Chapter 136 His Sister Yan
It was the summer of the 23rd year of Pingzhang in the previous dynasty. The army of the Great Zhou and the army of the previous dynasty entered a stalemate, and the battle was at a stalemate.
Meng's father was busy fighting in all directions, and had no time to care for his wife and children. Ning Zhonghuai also accompanied him in the army and had no time to look after his daughter and grandson.
Meng Mu and her brother and sister were entrusted to the care of Lady Xiahou.
Meng Yan was only six years old at the time, still a little girl with a bun on her head. Although she was young, she was already beautiful and lovely, with a pair of clear black and white eyes that seemed to contain a pool of autumn water.
Her mother had privately admired her at that time, saying that this girl looked like a beauty at such a young age and would definitely be extraordinary when she grew up.
However, Xiahou Yu did not like her.
Xiahou Yu disliked children very much and thought they were a bunch of noisy things.
He was the sole heir to the Xiahou clan, and his family had high hopes for him. Ever since he could remember, he'd spent his days either memorizing medicinal formulas or studying medical theory. As he grew older, he followed his elders around, caring for patients and recording medical records in their own clinic.
He never took any notice of his peers who ran around on the street with snotty noses. He felt that he was different from them.
All the elders in the clan describe him as mature despite being young.
The new brother and sister in the family were just friends among the elders and had nothing to do with him.
He still read medical books and went to the clinic every day, looking at the brother and sister coldly.
Meng Changyuan did not study medicine. He read military books and practiced martial arts every day and was rarely in the backyard.
The little girl seemed to have no playmates, and suddenly, she had become so attached to him that he didn't know when. When he was reviewing his lessons, a little head would pop up beside his desk, calling him "Brother Yu" all the time.
Xiahou Yu really hated children. If he glared at her, her little head would shrink back, but would pop out again soon. Her snow-like little hands would place a handful of fresh lotus seeds or peanuts next to his book.
After a while, Xiahou Yu got used to having such a little girl around him when he was studying.
Later, Meng Yan also began to learn medicine, and followed the doctor at home to memorize formulas and identify various medicinal herbs.
How could a little kid who had just started learning compare to him? Every day when he handed in his homework, his big black eyes would be filled with tears.
Somehow, Xiahou Yu, who always disliked children, felt sympathy for her. When they did homework together, he would intentionally or unintentionally give in to her, even making the elders think that his academic performance had regressed and he was punished.
But looking at the porcelain doll's smile that was like the rising sun, Xiahou Yu felt willing.
This kind of life lasted for more than a year. One day in the twelfth lunar month, he was caught in a snowstorm and had a high fever.
The Xiahou family is a famous medical family, so treating diseases such as colds and fevers is no problem for them.
However, illness comes like a mountain and goes like a thread, and this process is always difficult to endure.
That night, he slept alone in bed, feeling chills and having a severe headache.
Little Meng Yan suddenly slipped into his room, holding a small bowl, and said softly, "Brother Yu, drink it. You will feel better after drinking it."
Judging from the smell, it should be a bowl of fever-reducing medicine, and it is brewed very poorly.
But seeing her expectant eyes, Xiahou Yu still took the medicine, and he slept soundly that night.
When he woke up the next day, he felt refreshed and his symptoms had disappeared without a trace. However, the adults in his family looked serious. After asking around, they learned that Meng Yan had fainted last night.
It was not until that time that he realized that Meng Yan was born with a spiritual vein constitution. Although the bowl of medicine last night was not very good, it was thanks to Meng Yan's ability that the medicinal properties were catalyzed and the medicine was able to cure the disease.
He wanted to see her very much, but was not allowed.
Meng Yan was in a coma for a day and a night without waking up, and was then taken away by Ning Zhonghuai.
He never saw her again after that.
Before Ning Zhonghuai left, he heard outside the window that the adults of the two families had made a verbal engagement for them.
From then on, Xiahou Yu devoted all his attention to studying medicine, hoping to grow up as soon as possible, take charge of the family business, and marry his sister Yan as soon as possible.
Later, the Great Zhou Dynasty came to power and dynasties changed in the Central Plains.
A few years later, news came from the capital that Meng Yan, the legitimate daughter of Yiyang Marquis, was chosen by the late emperor and assigned to Crown Prince Lu Haozhi.
Their engagement can only be annulled.
His parents and clan leaders all told him to give up and marry a lady of equal status.
What can he do if he doesn't give up?
Lu Haozhi is the crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the heir apparent to the throne. The best people and the best things in the world should be given to him.
Later, perhaps to make up for his guilt, Ning Zhonghuai recommended him to the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he was able to serve in the palace.
With his superb medical skills, he became the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau at an early age, won the trust of the emperor, and finally saw her again.
She was a beautiful and charming woman, but she was also completely unrecognizable.
Arrogant, domineering, and willful, with nothing else in his mind except the emperor.
Whenever people in the palace heard the three words "Concubine Meng", they were terrified.
How could she become like this? How could she destroy the sister Yan in his heart!
In Xiahou Yu's heart, he secretly hated Concubine Meng.
Until that day, when she injured herself while taking care of the little princess, he suddenly realized that the rumors in the palace might not be true, and she was still the same person.
Even though he knew that their identities were different and that she was the emperor's concubine, the feelings that he had buried deep in his heart still rekindled.
Xiahou Yu knew clearly that there was absolutely no hope in this life.
He didn't have any extravagant demands and was content just to be closer to her.
However, for some reason, Meng Yan always looked at him with hostility and vigilance.
This made him very depressed.
In the darkness of the night, he stood by the bridge, looking at the bright moon in the water for a long time.
A few days later, at night, in the Yangxin Palace of the Imperial City.
After Lu Haozhi finished reviewing the urgent memorials, he straightened his stiff waist and glanced at the gilded multicolored enamel clock on the high table. It was already three quarters past midnight.
"It's already this late, I wonder if Yan'er is asleep."
Rong An brought up some tranquilizing soup and replied, "It's so late. If the queen has nothing urgent to do, she must have gone to bed."
Lu Haozhi nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Last month, Liaodong sent some high-quality Poria Cocos Cream as tribute. Send someone to deliver it to the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine tomorrow."
Rong An responded first, then, looking at the emperor's expression, he tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, what is it that you... like about the Imperial Concubine?"
In terms of talent and beauty, the Imperial Concubine is outstanding, but seriously speaking, this is what the palace has the most.
In terms of temperament, when the Imperial Concubine is in a good mood, she is gentle and considerate, and serves the Emperor with the utmost diligence and care. But when she is in a bad mood, she changes her temper as quickly as turning the pages of a book.
Not to mention family background, there is no man in the world who likes a woman because of her family background.
After so many years, Rong An has been serving by the side, but he still can't figure this out.
This statement is a bit presumptuous. I wonder if the emperor will be angry?
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