The three of them went to the backyard, and upon entering a separate courtyard,
A pungent smell of Chinese medicine wafted through the air, causing Xiao Tuantuan to frown.
How serious is this injury?
How could you be taking so many medications?
"Your Highness, His Highness is inside. Please, Your Highness..." A junior officer raised his hand to lead the way.
Li Qishang and Xiao Tuantuan nodded and stepped into the courtyard.
Then he said, "Thank you for your trouble, General. I will take the Princess inside to have a look. Please do as you wish."
The junior officer, a one-star general, clasped his hands in salute and then left.
"Alas, I wonder how badly my nephew is injured. We've only heard about it."
"We don't know the specifics yet!" the two said as they entered the room.
The military doctor, Li, had his head down and hadn't yet recognized the two people. He looked up at the newcomers.
He knelt down instantly with a thud, nervously saying, "Your subject greets Your Highness and Your Highness's Consort."
"No need for formalities, get up!"
"How is His Highness the Crown Prince?" Li Qishang asked.
Doctor Li dared not conceal anything and recounted what had happened, pouring out the truth like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
He chattered on and on, telling the whole story, even saying that he had done his best!
Li Jingyu, who was half asleep inside, suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Medic, who's here?"
Without saying a word, Dr. Li led the person into the inner room. Li Jingyu had originally intended to get up and check,
Who could it be? He struggled to prop himself up, his abdomen wound the deepest.
He sat up and curled up in his stomach, which was in great pain.
He bared his teeth, and his ferocious, pained expression was seen by the three of them.
"Oh dear, Your Highness, why are you up again? Lie down, lie down! Don't you want your injury to heal?"
Li Jingyu looked at the two people at the door and exclaimed with great joy, "Royal Uncle and Royal Aunt, what brings you here?"
Li Qishang took Xiao Tuantuan's hand and stepped forward a few steps before saying, "Of course, I'm doing my duty as a servant entrusted with this task."
"You little rascal, you're really courting death! How old are you? You're already thinking about going to the battlefield. You haven't even learned to crawl yet, and you're already trying to run away."
Li Qishang's tone was full of reproach, but even more so, it was concerned.
Xiao Tuantuan sat down on the soft stool by the bed and looked at Li Jingyu, saying, "Jingyu, you're really too impulsive."
You have no idea how worried your mother is; she cries every day. She wants to see you.
But your younger sister is still young and needs her, and she can't carry your sister with her.
Upon hearing this, Li Jingyu's eyes reddened, and a glistening tear silently slid down his cheek.
"I have caused Your Majesty great worry. It was my carelessness that led me to fall into the pirates' trap," Li Jingyu said, his face filled with shame.
yes!
Fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys are at the height of their youthful vigor.
It was during that time of intense competitiveness, but at the peak, he fell from grace.
This made him lose his arrogance.
All that's left is regret after the setbacks.
"Alright, don't be embarrassed. Failure is the mother of success."
You've done very well for your age. After all, we've never fought pirates before, have we?
"This thing takes practice, you'll get the hang of it after a few tries."
Xiao Tuantuan's words stunned the three people present.
It was Dr. Li again. When he heard her say something about practice makes perfect, he shuddered.
Sure enough, what she said next made even his old bones tremble.
Good heavens!
Can one become skilled at murder through practice?
Isn't that too cruel?
Little Tuantuan seemed to realize she might have said something wrong and quickly tried to cover it up: "Uh, well, what I meant was..."
Don't be nervous, scared, or shy; these are all experiences you'll gain.
Li Jingyu nodded, indicating that he understood. He then changed the subject, saying, "Aunt, how are my mother and father? How is my little sister?"
"Everything's great, all the best, except for you, kid, you've been gone for so many years."
You haven't even returned to the capital to visit your mother, the Empress Dowager. Do you know how much she misses you?
Li Jingyu's hands inside the blanket clenched involuntarily, gripping the blanket tightly as he tried his best to restrain himself!
Fear brought out that emotion, causing him to lose face in front of his uncle and aunt.
"By the way, I've noticed some unusual phenomena in Guantao County."
"You've been here for so many years, have you noticed anything different?" Xiao Tuantuan asked directly.
Li Jingyu paused noticeably, not understanding what she meant.
"Abnormal? There's nothing abnormal. Guantao County is developing quite well these days, and many people have even moved here to live nearby."
The military doctor, Li, standing nearby, said, "Your Highness, there is indeed something unusual about this."
The problem is that there are fewer and fewer fishermen, but in recent years, besides rampant piracy at sea,
Nothing else was found, but this old minister believes it's clear that the number of fishermen is decreasing.
"Especially those strong fishermen, no one knows where they went, they've vanished without a trace."
Li Qishang interjected, "Has no one reported this to the authorities? So many people have gone missing."
Doctor Li shook his head, sighed, and then said, "They're all fishermen. There are only two situations when they go out to sea to fish."
One possibility is that they were killed by pirates, and another is that their ship capsized and they met with an accident at sea.
"Therefore, even if you report it to the authorities, the government has no way to investigate or apprehend the murderer."
After all, it's unclear whether they killed someone or if the ship capsized.
Xiao Tuantuan sighed, a sense of unease creeping into her heart. These fishermen were disappearing every day…
If the fishermen are gone, will they turn their evil hands to others?
"Aunt, what are you thinking about? You seem so lost in thought."
"Mermaid." Little Tuantuan blurted out, leaving the three people present stunned.
The only person I'd ever heard that name in my head was Li Jingyu.
In his dream, he heard the half-mermaid say that there was a kind of mermaid just like them.
But they are cannibals, while the mermaids eat the same food as humans.
They can transform into humans, but mermaids cannot. However, it's said they eat a lot of human flesh.
Only then can they gradually grow into human beings.
"Does the Imperial Aunt know about mermaids?" Li Jingyu asked curiously.
Instead of answering, Xiao Tuantuan asked, "How do you know about mermaids?"
Now Li Jingyu is in an awkward position. Let me make one up for you right now!
"I saw it in a travelogue. I don't know exactly what it is, but I heard it's not a good thing!"
Little Tuantuan nodded, but didn't continue the topic, instead moving on to other things...
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