Chapter 213 - 213 Giving Up

213 Giving Up

Her wide cloak fluttered in the morning breeze, like a butterfly falling from a flower.

“My Lady, be careful?!” Xia Lian exclaimed with a pale face. She hurriedly tried to help Gu Yunrong up.

The food box in her hand fell to the ground. It fell open, spilling pastries onto the floor.

Her sharp voice shot into the sky, shattering the morning silence. Several birds flew in fear.

However, Xia Lian was still a step too late. Gu Yunrong had already knelt on the ground. Her forehead happened to hit the stone block beside her, making a loud thud sound.

“My Lady, your forehead…” As Xia Lian helped Gu Yunrong up from the ground, she looked at her forehead with heartache. The left corner of Gu Yunrong’s forehead was swollen red from the impact of the stone block.

Gu Yunrong’s hair had also become slightly messy from the fall. A few strands of hair fell to her temples.

Gu Yunzhen couldn’t help but stand up and look in Gu Yunrong’s direction. She was relieved to see that she was fine.

“Let’s go.” Gu Yunrong left with Xia Lian’s help. She didn’t look back at Gu Yunzhen.

As she watched her leave, Gu Yanfei tilted her face slightly as if she had understood something.

Gu Yunrong was the daughter of the heavens and was favored by Heaven’s Will. Anyone who harmed Gu Yunrong would be counterattacked by the heavens. Even if she had only pushed Gu Yunrong’s golden aura away from Gu Yunzhen last time, her hand had been scalded red.

Therefore, Gu Yanfei knew that she couldn’t fight Gu Yunrong head-on.

The talisman she had drawn on Gu Yunzhen’s back wasn’t an offensive talisman. It was just a calming talisman.

The purpose of this calming talisman was to make Gu Yunzhen’s faith stronger and protect her heart from external forces.

In other words, Gu Yunzhen was no longer the “most ideal” elder sister in Gu Yunrong’s heart.

Gu Yanfei raised her eyebrows and muttered almost silently, “When Big Sister was four years old, she was playing with Gu Yunrong when the two of them fell down the steps. Big Sister served as a sacrificial victim and injured her forehead in place of Gu Yunrong…”

Gu Yunrong had “given up” on Gu Yunzhen.

Gu Yunzhen would no longer block disasters for her.

In fact, the disasters that Gu Yunzhen had blocked for her in the past should be returned one by one.

Even if Gu Yunrong was favored by the heavens, she would probably be unlucky for a while.

How interesting!

Gu Yanfei smiled and looked to the east with a raised chin.

In the sky, the red sun had just risen slowly from the horizon.

The first rays of the morning sun shone gently on the ground, almost illuminating the entire capital.

Including the Murong family in the north of the city.

The first rays of sunlight shone through the hazy window paper into the old lady’s room. The green-robed maidservant, who was keeping watch, opened her eyes in a daze and realized that it was dawn.

The maidservant yawned sleepily and subconsciously looked at the window. She sighed at another maidservant in blue. “Sister Hai Tang, the sun is so bright today.”

The maidservant in blue was also dozing off just now. She rubbed her eyes with a handkerchief and said vaguely, “Yes, it’s a sunny day… Eh? There’s actually sunlight in this house today?”

She looked belatedly toward the sunlit window.

Then they looked at each other.

It was unknown if it was because the house was facing down badly or if the trees outside were blocking the sunlight, but this room never got sunlight and was unusually dim.

“Aiya, it’s already half past five.” The maidservant looked at the pot and quickly got up from the bed. “We have to wash Old Madam’s face and turn her over.”

Old Madam Murong was bedridden all year round. The doctors had instructed that in order to prevent the patient from developing bedsores, they had to help the patient turn over every hour.

The maidservant in blue also hurriedly stood up. The two of them were extremely skilled in taking care of Old Madam Murong. They first washed her face with warm water, then worked together to turn her over and pat her back.

The maidservant gently patted the old lady’s neck twice. When her gaze swept across the other party’s neck, her expression changed drastically. She pointed at the back of the other party’s neck with trembling fingers and said, “Sister Hai Tang, take a look… What’s this?”

Dark purple spots had appeared from the back of Old Madam Murong’s neck to her back. The small ones were about the size of copper coins, and the big ones were almost the size of a fist. On the old woman’s almost dead skin, it was a shocking sight.

“This… this can’t be a bedsore, right?” the maidservant in blue asked in a trembling voice, but a voice in her heart said, ‘No, this isn’t a bedsore. It’s more like… livor mortis.’

The little maidservant was scared out of her wits. If anything happened to Old Madam Murong, the two of them wouldn’t be able to answer.

“I’ll go ahead and report to Master and Madam now.” The little maidservant ran out of the inner room like a gust of wind. She roughly lifted the thick curtain and threw it down, causing it to rustle in midair.

Thus, the day in the Murong residence began with noisy chaos.

Today was originally the day the Gu family sent the dowry over. The Murong family had been preparing for it long ago. Everywhere in the residence was decorated with lanterns and decorations. Even Shangqing Spiritual Master had been invited over early in the morning.

Eldest Master Murong Hao and his wife were entertaining Shangqing Spiritual Master in the hall of the outer courtyard. After hearing the maidservant’s report, they welcomed him to Old Madam Murong’s courtyard.

As soon as she entered the inner room, Shangqing Spiritual Master frowned and felt that something was wrong.

It was too bright here!

He didn’t look at Old Madam Murong on the couch. Instead, he looked straight at a window and moved the silver-white horsetail whisk in his hand.

Shangqing Spiritual Master walked towards the window with light steps. His yellow sleeved robe fluttered with his footsteps, making him look like an immortal.

He pointed his horsetail whisk at a talisman on the window and asked indifferently, “Why is one missing from this window?”