Chapter 50 Let go and I will bless you.
"Are you scared by this? Think back to when the rebels attacked the palace and chopped off heads, one by one, like chopping carrots."
Liu An described it vividly, "The ground was littered with scattered arms, legs, and heads. It was a veritable sea of blood and corpses! If you weren't careful, you could easily step on someone's fallen eyeball!"
Song Baoyuan: "..."
She opened her eyes wide, stunned by the fright.
"Chop the carrots! Chop the carrots!"
Jiang Suisui, who didn't understand, shouted excitedly.
On the third floor, in Gao Luoshu's recuperation room, Song Baoyuan and Liu An sat opposite each other, with Jiang Suisui held in Liu An's arms.
"That scene is called..."
"She's talking nonsense."
Liu An was talking excitedly when he was interrupted by Jiang Keyu who pushed the door open without warning, and his interest was immediately lost.
"You weren't there, so how can you say I'm talking nonsense?"
Jiang Keyu had a cold expression on his face, but he forced a smile when his daughter ran towards him. He picked up his daughter and sat down next to Song Baoyuan.
"The neck is so thick, it's not that easy to cut through. Even after a person dies, their eyeballs won't fall out for no reason. With such a big scene, no one has the time to dig out the eyes of each corpse one by one."
He spoke so seriously that Song Baoyuan opened her eyes even wider in shock.
"It's boring." Liu An waved his hand, looking disappointed. "I'm leaving now. I'll come back after you finish this."
The teahouse needed to be redecorated after last night's experience. While it looked a mess, it was only the tables and chairs that were damaged, so replacing them with new ones would be enough.
"No need to send it off."
Liu An's words dissuaded Song Baoyuan from standing up.
On the Arhat couch against the wall, Gao Luoshu twisted his neck stubbornly and looked at Jiang Keyu.
"You look so pale, is there any news from Chang Yunbai? What did the imperial physician say?"
Jiang Keyu poured herself a cup of tea but didn't drink it. She spoke with difficulty, "Imperial Physician, there's nothing we can do."
"Is he really lame?" Gao Luoshu's pupils trembled, and he raised his voice unconsciously, unable to hide the horror on his face.
Song Baoyuan's heart tightened.
"It's very difficult to stand up again." Jiang Keyu spun her teacup, feeling unhappy. "Both imperial doctors said so."
Gao Luoshu frowned and didn't say anything for a long time.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became heavy.
Jiang Suisui looked left and right, feeling bored and confused. "Daddy, Mommy, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Keyu lowered his head and touched her head, "Sui Sui, can you go out and play first?"
"oh."
Jiang Suisui ran away from her father's arms and almost bumped into Liu'an who was walking hurriedly.
Liu'an stopped at the door and said, "My dear, Miss Sheng just sent someone to say that she has decided to enter the palace. This is her own business, please don't interfere."
Gao Luoshu jumped up in fear, as if on the verge of death. He didn't understand why, and felt it was absurd. "She entered the palace? What was she thinking? Had she had enough of the good life?"
"Did she say this, or did the teacher?" Jiang Keyu asked with a frown.
"That's what the maidservant next to Miss Sheng said."
"Never mind that."
Jiang Keyu rubbed his eyebrows and looked a little tired.
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Song Baoyuan thought for a moment and understood.
On one hand, a good friend was seriously injured and faced disability, and on the other hand, the girl he loved was determined to marry someone else, and it was impossible to save the relationship. This double blow was too much for anyone to bear.
She thought that as his sister now, she should say a few words of comfort.
So she said sincerely: "Don't be too sad. If she enters the palace, she will marry the emperor. It's not shameful for you to lose to the emperor."
Jiang Keyu: “?”
He glanced sideways, his eyes full of confusion.
His reaction made Song Baoyuan feel uneasy. "I, I have already given up my position and never thought of disturbing you. If you can't marry her, you can't blame me."
Although Jiang Keyu showed no expression, she could not hide her surprise. "What are you talking about?"
What’s going on? Gao Luoshu endured the pain and lay on his side, determined to watch the fun.
