In May in Kyoto, the flowers are bright and the willows are charming, the weather is sunny and the wind is gentle. Near noon, many people have gathered at the city gate. Xiao Yao and Xiao Yuan sit obediently in the carriage, guarded by Xiao Yi.
"Here they come, here they come." Someone shouted loudly, and the crowd instantly boiled over. Xiao Yi didn't bother to look for his grandfather and uncles in the long queue. The first thing he had to do was to ensure the safety of his two younger sisters.
"Father, you're back! General Xiao, thank you for your hard work." Yun Yichen and Yun Yifan were the first to greet him. Prince Jing was fine, except for being a little thinner. General Xiao and the Xiao family's second master were injured to varying degrees.
"Uncle Wang, I'm sorry for the trouble. General Xiao is injured... Let's go to the palace and let the imperial physician check the general. The emperor is waiting to meet you two!" Yun Yifan saw that General Xiao's right arm was wrapped with a cloth and hung in front of his chest. This must be a serious injury, otherwise, with General Xiao's personality, he would never be willing to dress like this.
"This old minister greets the Ninth Prince and the Crown Prince." Although General Xiao looked exhausted, his spirit and energy were the same as before.
"Then let's go to the palace to pay our respects to our royal brother first." There are some matters that require the emperor to make the decision.
Xiao Yi now finally understood why his grandfather and second uncle said in the letter not to let Ping'an and Ruyi come to pick them up. It turned out that both of them were injured, and his grandfather didn't want his granddaughters to feel sad for him.
"Second brother, is grandpa here? Can I take a look?" Xiao Yao heard the voices getting closer and closer, and she couldn't sit still anymore.
"Ping'an, there are too many people here. Let's go home and wait for grandfather and second uncle." We have to think of a way to coax my sister back home first. Things will be much easier to solve after we get home.
Why didn't her second brother want to let her see her grandfather? Driven by curiosity, Xiao Yao secretly lifted a corner of the car curtain. Even from a distance, Xiao Yao could still see her grandfather's arm hanging in front of his chest.
Xiao Yao suddenly lifted the curtain and stood beside the shaft. Not only did she see that her grandfather was injured, but her second uncle also had a long and deep scar on his face near his chin. She wondered what they had gone through to have them all come back injured.
"Grandfather, second uncle, you...you..." Xiao Yao's body trembled slightly, and she felt a little short of breath.
"Ping An, why are you here?" General Xiao also saw his precious granddaughter. Didn't he tell his family not to bring Ping An and Ruyi here? Who would be responsible if they scared their granddaughter? How should he comfort the child now? General Xiao was at a loss for a moment.
"You promised me that you would not get hurt, and Second Uncle, why don't you keep your word? You are deceiving a child, this is..." Tears streamed down Xiao Yao's face again. Before she could finish her words, Xiao Yao's small body fell to the side after a dizzying moment.
"Safety."
"What happened to my granddaughter?"
Yun Yichen will never forget what happened that day. The fallen figure seemed to hit his heart, leaving a mark that could never be erased in his lifetime.
"Lin You, please go and help take a look." King Jing felt very guilty. If it weren't for the Xiao father and son who desperately protected them at the last moment, the two of them might not have been injured. If they hadn't been injured, how could the child have fainted.
"Let me check the child first." Lin You walked into the circle of Xiao's family. The first thing he saw was General Xiao, holding the fainted girl tightly with his uninjured arm. He was completely oblivious to the crowd around him, sitting on the ground. His majestic general image was gone. Now he was just an ordinary grandfather, devotedly doting on his granddaughter, no longer concerned with anyone else or anything else.
The rest of the Xiao family members were either squatting or half-kneeling, and the only thing in the eyes of these grown men was the unconscious child.
"Wow, is my sister going to die? Why doesn't she speak or open her eyes?" Xiao Yuan was carried out of the carriage by the old woman and burst into tears when he saw the scene in front of him.
"No, your sister will be fine." If someone else dared to say such words at this time, General Xiao would never let the other person go even if he could only move one hand. It was only because she was his little granddaughter that he did not get angry.
General Xiao ignored Lin You's words. If someone wanted to take Xiao Yao away from him now, he would never agree no matter what.
"Father, please ask Divine Doctor Lin to check on Ping An," Xiao Jingyan said, risking public criticism. He hadn't dared to speak, but after looking around, he realized that everyone except him seemed to have suddenly turned into wooden statues, with no reaction at all. To avoid delaying his niece's treatment and to avoid upsetting Divine Doctor Lin, Xiao Jingyan could only bite the bullet and plead with the old man.
"Father, please ask Doctor Lin to take Ping'an's pulse. You also want Ping'an to wake up soon, don't you?" Xiao Jingtai slowly regained consciousness, and the situation in front of him made him react quickly.
