As the city gates slowly closed, the despair in the eyes of the people outside the city grew stronger and stronger. Some could not bear it and began to wail.
"They're not trying to give us a way out..."
"God, please open your eyes and look..."
Hearing the voice behind her, Han Yiyi's eyes darkened, and her gaze fell on Nangong Yuan's face. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Nangong Yuan speak.
"The Imperial Medical Academy is already researching the prescriptions, but they haven't found any useful ones yet. If we put them all in now, the entire capital city will probably get sick, which will only make things more complicated..."
Nangong Yuan's voice was heavy and weary. Han Yiyi understood that what he said was true, so she didn't say anything more. Now she could only place her hopes on the system.
Actually, when we were outside the city, Han Yiyi had asked the system if it had any medicine to cure the refugees' illnesses.
Whether it was because there were too many people and it couldn't recognize them, or something else, Han Yiyi called out to the system several times, but it only beeped twice and then went silent. Seeing that the system didn't respond, Han Yiyi's heart sank. If even the system couldn't help, then what about Zicheng and Zihui...?
The three entered the city. Yun Xiao was about to help Han Yiyi onto her horse when, before he could even raise his hand, Nangong Yuan had already lifted her onto his horse.
Yun Xiao's raised arm fell down naturally, and in order not to let Han Yiyi see that his hand was trembling slightly, he quickly put it behind his back.
On the way here, worried that Han Yiyi's thighs would get chafed from riding a horse, he simply carried her horizontally in his arms. Because of the excessive force he used, his arms were now trembling slightly.
However, as Nangong Yuan placed Han Yiyi on the horse, his brows furrowed deeply, and he looked at Han Yiyi with a worried expression.
When Han Yiyi saw the look in Yun Xiao's eyes, she quickly spoke up.
"Don't worry, I'm fine..."
Since the General's Mansion and the Yun Mansion were not in the same direction, Nangong Yuan put Han Yiyi on a horse, then mounted his own horse, pulled the reins, and turned to leave.
Before leaving, he still said something to Yun Xiao.
"I suppose Young Master Yun wouldn't be unaware of the direction of his residence, so this general will refrain from seeing you off..."
Watching the two ride away, a dark glint flashed in Yun Xiao's eyes. He stood there for a long time before turning and leaving.
However, his gait was somewhat strange. If one looked closely, it was not hard to notice that Yun Xiao's pants were stained with blood.
In fact, the journey was too much for Han Yiyi to handle, and even Yun Xiao himself was exhausted. As the eldest young master of the Yun family, he usually traveled by carriage. This was his first time traveling on horseback like this, but he gritted his teeth and endured it so as not to worry Han Yiyi.
Now that he had stopped, he felt the pain in his legs and could hardly bear it. He limped to the entrance of the Yun residence and saw an old woman quickly coming in. Upon seeing Yun Xiao, she hurriedly went to greet him.
"Young Master, you're back. The Old Madam says you need to go over there first..."
The person who came was the old lady Yun's maid. When Yun Xiao heard the maid's words, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he spoke.
"I understand. You go and meet Grandmother. I'll go back to the courtyard to tidy up first, and then I'll go and pay my respects to her later..."
Hearing Yun Xiao's words, the old woman looked somewhat embarrassed, but seeing his cold gaze, she quickly spoke up.
"Yes, old servant, old servant will go and report to the old lady right away..."
After everyone left, the old woman thought of the cold look Yun Xiao had given her earlier, and her heart sank. She quickly turned around and went back to the old lady's courtyard.
When Madam Yun saw that only the nanny had returned, her face darkened.
"What, he doesn't want to come see me...?"
"No, Madam, it's the eldest young master who said he'd like to go back to his courtyard to change his clothes and tidy himself up before coming to pay his respects to you..."
After the old lady finished speaking, seeing that Madam Yun's expression had not softened, she continued.
"This old servant saw that the young master looked travel-worn and had just returned from outside the city. I suppose the young master was worried that his clothes might be stained with the filth of the refugees outside the city and might offend the old lady, so he thought he should wash up first before coming to see you..."
Hearing the old woman say this, and thinking about the current situation outside the city, his expression softened a bit.
Yun Xiao returned to his courtyard and had hot water prepared. The chafed skin on his legs, just like Han Yiyi's before, stained his pants.
Seeing that he couldn't pull it off, he went into the bathtub with his pants on. The wound touched the water, and he couldn't help but groan in pain. After washing up, he ordered someone to fetch the royal physician again.
It was two hours later when the physician finished bandaging his wound.
The old lady waited in the flower hall, but when the person did not arrive for a long time, she ordered someone to invite him. She was told that he had been traveling for several days and was too tired to continue, so he had already gone to sleep and would come to pay his respects the next day.
Upon hearing the servant's report, Old Madam Yun was so angry that she almost fainted. It was her nanny who quickly caught her, patting her back and offering her water. After a while, Old Madam Yun finally calmed down.
At this moment, Madam Yun was unaware that Yun Xiao had returned to the capital with Han Yiyi. If she had known, she probably wouldn't have been able to swallow her anger.
"That Yun Xiao! He really doesn't respect me, his grandmother..." Old Madam Yun said angrily, panting heavily.
"Madam, please calm down. Don't upset yourself." The old nanny advised from the side, "In my opinion, perhaps the young master is really tired. When I went to invite him earlier, I saw that he looked exhausted. I think he will come over early tomorrow morning after he has rested well..."
Hearing the old nanny's words, Madam Yun could only take the opportunity to soften her tone; otherwise, she couldn't very well pull the person out of bed to pay her respects.
Yun Xiao was indeed exhausted at this time. After the physician treated his wounds, he soon fell into a deep sleep.
Inside the General's Mansion, Nangong Yuan led Han Yiyi all the way back to the mansion. In order to see the two little ones as soon as possible, Nangong Yuan did not dismount after entering the mansion, but rode the horse directly to the two little ones' courtyard.
Upon reaching the courtyard gate, before the two could even dismount, they heard cries coming from inside the courtyard.
"Zicheng, Zihui, wake up! Open your eyes and look at your great-grandfather! If you leave like this, how will your great-grandfather live on..."
"Madam, the dead cannot be brought back to life, please accept my condolences..."
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