"Don't you like Miss Sheng?" Song Baoyuan asked frankly.
Because it was so absurd, Jiang Keyu didn't react for a long time and even suspected that she had heard it wrong.
"Who said I like her?"
Song Baoyuan was stunned for a moment, "If not, why are you blocking her from entering the palace?"
"That's because it wasn't her original intention to enter the palace, and the teacher didn't know about it beforehand, so she asked me to resolve this matter."
Song Baoyuan was suspicious. "You two talked about marriage before, and you agreed and even asked Dad."
"I……"
Jiang Keyu was speechless for a moment.
He couldn't answer, but Song Baoyuan didn't feel embarrassed, as she understood. Maybe they were arguing, or maybe he couldn't get over the promise he made to his father.
Song Baoyuan said sincerely, "Don't worry, I don't mind anymore. Your promise to Daddy is nothing. If you can live a good life, Daddy will only be happy and will never blame you."
"It's not what you think!" Jiang Keyu said anxiously, "I discussed marriage with her because of some external reasons. It had nothing to do with love."
"Then you secretly painted her portrait in the study." Song Baoyuan muttered, "The painting is more beautiful than the real her."
"When did I..." Jiang Keyu paused, then quickly remembered, "That was when Madam Sheng asked me to draw her portrait so she could find a husband for her."
After he finished explaining, he was puzzled again, "How did you know?"
Song Baoyuan could not deny that she was still bothered by the portrait, even though she had accepted that they were siblings again and no longer had the same attachment to him as before.
But the existence of that portrait always seemed to remind her that her husband, whom she once loved deeply, had been unfaithful, and how unbearable she was as a wife.
She just didn't expect that it would be explained under such circumstances, and the facts were beyond her expectations.
It was as if a haze had dissipated, and she felt the sunshine and warmth, which made her feel comfortable.
But now, I won’t celebrate or revel in it.
"I accidentally saw it." Song Baoyuan said honestly.
Jiang Keyu was surprised, "Then why didn't you tell me?"
Song Baoyuan hesitated and said, "We were still husband and wife at the time. I thought you were reminiscing about your unrequited love. Wouldn't it be very embarrassing to bring it up in person? What if it can't be resolved?"
Jiang Keyu: "..."
Many images suddenly emerged in her mind, the sudden alienation, the vague resistance during intimacy, and countless details of ignoring him... So all those times, she was silently enduring a husband who had someone else in his heart?
In an instant, Jiang Keyu's heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Seeing her smiling at this moment, my heart suddenly felt like it was being pricked by a needle and a moment of pain.
"If you feel wronged, why don't you tell me?"
Song Baoyuan thought about it and said lightly: "There's nothing much to say."
"So, in your heart, I've always been such a fickle person?" Jiang Keyu felt as if something had suddenly dawned on her. "You want a divorce because you're bothered by this?"
Song Baoyuan chuckled and asked, "Why do you think that is?"
Jiang Keyu couldn't help but tighten her grip, "I thought you had grown up and had your own ideas."
Song Baoyuan: “?”
What does he think?
As expected, I still treat her as my sister.
But for now, it's pretty good.
She said with relief, "No matter what, the outcome is good. Even if my brother didn't have Miss Sheng in his heart, he wouldn't have me. It was also thanks to Miss Sheng's intervention that I had the courage to ask for a divorce from my brother, and everything got back on track. Although I don't need to thank her, I really can't live without her."
"In short, whether it's Miss Sheng or someone else, if brother meets someone he truly loves, he doesn't have to stick to his original promise. What father did was just to hope that I could live a good life. Whether it was me who got what I wanted back then or me who went against it now, I'm living a good life. As long as brother keeps a place for Chengcheng and Suisui in his heart, no matter who he marries, I will bless him, and so will parents."
"Nonsense."
Jiang Keyu turned his face away, unwilling to face her sincere eyes.
"I'm serious!" Song Baoyuan put on a serious face, but soon she ended up laughing.
On the bed next to her, Gao Luoshu rested his face on his arms, staring at her with smiling eyes, not feeling the pain in his body.