Lin You had no choice but to squat down and check Xiao Yao's pulse under General Xiao's sharp and defensive eyes. If it was a doctor with slightly inferior medical skills, he would be at a loss what to do in front of General Xiao. Not to mention asking a question, he probably wouldn't even have the courage to take a look!
As soon as Lin You's hand left Xiao Yao's wrist, General Xiao couldn't wait to ask: "How is my granddaughter? When will she wake up? Why did she faint suddenly?"
Lin You has seen countless elderly people who care for their younger generations, but very few can compare to the one in front of him.
"It's because of impatience. As a family member, this child has been in poor health for more than a day or two. Since you know she is in poor health, why do you want to make her suffer?" Lin You had just been full of good feelings towards the Xiao family, but faced with such reality, he couldn't help but change his opinion.
"What do you mean when you say my granddaughter has not been in good health?" General Xiao was skeptical about Lin You's words. How could he, as a grandfather, not know that Ping An was in poor health? But as a lady of the family, there was no need for him to lie. Could there be some hidden secret that he didn't know?
General Xiao looked at his children and grandchildren with scrutiny, hoping to hear an explanation.
"Father, can we talk about this when we get home? The most important thing now is Ping'an's health, don't you think?" Xiao Jingkang saw that the matter had been revealed by Doctor Lin, so he didn't want to hide it anymore, but now was not the time. After his daughter woke up and was fine, he would accept the beating and the punishment.
Lin You was completely confused by the Xiao family. Some of the family members were unaware of the situation, while others knew but did not report it. Of course, none of this had anything to do with him. He was just entrusted by King Jing to help take care of the child.
"General Xiao, we should go into the palace. You can just leave the child to Lin You without worry." King Jing thought of the little girl from the Xiao family and decided to find a way to take General Xiao away and help the Xiao brothers out of their predicament.
"But my granddaughter hasn't woken up yet!" General Xiao didn't want to leave his granddaughter.
"Find a quiet place. She will wake up after I give her the injection." Lin You advised.
"Really?" General Xiao's eyes lit up. It was not that he refused to believe Lin You, but he was really frightened by his granddaughter's sudden fainting.
"Doctor Lin, please don't mind my father's attitude. The old man will lose control when he encounters something that affects Ping An. To be honest, in our family, only the old man doesn't know that my niece has been injured. Otherwise, the consequences will be unpredictable." Xiao Jingyan whispered quietly to Lin You. He didn't want to do this, but if Doctor Lin reported some shocking news again, the old man would have to fight in the street. For the sake of the face of a group of men, he had to ask for help.
"Is this the child you want me to help take care of?" It was not until Xiao Jingyan started to explain that Lin You understood the situation. It turned out that General Xiao had been unaware of his granddaughter's illness; it turned out that he had inadvertently done his friend a disservice.
Speaking of the encounter between King Jing and his entourage and Lin You, it can only be said that they met by chance. It turned out that Lin You had been in Northern Jin for the past few years, where he discovered a rather unusual case, which he had cured years ago. Just after returning to Tianyu, he encountered casualties in King Jing's troops. Out of friendship, he stayed to help. It was also at that time that Lin You and Xiao Jingyan slowly became familiar with each other.
Although Xiao Jingyan and Xiao Yao were always quarreling, he was still very concerned about his niece's illness. After the two became friends, Xiao Jingyan invited Lin You to Kyoto to treat Xiao Yao. King Jing also wanted Lin You to examine his daughter again. The two friends lobbied together, and Lin You agreed without much hesitation.
Xiao Jingyan only told Lin You that the person who needed his help to treat was a seven-year-old girl who had internal injuries, and he did not mention any other information. This led to today's misunderstanding. Several factors combined resulted in this: Xiao Yao's illness was about to be exposed, and a storm was about to befall the Xiao family.
"What are you waiting for? Carry Ping'an into the carriage and send her home!" General Xiao finally mercifully let go of Xiao Yao. Xiao Jingkang carefully took his daughter and planned to carry her into his own carriage.
"How about this? My villa is not far from here. Let's send Miss Xiao there first. It won't be too late to go home after she wakes up."
"The little girl has been unconscious for a while. The key is to wake her up quickly." Lin You's attitude became more serious. Since he was entrusted by his friend, he would try his best to save the little girl.
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you, King Jing." Xiao Jingkang, who wanted to refuse, no longer hesitated after hearing what Doctor Lin said. It was the top priority for his daughter to wake up quickly. Now was not the time to worry about unimportant things.
"Achen, you personally escort Lin You and Miss Xiao to the villa." King Jing made such an arrangement for his own selfish reasons. He hoped that the little girl from the Xiao family could stay in the villa to recuperate, and when Ruonan came, the two of them could still be playmates. This was because he had long planned to send his wife to accompany his daughter out of the palace to recuperate, so as to prevent the impending storm in Kyoto from affecting her and her daughter.
"Yes." Yun Yichen turned his horse around and left. He hoped to reach the villa as soon as possible so that the little girl could wake up earlier.
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