After drinking the medicine, Marquis Zhongyong fell into a deep sleep.
Ye Zhen didn't rush to leave. "Is the Marquis alright?"
The situation doesn't look good.
Xie Tingzhou shook his head, "It's nothing serious, he'll be awake once the fever goes down."
The last time he was sicker, it was even more serious, but he woke up full of energy again.
Ye Zhen didn't ask any more questions and sat down in the room.
When a father-in-law falls ill, his son and daughter-in-law stay by his bedside, which is usually a beautiful scene. However, since they are not a married couple, the atmosphere becomes somewhat somber.
Xie Tingzhou tried to make conversation, "Why are you the one brewing the medicine?"
"I wonder how the Marquis is doing. I will wait for news at the Mo Academy."
When she saw that Xing Ze was about to decoct medicine, she stepped forward.
Xie Tingzhou apologized, "It was my oversight; I should have had someone inform you."
Ye Zhen shook his head. "Brother, there's no need for that."
When she arrived, there wasn't a single servant in the courtyard. Xie Tingzhou must have dismissed the servants to maintain the Marquis's dignity.
He was being held tightly by the Marquis of Zhongyong, and even if he wanted to inform her, he couldn't get away.
Besides, he had no obligation to tell her.
They were ultimately just strangers who met by chance; she would leave once she had taken her revenge.
Ye Zhen also noticed the awkwardness of sitting there in silence, and found a way to start a conversation, "Has the Marquis been sick like this before?"
She was somewhat shocked by what she had just witnessed; she had never known that the Marquis could have such a vulnerable side.
Xie Tingzhou, however, seemed unfazed, suggesting this wasn't the first time he'd seen such a thing.
The man nodded. "When his eldest son died in battle, he also fell ill once, and it was more serious than this."
At that time, it was Xie Tingzhou who took care of him. They weren't very familiar with each other then. Xie Tingzhou himself was also seriously injured. Those three days were very difficult for him and left a deep impression.
Ye Zhen's eyes flickered slightly.
The real crown prince has sacrificed himself.
In other words, the Marquis of Zhongyong knew that what was in front of him was fake.
Xie Tingzhou knew what she was thinking, so he simply said, "It is Tingzhou's last wish to let me continue living in his place."
He also needs an identity that allows him to stand out in public.
Ye Zhen clasped his hands together, scraping them with his thumb knuckles, his mind racing with a thousand thoughts.
It is an honor for a military general to die in battle, but the Marquis of Loyalty and Valor concealed this fact and allowed the person in front of him to take his son's place.
And look how well he treats the person in front of him, even to the point of being indulgent.
Ye Zhen felt that she shouldn't have heard those words.
Xie Tingzhou spoke up again, "We have saved each other's lives several times and are sworn brothers. His dream is to defeat Bei Wu, which is also what I want to do."
He watched Ye Zhen's hand movements, a hint of a smile in his eyes. During those days hidden in the temple's storeroom, the girl had made similar movements when she was thinking.
“If I hadn’t met you in the mountains that day, I would have returned to the border after visiting my great-aunt.”
He would fake his death again to restore the glory that belonged to Tingzhou.
Ye Zhen didn't look at him, so she didn't notice the deep meaning in his eyes. She just thought to herself that, just as she expected, her rebirth had changed the course of events.
"How's the investigation going, brother?"
"No progress at the moment."
Ye Zhen felt somewhat unsure of himself, thinking that the assassin's identity could influence the fate of the person in front of him, which must be very important to him.
"Could it be that I'm mistaken, and the assassin just happened to be near the manor, and wasn't one of Xie Yunzhou's men?"
If Xie Tingzhou's investigation has yielded no results yet, it can only mean that the assassin is not Xie Yunzhou's man for the time being.
In her previous life, the assassin only reached Xie Yunzhou's side after she had an accident, but she was locked in a dilapidated house and did not know what had happened to Xie Yunzhou over the years.
However, things have changed since his previous life, and Ye Zhen was worried that the information she gave Xie Tingzhou might lead him astray, so she gave him this reminder.
Xie Tingzhou wondered what else had happened to Ye Zhen that made her afraid to even tell the truth.
Ye Zhen didn't get a response from him, and was being stared at by Xie Tingzhou, so he assumed that Xie Tingzhou suspected him, and he felt a little uneasy.
Just then, the person who was unconscious turned over and groaned in pain, "It hurts, it hurts so much..."
Ye Zhen quickly took the opportunity to get up and walk to the bedside.
Xie Tingzhou had taken care of Zhongyong Hou before and knew that he was up to no good by doing this. Worried that he might hurt Ye Zhen, he quickly got up as well.
The two bumped into each other. Ye Zhen stepped back to avoid suspicion, but something tripped him up, and he was about to fall when Xie Tingzhou quickly reached out to pull him up.
Before the two had even settled down, by sheer bad luck, Zhongyong Hou kicked out, hitting Xie Tingzhou squarely in the lower back.
The strength of a martial artist should not be underestimated; the two staggered forward.
Worried that Ye Zhen would get hurt, Xie Tingzhou mustered all his strength to spin around and cushion Ye Zhen's fall.
Everything happened too fast. Ye Zhen didn't expect Xie Tingzhou to save her, and she didn't expect that Marquis Zhongyong would suddenly kick her leg. She could tell how heavy the force was just by listening to the wind.
First she was kicked, then she was hit. Ye Zhen didn't know how Xie Tingzhou was doing, so she quickly looked up and tried to get up to check on him.
The man beneath her, worried about Ye Zhen, also craned his neck to check on her, and their lips unexpectedly met in mid-air.
They kissed!
Ye Zhen's mind went completely blank!
Xie Tingzhou's heart was pounding, but he pretended to be completely bewildered.
When Ye Zhen finally reacted, he hissed and put his neck back on the ground.
The pain was excruciating.
Ye Zhen then pretended not to care about the awkwardness and quickly got up, asking, "How are you?"
Xie Tingzhou reached out his hand to her, "It's not good."
My back really hurts, but I'm also faking it; it's not to the point where I can't get up.
Finally, Ye Zhen helped the man up with both hands, then supported his arms and helped him to a chair.
The culprit on the bed was still humming, "It hurts..."
Then they started punching and kicking, and the blanket was kicked to who-knows-where.
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