After traveling through time, the adults were completely in my hands

Two days later, the convoy escorting Pei Shaofeng back finally arrived in the capital.

Because the master of the Pei Mansion had been away from home for many years, the maids and nannies in the mansion had been dismissed one after another after the mistress passed away. Now, only the housekeeper, Uncle Qiao, and a few male servants were left to clean and look after the mansion.

When Wei Qing stepped into the mansion, he felt that it was cold and deserted. There was not a sound in the huge courtyard, which made people feel very depressed.

When Butler Qiao saw someone coming in, he hurried to greet him. When Pei Shaofeng was in the capital, Wei Qing would often come to the mansion to find Pei Shaofeng, so Butler Qiao recognized Wei Qing and knew that the two had a good relationship.

When Butler Qiao saw that it was Wei Qing, he hurriedly said, "Master Wei, you are here. Please come in!"

Wei Qing nodded and asked, "Butler Qiao, how is General Pei doing?"

Hearing Wei Qing's question, Butler Qiao couldn't help but shed tears: "Several doctors from the Imperial Hospital are examining the young master. You said he was fine when he left, how come he became like this when he came back?" As Butler Qiao spoke, he wiped his tears with his sleeves.

Wei Qing was also feeling distressed and could only say to Butler Qiao, "Butler Qiao, please have the servants take good care of General Pei. If there are any difficulties in the mansion, please have the servants come to me."

Butler Qiao nodded, and as they were talking, the two of them arrived at the door of the main hall. Wei Qing stepped into the hall and saw his father, Duke Dingguo, and several court ministers also sitting in the hall. After greeting them one by one, Doctor Zhao, the chief physician of the Imperial Hospital, came out from the inner room with several other doctors.

Seeing the imperial physician come out, everyone in the hall stood up hurriedly.

"Doctor Zhao, how is General Pei's injury?" Duke Dingguo asked first.

Doctor Zhao's face was heavy as he shook his head. "General Pei's eyes were damaged by a deadly poison. I'm afraid there's no hope of recovering his sight."

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this. Wei Qing still held onto a glimmer of hope and asked, "What about that foot...?"

"The tendons in his leg are broken. There's nothing we can do," said Doctor Zhao helplessly.

The imperial doctors had to return to the palace to report to the emperor, so they left in a hurry.

Seeing the imperial doctors leave, everyone in the room fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Duke Dingguo was the first to break the silence and said to Wei Qing, "We will go back first. You stay here and talk to General Pei."

Wei Qing nodded, watched his father and several ministers walk out, and stood alone, silent for a long time before he walked into the house.

Although he was mentally prepared, Wei Qing was still shocked when he saw Pei Shaofeng lying on the bed.

Pei Shaofeng lay in bed, his eyes covered with gauze. His ankles were also wrapped in thick gauze, stained with traces of blood. He lay quietly in bed, motionless, only his chest rising and falling slightly.

Wei Qing felt a sharp pain in his heart. He slowly walked to the bedside and called in a low voice: "Shao Feng".

Hearing the voice, Pei Shaofeng's fingers moved slightly. Then, he stretched out his hands and groped around, asking, "Wei Qing, is that you?"

Seeing Pei Shaofeng like this, Wei Qing felt a pang of sadness in his heart. He hurriedly sat on the chair beside the bed and held Pei Shaofeng's hands: "Shaofeng, it's me."

"Thank you for coming to see me," Pei Shaofeng said softly.

"What are you saying? Aren't we good brothers?" Wei Qing said with a sad heart.

Pei Shaofeng was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Wei Qing, if you really treat me as a brother, then tell me the truth. What did the doctors from the Imperial Hospital say when they left just now?"

Hearing Pei Shaofeng's question, Wei Qing didn't know how to answer for a moment. After thinking about it, he still felt that telling the truth was too cruel, so he said softly: "The imperial doctors said that we need to go back and study it further."

Hearing Wei Qing say this, Pei Shaofeng let go of the hand he was holding with Wei Qing, put it on both sides of his body, and muttered: "Even you say so."

After a long while, Pei Shaofeng whispered again: "Wei Qing, you know, when I woke up in the barracks and found myself in this state, I really couldn't accept it. I wanted to die, but I couldn't see or move, so I had no choice but to resort to hunger strike."

After a pause, Pei Shaofeng continued, "But I refused to eat. The soldiers in the barracks pried open my mouth and forced rice soup into it. They told me that the imperial physicians in the palace would be able to help me when I returned to the capital."

"And I'm really unwilling to die like this. When I think of that villain Cuban..." Pei Shaofeng slowly clenched his hands into fists at his sides. "In order to kill him with my own hands, I still have a glimmer of hope. I returned to the capital, hoping that the imperial doctors would give me this opportunity."

"I heard everything the imperial physician said when he examined me just now." Pei Shaofeng's voice was filled with sadness. "For the rest of my life, I can only live like a living dead."

Wei Qing was a taciturn person. After hearing what Pei Shaofeng said, he didn't know what to say for a moment and could only sit in the chair silently.

******

Late at night, the Jinyiwei office was pitch black. Suddenly, a rapid knock on the door woke Jindou up. Jindou pricked up his ears and listened. It was the knock coming from the room of the adult next door.

As the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, it was common for Wei Qing's room to be knocked on in the middle of the night, but this was the first time that the knocks were so urgent. Jindou quickly put on his clothes and walked out of the room. As soon as he went out, he saw Wei Qing hurriedly walking out, leaving only his back at the gate.

Jindou saw that the Jinyiwei named Cong Kai who had knocked on the door was also walking out, so he quickly asked, "Cong Kai, has something big happened again?"

Cong Kai is young and has a solid build. He has been in the Imperial Guard for less than a month.

Hearing Jindou's question, he stopped and replied, "Something happened at General Pei's residence. Just now, a servant from the Pei residence asked me to come in and inform the master that there was something important to tell him."

"Who is General Pei?" Jindou was stunned and asked.

******

At the Pei residence, Wei Qing galloped over. The housekeeper, Uncle Qiao, was already waiting at the door. Wei Qing dismounted and asked anxiously, "How is it? How is Shaofeng now?"

Butler Qiao burst into tears and said, "Fortunately, the servants discovered it early, and finally everything is fine."

It turned out that at night, Pei Shaofeng used the excuse of being thirsty to ask the servant to pour him a glass of water. After the servant handed the cup to Pei Shaofeng, Pei Shaofeng found a reason to ask the servant to go out. After hearing the servant go out and close the door, Pei Shaofeng knocked the cup on the edge of the bed and broke it. Then he used the sharp broken surface of the cup to cut his wrist fiercely, and blood immediately gushed out of his wrist.

Fortunately, there was a servant who happened to pass by the room and heard the sound of the teacup falling to the ground, which saved Pei Shaofeng's life.