My God of Wealth is a Short-lived Ghost

Chapter 173 Father! I was wrong!

Zhao Hongyu raised his hand and held Gu Ming's hand. "Master... I want to see someone."

Gu Ming nodded and helped Zhao Hongyu get off the bed. "I'll go with you."

Zhao Hongyu chuckled and turned into a plum blossom, silently thinking of Fu Cheng in his heart

At this time, Fu Cheng seemed to have been waiting for a long time. Seeing Zhao Hongyu's gloomy face, he looked at Zhao Hongyu with worry, then stood up and helped Gu Ming to help Zhao Hongyu sit down on the soft couch. "Emperor Hongyu, you..." At this point, Fu Cheng sighed and stopped talking.

Zhao Hongyu chuckled and took a deep breath, then slowly said, "I can't make it through tomorrow. Can you promise me two things?"

After hearing this, Fu Cheng sighed and naturally understood why Zhao Hongyu came. "Don't worry, I promise not to disrupt the court of Zhao State, and I will not give advice to the concubines of Zhao State."

Zhao Hongyu nodded and took out a pill and handed it to Fu Cheng. "In exchange, this is the pill I developed. It can heal wounds instantly. I think with your ability, it won't be difficult to refine more."

Fu Cheng took the pill and knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Emperor Hongyu."

Zhao Hongyu nodded and then sighed, "Have you heard about what happened to me in the past five years?"

Fu Cheng hummed and said, "I heard about it, but I need to help you keep it secret so that people in the future generations of Wujin Country won't know about it."

Zhao Hongyu shook his head and sneered in despair, "No need, I was just asking, it turns out... you already know everything."

Zhao Jinghua sneered and shook his head. "I exchanged a few simple pleasantries with him and left in a hurry. The poison was not fatal. My daughter-in-law wanted to wait until I met Chen Ye before sending me away. But I was already at the end of my strength. Even a chronic poison would have killed me."

After hearing this, Wu Yisa frowned and sighed, raised his hand to pick up the teacup and drank the tea, then put the teacup on the table, picked up the teapot and wanted to pour water for Zhao Jinghua, but Zhao Jinghua stopped him and said, "No need."

Wu Yisa felt extremely uncomfortable at the moment, as if her heart was blocked by a stone. "What happened later? Did you see Eunuch Chen?" Zhao Jinghua nodded and shook his head and sighed after hearing this.

Zhao Hongyu lay on the couch with a calm expression. He raised his hand and held Gu Ming's hand. When he spoke, his voice was low and hoarse, "Thank you for your help." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Hongyu suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, and then he chuckled with relief.

Gu Ming lowered his head in silence after hearing this. Zhao Hongyu looked at the beam above the bed, and the memories of the past gradually emerged in front of him. He spoke intermittently, "In the past... Chen Ye often stood there... looking down at me. He was very naughty... and he just didn't like to talk. I used to be too cold to him... Five years ago, he was just like Minghua... talking to me about the past non-stop, and I didn't want to perfunctorily tell him... But no matter what... I can't remember it... He just came back now... He must be angry with me..."

Gu Ming lowered his head and held Zhao Hongyu's left hand tightly. "Is there anything you want me to tell him?" Then he put the ring that Zhao Hongyu had handed to him in Zhao Hongyu's hand. "I will wait for you to come back."

Zhao Hongyu chuckled tiredly, then put the ring back into his spiritual sea. He nodded, his breathing became heavier, and his voice was extremely hoarse, "I miss him... I want to tell him that I'm sorry... I know... he wanted to be the chief steward in the first place... not because he read some storybook... and was impulsive... but because he was afraid that my descendants would be suspicious of him... He is a healthy child... If you have free time in the future... cough cough... cough... find a girl with a gentle personality for Chen Ye." At this point, Zhao Hongyu closed his eyes and groaned, then cold sweat broke out on his body and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. "Cough... cough... find a girl with a gentle personality... who knows the general situation... It doesn't matter if the family background is equal, as long as he likes him."

Gu Ming nodded and spoke in a hoarse voice, "Anything else?" His tone was full of helplessness. He looked up at Zhao Hongyu. Gu Ming's eyes were reluctant, but he knew that he could not keep Zhao Hongyu any longer. Even if he saved him, Zhao Hongyu would most likely die of dementia in the future.

Zhao Hongyu shook his head and wanted to say that he was dead, but when he opened his mouth, blood kept pouring out. He looked at Gu Ming with reluctance and guilt in his eyes. Gu Ming frowned and raised his hand to stroke Zhao Hongyu's head. "It's been 30 years since we got along. I wish you were really my son. Don't feel guilty. You've been filial enough. Before your mistress ascended to heaven, she said you were a good boy. Have you forgotten?" He wiped the blood from the corners of Zhao Hongyu's mouth and neck with a handkerchief.

Zhao Hongyu frowned with confusion in his eyes. Gu Ming knew what he was going to ask at a glance. He forced a crybaby and ugly smile and said, "Did you really forget? Your master's wife ascended to heaven when you were thirty years old. It was just the two of us at that time." Zhao Hongyu nodded very weakly without saying a word. At this moment, his abdomen was cramped. He wanted to curl up but he didn't even have the strength to raise his hands. Therefore, he could only hold the quilt with his remaining strength. He hoped to die soon, but a voice in his heart told him to wait a little longer.

Gu Ming seemed calm at this moment, but in fact his inner defenses had collapsed. He quietly looked at Zhao Hongyu's painful appearance, tears continuously falling from his cheeks. "Master knows you can't hold on any longer... Go now... I shouldn't have forced you to stay. Not only did I make you lose face, I also failed to cure you and made you suffer. Master, please tell Chen Ye what you said. If you can come back, remember to find Master. Even if the body you possess is a beggar, Master will not despise you."

Zhao Hongyu tried hard to put on a smile. His eyelids gradually became heavy and it was very difficult for him to raise his eyes, but he forced himself to look towards the door.

Gu Ming waited silently with Zhao Hongyu until the next day at dawn. Zhao Hongyu's face was pale and his lips were bloodless. His eyes were half open and he hadn't closed them all night. Gu Ming would call Zhao Hongyu every once in a while, but Zhao Hongyu just looked up at Gu Ming and never spoke. Therefore, it was unknown whether Zhao Hongyu was awake or unconscious.

Gu Ming frowned, he was extremely anxious at the moment. Zhao Hongyu's condition took a sharp turn for the worse, and he might not even last half an incense stick. "Ming Ye, wait a little longer, it will be over soon."

Zhao Hongyu was breathing out more than breathing in at this time. He no longer held out hope and planned to just leave quietly.

But after hearing what Gu Ming said, he half-opened his eyes and looked out the door again, but he knew that his time was up, so he lowered his head and smiled silently.

Finally, he closed his eyes unwillingly. Fortunately, at the last moment before closing his eyes, he saw two blurry figures, one black and one yellow. Before his consciousness faded, he could hear Chen Ye's painful wail in his ears, "Father! I was wrong!"

After hearing this, tears rolled down Wu Yisa's cheeks. He lowered his head and took a sip of the cold tea in the cup. "So, Eunuch Chen is angry with you?"

Zhao Jinghua nodded slightly, his tone was full of helplessness, "Yes, so when Minghua sent him a message, he probably thought Minghua was lying to him." He lowered his eyes and sneered bitterly, "Now you listen to me, you will sympathize with me and think I am pathetic, but if you really see it, you will definitely hate me, and you will follow the palace servants to call me a eunuch behind my back. Dementia does arouse sympathy when it is first seen, but it will only bring disgust over time."