A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Xiao Yi let go of her arm and jumped on the horse. Da Yuan followed on horseback. Chu Xia and the others also got on the carriage with the maid and rushed to the peach blossom forest.

"Silly girl, please don't get into trouble!" Chu Xia's eyes were filled with tears in anxiety. She was afraid that Lin Qinghuan would become depressed and commit suicide. She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, fidgeting restlessly.

"Master, the lady hasn't come out since she went in this afternoon. She didn't let us follow her and just said she wanted to take a walk by herself. I saw that it was getting dark and she still hadn't come out, so I went in to look for her, but there was no one there." Yun Xiang was so scared that he was almost in despair. This was the young lady of the Xiao family and the daughter of Marquis Lin. If something happened to her, no one could take the responsibility.

Lin Qinghuan's sadness and longing for more than a year suddenly erupted in an instant, and the heart palpitations came over her again. At this moment, she had fainted in the secret base where she and Xiao Yu had lain together. No matter how people called her from outside, she was completely unaware.

Xiao Yi knew that Lin Qinghuan had been suppressing herself, so he was afraid that she would become depressed. He was especially afraid that there would be a beautiful woman hanging on a peach tree who had already passed away.

Xiao Yi and his group searched almost the entire peach blossom forest, but there was no trace of the remains.

"Are you sure she hasn't come out?" Xiao Yi asked Yun Xiang again to confirm.

"I'm sure I've been waiting for the young lady at the door." Yun Xiang said crying.

"Master... Young Master, is this place called Xiao Chunfeng?" Chu Xia suddenly asked.

"Yes." Xiao Yi looked at her and replied.

"Is there a waterfall here? I remember the girl said that she had been to a very beautiful peach blossom forest called Xiao Chunfeng, and said that there was a particularly beautiful waterfall in it, but this... there is no waterfall here." Chuxia looked around, and the sky was getting darker and darker.

Xiao Yi just tiptoed lightly and flew to the top of the peach tree. He remembered that there seemed to be a place in this forest where he could hear the sound of flowing water, so he wanted to fly to the highest point to have a look. As expected, one can see far only when one stands high. He saw a waterfall in the southwest of the deepest part of the forest.

"This road is so difficult and rugged, how could the young lady find such a secluded place?" Yun Xiang really couldn't understand.

"Girl, girl." Yun Xiang saw Lin Qinghuan lying on the ground with his sharp eyes, and ran over crying and stumbling.

"Master, why isn't the young lady moving?" Chu Xia and Yun Xiang helped Lin Qinghuan up, but saw her wrist sliding down weakly. "Young lady, she seems... as if she hasn't breathed." Yun Xiang looked at Xiao Yi nervously and said.

Xiao Yi stood there in a daze, especially when he saw Lin Qinghuan lying there motionless. He was afraid that it was just as he thought.

"Huan'er?" Xiao Yi slowed down, walked forward and half-knelt on the ground, holding Lin Qinghuan in his arms. Fortunately, he could still feel her weak breathing, and he felt relieved.

Almost all the imperial doctors in the palace came to the Xiao Mansion, and they were all sweating as they treated the master of Luoyi Pavilion. Li Xue secretly ran to the Jia Mansion, and soon Lin Mo and Jia Xu hurried into Luoyi Pavilion.

"Huan'er, don't scare your sister!" Lin Mo took Lin Qinghuan's pulse and found that it was suddenly very weak. She gently lay on Lin Qinghuan's chest and listened.

"Hasn't fifth sister taken the dragon fruit flower magic medicine? Brother Xiao said she would be cured. How could this happen?" Jia Xu kept walking back and forth in the outer hall, muttering in confusion.

"You said Yu'er said she has recovered?" Xiao Yi asked.

"Yes, we were all there at the time, and the fifth sister was fine for the past year." Jia Xu glanced at Xiao Yi, then looked at him suspiciously, "Could the fifth sister have been poisoned?"

"Who poisoned it?" Xiao Yi asked.

