Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1014: Chapter 1015: Viciously Slapping Myself Several Times

Gong Juese looked as if she was ready to wreak havoc, causing Gatekeeper General General Lu’s nerves to instantly tense up.

But considering that Gong Juese knew Prince Yi and Princess Yi, General Lu did not order his men to kill Gong Juese, this dangerous individual, with a sword, but instead hurriedly informed Xiao Changyi and An Jing.

Xiao Changyi and An Jing were in the temporary palace; upon learning of Gong Juese’s arrival, and seeing that she looked ready to force her entry, Xiao Changyi and An Jing immediately understood that Gong Juese must have learned about Gong Juechen contracting the plague.

Knowing that Gong Juese was determined to enter, Xiao Changyi and An Jing could only instruct General Lu to open the city gates and let Gong Juese in.

An Jing personally met Gong Juese at the city gate, and also gave her a sachet filled with epidemic-preventative herbs to hang around her neck. Naturally, she also did not forget to have Gong Juese apply some realgar to her face.

Then, An Jing led Gong Juese to the Medicinal Diet Hall to find Gong Juechen.

Gong Juechen was alone in the pharmacy experimenting with medicine; upon seeing Gong Juese arrive, he was initially stunned before fiercely slapping himself several times, bursting the pustules on his face.

Yet, he cursed at Gong Juese, ”Didn’t you promise not to come here? How did you come anyway? You’ve always been like this since childhood, exceptionally disobedient... When will you ever listen to me, your brother... when will you... when will you?!”

As he cursed, the peach blossom eyes of Gong Juechen reddened, looking deeply saddened as if his sister Gong Juese would also die here with him.

He clearly wanted to protect his sister; how did it come that, in the end, he also let her fall into this dangerous situation...

Seeing Gong Juechen fiercely slapping himself, An Jing knew that Gong Juechen truly cared most about his sister. When she saw Gong Juechen’s eyes turn red, An Jing’s mood, which was already heavy, grew even heavier.

No matter how scheming a person might be, this person had real flesh and blood, which was touching.

Upon seeing Gong Juechen severely slapping himself, Gong Juese anxiously wanted to grab the hand that was hitting his face, but before she got close to Gong Juechen, he hurriedly stepped back several steps, not letting her come near.

Then, Gong Juese could no longer control herself and burst into tears, ”Brother...”

”Brother, it is my fault, all my fault...” Gong Juese stopped moving towards Gong Juechen, knelt on the ground, and cried uncontrollably, ”If it weren’t for me... you wouldn’t be like this... you wouldn’t be like this... I shouldn’t have let you come here, it’s all my fault... it’s all me...”

Seeing the pustules covering the exposed skin of her brother, and those on his face that were personally burst by her brother, Gong Juese felt so self-blaming and sad that she wanted to die.

She originally thought her brother could cure the plague; she did not expect the plague to be so severe that her brother couldn’t cure it. She never intended to kill her brother, truly never.

”What are you talking nonsense about? It was my decision to test the medicine on myself that I contracted the plague. It has nothing to do with you.” After scolding her, Gong Juechen urgently asked, ”Did you drink the preventative broth when you arrived?”

”No,” Gong Juese cried and shook her head.

”Did you just come to cause me trouble?!” Gong Juechen scolded angrily while quickly having someone bring a bowl of the broth to the door.

When the broth arrived, Gong Juechen had it given to Gong Juese to drink.

Gong Juese obediently drank it.

”From today onward, you must drink this every day until I cure the epidemic in this city,” Gong Juechen instructed.