To Die with a Stick

He Lingshuang had a long dream in which she was still a child.

In the lantern show of the Lantern festival, there were a lot of visitors. Jingshu held her hand and walked slowly among the crowd while telling her about the hustle and bustle of the streets.

They stopped in front of a stall where people played couplets game, because Jingshu had taken a fancy to the most beautiful colorful glazed palace lamp.

"I love it! Lingshuang, can you help me win it?

"Of course." She agreed without thinking. Although she was blind, she had been listening to many poems and couplets with her father since she was young, and she could easily recite poems and couplets.

After answering nine good couplets, they got the palace lanterns as they wished and left. However, not long after they left, Feng Qianchen, who was traveling in disguise, also came to the stall.

"Hey, I want to challenge again."

"I' m sorry, young man. That colorful glazed lantern has been won by a young lady."

"Really?" Feng Qianchen could not help but feel disappointed, but he was also very curious. What kind of talented and gorgeous woman could win such an honor without any effort?

There were too many people crowding around Lingshuang and then she felt her hands empty.

She could see nothing but tried to grasp something. "Jingshu, Jingshu, don't leave me behind ..."

A man held her in his large, warm hand. "Shuang'er, don't worry."

The simple words carried a reassuring power. Lingshuang suddenly woke up from her dream. "Elder brother Du?"

"Yes, it's me." Du Zhong put warm, wet cotton cloth on her chapped lips. "It's a miracle you woke up after a month in a coma. Don't talk and get some rest."

It was as if every time she got sick when she was young, he would take care of her so gently. However, she did feel that something was wrong? Lingshuang was stunned for a long time before she realized it. "Eyes! My eyes?"

Feng Qianchen really gave her eyes to Ji Yuanli. What would she take to protect the He family and avenge Jingshu in the future?

She struggled to sit up, but with a slight movement, she felt as if her entire body was being crushed by a wheel. "Why? Why is that?"

Being afraid that she would hurt herself, Du Zhong could only hold her in his arms and comfort her. "Shuang'er, listen to me. No matter what kind of injury you have suffered, I will cure you. The most important thing now is that we have to live, you know?"

Yeah, when she died, she would got nothing. Lingshuang knew that very well. However, she felt so unsettled and flustered. She held Du Zhong's hand tightly, as if she was the last straw that the drowning man could hold on to. "Elder brother Du, you will help me, right?"

She was eagerly waiting for Du Zhong's answer, but what she heard was a sneer.

"Oh, what a couple that can not be separated!"

The mellow voice carried bone-chilling cold that made her shiver. "Your majesty?"

She was like a frightened shrimp,who jumped out of Du Zhong's arms and explained in a panic, "Your majesty, it's not what you think. Imperial physician Du just ..."

"He just can' t bear to see you die and want to take care of you day and night in the Cold palace?" Feng Qianchen walked drunk and his eyes were red. He commanded, "Pull this womanizer out and give flog him to death."

After the chaos, the room returned to its usual quiet state. Lingshuang held the edge of the bed and cried until she almost fainted. "Feng Qianchen, I hate you, I hate you!"

She had only two friends in her life. One was Ji Jingshu and the other was Du Zhong. Ji Jingshu died for falling in love with Feng Qianchen, and Du Zhong was killed by Feng Qianchen to save her.

From now on, she was alone in this world and had no friends anymore.

"Feng Qianchen, as long as I don't die, I will definitely kill you for revenge!" Lingshuang's fingernails dug into her palm, and blood oozed out of her palm, but she was completely unaware of it.

She loved him to the bone! She hated him to the bone!

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