“When Ufanman was young, he fought in many battles and suffered many hidden injuries. A few months ago, Ufanman’s old illness relapsed and he became seriously ill. His men came to me hoping that I could treat him.”
Doctor Sikong was practically gritting his teeth; Lili had never seen him so intensely agitated.
“I watched with my own eyes as he nearly slaughtered the entire town—people whom countless doctors had risked their lives to save! How could I possibly allow such a wicked man who treats innocent lives like dirt!”
What happened next is clear: the renowned Physician Sikong wanted him to treat Wufanman.
Physician Sikong was unwilling to treat Wufanman, so he went on a long journey under the pretext of going out to collect herbs.
Who would have thought that those giant Jin people would relentlessly pursue them all the way to Xinghua Village.
Seeing that Physician Sikong was resolute, the Jin man became enraged and killed Physician Sikong with a single sword stroke.
Fortunately, Doctor Sikong reacted quickly, narrowly avoiding a fatal blow, and saved his life. He was then discovered by Lili and Shen Jiahao and brought back to life.
It sounds like this Ufanman is indeed someone who isn't worth saving.
No matter when or where, killing innocent civilians is unacceptable, especially when they are unarmed, sick, or injured.
On the battlefield, these military regulations were even stricter. Despite his many military achievements, Ufanman regarded human life as worthless and did not care about any rules. He could hardly be considered a hero.
This is also why Doctor Sikong's first reaction upon seeing those two large golden figures was that he didn't want to save them.
Lili clearly had her own reasons, and Doctor Sikong wouldn't ask too many questions, but thinking of what he had just seen, he frowned and said, "There's one more thing you must know: that child has a tattoo on his chest, a pattern that only members of the Great Jin royal family would have."
What?
A member of the royal family?
This was something Lili hadn't expected. She noticed a kinship connection between the little boy and the man, and even wondered if the child was some kind of young master from a general's mansion.
I didn't expect it to be even more amazing than that?
Lili guessed, "Could it be the crown prince of the Great Jin?"
Physician Sikong nodded: "The royal family members of the Great Jin Dynasty are marked with a unique totem at birth. The direct bloodline has a black totem, while the royal bloodline has a red totem. He is... black."
Lili's thoughts went through a thousand and one turns.
She wasn't particularly surprised, since she already knew the Crown Prince of Southern Jin, so what was wrong with picking up a little prince from the Jin Dynasty?
We still don't know if he's an ordinary prince or the crown prince.
But regardless of which one, their status at Daikin is probably not high, right?
Or perhaps, he was so favored that he became a threat to others, which led to him being framed and plotted against.
Otherwise, how could they have fallen to this state and had to hide in the Southern Jin Dynasty?
"Lili understands, thank you Grandpa Sikong for telling me."
Seeing that she remained calm and showed no sign of changing her mind, Physician Sikong couldn't help but add, "Are you sure you don't want to reconsider keeping them? They might be a problem, and a significant one at that."
“But that uncle still has to teach my older brother martial arts.” Lili tilted her head. “There won’t be any trouble. At least… not within the next ten years.”
After a long silence, it was unclear whether he was speaking to himself or to Lili: "Whatever."
"Bang!"
With a sharp "bang," the porcelain bowl fell to the ground instantly, the sound shrill and piercing, like a sharp blade cutting through the silent air, concealing the person's resistance and vigilance.
Fragments flew in all directions, hitting the ground with a series of crackling sounds that startled the two people outside.
As Lili entered the room on the left, she heard the little boy, who had been unconscious, shout angrily, "Get out of here! I won't drink!"
Only upon closer listening will one discover that beneath that angry roar lies a faint trace of fear and panic.
Shen Jiaqing, somewhat angry and aggrieved, squatted down to pick up the shards of the porcelain bowl, muttering under her breath, "Why are you yelling? If we hadn't saved you, who knows what would have happened to you..."
A strong medicinal smell filled the small space. The pale face seemed annoyed for a moment, but she remained vigilant.
Staring at Shen Jiaqing, he curled up in the corner of the bed like a wolf cub baring its two sharp teeth.
Combining this with her earlier speculation, Lili increasingly felt that something interesting had happened inside the Great Gold City.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Lili closed the door and came over to help him pick them up.
Shen Jiaqing quickly snatched the porcelain shard from her hand and said, "Don't touch these, they'll scratch your hands. Let Fourth Brother handle it. Lili, go get Fourth Brother a rag, okay?"
“Okay.” Lili obediently found a cloth and wiped up the spilled medicine on the ground.
The little boy in the corner of the bed watched Lili's movements without blinking, and seemed less scared.