"The incident happened in the Xiao Mansion, so it must be someone from your family who wants to harm her." Jia Xu knew that his wife and Lin Qinghuan were close friends, so he was very protective of her at this time.

"Hmph, as long as I'm here, no one will dare to harm her. Brother Jia, you're worrying too much." Xiao Yi knew what he meant.

"That would be the best. She is Lin Mo's biological sister, and naturally she is mine. If someone wants to harm her, I will not let them go no matter who they are." Jia Xu suspected that Xiao Yi wanted to murder Lin Qinghuan because Lin Qinghuan had been in love with Xiao Yu.

"She is my wife." Xiao Yi said coldly.

The imperial physician and Lin Mo came out while talking about the prescription.

"How is she...?" Xiao Yi asked.

"Her old illness relapsed, she has heart palpitations. I gave her acupuncture. Fortunately, my senior brother taught me how to use the nine-acupoint silver needle before, otherwise I would not be able to save Huan'er today." Lin Mo said with a long sigh, and the heavy stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

"Fifth sister's heart palpitations have already been cured, why did the old illness relapse?" Jia Xu asked.

"Ordinary people will also suffer from heart palpitations if they feel melancholy every day. What's more, she has had this disease since childhood. Although she has recovered, if she is depressed every day and has a lot of anger in her heart that she cannot vent, it will definitely relapse." Lin Mo said helplessly, and then looked at Xiao Yi again.

"When will she wake up?" Xiao Yi asked.

"I guess she won't wake up until tomorrow, so let her have a good sleep first." After saying that, Lin Mo went to write a prescription. Several imperial physicians looked at her with approval. It was amazing that a female doctor could have such a powerful acupuncture technique.

After Lin Qinghuan was fine, Lin Mo told Chu Xia Lixue about some matters related to boiling medicine and then returned home with Jia Xu.

The next morning, Lin Qinghuan opened her eyes and found herself in bed. She remembered that she could still hear the sound of the waterfall.

"Young Madam, you're awake." Yun Xiang knelt on the wooden couch beside the bed and held Lin Qinghuan's hand and said.

"What's wrong with me?" Lin Qinghuan was still a little confused.

"You fell asleep." Xiao Yi's voice came from the table behind the screen.

Yun Xiang didn't dare to say anything more. He helped Lin Qinghuan to stand up and put on her clothes and shoes for her.

Xiao Yi watched Lin Qinghuan, who looked tired and sick with her hair loose, walk out of the bedroom behind the screen.

"When did you go to Xiao Chunfeng?" Xiao Yi asked Lin Qinghuan.

"I heard from Mother Huang that there is a peach blossom forest in the south of the city. I went there to appreciate the flowers in the spring many years ago." Lin Qinghuan said.

"How did you find such a hidden place, the waterfall?" Xiao Yi didn't believe Lin Qinghuan's words.

"Sister Hongqi took me there. I like that waterfall. It's very beautiful." Lin Qinghuan said, looking into Xiao Yi's eyes.

"Yeah." Xiao Yi looked at the miserable little face, and his eyes were no longer so cold.

"Yun Xiang, I'm hungry." Lin Qinghuan's stomach rumbled.

"This food box was sent by Huaying Pavilion." Xiao Yi said, pointing to the food box next to him.

Yun Xiang glanced at the two of them and began to take out the things in the food box and arrange them on a plate.

"This is Madam Li's work." Lin Qing happily reached out to take it, then suddenly withdrew his hand as if he remembered something.

"Why don't you like it anymore?" Xiao Yi asked.

"She brought it voluntarily. I didn't ask anyone to blame her." Lin Qinghuan explained.

"I ordered it." Xiao Yi said.

"What does Madam Li like? I will go to thank you later." Lin Qinghuan was stunned for a moment and then said.

"Need not."

"Okay." Lin Qinghuan thought that he seemed to be asking for trouble. Madam Li was favored by Xiao Yi, so naturally she would look down on ordinary things.

"These camellias are so beautiful." The maids in the yard were chattering about it.

"Is this the mountain tea given by the Queen?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously while eating pastries.

