570 Another visitor to the palace
Sun family.
The beginning of the afternoon.
Sun Sicheng's family is offering sacrifices to their ancestors and preparing to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.
Wanli came running over and said, "My Lord, there is a eunuch outside the door, along with two palace guards. They said they would take you to the palace, but they didn't say anything else."
Everyone in the Sun family was stunned. It was like this last year and it’s like this again this year. Does it have to be like this on New Year’s Eve?
Sun Sicheng frowned and said, "I'll go out and take a look. Ruyi, go prepare the medical kit."
He is a doctor, and he was called there just to treat illnesses.
The palace is calling, so I have to go.
When Sun Sicheng arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw a carriage parked there, with a young eunuch and two guards standing beside it.
He knew this young eunuch, he was Eunuch Zhuo, a subordinate of Eunuch Hu. He had never seen the guard before.
"Eunuch Xiao Zhuo, this is..."
Eunuch Xiao Zhuo bowed to Sun Sicheng and said, "Marquis Jing'an, Eunuch Hu asked me to take you to the palace. It would be best if you could bring Marquis Ping'an with you."
Although he was granted the title of Earl, everyone still called him the Eldest Young Master as before. He had been addressed this way for decades, and when they suddenly changed to Earl, Sun Sicheng really couldn't get used to it.
"Eunuch Xiao Zhuo, Ping An left the city this morning to celebrate the New Year in the farm. It's too late to call him now. Can I go alone first? After all, my medical skills are always better than my apprentice's."
Eunuch Xiao Zhuo thought that even if he got out of the city safely, it would take a lot of time to find the person, so he gave up.
"Lord Jing'an, please come in."
"Wait a moment, I'll go get a medical kit and two more guards."
"Lord Jing'an, please hurry up. Guards are not allowed to enter the palace."
Sun Sicheng turned around and walked into the yard. Somehow, he suddenly felt uneasy.
This feeling was something I never had at this time last year.
Ruyi had already packed the medical box, and Wanli, He Jin, Dazhuang, and Dachao also stood together.
"Young Master, are you going into the palace?" Wanli came over.
"Yes, both of you should drive the car. Ruyi doesn't have to go. She doesn't need to have surgery today. I said Ping'an went out of town to celebrate the New Year, and they didn't force Ping'an to go."
Wanli said, "My Lord, He Jin and I will accompany you. Ruyi may be able to accompany you to the palace. We will feel more at ease with someone by our side."
Sun Sicheng shook his head and said, "If I say it's not necessary, then it's not necessary. Ruyi, just spend the New Year at home peacefully. Listen to me. After I leave, tell Ping An about this."
He even wanted to ask Ping'an to take Awu to spend a few days at the farm, but then he thought it was impossible. Officials above the third rank would have to attend a palace banquet with their wives tomorrow afternoon. Awu was about to give birth, so she naturally couldn't go. But Ping'an was a lord now, so he must attend.
He let out a sigh of relief, thinking that he was being too suspicious. However, he was summoned to the palace for treatment, so why was he imagining anything?
Last year it was the crown prince, and I don’t know who it will be this year.
"Wanli, when I enter the palace, you and He Jin will go home. Be careful at night. I feel a little uneasy."
"Master, you should take Ruyi with you. We can't go in, but he can accompany you as a medical assistant. Otherwise, I won't feel at ease. How about calling Master Ping'an?"
"Listen to me, no more words." Sun Sicheng suddenly felt reluctant to bring Ruyi with him. Over the years, Ruyi was almost always by his side whenever he went out for medical consultations, including surgery.
Ruyi carried the medical box and said, "Master, Ruyi must go with you. If you really cannot enter the palace, that's another matter. I'll ask Dazhuang to inform Master Ping'an."
Sun Sicheng no longer objected.
"Marquis Jing'an, please get in the car." The eunuch not far away urged when he saw that the man was taking a long time to get in the car.
Sun Sicheng looked back and saw that all his family members were standing and looking at him. He walked towards his family members and ignored his father-in-law.
"Grandfather, father, mother, someone from the palace came to take me in. They didn't say who they were going to treat. They wanted to take Ping An with them, but I said Ping An went outside the city, and they didn't insist. I'm afraid he won't be able to come back tonight.
Madam, there will be a palace banquet tomorrow afternoon. If I don't come back, let my mother pretend to be sick, and you stay at home to serve her. Send someone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask for leave."
They were newly promoted earls, and were still insignificant among the dukes' and marquises' palaces and the powerful officials of the first and second ranks, so it was not difficult for them to ask for leave.
After saying this, Sun Sicheng turned and left.
The whole family just watched him get on the bus quietly. It happened like this for one or two years, but they couldn't say anything against it.
Sun Siyuan looked at his elder brother's carriage going away, and was a little annoyed: "There are so many doctors in the Imperial Hospital, why do they insist that my elder brother can't spend the New Year's Eve at home every year? It's better for him to live away from the capital."
"Siyuan, shut up." The old man growled, "Is that what you should say? Are you worse than a child?"
The old man was extremely depressed. Siyuan was already thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, but he was still as brainless as a child. The whole world belongs to the emperor, and all the people in the world also belong to the emperor. If he calls you to do something, can you say "no"?
Of course not. What would be the consequences if outsiders heard it?
"Everyone go back to your rooms to celebrate the New Year. Don't worry. The old abbot has calculated that Sicheng's catastrophe is over."
Sicheng had survived three death crises in his life, but the abbot said before his death that he had many minor crises.
This little disaster shouldn't be a big deal, right?
As soon as Ping'an left the village, he met Jixiang.
"Master Ping An, the eldest son has just been brought to the palace."
Ping An frowned. He was taken into the palace on this day last year. Why is it the same again this year? It really is like a conflict with the New Year.
"What did my master say?"
"Originally, the father-in-law wanted to take you with him, but the eldest son said that you went to the outside of the village to celebrate the New Year. His medical skills are better than yours, so he can go alone. The father-in-law did not force you. However, the eldest son said that he suddenly felt very uneasy and did not allow Ruyi to go. Ruyi insisted on following him and did not say anything."
Ping An looked at Ji Xiang anxiously and whispered, "It's okay, don't worry, it's just a medical check-up, I'll go back with you."
Ping An got on the carriage and the carriage started to trot.
He was also feeling a little uneasy.
I wonder who is sick in the palace now? There are so many doctors, why must Master go? Is it another surgery?
If I need to have an operation, I should definitely go with him. After all, everyone in Beijing knows that I am good at performing operations.
Then why did my father-in-law stop insisting when the master said he didn’t need to follow?
Just now in the farmhouse, he suddenly felt uneasy for no reason. The feeling of uneasiness was somewhat similar to when he found that Fu An and Chen Xuan were missing at the Minzhou market.
Now Jixiang is talking about Master entering the palace. Is it because of this?
Before his death, the old abbot said that the master had passed the death calamity, but there were still many minor calamities. Would there be a minor calamity this time? Otherwise, why would my heart be so abnormal?
Arrived at Sun Mansion.
The Sun family lost interest in having the New Year's Eve dinner. Seeing that it was still early, they thought of waiting a while, hoping that someone would return from the palace soon.
When Ping An arrived, the Sun family was sitting together in a daze.
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