Chapter 303 is truly ironic.
"Get me...one..."
Before Guiliu could finish speaking, he collapsed to the ground.
He weakly uttered the last, indistinct word.
"bed!"
Then there was no sound.
Li Nanke and Li Mu were startled.
"Mr. Guiliu! Wake up! What's wrong?"
"Yiyi, quickly find someone to call a doctor."
While trying to help Gui Liu up from the ground, Li Mu also arranged for Song Yi to call a doctor.
Li Nanke carefully examined Gui Liu and suddenly said, "Father, it looks like Mr. Gui Liu is asleep."
"Huh? Asleep?"
Li Mu was bewildered and half-believing, so he reached his hand under Gui Liu's nose to probe it, and then looked at his expression.
She murmured, "She looks like she's really asleep. She fell asleep so quickly!"
Nangong Qiang seemed to have heard the noise outside and appeared at the door.
Looking at Gui Liu lying on the ground, he said, "He rushed back from Miao territory and was brought here by me when he arrived in Bianjing."
Li Nanke suddenly realized.
"He must not have had a proper rest in a long time, and the acupuncture was very mentally taxing, so he fell into a deep sleep."
"Father, let's have someone carry Mr. Guiliu away to rest."
Li Mu immediately summoned two servants to carry Gui Liu to the neighboring courtyard to rest.
After all that commotion, it was almost midnight when Li Nanke returned to his courtyard and went straight to sleep.
I was exhausted after a long day, and when I woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.
"grandmother!"
She screamed and sat bolt upright in bed.
Hearing the noise, Zisu came in.
"Girl, you're awake. Did you have a nightmare?"
Li Nanke steadied himself and finally came to his senses.
"Hmm, I had a nightmare. Sister Zisu, is Grandma awake?"
While helping her get up and do her makeup, Zisu said, "The Marquis and his wife have been waiting in the old lady's courtyard since early this morning."
The old lady is still unconscious.
"Where is Mr. Guiliu? Is he still sleeping?"
"He hasn't woken up either. The servant said that Mr. Guiliu's snoring can be heard outside the courtyard."
Li Nanke breathed a sigh of relief, washed up, ate something simple, and then went to see Madam He.
He didn't wake up until mid-afternoon.
When she opened her eyes and saw Li Mu, Li Nanke, and Song Yi guarding her bedside, her lips trembled, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks.
Li Mu knelt down with a thud, his eyes red, and grasped He Shi's hand.
“It is the son’s fault for being unfilial; the son should not have hidden the truth from his mother.”
"Mother, please ask whatever you want."
Song Yi and Li Nanke both knelt down.
Madam He stared at them blankly, her fingers clenched so tightly they turned white. After a long while, she finally spoke, her lips trembling.
"That letter was true, wasn't it? Li Yao really isn't my biological child, is he?"
I want the truth. Tell me everything exactly as it happened.
Li Mu dared not hide anything any longer and recounted the entanglements between Li Yongfeng, Bai Sanniang, and Prince Chen.
"After Bai San Niang separated from Li Yongfeng, she somehow got together with Prince Chen and even had a child."
She became pregnant out of wedlock and dared not make it public, so she secretly entrusted someone to send the child to the Marquis's mansion.
Li Yongfeng firmly believed that the child was born to his beloved, seeing that it was born around the same time as his younger brother.
He then planned to pretend they were twins, but the younger brother died in an accident and was smothered to death, so he simply adopted Li Yao as his younger brother.
"It's laughable that he raised Li Yao with such love and affection, only to find out in the end that Li Yao wasn't his biological son."
He felt as if something was blocking her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.
He murmured, "Yes, how ironic!"
Bai San Niang's lie, along with Li Yongfeng's selfish scheming and calculations, caused her more than twenty years of suffering.
For more than twenty years, she has spent countless days and nights in tears.
She didn't understand why Li Yongfeng wouldn't allow her to get close to Li Yao.
What's even more painful is that no matter how much she tries to please and get close to Li Yao, Li Yao's gaze is always distant and aloof.
Although they were both her sons, Li Mu was naturally close to her, but Li Yao refused to get close to her no matter what.
It would be heartbreaking for any mother if her child didn't get close to her!
She suffered for so many years, only to discover in the end that it all stemmed from Bai San Niang and Li Yongfeng's scheme!
She didn't even have a chance to see her own child, or know what he looked like, before he left this world!
"All my worries, confusion, pain, and torment over the years have been wrong from the very beginning!"
A piercing pain shot into her heart, and He felt as if her heart was being torn apart, causing her to vomit blood once again!
"Mother!"
"grandmother!"
Li Mu, Song Yi, and Li Nanke were panicked and knelt by the bed, looking at He Shi with worry.
While wiping the blood from He Shi's mouth, Li Mu cried and said, "Mother, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to handle the shock if you knew, so I never dared to tell you the truth."
But I have already spoken with the clan chief, and once you have recovered, you will personally return to the ancestral home.
We'll build a cenotaph for my younger brother and then add his name to the family genealogy.
This way, the younger brother will also have incense offerings for future generations.
Song Yi nodded in agreement.
"I'll accompany you to Xiangguo Temple to light a few more eternal lamps. With incense offerings, my brother-in-law might be able to reunite with Mother in another form!"
Li Nanke choked up and said, "Grandmother, I know you're sad, but you still have us."
Father, Mother, and I will always stay with Grandma.
Madam He stared blankly at the three of them, trying to raise her hand to wipe away Li Nanke's tears.
But she was too weak, and her hand fell back halfway down.
He could only manage a weak smile and softly hum in agreement.
"good."
Li Nanke took her hand and pressed it against his face.
He gently rubbed her palm and whispered, "Grandmother, you must take good care of your health. You still have a long, long time to spend with Ke'er."
Mrs. He felt the dampness on her granddaughter's face, and a warm feeling gradually rose in her heart.
"Okay, Grandma will stay with Ke'er forever."
Seeing her serious expression, Li Nanke breathed a slight sigh of relief.
He was mentally and physically exhausted. She only woke up for a short while before falling asleep again.
At that moment, Nangong Qiang's figure flickered outside.
Li Nanke has been released.
Nangong Qiang said, "His Majesty has already issued an edict to confiscate the property of the Chen family in Quanzhou, imprison them, and subject them to a rigorous investigation."
When I returned just now, the Imperial Guards had already ridden out of the city and were heading to Quanzhou.
Now, all the departments of the Court of Judicial Review, the Ministry of Justice, the Imperial City Guard, and the Military Command have dispatched personnel to search for Prince Chen and his remaining associates.
The entire city is under martial law, and the search for Prince Chen is ongoing. The Desheng Opera Troupe and the Dong family's antique shop have been shut down, and everyone inside has been arrested.
Li Nanke was not surprised.
Chen Cong is moving very fast!
"What about Li Yongfeng? Didn't you get any useful information from him?"
Prince Chen likely has many strongholds in Bianjing. Getting Li Yongfeng to talk will be very helpful in capturing Prince Chen.
A strange look appeared on Nangong Qiang's face.
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