In the house that Long En had specially built for Lanxiang and her granddaughter in the city, Lanxiang was shouting at Long En at the top of her lungs, trying to drive him away.
"No……"
"Orchid fragrance".
"Listen to me..."
"Your illness simply cannot be delayed any longer!"
"You must come with me today..."
"Otherwise, it will really be too late!"
But no matter what Long En said or how he tried to persuade him,
Lanxiang didn't say a word, she just kept pushing him out of the house and into the yard.
Following closely behind, an elderly woman, leaning on a cane and stumbling as she chased after them out the door, was Lanxiang's maternal grandmother.
By adhering to the method that Yi Shangyun had instructed him to use when he left, he has now regained his sight.
My vision has finally become much clearer, but I'm getting old, and my hearing doesn't seem to be as good as it used to be.
The old man could only listen to the argument between the two men, their words coming out in fits and starts, one after another, in disjointed sentences.
Seeing his granddaughter being bullied, he disregarded his old and frail legs, glanced around, picked up a broom leaning against the wall in the corner of the yard, and swept Long En away in a few swift movements.
Immediately afterwards, with a loud bang, the door was locked tightly from the inside.
No matter how many times people knock on the door.
She just kept cursing at the door: "You heartless, treacherous, and despicable wretch! You killed my poor daughter, and now you dare to come here and bully my granddaughter! This time, even if it costs me my old bones, I will never let you succeed!"
"Waaaaah..."
"Waaaaah..."
At this moment, Lanxiang felt extremely wronged and sad, so she squatted on the ground and started to cry.
The old man turned around and saw it, and his heart ached terribly.
She then went closer and gently stroked her head, comforting her, "Xiang'er, don't be afraid. With Grandma here, no one can bully you anymore."
Facing the only person she had left in this world, the only one she was truly close to, and the only one she depended on for survival, Lanxiang had too much bitterness in her heart that she couldn't express.
In order to ensure that her grandmother would be well cared for after her impending death, she had no choice but to follow Long En's arrangement and move to the city.
But when she learned that the reason Long En chose to stay in the city was because he had not given up his obsession since the Xiaolong Society was dismantled and was still plotting, she could no longer forgive him.
At this moment, she finally broke down completely, hugging her grandmother and crying helplessly and reluctantly, calling out, "Grandma, what should I do? What should I do..."
When it was finally late at night and all was quiet, Lanxiang had just fallen asleep and had only taken a short nap when she suddenly woke up and felt a splitting headache.
As she had done countless times before, she was once again tormented by the pain of her illness and could no longer fall asleep.
Once he felt a little better, he got up and lit a candle in the room.
Holding it in my hand, I quietly went to my grandmother's room next door, sat on the edge of the bed and gazed at the old woman's weathered face for a long time, and finally carefully tucked the corner of the quilt around her.
At this moment, he never had the courage to say what he dared not say to the old woman's face; he only dared to slowly reveal it when she was fast asleep at night.
Grandma, I'm sorry!
"Heaven knows how much Lanxiang longs to stay by your side forever."
"Kelanxiang, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay with you any longer soon!"
“I really can’t bear to leave my grandmother, but… my illness… I’m afraid my days are numbered.”
"Grandma, I don't understand why God is so unfair?"
The past, regardless of who was right or wrong, is unbearable to recall and has lost all meaning.
She gently lifted her sleeve and looked at the several festering nodules on her body that were shocking to even herself, then clenched her teeth tightly.
Then, it was carefully covered up.
His voice choked up repeatedly.
"From now on, without me by your side to take care of you, Grandma must eat well and sleep well."
"That person promised me that she would take good care of you for me."
"My mother and I, in another world, will bless my grandmother with good health and a long life!"
After saying that, he strolled back to his room.
Lanxiang took out the familiar sandalwood bracelet with orchid carving from a box on the dressing table in the room, took out a silk handkerchief, and carefully wiped it over and over again.
Finally, tears blurred her vision, and she murmured to herself, "Mother, I miss you so much. In the next life, no matter what happens, could we..."
He paused, waiting until his emotions had calmed down a bit, before continuing, "Can't we all please stop leaving Lanxiang alone in this world? It's just too painful!"
Suddenly, a cold wind swept in.
Amidst the fine snowflakes, a window in the corner was blown open, its blades slamming against the wall with a loud bang.
Lanxiang seemed startled, so she wiped away her tears, slowly got up and went to close the window.
Only then did I notice that, with the end of the year approaching, snowflakes had started falling outside again.
So she picked up a blue cloak, put it on, opened the door, and went out.
She slowly walked to the center of the courtyard, raised her head high, and let the snowflakes fall gently and steadily onto her face.
