Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

Jiang's father had been in the officialdom for decades, and although he had done nothing but achieved nothing, he was not stupid, and he could naturally see Li Longye's unusual concern. Although he would not be obsessed with currying favor with the rich and powerful, he would not chase away the son-in-law who came to him.

Although he liked Gao Hui, his mother wanted to marry her second daughter to him; he was not satisfied with the fat nephew from his aunt's family, but his wife insisted; Shen Guxing was a godsend, but he was favored by the princess.

He couldn't handle any of these three women: his mother, his wife, and the princess.

Li Longye, who showed up unexpectedly, made Jiang's father overjoyed: if Jiang Feng entered the palace, their family would be able to take off on the spot!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel sad. But he himself didn't know how much of his sadness was due to his worry about Jiang Feng's life, and how much was due to the fact that his wealth might be gone in an instant.

For the first time in his life, he began to pray devoutly for his daughter.

Jiang Zuo was very smart. He knew what his father was thinking when he saw his father's gloomy expression. But seeing that Jiang's mother was still crying and in a state of dejection, he had to suppress his emotions and comfort her.

The girl nestled in Li Longye's arms, with silver needles piercing many of her acupuncture points. She looked haggard and pale, no longer as pretty as before. Li Longye just stroked her black hair that cascaded like a waterfall, lost in thought.

The carriage traveled for less than three hours and arrived at Qiu Mountain. The mountain was lush and green, with only one path winding up, and no carriages or horses could move. Li Longye held Jiang Feng, and Jiang You supported Nanny Sun as they climbed up the mountain. When everyone was tired and sweating, a large flat land suddenly appeared. Looking up, they saw an endless apricot forest, and everyone was delighted.

Li Longye hugged Jiang Feng tightly, and walked forward two steps, and saw a house deep in the apricot forest. Jiang You knocked on the door, and a moment later an old man with white hair and a youthful face came out. Li Longye handed Jiang Feng to Jiang You, stepped forward and saluted, saying: "Master, we are here from Liangzhou. We have heard of your great name, and we hope you can save my little sister's life."

The old man glanced at Li Longye, then glanced at Jiang Feng, whose brows were tightly closed, and said, "No need to say more, please come in."

Li Longye thought that most people living in seclusion had strange personalities and was worried that they would not easily rescue him. He did not expect that they would agree so easily and he could not help but be overjoyed.

Jiang You placed Jiang Fengqing on the bed and was anxious to explain the situation, but the old man waved his hand to stop him.

Li Longye knew that this was the act of a master, so he stopped talking, and Jiang You also stopped talking. The old man stretched out his hand to feel the pulse, and there was no change in his emotions when he felt the pulse. After feeling the pulse, he opened a long package, which contained silver needles of different lengths and thicknesses, about thirty or forty. He took out two of the densely packed silver needles and inserted one into the Lianquan acupoint to induce vomiting.

The old man said to Nanny Sun, "Help the young lady sit up."

Nanny Sun shook her legs that were sore from climbing the mountain and was about to go over, but Li Longye, who was close to the water, was one step ahead and helped Jiang Feng up, saying, "Let me do it."

The old man did not comment, untied the girl's skirt, and inserted another silver needle into the Zhongwan acupoint.

Zhongwan acupoint is located in the abdomen, and acupuncture at this time requires taking off clothes. Although Jiang You is his brother, he turned his head away with a little embarrassment. Li Longye seemed to be indifferent, taking everything in front of him as a natural thing, just gently holding the girl's shoulders and watching the doctor give acupuncture.

Nanny Sun thought, after all, he is the prince! He must be used to such vivid scenes, so he is so calm today! Seeing that the prince personally takes care of his daughter, she thought to herself that her eldest brother had just married the prime minister's daughter, so could the young lady still have a chance to become a princess?

Just as he was thinking, he heard Jiang Feng whimpering, as if she was waking up. Seeing this, the old man pushed a few more acupuncture points, and Jiang Feng vomited out filth. Fortunately, there was a wash basin on the ground, but Li Longye's robe was still dirty. He didn't care at all, because it was inconvenient to take out the handkerchief while holding Jiang Feng, so he directly wiped the filth left on the girl's mouth with his fingers.

Nanny Sun no longer dared to think about it, and quickly cleaned up the washbasin with the medicine boy, and took a clean towel and knelt down to wipe Li Longye's robe.

