After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

King Qi thought about burning his boats. The worst that could happen was that he would be demoted to a commoner, but he could not accept the fact that his lineage would be cut off.

His eyes were bloodshot as he looked at Qing Yan who was holding a bloody sword.

He knew that he was the one who killed the Sixth Prince because the Crown Prince dared to take action.

In the end, King Qi lowered his head and uttered two words.

"Wang."

At the General's Mansion, Fang Nanzhi was busy all night last night and took a nap in the morning. When she woke up, it was already past noon.

The maid helped Fang Nanzhi bathe and change clothes to refresh herself. Qian Fengping then ordered the kitchen to light a fire and cook.

After she finished washing and had her hair dried by the maid, Fang Nanzhi finally felt her mind was much clearer.

Anmei brought the meal over. Fang Nanzhi smelled the fragrance and then realized he was hungry.

She had just taken two bites when Butler Wang from the front yard came in person.

"Miss, General An is here. He wants you to come to his house for a consultation."

Butler Wang was very well-behaved. He just stood in the yard and didn't dare to look into the house.

Fang Nanzhi touched her belly and hesitated, "Is Aunt An sick? Is it serious?"

If it wasn't an emergency, she would want to eat something.

"General An looks very anxious. He must be very anxious."

Butler Wang said.

Fang Nanzhi sighed quietly, stood up, took a large pancake, and ate it while walking. Anmei took the medicine box and followed.

The master and servant went to the front, met General An, and followed him out of the mansion.

Fang Nanzhi was riding in a carriage driven by Uncle Yuan.

General An came on horseback and did not get in the car.

Lifting the car curtain, Fang Nanzhi poked his head out: "Uncle An, what happened to Auntie?"

General An frowned, seeming to feel somewhat guilty.

"I've been busy with official duties lately, so I haven't been home for a few days. When I went back today, I found out that Linglong has been having nightmares for four or five days straight. She wakes up quickly and looks emaciated."

It may not sound like a big deal, but those who suffer from long-term insomnia should know that if you don't sleep for four or five consecutive days, you will feel dazed and dizzy...

Fang Nanzhi is a doctor and knows how much damage a lack of rest can cause to the internal organs and brain.

The carriage soon arrived at General An's mansion.

As soon as I got off the car, I saw Jin Yunting at the gate of the mansion.

The servant of the An Mansion came forward and reported that Young Master Jin had come to ask to see the young general and had been waiting here for half a quarter of an hour.

General An frowned: "You are becoming more and more unruly. Why don't you take the guests to the front hall to rest?"

It is really rude to make people wait outside the door.

The servant was in a dilemma.

Jin Yunting has already stepped forward and saluted: "I am the junior who came here uninvited and wanted to wait at the door. I can't blame the servant."

General An looked at the thin but handsome Jin Yunting suspiciously.

To be honest, the two of them knew each other, but they were just acquaintances and not close friends.

What could be the reason for Jin Yunting to visit him? And why was he so anxious?

Fang Nanzhi carried the medicine box and went to see the patient in a hurry. He nodded to the two of them and went to the backyard first.

General An stayed to entertain the guests.

An Linglong's yard was eerily quiet. The servants walked back and forth, deliberately lightening their footsteps as if they were afraid of disturbing something.

Seeing Fang Nanzhi come in, a maid bowed and led her into the house.

In the room, beyond the exquisite screen, on the beautiful step-out bed, the curtains were drawn and An Linglong curled up in the corner.

When Fang Nanzhi lifted the curtain, she saw that Aunt An had become thinner, her face was pale, her eyes were black, and her gaze was dull.

The maid called her softly.

"Miss, Miss Fang is here to take your pulse."

An Linglong didn't react at all. It was obvious that last time, when she heard Fang Nanzhi calling her "Auntie", she was very cute and tried hard to act like an elder.

Fang Nanzhi wanted to take her pulse directly, but as soon as he touched her, An Linglong started shouting and screaming.

"Help, help! No, no."

She waved her arms with all her strength, and Fang Nanzhi quickly let her go.

The maid comforted the young lady and apologized to Fang Nanzhi.

A small piece of skin was scratched off the back of Fang Nanzhi's hand, and it was quite painful.

But it wasn't a big problem. She looked at An Linglong's face carefully and thought that she might not have been able to sleep for too long and had some kind of hallucination.

"Miss, have you eaten anything today?"

"He ate half a bowl of porridge and then refused to eat any more."

The maid said respectfully.

Fang Nanzhi nodded, thought about it, then got up and went out.

Only after she left the room did An Linglong slowly calm down.

Fang Nanzhi asked the maid: "What kind of nightmare did your young lady have?"

The maidservant opened her mouth and hesitated: "I don't know."

