"Chu Mubai, you bastard..."
She was angry—angry at his self-righteousness and his arbitrary decisions—but even more heartbroken.
Why did it feel so familiar? It was as if, long ago, she had felt this same panic in front of someone, fearing the disappearance of their pulse.
Just then, the sound of footsteps outside pulled her back to reality. She hurriedly got up and hid. Not long after she hid, Leng Zhan and the others rushed in.
When Leng Zhan picked up Chu Mubai, his hands were trembling almost completely. In his panic and unsteady breathing, he didn't even notice that something was wrong.
Leng Zhan and the others were following Chu Mubai's orders. During this time, they took advantage of the chaos to bring over the people from the Grand Tutor's mansion. At this moment, Leng Zhan regretted obeying Chu Mubai's orders. Leng Zhan did not expect that the new emperor, who had been under house arrest for more than half a month, would suddenly change his mind tonight and want to destroy everything!
Leng Zhan ran out of the water dungeon and rushed back to the county government office. His eyes were bloodshot with anxiety. After settling Chu Mubai in, he was about to go out to find a doctor.
A familiar voice sounded at the door.
"I'll go. You hurry up and boil some water, get some strong liquor and bandages. He needs acupuncture right away. What are you standing there for? If you don't want him to die, go now!"
At this point, she had already returned to her original Yan Jiu appearance.
The Cold War was like a dream come true. Although she was surprised that Yan Jiu (Xia Yixin) had suddenly returned, she still immediately went to prepare for his reputation as the Ghost Doctor.
She didn't care about being shy anymore; she directly tore off his robes and used her internal energy to dry her own clothes.
Of course, she left a section for him in the most sensitive areas, turning his underwear into boxer shorts.
Without his clothes, she realized that the man had lost even more weight. For the past three months, the new emperor had kept him under house arrest in the county government office, so he certainly wouldn't be given good care. But the question was, why hadn't his life points dropped at all? Instead, they only started to drop yesterday.
Without thinking too much, she checked his body for any other wounds. When she saw his back, she gasped.
The marks from the branding iron and the whipping were all fresh. Although the healing was miraculous, after the series of actions just now, the scabs cracked open again, and blood stained the bedding.
By this time, the Cold War had already provided her with what she needed.
Xia Yixin worked all night, disinfecting his wounds with strong liquor and applying ointment. She especially worked on his hands, which were bound like pig's trotters. But looking at his hands with his nails clipped off, her anger grew increasingly uncontrollable.
The ten fingers are connected to the heart. In order to obtain information about Zi Linglong and to make Chu Mubai submit, the new emperor has gone mad!
Ironically, if he truly loved Zi Linglong, what did those women in the palace mean by it?
Xia Yixin secretly vowed to make the new emperor repay Chu Mubai tenfold for the suffering he had endured!
Just then, a system notification sounded in her mind: "Ding, system reminds host, the new emperor is the male lead. You can take revenge, but you cannot kill him. Although the main plot has been changed, his male lead aura is still there. Unless the female lead takes action, the main god will intervene~"
Xia Yixin sneered, "It's alright, letting him die is too good for him. There are plenty of ways to make this kind of scumbag wish he were dead." She has a medical cheat code, which contains many medicines that can make him wish he were dead.
Moreover, Xia Yixin secretly made up her mind that she must take Chu Mubai away!
Chu Mubai took the medicine, bandaged his wounds, and lay on the bed, his breathing almost shallow. The cold fragrance filling the room made Xia Yixin feel somewhat irritated, and the words the man said before he fell into a coma kept flashing through her mind.
She dared not stray too far, fearing he would develop a fever again, so she simply went to the outer room.
Chu Mubai had always used the original study in the county government office as a place to rest. Leng Zhan was nowhere to be found, and Xia Yixin was also wide awake.
It was still dark outside, so she simply sat down at her desk and started daydreaming. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of an unusual bulge under the desk. Curious, she touched it and found it was a box about the size of a book, secured under the desk with a special mechanism.
As expected, when she opened it, she found the pills she had left for him as Xia Yixin, enough for him to last three years. Each small porcelain bottle was about the size of a snuff bottle, and the pills inside were concentrated, one bottle for one month.
She picked up a few to check the remaining amount, only to find they were empty. Logically, there should have been at most four or five empty, but half a box, more than thirty porcelain vases, were half empty!
A terrifying thought flashed through her mind: why hadn't his health points decreased in the past three months? Had he been consuming these pills like food?!
There was a stack of unsealed letters under the medicine bottle. Her pupils contracted when she saw the words "To my wife, Madam Xia" written on the envelope.
After taking out a letter and glancing at it a few times, I felt a mix of emotions welling up inside me.
Chu Mubai would write to her almost every few days, but none of them were sent. Although there were no secrets in these letters, they contained what Chu Mubai had seen and heard, or his longing and guilt for her. These letters continued until more than three months ago.
The last letter read: "[Mu Bai knows that Madam's mind is made up. He knows that the bitter consequences are of his own making, yet he still cannot control his thoughts and anxieties, often finding it difficult to sleep. Death is as indifferent to Mu Bai as drinking water, but he worries only about whether Madam is at peace, whether she is healthy, and whether she is happy. Even the thought that someone might already be embracing her fills Mu Bai with a hundred ghosts howling in his heart, consumed by jealousy and regret. Yet he knows that all is lost, and Mu Bai can only put down his pen here, severing all ties. He wishes Madam well and a peaceful life.]"
After reading the letter, she sighed. Although she didn't want to admit it, she didn't know when her anger and resentment towards Chu Mubai had disappeared.
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