Chapter 1

"Silly child, how would I know? Will that person really save us?" She asked uncertainly, not daring to be too happy, as there had been too many disappointments over the past three years

She opened her eyes, and for a long while, she could not see the objects in front of her clearly. Then... she saw her younger brother, Wei Qing. He was five years younger than her and had always had the best relationship with her. He was also dressed in heavy clothing, and his complexion appeared pale due to his weak constitution.

The one who can save us is Bu Yuan'ao

She is not afraid of waiting, but she is afraid of not being able to wait any longer! Is he still alive? Why has there not been a single letter, not even a word of news! Just to let her know that he is well, so that she does not have to wait in such uncertainty

The poor child ... she reached out her hand to him, pulling him to sit on her couch. She was a woman, and it would have been acceptable for her to stay at home for a lifetime, but he, like a little eagle chained by its feet, had his heart soaring in the sky while his body was confined to this extremely small world.

"Sister," Wei Qing said with a hint of youthful handsomeness on his face, filled with joy, "We are saved; the person with the Nine Yang Profound Blood has been found."

She is truly unafraid; she only wishes to be with him. However, he still did not take her away. She thinks that perhaps he could not bear to see her suffer, which is why he ultimately left alone.

Yulan closed her eyes, and the sunlight, filtering through her eyelids, remained dazzling. She—didn't care anymore, but her younger brother, the only son among her father's five daughters, was the family's sole hope for continuation! Their father had grown old, and the hope of having another son was as faint as it was nonexistent.

On that night of their planned escape, she had everything ready, waiting only for the hour of Zi. Her mother came and told her that Yuan Ao had already left. He had left a message for her to wait for him, promising that he would return to marry her when he made his comeback

She was taken aback, had she found it? Was her illness curable? Could she now travel to the ends of the earth to search for him? Her heart gradually began to leap with joy

She even doubted whether the divine doctor who claimed that the Jiuyang Xuanxue could cure the cold poison in their bodies was merely fabricating the pathology and antidote due to her father's generous invitation. However, she did not dare to voice her thoughts, as the search for Jiuyang Xuanxue had become her parents' spiritual support, a glimmer of hope for saving their children. Let them search, at least her parents still held onto hope

That is why he said such words to her, that if she is not afraid of hardship and poverty, she should go with him

Gradually, she began to fear whether her father had not repaid the money back then, and if he had become angry with the Wei family and no longer wanted her. Could it be that he had an inkling of her illness and was deliberately avoiding her?

No!" She said with a stern expression, "I will marry no one. I am waiting for Yuan Ao! Apart from him, I will marry no one!"

No one spoke to her about the Bu family anymore, as if it had become a taboo. In the first two years, she was filled with hope, thinking that perhaps tomorrow, or the day after, he would come. He was so intelligent, so outstanding; as long as he wanted to, there was nothing he could not achieve

It has been five years since he left her to start his own business, and there has been no news at all.

Later, she learned that the court believed the Bu family had monopolized too much of the economic lifeline, fearing they harbored ill intentions. Thus, they exerted efforts both overtly and covertly to suppress them, tightening the noose at every turn. The Bu family found themselves in a precarious situation, ultimately facing a dire predicament. Meanwhile, the unscrupulous elements of the underworld coveted the wealth of the Bu family and, taking advantage of their weakened state, conspired to plunder them, adding insult to injury and leaving the Bu family in a state of utter despair

Due to her weak constitution and extreme sensitivity to cold, she cannot go anywhere and can only sit confined at home, wholeheartedly waiting for him and longing for his return

Sister..." Wei sighed deeply, displaying a maturity beyond her years.

Should she be happy

When she met him, the Bu family was in a dire situation. Master Bu had sent him to collect the debts that had been lent out in the past, hoping to get through the crisis.

Why did he appear in this manner? The one who possesses the Nine Yang Profound Blood? How could his marrying her possibly be a condition for saving them?

Fourth Sister

Perhaps her eyes sparkled with tears, and he had not become wealthy, still living a life of poverty, so he did not dare to come and take her, he could only appear in this way, only in this manner could he make her father agree to marry her to him

How could this be

She opened her mouth but could not make a sound for a long time

Since she and her younger brother fell into the cold pool three years ago, she has developed this strange ailment, being afraid of the cold and unable to touch anything chilly; otherwise, it feels as if she is being pricked by needles and cut by knives. Their father has sought countless renowned doctors for them, and over the past three years, they have consumed more than a hundred pieces of thousand-year-old ginseng, yet this illness...

She weeps bitterly, she is sorrowful, and she also hopes

"Can you guess who that person is?" A hint of gloom flashed in Wei Qing's clear eyes

She is already nineteen this year, her sisters have long since married and had children, and her younger sister, who is one year younger than her, is also engaged and will soon be leaving home

Later on, she contracted this illness

He is only fourteen years old, how will he endure the years to come? Does such a miraculous thing as the Nine Yang Profound Blood truly exist in this world? Are there really people who possess such strange blood? Even if it does exist, in the vast sea of humanity, how can one find it, and how long will it take to search?

Certainly! But he wants to marry you and bring you home

Once gone, it has been five years

She covered her mouth, and tears flowed through her clasped fingers, the cool tears causing a slight sting on her skin. Regardless, he had come, come to marry her!

Yuelan was leaning on the concubine couch in the corridor, lost in thought as she basked in the sun. It was the height of summer, and she was still dressed in her embroidered silk gown.