"Besides, with my status as the daughter of a disgraced official, a glaring stain, how could I possibly hold a high position? I don't care about any of that. The only reason I'm willing to enter the Eastern Palace as the Crown Prince's concubine to treat your illness is because of one request."
At this point, Song Xibai's expression changed, and a determined light appeared in his eyes.
"Pardon the crimes of my Song family."
The Crown Prince raised an eyebrow at her: "The Song family was exiled and their property confiscated by Father Emperor. Do you think I can refute Father Emperor's decision?"
The Song family was originally a family of imperial physicians. Song Xibai's father, Song Siyuan, was once an eighth-rank imperial physician. He was soon to be promoted to a sixth-rank court judge, but two years ago he was convicted of improperly treating a concubine, and the whole family was imprisoned and sentenced to have their property confiscated and be exiled.
Song Xibai snorted coldly.
“My father was just an innocent pawn in the power struggles of the harem. Who in the palace didn’t have a question about how that Consort Zhaorong died? My father worked diligently in the Imperial Hospital for over twenty years. Everyone in the palace, from masters to servants, knew what kind of person he was. It’s just that the Emperor was furious at the time, and no one dared to plead for him.”
At this point, Song Xibai paused, her tone softening.
"I don't ask that my father be reinstated to his original position. As long as he can regain his status as a commoner and leave this harsh land, that will be enough."
Song Xibai has been in this world for eighteen years.
Song Siyuan had two sons but only one daughter. Given that Song Xibai's mother had passed away early, Song Siyuan always doted on his daughter. Even when she was young, he would often take her out to see doctors, sometimes wearing her brother's clothes.
The thought of her loving father suffering in the north, and her brothers and sisters-in-law also suffering, made Song Xibai clench her fists.
She would do anything to save her father and family!
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