After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

Lu Yun, bewildered by what had happened, stared at Liu Ying with a blank expression. Not daring to move, he shifted slightly and whispered, "Han Ting bullied you? Weren't you quite fierce just now? You grabbed his ear and dragged him in. The leader of the world's number one gang, you should be grateful you had your ear pulled!"

Liu Ying looked at her with red eyes, and Lu Yun panicked, at a loss for what to do.

"Did Madam scold you? Speak up, who bullied you?"

"What should we do? Madam is very ill." Liu Ying tugged at his sleeve and rubbed against him.

Lu Yun didn't react immediately and subconsciously said, "I'll go find Doctor Cui and Doctor An."

Liu Ying grabbed him: "It's no use. Madam herself is a doctor. Who can compare to Madam in terms of medical skills?"

She took a deep breath and wiped away her tears: "If Madam doesn't want us to worry, we'll pretend we don't know. Madam wants some flower tea and some snacks, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare them."

He took two steps, then turned back. "Don't tell anyone about what just happened, especially not Madam. I don't want Madam to worry."

Lu Yun was completely confused until Liu Ying walked away before he came to his senses.

The lady is ill, very ill, so ill that even the imperial physicians cannot help her, and even the lady herself cannot help.

My legs buckled, and I grabbed the door frame for support.

Lu Zhiyuan's voice came from inside the room: "What happened? Has His Highness returned?"

Lu Yun steadied himself, stood up straight, and replied, "Reporting to Madam, they haven't returned yet. Lu Yun accidentally bumped into the door."

Inside the room, Lu Zhiyuan was helped up by Han Ting. Leaning against the soft pillows behind her, she said with a helpless expression, "My illness is not very good. Even if I hadn't been attacked, I would only have two or three years to live, even if I had tried my best to treat myself."

Han Ting said urgently, "I'll think of a way."

“I am a doctor, I know my illness well, there is no one who can cure it, there is no cure.” Lu Zhiyuan poured Han Ting a cup of tea: “I knew I would die long before I met you. Death is something I was prepared for, it is not something terrible. I kept it from you because I didn’t want you to worry, and I didn’t want to see you with such a worried look on your faces.”

"There is a way. Miss said a heart transplant would solve the problem."

“It’s not that simple. What do you think a heart is, something you can just replace on a whim?” Lu Zhiyuan smiled at Han Ting. “A heart transplant not only requires a matching heart, but also a sterile operating room and several highly skilled doctors. These doctors need to work together to remove the damaged heart from me and replace it with a healthy one. In the entire Northern Liang, I am the only one with this medical skill, and I have no way to create a relatively sterile operating room for myself.”

"Medical skills can be learned, and as for that 'space' you mentioned, Miss, I'll find a way." Han Ting said urgently, "I want Miss to live!"

“I’m not a good person!” Lu Zhiyuan said, “Seven years. If there really is a way, I won’t not think of myself. There are so many doctors in the Imperial Hospital and so many prisoners in the death row. I won’t waste any hope. I am Lu Zhiyuan. I have the entire Xie family and the Crown Prince’s Palace behind me. I won’t give up on myself so easily. Han Ting, you have to understand that this is not just difficult, but simply impossible.”

Han Ting's eyes reddened, and he clenched his fists tightly: "How much longer?"

Lu Zhiyuan looked at Han Ting and took a deep breath: "I don't know! It's not an excuse, I really don't know. When we were first attacked, I thought I wouldn't survive the winter, but look..."

Lu Zhiyuan shrugged: "Still alive, perfectly fine, not at all like she's about to die."

Han Ting stood up and covered her mouth: "Quickly spit it out, don't talk nonsense."

Lu Zhiyuan's eyes were full of laughter: "You're using what I taught you to deal with me again!"

After seven years apart, this was the first time she had seen him so closely, so intently. Just as she had imagined, Han Ting had become even more handsome with age. With his looks, he could easily be a top idol. If he were an assassin, carrying out missions would be a piece of cake.

Seeing Lu Zhiyuan staring at him, Han Ting's face flushed red.

He quickly let go and sat back down in his original spot.

"The young lady said she wanted to marry a good-looking man."

"The Crown Prince is not as good-looking as me."

“I’m not as good-looking as you.” Lu Zhiyuan said frankly, “My marriage to His Highness is not only about mutual affection and love between a man and a woman, but also about the mutual checks and balances between a ruler and his subject. His Highness married me for the sake of the Xie family behind me. I entered the Eastern Palace also for the sake of the Xie family behind me.”

"Does the young lady like him?"

“I like him. The Crown Prince is very outstanding.” Lu Zhiyuan reached out and touched Han Ting’s face. “I like the Crown Prince’s excellence just like I like Lu Yun’s loyalty and your beautiful face. I am very fair.”

"Does the young lady like the Crown Prince the same way she likes us?"

Han Ting couldn't describe the feeling in his heart. Happy? He didn't seem happy! Sad? He didn't seem that sad! Awkward, like being slapped and then given a piece of candy.

Before he could figure it out, Lu Zhiyuan shook her head: "It's still a bit different! Lu Yun and I are not only master and servant, but also like brother and sister. He is loyal to me and protects me. I have never doubted him in the slightest. Whatever I want to do, no matter how difficult or for what reason, he will do it for me. His personality is neither suitable for the court nor for the Xie family's business. If I am gone, please take care of him."

Lu Zhiyuan beckoned with her finger: "Find him a wife, someone capable, shrewd, and able to keep him in check."

"Our relationship is that of friends, more than friends but not quite lovers, not family, but closer than family." Lu Zhiyuan leaned closer: "To tell you the truth, I saved you back then entirely because I was attracted to your face. If I hadn't entered the palace, if you didn't have those old entanglements with the gang, I would have kept you in the Marquis's mansion as a son-in-law. But that's just a hypothetical. Even if I hadn't entered the palace, you would still have had to go back to deal with your affairs. The martial world and the imperial court cannot be intertwined, and you know why."

Han Ting clenched his fists and remained silent.

Since ancient times, the martial world has been the martial world, and the imperial court has been the imperial court. Martial world gangs can be used by the imperial court, but they cannot have any relationship with officials, noble families, or generals.

"My relationship with His Highness the Crown Prince is quite different. When we first met, he was the Crown Prince, and I was a subject's daughter. Later, he became my elder brother, and I was the younger sister he always took care of. Still later, we became tacit friends. The Emperor bestowed a marriage upon us, and I became his Crown Princess. His feelings for me changed. To this day, we are friends, husband and wife, and also lovers who have mutual affection. I like him, though not as intensely as he likes me, but I know clearly that I do."

"No one in the royal family is truly sincere, and even if they are, it's hard for it to last!"

“I don’t have a long life!” Lu Zhiyuan said with a smile, “I can’t wait until the day his feelings for me disappear completely! Han Ting, I know your feelings for me, and I’m glad that we’ve stopped at being friends but not lovers. Even if His Highness loses me, he will have a new Crown Princess, and he won’t be sad for long. But if you lose me, I’m afraid you’ll be trapped by me for the rest of your life.”

Lu Zhiyuan said softly, "Han Ting, I can't bear to part with him."