Ruoling then remembered that her fourth brother and sister-in-law didn't seem to have a good relationship.
She whispered, "Fourth Brother, if it's not inconvenient, then... let's just forget about it."
Lu Xiaoyun smiled slightly: "It's not inconvenient at all, it's just that he's injured and can't get out of bed yet."
Ruoling looked up at Lu Xiaoyun in confusion, then at Mr. Lu, who was drinking fruit wine alone.
Lu Xiaoyun glanced at the sun and said to Jiang Chuan, who was following behind her, "Have the kitchen send the meal to Feixue Garden. We'll have our meal there."
"Yes." Jiang Chuan accepted the order and went to serve the meal.
The three of them talked as they walked toward Feixue Garden.
Ruoling murmured, "Fourth Brother, you and Fourth Sister-in-law..."
Lu Xiaoyun walked slowly with her hands behind her back, a slight smile playing on her lips: "People have many misunderstandings about 'Lu Xiaoyun'."
Ruoling pursed her lips, a smile blooming on her face. She knew that in time, her fourth brother would definitely discover how good her fourth sister-in-law was.
When the three arrived at Feixue Garden, Zhu Yu was drinking medicine while being served by Li Feng.
Lu Yuyan instructed his servants to move the table to the courtyard. The sun was shining brightly today, and there was no wind. They could drink some wine and eat in the courtyard without getting too tired.
Ruoling did not immediately follow Lu Xiaoyun into the house, but stood under the porch watching Lu Yuyan direct the servants to move things.
Inside the room, upon seeing "Prince An" arrive, Li Feng immediately and tactfully handed the medicine bowl to Lu Xiaoyun.
Lu Xiaoyun looked at the bowl in her hand, then at Zhu Yu who was looking at her pitifully, and frowned. When did Li Feng learn to use this trick?
Alright, she helped him up and brought the bowl to Zhu Yu's mouth to feed him.
After swallowing a bowl of bitter medicine, Zhu Yu stared at Lu Xiaoyun with pitiful eyes.
Lu Xiaoyun gritted her teeth, took out a candied fruit from the box next to her, and forcefully stuffed it into Zhu Yu's mouth.
"I'll make you sick of it!" Lu Xiaoyun thought angrily.
Zhu Yu curled his tongue and took the candied fruit from Lu Xiaoyun's hand into his mouth.
Lu Xiaoyun felt a soft material slide across her fingertip, sending shivers down her spine.
"Fourth Sister-in-law." Ruoling stepped into the house.
Upon hearing this address, Zhu Yu, who was leaning against Lu Xiaoyun's chest eating candied fruit, suddenly felt a jolt in his brow.
Ruoling stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief, and said, "Fourth Sister-in-law, you, my God, why do you look so pale? You looked quite well at the palace banquet a month ago. It hasn't been that long since I last saw you, how did you become like this?"
She turned to look at her "fourth brother": "Fourth brother, you, you're too much..."
She wanted to say, "You've gone too far! How could you treat your fourth sister-in-law like this?" But when she thought of the rumors about her fourth sister-in-law in Shengjing, she had no choice but to shut her mouth.
Lu Xiaoyun pushed Zhu Yu to sit up straight, and then stood up herself.
Zhu Yu nodded to Ruoling: "Princess Ruoling, what brings you here? Did you bring extra people to protect you as you leave the palace? Your Majesty, how is the Empress Dowager's health?"
Ruoling blinked. How strange! Why did her fourth sister-in-law seem so familiar with her? Hadn't they only met twice today?
"Don't worry, Fourth Sister-in-law. Father and Grandmother asked me to bring a lot of people out, and now Fourth Brother has arranged for them to go to the martial arts training ground to play Cuju (ancient Chinese football) with the guards of the Prince's Palace."
"Mr. Lu's medical skills are excellent. Grandmother is much better now. Fourth Brother even said that with Mr. Lu around, Grandmother's stubborn illness will be cured in a month. Father and Grandmother have given Mr. Lu many rewards. I've come to deliver these things."
