Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 89 Awakening
Why would he suddenly become nauseous and pass out?
Is it related to that strange disease?
Or was he tortured when he was abducted, causing physical damage?
Thinking of this possibility, Xue Han clenched his fists tightly.

Qiu Heng opened her eyes and saw a young man staring at her intently.

His eyes were slightly red, as if there were tears in them, and the moment he saw her open her eyes, it was as if stars were blooming in his eyes.

"Miss Qiu Liu, you're awake!"

Qiu Heng said nothing.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

A hand landed on her smooth forehead and then quickly moved away.

Qiu Heng moved her lips, but it seemed as if all her strength had been drained away and she could hardly make a sound.

"What did Miss Qiu Liu say?" Xue Han leaned forward unconsciously and moved closer.

"Xue Han——"

Xue Han froze.

At such a close distance, hearing her gently calling out his name was like lightning striking his heart and flowing to every part of his body.

Xue Han never thought that there would be a day when just hearing someone calling his name would be like this.

"You say." He tried his best to remain calm, his eyes never leaving the girl whose face was as pale as paper.

"I feel uncomfortable..." Qiu Heng said softly.

She felt really uncomfortable.

What was even more painful was that she had no one to talk to about her pain, which made her feel suffocated. She could only seek help from people who were suspicious of each other.

Say something, save her, she can't hold on any longer.

She was obviously just an ordinary country girl, but just because she was able to come back after being gone for thirty years inexplicably, she had to bear such a heavy burden.

But she would also feel tired, feel pain, and would doubt herself countless times and decide whether she was powerless and would mess up everything.

But what if you endure everything and move forward firmly, only to find that your husband may not be right?
The master said that if the five thieves were eliminated and Emperor Jingping was saved, without the chaos of the young ruler's hasty succession, Northern Qi would not have acted so quickly. And Daxia's treasury was full, and there was no shortage of capable ministers and generals. If the situation was stabilized, the country's fortune would surely continue.

After Han Wu was shot dead, the commander-in-chief of the palace was replaced by Zhu Qiang, who was good at training soldiers and enforcing strict military discipline. The imperial guards, which were recorded as vulnerable, would definitely change.

At that time, she was steadfast.

But now, Yuan Chenghai is gone, and Li Liang is gone.

The ruler of a country made the people of one area suffer for his own pleasure. Before Yuan Chenghai committed any crime, he could still say that he was kept in the dark, but after knowing the crimes committed by Yuan Chenghai, he continued to send people to collect rare treasures to satisfy his selfish desires, instead of issuing benevolent policies to appease the people of the southeast.

Can such a monarch really avoid the fate of having his capital destroyed and his ministers fleeing south if he lives a few more years?
Maybe it's even worse. He won't even have the capital in Linzhou for more than 30 years, and Daxia will be completely ruined by him?
If so, wouldn't she, who intervened and changed the situation, become a sinner for all eternity, deserving of death a thousand deaths?

Qiu Heng knew that her mind had changed, and she began to waver in saving Emperor Jingping.

No, that was not actually her idea. For ten years, she had been accepting the ideas of the Nanxia monarch and his ministers, the ideas of the gentleman.

She never had a mind of her own.

She is just a country girl, what does she know?

But those ten years of study and experience finally changed her, allowing her to dare to think about it now.

This made Qiu Heng even more painful and frightened.

Originally, she just had to do as she was told, and even if she failed, she would just die. But she didn't want to do everything her master told her to do, for she was afraid that he was wrong, and she was even more afraid that she was wrong.

That is a wise and incomparable gentleman——

The enormous pressure was like a heavy mountain, making Qiu Heng feel the pain of being shattered. It was the psychological torture caused by the impact on her beliefs.

It's like a tidal wave, difficult to alleviate.

Her face turned even paler, with beads of sweat on her forehead: "Xue Han, I feel uncomfortable..."

Xue Han also felt uncomfortable, upset because he was helpless.

"The medicine will work soon. What's wrong with you?"

The doctor said it was a case of anger and she would be fine after waking up and taking medicine. Why did she look so unwell?
"Is it your old illness that's flaring up? Do you want me to take you to Qinglian Lake?" Xue Han guessed, forgetting the boundaries between men and women, and tightly grasped Qiu Heng's hand. The girl's hands were slender and well-proportioned, and her palms were covered in cold sweat.

"I don't know—" Qiu Heng couldn't say it out loud. In order to save herself, she grasped the life-saving straw in front of her, "Xue Han, say something, just say something..."

"I--" Xue Han opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

But the person in front of me seemed like cracked glass that could shatter at any time.

Xue Han suddenly had a premonition that if she continued like this, she would probably collapse.

Without bothering to use reason to weigh his words, the young man blurted out: "Seeing you in pain makes me feel bad too... How can I make you feel better? Just tell me, and I'll do it."

"You will do it?" Qiu Heng heard this in a daze and couldn't help but hold him tighter, "If I ask you to kill someone, will you do it?"

"go."

"If I ask you to ignore your duties as the Imperial City Envoy, will you do that?"

"meeting."

"I want you to believe that no matter what I do, it is not for personal gain. Do you believe it?"

"letter."

Qiu Heng smiled and murmured, "Liar."

But she seemed to have broken free from the feeling of suffocation and death.

Xue Han noticed that her complexion had improved, and smiled, "I'm not lying."

If he had to throw away all his rationality, he would be willing to do so.

And now, she took his words as insincere consolation, so he took it as well.

"I have a decision—" Qiu Heng suddenly said, "but I'm not sure whether it's right or wrong. This is different from what a knowledgeable elder I once knew told me. I'm afraid I'm wrong..."

Xue Han saw a cry for help in the girl's eyes.

The Miss Qiu Liu that he knew was vigilant, cunning, and mysterious. How helpless must one have to be to be so vulnerable?
Xue Han's heart ached slightly, but he didn't know why he was so emotionally affected.

"If the words of a wise elder make you doubt him, he is probably wrong."

It would have to be obvious that something is wrong before people would doubt what is said by experienced and knowledgeable elders.

Qiu Heng's heart was shocked, as if something had suddenly dawned on her.

She respects and trusts her husband, and as long as she can convince herself, she will not waver in her husband's instructions.

"Xue Han, thank you so much." The girl's dead eyes gradually regained their luster and she said seriously, "You have helped me so much, I will repay you."

Repay him——

Xue Han's face flushed instantly, and he felt even more embarrassed because of this reaction.

Is he crazy? When he heard her words when she was in such pain, his first reaction was to say something like "I can't repay you with anything, so I will repay you with my body".

"No need to repay." The boy pinched his palm hard to calm himself down, "Just take care of yourself."

Knock knock knock, there is a knock on the door.

"The medicine is ready."

Xue Han rushed to the door as if escaping, took the medicine soup brought by the medicine boy and returned.

"Miss Qiuliu, take the medicine first."

Qiu Heng nodded and reached out to take the medicine bowl, but saw Xue Han picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful and handed it to her lips.

She pursed her lips and looked at him.

The hand holding the spoon shook slightly, just like the boy's shaking thoughts at the moment.

"It will become more bitter if you drink it spoonful by spoonful." Qiu Heng directly took the medicine bowl and drank it in big gulps.

(End of this chapter)