Peach Blossom.

"Ah Jiao...Ah Jiao..." Tao Ye heard Wang Jing calling his deceased wife's name in his dream and woke up suddenly. When she woke up, she saw Wang Jing was in a nightmare, calling "Ah Jiao" over and over again.

Tao Ye hurriedly woke Wang Jing up: "Second brother!"

Wang Jing opened his eyes suddenly. He couldn't see, and opening his eyes just meant that he woke up.

As soon as he woke up, he felt pain all over his body again. He couldn't help frowning and trembling all over.

Tao Ye said softly: "Try not to move. The less you move, the less pain you will feel."

"I... I lie down like this all day... I rely on you for everything... How long will it take?" Wang Jing was weak, and his eyes became more and more sunken.

Tao Ye picked up the ointment that Tian Le had sent her last time and shook her head gently: "I don't know either. I'll ask them next time."

Lifting the corner of the quilt, Tao Ye began to apply medicine on Wang Jing's wound.

"I don't want... I don't want to keep dragging you down like this..." Perhaps due to the weakness from lying in bed for so long, Wang Jing found it increasingly difficult to speak.

Tao Ye was applying medicine to Wang Jing, thinking about the dream, and couldn't help but sneer: "If you really feel sorry for me, you wouldn't hide anything from me."

"What do you mean?" Wang Jing was a little confused.

Tao Ye replied expressionlessly, "I asked you about the Man family, but you hesitated. Is it because your father-in-law died for treason, so you can't bring yourself to say it? Or is it because you promised your brother-in-law that you would live and die together with your first wife, but now you haven't fulfilled your promise, so you're embarrassed to say it?"

Wang Jing was startled and raised his head slightly: "How...how did you know?"

"It seems so. As long as I want to know, I can know what happened between you and Mantangjiao." Tao Ye pondered the origin of the dream, not quite understanding it in his heart.

This time, it was Wang Jing who sneered: "In that case, you... do you know who killed Ah Jiao?"

"This..." Tao Ye was suddenly confused. She was also curious about who the murderer of Mantangjiao was, but she never found out.

"You don't know? Or you can't say?" Wang Jing asked again.

"I really don't know that. I also want to know. I really don't know." Tao Ye explained repeatedly, fearing that Wang Jing would not believe her.

"It doesn't matter. Even if you don't know... I can be sure..." Wang Jing let out a long sigh and closed his eyes again.

Tao Ye asked: "Do you still think the murderer is Chen Ji?"

"Except him, there is no one else." Every time Wang Jing mentioned this matter, it always looked like he had solid evidence.

But Tao Ye was not sure. She was still thinking about what happened in her dream and felt unhappy: "You haven't told me yet. Why did you hide it from me?"

Wang Jing opened his eyes again and said slowly: "I didn't mean to hide it from you, but the background of Ah Jiao's brother... is a secret between our two families... It will not be good for you to know..."

Tao Ye listened, put down the medicine box, stood up and looked out the door and window, made sure there was no one around, and walked back, still pouting unhappily: "I want to know, just tell me!"

Wang Jing just sighed softly.

Tao Ye asked: "It was because Mantangjiao offended the Chen brothers that your father-in-law was framed by Chen Xi for treason, and that's why he died. That's why Mantangjiao feels guilty and sad, right?"

"That... that's not a frame-up..."

"Ah?" Tao Ye was shocked and felt very unbelievable: "What do you mean? Could it be that your father-in-law is really a spy for the Wei State?"

"That's not the case..." Wang Jing took a breath and said slowly, "A Jiao's brother, Man Xuan, was picked up by my father-in-law. His background... is not simple..."

"What's your background?" Tao Ye became even more curious.

"He is of the royal bloodline of Wei."

"Ah?" Tao Ye widened her eyes in surprise.

"Back then... my uncle Wang Xiao... and my father-in-law were at the border together and saved a woman who was about to give birth... She was chased to the border between the two countries... She was seriously injured... She passed away after giving birth... Before she died, she gave my father-in-law a jade pendant..." Wang Jing took a deep breath and narrated slowly:

"My father-in-law had been trying to have a child for many years... so he adopted him, hoping to have his own child... Sure enough, my mother-in-law soon became pregnant... it was Ah Jiao... My father-in-law always treated Man Yu like his own child... until Qi and Wei went to war again... the prince of Northern Wei came... my father-in-law then realized that the woman was the princess of Northern Wei...

The father-in-law and Man Yu were deeply in love... He could not bear to be separated, so he had a long talk with the prince of Wei late at night... He did not want to be discovered by Chen Xi... So he was called "treason"... Qi was not as powerful as Wei... The prince of Wei stopped fighting for Man Yu... But Queen Mother Meng thought that Chen Xi had won the battle..."

Tao Ye was stunned when she heard that the results were obtained in this way.

"In the early years, Ah Jiao refused to marry Chen Ji, deliberately embarrassing the Chen family... Later... they had a grudge... Many generals took advantage of the situation and squeezed my father-in-law to please the Chen brothers... Those years, my father-in-law had a hard time... Queen Mother Meng relied on the Chen family army... and often followed Chen Xi's wishes...

