After a while, the old man came back and continued to talk to the doctor: "Sir, don't you have a memory-erasing drug? Can you give it to Xing'er?"
"This?" The doctor's voice seemed filled with confusion and doubt. Xu Yixing now knew that drugs were very harmful to the brain. The doctor was probably also very confused and unsure about General Xu's request. If he took something bad, it would be a disaster.
"I think..." Before the old man finished speaking, someone walked in from outside the door without announcing. Xu Yixing had been keeping her eyes closed in her memories, so she could only hear the sound of the door being pushed open, and she was listening carefully.
"General, what are you going to give our young lady?"
It's Aunt Bai! No wonder Xu Yixing always felt like something was missing. He was so seriously ill, how could Aunt Bai not be around? It seemed like she was only away temporarily.
Aunt Bai seemed very angry. She put something down with a "Duang" sound. Xu Yixing immediately smelled a strong bitter smell of medicine. It turned out that Aunt Bai had gone to boil medicine for him.
Nanny Bai came in. Father's voice was clearly respectful. He asked the doctor to leave first, then slowly explained, "Nanny, Xing'er has been talking about Sun Ziyou's name since she came back. But I asked Xu Qian to find out, and he didn't enter the palace that day. So, who did she meet?"
"General, please be frank. Does this have anything to do with what medicine the young lady takes?" Nanny Bai obviously didn't want to think about the old man's implication and asked directly.
"Mammy, you know Xing'er was found in a dry well near the cold palace. What kind of place is that? Even if Xing'er is playful, she wouldn't go there. Someone must have brought her there."
"Since the general and I share the same idea, we should wait until the young lady wakes up and then investigate carefully. Why is she still using memory-erasing medicine?"
"Alas! I believe Xing'er wouldn't mention an unfamiliar name for no reason, but the Sun family kid certainly didn't enter the palace. Tell me, who else could be the same child in the palace as Sun Ziyou? And who has harmed our Xing'er like this?"
When Xu Yixing heard that Nanny Bai was silent, she understood what her father meant.
Growing up alongside his grandson, You, the only children who could appear in the palace were the little princes and the crown prince. Children were mischievous, but no matter which one played a prank, the Xu family couldn't afford to offend. That was why his father wanted to erase his memory before he regained consciousness.
This was a form of self-protection for both myself and the Xu family. Otherwise, if it got out, it would be a disaster.
From today's perspective, Xu Yixing could understand his father's actions. At the time, he had just been transferred back from the border army and was under severe restrictions. If rumors spread at this time that a noble in the palace was planning to murder the Xu family's daughter, it would be extremely detrimental to the reputation of the harem and the unity between the emperor and his subjects.
Perhaps the emperor would think that the Xu family was deliberately damaging the royal reputation. Even if an individual was found out, it would probably have far-reaching consequences. With a selfish character like my father, he would never gamble his career and life.
After thinking it through, Xu Yixing suddenly felt a little uneasy. She hated everything her father did to her, but if it were her, would there be a better way?
Soon she felt a pair of hands on her forehead, very soft and cool. It must not be her father's hands, it must be Aunt Bai's hands.
"But is this medicine harmful to the body?"
"Don't worry, I'll ask the doctor to use the mildest kind. We won't take it all at once. We can slowly recuperate over two or three years and it will be fine."
Nanny Bai gently stroked her burning forehead and sighed after a long moment, "Well, that's fine, I'm sorry, Miss. But it's better to forget about it, so our Miss won't be pining for her mother all day long."
The old man felt relieved, but when he heard Nanny Bai mention his wife, there was still some sadness in his voice: "Yes. It's also thanks to you being by Xing'er's side. After all, you are doing your best for her mother. After taking this medicine, please take more care of Xing'er and worry about her daily life."
"No need for your instructions, General."
With each word, Xu Yixing's biggest regret, or mistake, was forged. She felt something strange being stuffed into her mouth, like a rice dumpling with its skin still attached, with a herbal aroma. From that day on, she began taking one small sugar pill every night.
My memory also became confused. Whenever I forgot something, I would go directly to ask Aunt Bai.
"Mammy, have I had breakfast this morning?"
"We've eaten, we've eaten. We had braised pork buns this morning. The young lady had a great appetite and ate five!"
"Really? Why do I feel like I have no impression of it at all..."
"That's normal. I often forget what I ate yesterday."
This is the content of Xu Yixing's conversation with Aunt Bai while sitting on the bed after waking up.
"Oh... is everyone like this?"
"Yes, Miss, everyone is like this."
Xu Yixing saw an emotion in Nanny Bai's eyes that she couldn't understand at the time. Now it seemed like heartache and regret.
"Mammy, is my mother dead?"
"This..." Nanny Bai seemed to be surprised that the young lady was still asking this question after she had already taken the medicine.
"I remember someone told me that my mother died a long time ago, right?"
"Yes. Who told you that?"
Xu Yixing didn't answer. "Then how did she die?"
"I'm sick."
This was a lie. When Xu Yixing grew up, he learned that his mother had unfortunately passed away during childbirth. At that time, Nanny Bai didn't tell him because she didn't want him to think that he had killed his mother.
As Xu Yixing took more and more medicine, her memory became worse and worse, and more and more confused. The Xu family seemed to have no further investigation into what happened in the palace that day, and the matter was left unresolved.
Xu Yixing probably didn't stop taking the medicine until he was eight or nine years old, and Xu Yixing completely became the person he remembered - proud, confident, always looking down on others but never saying it out loud.
Then she looked back and saw the day when she went to the palace to pay her respects. After meeting several ladies, she left everyone behind and wandered around the palace alone.
Then I met a little boy who said his name was Sun Ziyou.
Although Xu Yixing still couldn't see the face clearly, this figure was definitely not Sun Ziyou.
She followed "Sun Ziyou" to the cold palace, but did not find the answers she wanted and left disappointed.
Then she was stopped by "Sun Ziyou" and shouted, "Your mother is dead." She was angry and disdainful, thinking that the child in front of her was really annoying.
Then something unexpected happened, someone pulled my hair and threw me into a well.
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