The old man nodded and turned to leave. After a while, he took back a dark red pill, put it into a dark red medicine pot brought by the medicine boy, and handed it to Nanny Sun.

Nanny Sun scooped a small spoonful and was about to feed her when Li Longye raised his eyes and said, "Let me do it, Prince."

He took the medicine spoon and fed it to Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng was able to drink it even in his sleep. Li Longye was overjoyed and fed him the second spoonful carefully. It took him half an hour to finish the whole cup without spilling a drop.

The old man saw that Li Longye was rich and elegant in his every move, and when he called himself "the prince", he knew that he was a royal family. It was rare for the young prince to have such patience. He stroked his beard and said, "The girl's life is safe."

All three of them showed joy.

The silly second brother was even more grateful to the prince for his thoughtful and considerate care for his sister; as Nanny Sun grew older, she believed more and more in karma, and believed that the third girl would have good fortune in the future after surviving the disaster, so she silently chanted "Amitabha" in her heart; Li Longye was thinking about how to ask for a reward for saving her life, and secretly made up his mind not to let her get away with it.

Jiang Feng was still worried because he was not awake. He was about to ask the old man, but he said something softly. Then they walked out of the room. Li Longye bowed and asked, "Although the sir said that her life is safe, it is not a good idea for my little sister to keep sleeping. I wonder..."

The old man interrupted, "It's okay, he will wake up before sunset."

Seeing that the old man was confident, Li Longye did not ask any more questions. At this time, Jiang You interrupted and asked, "Excuse me, sir, is my sister poisoned? What kind of poison?"

This matter was really strange. Everyone in the room was fine, so why was she poisoned? Li Longye also looked at the old man.

The old man ignored the three people's eager gazes and said, "This girl is indeed poisoned. But I have set a rule: only treat illnesses, not make irresponsible remarks. Since the young master asked, I cannot say a word."

"Why is that..." Jiang You wanted to ask again, but Li Longye waved his hand to stop him.

Li Longye grew up in the imperial palace. As his father and son were in decline, they were once suspected by Empress Wu Zetian and hated by Wu Sansi's party. They had to read people's faces, and developed the ability to read people's expressions without showing any emotion.

The old man's actions seemed calm and nonchalant, but he obviously had big ideas.

In addition, when Emperor Wu was alive, he loved to seek immortality and ask for the way. Many hermits who looked like immortals had some inexplicable habits. They were very stubborn about things that were commonplace for ordinary people, and even Emperor Wu could not force them.

After hearing what the old man said, he stopped Jiang You who was trying to get to the bottom of the matter and thanked him, saying, "Thank you, sir."

The few people were exhausted from the long journey and were now feeling tired and hungry. However, the old man had no habit of preparing meals for his patients.

Nanny Sun came to the kitchen and fiddled for a long time, but in the end she only made three bowls of plain noodles. It was really difficult for a good cook to cook without rice. When she saw the empty rice bucket, she once guessed that the old man with white beard was a god who didn't care about worldly things.

Nanny Sun was very hungry and wanted to just stand in the kitchen to fill her stomach. But the prince said softly, "Nanny, come sit down and eat."

She didn't know if she could refuse, so she sat over involuntarily.

The bowl of noodles tasted like chewing wax, and it was like torture. Thinking that the girl he had raised might have to suffer this torture every day, he felt very sympathetic for her and began to chant "Amitabha" again.

Just after the hour of Xu, Jiang Feng woke up. She originally thought she could travel back this time, but she was intercepted by the old man with a white beard halfway.

After waking up, he saw the anxious trio and was confused: Nanny Sun was fine, but why were this bearded man and Jiang You here? What happened to him? Where was he? Why did his throat feel like a needle was piercing his throat? All his internal organs and limbs were aching?

Her mind was full of the lawsuit, and the pain in her body made her doubt her life. She called out "Madame Sun" and "Second Brother" in a daze, and wanted to call out "Prince" again, but her throat hurt so much that she could no longer hold on and fell asleep again.

When Li Longye saw that she woke up, he laughed so hard that his beard flew up.

After being ignored, his beard flew higher in anger.

He also knew that this was not the time to argue, so he turned to Jiang You and said, "Ah Feng has woken up, and I think he is fine. Doctor Sun has brought him back to health, and Nanny Sun is taking good care of him. How about you go back first and let your father know that he is safe?"

