Judging from her height, the woman's age should be similar to Li Zhenzhu's.
The reason for judging by her size is that the woman's face was disfigured, with burns covering both cheeks.
Seeing that Shen Qiyin was standing still, Si Tunan assumed she was scared and explained, "Oh, Madam's face was burned by the fire, it looks quite frightening, but she is a very nice person."
"Really, I promise!"
"My writing and all that was taught to me by my wife. She is an extremely gentle and kind person."
Seeing that Si Tu Nan was extremely anxious, Shen Qi Yin sat down to take the lady's pulse while comforting him, saying, "I'm not afraid, I was just a little surprised to see the scar on her face."
Sturnan was somewhat relieved after hearing this.
Shen Qiyin took the woman's pulse, wrote a prescription, and asked Si Tunan to go back to the clinic to get the medicine and prepare it. She continued until the lady took the medicine and started sweating before she prepared to leave.
During their conversation, she asked Sturnan about his calligraphy practice, saying, "You said this lady taught you all your calligraphy? Then she was your first teacher."
“Yes, yes!” Stunan nodded vigorously: “Actually, it’s not just reading and writing; she even gave me my name.”
He grew up without parents and relied on the kindness of others for food.
They don't even have a single cotton-padded coat for winter, so how could they possibly have a name?
Once, he fainted from hunger at the door of his wife's house, and she saved him.
From then on, whenever he went to the streets to beg for food, if there was any clean food or money, he would send it to his wife.
Gradually, the two became more familiar with each other.
Whether he could beg for food or not, he would come to her place to sit. She taught him to read and write, and also taught him some principles of life.
He always felt that although the lady looked somewhat frightening, the temperament she exuded in her every move was just like that of the ladies and young ladies of noble families he occasionally saw on the street—very noble.
Shen Qiyin: "Tu Nan, did she name you that?"
Si Tunan waved his hand: "It's not just the name. Since I don't know my own family background, I simply took her surname, Si."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin abruptly stopped packing her medicine box!
She turned to look at the woman on the kang (a heated brick bed) and asked Si Tunan uncertainly, "You said... her surname is Si?!"
Sturnan nodded: "Yes."
Looking at Shen Qiyin's expression, he asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Shen Qiyin didn't elaborate, only leaving behind the words "Take good care of her" before hurriedly departing.
She went to Qiying Pavilion to find Xiao Yan.
I've heard that the former empress and crown prince were once convicted of using witchcraft. The crown prince was deposed and exiled to a harsh, cold place, while the empress was imprisoned in Shangyang Palace and could not leave until she died.
Later, the crown prince died during his exile.
The Shangyang Palace caught fire, and the Empress perished in the flames.
Shen Qiyin didn't know if the lady surnamed Si was the noble lady in the palace, but the fact that she had the surname "Si" was enough to attract her attention.
She had heard that the young master of the Ning family and the deposed crown prince were close friends, a fact she had also heard in her previous life.
She thought that Xiao Yan might want to know about the Si family.
Unfortunately, she arrived at an inopportune time; Xiao Yan had gone to the palace.
She waited at the Eagle Pavilion for a while.
Unexpectedly, instead of Xiao Yan, an uninvited guest arrived!
The woman was dressed in a red dress, exuding a flamboyant and radiant beauty.
From the very first word, she adopted a commanding posture: "How could a mere woman like you be here in the prestigious Qiying Pavilion?"
Chen Xiyin's gaze darkened slightly.
Chen Bao crept up behind her and whispered, "This is Princess Shouchang. Ever since our lord won the top three imperial examinations that year, she has been determined to make him her husband."
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