Painting Doctor Jinhua

"see a doctor?"

Princess Yunyin looked suspicious and surprised, and signaled to Jiang Yu to bring the maid and the housekeeper outside the door in again.

"Tell me clearly, who is coming outside the door?" asked Mrs. Jiang.

The housekeeper replied, "It was a young man and his servant. They said that the famous doctor invited by the Seventh Young Master was here to treat the lovesickness of the Tenth Lady."

"Young master and young boy?" Princess Yunyin asked again, "How old is the young master?"

The housekeeper shook his head and said, "I can't tell how old he is. The gentleman was wearing a veiled hat and said that he had a hidden illness and couldn't meet people. But judging from his figure and the demeanor he exuded, he is probably no more than thirty years old."

"He's not even thirty years old yet and he dares to pretend to be a miracle doctor. Does he think it's so easy to get into the Xiao family? Beat him away!"

Princess Yunyin played with her bright red phoenix nails and said lazily.

The butler hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said yes, and was about to leave.

At this time, Princess Yunyin suddenly raised her head and said softly, "Wait, please come in!"

The housekeeper was a little puzzled, but seeing the mysterious and gentle smile on the right lady's face, he stopped asking questions and quickly retreated.

After the housekeeper left, Old Lady Jiang asked, "Why did the princess change her mind again? Did the princess doubt..."

Princess Yunyin smiled and said, "I want to see who is the miracle doctor who dares to volunteer to come to my Xiao family to treat illnesses. If she is not careful and kills someone, she will not be able to bear the blame."

Mrs. Jiang understood what he meant, lowered her head and said yes, then she also laughed in an ambiguous way.

……

The Xiao family's mansion is not far from Wuyi Lane. Both are located on the south bank of the Qinhuai River, one in the south and the other in the north. However, unlike Wuyi Lane which was severely damaged by the war, the Xiao family's mansion looks particularly fresh and eye-catching, like a paradise rising from the ground. There are stone lions guarding the door and a large tract of sycamore forest surrounding it. Although the civil structure of the building does not look very magnificent, the words on the door plaque and the unique scholarly atmosphere of the Xiao family add some distant mystery to the house.

Xiao Jinyu looked at the plaque in front of the door and the broad roof and eaves supported by a dozen pillars, then walked to a tall sycamore tree and stopped.

Wutong has been known as a noble and peaceful place since ancient times. There is a poem in the Book of Songs, "Da Ya": The phoenix sings on the high hill. The Wutong grows in the morning sun. The place where the Wutong is is definitely a noble place.

The rich and powerful families all like to plant this tree.

only……

Xiao Jinyu's eyes dimmed, and when she reached out her hand to touch the tree trunk, her gaze became even deeper.

"Brother Qing, what's wrong with you? Is there anything different here?"

Seeing the shock and sadness in the woman's eyes for no reason, Fenghuang couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing, I just think this Xiao family mansion is different. It actually matches the image of the nine stars in Luoshu. It can be seen that the person who built it must be very proficient in geomancy."

As soon as Xiao Jinyu finished speaking, there was a round of applause behind him, and a young man said, "That's right. When our Xiao family mansion was first built, we did invite Mr. Guo, who is the most famous and proficient in geomancy in the south, to select the site and build it."

As he spoke, he had already walked in front of Xiao Jinyu.

Xiao Jinyu looked up and saw a boy who was about seventeen or eighteen years old. He was wearing a snow-white long robe with wide sleeves. He looked spotless, with a face like a jade crown, eyes full of spring, and eyebrows and eyes that were long and slender. He had the standard sword-like eyebrows and phoenix eyes. His whole temperament could be described as "a gentleman like jade, handsome and bright".

However, Xiao Jinyu felt an extremely dangerous aura from the young man, as if it had touched the uneasiness and restlessness of the original owner's soul, just like the sense of escape that arose in her heart when she touched the paulownia tree just now. She seemed to see some fragmentary pictures from the original owner's memory.

For example, countless times of kneeling in the hall and being whipped.

For example, the man in front of him had used sweet words to coax the original owner into tasting the forbidden fruit with him and enjoying a night of pleasure. Finally, when she was pregnant, he accused her in front of everyone in the Xiao family of using her seductive skills to seduce him into making mistakes during the mourning period.

Finally, the Xiao family took the initiative to abort the fetus in her womb. When envoys from Qi and Zhou came to Chen State, they gave the original owner to an envoy from Qi as a concubine. What followed was even more confusing memories and endless pain.

