First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

The more Su Jixiang thought about it, the more he felt that he had guessed something right...

She also pondered over the words that Wei Ling said to her when they got married.

Wei Ling said a few days ago that he would set her free if there was a chance in the future.

He said he would let her go free, he didn't say they would divorce...

When Su Jixiang thought of this, she jumped up from the bed with a somersault. Damn it, she couldn't help but curse in her heart, it turned out that he had already decided to die!

If he dies, won't I be free?

Su Jixiang looked at Wei Ling again, feeling mixed emotions.

She had only thought that Wei Ling was looking for an opportunity to write a letter of divorce to her, but she had never expected that this was what he meant by letting her free...

Su Jixiang, who used to be calm, is no longer calm...

She lay back on the bed and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The next day, Su Jixiang visited Wei Ling. He was still in a coma, and the corners of his mouth were cracked.

Su Jixiang got some water and fed Wei Ling half a bowl of water little by little with a spoon. He then moistened his lips with a cotton cloth dipped in the water and then applied a layer of ointment on him.

There were no lip balms in those days, so Su Jixiang could only use the oil he usually applied on his hands to rub his lips to prevent the cracks from getting bigger.

The corners of his lips had turned pale, and he didn't seem to be any better. Instead, he looked even more lifeless than yesterday...

"Madam, Doctor Zhou is here." Wei Zhong came forward to report.

Su Jixiang quickly turned around and opened the door.

Zhou Ziqi looked tired, obviously he didn't sleep well the night before.

In Zhou Ziqi's eyes, Su Jixiang also looked exhausted...

"Madam Wei, what did the general do last night?" Zhou Ziqi asked after entering the room.

"He didn't move at all. I fed him half a bowl of water," Su Jixiang said. "He didn't swallow either. I was afraid he would choke, so I could only feed him little by little."

"Thank you for your hard work, Madam Wei." Zhou Ziqi sighed, "It's also good news that you don't have a fever."

With Wei Ling's current physical condition, he can't withstand any more hardship.

"I thought of a prescription yesterday and have given it to Wei Zhong to get the medicine. I would like to trouble Madam to help me prepare it. Before decocting the medicine, you need to soak the herbs for half an hour, and then boil three bowls of water into one bowl." Zhou Ziqi said.

"That's no problem. I'll do it." Su Jixiang nodded, "Did Doctor Zhou have breakfast?"

"No need to bother, I ate something on the way here." Zhou Ziqi said.

Su Jixiang then turned around and went out, leaving the room to Zhou Ziqi.

Su Jixiang did not tell Zhou Ziqi that Wei Ling carried the Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill with him but it was useless.

Zhou Ziqi gave Wei Ling medicine in the hope that he could save his life when necessary, but now Wei Ling deliberately refused to take it, which was a betrayal of Zhou Ziqi's kindness. So Su Jixiang felt that this was not a good thing and didn't want to tell Zhou Ziqi.

So as not to annoy Zhou Ziqi.

Now it depends on him to save Wei Ling.

Su Jixiang is a good cook, but he is completely clueless when it comes to saving people, so it’s better for him not to get involved.

Uncle Zhong bought the medicine quickly.

While the medicine was being boiled, Su Jixiang and Zhong Bo started talking about Wei Ling's past again.

"Uncle Zhong, can you tell me again, was it Princess Luojia who personally asked the general to cancel the engagement?" Su Jixiang asked while sitting by the stove and looking at the medicine.

"Yes." Uncle Zhong was chopping wood on the side.

Guihua and Lushui were cleaning the yard, one was cleaning the yard, and the other was busy washing and picking vegetables in the kitchen. They didn't go near Su Jixiang and Wei Zhong.

“After the old duke died, that damn emperor didn’t allow anyone to collect his body. The poor old duke guarded the border for the Daxie Dynasty his whole life, but ended up with his body exposed on the street… No one dared to collect the body. The old duke’s crime was treason. If anyone really went to help collect the body, they would be afraid of being accused of being an accomplice.” When Wei Zhong said this, tears could not stop falling.

He had to pull up his sleeves to wipe his tears.

Su Jixiang sighed.

Emperor Jing was incompetent and foolish, but he always thought of himself as a wise ruler, playing the game of checks and balances all day long. The previous dynasty was like this, and the later dynasty was also a mess, with countless people dying unjustly.

"Why do you have to say that the Duke of Zhenguo rebelled?" Su Jixiang asked, not understanding.

"Mangcheng was once taken by the Turks. Large tracts of land nearby fell into the hands of the Turks. It was our old Duke who took up arms and fought for six years to retake Mangcheng." Zhong Bo said, "Our Duke has made great military achievements and recaptured Mangcheng. His prestige in the army is unmatched. I don't know who the dog emperor listened to, saying that there are iron mines in Mangcheng. If it is always controlled by our Duke, he will definitely rebel in the future."

Su Jixiang...she had forgotten that there was an iron mine in Mangcheng!

"So the dog emperor even issued three imperial edicts, urgently summoning the Duke back to the capital." Zhong Bo said. "When the Duke first returned to the capital, the dog emperor was very nice to him on the surface. He took the Duke's Mansion with him in everything he did. On the surface, he respected the Duke's Mansion, but secretly replaced all the garrisons in Mangcheng. He also split up the Duke's army. He even set up a foundry here! Oh, he took back everything in the Duke's hands and replaced them with his own people."

Su Jixiang nodded, this was understandable. After all, a general was not subject to military orders when he was away from home, let alone other orders!

Only Emperor Jing could do it.

"Later, they put a big accusation on us, saying that the output of the mine did not match the records." Wei Zhong said, "They said that our Duke had embezzled iron ore. So they confiscated the house and sealed the mansion, and threw all the Wei family members into prison."

"The general's leg was broken in prison?" Su Jixiang asked.

"Yes." Wei Zhong was in tears and his voice was a little hoarse.

"The general was not the only child in the Zhenguo Mansion. He was the fifth child, with four older brothers." Wei Zhong said, "But the Zhenguo Mansion has been fighting for Daxie to defend the country for so many years, and the four older brothers have died in the battlefield... Only the general was left. In order to protect this child from going to the battlefield, the Duke's wife even forbade the general to practice martial arts, and only wanted him to learn literature..."

"Did he learn his martial arts secretly?" Su Jixiang asked curiously.

"Yes, everyone taught some things behind the wife's back. You taught some things, and I taught some things. At the beginning, the teaching was very chaotic. Later, this matter was discovered by the old Duke, so the general was allowed to learn martial arts." Wei Zhong said, "He is the only one in the Duke's Mansion. In order to make the old Duke confess his guilt, those bastards broke the prince's bones little by little in front of him..."