Chapter 133 Wake Up
After the abbot left, Yue Li sat blankly by the bed and looked at He Yanchen.
He lay there with his eyes closed, the dim candlelight shining on his face, making his eyebrows and features appear even more profound and his contours more distinct.
After the abbot said that, Yueli agreed almost without thinking.
Compared to an illusory promise of an afterlife, He Yanchen's health is naturally more important at the moment.
Didn't she say that she couldn't meet him in the next life? It didn't matter. After she died and drank Meng Po soup, she wouldn't remember him in the next life.
As Yue Li was thinking, she felt itchy on her face. She raised her hand to touch it, only to find that her face was covered with tears without her knowing when.
But decades of life passed in a flash, and she felt it was not enough.
He Yanchen woke up at this moment. He felt a cold feeling on the back of his hand. He opened his heavy eyelids and saw Yueli lying beside him with her cheek against his palm. The slightly cool touch was her tears.
The man's fingers moved, and Yueli felt it immediately and raised her head hurriedly.
"Your Majesty?" Yue Li was no longer sad, her expression of surprise was beyond words, "Your Majesty, you are finally awake!"
Ji Ming, Xiao Yuanpan and others who were waiting outside came in immediately. Yue Li subconsciously made room for the bedside and stood aside, waiting for Xiao Yuanpan to take his pulse.
"Come here." A slightly hoarse voice sounded. Yue Li looked over blankly and saw He Yanchen looking at her intently for a moment.
Judge Xiao curled his lips and moved aside tactfully.
Yueli walked over and sat next to him: "Your Majesty..."
He Yanchen stretched out one hand to feel Xiao Yuanpan's pulse, and raised the other hand to wipe the remaining tears from Yueli's eyes.
"It's not like I can't wake up, why are you crying like this?"
Yue Li sniffed and wanted to snuggle into his arms, but she was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable after just waking up, so she looked at him hesitantly. It was He Yanchen who pulled her directly into his arms.
He Yanchen didn't like seeing her being so cautious. He had raised her for so long and had finally made her spoiled and courageous. How could she be scared like this just because of an illness?
"How is His Majesty?" Ji Ming couldn't bear to see the two of them being so intimate. He was only concerned about His Majesty's health. Seeing that Xiao Yuanpan had been diagnosing for a long time without saying anything, he couldn't help but ask.
Judge Xiao was a little confused, but he still said, "Your Majesty is in good health."
"Your Majesty's fever has subsided, but you are still a little weak. I will prescribe some medicine. You will be fine after two days of rest."
He Yanchen frowned: "How long have I slept?"
"Your Majesty, you have slept for a whole day and night. The Imperial Noble Consort is almost crying with anxiety."
He Yanchen hugged the woman in his arms tightly. She was crying when he woke up, and he didn't know how long she cried when he fell asleep. Her eyes were swollen like peaches.
"I just have a fever? Are there other reasons?" He Yanchen was also confused. He had been in good health since he was a child. Apart from being poisoned as a child and being bitten by a Gu before, he seldom got sick. He had never fainted just because of a fever.
When Yueli heard his question, she moved her head and buried her little face in his arms.
Judge Xiao was completely baffled. "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I and my colleagues at the Imperial Hospital have diagnosed Your Majesty as having a fever, and no other symptoms."
Ji Ming thought of something and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, two hours ago, the abbot of the ancestral temple came to the palace to ask to see the Imperial Concubine. Your Majesty woke up not long after he left. Perhaps the abbot knows something."
As soon as Ji Ming finished speaking, He Yanchen felt the woman in his arms stiffen for a moment.
He patted the woman's back and winked at Ji Ming.
"Everyone, go out first."
"yes."
After everyone left, He Yanchen pinched the back of Yueli's neck, cupped her cheeks and asked her to raise her head: "What did the abbot say to you?"
The guilt and sadness in Yueli's eyes did not escape He Yanchen's eyes. She stammered: "No...nothing..."
"You're lying to me again?" The man tapped her head gently. "How many times have I told you this? I'm your husband. You can't hide anything from me. If you don't tell me, and then come to me crying after being deceived, I won't care about you anymore."
Yueli lowered her head, pinching the corner of her clothes with a wronged look, and said nothing.
He Yanchen softened his voice and asked, "Did the abbot say something strange in your ear?"
"It's not strange," Yueli retorted. "I think what he said is true. The last time Your Majesty returned from the ancestral temple, he recalled things from his past life. Wasn't it because of him?"
For the first time, He Yanchen knew what it felt like to shoot himself in the foot.
He didn't remember any past life at all, he just got it out of her.
But Yue Li was convinced that it was the abbot who helped him remember it. Now, she took everything that the bald man said seriously.
He Yanchen was silent for a while. Yueli felt that he was angry because of her concealment. Yueli tugged at his sleeve and said, "I don't want to tell Your Majesty. It's better for me to know the bad things by myself. I don't want to make Your Majesty unhappy."
Oh, that bald donkey had fooled her again, and it was still something bad.
No wonder you cried like that.
He remembered what the man said last time about people from another world shortening one's lifespan, and he had a vague guess in his mind.
He Yanchen began to tease, "Did he say that it was because of you that I became ill and fell into a coma?"
Yueli's eyes widened. How...how did he know?
As soon as He Yanchen saw her expression, he knew that he had guessed right.
He sighed, "How can a person live a life free from pain and disasters, even if they eat all kinds of grains? I've already developed a chronic illness from the poisoning incident, and I'm no longer as healthy as I used to be. Do you think you'll have to listen to his nonsense every time I'm sick in the future?"
He Yanchen chuckled sarcastically, "Besides, if a few words from a monk could have any effect, why would I spend so much money to support an imperial hospital? I should have turned it into a temple long ago."
Yueli listened to him and felt that there seemed to be some truth in what he said.
He Yanchen saw her expression change, and added fuel to the fire: "Did he say that being with you would shorten my lifespan, and that I should stay away from you?"
Yueli blurted out in surprise: "How did your Majesty know?!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly covered her mouth, but her eyes were wide open, unable to hide her thoughts.
He Yanchen sighed heavily and rubbed her head: "You are so gullible, I don't know what to do with you."
Yue Li frowned slightly, hugged his waist and snuggled into his arms: "But the abbot knows that I have memories of my past life and can help Your Majesty regain his memories. That's why I believe him."
"Tell me what else he said to you."
Since he had guessed most of it anyway, Yue Li couldn't hide it anymore and simply told him, "He said that Your Majesty and I have a deep connection and should have been together for three lifetimes, but because I affected Your Majesty's lifespan, the rest of this life must be made up in the next life."
"I will never meet Your Majesty in my next life."
As Yue Li spoke, she felt like crying again. If she didn't meet He Yanchen, how would she live?
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