"Thank you, Doctor Fang, for your hard work in preparing medicine for Xingxing."
Xingxing was wearing a light red silk dress and had her hair in two buns. She smiled and bowed to Fang Juexia. The maid who followed her took the medicine bag and bowed to express her gratitude.
Fang Juexia looked at Xingxing's bright smiling face and smiled unconsciously.
But he was wearing a wooden mask, so his smile was not very obvious. When Xingxing saw his eyes slightly curved, she was surprised to know that he was smiling.
But it was fleeting. Although Xingxing was young, he was sensible and polite.
Ever since entering the palace for treatment, she knew that Fang Juexia had a cold personality, so she didn't say much on weekdays, for fear of disturbing his peace. At this time, she was only slightly surprised and left after bowing.
The sun had already set when Xingxing walked out of the side hall of the Imperial Hospital. He lowered his head and walked on his own shadow.
A breeze blew up in the evening of late June, blowing her skirt up and down.
As I walked, I realized something was wrong. It seemed like something was missing from my shadow.
Xingxing suddenly stopped, raised her hand and touched her hair, then she realized something was wrong.
She turned around and asked Yudie, the maidservant her mother Lin Niantao had asked to accompany her to the palace, "Sister Yudie, where is my hairpin?"
Yudie was startled and exclaimed, "Oh!" "Yes, how come the young lady's gold, pearl and jade hairpin is missing?"
The two of them went back along the palace path to look for it, but couldn't find it. Xingxing thought, "I think my hair got loose when I was lying on the couch while Doctor Fang was giving me acupuncture, and it fell on the couch."
Yudie also agreed that this might be the case, so the two of them returned to the Imperial Hospital. Fang Juexia was not in the side hall where medicine was being boiled and treated. Xingxing called him twice but no one responded. Just as she was hesitating, she heard footsteps coming from the inner courtyard.
This side hall is a separate small courtyard, which was specially cleaned out by Feng Yu for Fang Juexia to use. His food, clothing and accommodation are all provided here.
Xingxing roughly guessed that it was Fang Juexia, so she turned around and bowed her head, "I didn't mean to bother you, Doctor Fang, but I think I left my hairpin here, so I came back to look for it..."
Suddenly, Yudie's gasping sound was heard beside her, as if she was frightened. When Xingxing looked up, she was stunned and swallowed the words she had not finished speaking.
The reason was simple. The person who came was indeed Fang Juexia, but when he took off his mask, the ugly burn scar that spread from his left eye to his forehead and then disappeared into his temples was exposed.
It was really conspicuous and terrifying on his thin and pale face.
"Mr. Fang...Mr. Fang."
Xingxing stood there in a daze, looking at him blankly.
Suddenly he realized that he was being very rude, and quickly lowered his head, "I'm sorry, Xingxing, I didn't mean to offend you, I... I'll go first." After saying that, he walked out in two steps, and Yudie followed closely behind him.
The two hurried out of the Imperial Hospital. Xingxing tried to shake off the scar that kept coming back to her mind. She turned around and told Yudie, "Sister Yudie, we didn't see anything today. Don't mention it to anyone else."
"Yes, I understand." Yudie nodded and patted her chest to calm herself down. Even though she was shocked when she saw it suddenly,
The two of them walked one in front and the other behind, but their steps were hurried and a little flustered, which made Jiang Ling, who came to pick up Xingxing, notice something was wrong at a glance.
"Wake up?"
Jiang Ling went to meet her. Xingxing looked up when she heard her call. After calming down, she quickly walked over and called her softly, "Cousin."
Just as Xingxing was about to throw herself into her arms, she glanced to the side and saw that tall figure. She bowed obediently and said, "Hello, cousin-in-law."
Zhou Jingan smiled slowly, "Wake up, no need to be so polite."
Jiang Ling leaned over and asked with concern, "What's wrong with Xingxing? Why do you look so flustered?"
As she spoke, she looked up at Yudie behind her, who also looked flustered and hesitant.
Before Xingxing could change the subject, a hoarse male voice suddenly came.
"Greetings to Lord Zhou, and to Princess Yunxi."
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Jiang Ling took Xingxing's hand and noticed her unnatural look. She stood up and smiled at the visitor, "Doctor Fang, there's no need to be so polite."
After thanking him, Fang Juexia stood up and walked over, saying lightly: "Xingxing's hairpin fell down." Then he stretched out his palm, and there was a hairpin lying in it, which was the gold, pearl and jade hairpin that Xingxing had lost.
Xingxing quickly looked up and saw that Fang Juexia had put on the wooden mask again, still looking the same as usual.
She bowed lightly and thanked him with a smile, "Thank you, Doctor Fang, for your trouble." Then she moved over and took the hairpin. Because of the close distance, she saw a scar that she had never noticed before.
It was exactly the same as the scar on Fang Juexia's left eye, bumpy, twisted and winding, spreading from the palm to the wrist, and drilling into the sleeve, like a bug with legs all over its body.
Xingxing's little hand trembled and the hairpin almost fell to the ground. She quickly lowered her head and took small steps back to Jiang Ling's side.
Jiang Ling and Zhou Jing'an watched the whole scene. They exchanged glances, and Zhou Jing'an smiled, "Doctor Fang has worked hard treating Xingxing these past few days."
"Yeah, Xingxing looks much better." Jiang Ling also agreed.
Fang Juexia lowered his head and closed his eyes. "This is my responsibility. Xingxing's illness has been mostly cured. It will only take another month for her to be basically recovered. After that, she just needs to rest."
Jiang Ling smiled in surprise after hearing this. "Doctor Fang is a miracle worker. I would like to thank Doctor Fang first."
Fang Juexia said he didn't dare, and went back to the Imperial Hospital, saying that he had something else to do.
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Only one edge of the orange-red sunset remained, shining through the gap in the window lattice onto Fang Juexia's left eye.
The surrounding skin was twisted and shrunken, and merged into one piece, which really didn't look good.
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