Helpless, Tuoba Heyan turned his head, strode forward, grabbed Huangfu Jun'an around the waist, and carried him into the inner room.
"I...I'm pregnant with Nianlang! Nianlang is your child! Cong, don't leave me, don't leave me!" Ji Wushang cried uncontrollably, clutching the brocade quilt covering her tightly. "Cong, come back, come back and see me!..."
Tuoba Heyan's heart tightened. He stared intently at Ji Wushang, while Huangfu Jun'an was still in his arms. He immediately hid in Tuoba Heyan's embrace, "Mother had another nightmare. Nianlang is scared. She's talking nonsense..."
Tuoba Heyan gently patted Huangfu Jun'an's shoulder, "Nianlang, don't be afraid. She is your mother. You must take good care of her."
“She, she’s a little crazy…” Huangfu Junan muttered.
Tuoba Heyan snorted coldly, his heart turning cold instantly. "She's not crazy, she's the kind of person who's going crazy from missing your father so much!"
"I'm afraid, Nianlang!" Huangfu Jun'an lowered his head, not daring to look at Ji Wushang.
At this moment, Ji Wushang's forehead was covered in cold sweat. Scene after scene kept replaying in her mind: the scene of her falling in love with Nan Xuzong, the scene of her standing against him in Yiyun City, and finally, the scene of him holding her hand and plunging his long sword into her heart!
"Ah!" Ji Wushang cried out, "No!"
Tuoba Heyan's eyes were deep. He placed Huangfu Jun on the ground and said, "If you're scared, stand aside." He then immediately went over and sat down by Ji Wushang's bed. He stretched out his hand, looked at Ji Wushang with his dark eyes, and finally placed his hand on hers.
Ji Wushang felt a warmth suddenly envelop his cold hands, and he immediately gripped it tightly!
"Cong!" she cried out in surprise, her eyes snapping open.
What came into view was Tuoba Heyan's cold and deep black eyes. Ji Wushang was startled and immediately let go of his hand. "You, how did you get here!" She was covered in cold sweat.
Tuoba Heyan stood up aloofly, "I have only come to see Nianlang."
Upon hearing him say "Nianlang," Ji Wushang immediately looked around and saw Huangfu Jun'an standing on the ground. Forgetting all about how she rolled off the bed, she practically threw herself beside Huangfu Jun'an, crying, "Nianlang, Nianlang, let Mother see if you're hurt? Did he hurt you? Be good, let Mother see where it hurts? Does it hurt?"
"Mother, Mother, Nianlang is alright, Nianlang is alright!" Huangfu Jun'an rushed forward and hugged Ji Wushang's neck. "Nianlang is alright, Mother can rest assured!"
Ji Wushang closed her eyes slightly as she listened. She had not yet recovered from the nightmare, but Tuoba Heyan's words made her think that Tuoba Heyan would harm Huangfu Jun'an. She was immediately startled and scrambled down to check on Huangfu Jun'an's condition. Only now did she slowly recover.
They forgot about Tuoba Heyan, who was still standing there.
It wasn't until Tuoba Heyan's dragon-patterned black boots appeared before Ji Wushang that Ji Wushang remembered that she had just been holding this man's hand. Damn it, why was he so close to her! And wasn't she leaning against the edge of the bed? How could she be on the bed! What a bastard!
Tuoba Heyan glanced at Ji Wushang, but Ji Wushang couldn't decipher the emotions in his eyes. She, too, was glaring at him through gritted teeth, a hint of anger in her eyes. He remained silent, and so did she.
Tuoba Heyan turned his gaze to Huangfu Jun'an, and then walked out.
The palace maids outside all bowed their heads and knelt on the ground to pay their respects, which was also a way of seeing Tuoba Heyan off.
Ji Wushang went limp and collapsed to the ground.
"Mother! Mother!" Huangfu Jun'an shouted loudly.
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☆、304 Lovesickness turns to illness, and sorrow turns to grief!
Tuoba Heyan was stunned for a moment, then turned back and quickly carried Ji Wushang to the bed. Hongfei, Cuiwu and the others immediately stepped forward, "Princess, Princess!"
Tuoba Heyan immediately reached out Ji Wushang's hand and then tightly grasped her wrist.
He took out a small bottle from his pocket, poured out some pills, and gave them to Ji Wushang.
Hongfei, Cuiwu, and the others were extremely anxious. They only hoped that Tuoba Heyan would not harm Ji Wushang!
Tuoba Heyan looked at them coldly, "Go prepare paper!"
"Yes." Hongfei and Cuiwu nodded immediately and went to do it.
Tuoba Heyan's eyes remained cold as he stared at Ji Wushang, "Lovesickness has become an illness, and sorrow has become a wound."
