Because he lost his blood source so early, Ye Fan became irritable. Fortunately, Xu Wanrong's personal maid said that the imperial physician had found an alternative solution - he still had a younger sister.
Ye Fan quickly obtained Murong Yao's consent, but Ye Xueruo was weak and did not last more than ten days.
Only then did he realize how long forty-nine days was and how there was no way a person could have forty-nine bowls of blood in his body.
Xu Wanrong's personal maid came again and said that they could draw blood from his second mother and save her life, since she was not his biological mother anyway.
Ye Fan weighed the pros and cons for a moment and agreed. Unfortunately, Er Niang was old and didn't survive seven days.
When the maid came again, Ye Fan was in a dilemma again, "Whose blood is Wan'er going to draw this time?"
The maid glanced at the people in the yard, pointed at Princess Shen and said, "Let's pick her."
Princess Shen kissed his cheek obediently and said gently, "It is my blessing to be able to save the general's sweetheart."
Seeing Princess Shen being tied to the chair for blood collection, Ye Fan felt heartbroken, but he still gritted his teeth and ordered: "Draw blood and save people."
The female servant stabbed Princess Shen in the chest, and blood gushed out immediately.
Ye Fan rushed forward in panic, covering her wound, blood continuously flowing out from between his fingers.
He opened his mouth anxiously, but he didn't know what Princess Shen's name was.
He turned around and angrily accused the maid, "Who told you to stab me directly in the heart?"
"General Ye..." Blood was flowing from her mouth, and her beautiful phoenix eyes gradually blurred. She took off the hairpin on her head with great effort, "You said that you would protect me...for the rest of my life...
Princess Shen's hands gradually dropped, and Shen Xu's voice rang in his ears again.
"Widows, widowers, and lonely people cannot die well..."
In an instant, the whole world became dark. He held Princess Shen's cold body in his arms in a daze, allowing Xu Wanrong's maid to kill everyone in the general's mansion, young and old, and drain all their blood.
In a blink of an eye, on the forty-ninth day, the murderous maid came again with a sharp knife and a bowl.
"General Ye, you are the only one left."
"As long as we can save Wan'er..." Ye Fan sat down on the blood-collecting chair with a gloomy look in his eyes, "Let's do it."
But the woman pierced his fingers with an awl, letting blood drip from his ten fingers into the bowl.
Ye Fan smiled foolishly, "This way, we can save Wan'er, right?"
"General Ye's kindness is something our young lady always remembers."
"I hope Wan'er can get better..."
On the fiftieth day, the maid came again, still holding the bowl.
"The imperial physician said that I need to continue taking the medicine for three more days to stabilize my condition..."
On the fifty-third day, "The imperial physician said that my young lady needs to take the medicine for another seven days before she can be completely cured..."
On the 60th day, "The imperial physician said that my young lady needs to take the medicine for another ten days..."
The seventieth day, the eightieth day, the ninetieth day...
"The general's will is truly strong."
On the hundredth day, Ye Fan sat emaciated on the blood-drawing chair. He felt that his life had come to an end.
"Sister Wan'er's illness hasn't healed yet..."
He looked up at the extremely dark sky, prepared to face the end of his life. In order to save her, he had no regrets.
At this moment, Xu Wanrong walked over with a flushed face and gently called him Brother Ye Fan.
"Sister Wan'er, are you feeling better now? It's just..."
She stood in the light and smiled at him gently, "Yes, thank you for saving me, Brother Ye Fan. His Majesty has passed away, and I am no longer the queen."
Ye Fan seemed to be filled with strength and stood up in an instant, "Then you——"
"No, I like Young Master Jiang."
Xu Wanrong seemed to have guessed his thoughts and said to him softly, "He finally accepted me. We are getting married tomorrow. I believe Brother Ye Fan will definitely bless me."
He said anxiously: "Then I——"
"Brother Ye Fan, I will remember your efforts and always keep you here." She pointed to her heart.
Ye Fan's eyes were dazed for a moment, and there was a sharp knife stuck in his heart.
He rubbed his eyes, and Xu Wanrong's face became blurred. He looked down and saw that the knife was clearly stabbed in his heart.
"Then, Brother Ye Fan, remember to come to our wedding." Xu Wanrong said, turning around and leaving.
"Sister Wan'er, don't go..." Ye Fan covered his bleeding wound, dragged his exhausted body, and ran to chase the figure that was getting farther and farther away.
At this moment, Song Lin's figure blocked his way. He was wearing wedding clothes, with a smug smile on his face. He raised his chin and looked down at Ye Fan condescendingly, his voice full of sarcasm, "Brother Ye, you are really in a mess."
"Brother Lin..." Ye Fan grabbed Song Lin's arm, panting, "Brother Lin, don't take my sister Wan'er away."
"Take her away? She never belonged to you." Song Lin moved away, and a burst of floral fragrance came to his nose.
Xu Wanrong stood with her back to him, already wearing a beautiful wedding dress. She was like a graceful fairy standing among the flowers, so beautiful that she didn't seem like a human being.
"Wan'er, Wan'er, are you willing to come with me? I'm willing to give you everything I have."
Xu Wanrong turned around, her voice still gentle and soft, as if to heal all his pain, "Your everything? What else have you not given me?"
Ye Fan turned around in panic, only to see the empty General's Mansion collapsed. He stood among the rubble, staring blankly at his own skinny hands.
"I, I still have... I..."
"There's still someone hidden in your heart, Brother Ye Fan. You said that there can only be one woman in your heart, me."
"I..." Ye Fan frowned and took out the hairpin, a relic of Princess Shen, from his sleeve.
He stared blankly at the hairpin, as if he saw Princess Shen's face. He hesitated and said, "She... is already dead, Sister Wan'er, please let her go..."
"Brother Ye Fan, I can't accept a man who is unfaithful to me."
Princess Shen stood in front of him. She still looked delicate, weak and miserable. She was not inferior to the radiant Xu Wanrong.
"General, you said you would protect me forever..."
Xu Wanrong didn't allow him to hesitate and said, "If you can't give up everything for me, then there is no possibility between us."
Ye Fan looked at the two people standing in front of him, then looked down at the hairpin, his heart aching.
"General, you are going to break your promise again..."
"Brother Ye Fan, I can't accept betrayal. There's no way we can be together..."
The sound seemed to come from all directions. Ye Fan gritted his teeth and broke the hairpin.
"Is this your choice?" Princess Shen's body shook and shattered into a ball of fluorescent light, which quickly dissipated with the wind.
"Goodbye, then, General."
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