The Splendid Brocade of the Painting Physician – Chapter 56

Chapter 56: Xiao Xian’s Dream

Li Mi opened his mouth wide and sighed inwardly: This kid is so agile!

Equally stunned were Lady Wei and Feng Dong!

But what surprised Fenghuang was that there were bloodstains left by someone on the roof, but no one was seen. It seemed that the sound of fighting he had heard just now had never happened at all.

But he, who has always had a keen sense of sound, didn’t believe that he had heard it wrong, so had the assassin who came already left?

While he was pondering, he suddenly felt a sharp sword energy attacking him. He subconsciously took a step back, and when he looked up again, he saw a person in front of him, and this person was none other than the man in the black robe with a scar on his chin and wearing half a mask.

Xiao Xian’s guard?

“Did you just drive away an assassin?” Fenghuang asked.

Ling Ye held a long sword, the sword was already unsheathed, and under the moonlight, the blade was shining with a cold light, but there was faint scarlet blood dripping from the sword.

“Yes, I killed an assassin. In order not to cause you any trouble, I have thrown the assassin’s body into the nearby lake.” Ling Ye looked at Fenghuang and explained, “This is also my reward for the young lady’s kindness in giving medicine!”

Friend not foe!

After coming to this conclusion, Fenghuang slightly relaxed his tense spirit and said, “Thank you!”

Ling Ye was not polite, but said seriously, “I will stay here tonight to protect the safety of your young lady and Young Master Xiao Xian. You go back!”

“Do you know who sent the assassin?” Fenghuang couldn’t help asking.

“Yes.” Ling Ye replied without hesitation, “The Mistress of the Xiao Family, Princess Yunyin!”

“Aren’t you afraid of her?”

Hearing this, Ling Ye smiled and said, “I’m not afraid of anyone, even the emperor, I can assassinate!”

“Alright, thanks again!”

After Fenghuang said a word, he immediately went through the tiles and entered. In a short while, he returned to the Elegant Poetry Pavilion.

Everyone in the pavilion was startled when they saw a figure falling.

Seeing that it was Fenghuang, Lady Wei couldn’t help but get angry, “You boy, you are good at uncovering tiles from the roof. You have made a hole in my Elegant Poetry Pavilion. How can I do business in the future?”

“Didn’t I already cover the tiles?” Fenghuang pointed to the roof and said.

Everyone looked up and saw that the tiles that had been removed were indeed intact there, and there was no trace of a hole in the entire roof.

“You’re pretty good! You boy!” Lady Wei sighed, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Fenghuang again and said, “Young Master, how about you follow me? I am willing to pay ten times the price of your young lady.”

Lady Wei raised her hands to tempt him, Fenghuang didn’t even look at her, and snorted coldly.

“You’re not worthy, I don’t follow anyone for money.” He said.

“Hey, I’m not worthy, what do you look at if you don’t look at money? You even asked for a 20% commission from my Apricot Blossom and Misty Rain Tower today!” Lady Wei was a little unconvinced.

Li Mi had already burst out laughing.

“By the way, speaking of the 20% commission, we only need 1,000 copper coins now, and the rest will be kept here. My Qing Gege wants to do a long-term business with you.”

“Do business with me?” Lady Wei sneered and said amusedly, “Young Master, do you think my Apricot Blossom and Misty Rain Tower is short of business?”

“But you can only do business in Jiankang City now, not in other places, is that right?”

Lady Wei’s smile disappeared instantly, and a little surprise appeared in her eyes.

Fenghuang continued, “And even in Jiankang City, if you want to do this business for a long time, you have to give a lot to the government and even those aristocratic families. In fact, you don’t make much money at all. Am I right?”

Lady Wei fell silent suddenly after hearing this, and asked solemnly, “How do you know?”

“I don’t know, but this is what my Qing Gege guessed!”

“Your Qing Gege? You mean that young lady?” Lady Wei suddenly frowned, a trace of disbelief appeared in her expression, and then she asked with a smile, “But, why do you call her Qing Gege, isn’t she a young lady?”

“Because…” Fenghuang paused, and said in a deep voice, “There are always people who covet her beauty, just like that Eighth Young Master Xiao, Xiao Yun, in order to avoid trouble, we have to pretend to be brothers.

My Qing Gege’s name is Jinyu, courtesy name Changqing.”

“Oh.” Lady Wei nodded in response, but became even more curious: What kind of beauty is this young lady, that she has caused so much trouble?

Li Mi and Cui Heng felt even more pity: From the northern regions to Jiankang, they had witnessed the young lady’s experience along the way. Such a pitiful life experience did not make her avoid the eyes of the world, but instead faced difficulties, until today, she cleared her mother’s name. How could ordinary people achieve such a state of mind!

While they were thinking, they heard A’xiu’s voice, “The Sophora Leaf Cold Noodles are here!”

Along with the sound came an extremely fragrant smell, which made people’s stomachs growl!

Li Mi couldn’t help but glance at a white porcelain bowl brought by A’xiu, and saw that it contained emerald green and crystal clear noodles, dotted with some red peppers, which looked delicious and appetizing.

“Is this Sophora Leaf Cold Noodles just a bowl of noodles?” Li Mi couldn’t help asking.

A’xiu nodded, handed the bowl of noodles to Fenghuang, and Fenghuang carried it into the room.

“This young lady eats differently from others, how are these noodles made?”