Fang Nanzhi looked at her in surprise, then looked at the other maids not far away, all of whom had their heads lowered. After thinking about it, she didn't force it.

She asked someone to bring a piano over.

The maids didn't understand why, but they knew that their master treated Miss Fang with great courtesy, so they didn't dare to hesitate.

Soon, a piano was carried out and placed in the yard.

After washing his hands, Fang Nanzhi sat on a stone bench, trying his best to put aside all distracting thoughts and calm his mind.

She had studied the qin with Mr. Deng for a while, although Mr. Deng looked down on her and said that she was too mechanical and had no talent at all.

But she can still play simple songs, especially lullabies.

The music score was the one she had given to her second uncle before.

The main thing is that this song does not need to be lyrical, Fang Nanzhi will recite it verbatim.

She took a deep breath and moved her fingers across the strings.

Soon, the ethereal sound of the piano rang out.

Strangely enough, this song is not exquisite, but it can make the listeners relax unconsciously, forget their worries, and fall asleep unknowingly.

Even the maid who was serving her was dazed for a moment. If she hadn't been standing and serving her, she would have fallen asleep.

These past few days, the young lady couldn't sleep and tossed and turned day and night. The servants had no choice but to toss and turn with her, and they hadn't had a full night's sleep for a long time.

After the song ended, Fang Nanzhi tiptoed back into the room. An Linglong had fallen asleep, and the maid was carefully covering her with a thin quilt.

Taking advantage of this time, Fang Nanzhi began to take Aunt An's pulse.

Her pulse was very disordered, and seeing that An Linglong was still frowning while sleeping, I knew that she was still uneasy.

After taking the patient's pulse, Fang Nanzhi left with a frown.

The maid hurried to follow.

"Miss Fang, what happened to our young lady? Just prescribe some medicine. We have all kinds of medicine in our house."

Fang Nanzhi said nothing and strode towards the front yard.

The maid was stunned, but she didn't dare to stop the distinguished guest, so she could only jog to catch up.

When they reached the front hall, General An saw her and hurriedly stood up: "What's going on?"

Without waiting for Fang Nanzhi to speak, the maid hurriedly reported.

"Master, the young lady has fallen asleep. Miss Fang has brought her back to life with her magical touch. She was able to fall asleep with just one song."

The maid was complimenting him, but she was also surprised.

The young lady couldn't sleep these past few days, and they used all kinds of calming incense and tranquilizing medicine, but nothing worked.

Who would have thought that listening to music would be useful?

General An immediately thought of the hypnotic artifact that Fang Yin had handed over to the court, and he felt excited.

"Oh? This song can cure Linglong's illness?"

Fang Nanzhi shook his head: "No, it's only treating the symptoms, not the root cause."

"Actually, it's not difficult to make Aunt An fall asleep. For example, knocking her out is one way."

General An was choked. That was his own sister, how could he do that to her?

"If she can't fall asleep naturally, everything else will be in vain. It will only be a temporary solution and not a cure for the disease."

Fang Nanzhi continued on his own.

"I want to know what kind of nightmare Aunt An had? Or what happened before she became insomniac? Was she stimulated?"

She was not curious about other people's privacy, but if she didn't figure it out, Aunt An's illness would be difficult to cure.

She felt An Linglong's pulse and found out that she was frightened, but she didn't know what frightened her so much.

General An was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Master Jin, the garden at my house is quite nice. I heard that Master Jin also loves flowers."

Jin Yunting understood what he meant and said naturally, "Yes, I wonder if we can go see the garden of the An Mansion?"

General An arranged for his servants to lead him to the garden.

After he left, General An dismissed the other servants in the front hall and his eyes fell on Anmei.

Fang Nanzhi didn't think that General An would harm her, so she asked Anmei to go down.

Anmei would not go far, but just stay outside.

Soon, there were only two people left in the room.

General An gestured for the little girl to take a seat before speaking with a sigh.

"My sister once discussed marriage with the Seventh Prince."

Fang Nanzhi pretended to listen attentively.

General An has two daughters. The eldest daughter is decisive and acts as well as a boy, but the second daughter is timid, simple and kind.

The reason why the two daughters have such different personalities is because something happened when An Linglong was five years old.

At that time, General An and his family were stationed at the border. The eleven-year-old Miss An sneaked onto the battlefield and made a great contribution by capturing the son of the enemy general.

However, this also led to revenge. They originally wanted to capture Miss An, but Miss An was an excellent horseman and escaped.

The other party was unwilling to return empty-handed. Just then, An Linglong heard some movement at the back door. Thinking that her sister had returned, she came out to greet her, and was then captured.

An Linglong was rescued after being captured for five or six days, but the five-year-old girl was very frightened and became timid from then on.

Of course the An family must be taken care of carefully.

