Wen Yuan didn't have time to apologize to his brother the next day, so he was picked up by people from the palace early in the morning.
The person who came to pick her up was Aunt Zhu who was beside the Queen Mother. Wen Yuan saw that Aunt Zhu's eyes were red, as if she had just cried.
Wen Yuan realized something was wrong and felt anxious. He quickly pulled Nanny Zhu and asked, "But what's wrong with Grandma Huang?"
"Princess..." Aunt Zhu is an old man who has been with the Queen Mother since she was young. Now that she looks like this, Wen Yuan probably understands, "The Queen Mother has always been in poor health. She seems to be healthy these years. actually……"
"well……"
Aunt Zhu sighed softly and then became silent again. It would be in vain to ask any questions now. Wen Yuan still had to go and see for herself.
When they arrived at the palace, the Queen Mother lay weakly on the hospital bed, no longer as cheerful as before.
As soon as Wen Yuan saw the haggard face of the Queen Mother, big tears fell down, "Grandmother the Queen..."
"Oh, why are you crying? Grandma Imperial... I can't die for the time being. Cough cough cough..." The Queen Mother held Wen Yuan's hand tightly, "Aunt Zhu is the one who makes a fuss and called you here early in the morning. It's okay. Yes, stop crying."
Wen Yuan didn't understand how someone could age so much all of a sudden, even though they were still fine the last time they saw her. "How come the Queen's grandmother has become so haggard after not seeing her for a while?"
"It's all those medicinal soups that are hanging on for life, otherwise this body would have died a long time ago. Silly child, don't be sad, everyone has to go through these things." She stroked Wen Yuan's head lovingly, "I don't know that the emperor Can grandma watch Yuanyuan get married..."
She knew very well that her health was getting worse day by day, and she was afraid that time was running out and she would not be able to survive until the day she saw Wen Yuan get married.
Wen Yuan really didn't understand, and tears burst into her eyes again, "Has the Imperial Grandmother been hiding this from us?"
The Queen Mother just smiled calmly, acquiescing to her words.
"I really don't want the children to worry. Birth, aging, illness and death are normal in life, even for me."
The person who was still sitting on the phoenix throne and joking with him a month ago had now become as angry as a gossamer. Wen Yuan really couldn't accept such a change, so he buried his head in the Empress Dowager's arms and cried bitterly.
For so many years, everyone thought that the Queen Mother was in good health, but who would have thought that she had hidden so much.
The Queen Mother ordered Nanny Zhu to fetch the nanmu box that she had treasured for many years from the warehouse.
The box is not luxurious, but the carvings on it make people unable to take their eyes away. For the Queen Mother to be so precious, one can imagine how precious things are stored inside.
Opening the wooden box, there are two jade bracelets, mutton fat white jade pottery pattern bracelets.
The Queen Mother took out both bracelets and put them on Wen Yuan's hand, "They look good. Yuanyuan has a fair complexion, which suits this mutton-fat white jade."
"This is the bracelet that the Imperial Grandmother gave me as a gift from the Emperor when I got married. It has been kept in this box all these years. Alas... Yuanyuan can take whatever he likes from my storehouse. Anyway, he will use it when he gets old. Quite a few, but these two bracelets must be put away..." She leaned back on the pillow, "I'm a little tired today, Yuanyuan, please go back first."
Wen Yuan refused to leave. She was not sure whether she would get to see the Queen Mother if she left, so she refused to leave no matter what.
"It's okay, the imperial grandmother can still drag on for a year or two."
After driving her out, before she could even walk far, she heard a violent cough coming from inside.
Holding back tears, Wen Yuan returned to the princess mansion and saw Fang Hui turning grass in the yard in the front hall. Only then did Wen Yuan remember that there was a miracle doctor beside him.
She immediately pulled Fang back to the palace, "Can you take care of this body of the Queen Mother?"
Fang returned to check his pulse without saying a word. After a long time, he said with some embarrassment: "It's a little tricky..."
Everyone's hopes were extinguished, but the man quickly added, "But it's not completely impossible. I can cure it."
"really?"
"really."
"But!" Just when Wen Yuan was thankful that she didn't kill him, the man suddenly slapped her with a but, "But what?"
I thought it would be something important, but Fang Hui unexpectedly said: "I live in the palace, and the imperial doctors can't interfere in my affairs. They can only watch and learn what medicines and methods I prescribe." Can’t question it.”
"How sure are you of taking care of my royal grandmother's body?" Wen Yuan did not agree to him immediately, but first asked him clearly about his plan.
Fang Hui was very confident, "100% sure."
"Xin, how long do you need."
"As short as more than a month, as long as one or two years."
Seeing that he was so confident, Wen Yuan agreed to his request and declared to all the doctors at the Imperial Hospital that they could not interfere with Fang Hui's diagnosis. "If you need anything, just ask the housekeeper directly."
Wen Yuan was relieved to have Fang Hui by the Queen Mother's side. It was not that he had never seen Fang Hui's medical skills. Even if the Queen Mother could not return to the state of her youth,... it was still good to be alive.
