Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1822: Chapter 1822: Don’t Be Ungrateful

”A high-level practitioner?” Bai Ruozhu didn’t know there was a high-level practitioner nearby. She was always regretting that her senior brother Ning Yu was not here; otherwise, he might have a way to deal with the Barbarian Evil Art. She also blamed herself for not being proficient enough in her skills. If she had studied more, she wouldn’t be so helpless now.

She even wanted to go to the Astrology Tower to look for books as soon as she woke up, only to remember that this wasn’t the Capital City, but Beiyu City.

The changes during these days were too great, like a different world.

”If we don’t find a high-level practitioner, who will break the Barbarian Clan’s Evil Technique? The ritual of sacrificing a thousand lives—if we don’t save others, we’ll all be doomed!” Gao Zhou said, waving his hand, ”Go back and rest well, and when you’re better, go to treat Ji Ziyan, so Zhou Jue won’t harass you again.”

”Okay.” As soon as Bai Ruozhu replied, Gao Zhou dashed off like the wind.

She still wanted to ask if when Gao Zhou said ”we’ll all be doomed,” did he mean he was also going to the Barbarian Clan?

But she didn’t think too much about it and forced herself to eat breakfast.

Very soon, Wang Shun brought an imperial edict, telling her to return to the palace and rest well, not to worry too much.

Bai Ruozhu looked at Wang Shun, ”Eunuch Wang, please tell His Majesty that I will definitely find a way to save Achun.”

Wang Shun’s expression changed drastically, ”Lord Bai, don’t act rashly; you’re pregnant, with twins, it’s too dangerous for you to go!”

”Eunuch Wang, don’t worry. For the sake of my children, I will be careful, but I also don’t want them to be born without seeing their father.” Bai Ruozhu choked up as she spoke.

Wang Shun was also somewhat sentimental. He was sent to the palace to become a eunuch because of his family’s poverty, which was caused by his father’s early death. Children without a father are pitiful, and he resonated with this point the most.

”I won’t persuade you anymore, but you have to take good care of yourself first. I’ll go report to the emperor now, and you should be more careful on the way.” Wang Shun instructed again.

Bai Ruozhu was moved. Wang Shun cared for her as if she were of his own younger generation.

She bowed to thank Wang Shun and spoke a few words with Consort Yue’s maid before leaving the palace to go home.

At the palace gate, Jianqi and her second brother were already waiting. Bai Ruozhu looked at her second brother in surprise, ”Second brother, aren’t you going to work?”

Bai Zepei glared at her, ”I already know everything; don’t shoulder everything by yourself.”

Bai Ruozhu couldn’t hold back her tears and complained, ”The medical sage told me not to cry too much; it’s bad for the baby, and the moment you arrive, you made me cry.”

She didn’t even realize there was a hint of coquettishness in her words, something she’d only allow with her parents and brothers.

Bai Zepei, for a moment, was at a loss, far from being the composed top scholar he usually was, ”Why are you crying? Quickly, quickly, get in the carriage. I won’t say anything more.”

Jianqi took a step back, thinking it wasn’t easy to see the master’s second brother in such a flustered state, but thinking about the mishap with the brother-in-law, his mood became heavy as well.

Bai Ruozhu cried for a while before stopping; she was just a little out of control. She awkwardly smiled at her second brother, ”I’m fine, I’ll definitely find a way to save him.”

She didn’t know why, whether it was holding onto the last straw or an inexplicable trust, but she felt that Gao Zhou would definitely find a way.

Bai Zepei reached out to pat her head, softly comforting, ”It’s alright. Yichun has great fortune, and you don’t look like a widow, nothing will happen.”

Bai Ruozhu’s mouth twitched, wondering if that’s how her second brother comforted people. Why did it sound so strange?

After they returned home, they tacitly decided not to mention this to their parents. Lin Ping’er was also pregnant now, and being considered an elderly pregnant woman, she was even more cautious than Bai Ruozhu and couldn’t handle any stress.

Bai Ruozhu only rested at home in the morning. In the afternoon, she went to Ji Ziyan’s place. She wanted to rest, but her head was in turmoil; she couldn’t calm down. It was better to do something to distract herself than to let her thoughts run wild.

And if she was going to save Achun, she needed to deal with Ji Ziyan’s situation first, or Zhou Jue could become the biggest obstacle.

Apparently, her emotions were too obvious, as even Ji Ziyan noticed. After the acupuncture session, he asked, ”Why hasn’t the medical sage come? Is he exhausted?”

”He has other matters to attend to,” Bai Ruozhu answered perfunctorily.

Ji Ziyan gave a cold snort, ”It’d be best if he never comes back; I don’t want to recover so quickly.”

Bai Ruozhu, already in a bad mood, fiercely glared at him, ”As long as I’m here, I’ll make sure you recover quickly.”

”How can you be so cruel? How are you any different from his accomplice? For the sake of your own peace, you send me away. You’re too despicable!” Ji Ziyan shouted angrily, alerting the old servant and the young attendant Bai Ruozhu had arranged to come in the room.

The two hurried in to calm Ji Ziyan down, while Bai Ruozhu looked at him coldly and said, ”Yes, I’m doing it for my own peace. Everyone is selfish, isn’t it right to protect myself? Besides, have I harmed others to protect myself? I’m saving people. Don’t be ungrateful!”

After speaking, she turned around and headed out. Ji Ziyan tried to get out of bed, but now he could move his upper body, but his legs still had no feeling.

In the end, he fell off the bed, scaring the two servants into helping him.

”Don’t support him! All of you, get out!” Bai Ruozhu stopped and said, ”If he doesn’t want to get better, let him experience the pain of being disabled and reconsider whether he wants to stand up again!”

The old servant was somewhat afraid of Bai Ruozhu, and the young attendant only listened to her. Both retreated carefully out of the room.

Bai Ruozhu walked over to Ji Ziyan, ”If you like being this way your whole life, I wouldn’t bother with you, but do you think being disabled will let you escape him? It would only decrease your chances of escape.”

”I can end my own life!” Ji Ziyan lay on the ground. His arms were weak, his legs immobile, and painful from the fall, unable to crawl back up no matter how he struggled.

Bai Ruozhu snorted, ”When he forcibly kissed you, why didn’t you want to die then? I think you quite enjoyed it. Ask your heart, don’t just look at the surface, or care only about what others think.”

This time, after speaking, she didn’t linger and left the room with big strides.

The old servant wanted to enter and help Ji Ziyan, but the young attendant stopped him, pulling his sleeve and saying, ”Our young lady is right. Let Young Master Ji understand the hardship of being unable to stand; only then will he cooperate with the treatment to recover quickly. Let’s not intervene.”

The old servant hesitated but decided to follow Bai Ruozhu’s advice. If not for Bai Ruozhu, his master would still be immobilized. Watching his master gradually improve over these days, he had long since been won over by Bai Ruozhu.

Ji Ziyan tried again and again to crawl back to the bed but kept falling. Stubbornly, he refused to call for the servants, and eventually, exhausted and fainted by the bed, the old servant and young attendant came back in to lift him back to the bed.

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Zhou Jue raised Ji Ziyan’s chin with a seductive gaze and said, ”Come with me!”

Ji Ziyan turned his head away from Zhou Jue’s hand, gritting his teeth, ”Don’t even think about it!”

Zhou Jue wickedly smiled and pulled out a bunch of monthly passes, ”Come with me, and you’ll have meat to eat and monthly votes to cast.”

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