Chapter 29 Deep Love
Qiu Tan added, "I heard that Master Pei is very ill."
"Are you sick?"
Zhuang Wan sat up suddenly, thinking for a moment, and thought that it was good to be sick.
"Qiutan, help me get dressed quickly."
Zhuang Wan quickly tidied herself up and, donning a light cloak, walked along the corridor towards Pei Xingju's house. It was still raining that night, and the bluestone floor was wet and sticky.
When she walked into Pei Xingju's bedroom, she saw Guard Lu and a strange man standing at the door talking.
Guard Lu saw her and bowed to her: "Miss Zhuang, the master is seriously ill, you'd better not go in."
The strange man looked over curiously when he heard him shout.
Zhuang Wan bowed to the man, walked up to him, and asked, "How serious is his illness? Let me go in and take a look."
Of course she had to show concern at a time like this, but if it was a plague or something, she wouldn't go in.
Fortunately, Guard Lu said, "The master has a severe case of typhoid fever and a high fever. Miss Zhuang should wait outside the door to avoid catching the disease."
People in this era believed in ghosts and gods, and if a fever or cold got worse, they thought it was caused by evil spirits that could easily be transmitted. However, Zhuang Wan heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.
It turned out to be just enteric fever.
Immediately, she stepped into the room.
The doctor was already sitting beside the couch, taking Pei Xingju's pulse, and a little boy was wiping Pei Xingju's body with a handkerchief.
When Zhuang Wan approached, she saw Pei Xingju lying on the couch, looking haggard. Normally a tall and straight man, he looked surprisingly thin and frail lying down.
Guard Lu and the stranger were still talking at the doorway. Zhuang Wan overheard them say that Pei Xingju had been away from the capital a few days ago and, having traveled through the night and encountered heavy rain, had accidentally contracted cold. Initially, it wasn't serious, and Pei Xingju didn't take it seriously. But as he approached the capital, his condition worsened, and he didn't fall off his horse until he entered the palace to meet the emperor.
Upon seeing this, the emperor immediately ordered someone to send him back home and summon the imperial physician for him.
I don’t know if Zhuang Wan was overthinking it, but she always felt that Pei Xingju had deliberately fallen in the palace.
This scheming boy!
Perhaps he felt something in his heart. At this moment, Pei Xingju, who was lying on the couch, slowly opened his eyes and met Zhuang Wan's gaze.
Zhuang Wan felt guilty and quickly put on a worried look: "Yuzhi, I heard you were sick, so I came to see you."
Pei Xingju said "hmm".
He heard her conversation with Guard Lu at the door. Guard Lu advised her not to go into the house to avoid infection, but she came in anyway.
Thinking of this, Pei Xingju felt a little soft in his heart.
After a while, the imperial physician said, "It's just a common cold, but Lord Pei has been taking too long. As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain and goes like a thread. If Lord Pei wants to recover, he must take the medicine carefully for a few days."
"Okay, thank you, Doctor Meng." Pei Xingju responded.
Doctor Meng turned around and saw Zhuang Wan standing behind him. He was not surprised and waved directly, "Young lady, come here."
Zhuang Wan walked over and heard him say, "Wait for me to write you a prescription. Go get the medicine according to the prescription and make sure to take it on time and in the correct dosage. Also, Lord Pei has a high fever and needs to be wiped frequently with a warm water towel."
Zhuang Wan looked around and found that she was the only one left in the room, so she could only nod reluctantly.
"Okay, I know."
Then, the imperial physician gave her some other instructions, such as what she could eat and what she couldn't eat, things she needed to pay attention to in daily life, etc. She agreed to all of them in a soft voice.
Finally, the imperial physician handed her a prescription and said goodbye to Pei Xingju before leaving.
Zhuang Wan clutched the prescription, feeling a surge of regret. If only she had known she would come see him tomorrow. Now that he's well, she still has to tend to him.
She secretly admitted her bad luck, handed the prescription to Guard Lu, and returned to the couch.
Pei Xingju's bedroom was spacious and quiet, but it was too quiet. She stood at the moon door and could hear his heavy breathing from two or three steps away.
She felt a little uncomfortable.
Thinking that the light in the room was dim, he asked someone to light several candles and bring them in.
When the light came in, it became clear that Pei Xingju was indeed seriously ill. His face was flushed, his brows furrowed, and he looked like he was in pain.
"Where...do you feel uncomfortable now?" she asked.
Pei Xingju didn't respond to her.
After thinking for a while, Zhuang Wan walked over, wrung out the handkerchief from the basin, and then helped him wipe his forehead.
Pei Xingju's eyelashes were tightly shut, but Zhuang Wan knew he was not asleep. However, he did not speak, and Zhuang Wan did not know what to say.
Therefore, in the quiet room, a man and a woman, one sitting and the other lying, it looks ambiguous no matter how you look at it.
But for some unknown reason, Pei Xingju's bedroom seemed to be isolated from the world, and no servant came in for a long time.
How could she know that Guard Lu was standing at the door attentively, blocking anyone who came and not letting anyone in to disturb his master and his beloved girl.
Zhuang Wan helped Pei Xingju wipe his forehead and arms for a while, and soon, Pei Xingju opened his eyes again.
There was a hint of tenderness in his deep eyes, which frightened Zhuang Wan so much that her hands trembled.
"W-What happened?"
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
Zhuang Wan's heart skipped a beat. What did this mean? Was he trying to kill her again?
Inexplicably, she remembered that when the villains in TV dramas spoke in such a gentle tone, they were likely about to go on a killing spree.
She was panicking inside: "Of course... I'm afraid."
"Why did you come in if you were afraid?"
"?"
Zhuang Wan was stunned for a moment before she understood what he meant.
After the false alarm, her acting skills burst out, and she was as tender as water: "When I thought that the person lying in the room was you, I was not afraid of anything."
Pei Xingju looked at her silently.
After a long time, Zhuang Wan heard him sigh softly, sounding helpless and sad.
Pei Xingju closed his eyes again, but the woman's panic-stricken and worried look was deeply imprinted in his mind, which moved him and made him feel a little guilty.
After a moment, he said, "Zhuang Wan."
Zhuang Wan stopped moving.
Pei Xingju: "If I could never remember the past, would you hate me?"
Even though he is so sick, he still wants to test her. He is indeed the cunning and scheming male protagonist Pei Xingju.
Zhuang Wan blurted out, "I can't even love you enough, so how could I possibly hate you?"
"I can't make a promise to you, and..." Pei Xingju considered it for a moment, trying his best to speak in a tone that wouldn't hurt her feelings: "I can't marry you either, don't you feel resentful?"
"Why should I complain? I like you as a person. I don't ask for eternity, I just want to have you once. If you treat me well, I will be satisfied."
Zhuang Wan displayed his dog-licking nature to the fullest. Unexpectedly, Pei Xingju fell completely silent after hearing this.
She loves him so deeply, what should he do?
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