Seeing Song Wuji emerge, Baili Jingxuan, Madam Song, and Song Yu'er were all worried about him.
Madam Song and Baili Jingxuan stepped forward simultaneously, both extending their hands.
"Are you alright?"
Seeing Madam Song deliberately walk in front of him, Baili Jingxuan paused his hand, which had been suspended in mid-air, then retracted it.
Madam Song supported the swaying Baili Jingxuan, who was about to collapse.
Her eyes were filled with concern: "My son, why are you up? How is your body?"
Madam Song helped Song Wuji, wanting him to sit down.
But Song Wuji gently pushed Madam Song away.
Instead, he walked towards Baili Jingxuan.
Baili Jingxuan naturally reached out and supported Song Wuji.
Madam Song's pupils constricted as she looked at Song Wuji standing beside Baili Jingxuan.
"Son, what… what do you mean by this?"
In truth, she had already guessed some of it, but after seeing it with her own eyes, she still refused to believe the truth before her.
"Mother, my son and Brother Jingxuan have made a pact to never marry or have children. Once my son fulfills his responsibilities, my son and Brother Jingxuan will travel the world together, venturing into the martial world."
"What? Eldest Brother, are you mad?"
Song Yu'er's face was filled with shock.
The fingers of Madam Song's tightly clasped embroidered handkerchief trembled.
After speaking, Song Wuji glanced at Baili Jingxuan, then at Gu Qianying. Turning, he walked to Baili Su and cupped his hands in greeting: "Brother Baili, I understand you are concerned about Brother Jingxuan's future. I also understand that Madam Baili and Master Baili have high hopes for Brother Jingxuan."
"If, in the future, Brother Jingxuan suddenly changes his mind and wishes to return to marry and have children, I will also offer my blessings and will never obstruct him. However… I only ask that Brother Baili can support the agreement between Brother Jingxuan and myself."
"Cough, cough, cough…"
Song Wuji was weak. After speaking at length, he coughed twice heavily.
Seeing this, Baili Jingxuan immediately stepped forward to support him.
Baili Su looked at Baili Jingxuan and Song Wuji for a long time, then finally sighed. Turning his gaze, he looked at Baili Jingxuan and asked him personally, "Brother, what are your thoughts?"
His eldest brother, Baili Jingxuan, had a deep affection for him.
No matter what decision his eldest brother Baili Jingxuan made, he would sincerely support him.
"A'Su, Brother Wuji's words are all true."
This single sentence already indicated Baili Jingxuan's stance.
Baili Su understood: "In that case, after this matter here is concluded, I will help Eldest Brother persuade Mother and Father."
Hearing this, Baili Jingxuan smiled.
"No… you can't! My son, you must not be deceived by the Baili family. My son, Mother absolutely does not agree with such a ridiculous idea. Son, in the future, you must marry and have children. In the future, you must stay by Mother's side and take care of Mother. My son, you absolutely cannot be so muddled!"
Madam Song refused to agree to anything, neither Song Wuji nor Baili Jingxuan.
Song Yu'er, standing beside them, had not yet recovered from her shock.
Song Wuji and Baili Jingxuan had clearly stated their respective positions.
Baili Su persuaded himself and tried to accept it.
Madam Song, who strongly disagreed, cried a few times in immense sadness before collapsing and fainting.
When Song Wuji sent people to escort Madam Song back to her room and stayed to personally care for her, Gu Qianying entered with a prepared medicine box.
A set of silver needles appeared, and Gu Qianying began to treat Madam Song.
At the same time, she instructed her subordinate Gao Tianshou to personally guard the three members of the Han family.
Song Yu'er had also been poisoned by Gu worms over the years that Song Gang had operated on her. Treating her would be more difficult than treating Madam Song's complex illness.
For this reason, Gu Qianying chose to treat Madam Song first, while simultaneously preparing methods to treat Song Yu'er's Gu poison.
