After two days, Yan Xi finally managed to open his eyes.
Nalan Lianyue's long-hanging heart finally returned to its original place!
When the news spread, Yan Qingzheng and Rong Che hurriedly came to visit, but Yan Xi was not in good spirits. He just drank some water, squeezed his wife's hand, and looked at her obviously thin cheeks with a weak smile.
The minister quickly reported the situation back to the emperor, and was sent over to continue observation.
Yan Xi finally woke up. He was a little out of sorts. Nalan Lianyue looked distressed and took care of him more and more carefully.
One night, while Yan Xi was asleep, Nalan Lianyue found Rong Che.
"Take me there," she said.
Rong Che asked: "Where is Qing'er..."
"Don't tell her for now, I really can't swallow it!" Nalan Lianyue shook her head and said.
Rong Che nodded and took Nalan Lianyue to the most remote courtyard of the palace.
"Just inside. Mother-in-law, please."
Nalan Lianyue drew out her sword with a "swish" sound and walked in with a frosty face.
Rong Che stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, unable to hear any sound in the house. Nalan Lianyue set up a soundproof barrier.
After a while, she came out, panting slightly.
"Rong Che, I'm afraid this room will burn down." She was sorry.
"It's okay, my son-in-law will handle these matters, and my mother-in-law can go back."
Nalan Lianyue took a long breath and explained: "I once said that I would cut them into pieces, but when I woke up they were all dead. So I..."
Rong Che nodded, expressing understanding: "They deserve what they deserve."
Nalan Lianyue felt a little relieved. As soon as she returned to the courtyard where Yan Xi was, she saw a fire rising in the northwest corner.
The servants rushed around shouting "Water!"
But she seemed to have lifted a huge stone from her heart. She breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time felt even more exhausted.
Yan Xi spends more and more time awake. Although everything seems to be as usual, Nalan Lianyue obviously feels that he is much quieter than before, and his high-spirited look is gone.
She was very worried, so when she found an opportunity, she tried to enlighten Yan Xi. Every time, he smiled and said that he was fine, but that he couldn't cheer up because of his injuries.
Nalan Lianyue knew, however, that physical injuries were secondary, and what really hurt Yan Xi's heart was Yan Xi's heart.
"The incident happened suddenly, we were not prepared, and you are trying to avoid it..." Nalan Lianyue tried to persuade her again.
Yan Xi shook his head: "No, even if I am prepared, I can't beat the three of them."
Nalan Lianyue said: "One against three, of course you can't beat him!"
"I can't win one on one."
Nalan Lianyue opened her mouth: "We have already withdrawn from Xuanmen, but they have been practicing, just relying on their high level."
"Strength is valued throughout the journey of cultivation, and a high level is a powerful asset." Yan Xi seemed to be in a corner, always thinking that he was worthless.
Nalan Lianyue didn't know how to persuade her anymore.
Yan Qing came over to plead guilty, saying that it was his own self-righteousness that caused his father to be seriously injured, while Yan Xi just looked at his daughter and said it was because of his incompetence.
Yan Qingzheng was stunned, and then asked Nalan Lianyue privately. She always felt that something was not right about her father's condition. Nalan Lianyue finally cried in front of her daughter.
"Your father has been in this state since he woke up. He understands everything clearly and everyone remembers it, but he seems to have lost his soul and is no longer as energetic as before. I have tried to persuade him many times, but
He... seems to be unable to hear me, always saying that he is incompetent, always saying that he is worthless!"
Yan Qingzheng felt so sad and blamed himself that his father used to be so high-spirited and arrogant, but he was completely different from what he is now.
It was this injury that dealt him a heavy blow!
When he thought of his family's suffering because of Tianyimen's fault, Yan Qingzheng wished he could go to Tianyimen right now!
However, there is an urgent matter in front of us. If we don't finish it first, we will attack Tianyimen without the name.
Moreover, the results of her own seclusion are always disappointing. If they meet expectations, then she can challenge the Tianyi Sect unscrupulously!
"Mother, please be patient. After a while, we will take my father to Tianyimen in person. Maybe my father will feel better if he can deal with the enemy himself."
"Qing'er, what are you going to do?"
“Do what needs to be done!”
Another month passed, and Yan Qing was asking Nalan Lianyue to go to Miao'er Mountain with Yan Xi.
"Senior Pei is about to pass the tribulation. We need to go to support him. Father and mother, please go together. It is also a rare opportunity to observe the tribulation of ascending to heaven up close."
Yan Xi's eyes moved, then fell silent again.
"How can I go that far if I'm like this?" he actually said.
Yan Qingzheng didn't say anything, turned around and returned to his yard, lying on the bed and crying silently. The way Yan Xi looked now was really heart-wrenching.
Mother and daughter were at their wits' end.
Rong Che looked at his wife's sad look and really didn't know how to persuade her to comfort her. He had no choice but to sink into the sea of consciousness to find the Demon Slayer in the dead of night.
