Liu Zhiyi's mind raced, and she understood everyone's concerns. She pursed her lips and looked at Xia'er.

"According to the time, the Lord should be leaving court soon. So, you go and guard the door. If he comes back, bring him here. Go quickly."

"yes."

Xia'er bowed and left quickly.

Liu Zhiyi sat back at the table and carefully thought about writing a prescription so that someone could prepare the herbs she needed.

After a while, Song Hanchuan walked in wearing a bright red official uniform.

"Xiaoyi, call me husband?"

Liu Zhiyi smiled, "Well, I need your help. Do you have time?"

Song Hanchuan's eyes held a hint of fondness as he nodded gently. "Between you and me, there's no need to ask. No matter when, as long as you say the word, I'll come running to you."

The words were spoken with such affection that everyone in the room laughed secretly, and cast envious and teasing glances at Liu Zhiyi.

Even Liu Zhiyi herself blushed for no apparent reason and couldn't help but glance at him in reproach.

"What are you talking about in front of the servants?"

Seeing Song Hanchuan about to open his mouth, Liu Zhiyi was so scared that she quickly lowered her chin to signal him to come forward.

"You're here just in time. Go and help me lift Chu Xiong's quilt and take off his pants."

As soon as he finished speaking, the gentleness on Song Hanchuan's face froze, and he looked like he had seen a ghost. Chu Xiong and the others present were even more exaggerated, and they almost couldn't breathe.

It took Song Hanchuan a long time to find his voice again.

"Xiaoyi, do you want to see his legs?"

Song Hanchuan knew Liu Zhiyi, so he naturally knew that she asked him to pull down someone's pants to see a doctor, not to be a hooligan.

But knowing is one thing, and actually facing it is another.

Originally, he wanted to ask someone from the Imperial Hospital to treat Chu Xiong, but since Xiaoyi had spoken, he agreed.

Knowing that she liked medicine, I wanted to let her practice, but I forgot that in order to treat the leg, I must first see the injury.

Song Hanchuan thought to himself that he was careless.

Even though he was unwilling, as things had come to this point, he couldn't refuse her wishes and spoil her fun.

I had no choice but to do it.

But as a man, the experience of taking off another person's pants is really hard to describe.

Chuxiong is also difficult to describe.

It had come to this, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet, close his eyes, and let Song Hanchuan take off his pants.

Even with his eyes closed, he could feel how cold Song Hanchuan's gaze was when he approached him, took off his pants and stood up.

It was just like a piece of ice, staring at him so hard that he felt uncomfortable all over.

"Okay, ma'am, please."

Liu Zhiyi held back her laughter, pretending not to notice how jealous he was, but she had to pretend to be indifferent.

He carefully stepped forward, pressed and observed, and examined Chuxiong's legs carefully.

I can't help but frown,

"It looks like the bone has been broken for over two years. It wasn't properly reconnected at the time, and now the broken part has healed on its own. If I want to treat it, I need to reconnect the broken bone."

"But it's not a big problem. You should take good care of yourself at home for two months. Once you are healthy enough, I will come back to operate on your leg."

When Chu Xiong, who was lying on the bed, heard the words "reconnect the broken leg", his pupils shrank.

The hands placed on the side of the bed clenched involuntarily.

Song Hanchuan glanced at him indifferently, then withdrew his gaze, gently pulled Liu Zhiyi's hand, and used a clean handkerchief that had been prepared in advance to wipe Liu Zhiyi clean, finger by finger.

Then she casually threw the handkerchief to the maid beside her.

His fingertips passed through Liu Zhiyi's fingers, intertwined theirs, and he slowly walked out of Jianjia Garden.

On the way, Liu Zhiyi thought of the savage brother he brought back from the deserted island.

Suddenly she remembered that she hadn't seen him since she came back, and wondered how he was doing now. So she asked Song Hanchuan.

Song Hanchuan's expression was a little complicated.

She pursed her lips slightly and turned her gaze towards Liu Zhiyi.

"The man's identity is unknown. I took him into custody after bringing him back. But don't worry, I just let him live in the manor and provide him with good food and drink."

"We'll make a decision after we find out his specific identity."

Liu Zhiyi asked, "Oh, how's the investigation going?"

Song Hanchuan said, "I had someone wash him and tidy up his appearance. I found that he doesn't look like a Jiang countryman, but more like a person from the North."

"North?"

"Yes, the men of the Northern Kingdom's royal family all have amber eyes, and that wild man's eyes are exactly amber."

However, there has been no news of any missing princes in the Northern Kingdom in recent years.

There is a rumor that twenty years ago, the former queen of the Northern Kingdom was framed and died unjustly. Before her death, she was pregnant with a pair of twins, a boy and a girl.

In terms of age, there is not much difference.

"You suspect..."

Song Hanchuan nodded seriously.

"However, when the former Queen of the Northern Kingdom was dying, her abdomen was bulging, indicating that she had not given birth."

This way, it won't match.

Liu Zhiyi asked, "How long had she been pregnant then?"

Song Hanchuan, "It is said that it is more than seven months."

Liu Zhiyi gently stroked his smooth chin with his fingertips, narrowed his eyes, and seemed to be thinking about something.

Song Hanchuan was a little puzzled. "Why is Madam asking this? If the adults are dead, then the baby in her belly must not survive, right?"

Liu Zhiyi shook his head slightly.

If nothing is done, the adult will die, and the child will surely die too. But if...

"Since the fetus is over seven months old, it might survive if it were removed by caesarean section. But only if it's just after the mother's death. If it's left for too long, it won't survive."

Song Hanchuan was shocked. He never thought that there would be such an unbelievable thing in the world.

But he quickly denied it.

Because the former queen of the Northern Kingdom eventually died by setting herself on fire, many people saw it at the time, so there was no way she would have been mistaken. At that time, the bulge in her abdomen was very obvious.

It was summer, and the clothes were light, so it was definitely impossible to fake it.

But Liu Zhiyi thought it was entirely possible to perform a cesarean section, stuff it with miscellaneous items, and create a fake pregnant belly. Then, they could light a huge fire and hold it out until outsiders arrived.

It is not impossible that he sacrificed his own life and used the fire to destroy the bodies and successfully helped the two children escape.

"After a caesarean section, people don't die immediately."

Song Hanchuan's hair stood on end when he heard this, and he thought, if this is true, then the former Queen of the Northern Kingdom is truly admirable.

"Okay, I understand. I will investigate in this direction. If what you said is true, then I will protect the son of the late queen."

Liu Zhiyi looked at him in surprise.

"Why?"

Song Hanchuan took a deep breath and said solemnly,

"Just think of it as... for that great mother."

She was able to endure the pain of a caesarean section with her fragile body, and even burn out the last moment of her life to give her child a chance of survival.

Such a woman deserves the admiration of the whole world.

Song Hanchuan couldn't bear to see the child of such a great woman die under the oppression of power.