After Being Forced to Marry the Evil Star General

Yao Muze’s master, a former envoy of the Imperial Hospital, resigned due to old age and returned to his hometown, and then traveled around the country as a doctor. Two years ago, he went to Nanjiang to study the local Gu poison. This was a mysterious and unsolvable problem for the people of the Xuan Dynasty, so he wanted to find a solution.

In Nanjiang, he met a local hermit witch doctor. The two became fast friends and exchanged medical knowledge, and after studying for two years, he invited the other party to travel to the Xuan Dynasty. Unexpectedly, he was found by Yan Mingting’s people as soon as he stepped foot into Xuan Dynasty territory.

The court envoy respected the Yan Mingting father and son, so he brought his friend to accompany him to Beijing. The two masters of the General’s Mansion were unexpectedly not there, so he could only seek out his apprentice first.

Yao Muze had come to the General’s Mansion many times to stand watch, and he just happened to catch them on the fourth time he came here.

The group of people sat in the front hall. Zhao Yelan looked at the envoy, and the witch doctor who followed him, and had Housekeeper Qin make tea. He asked nervously: “Do the two of you really have a way?”

The hospital envoy had heard about the situation from Yao Muze and discussed the treatment with the witch doctor, so he said: “We can give it a try, let’s hurry up.”

“All right.” Zhao Yelan immediately urged Yan Mingting to bring the two old gentlemen to their room, and stood up by himself. But his legs and feet were so swollen that he couldn’t walk. In a dilemma, he was about to call Xiao Gao over, but Yan Mingting had already walked over and picked him up.

Never mind other people, there were still two unfamiliar doctors here. Zhao Yelan buried his face into the other’s chest as much as possible and said in a low voice: “Can you put me down?”

“I can’t.”

“Zhao-daren, don’t worry.” The envoy happily stroked his beard. “When we passed through Jiangnan, we had already heard stories about the two lords. I was surprised when I heard the news of you two getting married last year, and didn’t expect that you would be a match made in heaven.”

Zhao Yelan’s expression grew even more unnatural. He was unaccustomed to elders mentioning feelings in front of them. Fortunately, they had already reached the bedroom. Yan Mingting put him down, then sat on the bed and let the two doctors strip off his shirt to check his health.

The witch doctor was a man of few words, so he examined him carefully and said: “The poison has already spread. According to the time you were poisoned, it should not have spread so quickly. Do you often use internal force to suppress it?”

Yan Mingting subconsciously glanced at Zhao Yelan, then nodded.

Zhao Yelan immediately realized that this fellow was always suppressing it in order not to worry him, but this made the poison spread faster. He asked the doctor almost pleadingly: “Do you have a solution?”

“It’s hard to say.” Doctors usually didn’t give a definite answer when encountering serious injuries, especially this kind of serious poisoning where the risk was very high. The hospital envoy said: “We must cut the vein and drain the poison.”

Zhao Yelan’s face paled.

The two doctors prepared separately, and the envoy asked Yao Muze to watch and learn. Housekeeper Qin followed the doctors’ orders and went down to make preparations.

Zhao Yelan staggered to the side of the bed, took Yan Mingting’s other hand, and leaned down silently to lay on his chest.

“It’s okay, isn’t there hope now? You have faith in me, how could I be willing to leave you?” Yan Mingting stroked his head, comforting him softly.

The witch doctor prepared the antidote on the side, and brought out a bowl of medicine for him: “Drink this first.”

Everything was soon ready. The envoy came over with a sharp knife, placed a basin by the bed, and said: “Zhao-daren, why don’t you go out and wait?”

“Yes, you go out and wait,” Yan Mingting also said.

Zhao Yelan sat up and shook his head: “I’ll stay here. I definitely won’t disturb you.”

The envoy didn’t try to persuade him any more. If there was someone watching by the side, perhaps it could give Yan Mingting some encouragement. He said: “Then we will start.”

“En.” Yan Mingting stretched out his hand, and when he felt the cold blade against his thin skin, he raised his other hand to cover Zhao Yelan’s eyes.

Zhao Yelan took his hand away and clasped it in his own. When he looked over again, blood had already started to drip into the basin.

Time passed bit by bit. Zhao Yelan watched as his face became paler and paler until his lips were bloodless. He took the other’s hand in distress and kissed the back of it, distracting his attention, and said: “It’s almost your birthday, what gift do you want?”

“A gift, ah……to be able to celebrate your birthday with you this year is the best gift,” Yan Mingting said weakly.

Zhao Yelan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: “We’ll definitely be together, so you can say what you want.”

“Anything is fine?”

“En.”

“Then I have to think about it…….”

The witch doctor came over and their conversation was interrupted. He pressed the wrist, then applied the prepared ointment to the wound and said: “This contains Hecao, which is unique to Jiangnan, along with several other herbs that can stop blood poisoning.”

Zhao Yelan breathed a sigh of relief: “Is this the end?”

“No, it is just the first time,” the envoy said. “It must be cleared several times in the next two days, so be sure to take as much tonic as possible.”

“Many thanks,” Yan Mingting said with a pale face.

When the court envoy brought the basin out, Zhao Yelan glanced at, pursed his lips, and silently turned away.

Everyone let Yan Mingting rest for a while, then called him up to eat. Not long after eating, the second round of detoxification started.

It had to be cleared every three hours, even in the middle of the night. Zhao Yelan felt that his body temperature was getting lower, so he quickly embraced him to try to give him warmth.

After going on like this for two and a half days, Yan Mingting completely passed out. Zhao Yelan said in a panic: “He isn’t speaking to me anymore, what should be done? Can you wake him up?”

“This is the last step. It is very rare that he has survived until now,” the envoy sighed.

