Painting Doctor Jinhua

"Of course!" Xu Ling did not shirk responsibility, but turned to Princess Yunyin and advised, "Your Highness, I have been outside the door to understand what happened just now. In fact, the princess is just obsessed with your son's injury. Since you are worried about your son's injury, why don't you take your son home as soon as possible and ask a famous doctor to treat him? If you delay, Your Highness will regret it too late!"

Princess Yunyin's face changed slightly: "What do you mean by that, Minister Xu? Are you saying that I am wrongly accusing her because I feel sorry for my son? My son is in this state now, isn't it her plan that caused this?"

"But even if that's the case, it was your son who made the mistake first! Princess, please listen to what I say. Don't be stubborn, or you will regret it in the future!"

Having said this, Xu Ling also walked towards the painting spread on the ground and said, "I have always heard of the good reputation of His Highness Lanling Prince. He would not lie. He has no connection with this young lady, nor is he an old friend. As an envoy from the north, he could have ignored this matter. If your son had not gone too far, His Highness would not have had such compassion and asked his guards to come out to testify."

"So, his testimony will not be false. As for the physical evidence, it is even simpler. Since the princess does not believe that this painting was drawn by this young lady, then let this young lady draw it again. If she does not believe that the words on it were written by the gentlemen present, then take out the words of these gentlemen and compare them!"

"As for what this young lady said, the medicine in the ink and the incense in the Dream Pavilion can cause hallucinations and aphrodisiacs, then we can ask the pharmacist to test it and we will know the answer!"

"All the wine, food, paper, and ink in this Ascott were provided by your son, and this young lady was dressed in plain clothes, without even a single ornament on her body. She really had no chance to poison. Moreover, I have also heard of this young lady. She has just arrived in Jiankang not long ago. This is probably her first time in this Xinghua Yanyu Tower, right?"

As he said this, he turned an inquiring look towards Xiao Jinyu.

Xiao Jinyu's heart was already surging with excitement. In fact, she could not calm down from the first sight of Xu Ling: more than 20 years ago, Xu Ling was a scholar of the Eastern Palace of Southern Liang. He was honest and upright, knowledgeable, and was a person she admired very much. In the second year of Taiqing, Xu Ling was ordered to go on a diplomatic mission to Eastern Wei. Not long after, the brutal Hou Jing Rebellion broke out in Jiankang City. After that, she died in the war and was killed by Chen Xu. She never saw this man again.

Unexpectedly...

"Yes, this is indeed Jinyu's first time coming to the Xinghua Yanyu Tower."

Xu Ling nodded, and when his eyes fell on the scroll that was already in front of him again, his eyes lit up, and he leaned over to look at the scroll as if he was fascinated. As he looked at it, he carefully picked up the scroll with both hands and couldn't help muttering to himself:

"This painting is superb! Such a refined and profound artist, with a brushstroke as divine as a god. I have seen such a painting at a gathering of scholars more than 20 years ago. It is on par with the painting by the eldest daughter of the Xie family in Chen County. What a pity... God is jealous of talented people..."

As Xu Ling sighed like this, Cui Heng's expression changed drastically.

"What did you say? This painting is indistinguishable from which eldest daughter of the Xie family in Chenjun?" As he spoke, he stepped forward and cast his gaze towards the painting curiously!

Suddenly, it seemed as if the beautiful scenery of spring with all things reviving and hundreds of flowers blooming were all reflected in my eyes, just like the day of the Spring Festival in March, when a dazzling figure standing on the bridge and the bright smile when looking back made the sunlight pale in comparison and all things fell silent.

As he was thinking about it, he heard Xu Ling's lament again: "Who else could it be? The Xie family only has one legitimate daughter, Xie Yuqing. She is such a talented and beautiful woman. I'm afraid there is only one in the world. It's a pity that she has been gone for 20 years, right?"

Cui Heng was stunned for a moment.

Xu Ling looked at Xiao Jinyu again and said, "However, the young lady seems to have inherited the true teachings. I wonder who taught her?"

When asked who her master was, Cui Heng also cast his expectant gaze towards Xiao Jinyu, and heard Xiao Jinyu say: "Ah Yu has been dependent on her mother since she was a child. She taught her everything she learned throughout her life, and she never took anyone else as her master!"

Hearing this, Cui Heng couldn't help but reveal disappointment in his eyes.

Xu Ling nodded without any doubt and said, "I wonder if you can lend me this painting for a few days?"

"Of course you can, but the medicinal properties of this painting have not yet been eliminated. Minister Xu, please do not look at it closely. You can expose it to the sun for a day, and then the medicinal properties will be eliminated!"

"Okay!" Xu Ling immediately put away the scroll, turned to Princess Yunyin, and said seriously, "Your Highness, you should take your son back to see a doctor as soon as possible! Otherwise, does Your Highness have to wait for His Majesty to make a judgment?"

"you--"

Princess Yunyin was still unwilling to accept it, but at this moment, Lu Sheng stood up and said, "No need for that. I admit that what happened today was indeed what we did, but I was also deceived by Mr. Xiao Ba and treated you as an ordinary concubine. If I knew that you were such a person, I would definitely not humiliate you in the slightest!"

