When Shen Nian walked in, he saw Xia Tian holding his chin, sitting stupidly on the kang in the warm room, not knowing what he was thinking about.
Until he walked in and said, "I'm back."
Xia Tian finally came back to his senses, quickly put on his shoes and got off the kang, then looked outside again. Seeing that only Ningxiang was outside, he whispered to him, "Are you okay, Brother Shen? The Marquis doesn't suspect you, right?"
“No, don’t worry.” Shen Nian said as he took off his cloak and placed it on the kang.
After hearing that everything was fine for the time being, she felt relieved and called Ningxiang to set the table.
After the two finished their meal and exchanged information with each other, Xia Tian let Chen Nian leave.
In Huarui Hall, Chen Ke didn't wake up until the middle of the night.
Last night, Marquis Wu'an slammed the door and left, and never came back. Liu and several maids were guarding the house the whole night.
Chen Ke started to have a high fever in the middle of last night. The court doctor was called over in the middle of the night. Chen Ke's fever didn't subside until the morning, but he didn't wake up.
When she woke up, Liu had disheveled hair and looked haggard. However, she fell asleep again after a short while.
Liu couldn't hold on any longer and was persuaded by Qiuyue to go and rest first.
It was not until after breakfast the next morning that Chen Ke woke up again. He opened his eyes and saw himself lying on the bed with Qiuyue dozing off beside him. Only then did he realize that he had returned from the gates of hell.
Chen Ke touched Qiuyue with her hand. Qiuyue was startled and looked up to see the fourth young master opening his eyes and looking at her.
Delighted, he quickly stood up and ran to find Liu, "Madam, Madam, the young master is awake."
Liu was sitting on the couch and letting her maid massage her temples. When she heard that Chen Ke had woken up, she was so happy that she didn't even have time to put on her shoes and hurried to Chen Ke's bed.
Looking at her son with pale lips, Liu felt distressed. She grabbed Chen Ke's hand and began to cry.
After crying for a while, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief, forced a smile, and asked him, "Ke'er, how do you feel now? Tell me where it hurts."
"Mom, my whole body hurts." Chen Ke said weakly with a pale face.
"Then don't move. You are injured. The doctor said you need to stay in bed and rest. My son will definitely get better." Liu coaxed softly, one hand gently stroking Shen Ke's hair.
Seeing that Chen Ke was in good spirits, Liu was afraid that the Marquis would come to question her, so she quickly dismissed her attendants and whispered to Chen Ke, "Ke'er, what happened to your injury? Who hurt my son so badly?"
When Chen Ke heard his mother asking him, his face suddenly turned ugly and he said hatefully, "It must have been done by big brother, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence that those people recognized the wrong person."
When Liu heard this, she quickly told Chen Ke what the guard had said that day.
Seeing that his mother knew about it, Chen Ke did not hide it and told her how he had hired someone to assassinate Chen Nian but they killed the wrong person.
Liu was really shocked and angry. She wanted to say a few words to Shen Ke, but when she saw his injured and pale face, she felt sorry for her son and could only transfer this hatred to Shen Nian.
"Didn't mother tell you not to get involved in this matter? Just leave everything to me."
"But, I see that my eldest brother's attitude towards mother and me has changed a lot since he came back this time. Could it be that he already knows about the assassination? I'm afraid he'll find out, and if father finds out, we'll be finished."
When Liu heard Chen Ke mention Wu'an Hou, her face turned grim. After a pause, she said, "Your father already knows about this matter."
Chen Ke was shocked, "How could it be?"
With a bitter face, Liu repeated the guard's questions that day and blamed herself, "It was my fault for being careless. I was so worried about your injury that I didn't think of these things."
Then she remembered that the guard was dead, so she quickly told Chen Ke, "The guard was seriously injured and died. He is dead and there is no evidence. If your father asks about this, he won't be able to do anything to you if you deny it. But don't act rashly in the future. Always discuss anything with your mother in advance."
As the mother and son were talking, Qiuyue came over to report that the Marquis had arrived.
Liu quickly put on a tearful expression, exchanged glances with Shen Ke, and began to perform, "My dear Ke'er, you have suffered a great deal this time. If anything happens to you, it will be the end of your life."
"Mom, I'm sorry for making you worry. I will never sneak out of the academy to play again." Chen Ke continued according to Liu's meaning.
When Marquis Wu'an came in and saw the mother and son holding hands and crying, his heart softened again. Especially when he saw Chen Ke's pale face, he couldn't even utter a word of questioning.
After all, this is the child he has loved since he was a child, and Chen Ke is particularly good at dealing with people, sweet-talking and always sticking to him, so compared to his other sons, this one is more popular with him.
In the end, Marquis Wu'an didn't ask anything. He sat for a while and said, "Take good care of your injuries and don't run around." Then he sighed and left.
On this side, Xia Tian heard that Chen Ke had woken up. Wu An Hou went there and said nothing. He knew that the matter of Chen Ke hiring someone to assassinate Chen Nian had been exposed.
Nothing happened to the mother and son. It would be a lie to say they weren't disappointed, but the Marquis of Wu'an was so biased that there was nothing they could do.
If you want to bring down the Liu family in the future, you have to think of other ways.
However, what was unexpected was that while Chen Ke got better, Liu fell ill. It was said that she was seriously ill and could not even get out of bed.
It's almost the end of the year, and there are a lot of things to do in the mansion. The mistress in charge has fallen ill, but there is still work to be done.
I heard that the old lady had ordered Liu to take good care of herself and the housekeeping power was temporarily handed over to the second wife Zheng.
The second wife took over the housekeeping power, but she did not make trouble. She arranged the work according to the usual practice of Liu's housekeeper, which made everyone look up to her.
It's just that the Third Madam doesn't know what's going on. She wasn't asked to be the housekeeper, but she's always cocky and even makes sarcastic remarks when she sees Xia Tian, "Oh, isn't this the Crown Prince's wife? How come your mother-in-law is sick, and you weren't asked to be the housekeeper, but your Second Aunt is? This eldest sister-in-law must think you're not presentable enough, right? Hahaha!"
"So Third Aunt is also not presentable, otherwise why didn't she let you be the housekeeper? It must be that the old lady thinks you can't hold two ounces of oil in your stomach, tut tut tut!" Xia Tian retorted.
"Who are you calling a dog?" The third lady raised her hand angrily and wanted to hit someone.
Xia Tian snorted and rolled up his sleeves. "Why, Auntie San wants to fight?"
The Third Lady saw that this wild girl might actually dare to fight with her, so she followed the momentum of the maid pulling her and stopped rushing over.
But he continued to curse, "Humph, people from the country are from the country, they have no manners at all, and they dare to fight with their elders."
Xia Tian didn't indulge her at all. He curled his lips and said contemptuously, "If all the elders were like you, your ancestors would be so angry that they would crawl out of the ground."
"You ignorant thing, you really think that no one can control you, right?" The third lady was so angry that her head turned red. She broke free from the maid's hand, rushed over and slapped Xia Tian with her arm.
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