"It's true." Song Baoyuan was worried that her brother would think she was joking, so she quickly suppressed her smile and emphasized, "I'm serious. I really will bless you."
"Stop it."
Jiang Keyu didn't know why, but when he heard her such considerate words, he felt depressed layer upon layer.
Song Baoyuan was puzzled. She was so sincere, so why was this person still unhappy?
"You will meet someone better in the future." Gao Luoshu suddenly interrupted.
Song Baoyuan looked in the direction of the voice, met his sparkling eyes, and nodded, "Yeah!"
Before Gao Luoshu could say anything more, he felt a chill on his back. His eyelids twitched, and as he shifted his gaze, he saw Jiang Keyu squinting at him.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Gao Luoshu raised his voice to give himself more confidence. "Am I wrong in what I said?"
When Gao Luoshu asked her the question, Song Baoyuan also looked over, and Jiang Keyu suddenly felt like she was in a difficult situation.
Can he say it's wrong?
But the word "right" was stuck in my throat and couldn't come out.
So he said, “Boring.”
"Tsk." Gao Luoshu rolled his eyes at him.
While they were talking, Cen Zhou brought in the medicine soup prepared in the kitchen for Gao Luoshu. Jiang Suisui followed behind like a little tail, spoon in hand.
"Uncle Gao is taking his medicine!"
Gao Luoshu smiled even more, "Sui Sui is so good, come and give Uncle Gao some medicine!"
"Yes, yes!" Jiang Suisui held up the spoon and handed it over.
Cen Zhou said nothing, put down the medicine bowl, and was about to leave. Seeing this, Jiang Suisui quickly threw the spoon on the table and followed him.
"Cen Zhou."
Song Baoyuan grabbed her daughter and called out to Cen Zhou.
On the other side, Jiang Keyu picked up the medicine bowl and spoon, walked to the couch, and fed medicine to Gao Luoshu who could not lift his hands.
"Sui Sui likes Brother Xiao Zhou so much." Song Baoyuan asked curiously.
"Yes, yes, I like Brother Xiaozhou very much!" Jiang Suisui said, reaching out to Cen Zhou and asking him to hug her.
Cen Zhou squatted down, put his hands behind his back, and sternly corrected him, "I told you to call me uncle."
"elder brother."
"uncle!"
"Brother!" Jiang Suisui shouted with a stubborn neck and puffed up face.
Song Baoyuan was amused by their argument, "She's always following you around, isn't that causing you trouble?"
"No." Cen Zhou wasn't necessarily very enthusiastic in front of Song Baoyuan, but he was obviously less cold. "But she always calls me the wrong name."
"It's my brother." Jiang Suisui was unconvinced and looked at her mother for help.
Song Baoyuan patted her head and said with a smile, "Isn't it nice to call you brother? You are so young, so it's not wrong for him to call you that."
"No." Cen Zhou insisted without explaining.
"elder brother!"
"Call me uncle!"
Each of them was more stubborn than the other, and Song Baoyuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
She was too lazy to care about such a small matter.
"Show me your hands."
Upon hearing this, Cen Zhou obediently raised his hands and presented them to her.
His hands used to be as rough as an old man's, but now they're a little better. Song Baoyuan nodded, "It seems it's still effective. The ointment I gave you should be almost gone. If it's gone, go find Qiaoyue or Qiaoyin and tell them to give you a new one."
Cen Zhou remembered the scent of the ointment, which was slightly similar to the scent on her body.
"Well, it's very expensive."
"fine."
Seeing the hesitation on his face, Song Baoyuan smiled and picked up Jiang Suisui and handed him, "Just consider it as a reward for helping me keep an eye on this little naughty boy."
Cen Zhou took Jiang Suisui without saying a word.
Jiang Keyu's attention was all on them. She didn't use her eyes to feed the medicine to Gao Luoshu. She just scooped a spoonful by feel and fed it to his mouth.
Gao Luoshu, who was still "a million miles away" from the spoon, stretched his neck as much as possible and sucked his lips, looking a little funny.
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