After inserting a few needles into Madam Song's head using acupuncture techniques, and with Song Wuji's cooperation, after giving Madam Song some medicinal soup, Gu Qianying handed over the responsibility of caring for Madam Song to a trustworthy steward.
This person was also someone Song Wuji had recently promoted and was quite loyal.
During this busy period, Baili Su had been silently supporting Gu Qianying.
Whether it was taking care of Xiao Yihao, personally preparing meals, snacks, and tea for Gu Qianying, Baili Su also personally washed and dried the clothes Xiao Yihao had changed out of and Gu Qianying's outer garments.
No matter how late Gu Qianying was busy.
When she returned to her room to rest, there would always be a bowl of stomach-warming soup and hot porridge on the desk.
Regardless of whether Gu Qianying habitually ate breakfast upon waking, Baili Su would hold the freshly brewed white porridge and wait outside the door for Gu Qianying to open the door and eat.
During these busy days, Gu Qianying experienced a sense of unburdened ease she had never felt before.
"Mistress, the Han family has arrived."
Lu Zhu, who had been observing the movements outside, walked in and reported, kneeling at Gu Qianying's feet.
Upon hearing that the Han family had arrived, Gu Qianying's thin lips curved slightly: "Oh, they're finally here. We've been waiting for a long time."
Upon hearing of the Han family's arrival, Madam Song was overjoyed.
She temporarily put aside the matters between her eldest son, Song Wuji, and Baili Jingxuan.
At present, for her and the entire Song family, only her son Song Wuji's health was the most important.
Song Yu'er also immediately brought her personal maid upon learning that the Han family had arrived.
Baili Jingxuan was also very happy to hear of the Han family's arrival.
However… Han Chenglin was no ordinary person. Within the entire Song family, Song Wuji was weak and deeply poisoned, not suitable for exertion. Madam Song was a woman, and moreover, a woman who did not know martial arts and was ill.
She had little confidence in handling the Han family.
The second son of the Song family, Song Panyang, had disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown.
The third young lady, Song Yu'er, was an unmarried daughter, and also a frail woman who did not know martial arts. Song Yu'er felt she dared not represent the Song family to deal with the Han family.
Baili Su and the others were all members of the Baili family, and naturally could not represent the Song family.
Just as Madam Song was in a dilemma, Gu Qianying stepped forward proactively.
She first poured Madam Song a cup of hot tea, personally serving it, then directly spoke: "Brother Wuji and I are very compatible. Madam Song, would you mind if a woman like me became sworn siblings with Brother Wuji, and I called you 'godmother'?"
Looking at the beautiful and imposing Gu Qianying before her,
Madam Song was extremely excited and immensely grateful: "This is excellent, this is excellent."
How could she not know that Gu Qianying was a woman of great ability and mysterious identity?
Precisely because of this, accepting her as a goddaughter would not only allow her and her daughter to continue receiving treatment, but also, to deal with the Han family and Han Chenglin, this divine doctor Gu was indeed the best choice.
She was the most suitable person to represent their Song family.
A moment later.
Han Chenglin, the head of the Han family, surrounded the Song family with many Han Yu troops.
"People of the Song family, listen up! Hand over my three children, or this old man will flatten your Song family!"
Outside the Song family gate, the two young attendants on guard had already been beheaded by General Ma, who was beside Han Chenglin.
The bloody heads of the two attendants rolled onto the street.
Among the onlookers, some ran away in fright, while others cautiously hid in the corners of walls and watched.
"The Song family is doomed."
"I heard that the former city lord of the Song family, Song Gang, is dead, and the new city lord, the eldest son of the Song family, Song Wuji, is poisoned and also dying. The second son, Song Panyang, is nowhere to be found. The Song family currently has no one to preside over the situation. Now that the Han family has arrived, the Song family is going to suffer."
The moment the Song family's main gate opened, a woman in red, accompanied by two subordinates, stood outside the entrance.