In the end, Xuanyuan Zhan had no choice but to take Bai Shi to the western suburbs valley.
When Bai visited Su Xuening's master for the first time, she personally selected a generous gift.
Upon arriving at the western suburbs valley, Xuan Yuanzhan invited Bai Shi to get out of the carriage, but Bai Shi did not move: "My sudden visit might upset them. You go in first and talk to them. If they really don't agree to let me in, I will leave the gifts and not go in to bother them. If they agree to let me in, then you can come and take me in."
Although Bai wanted to see Su Xuening, she didn't want to put her son and daughter-in-law in a difficult position.
This is their territory, and they have their own rules. She didn't want to break them rashly.
Xuanyuan Zhan understood Bai Shi's meaning and, looking at Ye Yun and the others, instructed them, "Then you stay here and guard the Dowager Consort."
"Yes," Ye Yun and the others replied immediately.
Xuanyuan Zhan entered the stone formation first, then went into the bamboo forest.
As soon as Xuanyuan Zhan entered the Stone Forest, Pei Luo sensed it and came out of the house to wait for him.
"Master." Upon seeing Pei Luo, Xuan Yuanzhan quickly bowed.
But Pei Luo bowed to him even faster, which startled Xuan Yuanzhan. He took a step forward and helped her up, asking, "Master, what are you doing?"
"Thank you for helping me find that medical book, preventing it from falling into the wrong hands," Pei Luo said gratefully to Xuan Yuanzhan.
He couldn't imagine how many disasters this medical manual would cause if it were to actually circulate in the world!
Thanks to this kid for helping him find the medical book in time, he was spared a disaster.
Pei Luo was about to bow to Xuan Yuanzhan when Xuan Yuanzhan quickly pulled him up: "Master, don't do that. These things all started because of me, so I have to take full responsibility."
Without him, they wouldn't have encountered these things.
If we're really going to say thank you or something like that, then it should be him who says it.
If it weren't for him and his martial uncle, Ning'er would still be suffering from the Love Flower Gu.
"It's all over now, and the medical manual has been retrieved. You and your uncle don't need to worry anymore," Xuan Yuanzhan reassured him, then glanced at Su Xuening's room: "Is Ning'er in her room?"
"Yes, she's here. Go in and see her." Xuan Yuanzhan didn't want to be polite, so Pei Luo didn't stand on ceremony with him either.
"I'll go in and check on Ning'er first." Xuan Yuanzhan went into the house.
Inside the room, Su Yun'an was feeding Su Xuening medicine, while You Yi was teasing her from the side.
"Do you think I'm a child? Can I drink it myself?" Su Xuening reminded Su Yun'an, who was seriously feeding him the medicine, while cooperating and drinking the medicine herself. She was both amused and exasperated.
"I like feeding my sister her medicine." Su Yun'an added while feeding her the medicine, "I also feed her her meals."
"I've figured it out, you're just a suck-up." Youyi, watching from the side, found it amusing and couldn't help but tease him.
"Where did I flatter you?" Su Yun'an made a face at You Yi, then turned around and saw Xuan Yuanzhan at the door: "Brother-in-law."
Su Xuening and You Yi then noticed Xuan Yuanzhan at the door, and both of them laughed.
"Uncle-Master, Ning'er." Xuan Yuanzhan hadn't come in because he saw them laughing and joking, but he only came in now that they had noticed him.
Seeing Xuan Yuanzhan come over, Su Yun'an consciously gave up his seat, just as he finished feeding him a bowl of medicine.
Xuan Yuanzhan sat down on the edge of the bed where Su Yun'an had just been sitting, and gently stroked the strands of hair by Su Xuening's temple: "How are you? Does your body still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Seeing Su Yun'an and You Yi looking at them expectantly, Su Xuening felt a little embarrassed. She grabbed Xuan Yuanzhan's hand and said shyly, "Why did you come so late? Didn't Ye Feng tell you that I'm fine?"
"Anyway, I've retrieved the medical manual, and Long Jiaojiao has left the capital of Eastern Chu. I don't have anything important to do, so naturally I came to see you first."
Who said he knew she would be safe with his master? But he still couldn't let her go.
"Did Long Jiaojiao leave?" Su Xuening asked, somewhat surprised.
This time, after they schemed against that woman, she simply gave up and left.
“She said goodbye to Xuanyuan Peng herself, and Xuanyuan Peng even held a farewell banquet for her. What reason does she have to stay in the capital?” Xuanyuan Zhan’s face darkened when Long Jiaojiao was mentioned.
Su Xuening nodded silently.
That's true. No matter what Long Jiaojiao wanted to do at this farewell banquet, since she had mentioned her departure to Xuan Yuanpeng, she certainly couldn't stay in the capital any longer, at least not openly.
It's good that Long Jiaojiao left; she would have been a menace if she had stayed in Kyoto.
Xuanyuan Zhan finally remembered Bai Shi: "Oh right, Mother Consort is here too. She was very worried about you, so she insisted on coming with me to see you."
"Is Mother Consort here too? Where is she?" Su Xuening was shocked and quickly got up to look outside.
You Yi and Su Yun'an were also somewhat surprised.
Xuanyuan Zhan quickly said, "My mother knows that Master and Uncle-Master don't like to see outsiders and is afraid of disturbing them, so she asked me to come in first to greet them. If it's inconvenient for her, she won't come in."
Upon hearing that Bai Shi was still outside the valley, Su Xuening immediately glared at Xuan Yuanzhan reproachfully: "How could you leave your mother waiting outside alone like that!"
Youyi added, "That's right, since you're already here, why didn't you bring your mother in? How could your senior brother be so heartless!"
Youyi didn't mention himself at all. Anyway, he didn't set the rules, so he certainly wouldn't be so heartless!
Su Xuening was about to get up to greet the person, but Xuan Yuanzhan stopped her: "Don't get up. If Master and Uncle-Master agree to let Mother Consort in, I will go to pick her up later. Just lie there quietly."
"My mother is still outside, I can still lie here!" Su Xuening slapped Xuan Yuanzhan's hand away, put on her shoes and went out.
Pei Luo, who was outside, frowned when he saw Su Xuening get out of bed and asked, "Why are you up?"
Su Xuening said to Pei Luo, "My mother came to see me with Xuanyuan Zhan. She was afraid of disturbing you and Uncle-Master, so she asked Xuanyuan Zhan to come in first to say hello. This person is only now telling us."
As Su Xuening spoke, she glared at Xuan Yuanzhan.
Xuan Yuanzhan touched his nose obsequiously: "I told my mother that the bamboo forest doesn't receive outsiders, but she said she's not an outsider, she's Ning'er's mother, and she insisted on coming with me to see Ning'er, so I had no choice but to bring her. Now that she's here, she's worried about disturbing us, so she asked me to ask my master and uncle for their opinions first."
Pei Luo hadn't expected the Dowager Princess of Dongchu to be so polite, but from Ning'er's usual words, she could tell that the Dowager Princess was very reasonable and genuinely kind to Ning'er.
This wasn't the first time outsiders had visited his bamboo grove, and this person certainly wasn't an outsider.
“Your mother is right. She is Ning’er’s mother, so she is naturally not an outsider.”
Pei Luo then looked at Su Xuening and said, "Let's go, let's go and bring your mother in."
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