"Cough, cough, Ci'er, come on, drink this medicine quickly, it will help your leg heal faster."
She coughed every few steps; the hardships she had endured over the years had taken a toll on her health, and Consort Lian's health was no better.
Helian Ci's gaze fell on the broken medicine bowl in Consort Lian's hand, and he curled his lips in a mocking smile. The prince of Bei Yin was living like a beggar on the street.
The dark, steaming medicinal soup, filled with a strong, bitter aroma, wafted into Helian Ci's nostrils, yet his pale face remained expressionless.
Seeing this, a hint of sadness and sorrow crossed Consort Lian's face, which could still be considered beautiful. It was all her fault.
If she weren't so useless, her beloved son wouldn't have to drink bitter medicine or even eat a sweet candied fruit.
"Ci'er, this is a medicinal soup that your mother obtained from the Noble Consort. Your mother knows it's a bit bitter, but good medicine tastes bitter, you..."
Consort Lian held back her tears and began to offer words of comfort, but before she could finish speaking, a pair of slender yet extremely pale hands took the medicine bowl from her.
Even though the bitter taste of the medicine was very strong, Helian Ci could still clearly smell the faint aroma within it.
His face, almost completely pale, remained expressionless, but his blood-red lips curled up slightly, as if he were laughing, or perhaps mocking.
His mother had fallen out of favor years ago, and he and his mother had fallen to a state worse off than even the palace servants; his legs were also crippled.
That woman still managed to add something to her daily medicine; her perseverance was truly admirable.
When Helian Ci looked up and met his mother's concerned yet cautious face, he raised his hand and drank the soup in the bowl in one gulp.
The bitter taste of the medicine spread from his throat, but Helian Ci's pale face did not even flinch.
Seeing that he had drunk the medicine, Consort Lian breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Ci'er, the moonlight is beautiful tonight, would you like to go out and take a look?"
Consort Lian asked this question on a whim, because she didn't know why, but the child had become increasingly averse to sunlight in recent years.
The sunlight during the day is fine, but now even the moonlight seems reluctant to leave, lingering in the shadows all day.
This couldn't go on forever. Thinking of this, Lian Guiren felt increasingly sore, and her eyes were already slightly red.
Helian Ci moved his hand on the wheelchair, and when he met Consort Lian's slightly reddened eyes, his long eyelashes trembled. After a long while, he slowly spoke, "Okay."
"Hmm? Ah! Okay, okay, Mother will take you out now."
Perhaps not expecting Helian Ci to agree, Consort Lian was momentarily stunned. When she came to her senses,
With a delighted smile, she hastily wiped away her tears with her sleeve, walked behind Helian Ci, hopped into the somewhat old wheelchair, and pushed it toward the door.
Just as the two stepped out of the house, Granny Cai, who had been ordered to fetch someone, also stepped into the dilapidated courtyard.
Perhaps surprised by the coincidence, the three women's eyes met, and Granny Cai was momentarily stunned.
Upon seeing Granny Cai, Consort Lian's eyes, which had been slightly smiling because Helian Ci was willing to come out, suddenly narrowed.
His face instantly turned ashen, and even the hand pushing the wheelchair trembled and tightened uncontrollably.
Helian Ci's bloodless face appeared even more frighteningly white under the bright moonlight.
Those emotionless black eyes gradually thickened when they met Granny Cai who had entered, as if they were merging into the night.
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