The rooftop was empty. Yuan Hong looked around. Could the sound he had just heard have been an illusion?
"Meow~" A tabby cat, unafraid of people, slowly walked up to Yuan Hong's feet and rubbed against him.
Yuan Hong breathed a sigh of relief, gently picked it up, and jumped off the roof. "So it was you, you little thing. What if you fell while climbing so high?"
After saying that, Yuan Hong jumped off the roof with the kitten in his arms, put it down, and went back inside to continue taking a bath.
Yuan Hong did not notice that a roof tile had cracked into several pieces.
*
After the New Year, Beijing is filled with joyous occasions.
On the 28th day of the first lunar month, the Duke of Dingguo's mansion welcomed the Third Princess, Xiao Yuerou.
The entire Su family was invited to the wedding banquet.
Upon arriving at the Duke of Dingguo's residence, the Duke, his wife, and their eldest son, Wei Xuebin, greeted the guests at the entrance.
Wei Xuebin's face was still a little pale, presumably because the injuries he sustained during the previous martial arts competition had not yet healed.
Only Wei Xuebin himself knew that the injuries on his body were very strange.
He had suffered even more serious injuries on the battlefield, and after so many days, he should be almost fully recovered, if not completely healed.
But he kept coughing, especially around midnight, when the pain in his chest would wake him up from his sleep, causing him to toss and turn in bed, and there was no cure.
The pain lasts for a full hour each day before it gradually subsides.
Many imperial physicians were consulted, but none of them could find anything wrong. They all said that the injury had not yet healed and that the patient would recover after a period of rest.
The prescriptions they gave me were all for replenishing qi and blood, but they were completely useless after drinking them.
Wei Xuebin had considered asking Su Ruojin to take a look at him, but he quickly suppressed the thought.
He had previously refused Su Wenzhou's offer, and now he couldn't bring himself to do it, so he had no choice but to endure the pain by himself every night.
Upon seeing the Su family arrive, the Duke of Dingguo and his wife greeted them with smiles, "General Su, Madam Su, Princess Changle, General Su, Lord Su, please come in, please come in."
Su Yunfeng also smiled and congratulated him, "Duke Dingguo, congratulations!"
"Thank you, thank you, please come inside."
Immediately, a butler came over and led General Su and his family into the banquet.
Su Wenzhou arrived in a wheelchair. As Su Ruojin intended, he should make an appearance and let others know that General Su's leg injury had worsened due to the martial arts competition.
This would also remind those in the know of Wei Xuebin's use of poison in the martial arts arena.
When Wei Xuebin saw Su Wenzhou, his eyes were full of resentment. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have suffered like this.
But today is my third brother's big day, so Wei Xuebin will not go looking for trouble with Su Wenzhou.
Su Wenzhou whispered to Su Ruojin, who was walking beside him, "Little sister, Wei Xuebin doesn't look well. I didn't hit him that hard, but he hasn't recovered yet. When did he become so weak?"
Su Ruojin glanced at Wei Xuebin; she knew perfectly well why Wei Xuebin was so weak.
She wouldn't let him off so easily since he dared to poison her third brother.
While Wei Xuebin was talking to his third brother, Su Ruojin had already silently put the drug on him.
Wei Xuebin's chest pain will only stop when his third brother's leg is "healed" and he can walk normally.
"That's because Third Brother is amazing," Su Ruojin replied.
"Really?" Su Wenzhou was somewhat incredulous, wondering when he had become so powerful.
Although Wei Xuebin is not as good as him, he is still skilled in martial arts and should not be unable to withstand this injury.
But since he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it.
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