The Splendid Brocade of the Painting Physician – Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Desiring to Kill Xiao Xian

Xiao Jian nearly fainted and collapsed to the ground!

Fortunately, the young servant beside him steadied him.

Then, under his questioning, the maid recounted everything that had happened in the Elegant Poetry Pavilion. Although afraid of Princess Yunyin’s pressure, the maid’s account was half-truth and half-false, but Xiao Jian roughly understood the cause and process of the matter.

“So, this scoundrel was so lustful that he wanted to take advantage of his own niece, and that’s why he was turned against and ended up in such a ridiculous situation?”

He said, then pointed at Princess Yunyin, “It’s all your fault, what have you taught your son? He usually doesn’t study or work hard, and it’s fine to drink and have fun with those frivolous friends, but he actually…”

Princess Yunyin sneered, “You’re blaming me now? As the saying goes, if the son is not taught, it’s the father’s fault. Don’t you have any fault?”

Speaking of this, she couldn’t help but feel a pang in her heart. It seemed that the wretched maid had also said this!

Xiao Jian felt that he could no longer argue with this unreasonable woman, so he waved his hand and said, “Forget it, it’s useless to talk about this now. The most urgent thing is to cure Eighth Young Master’s injury, otherwise my Xiao family…”

As he said this, his face darkened, as if he had made some decision, “We have to let Eighth Young Master apologize to that child A’yu, and you…also have to apologize to that child…maybe that child is soft-hearted and will agree…her mother A’luan is a very kind person!”

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Princess Yunyin saw that he was talking incoherently, as if he didn’t understand the meaning of his words at all.

Xiao Jian looked at her.

“Have you forgotten that A’luan was a physician before? That child Jinyu has always been with A’luan, A’luan couldn’t have not passed on this medical skill to her own child. I still remember that A’luan was knowledgeable and strong-willed since she was a child, better than her brothers. She has read many medical books, and her medical skills were also highly praised by many physicians at that time. Even Yao Boshen praised A’luan’s medical skills and said that there is a successor after Zhang Zhongjing!”

Princess Yunyin’s face suddenly darkened, and then she remembered what Xiao Jinyu had said to her in the Elegant Poetry Pavilion: “Doesn’t Your Highness know that I am a physician?”

That sentence was extremely mocking and sarcastic. She didn’t care at first, even though she first entered the Xiao Residence as a physician, she didn’t believe that this wretched maid could have much ability, or how brilliant her medical skills could be!

It was just a trick!

“Impossible, how could this wretched maid know medicine? Even if she does, how good could her medical skills be?” Princess Yunyin said angrily, not knowing whether she was angry at others or at herself!

“But now besides her, in the entire Jiankang City, can you find anyone else to treat Eighth Young Master? If we delay any longer, Eighth Young Master will really become a cripple!” Xiao Jian said angrily.

When he said the word “cripple,” Princess Yunyin suddenly felt a basin of cold water poured over her head, a bone-chilling coldness invading her marrow.

No, her son couldn’t be crippled. She still counted on her son to inherit the Xiao lineage and everything of the Xiao family in the future. Wasn’t that what she had planned for when she married into the Xiao family?

“Then I will search the entire Jiankang City for famous physicians. I don’t believe there is no one in this world who can cure Eighth Young Master!” She suddenly said as if making a vow.

Xiao Jian felt that he could no longer talk to her. After giving the prescription to the young servant, he simply walked out of the Yi Xiang Courtyard and returned to his study, calling the housekeeper over.

“First go and inquire, see where Xiao Jinyu…that is, A’luan’s daughter, my granddaughter, is now?”

Housekeeper Zhao nodded in agreement and arranged for this matter. An hour later, he returned with news.

“Master, that Young Lady Xiao Jinyu is still at the Apricot Blossom and Misty Rain Tower, she hasn’t left!”

“What is she still doing at the Apricot Blossom and Misty Rain Tower? She is a young lady, isn’t it detrimental to her reputation to be in that kind of place?”

Xiao Jian felt inexplicably irritable. Too many things had happened this day, too chaotic, he couldn’t sort it out for a while, but none of them were satisfactory.

Housekeeper Zhao was still sweating coldly, glanced at Xiao Jian, and replied, “I heard she is treating Seventh Young Master!”

“Whoosh,” Xiao Jian suddenly stood up.

“What did you say? Treating whom?”

“Seventh Young Master, that is…Young Master Xian!”

Xiao Xian? Yes, he almost forgot that he had such a son. Because he was suffering from a serious illness and was half paralyzed, he was a dying man. He didn’t know since when he had stopped caring about everything about this son, letting him live or die on his own. And since seven years ago, after this son had a big fight with him, he had never appeared in front of him again,

Until the Nine-Rank System Assessment three years ago, he was rated as the top grade of the second rank for a poem “Ascending the Heights,” and won the reputation of the most handsome and talented man in Jiankang City,

But what’s the use of talent and reputation? A person destined to die young, after death, all this glory will be buried in the dust.

But now…

“You said she is treating Seventh Young Master Xiao Xian?” As if he couldn’t believe it, Xiao Jian asked again.

