The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 194 Am I not okay?

Another day passed, and Xu Rongrong's condition did not improve at all.

Mu Rong stayed by her bedside, never leaving.

He hadn't eaten a single grain of rice and his face looked very ugly.

There was thick stubble on his haggard face, and his hair was unusually messy.

It's no less than just fighting a fierce battle.

If Xu Rongrong woke up at this moment, she would be shocked. She had never seen him like this before...

To make it easier to take care of Xu Rongrong, Mu Rong set up a small single couch outside the room, so he could rest there when he couldn't bear it any longer. A screen separated the small couch from Xu Rongrong's bed, and when his men came to answer questions on weekdays, they would stand outside the screen.

Now, Mu Ai stood there: "Master, the person who poisoned the young lady's mount has been found."

"Who is it?" Mu Rong's voice was hoarse.

"It's someone from the Xu Mansion. A few days ago, the second young lady of the Xu Mansion discovered that Mr. Xu had left the mansion, so she sent one of her guards to follow him."

"Xu Yaoyao's people?" Mu Rong asked.

"Exactly!"

Mu Rong sneered, "Use your brain! You didn't even notice this person's attack, how could he be an ordinary person? Xu Liu is dead, Xu Chaoqian's porcelain shop is gone, and the Xu family is now penniless. How could Xu Yaoyao support such a master? Go and find out! Who his real master is."

"Yes!" Mu Ai was ashamed.

"Didn't he use a hidden weapon to poison Rongrong's mount? Find that hidden weapon and feed him the poison with silver needles little by little until he tells the truth." Mu Rong's voice was filled with bone-chilling coldness.

Mu Ai's heart trembled when he thought of the man's miserable condition.

As soon as he left, Mu Lu came in and stood behind the screen and replied: "Master, there is news from the capital."

"explain."

"A few days ago, the Eastern Palace indeed sent secret guards to ambush Chu He, but they were intercepted by the Ningguo Duke's guards who followed closely behind. Guard Chu and Chun Ya and the others are safe and have already entered the capital under the arrangement of the Ningguo Duke. Last night, Concubine Shu sent a palace maid to sneak out of the palace and go to the Ningguo Duke's mansion..."

"Tell me the conclusion!" Mu Rong frowned deeply. He raised his hand and pressed his brows hard with his fingertips.

"..." Mu Lu said hurriedly, "Everything is going according to the Marquis's plan."

Mu Rong lowered his hand. "Well, in that case, let Mu Yi continue to watch. The situation is tense now, and Duke Ningguo and Concubine Shu will definitely make a move. He can just adapt to the situation. There's no need to report every detail. Just remember one thing: Chu He and the others must be kept safe."

Letting Chu He join the game was a key step for him to overthrow the prince.

Without Chu He's protection, even if Chun Ya and the others could escape the ambushes on the road, they would still find it difficult to resist the various traps in the capital.

In his previous life, Chu He was the commander of the imperial guards. He knew the methods and weaknesses of the officers and soldiers in the capital best, so he asked Xu Rongrong to borrow Chu He.

But...if Chu He really falls into danger because of this, Rongrong will never forgive herself.

"Yes!" Mu Lu replied, then hesitated for a moment and said, "There is one more matter that needs my decision."

"explain."

"The fifteenth day of the first lunar month will be in two days. Master...are you going back to Beijing?"

According to Mu Rong's original plan, Duke Ning would strike while the iron was hot and publicly expose the matter of the imperial farm after the court opened on the 16th day of the first lunar month. He needed to attend court that day to see the emperor's attitude. But now, he quietly looked at Xu Rongrong's peaceful sleeping face. After a moment's silence, he replied, "Let's stick to the original plan."

"Yes!" Mu Lu knew what was going on. "Then how do we arrange for the young lady?"

Mu Rong held Xu Rongrong's hand tightly and said, "She and I will return to the Marquis' Mansion together."

Although he didn't know when she would wake up, he believed that she would be willing to see the people who were harmed by Chang Jing get redress.

When she was the prince, she had asked many times about the whereabouts of those who were sold to other places.

After Chunwang, the manager of the imperial farm, was captured, he could not stand Mu Ai's tactics and in order to save his life, he handed over a list that recorded the whereabouts of the people who had been sold by him.

These people are scattered throughout the Great Zhou, so it is not difficult to find them.

The real difficulty lies in the list in Chang Jing's hand. The names on it have all been sold to foreign countries. To locate these individuals, the first step is to allow people from the Great Zhou to freely enter and exit foreign countries. On the 16th day of the first lunar month, the emperor will accept the Third Prince's proposal to reopen border trade. At that point, both trade and the problem of finding these individuals will be solved.

And in the court, in front of everyone, how could the prince dare to speak for Chang Jing?

Chang Jing, the Jiangnan Dao promotion and demotion envoy, will inevitably fall!

Everything will be settled after the court resumes on the 16th.

He hoped that she could witness that moment in person.

Moreover, Weiyuan Marquis Mansion should be more suitable for self-cultivation than this place.

Not long after, Wen Yao came over with a bowl of medicine.

"Is this the new recipe developed by Shu Qing?" Mu Rong asked.

"Exactly."

"Give it to me." Mu Rong reached out to take it. Wen Yao hesitated a little: "It's such a small matter, let this servant do it."

"Give it to me." Mu Rong insisted.

Wen Yao had no choice but to hand over the medicine bowl.

A strong bitter smell hit Mu Rong's face, which reminded him of his time in Yuzhou.

In order to win Xu Rongrong's sympathy, he pretended to be seriously ill, and Shu Qing prescribed him a medicine full of Coptis chinensis. That period was extremely painful for him.

And now, he really hoped that after Xu Rongrong swallowed these pills, she would jump up with her tongue sticking out and say, "I won't pretend anymore."

But after she fed her the medicine mouthful by mouthful, there was no other movement except for some brown liquid flowing down the corners of her mouth.

Mu Rong carefully wiped the remaining medicine from the corner of Xu Rongrong's mouth, then looked at Wen Yao: "Do you have any candied fruit?"

Wen shook his head. "Since Qixi Festival, the young lady no longer asks for candied fruit when taking medicine. She said... life is much more bitter than medicine." Mu Rong turned around and murmured, "I'm sorry."

Her miserable life in her previous life was all because of him.

In this life, he has not yet repaid the debt of his previous life, but she has fallen into a deep sleep.

……

Half a day later, the candle in the room was just lit.

With a crackling sound, a spark flew out from the candlestick by the window.

"Cold..." Xu Rongrong's voice suddenly rang out in the room.

Mu Rong was originally taking a nap on the edge of the bed, but was startled by the sudden and long-awaited voice.

He suddenly stood up, his heart filled with joy: "Rongrong, you're awake?!"

Xu Rongrong opened her eyes slightly.

The familiar and quaint decorations were still before her eyes. Her lips trembled slightly, and her teeth chattered. "I...what happened?" Mu Rong forced a smile and stroked her cold cheek with his right hand. "You've been unconscious for a whole day and night."

"Just fell asleep?" she asked doubtfully, "But why am I so cold..."

"You've fallen ill from sadness. Shu Qing and the palace doctor are treating you." Mu Rong said softly.

But Xu Rongrong is not stupid. If she was just sad, why would the palace doctor and Shu Qing rush all the way from the capital?

What's more, her health has improved a lot in the past six months, so even if she caught typhoid fever, she wouldn't be in a coma for a whole day and night.

Furthermore, the physical abnormality was so obvious...

"Am I... not feeling well?" She looked at Mu Rong.