"Lord An, please don't panic. We have examined the young lady together, and it doesn't appear to be the flu from back then. Moreover, when the young lady was young, she was prone to dying young from illnesses, but now that she is older, she won't have an accident so easily. Second Master, you are just worried and confused."
Even though the doctor had explained it this way, An Chaoli was still very uneasy.
"If it's not a severe case of the flu, why hasn't it gotten any better after so long?"
The doctor sighed, "It seems that the young lady's illness this time is more of a psychological one. We have prescribed a lot of medicine for her, but she either refuses to take it or vomits it up even when she does. That's why her illness has not improved for so long."
An Chaoli naturally knew the reason behind his daughter's heartache.
The cause and effect cycle of all this is an intractable knot.
In the first place, this girl shouldn't have been sent to Chenyang Palace; and after she went, the two of them shouldn't have been separated.
The image of the sixth prince struggling to his feet and kneeling before him, pleading for a single possibility, still resonates deeply in An Chaoli's mind. That proud yet insecure prince was loving his daughter with all his heart; in her presence, he was not a prince, but just an ordinary person.
Both were deeply affectionate, but alas...
"You may continue to prescribe the medicine. I understand." An Chaoli dismissed the doctors and they all left.
An Chaoli personally carried a bowl of medicine to his daughter's bedside.
In the blink of an eye, the little girl has grown up so much. In fact, many times, An Chaoli regrets that he has missed too much of his daughter's growth. He was busy with court affairs and later taught Huishou, so he had always let his little daughter grow up freely. Although he loved his daughter, An Chaoli felt that he was not a good father.
He recalled that his daughter was very naughty before she was five years old, but after she turned five, after he brought her home on that snowy day, her personality changed drastically and she became much more sensible.
At such a young age, she already knew what she wanted. That's why An Chaoli didn't stop his daughter's decision.
He was the one who agreed to let his daughter be with the Sixth Prince, and he was also the one who persuaded the Sixth Prince to separate the two of them.
An Chaoli was confused: "Xiao Yuan'er, will you blame your father? Your father only wanted you to live a simple and ordinary life, but I never expected that one wrong step would lead to another."
From childhood to adulthood, An Chaoli never taught An Yuan'er the manners of a well-bred young lady, not even for a single day. An Yuan'er was allowed by Yi Chenli to become the most unrestrained and free girl, yet he wanted his own daughter to become a well-bred young lady again.
This is inherently contradictory.
"Father is getting old. There are many things that Father can no longer do, and he is not sure if he is doing them right. If my precious daughter is not well, Father cannot sleep all night. My dear daughter, don't torture Father and yourself. Please drink your medicine, okay?" In the dim candlelight, one could vaguely see the gray hairs on the man's hair as he gently coaxed his daughter by the bedside.
In a daze, tears streamed down An Yuan'er's face.
Fatherly love is great. If he didn't have so many feelings and ties for his children, An Chaoli would never have been alone for so many years.
This prominent official of the imperial court in Shengjing spent every lonely night alone for twelve years.
It's not easy to maintain a relationship, but how easy is it to protect your children?
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