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Gu Youyou administered an acupuncture treatment to Lord Jie and gave him some pills, and soon he awoke.

Lord Jie opened his eyes, glanced at Gu Youyou, then closed his eyes again. With a sigh and a self-mocking laugh, he said, "Ah, they ended up asking you to come after all. It seems I won’t be dying anytime soon."

Gu Youyou was startled and asked, "Lord Jie, what insurmountable difficulty are you facing, that you would resort to such an extreme measure?"

He propped himself up to sit, his expression extremely weary.

His eyes, hollow, gazed at the dark corner of the room and he said, "A few days ago, I received a letter from the eldest. He said the second one was dead.

Caught by the Xining Army as a spy and killed by a disorderly sword, not even a complete corpse could be found. "

Gu Youyou was suddenly shocked, staring blankly at Lord Jie, her acupuncture needle falling to the ground.

She had thought, since Miss Du was willing to bear Jie Zhonglin’s child, perhaps she could bring them together?

After all, there’s a saying, ’To err is human, to forgive, divine.’

He hadn’t treated Miss Du well before, which was terrible, so she chose to leave him.

But his later actions towards Miss Du, those deep affections, were also genuine.

The reason Gu Youyou had never considered the possibility of their reconciliation was because she thought Miss Du had completely fallen out of love with him, and given up.

But from this pregnancy incident, it seems that might not be the case.

But now...

There was no chance anymore.

"How... how could this happen?" Gu Youyou asked blankly.

Lord Jie’s eyes never left the dark corner of the wall.

Perhaps he was looking at something, or perhaps he saw nothing at all.

He kept staring at that spot, as if he was seeing Jie Zhonglin.

His nose stung bitterly. Lord Jie took a deep breath and said, "If I hadn’t always been scolding him, knowing full well that he was blaming himself even to the point of wanting death, he wouldn’t have taken such a path."

Gu Youyou, head bowed, listened quietly.

She also recalled that during that time, Jie Zhonglin indeed was full of self-blame.

After what had happened, three people were hurt. And the first to accept the reality was actually the easiest to recover.

But Jie Zhonglin was precisely the one who couldn’t let go.

"He was the most like my son. His mother adored him the most when she was alive, and so did I. I thought he could become a just and upright scholar like me one day, continuing the Jie family’s tradition of serving as loyal subjects, but I never expected him to treat himself in such an extreme way."

Perhaps at that time, Jie Zhonglin felt he could no longer stay at home, or even near Beijing. People around him showed no kindness, and he didn’t want to become like his father, so he chose to join the military, heading to the East Sea.

"I knew he had joined the military, I should have brought him back no matter what. His elder brother... Sigh! I’m old, I no longer want to, nor can I, manage them.

Doctor Gu, thank you for coming. Our Jie family has received so many favors from you, yet we have never had the chance to repay any.

But this is also good; it shows that Gu Youyou is a capable person, only those who truly have the ability like Gu Youyou do not need help from others. "

"Lord Jie, you are too kind. You have helped a lot in unseen ways!"

"Consort Jie?" Xiang Chun’s voice arose outside, "Consort Jie, wait a moment, our great Prince’s consort is inside treating Lord Jie, you cannot enter now."