Chapter 282 Let her go
The person coming into the house was Bai Yangbai. Zhu Quan immediately beamed with joy and shouted, “Uncle, it’s you! Please save her! Please!”
Bai Yangbai didn’t wear a mask. He showed his true face. He was fifty years old but still looked like a teenager, at least ten years younger than Zhu Quan by then. He cursed with an angry face, “I wrapped her in the snow before finding a cure. But you threw her into the hot water. Do you want to kill her?”
He Danggui was shocked by how Zhu Quan had just called Bai Yangbai—Uncle! Bai Yangbai was Zhu Quan’s uncle! Zhu Quan’s mother, Consort Yang, was the infanta of the Yuan Dynasty. That was to say, Bai Yangbai was the brother of Zhu Quan’s mother, and he was also a Mongolian, even a Mongolian aristocrat! He Danggui was dumbfounded. No wonder Bai Yangbai hated Zhu Yuanzhang so much and resolutely refused to work for him.
Zhu Quan was stunned for a moment, and then he pulled the naked Concubine He out of the water and placed her on the bed. Bai Yangbai was a little surprised, so he turned his back against them quickly and asked, “I told you to treat her well. Why did she become like this?”
Zhu Quan picked up the sheet indiscriminately and wiped Concubine He. Then, he threw the sheet on the ground and wrapped her in the quilt. He replied, “Someone set her up. It’s my fault because I didn’t figure that out. But, Uncle, I know you must have a way to save her, right?”
Bai Yangbai slightly turned his head. After confirming that Concubine He was wrapped in the quilt, he turned around and pouted his mouth, “I have thought of a way. But I don’t know how to do now.”
He Danggui frowned when she noticed that Zhu Quan put his hand into the quilt and fumbled. What was that pervert doing?
Zhu Quan, the pervert, asked Bai Yangbai with trembling lips, “Her body temperature is decreasing. Is...she dying? She has no pulse now!”
Bai Yangbai pushed him away and sat down on the bed. He lifted the quilt and also put his hand into it like a pervert. After a while, he said in a deep voice, “Her poison is attacking again. It must be painful, but she even has no strength to feel that pain. In addition, the most terrifying thing about this poison is that it can postpone her death point. She won’t die before that time, even if her heart is broken or her mouth and nose are blocked.”
Zhu Quan was shocked and asked, “What should we do? I only heard that this kind of poison is from a venomous insect in the south. Why did she get infected with it? Was the water in the Water Dungeon contaminated?”
He Danggui thought Zhu Quan was really an idiot. The venomous insect was raised by humans. Of course, it might be distributed throughout the country. In terms of the water, how would the water in the dungeon be clean? Besides, she thought, “Zhu Quan, your daughter is still in the Water Dungeon. Couldn’t you take her out first?”
Bai Yangbai pondered for a moment and asked, “Do you have any concubines who are southerners, particularly those who come from Western Hunan Prefecture or Yunnan Prefecture?”
Zhu Quan was stunned, “I don’t know.” He impatiently pushed Bai Yangbai’s shoulder, “Don’t bullshit me! Please be serious and use all your skills to save her. She is my favorite one. I can’t live without her.”
“Favorite?” Bai Yangbai said angrily, “You treat your favorite one in this way. What would you do to those you don’t like? Every poison caused by venomous insects can only be cured by its maker. I’m not an expert in this poison. I had a way to suppress her poison, but you threw her into the hot water and waked up those venomous insects in her body. What do you expect me to do? She is a goner.”
Zhu Quan was stunned again. He pushed Bai Yangbai away and sat on the side of the bed. Then he swayed Concubine He while roaring, “Wake up! You are mine! I don’t allow you to die!” This woman was the most stoic person he had ever seen. She could endure any pain and poison. If he waked her up, she would surely be able to push those venomous insects out of her body!
Bai Yangbai hurriedly stopped him, “You will speed up the poison. Stop killing her! Moreover, she was frozen for three months, so her body is brittle. You may break it!”
