During the days when Pei Jinting was recuperating in the Zhenguo Palace, the first two days were fine. However, in the next few days, he started to have a fever for no apparent reason.
Gu Shao originally thought of leaving him aside but had no choice.
I had no choice but to report it to the emperor, and also sent someone to inform Duke Cheng'en.
Unexpectedly, both the emperor and Duke Chengen were very angry, and just said that they would just let Gu Shao take care of it.
Whether life or death, it is Pei Jinting's destiny.
Although Gu Shao was frustrated with the behavior of the emperor and Duke Cheng'en, he had to stay by Pei Jinting's side.
Pei Jinting had been burning for several days, and he stayed with her for several days without sleep.
Fortunately, on the night of the third day, Pei Jinting's fever subsided. In a hazy state, Gu Shao, who was sitting beside the bed, heard a few words that were hoarse and unpleasant to hear.
"Yuanyuan, don't be afraid..."
Don't be afraid.
Gu Shao was sitting on the high chair with his hands on his knees. After hearing this, he raised his hand slightly and pulled off the scarf on his forehead.
With a "pop" sound, he threw it into the wooden basin aside.
There was a suppressed look of cruelty in his eyes, and he spoke very slowly, so slowly that it seemed like he was forced out from between his teeth.
"What kind of dream is this..."
When Pei Jinting woke up and saw that the room was empty, he moved his chapped lips. When he moved, his body seemed to be torn.
The pain made him groan involuntarily.
"Sir... you finally woke up." He Zheng's voice was filled with surprise, and there was also a confused voice calling for the imperial doctor.
He rushed towards Pei Jinting.
The imperial doctor checked the wound, took the pulse, prescribed the soup, and finally went to the palace to report the news.
Pei Jinting calmed down for a while and asked He Zheng to tell him everything that happened when he was unconscious.
He Zheng explained everything in detail, and Pei Jinting listened. The person who revealed the news was He Fang who was driven away. The Duke of Zhen impeached Jingyi Marquis Lu Wenze in the court, and the attitude of the emperor and the Duke's government when he was in a coma.
And Gu Shao stood by his bed.
Pei Jinting rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "Isn't the young lady here?"
He Zheng was speechless for a moment, his throat rolled, and then he shook his head.
Seeing the gloomy look on his young master's face, he immediately said,
"Young Master... the Duke of Zhen Guo has kept the news of your illness secret, and the young lady has no idea at all."
He Zheng felt that the fifty strokes his young master received should have been in vain.
Not only was the punishment in vain, but it actually made the Duke of Zhen Guo reject the Young Master even more.
I remembered that before the young master woke up, Duke Zhen Guo left with a face as black as coal.
He Zheng couldn't help but feel sorry for his young master.
Pei Jinting leaned on the big pillow, lowered his eyes for a moment, and told He Zheng,
"There are a lot of people in the Duke's mansion. Find two humble maids and pass the news in."
"yes."
He Zheng agreed.
But I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
The young master has identified himself with the young lady for the rest of his life.
For her, I really tried my best to do everything possible.
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After Gu Qingyuan heard the murmurs of the two maids, she endured it for a long time and finally pushed the door open and rushed out.
The living room was deserted. He Zheng was squatting in front of the stove boiling medicine. When he saw Gu Qingyuan, he stood up and saluted.
After Gu Qingyuan said a few words to him, she walked lightly and entered the house.
In summer, there is an ice mirror in the corner of the house and the window lattice is half open.
On the bed, Pei Jinting was lying on the bed facing outside, her eyes closed tightly, and a few gasps escaped from her lips from time to time.
Gu Qingyuan's eyes were sore.
Just now, He Zheng told her what happened in the past few days.
I know why Pei Jinting was beaten with a cane, and I also know that he was so burned that he was completely confused.
These days, she was immersed in her own thoughts, thinking that Pei Jinting was just as mischievous as before, trying to stay in the Gu family and win her father's permission.
She was busy organizing her belongings for the border. In the deserted living room, Pei Jinting was alone and fell ill in bed.
She thought it would be useful if she closed her ears.
Little did they know, he was lying on the bed unaware of anyone else.
No wonder she went to find her father several times with the list, but she didn't see him in the house.
It turned out that at that time, he was looking at Pei Jinting in the guest house.
Gu Qingyuan lowered her head and squatted on the footrest in front of the couch.
Carefully, he reached out his hand, pulled a corner of the thin quilt, and covered his half-exposed waist.
The man on the couch had his crow-feather eyes closed tightly, and his clothes were half-open, revealing the skin underneath.
Looking up again, Gu Qingyuan looked at his face, which was very close to him. His eyebrows were high, his nose was straight and straight, and his eyelashes were thick.
At this moment, Gu Qingyuan realized that Pei Jinting seemed to have left a mark on her heart at some point.
It can't be moved.
Can't even tear it off.
She stretched out her hand and pulled up the open skirt of her clothes. Perhaps her movement was a little too big, which disturbed Pei Jinting, who was sleeping.
He opened his eyes slightly.
"Gu Yuanyuan. Why are you crying in the dream?"
"Don't be afraid."
He raised his cold white slender fingers, instinctively trying to wipe away the tears on her cheeks.
Gu Qingyuan updated her voice and then realized that she was crying.
The cheeks were wet and full of tears.
Pei Jinting gently stroked her cheek and said in a dumb voice, like babble.
"Did I make you cry again?"
Gu Qingyuan suddenly felt as if her heart was being pinched, and the soreness spread to her throat, making her speechless.
When she was young, she was often called into the palace by Concubine Lu, and she would often meet Pei Jinting, Prince Jing and other dandies in front of the palace gate.
Prince Jing is even more hateful than Pei Jinting, and he plays pranks from time to time.
At that time, she really hated them.
I just feel that God is unfair and has given these people a good life experience, but they don't know how to cherish it.
At this moment, Pei Jinting didn't care about disguise, just stared at her, raised her arms, hesitated for a moment, as if she was talking in sleep,
"Gu Yuanyuan. It hurts. Can you give me a hug?"
Gu Qingyuan turned her face away, as if Pei Jinting, who was aloof, cruel, and venomous, was so soft for the first time.
She reached out and hugged his waist, knowing that he was injured on the back, so she didn't dare to use force.
A scene from the past suddenly came to mind.
Obviously there are many girls in the palace, and Concubine Lu's niece often comes to the palace, but Pei Jinting and others always bully her.
Only myself...
At that time, she once said without hesitation,
"All the men in the world are dead. If you go to a nunnery to be a sister-in-law, you won't get involved with the third son of the Pei family."
Gu Qingyuan only thought that Pei Jinting was in a dream, speaking incoherently and crying. She looked really pitiful.
"Pei Jingheng, why did you always bully me in the past?"
Pei Jinting:......
His fingers gently landed on her face,
"Don't cry..."
He cried until his heart was broken.
Gu Qingyuan couldn't stop crying.
The window lattice was half-opened, and a gentle breeze blew over the ice sheet wrapped around the corner of the room.
When the cool breeze blew, Pei Jinting's slightly open skin was slightly chilled by the blow.
There was a sense of oxygen at the tip of my nose, and I endured it for a while...
Gu Qingyuan suddenly raised her head, her eyebrows twitching.