His tone was very sincere. He looked at Xiao Jinyu with a sense of guilt and pity, then changed the subject and said, "But fortunately, no big mistake was made. None of us touched the young lady's private parts. The young lady's reputation is still there. One day, I will come to your house to apologize!"

"Lu Sheng——"

Princess Yunyin seemed to want to stop him, but she saw Lu Sheng said, "Your Highness, things have come to this point. There is no point in arguing. Lu Sheng has done what he did and is responsible for it. I will take my leave now!" After that, he flicked his sleeves and strode out the door without looking back!

The other gentlemen also covered their faces in shame and ran away!

Xu Ling turned his gaze to Princess Yunyin again and asked in a gentle but dignified tone:

"Now that even Lord Lu has admitted it, will Your Highness continue to persist?"

Princess Yunyin suddenly felt that several gazes in the entire hall were shooting at her like thousands of arrows. She wanted to use people's hearts and rumors as her spears to make this lowly slave have nowhere to escape and be ruined. However, she didn't expect that these spears would turn into swords and stab her!

what is this!

At this moment, Xiao Jinyu seemed to see through her heart and said, "You haven't even wielded the knife to cut yet. Did Your Highness feel like you were being pierced by thousands of arrows today?"

Princess Yunyin was so angry that her face was hideous, but she had no place to vent. Just at this moment, a maid hurriedly ran out of Youmeng Pavilion, ran to Princess Yunyin and said:

"Your Highness, the Eighth Prince... He seems to have fainted. The doctor we called in said there is nothing he can do for him. Please find another famous doctor..."

"What did you say?" Princess Yunyin seemed to have just remembered Xiao Yun's injury at this time, and glared at Xiao Jinyu unwillingly. Then she ordered people to carry Xiao Yun into the sedan chair, and led a group of troops to leave in a threatening manner!

Just as she stepped through the door of Ascott, she heard Xiao Jinyu say something meaningful, "Princess, please don't come to me for help in the future! And I will find out the truth about my mother's death!"

Princess Yunyin suddenly paused, turned her head and gave her a look like a sharp blade, then she angrily flicked her sleeves and left with gritted teeth!

Xiao Xian, who had been watching from the sidelines, seemed to have suppressed his painful emotions to the extreme, until this moment he could no longer control himself, his face turned pale and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Seventh Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Shiniang screamed in horror.

"My dear!" Feng Dong was so anxious that he didn't know what to do. He looked around and called for a doctor.

Xiao Jinyu rushed to Xiao Xian, held his shoulders, and called out softly, "Uncle Xian!"

At this time, Xiao Xian's face was pale, and his lips were even pale. He looked extremely weak. He just looked at Xiao Jinyu with pity and pain, and then fainted!

"Lang Jun!"

Feng Dong called out anxiously, "My dear, you must have scared my husband today. Don't you know that my husband has been worried about you since you came back? And you just confronted the mistress like that. It was full of twists and turns. You scared us to death. You also said that you would never step into the gate of the Xiao family again. My husband must be blaming himself and feeling sad..."

"I know the wind is blowing. Without further delay, quickly push your husband into the nearest room!"

Xiao Jinyu suddenly gave an order in a serious tone.

"Why push it to the wing room?" Feng Dong was surprised.

"I want to cure him! Now!"

"Cure?"

Feng Dong seemed to have just reacted. He was just panicking and looking for a doctor everywhere. How could he have forgotten that this young lady was the miracle doctor!

At this time, Xiao Jinyu hastily stood up and bowed to all the scholars in the hall one by one, saying: "For today's matter, I would like to thank Minister Xu, Li Langjun, Cui Langjun, His Royal Highness Lanling Wang and other Langjun for their righteous words and generous help, which saved Ah Yu from having her reputation ruined and being wrongly accused. Ah Yu will definitely repay you all for your kindness in the future!"

"Young lady, you are not afraid of the powerful and have cleared the injustice for your mother. Whether it is filial piety, brotherhood, benevolence, righteousness, courage, or wisdom, you are all ashamed of us. Young lady, there is no need to be polite!"

"Yes, no need to be so polite! It's only natural for us to do this!"

"Thank you very much!"

Xiao Jinyu couldn't help but look at Lanling Wang more. This thank you was not only for his generosity and outspokenness, but also for the pill he helped her with! Although she didn't need that pill, she could still get rid of it with the silver needle.

The two of them only needed to look at each other to know what the other meant, without any further words.

But for some reason, every time she heard the name of Lanling King or saw this person, she could always feel a subtle throbbing in the original owner's heart.

Shaking off his thoughts, Xiao Jinyu smiled and bowed respectfully to Lanling King, then turned to Xu Ling and the people behind him and said, "Minister Xu, please disperse everyone. Ah Yu has something urgent to do right now, so I will not talk to you any more!"

After that, he called out, "Phoenix, bring me my medicine box!"