Undeterred by the bitter cold, she watched the snowflakes fall softly before her and exclaimed with delight, "How beautiful the snow is! In my next life, I hope I can also be a woman as pure and clean as the snow."
In the quiet of the night.
Suddenly, I heard what sounded like light, quick footsteps.
Lanxiang walked over slowly and pulled open the door latch.
In an instant, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Why is it you?"
Why are you still here?
"It's snowing, and it's so cold outside. Do you want to freeze to death here?"
At the door, it turned out that Long En, after being driven out by the grandmother and grandson, had not left but had been lingering and waiting at the door, guarding the grandmother and grandson.
At this moment, when Lanxiang finally appeared again, Long En hurriedly took two steps forward, but still insisted on persuading Lanxiang.
"Lanxiang, please listen to me this time, okay?"
"Just once..."
"If even the Imperial Medical Academy can't save you this time, I will never force you again, okay?"
At this moment, as she looked into his eyes, Lanxiang was genuinely surprised by his persistence towards her.
So after thinking for a moment, he asked her to confirm, "Do you really want to take me into the palace?"
Long En nodded in absolute affirmation.
Lanxiang asked again, "Then what identity do you plan for me to enter the palace under? Aren't you really afraid that our relationship will be exposed? In a place where powerful and wealthy people gather, the gossip and the strange looks they give you will be enough to kill you!"
How could Long En not be afraid?
But now, in his heart, her body is just as important as her health.
Fortunately, the entire palace will soon be his.
By then, who will dare to question him, and who will have the courage to discuss him?
With this thought in mind, Long En simply said, "You don't need to worry about any of this. In this life, I have already wronged your mother, and I can no longer sit idly by and watch you go. Although I can't give you much right now, soon you will become the most envied and noble mother in the world."
Upon hearing this, Lanxiang instinctively felt that what he was saying was like a madman's dream.
So he chuckled and said self-deprecatingly, "The most noble woman in the world? What makes you think that? Me, a prostitute who has been ridden by a thousand men and stepped on by ten thousand, and now infected with a disease and filthy inside and out, do you deserve to be envied by all the women in the world?"
Seeing Lanxiang belittle herself and even say that she was worthless, Long En stopped her and said, "Lanxiang, I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that!"
He then explained, "Soon, this entire world will be mine, and no one will dare to point fingers at you anymore."
Lanxiang gave a cold laugh: "So that's how it is! Isn't this just burying your head in the sand, deceiving yourself?"
Long En couldn't bear to see her so dejected, so he pleaded with her, "Please give me this chance?"
How could Ke Lanxiang easily forgive him? "Don't waste any more time on me. Don't even think about me forgiving you in this lifetime!"
After saying this last sentence, she was about to turn around and go back to close the door when, unexpectedly, her grandmother was standing alone behind her.
Upon seeing this, Lanxiang was so frightened that she was completely at a loss for words: "Grandma, when...when did you wake up?"
The old woman's face was extremely somber, devoid of any expression. She simply asked, "If I hadn't been pretending to be asleep tonight, how long do you intend to keep this a secret from this old woman?"
What the two of them didn't expect was that the old man suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the face: "When we were in the south of the city, I should have guessed that you often left late and returned early..."
At that moment, she finally understood: "It's all my fault! It's all because of this old hag that I've dragged you down. I'm the one who deserves to go to hell."
As he spoke, the old man actually stepped over the threshold and crashed straight into the stone lion at the entrance.
"grandmother!"
"don't want!"
Upon seeing this, Lanxiang screamed in terror.
Just then, fortunately, Long En moved quickly and used his sturdy body to block it.
At that moment, Lanxiang, still shaken, rushed forward and hugged the old woman tightly: "Grandma, what are you doing? This is all my fault, what does it have to do with you? If anything happens to you, I can't live anymore!"
At this moment, the old man's heart was completely broken, and in the end he could only offer Lanxiang some words of comfort.
"Since things have come to this, listen to your grandmother and go to the palace with him. It's what he owes you. The imperial physicians in the palace are all said to be highly skilled. I believe they will be able to cure you. My Xiang'er is still so young. You shouldn't end up like this!"
Helpless, Lanxiang was so frightened that she could only nod and agree while crying.
"Okay, I'll go, I'll go! Lanxiang promises you, promises you! But you also promise me that you'll never do such a foolish thing again!"
"My poor Xiang'er..."
"grandmother……"
At this point, the grandmother and granddaughter embraced tightly and wept bitterly.
Long En, who was standing to the side, seemed to be moved as well.
The next day.
Lanxiang indeed appeared in the Western Qin Imperial Palace.
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