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Chapter 1 Died of Anger in the Hospital
Xie Lanzhi lost both her parents at a young age and suffered from congenital heart disease. She survived for twenty-five years on the meager inheritance left by her parents, which was incredibly fortunate for someone like her with no ties to the family. This mundane life, as tasteless as plain water, made her almost uninterested in anything and afraid to get excited, living cautiously all the time.
Finally, one day, when she was tired of her life, her best friend, fearing that she would lose hope, enthusiastically recommended her favorite book to her.
This book became both a pleasant surprise in her life and an unexpected reason for her hospitalization. But she has no regrets. Because of this book, she felt a flicker of vitality within her, a proof that she was still alive.
Late on a weekend night, under the light in a private hospital room, the doctor, as usual, was making his rounds and instructing Xie Lanzhi, who was lying on the bed, "Ms. Xie, your condition has stabilized, and you can be discharged tomorrow."
Xie Lanzhi nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, doctor."
The doctor said, "You're welcome. But as I always say, please don't get too emotional. Otherwise, it will affect your recovery."
"Okay, thank you, doctor. Just a reminder," Xie Lanzhi said.
Seeing that she was obedient, the doctor left satisfied.
As the door closed, the footsteps outside faded into the distance until they disappeared. Xie Lanzhi listened intently to the sounds outside, and once she was sure no one was around, she quietly took a book from under the covers and, unable to contain her excitement, began to read under the lamp.
This book, titled "The History of Empress Jin," tells the story of how a princess from a fallen kingdom rose to become empress during a time of war and chaos!
Xie Lanzhi went there because of its passionate synopsis.
She originally thought it would be a light and refreshing novel, but to her surprise, the first fifty chapters were all about the empress's tragic life, with almost her entire family dying, which tormented her to the point of death. The last fifty chapters were about the empress finally starting her counterattack, but the author of the novel was really inhuman, directly making the empress someone's concubine and almost suffering a disfiguring injury.
She was finally rescued by a chivalrous person, but her fiancé sold her off cheaply to the most ruthless person in the chaotic world in order to get rice, resulting in the destruction of both her knees and the near severing of her Achilles tendons.
This plot point directly angered Xie Lanzhi, leading to her hospitalization, and this particular storyline was the very accident that caused her hospitalization.
Today, she heard from her best friend that the author had given an advance notice, saying that the empress would meet a good man in the second half of the story and that she was about to make a comeback.
After buying the new book, she kept it in her hospital room, waiting to read it.
But tonight the doctor informed her that she could be discharged tomorrow. Xie Lanzhi couldn't wait and immediately brought out the sequel.
She excitedly turned the first page, her heart filled with joy at first glance, then her expression froze at the second, and by the third glance, before she had even turned the page, she saw the author's note at the end: "Due to the votes of many netizens, I have decided to conclude the Empress's storyline to show how, in a chaotic world, a princess of a fallen kingdom becomes a four-legged sheep. Undoubtedly, she is a tragic emperor. She has endured all the suffering in the world."
Unfortunately, due to the Empress's immense popularity, a happy ending might easily make you forget her. Therefore, this author prefers to portray the Empress as having a tragic exit. Thank you for watching!
Upon seeing these words, Xie Lanzhi's pupils constricted sharply, her chest heaved violently, she struggled to breathe, and her vision blurred rapidly in an instant.
Everything went completely dark.
After an unknown amount of time, Xie Lanzhi heard the nurse's anxious, crying voice: "Doctor, doctor, Miss Xie, she!"
She thought she'd been rescued, whether it was luck or not, but she was determined to give the author a bad review when she woke up. No, she was going to send him razor blades!
Xie Lanzhi waited for her to wake up, but as she waited, she realized something was wrong. She felt warm all over, and someone was wiping her sweat from time to time. Although the movements were gentle, she heard a jumble of voices: "Marshal, Marshal, is she still not awake?!"
"Medical officer, what are you good for? You said it was just a cold, how come you suddenly have a fever!?"
"The Marshal cannot die! If she dies, none of us will escape unscathed!!"
"Heal the marshal quickly, or I'll make you pay with your life."
The imperial physician's voice trembled as he said, "General, please calm down."
Hearing the word "death" for the first time, Xie Lanzhi found it somewhat jarring, and felt a surge of irritation and a desire to explode. She was puzzled; her emotions were usually quite calm, so why did she suddenly feel like exploding? Moreover, her body seemed to be having a strong survival response to the word "death." This was a kind of vitality she had never experienced before.
Just then, a man's voice came from beside him: "To be on the safe side, if Marshal Xie really can't be saved, we might as well..."
Not as good as? Not as good as what? This doesn't sound like a good thing.
Xie Lanzhi became even more irritated by this person's voice, and a tightness in her chest caught in her throat, just as she felt a release.
She only intended to speak softly, but unexpectedly, once she opened her throat, her emotions spiraled out of control, revealing an unprecedented ferocity. She snapped, "Who can't be saved! Who said that?!"
Upon hearing these words, Xie Lanzhi felt much better.
The moment she opened her eyes, she sprang up from the bed with great energy. The ancient carved wooden bed, the snow-white canopy, and the people in the room were a mixture of shock and surprise.
However, these people were all dressed in ancient costumes, colorful everyday clothes. There was a group of men dressed as eunuchs with tall hats and white flowers behind their ears, and a group of women dressed as maids with two braids behind their ears, looking at her tremblingly.
The seven or eight generals dressed in white armor and red shirt uniforms, upon seeing her awake, burst into tears and knelt on the ground as if they had found their pillar of support, wailing, "Marshal, you, you have finally woken up!"
We thought you were going to leave us behind.
"Please don't let anything happen to you. Our Xie family army is strong and well-equipped, and it is at its peak. It all depends on you to support it. If you and the old general pass away first..."
How are we supposed to survive?!
Xie Lanzhi became even more irritated by the mournful expressions of these people.
She couldn't tell if what she was seeing was a dream or reality; why did these people seem like ancient people?
Xie Lanzhi pinched her face lightly, but the force was stronger than she expected, making her wince.
"It hurts!" she cried out.
"Marshal, is there anything else that's bothering you?"
People around her immediately began to swarm around her with concern, which made Xie Lanzhi a little flustered.
Only then did she realize that her hands had a thick layer of calluses, unlike her usual delicate, pampered hands. And the pain she had just felt seemed real.
Thinking of this,
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