Chapter 204
At that time, Pei Lingjun was already in a state of utter despair. His parents had passed away, and he had avenged his great enemy, but his beloved had also died.
There was nothing in this world that he could cherish anymore.
At that time, the young man, dressed in rumpled brocade robes and in a daze, picked up a silver knife and rushed into the Princess's residence without a care.
I was originally going to spare her life, but unfortunately, she was courting death.
On that day, everyone in the capital knew that the young master of the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion had lost his wife at a young age, and in a fit of madness, he went into the Princess's mansion alone and slaughtered half of it.
He was carrying the silver knife when he was stopped by the emperor's black-clad guards before he even left the mansion, and was immediately taken to the palace.
After briefly recounting the events, the young man's eyes had darkened to a deep, inky color, filled with intense resentment. He was terrified that Wen Shu would leave him once again!
Wen Shu stared at him blankly, "Then what about my mother and Wen Ji? Why didn't you rescue them back then?"
Pei Lingjun suppressed the turmoil in his eyes, "How do you know I didn't lend a helping hand?"
Looking at the handsome young man in front of her, Wen Shu felt that his lips were incredibly bright as he spoke, and it seemed that not only his lips were bright, but his complexion was also incredibly clear.
Wen Shu grabbed his wrist and examined it closely. "What else are you hiding from me? You never mentioned anything back then. I didn't know you carried such a deep-seated hatred. It wasn't about your feud with the Cai family. I didn't even know your true identity back in Anyang..."
“It was my arrogance.” Pei Lingjun, who had been half-squatting in front of Wen Shu, now tried to stand up by holding onto the edge of the couch.
However, his movements were somewhat stiffer than before, and his lip color was even more vibrant, which made his skin look extremely pale.
Wen Shu wanted to ask him if he wasn't feeling well, but Pei Lingjun spoke first, "Ah Shu, I hid too much from you in our past life, I won't do it again. In short, I'm sorry..."
Seeing that something was wrong, Wen Shu stood up and supported his shoulder, but the young man fell backward, and there was obvious pain between his brows.
His lips were so dark they looked like they were about to bleed. Wen Shu immediately helped Pei Lingjun up. Only when they got closer could they see that there was clearly blood on his lips!
"Pei Lingjun—"
Pei Lingjun only heard this shout, and then he could neither hear nor see anything else.
A gentle breeze blew through the night, but footsteps echoed haphazardly in the courtyard. Hanxiang, her hair disheveled, trotted over and knocked on the door.
"Girl, the person has been brought!"
When Cui Pei entered the room, he saw Pei Lingjun lying on the couch with his eyes closed. He quickly took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve, poured out a pill the size of his little finger, and put it into Pei Lingjun's mouth.
"Why is that? Why can't I see his injuries?"
Neither internal nor external injuries could be seen, yet the pulse was extremely weak, which was inexplicably strange.
Cui Peihe went to the door and talked with Wen Shu in the courtyard.
"Actually, I don't know what's wrong with our boss. A while ago, he asked me to find the whereabouts of the divine physician Danzhu and get a bottle of life-saving pills from him. I personally thought that since our boss is in good health, those pills shouldn't be used on himself..."
“Until…” Cui Pei looked into the distance and recalled, “That day we stopped at an inn to rest. There were many travelers coming and going, and there was only one room left.”
"At night, I was awakened by coughing. When I got up, I saw the eldest son in the inner room... He was coughing incessantly and even vomited blood..."
After Wen Shu finished listening, her face was completely expressionless. "How long has he been like this?"
"It all started when we lived in the courtyard before the New Year."
"It's been almost half a year..."
Cui Pei didn't know why Pei Lingjun was ill, but the situation seemed serious and couldn't be delayed any longer, so he said, "I'm afraid the eldest brother won't be willing to return to Jijing. Please, Madam Wen, think of a way. This illness can't be left untreated forever."
"I see."
After Pei Lingjun took the pill, his complexion indeed became much rosier, and even his previously frightening lip color disappeared.
She lay by the bed, thinking to herself, "Pei Lingjun, you really are still lying to me."
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