Later, they returned to Beijing. The emperor wanted to find a wife for the seventh prince, so he chose An Linglong.

The Seventh Prince was a very naughty boy. After hearing the rumors outside, he came to tease An Linglong.

That night was a banquet. He waited in the dark, pretending to be a ghost to scare An Linglong. An Linglong fell into the water in panic.

The Seventh Prince did not take it seriously, thinking that with so many people coming and going in this place, palace servants would come to rescue him soon.

He put his hands on his hips, warned An Linglong to cancel the engagement immediately and not to try to take advantage of the situation, and then left.

After that, General An asked to cancel the engagement, and the emperor, angry at the seventh prince's childishness, agreed.

But no one knew that after the Seventh Prince left that night, An Linglong almost drowned in the river and was rescued by a man.

But that man was not a good person either, and he wanted to take advantage of An Linglong... Later, the An family's maid arrived and protected the young lady.

The reason why that person took advantage of others' misfortune was, firstly, he coveted An Linglong's beauty, and secondly, he wanted to establish a relationship with the An family.

Afterwards, the man was still preparing at home and was about to come to the An Mansion to propose marriage, but General An took the initiative and made the man completely unmanly, and suppressed his family so much that they dared not speak of this matter.

An Linglong's reputation was protected, but she became even more timid.

A few days ago, she had the rare desire to go out of the house, and ended up meeting that person.

With the general's guards present, the man didn't dare to get close, but An Linglong was still stimulated.

Fang Nanzhi understood that Aunt An’s nightmare might be related to the falling into the water.

"Emotional illness requires heart medicine. To help Auntie recover completely, she needs to face her heart knot head-on."

The protection and care of the An family were enough, but An Linglong couldn't get over it. She might have been living in the aftermath of that fall into the water.

General An clenched his fists.

"Are you sure Linglong's condition won't get worse?"

Fang Nanzhi didn't say anything, she was not sure.

This matter requires a lot of consideration and planning, and the human heart is a variable that can never be controlled.

From her silence, General An already knew the answer.

He couldn't risk his sister.

"Are there any medicinal foods that can nourish the body?"

The music score now belongs to the court. General An is in the Ministry of War, so he can still get it. So we won't make things difficult for the little girl.

Fang Nanzhi frowned and said, "The last time I came here, I asked about Aunt An's diet. The family must have been taking care of her body for a long time. If I give her medicinal food, it won't have much effect."

General An did not force it.

"If Nanzhi is free, why not come to visit your aunt An more often? She likes you very much."

After their last meeting, An Linglong mentioned the little girl two or three times. It was rare for someone to win her heart.

Of course Fang Nanzhi agreed. She also wanted to have a closer relationship with Aunt An and build trust between patient and doctor, which would make treatment more convenient in the future.

"Thank you for your help. I heard from your second uncle that you like pearls?"

General An knew that Fang Nanzhi was currently busy with Chen's case, and it was really a waste of time for her to come here.

Fang Nanzhi was stunned. When did she ever like pearls? She liked all valuable jewelry.

Without her having to reply, General An had already placed a box in front of her.

When the box was opened, there were ten round beads the size of walnuts inside.

"This is Dongzhu?"

Fang Nanzhi's eyes lit up immediately and she couldn't hide it at all.

General An felt that at this moment, the little girl was acting like a child.

He nodded gently: "Well, it's a gift."

If he said it was medical expenses, Fang Nanzhi could not accept it.

There are rules for paying medical fees. Giving three or five taels is considered high. If you cure someone's illness, the host may reward you with something.

But something like Dongzhu will not be given to outsiders easily.

Fang Nanzhi tried to look away and said in embarrassment: "Uncle An, no merit, no reward..."

"This is a gift from your Aunt An to make up for last time." General An said cheerfully.

This is a gift from an elder that cannot be refused.

Fang Nanzhi accepted it generously and smiled at him: "I will definitely find a way to make Aunt An better."

General An Xiao expressed his belief in her.

"Would you like to go and see the garden?"

Fang Nanzhi looked up, his eyes full of confusion.

"Well, Master Jin has something he wants to talk to you about."

General An clenched one hand into a fist and rested the other hand on the chair in a relaxed manner.

That’s right, he had just talked with Jin Yunting, and the other party made no secret of the fact that he came to An Mansion to borrow a place to meet Fang Nanzhi.

He didn't understand. What was the matter that Jin Yunting couldn't go directly to Fang's house, but had to go around in a roundabout way to meet him by chance?

General An tried to probe a few times and only knew that it was related to Fang Nanzhi's safety.

He was just making an introduction. Whether to meet the person or not was up to the girl to decide.

Fang Nanzhi was also confused, but she didn't think Jin Yunting had any ill intentions.

And in the An Mansion, it didn't matter if there was bad intention, so she decided to meet him.