"Is it that they don't want to come see me?"
Mei Chu had heard of Zhong Qi'er's great reputation in the capital, but this was the first time he had ever seen her so distraught.
“Miss Zhong, this is your family matter, and I shouldn’t say anything more.”
After saying this, Mei Chu packed up the medicine bag. "I change these prescriptions every three days, so the taste will be different. Miss Zhong, you don't need to worry."
In other words, no one would poison them.
"Thank you very much, Dr. Mei."
At this moment, tears were already glistening in Zhong Qi'er's eyes. "Will I ever fully recover? No, I don't doubt your medical skills. I just want to ask if I can get out of bed and walk like a normal person again?"
“You have been hit by three arrows in your shoulder and back, and you also have knife wounds in your legs. You won’t be able to stand up for the next three to five years.”
Mei Chu's words struck Zhong Qi'er like a sharp arrow: "I understand."
Mei Chu was about to step out of the house, but remembering Zhong Qi'er's look just now, Mei Chu turned around helplessly.
"I will cure you in three to five years."
"real?"
A tiny glimmer of light slowly emerged from a pair of dull, lifeless eyes.
"Thank you very much, Dr. Mei."
The next day, Mei Chu personally went to the Kui residence.
"What wind blew you here?" At this moment, Kui Ruo was no longer as confused as she had been when she was drunk.
Mei Chu saw many servants carrying timber on his way here, and his eyes flickered slightly. "Is Prime Minister Kui going to renovate his mansion?"
"Yes, I had nothing to do, so I wanted to renovate it."
"I'm not here today for anything too important, just to tell Prime Minister Kui about Zhong Qi'er's situation." Mei Chu twitched the corner of his mouth. "Between the Zhong family and you, Prime Minister Kui, I think it's better to tell you."
Kui Ruo did not refuse and listened to Zhong Qi'er's current situation.
"I feel indebted to you for the next three to five years. If you ever need anything, just let me know."
Kui Ruo slowly stood up and clasped her hands in a fist salute to Mei Chu.
Mei Chuwei subtly raised the corners of his mouth, "I thought Zhong Qi'er was already a useless person."
Fortunately, there are still some people who remember her to some extent.
"She is still my sworn sister, and I will have to trouble Doctor Mei from now on." Mei Chu clearly understood what Wei Ruo meant. Although she would have no further connection with the Zhong family, Zhong Qi'er was still her sworn sister.
"In that case, I'll take my leave."
As Mei Chu walked out of the Kui residence, he looked up at the bright sky and a genuine smile appeared on his face.
......
In early November, the weather in the capital began to gradually turn cooler.
"General, you've been leaving the camp very early lately. Has something happened?"
"Get out of the way." Chang Qing waved his hand. "This general naturally has important matters to attend to. You brat, you better lead your troops properly and don't cause any trouble."
Having said that, Chang Qing strode away from the military camp, muttering to himself repeatedly:
They've been watching Chen Ping for so many days, yet there's been absolutely no movement?
Surely it's not that the Emperor Emeritus's methods didn't work?
Thinking of this, Chang Qinghu trembled and slapped himself in the mouth, "Bah! How could the Emperor Emeritus's method be useless?"
On the other side, Chen Ping went out of the mansion to socialize as usual.
The carriage wheels slowly began to turn, and Chen Ping closed his eyes and pretended to doze off inside the carriage.
Fifteen minutes later, the carriage still hadn't stopped. Chen Ping's eyes snapped open. "Why haven't we arrived at the restaurant yet?"
"Your Excellency, the carriage hasn't stopped yet, so it hasn't arrived. Please wait patiently for a while."
Realizing something was wrong, Chen Ping rolled down the car window, his eyes narrowing as he looked at the completely unfamiliar surroundings. "Ada, where are you taking me?"
“Ada felt that you had been having bad luck lately, so he took the liberty of bringing you here to burn incense to ward off evil spirits.”
"How dare you! You changed my itinerary without my permission. Stop immediately!"
Chen Ping roared, but Ada continued to wave the whip, and the carriage moved forward even faster.
"Stop!"
Chen Ping shouted as he looked around, trying to find an opportunity to jump off the carriage.
But Ada burst out laughing, “Sir, you shouldn’t even think about jumping out of the carriage. This is a mountain road. If you’re not careful, you’ll fall off a cliff and be smashed to pieces.”
"You have betrayed me!"
"This official?" Ada said as if he had heard a joke. "You've forgotten, you're not Chen Ping. The real Chen Ping is dead, and you killed him with your own hands."
Hearing Ada's words, Chen Ping suddenly fell silent.
In the four years he had lived in Chongqing, Ada was the person he trusted the most. Whenever he went out for social events, he would only take Ada with him. He never expected that Ada would betray him.
“If your master finds out what you’ve done today, Ada, you’ll die a horrible death.”
“That is your master, and also my master, Ada.”
Upon hearing Ada's words, Chen Ping felt his blood freeze and a chill creep up his spine.
"How could my master possibly kill me?"
He held the official position of Minister of Works and was the best spy that his master had planted in Dayu.
The master went to so much trouble to get him to replace Chen Ping, how could he possibly...?
"You have been relaying your master's orders without authorization."
Upon hearing Chen Ping's words, the carriage slowly came to a stop.
Ada glanced around and nodded in satisfaction. "After today, even if you accidentally fell off a cliff and died while offering incense, no one will suspect anything."
"Why?" Chen Da's eyes were bloodshot; he couldn't understand why they wanted to kill him.
"Since you're going to die anyway, I might as well let you die knowing why."
"Because you've been exposed."
Ada spoke softly, "You yourself have caused all of Master's hard work to vanish into nothingness. You've been targeted. The Emperor Emeritus, the Empress Dowager, the Emperor—which one is easy to mess with?"
"But I will not betray my master!"
"Only the dead do not betray."
Ada chuckled foolishly, slowly pulling a thin rope from his sleeve. "Actually, you were a good official, but you married a foolish wife. After you die, she will have to go down to keep you company."
As he felt suffocated, Chen Ping struggled desperately, his face turning red.
He had served his master faithfully for most of his life, but now he was ordered to be killed by his master.
That's truly disheartening.
The sun was shining brightly today, but Chen Ping's vision was beginning to blur. He could only hear Ada's voice in his ear, "The moment you became the Minister of Works, you should have known your fate."
At that moment, Chen Ping shed tears of despair.
The sound of an arrow piercing the air rang out, and the restraints on her neck suddenly disappeared.
"Cough cough cough..."
Chen Ping took deep breaths of fresh air, then froze when he saw the person who had arrived. "General Chang?"
"I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Chang Qing grabbed Chen Ping and quickly headed towards the palace.
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