When Zhiyue saw Ji Fengyao and her servant return, she quietly reminded her distraught mistress.
Yu Ying turned around and saw Ji Fengyao. She came to greet her from afar and knelt down before Ji Fengyao with a thud.
Her eyes were red and swollen, and tears streamed down her face: "Your Highness, please help this lowly concubine; Physician Xiao has already left the manor for the Northwest, and this lowly concubine has no other choice but to beg you."
"What you're saying is utterly confusing. What does Master Hei's departure have to do with you begging our young lady?" Xi Que looked at Yu Ying with great displeasure.
She still remembered the day they entered the manor; it was this woman who had been hiding behind Xi Ningshang, stirring up trouble.
"I heard that the Princess Consort also received the true teachings of Physician Xiao. My mother is very ill and is about to die. I have consulted many doctors, but they all say that unless the divine physician is reborn, I really have no way to help her. She is my only family..." Yu Ying knelt on the ground and cried her heart out.
"I've only learned a few folk remedies, nothing special. So many doctors couldn't cure her, so my few folk remedies might not work for your mother either," Ji Fengyao said calmly, looking at Yu Ying at her feet.
"Even if it's a hopeless case, I'll try anything. Even if I can't save her in the end, at least I'll have done my best. That will make me feel a little better." Yu Ying carefully held Ji Fengyao's shoe, bowed at her feet, and pleaded with her face streaked with tears, "Your Highness, please help me this once. Please give it a try, okay? Whether it succeeds or not, I will serve Your Highness like a slave in the future!"
Her humble plea and filial devotion were so sincere and touching that they evoked pity in me.
Ji Fengyao could not detect the slightest flaw in her face or eyes.
If she isn't a master of acting, then it must be true.
Ji Fengyao is an alchemist and also a doctor;
Saving lives and healing the wounded is a doctor's duty; there is no reason not to help someone in distress, except for the enemy.
Ji Fengyao finally softened: "Where is your mother now? I will have someone bring her to the manor for you."
"At the Song Family Manor outside the city, she is already on her last breath. The doctor said it is not advisable to move her. Now, the people who are taking care of her do not even dare to turn her over or wash her..." Yu Ying knew that what she was saying was a bit unreasonable, so her voice became softer and softer as she spoke.
"You mean you want our young lady to leave the manor and the city to go to a small village to see a doctor for your mother? Don't you think that's a bit too much? What if something happens on the way? Who will be responsible?" Xi Que retorted angrily.
"Xi Que, Xiao Shen said that some illnesses are not suitable for moving," Ji Fengyao comforted Xi Que, and said calmly to Yu Ying at her feet, "I will send someone to verify. If what you said is true, I will go to Song Family Village with you tomorrow."
"Good, good! Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!" Yu Ying kowtowed repeatedly with great joy.
With a name, surname, and location, Wu Zhong's men could quickly investigate someone. News arrived from Songjiazhuang after dinner:
Yu Ying's mother did indeed live alone in a small courtyard in Songjiazhuang, and was seriously ill.
The informant also relayed news about Yu Ying's other family members: she had an older sister who married far away, and her father and only brother were murdered by bandits two years ago while traveling as merchants. The small courtyard in Songjiazhuang was bought by Yu Ying at the beginning of last year for her mother to live in.
Shang Xiye tapped the piece of paper with the intelligence written on it with her neatly trimmed fingernails, her voice low and deep: "Too neatly combed, not trustworthy. Your Highness, it's best not to go tomorrow."
Looking at his serious and wise appearance, Ji Fengyao felt a surge of desire and suddenly wanted to flirt with him.
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