Chapter 79
The Duke was extremely anxious when he heard the loud bang. He strode around the screen and saw Wang Shuhuai lying straight on the bed. He was shocked and thought this was unacceptable. He quickly signaled Doctor He and others who were following him to come forward.
Lengshan followed behind, took a look inside, and silently stroked his forehead.
Xie Yunchu was also frightened by Wang Shuhuai's appearance. Seeing the imperial doctors rushing over, Wang Shuhuai was like a puppet and had no reaction at all, her heart was in her throat. She couldn't help but lower her eyes to glance at her own hands.
Is she that strong?
Seeing that their master was very frightened, Xia An and others hurriedly helped her back behind the screen.
Seeing the imperial physician busy, the Duke did not take a closer look. Instead, he pushed Leng Shan and Qi Wei to the corner of the corridor.
"Tell me the truth, what happened?"
The Duke was well aware of Lengshan and Wang Shuhuai's skills.
"How did he get himself into this state?"
Leng Shan did not dare to hide anything in front of the Duke and told him everything.
When the Duke heard the last part, his face became strangely calm.
Perhaps he couldn't find any words to describe his grandson, and in the end he just sighed a few times.
I warned him long ago to take his wife more seriously, but he didn't take it seriously. Now he's suffering the consequences.
As for the fact that his grandson dared to risk his life for sympathy, the Duke was shocked and did not dare to agree with it.
"Too reckless!"
Convinced that Wang Shuhuai would not die, the Duke was relieved and pointed to the inner room, "Leave this to you. I'm going to the palace. When Shuhuai wakes up, tell him that I'll take care of the King of Han."
The Duke tightened his cloak and strode into the wind and snow. Even though he was old, his majestic back was still firm and resolute, without a trace of dejection.
Xie Yunchu sat behind the screen and heard the conversation between Doctor He and another young doctor who was good at detoxification.
"This is a poison called Qianji. The victim's head will swell and his consciousness will be unclear. If the poison is not eliminated within three days, it may cause cerebral palsy..."
When Xie Yunchu heard this, he shuddered, his throat rolled violently, his breathing became sometimes heavy and sometimes light, and his face became extremely ugly.
"Fortunately, I gave him the detoxification pills in time to stabilize his heart pulse. However, Lord Wang has been poisoned for more than three hours, and the poison has entered his lungs. Even if the poison is removed, his body will definitely be very weak..."
Doctor He and the young Doctor Geng discussed for a while, one of them undid Wang Shuhuai's clothes, and the other gave him acupuncture.
Xie Yunchu stood behind the screen and looked at her husband silently. This was the first time in her two lives that she saw Wang Shuhuai being manipulated silently. It turned out that he was not so invincible. Before, she was only concerned with distancing herself from him. At this moment, she couldn't help but think that if he really died, she and her children would have no one to rely on. Even if she had money and free time, she would not be able to do it so easily, and the two children would suffer even more.
After Yao Taihe's death, the scene of the two children, Xing Jie'er and Jing Jie'er, crying and calling for their daddy is still fresh in my mind.
She hoped he would get better soon.
Naturally, he did not sleep well that night. Xie Yunchu spent the whole night in a daze on the Arhat bed in the study. When he woke up the next day, he saw Lengshan and a medicine boy dozing off beside Wang Shuhuai. As for Wang Shuhuai, the blue color on his face had completely disappeared, and he looked much better, but he still hadn't woken up.
She ordered Xia An to stay here, and went back to Chunjing Hall to visit the two children. She asked Nanny Lin to go to the upper room to apologize. The other rooms all knew that Wang Shuhuai had returned seriously injured, so they did not dare to disturb Xie Yunchu. They only sent someone to tell her that she did not need to worry about other things and asked her to take good care of her husband.
Xie Yunchu took a shower and changed her clothes, planning to rest on the bed for a while. Whenever she closed her eyes, she could see the scene of Wang Shuhuai fainting because of her anger. She couldn't fall asleep no matter what, so she turned around and went back to the study.
No one knew where Lengshan had gone. Xia An and the little medicine boy were cooking medicine under the corridor. When Xia An saw Xie Yunchu coming back, he immediately told her,
"Doctor He is resting in the guest house. He asked me to tell you that the poison in Second Master's body has been removed. Please rest assured. He will need to rest for a while before he can recover."
Illness comes like a mountain falling, and goes away like a thread being pulled.
