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It was already late in the night when Zhuang Li woke up again. Qing You had fallen asleep by her window. She felt that her mouth was extremely thirsty and wanted to drink some water, but she couldn't bear to wake Qing You who was sleeping soundly, so she just sat up and crawled out. Just as she stood up, her center of gravity unsteadily fell forward, and her head coincidentally crashed into a chair beside the bed.

"Miss, Miss …"

"Water …"

Although Zhuang Li's words were vague, but Qing You had already lived with her for so many years, so it was natural that she could determine what Zhuang Li wanted with just a glance. She hurriedly stood up and helped Zhuang Li to sit on the bed, then stuffed a thick chrysanthemum pillow behind her back. She then went to get some water from the table.

When the cup of water was fed to Zhuang Li's mouth, she gulped it down. Suddenly, she felt that her throat was not as dry as before, and was almost splitting apart.

When his mind cleared up quite a bit, he once again thought of Li Liangxiao's matter. He did not feel a wave of discomfort, as if his heart was being overturned, and there were many things that he wanted to spit out that he was powerless to help.

In the end, she could only sit obediently on the bed, letting Qing You light a candle for her, and stared at the ceiling of the bed, in a daze.

She had slept for too long, and now she was afraid of falling asleep. Whenever she slept, she would think of that person calling her sister. Sister's child. She followed behind the shabby carriage, unceasingly shouting as she ran, unwilling to stop.

As she sat in the middle of the carriage, she felt very happy every time she heard the cry. She quickly stopped the carriage and turned around to search the road, but she couldn't find the child …

She lost her brother...

Although it was night and there was no light or mirror, he knew that he was exceptionally ugly. His eyes were swollen to the point that they could no longer be opened, and he could probably see through a crack to see the dim light of a candle on a table in the distance.

"Miss, don't worry, Li Liangxiao is so skilled, he can't do anything, who can bully him?"

Zhuang Li did not speak. Before they found that child again, most likely any kind of consolation would have no effect on her.

"Miss, the emperor has already sent out several edict to find Li Liangxiao in the past few days, and has also sent out several groups of people. No matter who it is, they would heavily reward whoever finds Li Liangxiao. "There will always be brave men after being highly rewarded. You must have taught me this right …"

Nothing she said could affect Zhuang Li who was on the bed.

In her heart, she kept thinking of that child's appearance from when she was young until now.

This was the first time he saw his dirty little face, but his eyes were as black as a deer's, and they were filled with an incomparable devotion and elegance.

The pair of eyes were especially dark and clear, like a bright mirror, like the most precious spring in the mountain. It was as if when a person looked at them, they would be drawn to his side.

She cherished that child so much in her heart …

But now that he was gone, where was he? But do I need this sister?

As Zhuang Li sat on the bed, she kept thinking about that child and how he kept calling out to her elder sister and elder sister. It was as warm as a small sun.

He said that his sister had bought a house at the edge of the capital. It wasn't big, but it was actually very warm.

Zhuang Li remembered every word of all that he had said clearly in her heart, as if he was still speaking into her own ears …

The moment she closed her eyes, she would see Li Liangxiao, who was still a child, being grabbed by two big men, moving further and further away from her. He was afraid, but he didn't cry.

He kept appearing in front of Zhuang Li, and Zhuang Li just wanted to hug the skinny little child in her arms and hug him …

When he met the criminals at the border, he looked straight at Zhuang Li and spoke to him in an especially manly manner. Elder sister, don't be afraid …

That look had accompanied him through many years of fear...

It was as if Zhuang Li saw a treasure, but she accidentally lost him …

After sitting like this for the whole night, Zhuang Li finally fell asleep in the morning and Qing You brought her a bowl of porridge. After being tormented for so many days, she was finally hungry and brought it over to her for a few bites. She finally had the strength to get off the bed.

The imperial physician came over after breakfast. I heard that there was an imperial physician who opened Zhuang Li's meridians in the past few days, and the conclusion I got was that she was overthinking things … How could she prescribe medicine for such a problem? She could only think of opening some for herself...

The emperor was naturally unhappy. He repeatedly said that these imperial physicians were incapable, but after changing several of them, the results were indeed exactly the same …

"The Empress's illness isn't in her body, but in her heart. As long as she's at ease in her heart, her illness will recover …"

Wang Su naturally had no other choice.

He knew that it was because of Li Liangxiao. He had heard Li Liangxiao talk about how when he was still a beggar, he met Zhao Ci and walked with him to Gansu and experienced many things. His sister said you had to learn kung fu, goods, and royalty.

It was this sentence that had supported him through so many years, climbing down from the battlefield of heads littered with corpses.

