After staring at him for a while, Si Jin slowly opened her eyes, a hint of amusement in them: "What? You've fallen for me? Want to confess?"
As if something had suddenly stabbed his heart, Yuwen Linyuan blushed and hurriedly turned his back, saying, "No...no, I didn't."
After saying that, she added, in an attempt to cover up her misunderstanding, "I'm not gay, I would never like men!"
"Oh...cough cough cough!" Si Jin wanted to say something, but before she could finish speaking, she covered her mouth and coughed violently.
As her face paled, her eyes reddened, and her shoulders trembled slightly, giving her an even more sickly beauty appearance.
She was delicate and frail, completely different from the "Soul Reaper" who had previously murdered and dismembered people in the dark dungeon.
Yuwen Linyuan felt a sudden pain in his heart and hurriedly lifted the carriage curtain to pat his back and help him catch his breath.
A moment later, a pool of blood appeared on Si Jin's hand, faintly black, covering most of her well-defined knuckles.
"What are you doing...?"
"It's nothing." Si Jin pushed the person away and smiled indifferently: "It's just a slow poisoning. I'm sorry for making Your Highness laugh."
After saying that, he reached for his handkerchief at his waist.
But he was still wearing his court robes. After searching for a while, he couldn't find anything. Finally, he let out a long sigh and leaned back against the carriage, feeling somewhat exhausted. Even the smile that usually graced his lips had taken on a bitter look.
Seeing this, Xiao Yao became anxious: "Sir, didn't you prepare an antidote and say you'd be better in a month? Why are you vomiting blood again?"
Vomiting blood is just detoxification, it's nothing to worry about. Si Jin coldly warned: Don't disturb my acting.
Xiao Yao took a deep breath and quickly nodded in agreement.
Spitting out so much blood without any warning would terrify an ordinary person, but the fact that he can still act like this shows he's a big shot!
No, it's incomparable.
These actions, witnessed by Yuwen Linyuan, caused his heart to clench tightly—
It's all his fault; he shouldn't have taken Gu Sijin around the capital like that.
So what if I wash bed sheets? So what if I'm a driver? So what if I suffer a little grievance? It's all much better than seeing him like this...
"Lord Eunuch, come with me." Yuwen Linyuan stood up, pulled Si Jin out of the carriage and led him to the lakeside. He took off his python-patterned outer robe, placed it on the ground, and helped him sit down.
Then, without a care, she took Si Jin's bloodstained hand, washed it with lake water, and then wiped it clean with her own clothes.
He checked his pulse and only felt slightly relieved after confirming that there was nothing wrong. He asked, "The Eastern Depot has a nationwide supervisory organization that can act first and report later. It is authorized by the emperor. Ordinary people's legs go weak at the mere mention of the word 'soul catcher.' Who would dare to give you slow poison?"
“My father’s…concubine,” Si Jin said, “and his concubine’s two children, tampered with the food I ate.”
"Father?" Yuwen Linyuan turned his gaze: "Aren't you an orphan?"
“He wanted to acknowledge me, but I refused. I wasn’t raised by him, nor do I have his surname, so to outsiders, I am an orphan.”
Si Jin continued to explain: "My biological father, surnamed Sun, is Sun Wuyang, the current Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion. Many years ago, in order to get promoted, he drugged my mother, his wife of ten years, and sent her to... the bed of a high-ranking official, and even gave her a letter of divorce as a bonus."
"Because I kept asking for my mother back then, and tried to tell her the secret several times, he beat me up, threw me out of the capital, and forbade me to ever set foot in the capital again."
“My aunt Gu Yueying raised me, but she later… died, and I am all alone in the world.”
Although it was the original owner's experience, it was still very heartbreaking to talk about.
At this point, Si Jin seemed somewhat tired and unsteady on her feet. Before long, she "uncontrollably" fell towards Yuwen Linyuan's side.
Yuwen Linyuan hurriedly reached out and hugged the person tightly. His ears turned red, his heart raced, and his eyes were full of heartache.
Very good, the goal has been achieved.
Si Jin smiled and said to Xiao Yao: "See? To tame a little wolfhound, you have to be firm and lenient. Give him a beating and then a sweet treat. Be fierce to him twice and then act pitiful. He will soon be unable to resist."
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