"Mmm." Yu Nanqing responded, but because he was facing the headboard, Su Wanyan couldn't see his expression.
Taking advantage of this fifteen-minute window, Su Wanyan began to tidy up the table, collecting the spilled Chinese medicinal herbs onto oiled paper.
I have to go to the market tomorrow to get some medicine for Yu Nanqing from the pharmacy. Everyone in the mansion is Emperor Yuanhe's man, so she has to do everything herself, from getting the medicine to brewing it.
Thinking of Xu Si, whose recent behavior has been quite good, Su Wanyan wondered if she could trust him. Perhaps she could find some time to test him. However, given that loyalty was built on fear, Su Wanyan didn't really believe that Xu Si would treat her sincerely in the future.
Oh, and I also need to make time to visit Da Nannan; two doses of medicine won't be enough for her mother for two days.
It seems Emperor Yuanhe bestowed quite a few tonic herbs upon us before, including ginseng, deer antler, and lingzhi. It's a bit late today, I'll go check the storeroom tomorrow.
After serving Yu Nanqing his meal tonight, I'll massage the acupoints on his legs. I also need to find some time to activate the [Massage] skill.
The more skills she activates, the more proficient her medical skills will become.
Sigh, I'm so busy! There's so much to do, I'm so incredibly busy.
Just as I finished tidying up, there was a knock on the door: "Sister, I'm back."
Su Wanyan's eyes brightened slightly, and she hurriedly got up to open the door. She was stunned to see that Su Chien had changed into a coarse linen outfit, and at first glance, he looked like a servant in the mansion.
Su Wanyan gently closed the door behind her before asking, "Aren't you used to wearing that outfit?"
Su Chien nodded with a slightly guilty expression: "Those nice clothes don't suit me. I think this will be more comfortable."
He's just an orphan wandering the streets; he doesn't deserve such nice clothes.
"Okay, whatever makes you comfortable." We can't expect him to completely break away from his original life in the short term.
Then Su Wanyan asked, "How is it? Did you encounter any trouble?"
Su Chien shook his head: "No, the things my sister asked me to do went very smoothly."
He pulled a money bag from his waist: "This is the remaining silver, sister, look."
“Take this and repeat today’s work tomorrow. If you run out of money, just go to the treasury and get more. You don’t need to report to me.” Su Wanyan smiled. “Of course, you can also use that money to buy some things you like.”
She reached out and patted Su Chien's head: "Tomorrow I'll send someone to the yamen to get you a license plate and register your household. Once you have the license plate, you'll have an identity, and you won't be hindered from going anywhere you want in the future."
“Sister!” Su Chi’en’s eyes reddened, and he suddenly knelt down before Su Wan’an and kowtowed heavily: “I can never repay your great kindness, sister. In this life, I am yours. I will go through fire and water for you whenever you need me.”
"Oh dear!" Su Wanyan was taken aback by his appearance and quickly reached out her hand: "Get up quickly, you're making things too formal. Look at me, I have no status or power in the Prince's Mansion, I can only do these small things."
Su Chien shook his head, kneeling and refusing to get up: "This is a small matter for you, sister, but for me, it is a second chance to live, sister!"
He looked at Su Wanyan and said, "You not only gave me a name, but also registered me in the household, took me in in the Prince's Mansion, and even made me call you sister. These are things I never dared to dream of before. From now on, I will only listen to my sister and do whatever she tells me to do!"
After saying that, he ignored Su Wanyan's attempts to stop him and kowtowed three times.
Su Wanyan had a headache: "Get up, get up quickly."
However, Su Chien's eyes were already red. He wiped away his tears and said, "To be honest, I had my own selfish reasons for following you at first. From the moment you helped me stop the steamed bun shop owner, I started thinking about climbing up to you."
“I know my sister is a kind-hearted person, so I wanted to use her to find a way to survive. But now that she's so good to me, when I think about my previous intentions, I feel... I feel guilty towards her…”
Moreover, after being taken in by Su Wanyan, she did not treat him like a servant and make him do rough work. Instead, she provided him with good food and drink and even gave him his own bedroom.
He was just a homeless beggar; why should Su Wanyan treat him so well?
So during the few days they spent together, he felt very guilty. He hoped to do more for Su Wanyan so that he could repay her kindness to him.
But when Su Wanyan said she would also help him get a dental license and register his household registration, he really couldn't hold back anymore.
She arranged for him not to be a slave, but to have the status that an ordinary citizen should have.
Once he was registered and issued a license, it meant he could leave the capital and go anywhere. Su Wanyan always treated him as an equal and never regarded him as a burden.
Su Wanyan laughed: "What's there to be ashamed of? If I were you, I would have done the same."
When there's no way to survive, you have to do everything you can to stay alive.
She squatted down to look him in the eye and smiled, "Besides, what you did wasn't anything heinous. On the contrary, if it weren't for you, I'd probably have been arrested eight hundred times over. Also, you're familiar with the capital, which saves me a lot of time every time. We're mutually beneficial, you know?"
"I'm just an unwanted orphan, it's my sister who doesn't despise me." If it were any other powerful or wealthy person, they probably wouldn't even give him a glance.
"You don't need to change your clothes. I think sometimes you have to have these things, but if you don't have them, we won't force it. If you don't wear fine silks and satins, someone else will wear them. Let's take care of ourselves first, and we can talk about other things later, right?"
Su Chien nodded obediently, "Yes, I'll listen to my sister."
"Since you've already called me 'sister,' then I've accepted you as my brother. Whether you leave or stay, you must remember me as your sister, okay? Wherever I go in the future, I will remember you. If we meet again someday, we'll still be siblings, alright?"
"Sister, I won't leave. I'll follow you for the rest of my life."
"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future?" Su Wanyan chuckled. "Alright, get up now. Don't kneel down so easily. A man's knees are worth their weight in gold. He should only kneel to heaven, earth, and his parents. If he can avoid kneeling to others, then he should not."
This time, Su Chien did not argue. After being helped up by Su Wanyan, he said, "It is only right for me to kneel before my elder sister."
Su Wanyan's heart skipped a beat. The word 'eldest sister' seemed to carry more weight than 'older sister,' and it involuntarily stirred her emotions.
Actually, the reason he was asked to call her "sister" was simply because she wasn't used to the word "Empress" and calling her "sister" sounded nicer. She never imagined that she would end up recognizing a younger brother.
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