After the Queen Mother's matter was settled, Wen Yuan originally wanted to go to Dingnan Palace to talk to his eldest brother about what happened in the past few days.
Unexpectedly, Wen Xi came to the door on his own initiative, "Ah Yuan... I spoke a bit harshly that day, please don't take it to heart..."
The brother and sister were sitting in the hall drinking tea. When Wen Yuan heard his brother say this, his heart suddenly felt painful.
She suddenly remembered what her father said, and for the first time she put down her face in front of her brother, "I was also wrong... I shouldn't have told my brother such an important thing..."
Wen Xi was very pleased that her sister had finally grown up and learned to let go of her dignity and take the initiative to say sorry to others.
But he didn't expect Wen Yuan to cry as he said, "I really just wanted to protect my brother at the time... I really didn't expect you to be so angry... I... I..."
The sister in front of her was crying out of breath. Wen Xi hugged Wen Yuan softly and comforted her, "Okay, okay, don't cry anymore. Sometimes we always do something in the name of each other's good." It's great if you can understand things that hurt others, there's no need to blame yourself, and I'm not the kind of person who sticks to the past."
He patted Wen Yuan on the back and said, "This is the last time that my brother will hold and comfort you like this. A Yuan is a big girl now."
"Whatever you do in the future, you have to consider things from other people's perspective. Others may not necessarily appreciate you. My brother was really angry that day. He must have been wronged."
Wen Yuan buried his head in his brother's arms, tears wet most of his clothes, "Well... elder brother never said that about me..."
Isn't that right? There was a buzz in Wen Yuan's head that day and he was completely confused.
At this time, Shen Huaiyan came from behind Wen Yuan, and Wen Xi handed him over, "Brother...oh, forget it...then we are reconciled, right?" He asked Wen Yuan in a brisk tone.
"Um!"
"Okay, brother, let's go back first. I'll bring my two children to play with you another day." He's a father, so he still doesn't understand that he can't disturb other people's romance? So of course he left quickly when he saw Shen Huaiyan coming.
When Shen Huaiyan saw the person walking away, he hugged Wen Yuan and sat on his lap, "How is it? Are you finally willing to lower your dignity and make peace?"
"Well..." Wen Yuan nodded sheepishly, "But this time it was my eldest brother who came to me first. Originally, I wanted to take the initiative to find him."
The man wiped the tears from her face, "We are all a family, there is no reason to be angry all the time, but you still have to pay attention to how you do things in the future, and don't get so stuck with your family again."
Seeing that Wen Yuan had wandered off somewhere, Shen Huaiyan raised his hand and tapped her head, "Did you hear that?"
"Oh, you heard me..." Wen Yuan protested, covering the place where he knocked, "How dare you hit me on the head."
Just as he was thinking about going back for revenge, he heard bad news from Shen Huaiyan, "Recently, my body seems to be overheated and I have to retreat for a while."
"How long will it take? Does seclusion mean that we won't be able to see each other for a long time?"
"Yeah..." Shen Huaiyan played with Wen Yuan's hand, which was much smaller than him. It was soft and comfortable to hold, "I have reached a bottleneck in my practice. If I succeed in breaking through this time, my strength should increase a lot."
He thought for a moment and answered Wen Yuan's original question seriously, "It will take...two or three months anyway. I will retreat in the Princess Mansion and will not leave you. But during this time, be careful not to let anyone in." My room, otherwise it may cause my breakthrough to fail..."
"I understand. Then you can just put up a barrier around there." Fortunately, we are in the princess's mansion and don't have to go out, so I don't have to worry too much...
"Huaiyan, do you still remember the master I told you?" Wen Yuan suddenly mentioned Quan. Shen Huaiyan didn't pay much attention to it and just whispered that he remembered it.
"He taught me some cultivation methods, but I don't know whether my spiritual roots have... grown." Wen Yuan asked very carefully. She was afraid that Shen Huaiyan would have opinions on this matter.
Shen Huaiyan used his demon power to explore Wen Yuan's spiritual roots, looked at her and shook her head helplessly, "Still not..."
Sure enough... Wen Yuan wasn't really looking forward to this either, but he still couldn't help but... couldn't let it go.
"Oh, it's okay. It's okay if you don't have it. It's been like this for so many years anyway." She pretended not to care. "Anyway, I'm used to it. Is it possible to cultivate if I have spiritual roots? Now for me... it's really... It’s not that important anymore.”
She hypnotized herself like this every time, but what could she do if she didn't? It's nothing more than listening to those people talking behind my back about being a useless person who doesn't know how to practice. It's better to accept it calmly and then... become a happy useless person.
"It doesn't matter. After I finish this breakthrough, I will find a way for you to practice. There will always be hope, right?"
Is there hope?
Wen Yuan looked at the clouds on the horizon and fell into deep thought again. There should be, but this so-called hope, will the woman favor him?
She turned to Shen Huaiyan and smiled brightly, "Yeah!"