If it wasn't for my elder sister, I would still be a beggar until now …

Li Liang was exceptionally honest with the emperor when he said this.

Wang Su was even jealous of the man who had experienced too much with Zhuang Li.

Honestly speaking, he had already harbored too many selfish motives towards Zhuang Li, so he naturally knew that Li Liangxiao's feelings towards this elder sister were not only limited to that of elder sister. What he wanted more was to marry Zhuang Li into her family as a wife. When Li Liangxiao had first told the emperor that he was begging him not to kill Zhuang Li, he had already revealed his feelings for him. At that time, he didn't feel that anything was amiss.

He promised Li Liangxiao that he would send him out of the palace once the matter had settled down and lead him to the life his family wanted him to live. So he kept Zhuang Li's life, caring about her little life, and it was all because of this reason that he realized that he had actually fallen in love with this woman when Zhuang Li came to the Imperial Study to serve his.

She had thought that Zhuang Li was just a love debt owed by Li Liangxiao, but in the end, she had never thought that the person who was in debt to him, would actually be herself …

Even though he knew that Zhuang Li was only his sister and brother to Li Liangxiao, he was still worried when he saw that woman lying on the bed looking very sick, and the situation was getting worse.

He naturally knew that the affection between the brother and sister was deep like the ocean. However, he did not want his woman to be like this and never be able to recover.

Wang Su still wanted to go to the morning assembly, so naturally, the people there knew about it. Some adults said that the General Li was a heroic god, and that young and robust men would naturally be able to return safely.

Some adults also said that these things couldn't be a coincidence, and that it must have been done by that crafty West Cold person, wanting the emperor to properly torment the West Cold.

West Cold person? What evidence? You want to make this war worse?

Wang Su sighed, the weight of the dragon throne seemed to be especially heavy.

The argument on the imperial court continued all the way until the Imperial Study. Wang Su pinched his forehead, he was tired.

"Does Uncle Zheng know about this?" When Zhuang Li woke up, he suddenly remembered that there was such a problem. That old man had long since treated Li Liangxiao as his own child. His family had given him all the love and support they could get. If he knew what the current situation was like, he would feel such heartache.

"I don't think he knows yet. The Emperor seemed to have told Yun Duan not to talk about it. After all, this old man was too old, and he was afraid that Yun Duan wouldn't be able to endure it. Furthermore, Li Liangxiao was not really sure that something has happened. Even Yun Duan was saying that he might be able to return one day … "

"Also …" Zhuang Li indifferently agreed, then took the healing medicine, and drank a mouthful.

Although the imperial physician said that Zhuang Li's illness was not a physical illness, but rather something within the heart, and could not be treated with any medicine, in the end, he still opened up two or three pills, which could be considered as a tonic. He could not let his heart not heal, but his body had collapsed again.

These past few days, Zhuang Li had been drinking different kinds of strange medicinal ingredients every two months, and her body had already become unusually resistant to the bitter taste. She brought it over and gulped it down, refusing to even eat a piece of the red sugar that Qing You passed to him.

He probably felt that his mouth was bitter, but his heart wasn't bitter at all. Only then would he have the courage to live on.

She really wanted to go see Uncle Zheng, but she was especially afraid. She had just woken up, and if she saw Uncle Zheng, it would be hard to stop crying. When Uncle Zheng asked what caused her to be so sad, how could she hide it?

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally managed to wrap up the silver bills beside him, allowing Qing You to find Yun Duan and send them over.

She had always viewed West Cold as her other hometown. The sky was especially blue, and the snowy mountain was especially high. It was as if everything around them was so familiar. At least, she and Ge Ya would hawk in the endless prairie. She and Xi Yu tread over the grass under the snow mountain and look at the snow lotus blooming all over the mountain.

Blooming Blossom...

The old monk said something like that, about a place blessed by the gods. But Li Liangxiao? Where in the world have you been forgotten?

In the beginning, Zhuang Li had still been especially eager to have Qing You inquire about it, but every time sshe had returned, he would be disappointed to the point where Zhuang Li could more or less guess what had happened. In the end, she didn't even ask herself.

In any case, if there was any good news, the Eunuch Li himself would probably rush over quickly to talk about it.

After a few days, Zhuang Li could finally be able to move around the ground, but she only let Qing You bring her to the window for a quarter of an hour before she helped her back.

Seeing her unsightly expression, Qing You quickly poured a cup of honey and passed it to her.

Zhuang Li shook her head. She just wasn't at ease. It was as if things that were just getting better were starting to go wrong again...

There are a lot of things in this world that we don't realize how important they are until we lose them. At that time, we tortured ourselves over and over, thinking about how much we missed each other … However, if they missed it, they would miss it …