Zhu Quan stopped and looked back at Bai Yangbai, “What’s your plan? Where are your spells?” Suddenly, he stared and cried, “Qi Xuanyu! Where is Qi Xuanyu!”
“You can’t count on him. Qi Xuanyu has gone to Nihon and won’t come back until three or four months later…” Bai Yangbai shook his head and sighed, “Even the immortals can’t save her now. Her only daughter is dead, and she was poisoned painfully. You should just let her go, because she has lost all her supports.”
“Daughter?” Zhu Quan finally remembered that tiny creature in the dungeon, but he immediately uttered some creepy words, “We will have more children. Uncle, save her please.”
Bai Yangbai stared and pointed to Concubine He, who was covered by the quilt on the bed without any movements. He shouted, “Do you still think she can be pregnant? I’ve divined that she could only have one child in her life, and she will die in one hour!”
Zhu Quan froze as if he could not understand human words. Then, he continued his request, “We will have more children. Uncle, save her please.”
Bai Yangbai spread his hand, “I can’t do anything more. I rushed over here from another prefecture. My boots were worn out. I hitchhiked and got kicked out. I’m so sleepy… I need sleep. I will come back to bury her body in an hour. You know what? This kind of corpse killed by the poison of venomous insects must be disposed by professionals. Otherwise, there will be a risk of spreading the disease. She is a poor girl. Do not torture her, and just let her go. Alas, may she rest in peace...” Then, he waved his hand and walked out of the room.
He Danggui breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Bai Yangbai didn’t have a crush on her, and he was not planning to save her at any cost. Well, she was too self-sentimental. She thought that Bai Yangbai would be very emotional... But this was the best news for her. She never wanted to see the destruction of Bai Yangbai’s decades of power because of her. In fact, after she saw the death of the evil backstage manipulator, she didn’t have anything to worry about. She didn’t care neither renascence nor reincarnation. Even if she vanished forever, she would be satisfied with what she had gained. Suffering was the eternal theme of humans; happiness was only the firework among sufferings. This was the truth of life.
Zhu Quan stared blankly at Bai Yangbai’s back, and then turned to look at the breathless Concubine He. She was dying!
Fear grabbed Zhu Quan. His whole body was stiff. When he stared at the pale and weak woman in front of him, he suddenly realized he couldn’t accept the fact that she was about to die.
Why? As early as three months ago, didn’t he treat her as a dead person? Although he once admired and relied heavily on this woman, there were many better assistants than her. Women who were more beautiful and younger than her were all over his mansion. But, why was he suddenly out of breath when watching her die before him?
No, she couldn’t die! She owed him a lot, and she needed to wake up to pay her debts.
Zhu Quan yelled at the door again, “Ginger tea with brown sugar! Bring me that!” She used to drink it to warm herself up. If she could wake up, she would cure herself because she was the best doctor in the world! Why did his heart shrink so intensely? What did she do to him?
The ginger tea with brown sugar was delivered instantly. This time, that servant left automatically before Zhu Quan ordered him. Then, Zhu Quan grabbed the spoon and scooped the hot ginger tea. Then he savagely opened Concubine He’s closed mouth and poured the hot ginger tea into it. It seemed that he wanted to burn Concubine He alive instead of saving her life.
He Danggui sneered. Concubine He wouldn’t last for an hour if Zhu Quan treated her this way. Besides, she was not able to swallow anything. In the next moment, she coughed up the ginger tea.
Zhu Quan paused as if he didn’t know it before. He had not expected that Concubine He would cough up the ginger tea. He took a deep breath and scooped again. This time, he became a little smart, knowing to blow it.
Concubine He trembled and coughed intensely. The ginger tea was spat out again with a little blood.
