"He wasn't a good person to begin with."
After being taken advantage of the first time, no matter how much you try to show your affection to her later, she will always be on guard.
Xie Xianyu frowned, "That's it?"
Wanruo thought for a moment and elaborated, "Besides, the timing of his appearance was quite coincidental. He showed up just as the plague was spreading in the capital. He enthusiastically helped me several times and even reminded me that the plague wasn't a natural disaster but man-made. I don't think he would have had so much free time to come to Xizhou. He probably had a purpose."
"No more?"
Wan Ruo was puzzled: "What else?"
He looked unhappy: "You ask me?"
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They were now standing at the entrance of the main hall, and the palace maids and eunuchs guarding outside would occasionally look up secretly.
Wanruo didn't want to argue with him here, so she raised her foot and was about to leave: "Let's leave the palace first."
But he held her hand and made her freeze in place, staring at her with his dark eyes: "Anything else?"
Wanruo frowned and looked into his persistent eyes, then said tentatively, "Why do I believe you?"
There was a slight relaxation between his brows, and his face, which had been tense just now, suddenly became like the warm sunshine in March.
She didn't believe Li Jingzhao, but she believed him. Even if he didn't even show up and didn't say a word to defend himself, she still believed him. She only believed him.
He suppressed the corner of his lips that was about to rise, and said calmly: "Then let's go home first."
Then he took the lead and took her by the hand and strode out of the palace.
Wanruo was pulled by him and fell behind by a step. She looked up at his tall back with a confused mind.
That day, Li Jingzhao told her that the plague was man-made, but she knew very well that the commander of the imperial guards, Wang Qi, was his man. He was cruel and had done some immoral things.
Li Jingzhao said, "He clearly knows that you are a doctor with a compassionate heart and cannot bear to see innocent people suffer, yet he still takes human life without caring about you at all."
But she felt that he should care about her.
He knew that she was a doctor, a doctor with a kind heart, who could not bear to see innocent people suffer, nor could he sit idly by. How could he hide it from her and use such a despicable method as the epidemic?
After leaving the palace, Qing'an was already waiting at the palace gate in a carriage. When he saw Wanruo, his smile was sweeter than hers: "Young Madam!"
Xie Xianyu glanced at him coldly, and Qing'an shrank his neck with an embarrassed smile. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm. He would at most be punished for reporting the wrong news. If the young lady really ran away, he would be in trouble.
After getting on the carriage, Xie Xianyu pushed open the window and glanced at the officials shouting and searching for sick patients in the street, his face grim.
Wanruo asked, "Did you know that the Imperial Guards were doing this?"
"During the few days I've been in the palace, Wang Qi has been sidelined. The Queen has used the power of her mother's family to arbitrarily order the Imperial Guards to march. I'm sure the plague was also a drama they orchestrated themselves."
This self-torture trick demonstrated King Xuan's innocence.
"So what do we do now?"
Xie Xianyu's eyes were sinister, and of course he wanted to make them look bad!
"I'll take care of this now."
Wanruo nodded: "Then I have to go back to Jinshangtang first. There are many patients in the shop now, and I am worried."
Xie Xianyu frowned. There were so many patients with the epidemic. What if she got infected among them?
This disease has no cure yet and it is so dangerous.
But just as the words were on the tip of his tongue, he looked up at her clear eyes and thought that she would definitely not listen to him. The final result would most likely be that she would have a quarrel with him and get angry, then insist on going, and maybe ignore him for several days.
The gain may not outweigh the loss.
He pursed his lips: "Then I'll go with you."
The carriage stopped at the door of Jinshangtang. As soon as Wanruo got off the car, she saw that the shop was already crowded with people, all of whom were imperial guards.
"Bring them all here! If you dare to talk nonsense again, you will be executed on the spot!" shouted the little leader in the lead.
Wanruo's face changed, and she was about to rush in, but Xie Xianyu grabbed her arm and said coldly, "Stay here."
Then he strode in.
The imperial guards were still busy arresting people, and the shop was filled with wailing.
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