After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

I was in a foreign country, with no one to turn to and no one to talk to, but Zheng Xian understood everything about me and carefully helped me keep this secret. He was like a beacon, giving me light and warmth along the way.

Although I don’t understand why he did this, the light and warmth I truly felt from him made me feel less lonely and helpless.

"Master, Master!" Ankang's voice sounded in my ears.

I came to my senses and said to Ankang, "Let's go to the backyard."

Ankang hurriedly walked in front to lead the way for me.

The front yard of Juyuan was where the masters lived, and the back yard was the firewood room, the utility room, and several tiled houses where the servants lived. Wei Chang was placed in one of the tiled houses.

Ankang took me into the tile-roofed house where Wei Chang lived and knocked on the door gently, but there was no response from inside.

Ankang said loudly: "I have brought the young master here. If you have anything to say, just talk to the young master in person."

Then Ankang pushed the door open directly.

As soon as the door was opened, a strange smell hit my nose.

I quickly covered my nose with my hands and said, "Why does it stink so bad?"

Ankang quickly ran in and opened all the windows, and the dim room suddenly became bright.

The furnishings in the room were very simple, with a bed, a table, a stool and a cabinet, and nothing else.

There was a man lying on his side on the bed, motionless, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive.

There was some food on the table, still steaming, but the bowls and chopsticks were clean, and it didn't look like they had been used.

At this time, Ankang came out quickly with a chamber pot, saying as he walked, "Master, be careful, or you will get fumigate."

It turns out that this intoxicating smell came from the chamber pot.

I quickly stepped aside, holding my nose and said, "He can still poop and pee, which proves he's still alive."

Ankang didn't say anything. He pinched his nose, carried the chamber pot and jogged along. He disappeared in a moment.

I walked in and the room still smelled "fragrant".

I walked to the bed, nudged the person on the bed, and said, "If you're not dead, get up and eat something. Otherwise, who would feel sorry for you if you starve to death?"

Wei Chang said slowly: "Wei is already a useless person who has been abandoned. Don't waste your breath and go away quickly."

I said "Oh", but still stood there motionless.

After a long while, Wei Chang finally couldn't help but turned over, looked at me and said, "Why don't you leave?"

I said, "Because you haven't gotten up to eat yet."

Wei Chang rolled his eyes and said, "What do you want, you stubborn girl?"

I grabbed Wei Chang's pulse and felt it for a while before saying, "You are mine now. You can't die so easily. You are seriously injured. Is there a doctor to see you? Are you taking any medicine?"

Wei Chang pulled his hand back and said, "Why would a dying person take medicine?"

I said, "You swore to me that day that you would live and die together. I'm not dead yet, how can you die?"

Wei Chang played dumb and said, "I don't remember this happening."

I pulled him up from the bed with great force and said, "Hurry up and eat your meal. Stop talking nonsense. I have something to ask you after you're full."

Wei Chang covered his chest and said, "It's not that I don't want to eat, it's just that the pain is so severe that I have no appetite at all."

After Gui Lanting beat me up with a stick, I was lying on the bed in excruciating pain and couldn't eat, so I lost a lot of weight. Of course, I understand that this kind of pain can be fatal.

I groaned and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'll write a prescription and ask someone to get the medicine."

After saying that, I walked to the table, on which was placed a plate of white steamed buns, a pot of millet porridge, a few plates of pastries and some refreshing side dishes.

I filled a bowl of millet porridge, put some pickles in it, and handed it to Wei Chang, saying, "Eat something. A full stomach will help you get better faster."

Wei Chang took the porridge, looked at me, and took a sip.

I walked to the table again, sat down on the stool, filled myself with a bowl of porridge, took a big sip, then grabbed a big steamed bun, took a bite, and then said, "I didn't have breakfast either. I'm starving."

Wei Chang looked at me without saying anything.

I shook the white steamed bun in my hand and said, "This steamed bun is very soft and sweet. It's delicious. Would you like one?"

Wei Chang drank up the porridge in his bowl in one gulp and said, "Then have one."

I threw a steamed bun over and Wei Chang caught it.

Wei Chang took a bite of the steamed bun and said, "Didn't you complain about the stench in this room just now? Why are you enjoying your meal so much now?"

I drank millet porridge and ate steamed buns, and said with a look of enjoyment: "Man is iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat, you will be hungry. So no matter what happens in the future, you have to eat a full meal first."

Wei Chang said, "I know iron, but what is steel?"

I filled myself another half bowl of porridge and said, "Steel is a tougher metal than iron, but with your current conditions, I'm afraid you can't refine it."

Wei Chang lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Is steel made by refining? I thought it was naturally generated. Do you know how to refine it?"

I shook my head and said, "If you ask me how to make medicine, I can answer you, but if you ask me how to make steel, I really don't know."

Wei Chang listened and fell silent.

I swallowed the last mouthful of porridge, raised my hand and wiped my mouth with my sleeve, and said, "Okay, we're full, and I have something serious to ask you."

Wei Chang sat cross-legged with his back against the head of the bed, eating the steamed bun in his hand intermittently.

Seeing his pitiful appearance, I couldn't bear to blame him. I sighed and said, "That day when we went to the general's mansion, you swore that you would protect me, but I was beaten half to death. Where were you at that time?"

Wei Chang glanced at me, then back at the steamed bun in his hand, and said, "Whether you believe it or not, when I was about to follow you into the main house that day, I was suddenly stabbed with an injection by someone next to me, and then I fainted."

"The people around you?" I looked at Wei Chang in surprise and said, "The people around you are all from the Taifu Mansion. Is there a spy?"

Wei Chang didn't say anything.

I went on to say, "I was almost beaten to death in the general's mansion, but I didn't die, but my grandmother did. To be honest, when my grandmother died, I really hated you for not coming to save me. With your martial arts skills, you were more than capable of saving us, but after we got into trouble, you disappeared and never showed up again."

Wei Chang lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice: "After the accident, I have been looking for the owner of this silver needle. I can't bear any loss. They dared to plot against me like this, I must pay them back tenfold. As a result, I fell into the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain. I don't know when they sneaked into the Taifu Mansion and almost took your life! That's why His Majesty is so angry and thinks that I am too stupid and there is no point in staying in the world."