“En, he is very capable.” The witch doctor had also treated many people. Most of them would be delirious when they were detoxified for the first time, and the only person who could persist until now was the person in front of them.

Next, the two doctors and Yao Muze worked together to move Yan Mingting into a tub. After soaking in a medicinal bath for half an hour, the hospital envoy applied acupuncture again and then put him back on the bed, saying: “The poison in his body is almost cleared, and the next step is to wait for his good fortune. If he is able to wake up, his life is basically safe.”

“Many thanks.” Zhao Yelan hurried to get the banknotes and handed them to him, but was rejected.

“Since I’m treating General Yan, how can I accept these extraneous things?” The envoy said.

The witch doctor also forfeited it, saying: “General Yan put down the civil strife in Jiangnan. We Jiangnan people are grateful to him for coming.”

Zhao Yelan bowed to them solemnly: “Thanking the two doctors.”

“You should also rest earlier. You haven’t closed your eyes for two days and nights. He won’t be able to wake up anytime soon, so rest for a while.” After speaking, the hospital envoy left with the witch doctor and Yao Muze.

It was already late at night. Zhao Yelan hugged Yan Mingting and closed his eyes for a while, then suddenly awoke from a dream and subconsciously put his head on the other’s chest. He was relieved after hearing the sound of a heartbeat and kissed his lips in the dark, then fell back asleep.

As soon as it was daylight, he opened his eyes, and his legs and feet could barely move after two days of rest. He opened the door and called: “Are the kitchen things ready?”

“Ready, ready, I’ll bring it right away.” Housekeeper Qin brought over a bowl of porridge. The kitchen had been busy for the past two days. Food must be prepared at any time, but Yan Mingting was now in a coma, so he could only be fed some porridge.

After Zhao Yelan fed him the porridge, he stayed in the room and only came out during mealtime.

At night, there was still no sign of him waking up. He began to panic a little, and his face was full of worry.

The candles in the room were always lit, never going out. He whispered: “Do you want to hear a story? You used to tell me stories, so let me tell you one now. Don’t dislike me for being annoying.”

“What should I tell?”

“Let me tell you about Xiao Gao. Eunuch Gao is his uncle, his only family member. After Xiao Gao’s parents passed away, he came to the capital to join him. Eunuch Gao didn’t want him to enter the palace as a young eunuch, so he didn’t let Zhao Xuan know of his existence, but sent him to me.”

“I happened to be in need of another guard boy, and he was skilled but not too smart, just what I wanted, so I let him follow me.”

“He was young at that time and had never been deceived before, so I could scare him with a few words. When I said that those who betrayed me would be quartered by five horses, he was so frightened that he immediately swore that he would not betray me. I said that Yan Mingting was an old pig spirit, and he asked me if I could not marry one, but do you know who his second favorite person is now? You old pig spirit, he has been secretly wiping tears for these two days, why don’t you wake up and laugh at him?”

The person on the bed still showed no sign of waking up.

In the afternoon of the next day, Ruan Xian paid a sudden visit.

Housekeeper Qin came to the room to pass the message. Zhao Yelan didn’t want to leave the room at all, so he asked Housekeeper Qin to send him away.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Xian rushed into their bedroom without hesitation. He looked at Zhao Yelan, who was guarding the bed with a serious expression, and asked: “How is the General?”

“Just waiting for him to wake up,” Zhao Yelan said.

But Ruan Xian heard that the General had been in a coma for a long time, so he had to ask: “What is your plan?”

“What do you mean?” Zhao Yelan turned his head and looked at him blankly.

Ruan Xian took a few steps closer, and only then did he see the other’s emaciated appearance. Then he caught sight of Yan Mingting, who had lost half his life, laying in bed, and was momentarily at a loss for words. After a long time, he sighed deeply and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, saying: “This is your signed letter left in the Imperial Academy a few days ago. I happened to enter that room today and found it by accident.”

“What is it?” Zhao Yelan seemed to be unable to remember.

“Your final letter!” Ruan Xian couldn’t control his volume, and spread out the paper. “This clearly arranges your funeral, and even the rabbit was not left out. What are your plans?!”

Zhao Yelan stretched out his hand: “Give it back to me.”

Ruan Xian didn’t return it to him, but tore up the paper and said: “You’ve planned everything out, and if General Yan leaves, you will follow?”

“You are not allowed to talk nonsense! He will not leave!” Zhao Yelan got up and pushed him out, not noticing that the person on the bed moved his fingers slightly.

“Zhao-xiong! Zhao Yelan!” Ruan Xian shouted from outside. “Don’t do anything stupid, ah!”

Zhao Yelan had someone throw him out the gate, then he dragged his sore legs back to the bed, wiped his face and hands, and whispered: “I had a dream last night. I dreamt that the two of us were old and we were still playing snowball fights together. I couldn’t even run anymore, and you still insisted on dragging me out to run in the snow. My legs nearly fell off because of you……”

Not long after Ruan Xian left, Housekeeper Qin came to the room again to deliver a message: “My Lord, there are several girls outside the door who wish to see you.”

“Girls?”

“En.” Housekeeper Qin was a little embarrassed to speak, and said hesitantly: “Brothel girls, they all look pretty……”

Zhao Yelan estimated that it was Qingyan and the others. Now that Gu Niaoniao was in prison, business in the building had naturally stopped, and most of these girls were frightened.

He had promised Gu Niaoniao that he would settle these people down, so he thought for a moment and said: “I’ll go see them.”

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to get up, someone grabbed his wrist.

He turned his head in surprise and looked down at the person on the bed.

Yan Mingting slowly opened his eyes, and the corners of his mouth pulled up weakly. His voice was extremely hoarse and his eyes very aggrieved as he said slowly: “I, I just fell asleep, and you found girls from the brothel again, and brought them to the house. You’re such a lecher……”