“Yes, what this servant found out is absolutely true. Even the proprietress of the Apricot Blossom and Misty Rain Tower seems to be curiously waiting for a result.”

It was precisely because of the proprietress’s curiosity that when he went to inquire about the news, it was almost effortless. The waiters there gave him all the things he wanted to hear, including everything that happened in the Elegant Poetry Pavilion today.

“Let’s go, let’s go and see, no, just me, I’ll go and see myself!”

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“What did you say? She is treating Seventh Young Master Xiao Xian?”

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The news soon reached Princess Yunyin in the Yi Xiang Courtyard.

Princess Yunyin glanced at her son lying on the bed who had fainted from pain, and then thought of how Xiao Xian had dared to be disrespectful and contradict her in the Elegant Poetry Pavilion today, and she couldn’t help but feel even more hatred in her heart!

“This Xiao Xian, usually pretends to be indifferent to everything in the residence in front of me, making me think that he has given up on himself and is waiting to die. I didn’t expect that he would dare to speak for that little wretch and contradict me today!”

“Alright, since she is treating him, then let him be cured to death, never to wake up again, and then we will use the crime of harming the legitimate son of the Xiao family to arrest her! We will execute her openly and aboveboard!”

The more Princess Yunyin thought about it, the more feasible she felt this plan was, so she instructed Nurse Jiang beside her, “This time, don’t send personal troops, and don’t use my Xiao family’s death warriors. Call that assassin Nie Yinniang over and tell her that my Xiao family is willing to pay a thousand gold for Xiao Xian’s life!”

“Yes!”

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“How long has it been? Why hasn’t she come out yet?”

At this time, there were still seven people waiting in the Elegant Poetry Pavilion: Li Mi, Cui Heng, Lady Wei and the Director of Archery beside her, and then Xiao Tenth Miss and Feng Dong who was pacing back and forth restlessly.

“Young Master Li, Young Master Cui, why haven’t you left yet? Could it be that you want to stay overnight in my Apricot Blossom and Misty Rain Tower tonight?”

Lady Wei, who was bored, couldn’t help but tease Li Mi, “What’s wrong? Could it be that you have taken a fancy to one of the girls in my building?”

“Proprietress, you can stop thinking about it. In the heart of our Young Master Cui, I’m afraid none of the girls in your building can compare to the one in that room!” Li Mi replied with a smile.

“Yonghe, what nonsense are you talking about again?”

“I’m not talking nonsense, because I think so too!” Li Mi touched his chin and said, “Such a beautiful, courageous, and intelligent beauty is indeed rare! As a gentleman, it’s only natural to have a love for beauty, isn’t that right, Proprietress?”

“Please call me Lady Wei!” The charming woman in red smiled and asked, “Is that young lady very beautiful? But I saw her wearing a veil all the time, not seeing her true face, Young Master Li, have you seen it?”

“Of course, when I first saw her in Xuzhou Pengcheng, that beauty…”

Li Mi had a look of fascination, but before he could finish his words, Cui Heng suddenly interrupted, “Yonghe, stop talking!”

“Oh, I’m being talkative!” As if he had thought of something, Li Mi quickly shut up and stopped talking, but changed the subject, “This Xiao Xian is also a peerless talent in the south, his talent we all admire. No matter what, we should wait for him to wake up before leaving, anyway, we are idle…What do you think, Lady Wei?”

Lady Wei smiled and wisely stopped asking.

At this time, the door of the room opened with a “creak,” and Fenghuang walked out of the room. Feng Dong and Xiao Tenth Miss hurried up to him.

“How is it? Has my Young Master woken up?”

“Has my Seventh Uncle woken up?”

Fenghuang saw the anxious look on Feng Dong and Xiao Tenth Miss’s faces and shook his head.

“Not yet, but Qing Gege hasn’t eaten anything for most of the day. A’xiu, borrow the Apricot Blossom and Misty Rain Tower’s kitchen and make a bowl of locust leaf cold noodles for my Qing Gege. The recipe is written on here!”

As he said that, Fenghuang handed a small silk book to A’xiu.

“Yes!” A’xiu replied.

“Hey, this little silk book, isn’t it from that day…” Li Mi saw it looked familiar and couldn’t help but say, “So you were deliberately teasing me that day? Wait, what are locust leaf cold noodles?”

“Yeah! What do you want to eat, Young Lady? Just tell us, isn’t it like my Apricot Blossom and Misty Rain Tower doesn’t have food?” Lady Wei said.

“Just eat locust leaf cold noodles, can you make them?” Fenghuang asked bluntly.

Lady Wei was speechless, what is this? Why haven’t I heard of it?

“And, I don’t trust you!” Immediately after, Fenghuang added, “I’m afraid tonight will not be peaceful, don’t you want to avoid the trouble?”

When he asked this, his eyes swept over Cui Heng and Li Mi.

Cui Heng’s face changed, but Li Mi said disapprovingly, “Not peaceful? How is it not peaceful?”

Fenghuang suddenly stopped, his ears twitched, and he climbed onto the eaves with great agility, lifted a tile, and flew out towards the roof.