Her gaze was distant, as if she were recalling the past.
"Your biological father is my senior brother. He is exceptionally talented, yet eccentric. Not only is he unruly, but he is also elusive, wandering among the mountains and rivers. He can create countless miraculous medical methods and techniques to bring the dead back to life, making him unfathomable."
"His methods are strange, but they really can save lives. Although we don't see him often, we all admire him."
"He is the greatest senior brother in our hearts. He taught us many of our unique medical skills."
“I don’t actually know how your father and mother met. I only know that my senior brother loved her deeply. His study was filled with portraits of your mother, and everyone thought they were a perfect match.”
"Before his death, Master, clinging to his last breath, summoned Senior Brother back from afar. He made Senior Brother promise that after taking over the position of Mountain Lord, he would not be an unruly person wandering the world, but must shoulder the heavy responsibility of Mountain Lord. Otherwise, Master would pass the position of Mountain Lord to me."
"In the end, my senior brother agreed and took over the position of mountain lord from our master."
"Master left for only half a month, and then my senior brother suddenly disappeared, as if he had vanished into thin air. No one knows where he went, and he didn't even leave a word behind."
As the Divine Physician Rihua spoke, his eyes welled up with tears: "My master just died, and then the Mountain Lord disappeared. Do you know what that means?"
"The entire Sun and Moon Mountain is in chaos. Everyone is eyeing the position of the mountain lord and the miraculous medicines behind Sun and Moon Mountain."
“I hate your father so much. He clearly promised the master, but he neglected his duties, left without saying goodbye, and even harmed the whole mountain. He even played with your mother, making her break off her relationship with your maternal grandfather and leaving her to wait bitterly on the mountain until she found out she was pregnant with you.”
"In the end, it was me. I used the name of Guanyin, the Goddess of Fertility, to go down the mountain and deceive people. I went to the palace to treat the concubines and gained the support of the royal family. Only then did I regain the position of the mountain lord and protect the entire Sun and Moon Mountain."
"Therefore, from now on, I will never allow my senior brother's name to be mentioned on the mountain again."
When Song Xizhi heard this, he frowned slightly.
She never imagined that her master's persistence in concealing this secret stemmed from such a past event.
So she asked, "And then? What happened next?"
“When I returned to the mountain, your mother had already gone down the mountain to get married. I learned from my fellow disciples that during the time I was down the mountain, your mother alone used her shrewdness to thwart the covetous eyes of various forces.”
"But in the end, your mother couldn't hold on any longer. She had no choice but to take matters into her own hands and make a deal with that scoundrel to marry into the Song family and get a sum of money. She not only hired thugs from the martial arts world, but also infiltrated the elite circles of the capital as an official's wife, making them believe in my medical skills and ultimately protecting Riyue Mountain."
"Before your mother died, she told me not to blame my senior brother. He did not leave without saying goodbye, but disappeared to treat the noble person and to save Daqian."
As the divine physician Rihua spoke, a mocking smile appeared on his lips: "Your mother died of grief because of this, yet she still believed in this fact until her death. But I know that this was just her thinking of her senior brother before she passed away."
She forced a smile and continued, "I never imagined your father would actually die more than a decade ago. But how does that prove what your mother said?"
"Perhaps he was just a womanizer, promiscuous and fickle, who, after promising his master, wandered the world again. In the end, he suffered retribution and died. That's why I say, there isn't a single good man in this world!"
Upon hearing the words spoken through gritted teeth by the Divine Physician Rihua, Pei Yunyi and Qing Tong, who were present, couldn't help but tremble.
When Song Xizhi heard this, he knew that the Divine Physician Rihua hated her senior brother because of past events and her mother's tragic end.
However, she grasped Master Rihua's cold hand: "No, Master. What my mother said is very likely true."
The renowned physician, Rihua, paused slightly, then looked up at her: "What do you know?"
Song Xi paused, then looked hesitantly in Pei Yunyi's direction.
Pei Yunyi nodded to her, then stepped forward a few steps and explained to the Divine Physician Rihua, "Madam Su may not have died of depression. She was murdered because she made incense to fake her death for the sake of... the late Empress."
"Even her break with the Su family wasn't because of your senior brother, but because of the incense she developed. It involved the deepest secrets of the imperial court, so Old Master Su was unwilling for her to risk her life."
The Japanese-Chinese doctor was stunned, his mouth agape.
Song Xizhi took a deep breath and nodded. She said with some difficulty:
"And... my father, perhaps as my mother said, was trying to develop an antidote for faking death. While escorting the late empress, he was chased and killed. He fought against a hundred men and died a hasty death in a dark tomb. No one even knew of his death."
It is clear that Song Xizhi had no feelings for her biological father, and she didn't even know what he looked like.
But when she said this, her eyes suddenly reddened.
Song Xizhi never imagined that he had lived two lives, and only now did he understand.
It turns out she wasn't an unwanted child, nor was it because she had few relatives.
It was because her parents were both killed by the Empress Dowager!
The Divine Physician stood rooted to the spot, taking a long time to process the news. She looked up at Pei Yunyi, her gaze sharp.
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