There is a happy inn in the capital.

Chapter 202 Shu Chen is on the verge of death

The dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and a ray of golden light shone through them, illuminating the bamboo forest.

A golden light suddenly reflected off the snow and flashed into Gu Ziying's eyes.

She saw hope and, forcing herself to move quickly, she dug through the snow and saw a gold hairpin—Shu Chen's hairpin. Digging further, she found a blue fox fur cloak. Gu Ziying gently turned the person inside, revealing a face she knew best—covered in dirt and crisscrossed with wounds. She held the person tightly, weeping.

"Found it! Found it!"

Upon hearing this, everyone came over and was taken aback to see Li Shuchen looking so gloomy.

Unable to bear seeing her master like this, Li Wanbai stuck out her tongue and licked Li Shuchen's face, silently chanting, "Wake up, master, wake up!"

Seventh Sister reached out and checked Li Shuchen's pulse. After a long while, she finally felt a faint, weak pulse, almost imperceptible. She exclaimed in a hoarse voice with delight.

"She's still alive! Miss Li is still alive!"

Gu Ziying felt a great weight lifted from her heart upon hearing this, and quickly said...

"Quick, carry it to the carriage!"

Several young women took turns carrying Li Shuchen out, all very gently, not daring to move or exert any force. Finally, they left the bamboo forest and placed her in the warm carriage.

Gu Ziying held Li Shuchen tightly, carefully protecting her from the jolting of the carriage. Seeing the blood on her cloak, her heart ached. How could this be? How could this be? How could she have suffered such severe injuries in just a few days?

Why did they want to kill her?

Three Treasures Hall

Grape was happily adding charcoal to the stove inside, thinking that her young mistress would be happy to come home warm and cozy. Unexpectedly, she saw Seventh Sister carrying her unconscious mistress into the house, and tears immediately streamed down her face.

"Miss, what's wrong?"

Gu Ziying said quickly

"Grape, quickly go and fetch Doctor Sun."

"Okay, Doctor, Doctor Sun."

Grape ran out in a panic

The group put Li Shuchen on the bed

The warm room allowed them to warm themselves and melt away the excess snowflakes on their bodies.

The girls went to fetch warm water, and Gu Ziying helped Li Shuchen take off his cloak.

I then discovered that there wasn't a single clean spot on her winter clothes.

With trembling hands, she picked up the soaked cloth and wiped Li Shuchen's face. Tears streamed down her cheeks, each drop landing on Li Shuchen's winter clothes, eventually seeping into his blood and disappearing.

The blood on his face alone had already stained a basin of warm water red.

Gu Ziying said in a hoarse voice

"Anlan, change the water to warm water."

"Yes, miss"

Gu Ziying continued wiping Li Shuchen's neck with fresh warm water. Li Shuchen's neck was covered by her clothes; she reached to take off her outer garment but found she couldn't. She got up to check.

Strands of goose down clung tightly to Li Shuchen's flesh, blurring his features, and she trembled with heartache.

All I could do was repeatedly soak a cotton cloth and gently wipe it, hoping to get the outer garment off.

The blood-red water was changed basin after basin.

The inn's staff waited anxiously, and Manager Xu was extremely worried. However, the inn needed to keep running, so he could only try to reassure everyone that the young lady was blessed and would be alright. Only then did the inn's staff refocus on their work.

Gu Ziying struggled to remove all of Li Shuchen's outer garments.

Despite the cold winter day, she was covered in sweat.

After the outer garment was removed, the inner garment was even more unsightly; the snow-white inner garment no longer showed any whiteness, only red, dark red, bright red, and blood red.

The red is heartbreaking.

It's so red it's heartbreaking.

The room was filled with sobs.

Grape knocked on the door urgently.

"Lord Gu, Doctor Sun has arrived."

Gu Ziying pulled the quilt over Li Shuchen and said...

"Please come in"

Dr. Sun and Linglong walked in one after the other.