Both her body and her will were already on the verge of collapse. Even if the Xiaoyao Poison didn’t attack again, that terrible pain of the poison was enough to take her life. He Danggui breathed a sigh of relief and thought, “Let her go.” Now she finally learned what happened before her death. Her renascence was just a coincidence. That was not because of Bai Yangbai, and she did not owe him any favor. Therefore, she could calmly face the Bai Yangbai in this life.
“No!” He Danggui was taken aback by the thunder-like voice.
Zhu Quan suddenly lifted Concubine He from the bed. Staring at her face, he suspected that she was pretending to be dead. So, he shook her shoulders violently and roared, “Wake up! You said you love me. If you don’t wake up, I will kill everyone in Luo’s Family!”
“Help yourself please. Kill as many as you want.” He Danggui thought. Everyone in that family did something evil. If they were all sent to jail, only one out of a hundred would be wronged. Most of them were wicked, and they deserved to die.
“Concubine He, I forgive you! Wake up! You should thank me!” Zhu Quan took a sip of the hot ginger tea and fed her with his mouth. After that, he continued his nonsense, “I know you are grateful. Why not wake up now and thank me? If you do, I will give you rewards. Besides, you are likely to be an empress in the future. By then, you can make your families become nobles if you like. Are you happy now? Just wake up!” Zhu Quan was like a beast. His mind was driven by his fear and anxiety.
Concubine He’s answer was a mouthful of ginger tea mixed with blood. It dyed the quilt into red.
The fire-like eyes of Zhu Quan glanced at her thin yellow and fragile hair, which used to be glossy black. She refused to open her eyes for him. She had morbid lips and skin. Her arms were so skinny that were about to break. Compared to describing her as dying, maybe she was dead now. This thin woman had long turned into a lifeless doll. She could no longer open her eyes and smile at him. Even if she could, she would not be willing to do so because he had killed her and her child. She hated him!
Lying there quietly, she was like a delicate crabapple that had been ravaged by a storm. There were no beautiful and transparent petals left. Now, her roots were also cut off. She was going to be blown away by the wind!
Zhu Quan, sitting in front of the bed, was watching the delicate woman in front of him. His heart was burning like a fire. He buried his face in his hands, roaring in pain like a beast in a trap.
Why? In the past, she could get rid of her injuries and strange poisons. Then she would proudly announce that these couldn’t hurt her. With her medical skills, she could recover soon. Why couldn’t she obey him as before? In the past, she would immediately wake up once he called her. And then she would ask, “My Lord, it’s so late. Why don’t you sleep? Do you have any problems?”
The most unpleasant thing for him now was that his Concubine He didn’t love him anymore. She was going to reincarnate, and she would love others in her afterlife. She abandoned him. He lost her forever! Why did this happen? He used to treat her well, and he only treated her badly in recent days. Why couldn’t she skip over what happened these days and love him again? Why couldn’t they restart?
He thought that she should not die so easily. He thought that she was just mad at him, so she ignored his call. Therefore, he lightly poked her sunken cheek and whispered his apology for the first time, “Yiyi, it was my fault for wronging you and our daughter. I should have trusted you. As long as you forgive me, we can start over, and I will treat you better than ever before. I will give you whatever you want. Is it okay? You used to listen to me. But in the future, I’ll listen to you. Okay?”
“No Way.” He Danggui answered for the unconscious Concubine He. She thought, “You have lost her forever. You have no right to ask for anything.”
Zhu Quan felt that Concubine He seemed to move slightly. He was so pleased. Then he continued softly, “Don’t hate me for being ruthless. Think about our old times when we read a book together and appreciated the moon together. You even fed me a mooncake, and...” After a pause, he began to count his kindness to her, “Yiyi, I have never refused any of your requests. On the contrary, I have never said yes to those of Xie Qiaofeng and Zhou Jinglan. If you liked something, I always tried my best to find it for you. I…”
His voice stopped abruptly because Concubine He suddenly opened her eyes, wide and round.
He Danggui was also astonished outside the wall. How could that be possible? Concubine He waked? Why didn’t she remember that? Was this Concubine He…her?
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