Ch6 - Can’t die before the general goes out to battle (1/2)
1.6 – Can’t die before the general goes out to battle
translator: xiin
When Xue Ling woke up again, it was to the sound of Xiao Qing’s intermittent crying in his ear. He coughed a few times, his chest aching something fierce, but still laughingly said, “As a man, what kind of skill is crying and wailing?”
Xiao Qing saw that he had woken up and stopped his tears, but his voice was still choked up. He reached out to prop up Xue Ling. “Gongzi, you’re finally awake.”
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Xue Ling coughed again, looked at his surroundings, and asked, “Where is this?” How long did I faint for?”
“Gongzi has been in a coma for three days and nights. If you hadn’t woken up soon, Xiao Qing would have followed you.” Small tears are still flowing, at this moment, these days of fear have all turned into grievance. Since gongzi’s last serious illness, he has never experienced such a feeling of great panic.
Xue Ling was amused, “Saying it like this, as if your family’s gongzi will pass on at any moment.”
Xiao Qing was red-eyed and did not speak. In fact, according to the imperial doctor from the palace, the gongzi’s remaining life was indeed not long. He also thought that his gongzi would not wake up this time, and was really determined to go with him. “Here’s the general’s palace. Right, now that gongzi is awake, the general should be informed.”
Xue Ling was somewhat surprised. Although he ultimately chose to faint in the arms of the general, he did not expect to be brought back by the other side. He waved his hand and said, “This is the general’s palace. It’s redundant for you to inform him of what happens here.”
Xiao Qing’s face was full of confusion, and then he saw black garbed general walk in, expression stiff.
Xiao Qing quickly wiped the tears off his face. “Gongzi just woke up, I’ll go to the kitchen to prepare some food for you.”
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Xue Ling nodded, dismissing him, then carefully looked over the general.
Although he had always known that this lord gong was intensely handsome and dazzling, but the feeling that the enemy was strong while he was weak was not very good. Xue Ling wanted to exert his own momentum properly and not be overwhelmed by the other side, but his body was too weak, and it was of no use.
Perhaps because it was tossed around on the first meeting, the system had a psychological shadow, and disappeared after seeing the general. Xue Ling and the other party looked at each other silently for a moment, before slowly unfolding a simple and innocent smile. “These few days, thanking Lord General for his care.”
Cong Hui calmly asked, “Why didn’t you come to me before?”
Xue Ling was taken aback, brain turning. Only then did he understand what this great god meant with his concise words. “When all is said and done, first impressions are the strongest, it was not sure if I could win others’ trust.”
The Lord General’s expression turned bad all of a sudden. “It was I that recognized a person wrongly.”
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Xue Ling smiled and waved his hand, as if he had totally did not care about the matter. “It is I who judged a person wrongly. I did not expect to add these troubles to the general.” He moved slightly, feeling that there should be no problems, and prepared to get up. “It’s not good to bother your excellency so much. I’d better say take my leave.”
“His Majesty permits you to first stay at my residence.” Cong Hui stopped his movements, adding, “Your own body, you should be clear.”
Xue Ling’s look changed slightly. In order to allow him to walk and move around freely for a while, the system directly extracted this body’s future life value in order to improve his physique, which led to his body getting even worse after being rejected from the world’s consciousness, and the time of death was immediately brought forward.
Xue Ling feels a bit out of sorts. “Indeed, this one’s (敬和) body has not been well from an early age. Recently being able to be so lively, it seems even the heavens were unwilling to let me die so wronged.”
Cong Hui seems to have some taboos about him bringing up the word death, wrinkling his brows and saying, “The imperial doctor said that you had an old disease in your body. That day when you were in the palace, your heart and soul were exhausted, which damaged your body even more. You need to properly take care of yourself. His Majesty has given you permission not to take up a role as an official, you only need to recuperate well in my residence.”
Xue Ling frowned. With such an article, the emperor could not possibly not make him an official. There must be something hidden behind it.
“His Majesty’s intention is that you can write more articles with your opinions while recuperating. He appreciates your articles and thinks your proposal is very good. It’s just that your body’s state does not allow for you to overwork, so you don’t need to go to court.” Cong Hui upon seeing his frown, sighed in his heart and explained it like this.
Xue Ling nodded and understood. “His Majesty wishes I could pen down more of my ideas while I can still write.”
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“His Majesty is well intentioned.” Cong Hui’s face was tight.
Xue Ling laughed, saying with amusement, “Then, thanking His Majesty for making decisions for me this time, writing is just writing. What did the imperial doctor say about my body, how much longer can I drag out this last breath of life?”
Cong Hui’s gaze was gloomy and dark, but could not see from the other’s eyes even half a point of fear, the other party is obviously not very concerned about how long he can live, perhaps for him now, it does not matter whether he lives or not? “Two or three years is possible as long as you properly convalesce.”
Xue Ling made an ‘oh’ sound, wrinkled his brows. “For the sake of me dragging this sick body to serve His Majesty, I wonder if His Majesty can show me grace and look into my innocent and wronged parents, restoring my family name?”
“I’ve already told people to look into it. It won’t be long before news arrives.” Looking at his open and clear expression as he spoke, Cong Hui saw the words that went unsaid, that it was his dying wish, hoping that it does not become his unfulfilled will, asking the general to help. “Before that, you should have a good rest here.”
The Lord General turned around and left. Xue Ling waited until there was no more sounds before pulling the system out of the shadows. “What’s the problem? Clearly the shou has already been free to go die (狗带), why is the fate of the gong still unchanged?”
See bottom for 狗带 explanation. Hilarious.
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