The Minister of Personnel disagreed, "You men are really short on knowledge. Today is his first time meeting the Princess, and he must make sure that she is impressed by his face. That's why I had the doctor give him a double dose of the medicine. It's just this one time, not every day. How can it be fatal?"
Wei was scolded by his wife, but he did not refute it again. He helped his son up with great distress, "Jiusheng, father will accompany you to the room to rest now. My poor son, you really suffered a lot today."
The Minister of Personnel didn't care how uncomfortable her son was. She knew that Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess intended for her son to be her legal husband, so she hummed a tune happily and walked towards the study.
Pei Jiusheng was helped by Wei into the inner room.
Before Pei Jiusheng could say anything, Wei's tears started to flow. "She is such a piece of shit! You are her biological son, and half of your blood is hers. How could she do such a cruel thing..."
Pei Jiusheng suddenly grabbed Wei's hand and said, "Walls have ears, father, please be careful with your words."
Wei wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief. He stuffed a white pill into Pei Jiusheng's mouth and said, "Take this painkiller today to relieve the pain. In the future, if you can bear it, you should try your best to endure it. Your life is already so difficult. If you take a few more painkillers, your father will really die young."
When Wei said this, he hugged Pei Jiusheng into his arms. His voice was choked with sobs and tears fell like rain. "Your two brothers are gone. You must not be in any trouble, otherwise your father will not be able to live..."
Pei Jiusheng patted Wei's back gently, but he did not say anything to comfort Wei.
His face was in so much pain that every time he uttered a word, it felt like a basin of boiling water was poured on his face.
He used to be a very lively and cheerful person, not shy or taciturn as Her Royal Highness thought.
He also wanted to speak, but the severe pain forced him to use the fewest words to summarize what he wanted to express.
Pei Jiusheng has been taking a pill called Tianxian Baigu San since he was seven years old.
If this kind of medicine is taken for a long time, it can make a person's appearance more and more beautiful day by day.
But at the same time, its side effects are also huge. It can cause severe stabbing pain in the cheeks and cervical spine, and within an hour of taking the drug, the arms will have difficulty moving and feel numb.
Tianxian Baigu San not only shortens the life span of the person taking the medicine, but also causes infertility symptoms. If one is lucky enough to get pregnant, the child will definitely be born with a deformity.
Wei gave birth to one daughter and four sons. Pei Jiusheng had two older brothers who passed away early because their bodies could not withstand the side effects of Tianxian Baigu Powder. Only he and his younger brother Pei Jiuyan are still alive.
Their mother, Pei Guanqing, the Minister of Personnel, forced all her legitimate sons to take Tianxian Baigu Powder from a young age, and then used her beauty as a bargaining chip to marry her sons off to royal relatives.
It doesn't matter that he can't have children. The Minister of Personnel has many illegitimate sons. One of his illegitimate younger brothers will follow him into the Eastern Palace as a dowry, give birth to an imperial grandson with Pei's bloodline, and then the child will be registered under his name and become a legitimate daughter.
The illegitimate sons of the Minister of Personnel were spared the persecution of the Heavenly Immortal White Bone Powder. Their role was to help the Minister of Personnel win over rising talents in the court. For example, his illegitimate brother Pei Jiuchuan married the newly crowned number one scholar, Song Shiying.
To be more precise, Pei Jiuchuan was actually the adopted son of the Minister of Personnel, a child adopted from a branch of the Pei family. Although Song Shiying had a bright future, in the eyes of the Minister of Personnel, he was not good enough to marry her biological son, even if he was just a concubine's son.
Of course, Song Shiying, like outsiders, had no idea that the person she married was just a fake.
After all, even if Pei Jiuchuan was a fake, he was highly praised by outsiders and was one of the four great talents in the capital.
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