Li Mi asked, and A’xiu answered without concealment, “The tender leaves of the Sophora tree are mashed into juice and mixed into flour to make thin noodles. After cooking, they are soaked in ice water, and then mixed with cooked oil…”

“That’s so troublesome, why did you make it so fast?”

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“I have been with the young lady for a while and learned some cooking skills. Although my skills are not pure, they are barely usable. Because the amount is small, it is also fast!”

“Really? It looks delicious, I’ll try it someday!”

While they were chatting, the door of the room opened again, but Fenghuang came out holding Xiao Jinyu in his arms, shouting:

“Lady Wei, I still need a clean bedroom, the room must be tidy and free of any incense or peculiar smell, preferably one that no man has slept in!”

Lady Wei sneered again.

“You young master, you have a lot of demands. Okay, okay, don’t want a room where a man has slept, how about sleeping in my bedroom?”

“It can’t be too far, just nearby!”

“Okay, okay, there happens to be a room in this Elegant Poetry Pavilion that no one has slept in, it’s just right for this young lady… Eh…” At this point, Lady Wei suddenly stopped, her eyes fell on Xiao Jinyu’s face who was lying in Fenghuang’s arms, and she couldn’t help but her eyes lit up, full of shock and disbelief.

“My God! There really is such a stunning beauty in this world. I, Wei Qi, have seen quite a few beauties, but this young lady… No wonder, no wonder Xiao Yun used such despicable means to get her. With such beauty, I’m afraid that all men in the world would want to get her!”

The more Wei Qi spoke, the uglier Fenghuang’s face became, and she even hugged Xiao Jinyu tighter, making her face inward, her black hair covering half of her cheeks, and she couldn’t help but smile, “Young Master, you don’t have to guard against me, I’m not a man, what are you afraid of?”

“Shut up! Do you know what you are talking about?” Fenghuang reprimanded angrily.

“What’s wrong with her?”

At this time, Cui Heng and Li Mi also came over worriedly and asked.

Xiao Tenth Miss and Feng Dong also came over anxiously to see.

“Yes! What’s wrong with the young lady? Where is my young master?” Feng Dong asked.

Fenghuang replied, “Your young master is still inside. My Qing Gege said that he has been cured. When he wakes up, he should be fine!”

“Then the young lady…”

“She’s tired, from noon today to now, it’s almost six or seven hours, she hasn’t rested all this time, don’t you want her to rest now?”

“Young Master, I didn’t mean that, then… you let the young lady have a good rest, I’ll go take care of my young master.” Feng Dong said a little embarrassedly, turned and ran into the room where Xiao Xian was.

Fenghuang ignored him, but turned his gaze to Lady Wei, motioning for her to lead the way.

“Okay, I’ll take you there!”

Wei Qi smiled charmingly, and walked away gracefully.

At this time, Xiao Tenth Miss hurried forward, “Wait, Young Master, you are a boy after all, why don’t I take care of her!”

Fenghuang looked at her displeased.

Seeing that his expression was displeased and seemed angry, Xiao Tenth Miss quickly explained, “I mean, although you are young, men and women should not sit together after the age of seven. She… She is still a young lady… And, you have been busy all day, why don’t you go and rest, and I will take care of her!”

It turned out that she was afraid of damaging Qing Gege’s reputation, Fenghuang had never thought about this. From the northern regions to now, there were many times when their lives were in danger, and it was common for them to sleep in the same room. He had never cared about these details, but he had also heard that southerners valued chastity, especially aristocratic families who valued reputation very much, otherwise his aunt would not have ended up so miserably.

After understanding this, although Fenghuang was unhappy, he had to consider it carefully.

“Do you know how to take care of people?” He suddenly asked.

Would a young lady who has been served by others since she was a child know how to take care of people?

“I——”

Before Xiao Tenth Miss could say anything, he suddenly called out, “A’xiu, you and this Xiao Tenth Miss come in and take care of my Qing Gege!”

“Yes!”

A’xiu responded and hurriedly followed, entering the room not far from the long corridor with Fenghuang.

Only Cui Heng and Li Mi were left in the hall of the Elegant Poetry Pavilion, inexplicably feeling a little lost and disappointed, but Li Mi was easy-going and optimistic, and soon found a place to squint and sleep.

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Xiao Xian didn’t know how long he had slept, in his drowsy consciousness, he seemed to feel someone calling his name, and there was a strange medicinal fragrance that permeated his nose, making his soul tremble, as if a door that had been closed for a long time in his mind was gradually opening.

“Father, A’luan is not wrong, A’luan is unintentional, she was framed…”

His vision gradually became clear, and he seemed to see his elder sister kneeling in front of the ancestral hall of the Xiao family. The patriarch of the Xiao family was sitting at the head, his father was looking at her heartbrokenly, and on the other side of the ancestral hall, Princess Yunyin was looking at all this with a meaningful smile.

“Now it’s not a question of who is right and who is wrong, A’luan, father believes in your character, and also believes that you are a self-disciplined and polite child, but what’s the use of us believing it, those who saw it with their own eyes will not believe it, and His Majesty will not believe it either!”

“A’luan, I know you have been wronged, but what can we do? Our Xiao family is the descendant of the former dynasty’s royal family. Our every word and deed is under His Majesty’s surveillance. If we dare not admit our mistakes, it is a provocation to the imperial power of the Chen family. It is not easy for our direct line of the Xiao family to survive at the foot of the emperor in Jiankang City and enjoy the emperor’s favor!”

“Please, hand over the power of the Xiao family to me, go away, the farther you go, the better!”