The Grand Prince was respectfully invited into the old gentleman’s house by Xu Liang.
Once inside, he was shocked to see the old gentleman lying on his bed, looking haggard and white. He thought that yesterday the old gentleman was saying excuses because he did not want to see Zheng Fan, but he did not expect that the old gentleman was really ill.
He took three or two steps over and asked with concern, “How is the old gentleman feeling? I’ll have someone send for the Imperial Doctor.”
The old gentleman’s voice was weak and feeble, “Thank you, Your Highness, I’m suffering from this old problem, I’ll be fine after lying down for ten days and a half months.”
As he said that, he couldn’t help but cough a few times.
The Grand Prince subconsciously took a step back, after retreating, he noticed that something was wrong and secretly pinched his fingers in embarrassment, “Even if it’s an old problem, you can’t be sloppy, it’s better to let the doctor come over to take a look and rest assured.”
The old gentleman waved his hand feebly and instructed Xu Liang to bring a stool over for the Grand Prince to sit down.
The Grand Prince originally wanted to make friends with the old gentleman, but looking at the old gentleman, who looked like he would not live to see another year, his mind was spinning.
The Grand Prince sat down and casually glanced around, not seeing the Second Gentleman and Xu Yan, but seeing the Old Master Song and Song Shu standing in front of the bed in a restrained manner.
“These two are ……”
“Oh, my in-laws, the Song family.”
The Song family?
The Grand Prince shot a few more glances, “Squire Song’s family?”
“Yes, yes ……”
Elder Song and Song Shu’s legs and stomach trembled as they were sized up, if the old man hadn’t repeatedly instructed them earlier not to be afraid and to just accompany him in his acting, the two would have been scared to the point of kneeling down.
“This is, cough cough cough ……”
The old gentleman wanted to introduce the two, and just as he opened his mouth there was another coughing fit.
The Grand Prince could barely resist the urge to leave, although he couldn’t say more to the old gentleman, it would be good to hook up with Squire Song.
Xu Liang brought over some water and helped the old gentleman to take a few sips. The old gentleman then suppressed his cough and was about to introduce himself again when the Grand Prince stopped him and looked at the two of them, his voice softer, “How is the family now?”
The two men were “unsure”, obviously not understanding how a stranger could suddenly ask them, but the old man Song still replied nervously, “Everything is fine.”
The Grand Prince choked.
The whole city knew that Xiao Yao had been abducted on her wedding day, so how could the man in front of him say the word “all well”?
“Go back and tell Squire Song that if he needs any help, he can come to my palace.”
“Thank you, I will tell him when I get back.”
Elder Song replied, still naive.
The Grand Prince nodded, spoke a few more words to the old man, and seeing that he looked tired, he excused himself from the palace and returned to his own residence, when the curtain man walked in, “Your Highness, how is it?”
The Grand Prince waved his hand to indicate that he should wait, had hot water prepared he took a bath and changed his clothes again before leading the bureaucrat to the study, “The old gentleman is indeed ill and I have not seen the second gentleman, but there was another gain today, the Song family was there and I had a few words with them.”
“Squire Song Si Song’s family?”
The Grand Prince nodded his head.
The shogun’s eyes lit up, “Heaven help His Highness too.”
The Grand Prince was also pleased, “Although I stopped the old man from introducing me, they will certainly ask about it after I’m gone, and Song Si will certainly take it to heart when he finds out.”
Song Si was the Minister of the Household, and if he was brought in, he would have an additional right-hand man.
……
Dang! Dang!
Two thuds, as they watched the Grand Prince walk out of the courtyard, Elder Song and Song Shu fell to the ground at the same time, and cold sweat ran down their heads, that was the Emperor, the Grand Prince who could kill them with a single word, and they had the audacity not to kneel down.
The old gentleman also knew they were frightened and lifted the blanket to help Old Master Song, who waved his hand, “You, you let me take a moment.”
At this moment, the old gentleman felt that it was indeed difficult for them.
He was clear about the purpose of the Grand Prince’s visit today, which was why he had asked the two of them to help put on such a show, but looking at the Grand Prince’s mind just now, he should have gotten his ideas back on Song Si.
“You, you don’t know ……”
Elder Song’s entire body was shaking and his voice was shaking even more, “I, I was all, all scared to death just now.”
He was just an honest man who had never even told a lie in his life, but now he was accompanying the old man in his drama, and God knew that his heart was about to pop out when the Grand Prince looked at them.
“It’s hard for you all.”
Master Song waved his hand and sat down for a while longer before Xu Liang, who had returned from seeing off the Grand Prince, helped the two of them up and walked to the table to sit down, drinking three hot teas in a row before he could get over it.
In the courtyard there, Grandma Song also told her that they were going back tomorrow, so Meng immediately asked Sister Wu to order the kitchen to cook a meal and leave the family to eat at the house, and after they had eaten, she asked Xu and Song Lin to go with them, and then asked the housekeeper to buy some things for them to send over.
Xiao Yao also sent Qing’er to tell the family that the Duke of Ding’s wife and Lady Xiao Zheng had also brought many things over.
The next morning, after sending them off, Xu and Song Lin went back to the Xu residence, and Song Si went to the court. Song Wan Yue went inside the main house, unwrapped the gauze and checked the recovery of Xiao Yao’s wound.
“In two more days, the gauze can be removed.”
Xiao Yao rejoiced, and habitually dared not speak much, asking slowly, word by word, “When I am well, will I be able to speak and laugh as much as before?”
“Of course.”
Song Wangyue changed her gauze with a new one.
Erma stood by, it was the first time she had seen Xiao Yao’s wounds and was so shocked that she covered her little mouth, only letting go when she heard the two of them, asking in a childish voice, “Will that scar heal too?”
There was a silence in the room.
Qing’er looked nervously at her own young lady. There were two scars, one very deep and one shallow, both in prominent places.
“Naturally.”
Song Wangyue replied easily and casually.
Qing’er snapped her head around to look at her.
Xiao Yao was also incredulous.
“I’m working on a medicine to remove the scars, it’s almost done, after Sister Yao removes the gauze and smears it on daily, the scars will be gone in no time.”
“Seriously?”
Xiao Yao sat up straight with excitement.
Song Wangyue raised an eyebrow at her.
Xiao Yao grabbed her at once, using a lot of strength, her eyes misting up.
She knew she would be scarred, so she didn’t even have the courage to look in the mirror whenever she changed the gauze these days. She was afraid that the scars would be so ugly that she couldn’t even look at herself, let alone Song Si. She even thought that one day Song Si would dislike her because of these two scars.
Qing’er was also so excited that she threw the gauze on the table to one side, and for the first time, she didn’t care about the rules and was about to pull Song Wangyue up, “Then you shouldn’t sit here, go and study.”