Xie Yunchu entered the inner room. The cold white light shone through. She could clearly see that his cheeks had regained some of their redness and his breathing was not as disordered as it was last night. She felt slightly relieved. She had not slept well last night and was very sleepy at this moment. She planned to take a rest outside.
Just as she was about to turn around, a pair of familiar arms reached out and wrapped around her waist, crying for help like she was about to die.
"Don't remarry, I won't die." The voice was short and urgent.
Xie Yunchu's body suddenly tensed up, then he found it funny, his heart slowly softened, and he advised him,
"If a man doesn't even take care of his own body, how can I expect him to take care of me and my children? If you continue like this, I will definitely remarry."
He felt very aggrieved, and buried his head behind her. He dared not say anything, and just held her stubbornly without letting go, "Yun Chu..." he murmured, his tone getting lower and lower with a pleading tone.
In the dream, there seemed to be a shadow moving farther and farther away, and he couldn't hold her back no matter what he did.
These low murmurs struck at her heartstrings from time to time. Xie Yunchu sighed helplessly, slowly kicked off her thick-soled embroidered shoes, and got on the bed.
While Wang Shuhuai and his wife were sleeping soundly, the court was in an uproar.
After receiving the evidence overnight, Prince Xin asked someone to report the case to Jingzhao Prefecture, and at the same time sent someone to pass the message to the censor of the Censorate. The censor reported Prince Han the next morning. Prince Han knew that his plan had failed last night, and was panicking. After being impeached by the censor, he was quite flustered. Naturally, the emperor saw that something was wrong with him, and his expression showed that he believed it most of the time.
Wang Shuhuai was his right-hand man, and now the taxation policy in Jiangnan depended entirely on him. If something happened to him at this critical juncture, the situation would be out of control. The powerful families that had been suppressed with great difficulty would surely attack, and the Jin Dynasty would be in danger.
Furthermore, the national treasury is empty, and it is waiting for Wang Shuhuai to fill it up.
Normally, his sons would fight with each other, but the emperor would turn a blind eye as long as it did not shake the foundation of the country. However, once someone touched the bottom line, the emperor would never tolerate it.
He immediately ordered the Censorate and the Ministry of Justice to take over the case, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the King of Han.
The third master of the Wang family is the Deputy Chief Censor of the Censorate. If he continues like this, how can he survive?
The King of Han was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. At noon that day, he racked his brains to secretly find the King of Xin and decided to be frank with him.
"Third brother, we were both fooled by that bastard Wang Shuhuai. Last time he hurt me and put the blame on you, and this time he is using you to deal with me. Third brother, we are the princes, how can we be fooled by a mere minister like him? Don't fall for his tricks."
Prince Xin narrowed his eyes and looked at the confident Prince Han opposite him, and asked with a smile, "How did you offend Wang Shuhuai? Is Wang Shuhuai so angry that he wants to chop off your hand?"
The King of Han was in great pain and explained the incident of picking up Xie Yunchu's embroidered handkerchief.
Prince Xin's face suddenly froze. Others did not know the details of the King of Han, but Prince Xin knew it very well. Just by listening to the beginning, he knew what dirty things this second brother had done. Extreme anger surged in his heart, and Prince Xin's eyes flashed with a cold look.
"Damn it!"
The King of Han thought that the King of Xin was scolding Wang Shuhuai, and he echoed, "That's right, that bastard relied on the fact that our father favored him and that he had some merits, so he didn't take us princes seriously. Third brother, think about it, he dared to offend the two of us, which means that he must have found a backer behind him. Who this person is is self-evident. Why don't we first join forces to deal with Wang Shuhuai, and then bring down the eldest brother, and then we can each rely on our own abilities, how about that?"
Prince Xin smiled and said, "Okay."
"But if I let you go and help my second brother turn the tide, what benefits will my second brother give me?"
The King of Han immediately promised some benefits, but Prince Xin did not believe it and insisted that the King of Han sign a written agreement.
The King of Han gritted his teeth and wrote an ambiguous certificate.
Prince Xin sent Prince Han away, turned around and went into the palace to meet the Emperor, and told him everything Prince Han had just said about how he wanted to win him over.
Once the news was leaked, the King of Han was in a panic. He knelt before the emperor and cried out for injustice, putting all the blame on Wang Shuhuai.
Last time, Wang Shuhuai helped him to testify. He saw an assassin who looked like Prince Xin's confidant rushing into the Guanzhan Tower. Now that Prince Han wants to bite Wang Shuhuai back, only the dog would believe him.
