"Why have you always eaten cold food since you were a child?"
Luo Lan took another sip of porridge, swallowed it, and said as if he was talking about someone else:
"My aunt doesn't like me and won't let me eat at the table. When the leftovers are cold, I just grab a bite. I'm lucky they can leave any, because if they don't, I'll go hungry. So over time, my stomach got sick."
She had described the original owner's experience lightly, but he felt a pang of sadness. It turned out that he wasn't the only one who suffered. But at least he had no worries about food and clothing when he was a child. It could be said that he had no worries about food and clothing until three years ago...
After a while, she finished a bowl of porridge, cleared the dishes and took them out the door.
After dinner, she stayed with him in the room. Since she had nothing to do anyway, she might as well rub his arms to activate his meridians.
He looked at her pretty face and suddenly asked:
"You really weren't sent by her?"
Hearing his words, Luo Lan was stunned at first, then pursed her lips and looked at him.
"Who is she you're talking about? Concubine Chang?"
Leng Yu half closed his eyes, breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.
Luo Lan replied helplessly:
"Of course not. I don't know her. She gave my aunt a thousand taels of silver, so I came here. Anyway, I can't eat enough or wear warm clothes at my aunt's house. Why not come to this palace and be a princess for a few days? I'm lucky. If you live a few more days, I can enjoy a few more days of blessings."
Looking at her calm face, Leng Yu suddenly wanted to live, not for himself, but because he wanted her to live. This woman was focused and never showed a trace of disgust even when dealing with the dirty things under him.
She said that such a woman was not sent by his mother. He believed that there would not be such a person around Concubine Chang. If she was someone around her, she would probably hope that he would die soon. How could she take care of him so wholeheartedly?
Her clear and pure eyes didn't seem to be deceiving him.
"You...really have a way to keep me alive?"
His tone was tentative and timid; he really didn't think he could survive like this.
Seeing that he was showing signs of giving in, Luo Lan raised his head and replied confidently:
"Of course. As long as you listen to me, tell me about the foreign object in your leg, and then do as I say, I can't guarantee that I can get you back on your feet in a short time, but I can guarantee that I can keep you alive and give you hope of getting back on your feet."
She wanted to give him the confidence to live. Only when people have confidence can they defeat the disease. This is an eternal truth from ancient times to the present.
Leng Yu looked at her, and a fleeting hint of surprise flashed across his dark eyes under his furrowed brows.
After pondering for a while, he bit his lip and whispered to her:
"Can you help me sit up for a moment?"
"Of course."
Luo Lan couldn't help but lean forward with joy, put one hand under his neck, put the other hand on this hand, helped him up with force, and then took the pillow and leaned against his back.
After doing all this, she was already out of breath. She originally wanted to ask Ayu and Ahou to come in and help him, but she was afraid that he would feel ashamed, so she just let him bear the fatigue herself.
The ulcers on his face had shown clear signs of improvement thanks to her red cream, and the depths of his eyes were much clearer than before.
Luo Lan covered him with the quilt, straightened the collar of his clothes, and muttered:
"Winter is coming soon, and the weather is getting cold. I'll have to have someone prepare a stove later, and then I'll have to prepare some thick clothes for you. You can't catch a cold, otherwise you'll suffer."
Leng Yu looked at her profile, bit her lip and whispered:
"The foreign object in my leg was injected by my father."
His words made her stop tucking the quilt in for him. She felt a pain in her chest and looked up at him in surprise.
"how so?"
A fierce look suddenly appeared on Leng Yu's face, and then he slowly said:
"I've been practicing martial arts since I was young. At the age of thirteen, I followed my father to the battlefield. At the age of sixteen, he awarded me the title of general. At the age of eighteen, he gave me this Yuyu Mansion. But the good times didn't last long. Perhaps I was too arrogant. At the age of nineteen, I was framed for patricide at my father's birthday banquet. I should have been executed by slow slicing, but my father felt sorry for me and only ordered my legs to be crippled, leaving me alive and making me a paraplegic for the rest of my life. The people around me were all exiled to Ningguta as slaves. Now I don't know whether they are dead or alive. It doesn't matter what I am like. I feel so sorry for them!"
When he said this, his face was a little distorted, his eyes were a little red, and his painful expression made people feel distressed.
Luo Lan's eyes were already wet. She could imagine the feeling of having that foreign object nailed into his leg. It must be more painful than taking his life.
She bit her lip and looked at him, not knowing how to comfort him.
He pondered for a moment and then said, "I don't blame my father. I only blame myself for not being calm enough and drinking too much at my father's birthday party. Otherwise, how could someone take advantage of me?"
"Does your father know that someone is framing you?"
He closed his eyes tightly and shook his head in despair. "I don't have a chance to explain. Even my own mother doesn't believe me. What else can I explain?"
His face, which had been pale just now, suddenly became as calm as water, and there was no sign of the turmoil in his heart.
"Who wants to frame you then?"
Her curiosity grew stronger and stronger. Anyone who dared to frame the emperor's own son must not be a simple person.
A trace of ferocity suddenly appeared on Leng Yu's calm face. He gritted his teeth and said angrily:
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