"Yes." Xiao An immediately summoned a guard to ram the door.
"Brother Shiyi, please don't let anything happen to you!" Lin Xianzhi said anxiously.
As soon as the door opened, Lin Xianzhi rushed into the room.
"ah!"
When the group saw the scene before them, Xiao An screamed in fright and fell to the ground.
The guards were so frightened by the scene that they trembled and gasped heavily.
Lin Xianzhi could hardly believe what he was seeing. After he came to his senses, he rushed to the bedside.
Lu Shiyi lay motionless on the bed, his body and face covered in blood, the scene a crimson mess.
This scene shocked Lin Xianzhi, who immediately burst into tears, her face filled with immense sorrow.
He couldn't believe it; how could his best friend...?
"Brother Shi Yi?" he called softly as he leaned closer.
Xiao An and the others were too frightened to speak.
Lu Shiyi, lying on the couch, had a pale, bluish face.
After a while, Lin Xianzhi reached out with trembling hands to check his breathing.
Everyone stared intently at that spot.
fine……
"He's still breathing!" Lin Xianzhi exclaimed.
"Quickly, go and call the imperial physician."
"Oh, oh... I'll go right away." It was the young servant beside Lin Xianzhi who was the first to come to her senses and ran out in a flash.
When Xiao An heard that Lu Shiyi was still breathing, his numb nerves belatedly woke up, and he immediately got up and ran to the bed.
She could no longer stop crying and burst into tears: "Master, how could you be so foolish? Why did you want to die, Master?"
Lin Xianzhe pinched Lu Shiyi's philtrum hard, and with Xiao An's wailing and crying, Lu Shiyi woke up in no time.
"Master, Master, you're awake?" Xiao An asked in surprise.
"Xian...zhi?" Lu Shiyi coughed up a mouthful of blood as soon as he woke up. "Cough cough."
"master……"
Seeing this, Lin Xianzhi quickly helped him up and took out a handkerchief to clean the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Brother Shiyi, how are you? Hang in there, the physician will be here soon," he asked anxiously.
"Cough." Lu Shiyi coughed lightly a few times. "Am I alive or dead?" he muttered to himself.
"You're not dead, Brother Shi Yi! You scared me to death! How could you be so foolish?" Lin Xianzhi asked him, crying.
"I'm not dead?" Lu Shiyi asked weakly, unable to believe that he was still alive.
How could that be?
Lin Xianzhe was overwhelmed with grief. His eyes were red, and his voice was filled with sorrow as he said, "How could you be so foolish? What happened? Why did you want to die..."
Why would someone want to die?
These words pulled Lu Shiyi back into those painful memories.
His eyes darkened, and his expression instantly turned desperate and sorrowful.
He spoke in a low voice: "They say my Yaoyao is an omen of bad luck, a jinx, a demon. They also say she rose to power by stepping on the blood of Gu Cejun's child. I envy her. Only death can protect Yaoyao's reputation."
"What!" Lin Xianzhe exclaimed in shock. "Where did you hear such a thing? How dare they?"
Lin Xianzhi had heard rumors that Lu Shiyi was a murderer, but she refused to believe it and tried her best to prove it, severely reprimanding the servants who were gossiping about Lu Mingxuan.
"What wouldn't they dare to do?"
Lu Shiyi did not explain. He knew all too well that people's hearts were unpredictable. If one person thought that way, there would definitely be a second and a third.
Even if Wen Yanche gives the order, can he control their mouths but not their hearts?
This is what Lu Shiyi finds most unacceptable; he believes that as long as he lives, he will never be able to avoid the rumors targeting him.
Unless the real reason is found, by then, his and Yaoyao's reputations will be completely ruined.
How is the damage calculated?
He may not care about himself, but he cannot watch his children be questioned and suffer because of him.
“Xianzhi, the human heart is the most terrifying thing. Others will not want to know the truth; they will only believe what they want to believe.”
Seeing Lu Shiyi's lifeless expression as he spoke resolute words, Lin Xianzhi was extremely anxious. He was afraid that Lu Shiyi wouldn't be able to pull through, but he didn't know how to comfort him.
Those words just now terrified him; he never dreamed that someone would say something so outrageous.
After a long while, he finally managed to persuade her, "Then you shouldn't demean yourself. What will happen to Yaoyao if you die? Your wife will be heartbroken. Can you bear to leave your wife behind?"
Lin Xianzhi saw Lu Shiyi's feelings for Leng Qingning and could only comfort him in this way, hoping that he would hold on until the royal physician arrived.
But Lu Shiyi didn't think that way. He was heartbroken and only hated himself for still being alive.
However, the mention of Leng Qingning instantly filled him with bitterness, as if he had walked into a dead end, and he felt extremely sad.
He said softly, "In my life, I, Lu Shiyi, have fallen, schemed, and failed, but I have also... longed for that love. However, she has never had me in her heart."
"Nonsense, absolutely impossible." Lin Xianzhi immediately denied him, completely baffled as to why he would think that way!
“You don’t understand, Xianzhi. Your wife has you in her heart, but she also has other men. But for me…” Lu Shiyi was too ashamed to say it. He didn’t want to say that the time he was favored was because he couldn’t bear it anymore and asked for it.
How could Lin Xianzhi possibly know any of this? It remained a pain in his heart.
A tear rolled down his cheek, and Lu Shiyi closed his eyes in pain.
"You mustn't think like that. My wife will be back soon. We can talk about it when she returns."
"You must hold on, Brother Shiyi."
Lu Shiyi's half-closed eyes trembled slightly, and he said with a look of utter despair, "No, after what has happened, I don't have the courage to face my wife anymore."
"Born from the swamp, I was destined not to have a glorious life. I thought that by entering the Langya Mansion I could live a peaceful and quiet life, but now I have to drag my child down with me."
"Since you're covered in mud, you might as well die cleanly."
Having said this, he was determined to die.
Lin Xianzhi was greatly alarmed and realized something was wrong.
Just as Lu Shiyi was about to bite his tongue and commit suicide, Lin Xianzhe swiftly grabbed his chin, rendering him unable to move.
Her tone was reproachful: "Shi Yi, why are you doing this!"
At the same time, he loudly reprimanded his servants: "Where is the imperial physician? Why hasn't he arrived yet? It's been half an incense stick's time already." He then pointed at Xiao An: "You, hurry up and go to the palace to fetch Imperial Physician Gao. Go immediately."
He then glared at the guards and roared, "Go and bring the physician to me!"
Lin Xianzhi was furious. What was wrong with these people? At this critical moment of life and death, they were dawdling like this.
Xiao An nodded quickly and replied, "Yes, yes, I will go to the palace to fetch the imperial physician right away."
The guards rushed out and ran quickly toward the guest courtyard.
Just then, Leng Qingning, Xiao Ning, Cang Yuan, and the others arrived at the entrance of Langya Mansion.
Wen Yanche had been waiting at the door for a long time.
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