Princess Ruoling finished speaking in one breath.
Zhu Yu gave Lu Xiaoyun a deep look and nodded to her, meaning he thanked her for asking her younger brother to save his grandmother.
He fought in battles for more than ten years, and wherever he went, he sought out famous local doctors. He also sent several famous doctors to the palace to treat his grandmother, but the results were minimal and the disease could not be cured.
Ruoling took the box from the palace maid, waved for her to leave, and then carried the box to Zhu Yu's bedside.
"I brought you some ointment. It's a medicine from the palace used to remove scars, and it's extremely effective. I heard that Fourth Sister-in-law was also injured on her wedding day. How come it's been so long and she's still not healed?"
The Empress Dowager had probably already received news of the series of things Consort Duan had done in the Prince An's residence, but she wouldn't tell Ruoling about these sordid matters.
Zhu Yu smiled awkwardly: "I'm much better now. Because I'm physically weak, it's taking longer to recover."
Lu Xiaoyun took the box from Ruoling and placed it on the low table beside Zhu Yu's bed: "After the scabs fall off, let Lifeng clean it for you."
Zhu Yu gave a soft "hmm".
Ruoling looked at her fourth brother, and then at her fourth sister-in-law who had just been nestled in his arms.
Ruoling asked Lu Xiaoyun, "Mr. Lu, have you seen Fourth Sister-in-law's injuries? When will Fourth Sister-in-law be healed?"
Lu Xiaoyun said, "I've seen it, it's nothing serious. It's mainly a congenital illness that hasn't been cured, but it will heal gradually."
Ruoling's bright eyes darted back and forth between her fourth brother and sister-in-law, thinking that they were a perfect match, a match made in heaven.
She never expected that her fourth brother, that old iron tree, could blossom. She originally thought that her fourth brother disliked this eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, but after not seeing her for a few days, they seemed to be getting along quite well.
Seeing that there were only the three of them in the room, Ruoling thought for a moment, then lowered her head and whispered, "Fourth Brother, Fourth Sister-in-law, there's something I've been keeping to myself for a long time. I can't keep it up any longer..."
Lu Xiaoyun asked, "What is it?"
Zhu Yu also looked up at her.
Ruoling said, "It was on the day of the palace banquet that Fourth Sister-in-law was pushed into the Imperial Flower Pond from behind. I saw it with my own eyes. It was done by the maid that Ren Yong'an brought. I happened to be passing by at the time and heard someone fall into the water and shout for help. When I ran over, I saw Ren Yong'an's maid running away in a hurry."
Ruoling said urgently, "Fourth Brother, I really saw it with my own eyes. I also heard the maid say to Ren Yong'an, 'Let's go, Miss. Someone will be here soon, and then they will see Lu Xiaoyun's ugly state with her clothes soaked.'"
She stepped forward and tightly grasped Lu Xiaoyun's thick wrist through her clothes: "Ren Yong'an is not a good girl, don't be fooled by her. Fourth Brother, you must not marry her, I don't want her to be my fourth sister-in-law."
At the time, she did not tell Lu Xiaoyun who pushed her into the water from behind, because she knew some rumors about Lu Xiaoyun and was afraid that if Lu Xiaoyun found out who had harmed her, she might make a scene in the palace, which would be bad.
She planned to go to her fourth brother after the palace banquet and tell him what had happened, letting him handle it himself. But she never expected what happened between her fourth brother and Lu Xiaoyun at Yujing Palace.
Later, her father bestowed a marriage upon her, and Ren Yong'an would not marry her fourth brother. She never mentioned the matter to her fourth brother again.
But seeing her fourth sister-in-law like this today, she felt guilty. It must have been Ren Yong'an who pushed her into the water in the dead of winter, which aggravated her cold constitution and caused her injuries to take so long to heal.
Lu Xiaoyun and Zhu Yu exchanged a glance.
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