Although the charge of treason was not framed by Chen Xi... but if there was no grudge between the two families, how could Chen Xi delve into the secret meeting between his father-in-law and the prince of Northern Wei? After his father-in-law died... Ah Jiao was in a state of panic all day long... She was often sick... She even regretted marrying me... I don't know how sad I was... I only hated myself for being incompetent..." Wang Jing recalled the past, feeling overwhelmed with sadness.

Tao Ye felt very upset. She slowly applied the ointment and asked in a low voice, "Since it was not true treason, why didn't General Man excuse himself?"

Wang Jing said: "If Man Yu's life story was known to the ruler and ministers of the Great Qi... he would have been taken hostage... at that time... it would have been even more dangerous... so my father-in-law would rather die than reveal the truth... it was my father who managed to erase Man Yu's name from the Man family tree... and saved Man Yu's life... Man Yu was exiled to the southern barbarians... and was later rescued by a spy from the Wei State... and returned to his biological father..."

Tao Ye nodded: "I see, what is Man Yu's current status in the State of Wei?"

"The internal struggles in the Northern Wei court were also very fierce... Man Yu's biological father was originally an unpopular prince, and he was almost... almost killed by the Wei crown prince several times... When we were in Yongchang... the old Wei king died of illness... Man Yu found out that it was his uncle, the crown prince, who killed him... and exposed it in front of all the ministers... Therefore, the current Northern Wei emperor is Man Yu's biological father... Man Yu is the third prince of the Northern Wei..."

"It seems that Man Yu is also a very capable person!" Tao Ye exclaimed.

Wang Jing smiled slightly and sighed, "During his lifetime, Emperor Xiaozong had secretly communicated with Man Yu many times. My father was their messenger... I also wrote to Man Yu... but Man Yu... never wrote back to me..."

Without asking, Tao Ye also knew that Man Yu and Man Tang Jiao had a deep brother-sister relationship, and Man Tang Jiao became an abandoned woman and died. Man Yu would definitely not forgive Wang Jing.

"In Da Qi, apart from our Wang family... no one knows that the third prince of Northern Wei is Man Yu... You have always been outspoken. If you tell others... it will bring disaster to my brothers... Do you... understand?"

Tao Ye nodded again and continued to apply medicine to Wang Jing.

After applying the medicine for a long time, Taoye was so tired that her waist and arms ached, so she walked outside and walked for a few steps.

Outside, the bamboo forest is lush and green, the grass is flourishing, and the air is fresh, much better than inside the house.

Although Tao Ye did not dislike Wang Jing, she had to admit that Wang Jing lay in bed every day and could not take care of himself. All problems had to be solved in bed, which made the house smell very bad. Therefore, Tao Ye was unwilling to share a bed with Wang Jing, but placed another bed in the room.

Tao Ye also wanted to ventilate the room and change the bed sheets and quilts frequently, but Wang Jing sweated too much and it was easy for him to catch a cold if the room was not ventilated, so she had to be careful. Moreover, Wang Jing was covered in wounds and had difficulty turning over, so changing the bed sheets was also a difficult task.

Another important point is that Tao Ye was really too tired. She was exhausted from feeding, applying medicine, washing, and doing other things every day. Her fingers, which were originally used to play the piano, were becoming increasingly rough.

Standing under the bamboo pole, Tao Ye looked back at the hut and couldn't help sighing again. She really didn't know when such days would end.

Inside the room, Wang Jing was lying on the bed and heard Tao Ye's sigh.

Ever since he lost his sight, Wang Jing got used to using his ears to catch everything around him. Even if Tao Ye didn't say anything, even if he had no sense of smell, he understood everything in his heart. Now his survival was completely a burden to Tao Ye.

He thought that the bad environment and heavy work would sooner or later make Tao Ye overwhelmed.

A few days later, Tian Le came again to deliver medicine.

Wang Jing was getting impatient and had to ask, "Miss Tian, ​​how long do I have to lie down?"

"It's... it's hard to say right now..." Tian Le seemed surprised by Wang Jing's sudden question. She paused for a moment and then quickly said, "But... you don't have to stay like this..."

With a wry smile, Tian Le said to Tao Ye, "Don't stay still just because you're afraid of the pain. You can move your arms and legs a little, and twist your waist occasionally. If you stay still for a long time, you will become even more unable to move."

Tao Ye nodded. Since Wang Jing woke up, it was impossible for him to stay still. When eating, talking, changing clothes or applying medicine, he often moved and turned around. But how long would it take for him to get out of bed and move around? This was the question that Tao Ye and Wang Jing were concerned about, but Tian Le did not answer.

After a while, when Tian Le was about to leave, he took Tao Ye to the depths of the bamboo forest and said solemnly: "Miss Tao, there is something I must tell you. You must be mentally prepared."

Tao Ye felt uneasy after hearing this: "Is there something wrong with my second brother's condition?"

"No...no..." Tian Le waved his hands quickly, rubbing his hands together, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"What happened?" Tao Ye became even more uneasy.

"That's the question he asked just now..." Tian Le smiled awkwardly, and his smile was very unnatural: "My father and I have discussed this matter for a long time... We are all very worried about you..."

Tao Ye seemed to understand: "How long will he have to lie down?"

Tian Le shook his head and replied helplessly: "He... He will probably have to lie down forever. My father said that Marquis Anfeng will probably have to spend the rest of his life in bed..."

In an instant, it was as if there was thunder, Tao Ye's head was buzzing, the world was spinning, and she almost fainted.