She didn’t know how long she had been unconscious before Ye Lingyue finally awoke.
"How did I end up at the Lan Residence?" Ye Lingyue opened her eyes only to see Lady Lan and General Lan, their faces filled with concern.
Seeing the two of them, Ye Lingyue felt a moment of surprise.
She remembered that she had fainted due to physical exhaustion.
"You silly child, how many days have you gone without rest, without food? How could you keep kneeling outside Marquis Wu’s Mansion?" Lady Lan wept as she looked at the haggard Ye Lingyue.
"Prince Feng was the one who brought you back," Lan Yingwu said with a sigh, the stubbornness of the child making his heart ache.
Such a child, how could Hong Fang have ever borne to cast her aside in the first place?
That it was Feng Xun who brought her back flashed through her mind like a spark jumping from flint.
She remembered that before she fainted... Feng Xun had said something... When Ye Lingyue recalled Feng Xun’s words, her breathing instantly became erratic.
Feng Xun said he liked her?
She must have heard wrong.
"After Prince Feng carried you back, he too was soaked to the skin. His attendant has already taken him back. I hope he doesn’t catch an illness," sighed Lady Lan.
Feng Xun was truly considerate; with his frail health, it’s hard to know whether he could endure the journey of carrying Ye Lingyue back.
Lady Lan and Lan Yingwu were both startled at the time; when Feng Xun brought Ye Lingyue back, his gaze was dark and terrifying, as if the pleasant, peerlessly handsome young man had vanished in an instant.
Only then did Ye Lingyue realize that she had been unconscious for an entire night due to the rain, frightening Lady Lan into staying awake without changing clothes, watching by her side.
"How is my mother?" The first thing Ye Lingyue did upon waking up was to ask about Ye Huangyu.
"After she took the Seventh Grade Red Pattern Elixir given by Feng Xun, her Primordial Power has stabilized," Lan Yingwu told Ye Lingyue about Feng Xun giving his life-saving Elixir Pills to Ye Huangyu.
Listening to this, Ye Lingyue was overcome with mixed emotions.
As the three of them sat in silent speechlessness, Yan Che hurried in.
"My lord, an old man has come to the General Mansion from outside. He says... he is Military Marquis Gu Cangtian."
Military Marquis Gu Cangtian had personally come to the General Mansion, an act of condescension that even Lan Yingwu had not anticipated.
This mentor of his had previously said he would not help, and was indifferent despite Ling Yue kneeling outside the mansion for an entire day. Yet now, he had suddenly decided to visit?
The Lan couple were flustered and hastily went out to greet him.
"Lord Marquis Wu, it is really you?" Lan Yingwu, a voice of command on the battlefield, the Invincible General, shrank back like a child in front of his respected teacher.
"Are you Ye Lingyue?" Gu Cangtian didn’t acknowledge Lan Yingwu, his commanding gaze focusing instead on Ye Lingyue, who had just come out.
Military Marquis Gu Cangtian of Daxia, with a face like a date and a pair of old eyes, held a hint of probing.
Ye Lingyue too was somewhat surprised when she first saw Marquis Wu.
She had not expected that Military Marquis Gu Cangtian would look no different from an ordinary old man.
Even more peculiar was the fact that in Gu Cangtian’s gaze towards her, there seemed to be a trace of avoidance.
"I am indeed Ye Lingyue. May I know why Lord Marquis Wu personally graces us with his visit?" Ye Lingyue did not like being scrutinized in such a manner.
"Old man is here to save someone," said Gu Cangtian, casting a glare at Ye Lingyue.
"Step aside. If anything happens to the person, you cannot blame me."
Gu Cangtian didn’t want to say any more, his demeanor as if he feared that Ye Lingyue, in discontent, would not allow him to save the person.
It was indeed frustrating for Gu Cangtian, who had lived half his life and never felt as stifled as he did today.
Ye Lingyue and Lan Yingwu and the others were all a bit slow to react.
What? Does Marquis Wu have some issue? Earlier pleading availed nothing, but now he eagerly comes knocking on our door unbidden. Looking at him, he clearly seems desperate to save someone.
"Please, Lord Marquis Wu, this way. Lady Lan, Ling Yue, please wait outside," Lan Yingwu was also taken aback, unable to understand why the always honest and forthright Marquis Wu would change his mind so suddenly, agreeing not only to treat the illness but also to pay a visit. Such treatment could probably only be afforded by Emperor Xia and the Empress Dowager.
"Thank goodness, with Marquis Wu willing to lend a hand, there’s hope for Sister Ye," Lady Lan murmured her prayers to Amitabha Buddha.
These past few days, for Ye Huangyu’s sake, everyone in the Lan Residence had been worn out and unable to sleep well.
"You wait outside. Old man has only agreed to save Ye Huangyu. Whether or not she can recover depends on her own destiny," commanded Gu Cangtian after entering the sickroom, telling Lan Yingwu to wait outside.
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Marquis Wu Gu Cangtian approached the bedside to check on Ye Huangyu’s condition.
Upon this inspection, a flash of astonishment surfaced in the old eyes of Gu Cangtian.
This... Ye Huangyu has quite the extraordinary fate.
Previously, Gu Cangtian was unwilling to save Ye Huangyu because, on one hand, she was injured by Hong Fang, her meridians completely severed. Such a serious injury is complex to heal with Primordial Power, and one careless move could also burden Gu Cangtian’s own cultivation.
Gu Cangtian and the Old Marquis of the Hong Residence have been rivals for many years, whether in the political arena or in terms of cultivation, both of them strong practitioners at the Reincarnation Realm and equally matched in their abilities.
Even though Ye Huangyu was expelled from the Hong Residence, she still belonged to them. To exert effort to save his rival’s daughter-in-law is something Gu Cangtian is not particularly inclined to do.
On the other hand, Marquis Wu did not understand much about Ye Huangyu herself.
But now, it’s different. Ye Huangyu and her mother are backed by the Ghost Emperor.
Moreover, Ye Huangyu’s injury was much more manageable than Gu Cangtian had imagined.
Her body’s meridians had already been perfectly repaired by someone using an almost flawless technique. Not only that, but there was also a vigorous medicinal power within Ye Huangyu.
Judging by that medicinal power, she must have recently taken Elixir Pills above the sixth or seventh grade. The quality of those pills is sufficient for resurrection.
"Ye Huangyu, it is not yet your time to die. Your opportunity defies the heavens. The old man will follow the Heavenly Destiny and help you through this ordeal. Whether you can be reborn is up to your own fate," said Gu Cangtian, then sat down cross-legged, slowly channeling his Primordial Power into Ye Huangyu’s body.
In her semi-conscious state, Ye Huangyu could only feel a robust stream of Primordial Power flowing through the meridians in her body.
In her Dantian, the Primordial Elixir that had crumbled and separated was gradually being restored by that stream of power.
As the Primordial Elixir took shape, a new surge of Primordial Power was forming within Ye Huangyu.
Outside, Ye Lingyue and Lan Yingwu and the others were all waiting with bated breath.
From sunset to the moon casting a sparse light with stars, the long night seemed as if it would never end, leaving everyone unsure whether Ye Huangyu would be reborn from catastrophe or if she would end up a cripple for the rest of her life.