"How did you get hurt like this? Who hurt you?" Fu Yi heard her calling him brother and regretted that he had hit her too hard. He hurriedly unbuttoned her clothes to check her injuries.

"How dare you ask such a question..." She leaned against the table and said weakly, "I can do it on my own, right?"

Eventually, he fainted due to lack of breath.

"Why are you bandaging so tightly?" Fu Yi untied the bandage on her chest to help her calm down, while scolding her, "Are you going to such lengths to skip classes now? Can't you just give your father a break?"

Suddenly, his hands froze, and he quickly covered her collar, and was petrified on the spot.

After being stunned for a moment, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the ink off her face, then turned over her hair and repeatedly checked the scar on the back of her neck.

It was definitely Brother Xu, could it be that I saw it wrong?

He slowly peeled back her clothes, took a quick look to confirm them, and hurriedly closed them again.

You’re not seeing things this time!

How come his younger brother Xu turned into a woman!

At this time, A Rao and Nanny Jiang rushed in quickly. Seeing the fainted Ye Wanqing, they hurriedly lifted her onto the bed. Seeing her open chest and loose bandages, they looked at each other and then looked at Fu Yi who was shocked.

"What's going on? Why is she a woman?" Fu Yi asked, "Where's my brother Xu?"

"Young Master, stop yelling!" A Rao stepped forward and covered his mouth, dragged his arm out, and closed the door.

Fu Yi was dragged into her room by her.

"You'd better give me a reasonable explanation."

A Rao wanted to make up an excuse to fool him, but when she saw the blood on his sleeve, she couldn't bear it and said, "Master, you saw it all. She is actually a lady. It was the Madam who insisted that she dress as a man."

"What!" Fu Yi's breath hitched. "Tell me, Mother wants Ah Xu to dress as a boy, what's going on?"

"Madam is the only daughter of the Fu family. After Second Master Fu disappeared, we had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure in order to preserve the Fu family's fortune."

She told Fu Yi everything she knew and told him to keep it secret.

Fu Yi's face was already pale. He stared blankly at the blood on his sleeve, his lips moving, "Mother wouldn't have kept this a secret from even Father, right?"

A Rao nodded and said, "Master, Madam said that only if the young master is a man can the two families' fortunes be preserved. Forget what you saw today."

Fu Yi felt a sharp pain in his heart. How could he possibly forget this?

Ah Xu, whom I bullied since childhood, turned out to be a simple and kind sister!

Even though she knew that every time she came back, it was to beat him up, she still called him "big brother" and asked happily if he came to visit her...

Fu Yi hurriedly strode towards Shen Xu's room, but saw Murong Yan and the imperial physician being stopped outside by Nanny Jiang, clamoring to go in to see her.

"Hurry up and let this prince and the imperial physician go in to see Ah Xu. Is this how you treat your prince?"

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince's injuries have been treated and he is not serious. He needs to rest for now. Please go back first and come back to visit him after he wakes up." Nanny Jiang hurriedly blocked people outside the door, looking a little panicked.

Fu Yi stood at the door with a cold face. "Ah Xu's injury has already been treated by the doctor of the Marquis' Mansion. He just applied the medicine, so it's inconvenient to check again. Murong Yan, you should go back and stay away from my Ah Xu in the future."

Murong Yan was furious when he heard this. "What do you mean by your Ah Xu? Ah Xu bled so much because of you. Are you really his elder brother? How could you kill your own brother?"

Fu Yi pursed his lips and said nothing, his fists clenched, and the temperature around him seemed to suddenly drop several degrees.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Murong Yan was about to go into the house, but he was stopped outside the door.

"Chen Xu, are you awake? If you are being threatened, make some noise. Don't be afraid, this prince will definitely rescue you from the hands of the devil." Murong Yan shouted outside the door.

Hearing this, Fu Yi felt as if she had received a critical blow. Her elder brother always found an excuse to beat her up as soon as he came home. He had long become the big devil in her heart.

The corners of his lips, which had been raised, sank, and his gentle voice became several degrees colder. "Stop shouting, don't disturb her rest!"

"Fu Yi, if you dare to touch him again, I will not be polite to you."

The two of them argued and almost started fighting again, and finally the prince was called back to the palace.

After sending Murong Yan and the imperial physician away, Fu Yi hurriedly pushed the door open and entered Shen Xu's room.

"How is her injury?"

"Master, the bleeding has stopped, but the wound is broken open during the healing process and may leave a scar."

Madam Jiang sighed as she carried the bloodstained gauze and clothes out, then turned around and said, "Arao has already told you, Young Master, you must keep this secret."

"Um."

Nanny Jiang tried to explain a few things for Shen Xu: "Although the prince is a girl, she studies just as hard as boys. She has always been good at her studies. This time she was really injured and missed class. Young Master, please don't be so cruel in the future."

"Okay, I understand." Fu Yi sat down on the bed with an unstable breath, raised his hand and gently stroked her cheek. Her delicate face was like a porcelain doll, pale and haggard, full of brokenness.

I used to think that this younger brother was too fair, too soft-tempered, and lacked masculinity.

Now it seems that his sister is really beautiful, as bright as the clouds and moon, and as pure as ice and snow.

Fu Yi felt distressed when he thought of her calling him "big brother" and crying in pain.

I remember when I was a child, Ah Xu secretly wore a maid's skirt and played in the garden with other noble ladies of the same age in Beijing, and I chased her all over the garden and beat her.

At that time, he never thought that Ah Xu was a real girl. He just felt that it was shameful to have such a brother.

Later, she accidentally fell beside the flower bed, and the back of her neck was pierced by a sharp stone, and she was bleeding all over.

However, her mother not only did not comfort her injured girl, but instead scolded her for wearing women's clothes. She also cut up her favorite stuffed doll in front of her and said coldly that boys should not play with these things.

After that, Ah Xu never dared to play with girls again, and instead spent his days hanging out with the princes and other nobles. Whether it was horseback riding, wrestling, or archery, he was always the worst.

I am often laughed at and bullied.

As the eldest brother, not only did he not help her, he often forced her to provoke him and fight back.

The result is predictable.

In the past, I never allowed her to cry, beg for mercy, or scream in pain. She even didn't dare to call me big brother.

Fu Yi looked through the test results on the table. Except for archery, his other scores were almost all A, and at the very least, B+. He was not at all unsuccessful and naughty as his father said.

Even if he failed in archery, his Xu'er was already much better than other men.