"Hey, why are you here?" The Slaughter Demon Lord is still a little weak. The attack some time ago severely damaged his vitality, but absorbing the souls of three late-stage innate cultivators also allowed him to recover quickly.
"I want to ask, did you do anything to my father-in-law when you rescued him that day?"
Rong Che asked with a stern face. Yan Xi's situation was too strange. If he hadn't known him before, he might have thought that Yan Xi was suffering from a shock and was too stimulated. However, Rong Che had known Yan Xi for many years and knew that no matter whether it was
As an important minister of the imperial court and a cultivator of Taoism, Yan Xi's determination was not ordinary. How could he be so depressed and give up because of such a setback?
The Slaughter Demon Lord spread out his hands: "What can I do! You are thinking too much!"
He chuckled, and Rong Che knew he couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only say: "It's best not."
As soon as he left, the Slaughter Demon Lord touched his chin out of habit and said, "I didn't expect this kid to be so sensitive... ugh!"
Indeed, after Rong Che was eager to save people and agreed to the fifty-year reduction, he finally mentioned that he was not allowed to harm his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and the Slaughter Demon Lord also agreed.
But he has never been a person who will completely keep his promises. Of course, he can't blatantly murder Yan Xi, that would be too obvious.
But he had been studying souls all his life, and he easily amplified the little negative emotions in Yan Xi's heart.
Yan Xi's depression and self-abandonment were magnified infinitely, making him so self-defeating and self-defeating.
The family was at a loss. The emperor waited for a month and finally couldn't wait any longer. The news coming from the priest every day made him worried. He finally ignored the obstruction and came to Rong Che's house with two priests in civilian clothes.
He had no intention of seeing anyone and went straight to the yard where Yan Xi was recovering from his injuries.
"Your Majesty?" Nalan Lianyue was surprised to see the Emperor.
The emperor didn't pay attention to her at all, so he didn't care that she didn't pay homage.
The emperor was frightened by Yan Xi's haggardness and depression!
"Shengwen!" His voice was trembling. Is this the same Yan Xi who was like an immortal in the clear moon?
How did he become like this?
After Yan Xi heard this, he sat up and was about to get out of bed to pay homage. The emperor rushed over and pressed his shoulders with both hands: "Lie down for me!"
Yan Xi didn't insist anymore. If a person loses his energy and energy, his whole body will become weak and degenerate. He is really weak now.
"Your Majesty..." Just as Nalan Lianyue opened her mouth to explain to Yan Xi, the Emperor suddenly raised his hand to stop her without looking back.
"Madam, can I and Shengwen be alone for a while?" The emperor's tone was firm.
Nalan Lianyue looked at her husband, Yan Xi nodded, she bowed gently and left, closing the door.
The two priests and the red-striped father-in-law outside the door greeted her.
Nalan Lianyue responded distractedly, then went to the side room and invited a few people to sit in.
The door of the wing room was open, and several people were drinking tea while looking towards Yan Xi's room.
An hour passed, and the door opened from the inside. Hong Wen quickly got up and ran over.
However, it was Yan Xi who walked out of the room.
Nalan Lianyue quickly ran over and stood in front of him.
"Yan Xi...you...are you willing to come out?" Her eyes sparkled with tears.
After more than a month of nursing care for Yan Xi's injury, which was catalyzed by precious medicinal materials, elixirs, and spiritual power, most of it has actually healed. At least, living a normal life is not a problem.
However, he was so depressed that he thought he was too weak all day long and would never get up or get out of bed, let alone leave the room for a walk.
Unexpectedly, the emperor was willing to get off the ground and leave the room only an hour after he entered!
For a moment, Nalan Lianyue was really grateful to the emperor. Regardless of Yan Xi's psychology, he was finally willing to come out and take this step. It was already a good result and a great progress!
"Lian'er..." Yan Xi looked at his excited wife, who was already crying with joy.
Yan Xi thought about the suffering his wife had suffered during these days, and she suddenly ignored the presence of others and suddenly hugged Nalan Lianyue into her arms.
"I'm sorry you suffered!" he said.
Nalan Lianyue burst into tears and hugged her husband tightly with both arms. She felt that he had lost a lot of weight and cried: "What pain do I suffer? It's you who suffer!"
There was also a line of tears left in the corner of Yan Xi's eyes, but he buried his head on his wife's shoulder so that no one could see it.
Hong Wen turned slightly to avoid it, and the two worshipers also stayed in the house and did not come out.
Hong Wen glanced at the room and saw the emperor inside, looking at the sky in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, the expression on his face was very unpredictable.
Yan Xi finally remembered that there was someone behind him, let go of his wife, gently wiped away the tears on her face, and said, "It was the Emperor who woke me up. We must thank the Emperor properly."
Only then did Nalan Lianyue realize that her husband was not only willing to listen to the persuasion, but also seemed to have recovered his character.
Then she looked at the emperor and for the first time in her life, she knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor: "My wife, thank you for your great kindness!"
The emperor then stepped out of the room and calmly accepted the couple's thanks.