After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

Chapter 139 Only I Truly Love You

Inside the bedchamber, Lu Jian was happily taking off his boots.

He hadn't had a good night's sleep for several days in a row. He could only doze off for a while before the morning court session, or he couldn't sleep at all for nights on end.

I'm feeling unusually sleepy today, and I've also finished dealing with all the urgent official documents, so naturally I need to catch up on some sleep.

But just as he was about to lie down, a sudden, sharp pain caused him to kneel down with a "crack!"

not good!

Outside the sleeping quarters, Zhang Shan, who had not gone far, heard the noise and immediately turned back.

The two servants on duty at the entrance entered the bedchamber even earlier than Zhang Shan.

Upon entering, one sees Lu Jian curled up in a ball, his eyes, hidden in the shadows, red as if about to bleed.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty..." A servant was so frightened that he froze on the spot, completely unaware of what he was about to do.

"Get out!" Lu Jian wanted to endure it, but the pain of his internal organs being torn apart made him writhe like a snake being severed from its body, his limbs twitching, and he couldn't bear it at all.

"Come...come..." Another servant hesitated for a moment, then scrambled out, yelling, "Help! Help! Summon..."

"Boom! Boom!"

Zhang Shan delivered two swift and precise chop blows, knocking out the two servants.

They then immediately closed the palace doors and dealt with the scene.

"Quick! There's movement!" The Imperial Guards patrolling nearby came running over.

Just as he was about to ask, he heard Lu Jian roar from inside, "Go and summon Baili Ming!"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, please calm down. This servant will go right away."

Then Zhang Shan, crouching low, retreated as if fleeing...

Meanwhile, Baili Ce developed a high fever on his way back.

Before long, his clothes and back were soaked with sweat, and he began to ramble on and on.

Realizing something was wrong, Wang Qingyan immediately fed Baili Ce a Heart-Protecting Pill and ordered the Gu Guards to rush back as quickly as possible.

When he returned to his residence in Shucheng, Baili Ce was already unconscious from the burns.

Not only was his heartbeat and breathing much faster than usual, but he also began to show signs of twitching in his hands and feet.

"Get cold water and ice."

"Boil a cooling soup"

"quick!"

"yes"......

Wang Qingyan placed Baili Ce on the bed while giving instructions.

They quickly stripped her of her outer clothes, shoes, and socks, and had a maid who had also been impregnated fan her vigorously to cool her down.

I then applied an ice towel to her forehead to cool her down, added alcohol to water, and repeatedly wiped away her sweat and stretched her back...

When the cooling soup was ready and served, I immediately poured her more than half a bowl...

"No," Wang Qingyan said, watching over her until the medicine she had drunk was supposed to take effect. He then checked the temperature of Baili Ce's forehead and back again, and they were still frighteningly hot.

If this fever continues, it'll damage his brain.

So they immediately decided to use a more direct approach: "Bring over more ice and waterproof cloth."

"Yes"

......

The people trained by Wang Qingyan were so efficient that they could prepare everything in the blink of an eye.

Without being told, the Gu guards and maids all retreated outside the courtyard on their own.

After all, if you walk slowly, you won't have to worry about walking anymore.

Wang Qingyan first wrapped Baili Ce's hands, feet, knees, waist, and upper third of his thighs with waterproof cloth.

Then they carried her into a bathtub filled with ice, and finally added another layer of ice, leaving only her neck and head exposed.

Then, he got into the bathtub himself and soaked with Baili Ce, completely ignoring her ramblings on the way back, half of which were insults directed at him...

As time went by, buckets of ice were added and buckets of water were replaced, but Baili Ce's situation kept repeating itself.

It either cools down but then heats up again in no time, or it's because of the constant shivering from alternating hot and cold temperatures.

Whenever this happens, Wang Qingyan would carry her out to rest for a while.

This is also to avoid leaving her inside for too long and causing frostbite to her joints and limbs. Once she feels warm again, we'll immediately carry her back inside...

After all this fuss until dawn, and taking a few more fever-reducing pills, Baili Ce's temperature finally came down, and his breathing gradually stabilized.

After changing her sweat-soaked undergarments, Wang Qingyan carried her to a clean room before leaving.

First, find out what our arch-enemies have done, then we'll plan the Gu Guards' next move.

......

When he rushed back and saw that she no longer had a fever, his anxiety finally subsided.

After sitting down and massaging the acupoints above his inner canthus, Wang Qingyan felt that this night was even more arduous than the entire year he had endured.

Seeing how obedient and gentle she was now, I changed into my nightgown and held her for a while.

And upon careful consideration, all the strange things that have happened so far.

First of all, he absolutely did not believe that Baili Ce did not argue with him in the end because he resigned himself to his fate.

He couldn't believe that she was actually afraid of him, let alone to this extent.

But if she's truly scared...

Practice makes perfect. Whether it's an act or the truth, you'll get used to it after seeing it a few more times.

Secondly, Lu Jian and the others hid her for five years, so it's impossible that they didn't let her do anything, and it's impossible for her to return to his side so easily.

but--

"Um......"

Feeling her tremble, and then start babbling incoherently again, Wang Qingyan hugged her even tighter.

No matter what kind of schemes or calculations he had, he didn't really care as long as she was truly by his side.

They're all going to die sooner or later anyway, so making a few more moves before they die will make the killing more interesting.

As for feeling guilty or not...

After hearing what she was muttering, Wang Qingyan simply curled the corners of his mouth as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.

I'm even a little happy~

This time it's not bad, nine out of ten sentences are insults directed at him.

However, there's another sentence that doesn't seem to be an insult...

"Snapped!"

"Hiss..." Wang Qingyan was caught off guard and slapped when Baili Ce suddenly raised his hand to his face.

"Waaaaah..." Then she cried.

I propped myself up halfway and looked around...

After confirming several times, it was confirmed that the person was indeed not awake, but they were crying genuinely heartbroken.

And the more she cried, the worse it got; no matter how much they called, they couldn't wake her...

Finally, Wang Qingyan could only pat her back reassuringly, "Not turning them all into puppets is the greatest mercy I can show."

Still feeling guilty?

Wang Qingyan himself felt that he was of noble character, and that no one else would be so soft-hearted.

But seeing Baili Ce quiet down, he was willing to soften his heart.

There was a moment last night when he was indeed more panicked than ever before.

There was even a hint of regret, a regret that I shouldn't have been so direct.

He should have waited for her to "discover" the human poison herself.

But he really didn't want to wait even a moment longer.

He desperately wanted to know, to prove, that Baili Ce could accept everything about him.

He kissed her forehead gently yet persistently, never feeling that he had done anything wrong.

However, those people were not her kind.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

He was doing this to protect her from the seduction of those outsiders.

"The outside world is too chaotic and not suitable for you."

"Only I truly love you."

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