed behind, shouting, "Master, where are you suddenly going again?"
Without turning his head, He Yunze replied, "I'm going to the ancestral hall to find Ruo'an. She was punished because of me, and I can't leave her there alone."
Just as he ran out of the courtyard, panting, he ran into the Marquis of Anding. After dealing with the matters in the front hall and seeing off all the officials, the Marquis had come back to find him.
"He Yunce, come with me to the study."
He Yunze shook his head without hesitation: "Father, I have time. Ruo'an is being punished in the ancestral hall. I need to go find her first."
Upon hearing this, Marquis An Ding could no longer suppress his anger and swung his fist, slapping him across the face again.
With a loud slap, He Yunze's head was knocked to the side.
The Marquis of Anding's voice was filled with boundless anger: "What time is it? She has ruined the reputation of the Marquis's mansion, yet you still care about these matters of personal feelings?"
He Yunze covered his cheek in pain: "No, that's not how it is, Father, she was framed."
Marquis An Ding merely sneered: "No matter what really happened, everyone will blame the Marquis's mansion."
"Go and find out the preferences of all the lords and ladies right now, buy some apologies, and come with me to pay them a visit and apologize!"
“But Ruoan…” He Yunze gritted his teeth.
Shuangxi quickly reassured her, "Master, you should go with the Marquis. The young mistress has a nanny to take care of her, so she'll be fine."
Upon hearing this, He Yunze knew that what Marquis Anding had said was indeed an important matter. So he remained silent for a moment, and then obediently followed Marquis Anding to the study.
But he didn't know that without him by her side, Song Ruoan in the ancestral hall was being tortured to the point of wishing she were dead.
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