Chu Cheng looked at these two excited subordinates and the calm Yan Xijun, frowning and asked: "What's going on?"

  "Master, Miss Yan saved you!"

  "Who brought her out."

  I.

  "You're crazy, do you know the consequences of taking her out of the palace? Do you want to die or kill her!" Chu Chengming scolded excitedly, his chest heaving with agitation, his face turning from pale to bright red.

  Maybe he was too weak physically, and scolding people with such excitement had cost him a lot of effort, panting non-stop.

  Qing and Lan did not dare to come out either, worried about his body, honestly waiting on one side.

  Yan Xijun waved her hand to let them retreat, instructing: "You two go cook some congee and then bring it over for him to drink. I'll take care of things here, don't worry."

  Qing had special trust in her and pulled Lan down with him.

  "Don't you want to die too? Accompanying Qing Luan to come." Chu Cheng Ming looked at her coldly.

  "If I didn't come, someone would have died tonight." Yan Xijun also retorted coldly.

  "I don't need you to save me."

  "Yes, I don't plan to save you either. Don't think that I'll be grateful to you for putting me in this situation. You're the real culprit." Yan Xijun said indignantly.

  "Sorry!"

  "Hmm," she didn't expect him to apologize, and to her of all people, a pawn. She was momentarily stunned.

  "Actually, I didn't plan to feed you this poison at first, but after you eavesdropped on our conversation that time, I was afraid you would reveal the truth, so I wanted to kill you. However, I listened to Gu Qingrou's words and didn't succeed in killing you, so I used poison to control you instead. At that time, I had this poison with me."

  It was actually his own bad luck that he ran into him when he had this poison, Yan Xijun said: "Do you regret not killing me back then?"

  "No, I'm glad I didn't kill you back then, or else you wouldn't have saved my life today."

  "Thank you!"

  Two light words, yet made Yan Xijun feel a strange taste in her heart. She no longer hated him, especially when he treated her as his mother, letting her see a different side of him.

  A heart that had never skipped a beat before seemed to flutter slightly when facing him tonight, could it be that she has fallen for him?

  Yan Xijun's face turned red with shame as she was suddenly struck by a thought, and she struggled to calm herself down. She felt ashamed of her own thoughts, which were like those of a woman who would change husbands every day. She was already the emperor's consort, and this life was irreversible.

  Chu Cheng didn't notice her awkward expression and continued: "You being able to come here means Qing has already told you a lot about me, right?"

  "Yes, they all care about you!"

  "I know, but I'm afraid I'll let them down."

  "Why say that?"

  "Do you think this crippled body of mine can make it to the future?"

  "I don't know!" Yan Xijun replied honestly, "Maybe a miracle will happen!"

  "Miracles also need to be created by people." Chu Cheng said with a bitter smile.

  He can never forget the setbacks, difficulties and hardships he has suffered over the years. The miracles that have happened to him are all his own hard-won achievements.

  What he said is right, in this world where the strong prey on the weak, there are no miracles to speak of. It's impossible to rely on others for help. Many people with power and influence view human life as worthless.

  Yan Xijun was speechless and didn't know what words to use to comfort him, so he simply asked: "Do you really plan on taking revenge?"

  "What about you?" Chu Cheng Meng asked her in a low voice, after all these years I've been living strongly, do you think I'm alive just for the sake of being alive?

  "If you insist on going down this path, don't you think it's a never-ending cycle of revenge?"

  "Feuds will not continue indefinitely, I'll let it end with this generation, as long as I can avenge, I'm satisfied."

  "Why say it like that?"

  "I'm very clear about my body, it may not be able to live for many more years. So I will do my best to avenge my parents in the limited years I have left." Chu Chengming sighed and looked out the window, he had already lost hope for this frail body of his.

  Xin'er's heart trembled inexplicably, and Yan Xijun heard him speak in such a decadent tone, couldn't help but blurt out: "You'd better not think like that, what's there to be afraid of if your body is sick? There are many famous doctors in the world, I don't believe they can't cure your body!"

  "I am very clear about the poison in my body, and there is no one in this world who can cure the poison in my body." Chu Chengming had no hope, and after sending people to study for over a decade, they still couldn't find an antidote. Perhaps his life was destined to be short-lived.

  Yan Xijun asked in surprise: "Doesn't he have an antidote either?"

  Chu Cheng Ming shook his head: "There shouldn't be, this poison is the most toxic in the world, Yu Hanzi, the divine doctor who created this poison, disappeared thirty years ago and didn't leave behind any formula for an antidote."

  "Why not go find him to ask for the antidote?" Yu Hanzi, a divine doctor, had also heard of this person. His deeds could be said to be legendary, with superb medical skills and deadly poison-making abilities. He was also an eccentric who saved people on one hand and harmed them on the other.

  It's just like this, neither good nor evil!

  "I once sent someone to look for him, but he was never found. Some people say he has ascended to heaven, others say he is traveling in the clouds, and some even say he is hiding in seclusion. Anyway, there are all sorts of rumors, but no one has ever seen him."

  Yan Xikun comforted, "Yu Hansheng is such a great doctor, the first possibility may not be his ascension to heaven, but wandering and hiding are possible. Don't lose heart, one day I'll help you find him."

  Xiao Xiao's heart was moved by her words, but Chu Chengming didn't like being cared about. He said stiffly: "You're in the harem, how can you find him? Is he going to run into the palace?"

  Yan Xijun suddenly realized that she was still the emperor's concubine and would have to return to the palace after dawn, without even having control over her own life, how could she help others?

  Ha! I'm really quite fanciful! Yan Xijun couldn't help but mock herself.

  Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door and Blue's voice came from outside: "Master, may I come in? The porridge is ready!"

  "Come on in!"

  Lan and Qing pushed open the door and entered. Qing was holding a round tray, on which there was a simple large bowl of clear porridge and several small dishes of side dishes.

  "Master," Lan carefully picked up the porridge, and Yan Xijun tactfully stood up to make way.

  Lan sat down unceremoniously, using a spoon to add some small dishes to the porridge, then scooped up a bit and fed it to Chu Chengming's mouth, "Master, I'll feed you porridge!"

  Chu Cheng gazed at the plain congee with white flowers on top, having no appetite, and turned his head to one side, ordering: "Take it away, I don't have an appetite."

  "Master, you haven't eaten for two days and two nights, please, just eat a little!" Qing urged anxiously.

  "I said I'm not eating, so I won't eat." Chu Chengming's stubbornness was like that of a child, and he couldn't help but get angry. He pushed Lan's hand away, and the bowl of porridge almost spilled over.

  Lan hesitated and looked at Qing indecisively, unsure whether to listen to his master's words and leave or continue feeding him.

  "Come on!" Yan Xijun saw Lan being difficult, took the bowl from her hand, scooped up a bit, and handed it to Chu Chengming's face, coarsely ordering: "Eat quickly!"

  "I won't eat!"

  "I'm asking you again, are you going to eat or not?" Yan Xijun commanded, looking at him.

  Chu Cheng Ming didn't know what was wrong with himself, but he was actually controlled by her words and obediently opened his mouth to eat.