Have You Written Your Will Today?
Chapter 199 Marry a Wife for Virtue, Change to a Girl You Like

Chapter 199: Chapter 199 Marry a Wife for Virtue, Change to a Girl You Like

The night was exceptionally long.

The daybreak came belatedly.

Xie Xun arrived at the Yongchang Marquis Mansion early in the morning.

Cui Rong was seething with ire, having risen early to seek Shen Hua in the side room, only to find it empty.

She sat on the stone steps at the entrance, sulking with a pout.

"Are you looking for Sister Shen?"

With childlike cunning, Cui Rong gazed at him.

"What do you want with her? She’s so pretentious, promising to stay at the Xuan Residence for a few days, yet she left without a word, leaving me behind."

She added furiously, making sure to stamp her foot as she stood up.

"She left with my second uncle."

Not taking her, always not taking her.

Seeing her reaction, Xie Xun paused for a moment in astonishment. Finding Cui Rong amusing, he then crouched down and asked, "The little princess seems to dislike Miss Shen."

"Of course."

As she spoke, she eyed Xie Xun with suspicion.

She recognized Xie Xun, whom her Mama had specially pointed out to her the night before, saying, "That’s Heir Xie from Duke Fu’s Mansion. He’s as renowned as your second uncle."

This was the first time an external man wanted to see Shen Hua. The little girl’s innocent eyes inevitably carried a scrutinizing gaze.

She wasn’t clueless! Perhaps this man wanted to propose to Shen Hua.

Shen Hua was indeed attractive, unavoidably drawing attention.

She wanted nothing more than to drive Shen Hua out, after all, she was too detestable.

But at present, she felt somewhat disconcerted, like tiny bubbles surfacing on a serene lake for no reason.

Bubbling up with steam.

Thus, the little girl seriously said to Xie Xun.

"You should think it over."

"Her faults are indeed too numerous."

"Truly not a good match, only knows how to infuriate people."

Cui Rong spoke earnestly, "To marry a wife is to marry a virtuous one, you should like another girl."

Having said that, she treated Xie Xun with respect.

"Alright?"

Xie Xun couldn’t help but let out a laugh. He reached out to ruffle the little tuft on Cui Rong’s head that rocked as she shook her head.

Cui Rong glared and quickly retreated a few steps.

What’s going on! Someone was playing with her little tuft again!

Although Cui Rong was young and her words naive, Xie Xun did not neglect her feelings and even half squatted to level with her.

"The little princess is overthinking it."

"Are you saying I misunderstood?"

Cui Rong’s delicate face scrunched up.

She became even more displeased.

"What gives you the right not to like her! Where is she lacking?"

She was ready to erupt, eager to have a thorough argument with Xie Xun

But Xie Xun, as if he had a knack for dealing with young girls, handled the situation effortlessly with a gentle voice, "It’s my mistake."

Cui Rong choked up, her arrogance and rage subsiding with those words. She could only retort gruffly.

"Uh, you... it’s good that you know!"

After bidding farewell, Xie Xun then headed to the Marquis Yangling Mansion. It was Ji Qing who personally invited him in.

When he arrived, Shen Hua had not yet awoken.

Cui Yun had sat by the bed all night. Seeing Xie Xun bending over to enter, he withdrew the needle from Shen Hua’s head and pressed his sore and swollen eyes. He did not conceal the illness, saying.

"Such symptoms are likely to recur. They cannot be suppressed."

Xie Xun’s heart sank.

His gaze intently fixed on the girl on the bed, pale as paper.

The words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "Since there hasn’t been a concern for five years, yet she still suffers from the torment of illness, can Doctor Ni alleviate her past pain?"

Cui Yun lowered his gaze.

"The medicinal bath she takes serves this purpose, apart from when the illness flares up, she’s mainly just a bit weaker."

"Her illness is truly bizarre."

Cui Yun slowly rose to his feet.

"Everything depends on treating the right symptoms with the right medicine, but her condition neither resembles common poisons nor typical Gu poisons. If it’s really a congenital weakness, I am fully aware of Miss Shen’s situation and can’t help but feel that it shouldn’t be like this."