After hearing this, Nanny Sun felt her spine tighten. She wanted to rush forward and say, "It's better for me, an old woman, to go back and report the news!"

Although Nanny Sun was worried about the girl, she really didn't want to stay here with the prince.

The prince is scary when he doesn't smile, and even scarier when he smiles.

But her second young master, who was always in a daze, only thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness is still very thoughtful. But if I leave, I'm afraid I'll trouble Your Highness."

The prince showed a teachable expression and said with a smile: "Madame Sun is so dedicated, there is no need for me to trouble you! You can rest assured. I have been busy recently, and I will take this opportunity to rest in Qiushan for a while."

Nanny Sun felt guilty when she heard the other party praise her for being "dedicated", because she didn't even touch the corner of Jiang Feng's clothes. When she heard "rest for a while", her head was buzzing even more, so she didn't hear how Jiang You said goodbye and what the prince said later.

Only the wrinkles on his face became deeper and his smile became more forced and uglier.

Jiang You left alone. At 11:30 pm, Jiang Feng woke up again. After waking up, he was even more puzzled by the personnel configuration. Only Sun Ma and the bearded man were left!

What did the Jiang family mean by that? They sacrificed her so brazenly, so brazenly, so heartlessly?

She forced herself not to sleep anymore, for she was really afraid that even Mother Sun would disappear.

The little boy had already cooked the medicinal porridge, and Li Longye took it and fed it to him carefully again.

Jiang Feng hadn't eaten for a day and was very hungry. He didn't care who fed him and drank the food in one gulp.

But when she ate it, she found it was bitter. She had already drunk enough choking Chinese medicine in her life, and now even food has become Chinese medicine!

Her eyebrows were almost wrinkled into a ball, tears welled up in her eyes. She looked at Li Longye and muttered pitifully, but her voice was extremely unpleasant: "Bitter......"

Li Longye's hand holding the spoon trembled unnoticeably, but he still scooped a spoonful and put it to Jiang Feng's mouth, saying softly, "Be good, I'll take you to eat Sushan now."

Jiang Feng heard this. Tears as big as beans fell straight down. Why is my life so miserable?

But he ate it obediently.

Jiang Feng struggled to drink a bowl of porridge and fell into a deep sleep again. This time he did not sleep well, as if he had a nightmare. He woke up crying several times and then had a fever again.

Nanny Sun went to find the doctor and found that the old man was not in the room. The little boy looked at the big round moon, rubbed his sleepy eyes and said that the ancestor would go into the mountains to practice on the night of the full moon.

Li Longye wanted to pull this strange old man over and pull out all his beard.

The river breeze burned his cheeks like rouge, but his hands were ice cold. Li Longye thought for a moment, soaked a towel in cold water, wrung it dry, and applied it to his forehead.

The girl began to talk nonsense, babbling and inaudible, calling for her mother and father, mixed with some nonsense that the two could not understand. Li Longye keenly caught the word "Yi Ye" in the pile of incomprehensible words. Is there anything he has not grasped?

He followed Jiang Feng's side like a mother wolf protecting her cub, holding her hand tightly, and from time to time putting the girl's slender hand on his lips or face. His gentle appearance moved Nanny Sun, but not the person on the bed.

The girl suddenly burst into tears, her voice suddenly becoming clear: "I don't care if he's a prince or a cuckold! What does being the brother of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang mean to me! I won't marry you! I won't marry you!"

Nanny Sun was so frightened after hearing these nonsense that her face turned the color of pig liver. Li Longye was stunned, then hugged the girl and said softly, "Okay. Okay. I won't marry him. I won't marry him. I'll do whatever you say."

The girl in his arms had her eyes closed, her face covered with tears in her sleep.

It was almost midnight when the high fever finally subsided and she fell into a deep sleep. Li Longye saw that the girl was sweating all over, so he asked Nanny Sun to wipe her clean.

He pushed the door open and walked into the yard, where he saw the bright moon shining through the woods, the clear spring water flowing over the rocks, and the mountain breeze blowing gently, causing the leaves to rustle.

He studied and practiced martial arts with his brothers since he was young, and now he is considered to be a master of both literature and martial arts. With the guidance and help of his masters, he was able to restore the country without being too successful and causing suspicion; he was able to deal with the jealousies and quarrels between the beauties in the palace and his confidantes outside. Now his father relied on him, his brother trusted him, and his wife and concubines were in harmony, but now he was confused: what should he do if the girl doesn't like him?