Shen Jiaqing muttered to himself, "My master asked me to brew a medicine to replenish his qi and blood. I personally watched the fire for almost half an hour, and he just spilled it like that. I'm so angry."
Lili glanced at the wolf cub on the bed, who still looked wary, pulling the blanket over himself and staring back at her.
Lili smiled at him, then turned to Shen Jiaqing and whispered, "Brother, you've had a tough time. This little brother must have gone through something terrible and hasn't recovered yet. Let's not be angry anymore, okay?"
“That’s true.” Shen Jiaqing recalled how the little boy was covered in blood earlier and felt that she should be magnanimous and understanding. She said, “Okay, then I’ll go get him another bowl. Lili, after you’re done wiping, put the cloth aside and I’ll wash it in a bit.”
"Uh-huh."
Shen Jiaqing went out, and Zhuifeng and Shen Jiahao were guarding the seriously injured man in another room. At this moment, only the two of them were left in the room.
The wolf cub watched as Lili wiped the floor clean, then watched her put the cloth into the basin of water next to her, her silver hairpins gleaming.
Seeing that he was looking at her without saying anything, Lili said helplessly, "Little boy, what are you looking at?"
The wolf cub frowned, carefully examining the little bundle of joy that was only half his height, and solemnly uttered his first words of the day: "I'm not a child, I'm older than you, you should call me brother."
Lili smiled and said, "Ah, hello, little brother."
Whether it was Lili's imagination or not, the person in front of her seemed to have a slight twitch at the corner of their mouth, but ultimately said nothing and tacitly accepted the way they were addressed.
Lili moved a small chair and sat down next to him. Seeing his defensive posture, she couldn't help but nod: "Not bad, very alert."
Even in the last second before he lost consciousness, he was still thinking of taking out his sword to try and protect the unconscious man behind him. He really is a good kid.
The wolf cub hesitated several times, feeling that Lili's tone was strange, as if he were younger than her.
The wolf cub asked fiercely, "Where's my uncle? What have you done to him?"
"You mean that uncle who was seriously injured?" Lili pointed outside. "He's in the next room. Don't worry, it's just a superficial injury. He lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss, and Grandpa Sikong has already healed him."
"Really?" The wolf cub was about to say he didn't believe it when he suddenly realized something. "Sikong...? Could it be that you're talking about the divine physician Sikong Qi?"
Lili smiled, her two dimples appearing and disappearing: "Yes, my brother is the little apprentice of Doctor Sikong."
"Then, that must be a good person, right?" the wolf cub murmured, his expression hesitant.
But, but I heard that Physician Sikong was killed by his men for refusing to treat Wufanman. What's going on with this Physician Sikong now?
The wolf cub secretly glanced at the little ball of fur sitting upright in front of him, and then remembered that before he fainted, that pale yellow ball of fur ran towards him.
She saved him and his uncle...
This is not the Jin Dynasty, this is the Southern Jin Dynasty.
Looking around, he saw many medicinal herbs laid out, their various scents mingling with the aroma of freshly spilled herbs, giving him a strange sense of security.
There were no menacing figures chasing them with large knives, only a little dumpling dressed in a pale yellow dress.
She saved him.
The wolf cub suddenly had a wonderful idea: the color of this dress is really beautiful, like a little sun, full of vitality.
Just like when he saw that pale yellow color approaching before he lost consciousness, he was still wondering who sent him to kill him?
It turns out they came to rescue him.
Lili had no idea what he was thinking; the child's expressions were a colorful mix of anger and relief.
"Were you being chased? By whom?"
The wolf cub lowered his head, his expression dejected: "I don't know who... Maybe it was my second brother, maybe my third or fourth brother, or maybe some minister..."
Lili raised an eyebrow, and the wolf cub realized he had accidentally said the wrong thing, so he quickly changed the subject: "I thought I was going to die. Thank you for saving me and my uncle."
This clumsy attempt to change the subject was clearly an attempt to cover up the truth, but Lili didn't expose him. She waved her hand and said, "It wasn't Lili who saved you. It was Big Brother and Brother Zhuifeng who carried you back. It was Grandpa Sikong who saved you."
What difference does it make? If she hadn't discovered there were people in the cave, they wouldn't have been saved.
It is said that he and his uncle hid in the cave for several days, and no one ever discovered them.
At the time, he was certain that he hadn't made a sound, that his uncle was already unconscious, and that it couldn't possibly be his uncle's fault.
Could it be that she saw the stone move and that's how she knew there was someone inside?
That's not right either.
She was very certain that there were people in the cave even when she didn't find any trace of stones.
