74. Jade Mountain crumbles, beauty withers.
“In short, it really has nothing to do with me,” Wei Xiuming sighed. “Never mind, I will compensate him. I will promote him, give him a nominal post, give him a mansion and money, and provide for his retirement.”
-
The next day.
early morning.
Jin Lanyue opened her eyes groggily and found that her bed was surrounded by people.
"Yue'er, you're finally awake!" Jiang Xiyue was the first to rush over, stroking her daughter's little face with both hands. "Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"
"Mother..." The little dumpling rubbed his eyes, looked at his mother with red eyes, and reached out his chubby little hands to hug his mother, "Yue'er is doing well."
"Little sister!" The second brother's eyes also reddened. "You have no idea how worried we were..."
Jin Qizhi stood to the side and sighed, "My mother and I have already taken turns scolding your second brother. Honestly, he can't even take care of his own sister. He almost got you into trouble..."
He didn't continue, perhaps because he felt it was a bad omen.
The second brother didn't utter a single word of rebuttal, only blaming himself, saying, "I will definitely take better care of my sister next time, and this will never happen again!"
"It's not Second Brother's fault, Second Brother is good!" The little dumpling quickly spoke up for her second brother, "It's all the bad guys' fault!"
Jiang Xiyue hugged her daughter: "Your father just left, and this happened... Now, I only hope that His Majesty will severely punish Consort Qi and the Qi family."
The little dumpling misses her dad too.
But she still patted her mother like a little adult: "Mommy, don't be afraid, don't cry, Yue'er is fine."
The system auntie gave her a healing talisman, and she is now in good health.
"By the way," the little dumpling rubbed her soft, round face against her mother, looked around with her big eyes, and asked in confusion, "Where is Brother Xie?"
The room fell silent for a moment.
Jiang Xiyue sighed softly and tucked the blanket around her daughter: "Thank you, my brother-in-law..."
“He’s gone blind,” the second brother said in a muffled voice, “and he’s been poisoned. The imperial physician said it will leave him with lasting health problems.”
The little dumpling was startled and immediately tried to get out of bed: "Yue'er wants to go see Brother Xie!"
"Don't rush, Yue'er," Jiang Xiyue pressed her daughter down, "You've only just woken up..."
"Mother!" The little dumpling cried anxiously, tears welling up in her eyes. "Brother Xie did it to save Yue'er..."
“Mother knows. Mother has already sent someone to check on Brother-in-law Xie. His condition is relatively stable. The imperial physician will be here soon, and Mother will take you to see him then,” Jiang Xiyue said.
Now, all her resentment towards Xie Wenling has vanished.
Xie Wenling saved her daughter; he was her benefactor and the benefactor of the Marquis of Beiding's mansion.
The second brother scratched his head awkwardly, even he wasn't jealous anymore: "Um... I'll go too. Uncle Xie... he really is a good person."
Jin Qizhi coughed lightly: "I'll have the kitchen prepare some tonics, and we'll bring them over with us."
The little dumpling looked on with delight at the change in her family's attitude, and a smile finally appeared on her face: "Thank you, Mommy! Thank you, Big Brother! Thank you, Second Brother!"
Jiang Xiyue looked at her daughter's joyful expression, a pang of heartache flashing in her eyes: "Silly child, we are the ones who should be saying thank you. If it weren't for Master Xie..."
Her voice choked with emotion, and she couldn't continue.
"Don't cry, Mommy." The little dumpling reached out her tiny hand to wipe away her mother's tears. "Yue'er is alright, and Brother Xie will definitely get better too!"
"Mm." Jiang Xiyue nodded.
"By the way, the imperial physician should be arriving soon. Shall I take some men to wait for him at the palace gate?" Jin Qizhi said.
"I'll go too!" the second brother raised his hand. "I want to do something for Uncle too!"
Jiang Xiyue agreed, and then instructed them to bring several more servants and make sure they didn't wander off.
Immediately afterwards, a servant came in with something to ask for instructions.
With the Marquis of Beiding absent and so many things happening in the Marquis's residence, there are simply too many matters to handle.
Jiang Xiyue held her daughter, glanced at the servants lining up outside to ask for permission, and then looked at the soft little bundle in her arms. She hesitated for a moment.
“Mommy is busy,” the little dumpling said proactively, “Yue’er is looking for Brother Xie. Yue’er will be good and won’t run around.”
“Okay…” Jiang Xiyue hesitated for a moment, but after thinking about it, she agreed, “We should indeed go and take a look, but… we must be careful.”
-
Jin Lanyue gently pushed open Xie Wenling's courtyard gate.
There were no lights on inside, but the morning light shone through the plain gauze window, vaguely outlining the figure sitting by the window.
Xie Wenling sat on the soft couch, still wearing his beloved red clothes, dressed neatly and appropriately.
Her unbound hair fell over her shoulders like flowing ink, her pale fingers rested on the window frame, and her empty gaze stared into the distance.
Those once clear and bright eyes are now covered with a layer of gray mist.
Jade Mountain crumbles, and beauty withers.
Although she was stunningly beautiful, her illness was undeniable.
"Thank you, brother..." the little dumpling stopped and called out softly.
Xie Wenling's long eyelashes trembled slightly as she slowly turned her head.
Although he couldn't see it, he still accurately pinpointed the little dumpling's location: "You've come."
The little dumpling moved closer, tiptoed onto the soft couch, and stuffed the osmanthus cake she had been holding into his hand: "Osmanthus cake, it smells so good."
Xie Wenling didn't take it, but simply said, "Just put it there."
He lowered his head and then touched the books open on his lap.
The little dumpling noticed that there were no words written in ink on the book, but rather a blank page.
"What is Brother Xie doing?" The little dumpling put down the pastries and went over to see the densely packed raised dots on the bamboo slip.
“I’m learning Braille,” Xie Wenling said, stroking the raised dots with his fingers. “Since we can’t see, we have to think of other ways.”
He adapted very quickly.
Even after learning the bad news, he calmed down and accepted reality faster than he had imagined.
Almost that very evening, he began to plan for his future.
He saved the emperor from disaster, and the emperor will surely treat him well, but he cannot give up now.
First, one must become familiar with life in the unseen world, then learn Braille, then strengthen one's body to prevent excessive weakness, and also try to find ways to detoxify...
He planned everything out one by one.
He was very clear-headed and calm.
But the little dumpling couldn't help but feel sadness.
"Brother Xie, I'm so sorry..." the little dumpling said, wiping away her tears. "If only that day, that day Yue'er hadn't asked Brother Xie to take Yue'er to school, and hadn't gone to the palace to play..."
Xie Wenling paused for a moment: "It's none of your business."
His voice was calm: "It's all about timing and fate; you can't blame yourself for this."
The little girl's nose tingled, and tears welled up in her eyes: "But Brother Xie's eyes..."
"I'll get used to it," Xie Wenling said casually, groping for the medicine bowl.
My finger touched the side of the bowl, but I accidentally knocked it to the ground and spilled some medicine.
"I'll do it!" The little dumpling jumped up and hurriedly wiped the medicine stains off the table.
She no longer finds the smell of medicine so offensive, which usually makes her wrinkle her nose.
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