But all he could hear was intermittent sobbing. Then, Tuoba Heyan felt a small creature tightly hugging his trouser leg, which was lying on the ground. "Uncle, please, you must save my mother, save her!"
Tuoba Heyan looked down at Huangfu Jun'an, "Don't worry, I will save her, but you are the most important. You must persuade her not to die!"
"Huh?" Huangfu Jun'an was puzzled. He looked at Tuoba Heyan, then at Ji Wushang. "Nianlang doesn't understand."
Nianlang.
When Tuoba Heyan heard Huangfu Jun'an's words, his heart skipped a beat. How could he not miss Huangfu Jun'an, who even gave him such a name?
Huangfu Jun'an, Jun'an, she's already dead, yet she still hopes her ex-husband is safe? Still thinking of him, haha, this woman is completely immersed in her own world!
Tuoba Heyan looked at Huangfu Jun'an and said, "How about I change your name? Then you'll be my crown prince!"
"No, no! Nianlang won't change his name!" Huangfu Jun'an immediately released Kuoba Heyan's leg and then stepped back. "Nianlang won't change his name, otherwise Mother will be angry, sad, and scold me!"
"Is it because of these things?" Tuoba Heyan's tone turned somewhat cold.
“Mother said that Nianlang was born Huangfu Jun’an and will die Huangfu Jun’an, and will not change his name! There is only one father, that is, that is…” Huangfu Jun’an scratched his head. Because of his illness, he still could not easily remember everything.
“Nianlang’s father is named Huangfu Zong!” Huangfu Jun’an finally remembered the name. “You, who are you again?”
Tuoba Heyan rolled his eyes. Forget it, why should he argue with a child?
At this moment, Hongfei and Cuiwu came in from outside. After seeing that Tuoba Heyan had not done anything to Ji Wushang, they breathed a sigh of relief and quickly and respectfully presented the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone to the table.
Tuoba Heyan sat down, dipped his wolf-hair brush in ink, and immediately began to write.
"Get your princess the medicine, then tell her to forget her dead husband! He's dead, what are you still thinking about!" Tuoba Heyan sneered, becoming more and more annoyed as he spoke. He stuck the wolf-hair brush into the table with one hand, then pulled out the prescription and threw it to Hongfei with the other.
The thought of her falling ill from lovesickness and suffering from heartache stirred a resentment in Tuoba Heyan's heart. This Princess Wushang had at least married him; she should stay by his side, regardless of what men she had been with before! Besides, she was dead!
Hongfei quickly caught the paper.
Tuoba Heyan snorted coldly, glanced at Huangfu Jun'an, and said, "You try to persuade your mother!"
"Oh." Her little eyes blinked. "Uncle doesn't look good when he's angry!"
Tuoba Heyan was taken aback, and Cuiwu quickly stepped forward and hugged Huangfu Jun'an, "Young Master, don't talk nonsense!" Then she immediately apologized to Tuoba Heyan, "Your Majesty, please calm down, don't take a child's words to heart, please don't be angry, please don't be angry!"
Tuoba Heyan's eyes darkened, and he stood up and walked out.
Cuiwu was slightly relieved and looked down at Huangfu Jun'an, "My little ancestor, don't provoke that person, otherwise, the princess will suffer as a result."
"Oh, Nianlang understands." Huangfu Jun'an looked at Cuiwu. "Go and see my mother quickly!"
"Yes." Cuiwu looked up and saw Hongfei looking at the prescription. She immediately went up to him and said, "What are you looking at so intently? Hurry up and get the medicine and brew it for the princess."
“This… seems to be Master’s handwriting,” Hongfei murmured.
Cuiwu looked at her and said, "Is that so? There are many, many people whose handwriting looks similar! You know that Second Master personally handled Master's body."
As Cuiwu spoke, she still looked at the prescription, and indeed, it looked very similar.
"Alright, let's prepare the medicine first. Just as you said, there are too many people with similar handwriting, otherwise there wouldn't be any calligraphers or painters who imitate other people's handwriting."
"That's it!" Cuiwu nodded and quickly took the prescription to get the medicine and start decocting it.
When Ji Wushang woke up, it was already past noon. Huangfu Jun'an was taking a nap on a small bed to the side. Ji Wushang rubbed his eyes, got out of bed, and quickly went over to check Huangfu Jun'an's pulse. Fortunately, he was fine. Only then did Ji Wushang feel relieved.
At this moment, Hongfei came in from outside and immediately saw Ji Wushang squatting by Huangfu Junan's small bed. She immediately put down the medicine in her hand and went forward, "Princess!"
Ji Wushang turned his head, "Don't be so loud, you'll wake Nianlang up."