The original owner probably didn't want to recall those things, and Xiao Jinyu could no longer see clearly what her fate would be like after that.

But it's easy to imagine that this girl's ending in her previous life was not good either.

"You're very unwilling, aren't you?"

Mumbling silently in her heart, she raised her hand to cover her chest which was feeling a little burning, her eyes fixed on the young man in front of her.

As if thinking that the girl was obsessed with his looks, the young man had a hint of self-satisfaction in his eyes. He put his hands behind his back and put on an elegant and noble demeanor, teasing, "Who are you? You don't look very old, but you can tell that this location is in line with the image of the nine stars in the Luoshu? Do you know what the image of the nine stars in the Luoshu means?"

"I don't know." Xiao Jinyu answered casually, "I only know that Guo Pu chose the site for the Taiji Hall based on the nine stars in the Luoshu, but less than ten years later, it was burned down by Su Jun who attacked Taicheng, and the entire Taiji Hall was reduced to ashes."

The boy's expression suddenly changed and he looked quite displeased.

Xiao Jinyu ignored him. At this time, the housekeeper came out from the door.

"Our lady invites you——"

When he was halfway through his words, he noticed the young man and hurriedly bowed and flattered him, "It's Mr. Balang who's back."

It turned out that this was Xiao Yun, one of the two surviving legitimate sons of the Xiao family that Fenghuang had mentioned.

Xiao Yun nodded, pointed at Xiao Jinyu and asked, "Who is this?"

"Replying to Lord Eight, this is the doctor who came to treat Lady Ten's lovesickness... the doctor was invited by Lord Seven, and Madam has allowed her to come in and give it a try."

Xiao Yun understood the meaning of this test. His mother had long disliked Xiao Shiniang, Xiao Ruoling. She was the posthumous child of the eldest wife and killed her mother at birth. A few years later, she also killed her father. His mother raised her as her own granddaughter, but this girl was so ungrateful and always opposed her mother. This time, he accidentally fell into the water and fell ill, just to embarrass his mother and see how harshly his mother, the mistress, would treat her granddaughter. However, he did not expect that this illness would make him so humiliated that he almost died.

"Oh, so you're a miracle doctor! But my niece's illness may not be easy to cure, so you have to think it through carefully."

Xiao Yun said this to Xiao Jinyu, but what he didn't expect was that before he could finish his words, he saw Xiao Jinyu and a servant walking into the gate of their Xiao family mansion.

No one took him seriously at all.

The butler had sharp eyes and saw that the disrespectful Mr. Eighth was grabbing his sleeve so hard that he almost tore it.

"Mr. Balang, are you okay?" asked the housekeeper.

The young man then realized that he had lost his composure and suppressed his anger.

"nothing."

After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "By the way, find someone to keep an eye on them and find out where they come from."

"Yes."

……

After walking around the screen wall, Xiao Jinyu realized how big the Xiao Mansion was. There were endless rockery and pools, pavilions, ancient theaters, Yulinglong, as well as majestic flowers and trees, and green eaves. After walking around a dozen pavilions and crossing several arch bridges, he finally arrived at a courtyard with the word "Fengxiu Pavilion" written on it.

The courtyard is planted with fashionable roses and peonies, which run through the entire pavilion like woven cotton. The whole courtyard is filled with the rich fragrance of flowers and a luxurious atmosphere of wealth.

When I reached the door, a maidservant dressed quite elegantly came to greet me.

Although it was called a welcome, the aura revealed by the maid did not make people feel treated with courtesy. Instead, she seemed arrogant and looked down on everyone.

"You are the miracle doctor who came to us for treatment." the maid asked sarcastically.

Fenghuang was somewhat dissatisfied with this attitude, so Xiao Jinyu quickly suppressed his hand and replied, "Yes."

"Then follow me in. If you come to my Xiao Mansion, you must meet the mistress of my Xiao family."

"Yes."

The two followed the maid's footsteps into a spacious hall, and saw a woman in a long brocade dress with flowing colors and dark patterns sitting at the top. The woman had a beautiful face, and her appearance was elegant and charming, making her look only in her twenties.

But as the mother of a 17 or 18-year-old boy, this woman should be at least 30 years old.

This is the mistress of the Xiao family, Princess Yunyin? The right wife given to Xiao Jian by Emperor Wen.

But Xiao Jinyu saw the shadow of another person in this woman...