Before Dr. Sun arrived, he had heard Grape's description and knew that Miss Li's injuries were severe, so he was somewhat prepared. However, seeing it with his own eyes was still quite shocking; it was even more serious than he had imagined.

Linglong couldn't say a word. With red eyes, she opened Doctor Sun's medicine box and prepared her tools.

Doctor Sun quickly sat down to take Li Shuchen's pulse, and the more he took it, the deeper his brows furrowed.

He sighed after a long while.

"If we had been any later, it might have been... Linglong, quickly bring me a needle!"

"Master, here you go."

Intensive treatment underway...

Everyone held their breath and dared not move, remaining frozen in place for fear of interfering with Dr. Sun's acupuncture.

After a long time

After finally finishing the acupuncture treatment on Li Shuchen, Dr. Sun wiped the sweat from his forehead and wrote down a list of medicine names.

"Linglong, quickly go and get the medicine according to this prescription and brew it for Miss Li."

"Yes"

Gu Ziying asked

"Dr. Sun, when will Shu Chen wake up?"

"If Miss Li can wake up within seven days, she will be fine; if she doesn't, then we can only leave it to fate."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ziying's heart tightened, and she looked at Li Shuchen, whose eyes were closed, and tears welled up in her eyes again.

Dr. Sun said again

"I will come daily to check Miss Li's pulse for the next few days. I will be returning now. If Miss Li shows any abnormality, please be sure to call me immediately."

"Alright, Anlan will see Doctor Sun off."

After Dr. Sun left

Gu Ziying picked up the warm cloth and continued to wipe Li Shuchen's body, then changed her into clean undergarments and tucked her in.

It was already dark.

She quietly watched Li Shuchen's sleeping face from the bedside.

Seven days, Shu Chen, you'll definitely wake up, right?

An Lan looked at the dazed Gu Ziying and said

"Miss, it's time to return home."

"Shu Chen is unconscious right now, how can I go home in peace? Go back and tell your mother that I'm taking care of Shu Chen at the Happiness Inn these past few days and won't be coming home. Oh, and bring back some of the best tonics."

"Yes, miss"

An Lan left the room, leaving only Gu Ziying and Li Shuchen inside.

Gu Ziying gently rubbed Li Shuchen's hand, praying that she would wake up soon.

The next day, Gu Ziying fed Li Shuchen his medicine as usual.

The door to the Sanbao Hall was suddenly opened.

Princess Changning hurried into the room and, upon seeing Li Shuchen lying on the bed with a deathly pale face, her heart skipped a beat.

With a "thud"

She knelt down in front of the bed.

Gu Ziying paused in feeding the medicine, then turned her head and asked in confusion.

Why are you kneeling before her?

Princess Changning said with a sob in her voice

"It's all because of me, all because of me that Li Shuchen is like this. She had told me beforehand to be careful and to bring more guards and shadow guards when I went out. I listened to her and increased the number of guards, but I was still kidnapped. I only remember seeing Shen Fenghuang yesterday and then being drugged by him. I don't remember anything that happened after that."

When I woke up, it was already today. Pearl told me that Li Shuchen had gone to rescue me. The servant at the gate told me that it was Li Shuchen's horse, Wanbai, that carried me back to the manor. I asked them where Li Shuchen was, but they didn't know. None of the guards and shadow guards who accompanied me had been returned either.

I sensed something was wrong, so I rushed over.

What exactly did Li Shuchen go through to become like this?

Gu Ziying replied softly with tears in her eyes.

"In the bamboo forest on the outskirts of Beijing, there were over a hundred men in black, along with guards and shadow guards from the princess's residence; corpses were scattered everywhere."

Princess Changning was stunned upon hearing this.

"Over a hundred people? Li Shuchen hasn't been practicing martial arts for long, how could she possibly defeat so many men in black? No wonder, no wonder, she's still unconscious today, she must be exhausted. Ziying, do you know when Li Shuchen will wake up?"