Ning Yuxi sorted out the matter and wrote a letter to her parents. No matter what he was going to do, she had to be prepared in advance.
As for Ye Qing, I'm afraid he can't be kept. Ning Yuxi asked someone to bring Ye Qing here. She wanted to ask him some more questions.
In order to take care of the emperor more conveniently, she has been living in Shengchen Palace recently, so Ruyi brought her directly to Shengchen Palace.
Ning Yuxi met Ye Qing in a pavilion in the front yard. He was not as helpless as last time and greeted Ning Yuxi politely.
Ning Yuxi saw that he looked like he already knew his fate, so she couldn't help but ask, "Do you know why I called you here?"
Ye Qing lowered his head with a blank expression, "I know my sins are grave, and death is the only option."
The pavilion was silent for a moment, and Ning Yuxi suddenly sighed, "I still remember the last time in the Cining Palace, I almost fainted, and it was you who helped me up."
Ye Qing smiled faintly, "Your Majesty has a good memory."
"Have you ever regretted it?"
Ye Qing kept his head down, "I have never regretted it."
Seeing his decisiveness, Ning Yuxi continued, "What you said is quite different from what you did. When the incident happened that day, Wang Yanqing wanted to take the blame for you. You didn't have to stand up, but you still admitted it.
You could have found a scapegoat, secretly tampered with the medicine and had someone take the blame for you, but you didn't do that."
Ye Qing was silent for a moment, then said, "Everyone has their own share of responsibility. As for finding a scapegoat... time is running out, and I don't have time for that."
Ning Yuxi glanced at him, then turned to look at the butterflies flying freely in the flowers not far away. She said in a light voice, "You are very kind. I don't know why you work for Prince Shen, but I can see that this is not your intention."
Ye Qing's eyes moved slightly, and he pursed his lips for a long time. "Your Majesty, you are too kind. I am just an obedient lackey. After this incident, I only wish to die."
Seeing that he was determined to die, Ning Yuxi sighed secretly. She knew that the people of King Shen really couldn't be kept. Just as she was about to order someone to take him away, she saw Doctor Zhong coming to find her.
Ning Yuxi asked Ruyi to take the man away. Doctor Zhong glanced at him indifferently, and when he saw Ye Qing's appearance, his frosty white eyebrows frowned slightly.
"Wait." Doctor Zhong stopped Ye Qing from leaving.
Ning Yuxi looked at him in confusion. Doctor Zhong apologized, "Don't blame me, Your Majesty. This man looks familiar to me. Could you please allow me to take another look?"
Although Ning Yuxi was doubtful, she still agreed to Doctor Zhong's request.
Doctor Zhong looked at Ye Qing's appearance again, and the more he looked, the more familiar he felt.
Ye Qing looked puzzled. She had been in the palace for a few months and had naturally heard of the name of Doctor Zhong. The current emperor's illness was treated by Doctor Zhong.
"Do you know Zhong Xun?" Doctor Zhong suddenly asked.
Ye Qing shook his head and said, "I don't know him."
Hearing this, a trace of regret flashed across Divine Doctor Zhong's eyes. "Never mind, maybe I recognized the wrong person."
Ye Qing bowed, turned around and left, without noticing that a black bead on his body fell out as he bowed.
Doctor Zhong, who had watched him leave, saw it and went forward to pick up the bead. Just as he was about to call the man back and return it, his eyes suddenly widened with a slightly excited look. He directly chased after Ye Qing with the thing in his hand, "Wait."
Doctor Zhong stopped Ye Qing and asked, "Where did you get this bead?"
Ye Qing saw the bead, raised his hand and touched his waist, and felt that his purse was empty. He knew that it was exactly what he had dropped, and hurriedly said: "This bead is a family heirloom. I hope Doctor Zhong can return it to me."
Hearing him say this, Doctor Zhong became even more excited. "Family heirloom? Who passed it down to you? What's his name?"
"He is my grandfather, his name is Ye Xun."
Doctor Zhong frowned slightly and murmured, "Ye Xun, how could his last name be Ye?"
At this point, Ye Qing naturally knew that Doctor Zhong probably knew his grandfather. Judging from his excited expression, the relationship between the two must be very close.
Ye Qing then said, "My maternal grandfather was adopted by foster parents when he was young. He was only three or four years old at the time and only remembers that his name was A Xun. So my foster parents named him Ye Xun."
Doctor Zhong suddenly realized, "Yes, Ah Xun was only three or four years old when he went missing. It's normal for him not to remember his last name."
His ancestors were doctors for generations. Zhong Xun was his younger brother, six years younger than him. When he was ten years old, his hometown suffered a disaster and he fled with his parents. On the way, his brother, who was only four years old, got lost. He has been looking for his brother for all these years, but there is still no clue.
This black bead was made by his father for the two brothers. He raised river clams in a specially formulated medicinal soup. The pearls that grew from it are not only unique in color, but are also beneficial to the body if worn for a long time.
He thought he would never find it in this lifetime, but he didn't expect to meet his brother's descendants in his lifetime.
Doctor Zhong asked hurriedly, "How is your grandfather now?"
"My grandfather passed away due to illness ten years ago." Ye Qing said dejectedly.
My grandfather studied medicine since he was a child and saved countless people throughout his life, but in the end he couldn't save himself.
Doctor Zhong looked sad, but he was mentally prepared. Birth, aging, sickness and death are common to all people. He calmed himself down and pulled Ye Qing aside to ask about Zhong Xun's life over the years.
Ning Yuxi watched a large-scale family reunion ceremony from the side, her head buzzing.
Ye Qing's maternal grandfather was adopted by a childless civilian couple in Shangzhou when he was young. Perhaps due to genetics, Ye Qing's maternal grandfather was interested in medicine since he was a child and later became a doctor.
His wife died early due to illness, leaving him with only one daughter. Later, his daughter was favored by a young man from a wealthy family, who forcibly took her as a concubine, and that was how Ye Qing was born.
After reminiscing about the past, Doctor Zhong also knew the reason why Ning Yuxi summoned Ye Qing this time, and advised Ye Qing, "Child, if you have any difficulties, tell me.
I am your great-uncle. I have never married in my life. You are my great-uncle's only blood relative in this world. I will definitely help you."
There was mist in Ye Qing's eyes. She was driven out of the house by her father and stepmother when she was young, and depended on her mother and grandfather for support. Later, her grandfather also passed away, leaving her with only her mother as a relative.
It is naturally not easy for a young woman to live with a daughter. She has been dressing as a man since she was a child in order to support her mother. She is used to taking care of everything by herself. Apart from her mother, no one else will be kind to her without any purpose.
But now this white-haired old man with a kind face said he would help her. He was her great-uncle.
Ye Qing stopped crying and told the whole story.
She didn't want to work for Prince Shen and the others, but her mother was in their hands, so she had to listen to them.
She originally wanted to take advantage of this incident to let Concubine Yi kill herself, so that she would die to help Prince Shen and others, and she thought they would not make things too difficult for her mother.
It would also save her from being threatened to do those evil things. She didn't expect it would turn out like this. Who would be willing to die if they could live?
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