The court officials increasingly felt that the King of Han was not a person worth having close relations with, as he had no feelings at all. Who would dare to serve the King of Han in the future?
The last time Wang Shuhuai helped the King of Han, the emperor became a little suspicious, thinking that Wang Shuhuai had close contacts with the King of Han. Today's events have cleared up his doubts.
The emperor was so angry that he grabbed the inkstone on the imperial desk and smashed it at the King of Han. The King of Han's head was immediately broken and bleeding, and he knelt on the ground sobbing.
The emperor immediately ordered that the King of Han be stripped of all his posts and be placed under house arrest.
The King of Han fainted on the spot.
Xie Yunchu slept until the evening. The hazy sunlight came in through the window lattice. The snow outside had not melted yet. She didn't have time to open her eyes. Her lips and teeth seemed to be gently rubbed by something, and something soft and moist slid into her mouth.
Xie Yunchu subconsciously clenched her teeth and bit him, a smell of blood spread between her lips and teeth. He whimpered in pain. He clasped her soft butterfly bones with both hands and leaned half of her body against the soft pillow, maintaining a posture that would not be crushed by him.
The pain on the tip of his tongue further stimulated the man's tense nerves. Instead of getting angry, he laughed. Her clear laughter echoed in his mind.
If you die, I will remarry.
He was so angry that the blood rushed back and forth all over his body. He let the bloody tip of his tongue almost sweep across her teeth, depriving her of her breath and consciousness inch by inch.
Xie Yunchu was trapped between the bed rails and his chest. Feeling the man's strong breath, he curled up involuntarily and pressed his knees against his abdomen.
Wang Shuhuai looked at the woman in his arms. Her skin was so white that it was almost transparent, and her graceful swan neck was forced to tilt back, with soft lines.
Her eyebrows and eyes were close at hand, and the thin red color slowly spread upwards like a tide, finally staining her crystal clear earlobes.
He grinned, slowly retreated, and changed the battlefield.
Her body was too slender, and he held her whole body in his arms along with the quilt.
Wang Shuhuai was only wearing a white shirt, with a noticeable bulge on his left shoulder, showing that the imperial physician had bandaged him. The bloody smell from last night was gone, leaving only a pine-like coolness that belonged to him. Xie Yunchu shivered slightly, his eyes sparkling, trying to divert his gaze.
"When did you wake up?"
Wang Shuhuai replied in his busy schedule, "He woke up at 3 p.m."
When he woke up and saw her sleeping obediently beside him, half of her body squeezed in his arms, his heart felt so soft that it seemed to melt, and it was worth it no matter how much suffering he had to endure.
"Have you taken the medicine?"
"I drank it."
Xie Yunchu still had some blood in his mouth, and he sighed tremblingly, "You are injured, don't do anything reckless..."
He decisively slid back to block her mouth.
Xie Yunchu dodged him and arched her body into the quilt, revealing a charming curve. Wang Shuhuai held her snow-white feet and pressed on her soft waist. He let her close her knees and did not force her, but he did not let her go either.
Xie Yunchu felt the continuous heat waves coming in through the fabric.
Waves of heat surged over her body like tides, and it seemed as if something was shaking in her eyes.
He knew her weak spots very well and gradually broke down the high walls she had built.
The memory of the most recent time was suddenly brought back to her mind. He had once pleased her like that, and she was not unwilling to do so. "Don't worry, wait until you are well again..."
Before she could finish, Wang Shuhuai seemed to prove something and his movements became more intense. Xie Yunchu's words were stuck in her throat. The desire deep in her body kept fighting against her reason. Xie Yunchu closed his eyes and sweat dripped down his forehead.
Wang Shuhuai rested his forehead against her back, and the two of them curled up in the quilt, their bodies soaked.
After he sweated, his weakness faded a little, and his mind became very clear. The pain on the tip of his tongue stimulated his brain from time to time. He was sweating against her vest and said in a deep voice,
"Yun Chu, when the princess granted me the marriage, I was unhappy at first. But when I learned that the person was you, I gladly agreed. You are the apple of my teacher's eye. You are well-educated and well-mannered. You are well-known for your virtue. Perhaps at that time, I knew that you were the wife that I, Wang Shuhuai, was looking for."
"I may still have many shortcomings, but once I've chosen you, I've never changed my mind. This has been the case in the past, and will be even more so in the future."
"So, try to accept me. At least give it a try. I won't blame you if it doesn't work, okay?"
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