Just like her pulse, a tangled mess.

But those who would know best about Shen Hua’s condition are all dead. How to inquire?

His words caused Xie Xun to freeze up.

"Are you saying—"

Shen Hua’s condition is not merely a simple weakness?

He paused for a moment, and it was unclear what he was thinking, but he took a long hard look at the girl on the couch: "Marquis Cui, may I have a word with you outside?"

Cui Yun nodded, and the two left the room.

After instructing Ji Xin to take care of Shen Hua, he followed Xie Xun to the guest hall.

Xie Xun did not sit down. He stood tall and formidable, pondering for a moment before speaking.

"Marquis Cui may not be aware that Bai Zhou and Mrs. Shen died from falling off a cliff. However, why did the well-behaved horses lose control? Over the years, members of the Shen Family have died one after another, and I’ve long harbored doubts and concerns about what happened back then."

It’s just that he had only recently returned to Shengjing.

In the previous years, he had been occupied with fighting enemies and could not intervene in this matter.

Upon returning from the battlefield, while he had asked Cui Yun to fetch Shen Hua, he also dispatched people to secretly investigate thoroughly, but time had passed, and the leads had long since gone cold.

Cui Yun was also not uninformed: "After Mrs. Shen passed away, the inner household of the Shen Family fell into disarray, even more so the embroidery workshop. Shen Wei was stretched thin and unable to care for Miss Shen. After Shen He Wen’s repeated persuasions, he took a stepmother."

That year, Shen Wei was busy traveling all over for the embroidery workshop and seldom returned home.

Mrs. Xue had been quiet for a long time.

At first, she was exceptionally kind to Shen Hua.

But how could Shen Hua, who had lost her mother and brother, show any fondness for a woman who took over their nest and still smilingly expected her to call her Mama?

Mrs. Xue’s patience gradually wore thin.

She then set her sights on the servants attending Shen Hua.

On one occasion, when Shen Hua fell ill with a harsh cold, Mrs. Xue used the opportunity to accuse the servants of neglect and sold all of them, save for Yicui, who was only a little older than Shen Hua.

By the time Shen Wei learned of this and returned home, more than a month had passed.

Seeing Mrs. Xue’s apparent deep concern for Shen Hua, he did not express his complaints and believed her words.

—With these old servants around, how could Shen Hua forget her birth mother and develop a maternal bond with her?

Cui Yun said calmly: "Afterwards, Miss Shen’s illness also stabilized and ceased to worsen."

But it was akin to the last flicker of light from an oil lamp; whether it worsened or not, what did it matter?

Cui Yun: "Her maid Yicui had been questioned by Ni Kang numerous times, asked repeatedly about everyday matters such as food and drink, but nothing unusual was found."

When Shen Wei was around, Mrs. Xue did not show the slightest impatience or intricate consideration towards Shen Hua.

Knowing that Shen Hua was Shen Wei’s lifeblood, Mrs. Xue never interfered with any medicine or food that Shen Hua consumed, fearing an unfavorable outcome that might implicate her.

Every time Shen Wei returned home, he would eagerly wish to sire offspring.

Shen Wei loved his daughter, but how could he wish for his lineage to end without a male heir? Besides, Mrs. Xue appeared fragile and pitiful in front of him.

Yet, Shen Hua was an astute girl. How could she not perceive whether someone genuinely cared for her? After seeing Shen Wei defend Mrs. Xue repeatedly, her aversion to the latter grew extreme.

Had Daddy forgotten Mama so soon after her death? Had their previous deep love turned into empty words?

This, Cui Yun was aware of.

However.

"The grievances and stories of those gone by, Weizhen does not wish to know, and Heir Xie does not need to discuss them further with me."

He did not mention the oddity of the string of beads. He just said.

"Be it poison, Gu, or challenging weak conditions, I have already sought out various experts skilled in secret techniques."

Including the Sanqing Taoist who had given him a bracelet.

"Sanqing Taoist wanders everywhere and there’s currently no news. However, I know that he met with Heir Xie two years ago. Do you know his current whereabouts?"

Xie Xun, however, did not realize how much Cui Yun cared for Shen Hua.

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