Besides, can a three-year-old pudding really be that perceptive?
"Anyway, thank you."
The wolf cub still looked very down.
Hmm... why?
Is it fratricide or a power struggle?
He really does resemble His Highness the Crown Prince.
Lili comforted him, "It's okay, little brother. No matter what happens, the most important thing is to survive. As long as you're alive, you can always fight back. Only by surviving can you have hope and the means to fight back."
How come someone who's just a little pudding can spout so many grand principles?
Like his mother...
His mother always liked to teach him profound principles, but he never liked to listen.
How strange, he inexplicably took to heart a profound truth from a little pudding.
Yes, as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn.
He has now arrived in Southern Jin, and everything can start anew.
"What's your name?" the wolf cub suddenly asked.
Lili smiled and said, "Lili, my name is Chen Lili. What's your name?"
“Chen Lili? A cluster of pear blossoms on a branch, only this green against the snow-white…” The wolf cub pondered for a moment, then raised his head to meet Lili’s eyes, “Chen Ye, my name is Chen Ye.”
Lili blinked. Was this a name he had just chosen, or was it just a coincidence that his surname was also Shen?
She remembered that the royal family of the Great Jin Dynasty seemed to be surnamed Yuchi.
Lili tilted her head, her eyes full of disbelief: "Yuchi Ye?"
Yu Chi Ye froze, about to ask how he knew, when he suddenly remembered the totem on his chest. His face turned bright red, and he clutched his chest, exclaiming, "You, you, you! How could a little girl like you look at a man's body!"
“It wasn’t Lili, it was Grandpa Sikong who told Lili.”
Yu Chi Ye breathed a sigh of relief, then secretly began to observe her again.
Knowing his identity, will they reject him?
He didn't want to go back to that place. He didn't understand anything, he couldn't do anything. This eight-year-old body couldn't do anything at all and could only be a burden to his older brother!
His mother lost her life protecting him, his elder brother struggled daily with various forces and became embroiled in schemes to protect him, and his uncle was seriously injured and almost died protecting him...!
He's a useless piece of trash, a burden; he can't go back to Da Jin.
He would rather not be a prince than cause the deaths or injuries of those around him.
As he collapsed, he even thought that it would be better to die, because if he died, so many people would no longer worry about him and go to great lengths to protect him.
But he was saved by this little dumpling.
He wanted to start over, even if it meant living a life of anonymity in Southern Jin as an ordinary person, rather than returning to Great Jin, participating in the bloodshed, and becoming a burden to his elder brother.
“My name is Yuchi Ye, the fifth prince of the Great Jin Dynasty. My mother was a former imperial concubine. Her family, the Shangguan clan, was very powerful. My maternal grandfather was the prime minister, and my uncle was a general. My mother was therefore greatly favored and gave birth to my eldest son—my elder brother—and later I was born.”
Yu Chi Ye said in a low voice.
Lili sat up straight, her heart leaping with joy.
I need to hear two stories a day!
"For this reason, the Empress was very wary of the Shangguan family. Even though the Crown Prince was the Empress's third son and my elder brother never intended to fight, they were still constantly guarded against and targeted."
In the past, things were alright. At most, there were only open and covert sarcastic remarks and power struggles between the family and the court. But a year ago, the Emperor fell seriously ill, and the Empress's family began to feel uneasy, fearing that the powerful Shangguan family would seize the opportunity to usurp the throne. So, taking advantage of the Emperor's illness, they set up many unfounded accusations against the Shangguan family.
Six months ago, Wu Fanman also suddenly fell seriously ill. Wu Fanman was a loyal supporter of the Empress's family. With Wu Fanman's fall, the Empress became even more anxious and tried to pressure my elder brother by targeting me. Later, in order to protect me, even my mother...
Large tears streamed down his cheeks. Yu Chi Ye looked remorseful. After composing himself, he continued, "After this ordeal, my elder brother had no choice but to stand up and protect me and the Shangguan family. From then on, he had to work with the Empress's faction. But besides the Empress's family, the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince have also been secretly monitoring us, hoping to reap the benefits."
Just last month, my elder brother was falsely accused and fell into a deep predicament. He had no time to take care of me and was afraid he couldn't protect me, so he asked my uncle to take me to the army to avoid trouble. But unexpectedly, this played right into their hands. We were ambushed and killed halfway there. My uncle led me all the way to the border, and finally to the Southern Jin Dynasty. We continued to hide and escape until we finally found a cave to hide in.
My uncle was seriously injured, but he held on for several days. This morning, he was still trying to go out and catch fish for me, but then he collapsed...
Later, you rescued me.
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