"Yes." Hong Fei immediately helped Ji Wushang sit down in a chair. "Princess, you must take care of your health!"
“I will be careful.” Ji Wushang lowered his eyes and looked at Huangfu Junan. “I will definitely hold on until he recovers.”
Hearing this, Hongfei burst into tears. She quickly wiped them away and said, "Princess, your medicine is ready. Please drink it while it's hot!"
“I’m not actually sick, I know my body.” Ji Wushang sighed, his gaze still fixed on Huangfu Junan. “I just miss him… I think about him all the time.”
“Princess, Master, he’s already gone…” Hongfei couldn’t help but cover her mouth as she listened, and then said, “You, you shouldn’t torture yourself.”
“He won’t leave. He said that if he died, his soul would always stay by my side… It’s just that his soul can’t appear beside me. Sometimes, I can even feel his breath, the warmth of his fingertips. I can still feel it. Hongfei, he really, really will come back!”
Hongfei burst into tears upon hearing this, "Princess, Master, Master won't be coming back."
"Don't say anything more, I know he'll come back." Ji Wushang's eyes darkened. She turned her face away and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Who prescribed the medicine for me?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Hongfei wiped away her tears and quickly brought over the medicine.
"He knows about my illness? Did he say anything?" Ji Wushang narrowed his cold eyes, looking at the dark medicine.
"His Majesty... he told you to take good care of yourself and forget the past." Hongfei bowed his head.
"Forget the past? No, I won't forget, I can't forget!" Ji Wushang waved his hand. "Take the medicine away! I won't take it!"
As she spoke, she took the fan and gently fanned Huangfu Jun'an, taking good care of him.
Hongfei paused for a moment, then said, "Princess, you should take your medicine first! The imperial physician said that these medicines are quite good and beneficial to your health."
"Take it away!" Ji Wushang said. From his forgotten words, she feared that this Tuoba Heyan was the second Yiyun Shangcheng. He might not have any feelings for her, but what she feared was that someone would take away her memories, or, like Yiyun Shangcheng, control her will... She didn't want that, she didn't want that! Ji Wushang shook her head.
"Princess," Hongfei called out again, "you must persevere for the sake of the young master. If you don't take your medicine, your body may not be able to take it."
"I know my limits, I'll be fine." Ji Wushang narrowed his eyes. "You may leave."
"Yes." Seeing that Ji Wushang wouldn't eat, Hongfei slowly brought the medicine down.
As afternoon approached, Ji Wushang slowly finished serving Huangfu Jun'an and then took him to the courtyard to bask in the sun.
Huangfu Jun'an and Ji Wushang were playfully teasing each other in the courtyard, their laughter amusing the surrounding palace maids. Hongfei and Cuiwu stood to one side, looking at each other with delight.
Ji Wushang looked at Huangfu Junan, who was tired from chasing him, and sat down on the stool. "Alright, Nianlang, I won't chase you anymore. Come here and sit down and rest. I have a few questions for you."
"Hmm." Huangfu Jun'an looked at Ji Wushang, and only after confirming that what she said was true did he slowly walk over.
Ji Wushang smiled, bent down and grabbed Huangfu Junan, pulling him into his arms. "Where do you think you're going to run now!"
"Mother is lying! Mother said she's not chasing Nianlang anymore! Waaah!" Huangfu Jun'an immediately tried to run away, but Ji Wushang grabbed his little waist. "Mother isn't chasing you anymore, she's not playing anymore. Come here, be good, Mother really has something to ask you."
"Oh." Huangfu Jun'an looked at Ji Wushang's serious expression and blinked his small eyes at him. Ji Wushang looked at him and asked, "This morning, that uncle came over. What did he say to you?"
“I did say that…” Huangfu Jun’an pondered whether he should tell her.
"I once told you that you must never hide anything from me!" Ji Wushang looked at him and immediately brought up her own set of rules. "If you lie, I will be very angry and sad."
"Mm." Huangfu Jun'an nodded, his little hand reaching to grasp Ji Wushang's, but Ji Wushang quickly took his hand. "Go on."
Huangfu Jun'an then told Ji Wushang what had happened that morning. After listening, Ji Wushang's eyes turned cold. Sure enough, he had no good intentions! He actually tried to trick a child into revealing information!
Ji Wushang placed Huangfu Jun'an on the stool, squatted down, and said, "Nianlang, listen to me."
"Yes." Huangfu Jun'an nodded seriously.
"From now on, if that uncle tries to talk to you, just stay silent, understand? Don't say anything to him, and don't listen to anything he says. That person doesn't have any good intentions, don't believe him!" Ji Wushang said seriously.
"yes."