Xiao Yi nodded, and Yun Xiang glanced at the two of them.

"Ms. Li's cooking skills are really good. I'd like to go over and learn from her." Lin Qinghuan commented as he ate with relish.

"Is it delicious?" Xiao Yi asked as he picked up a piece of cake.

"Haven't you been eating the snacks she made since you were a child? Do you still need to ask me?" Lin Qinghuan said curiously.

"No, Dayuan ate them all." Xiao Yi casually put the pastries back on the plate.

"If your little beauty heard this, she would be unhappy." Lin Qinghuan said casually while drinking tea.

Xiao Yi looked at her for a long time.

"She's not as pretty as you."

"Puff... cough cough cough..." Lin Qinghuan spat out a mouthful of tea after hearing this, and coughed so hard that he almost choked to death.

"..."

Xiao Yi took out a handkerchief and wiped the tea sprayed on his face by Lin Qinghuan. Lin Qinghuan took the handkerchief handed to her by Yun Xiang. She wanted to laugh but was also afraid. She could only cover her face and peek at Xiao Yi through her fingers.

"Young Master, someone is coming from the East Palace." Da Yuan said outside.

After Xiao Yi left, Lin Qinghuan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"It's so horrible, I actually... Hahaha... I actually sprayed the tea... on his face..." Lin Qinghuan's face turned red with laughter.

"Young Madam, why did you suddenly cough while you were drinking tea..." Yun Xiang didn't hear their conversation, but just heard Lin Qinghuan coughing and came in to see this scene.

"It's okay... It's nothing, Yun Xiang, based on your eldest son's temper, if no one from the East Palace comes today, will he kill me?" In Lin Qinghuan's eyes, Xiao Yi had an icy face from beginning to end, and he was not a good person anyway.

"Young Madam, why do you miss the eldest young master so much? Actually, he is a good person. I grew up in Qingbo Courtyard. The eldest young master has never made things difficult for us. He is just not talkative because he has been under the strict requirements of the Grand Marshal since he was a child." Yun Xiang said.

"Have you been serving him since you were a child?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"Well, I have been serving in the eldest master's courtyard since I was six years old." Yun Xiang nodded.

"By the way, now that you mentioned that, I'm curious about something." Lin Qinghuan sat up straight and looked at Yun Xiang.

"What's the matter, Madam?"

"Last time, Madam Li said that she had been making cakes and fruits for your eldest master since she was a child. Was she born a maid?" Lin Qinghuan was very curious when she thought of Li Jiaxin's timid look, because in her eyes, concubines were either arrogant and domineering like Chang Xinrui, or cold and aloof like Concubine Xue, or He Su, who was with her father every day and looked like a couple.

"Madam Li is not a maid. She is the youngest daughter of a fifth-rank civil official. However, Lord Li is a subordinate of Lord Taiwei, so she has often come to the mansion since she was a child. She and the eldest master grew up together as childhood sweethearts, so the eldest master naturally treats her well." Yun Xiang said. She could only say it in such a euphemistic way because Madam Li was too infatuated with the eldest master, but the eldest master really treated her with courtesy.

"So there is such a relationship between us. No wonder he favors her so much, always afraid that I will make things difficult for Madam Li. But it's no wonder. The daughter of an official family is willing to be his concubine. He must love her more. But I, Lin Qinghuan, am not such a stingy person. I will not care about him no matter how many concubines and maids he has." Lin Qinghuan murmured to himself.

"Young Madam, the eldest master actually cares about you very much." Yun Xiang really wanted to tell Lin Qinghuan that Xiao Yi had not left Luoyi Pavilion during the whole day and night of her heart palpitations and coma, but the eldest master said that the young madam was just asleep, so she didn't dare to say more.

Lin Qinghuan glanced at Yun Xiang and smiled. She couldn't tell this maid that it was because of your former second young master.

"Girl, the camellia flowers in the yard are so beautiful. Come out and enjoy them quickly." Li Xue walked in happily and said to Lin Qinghuan.

"It's just a pot of flowers, what's the big deal?" Lin Qinghuan muttered as he got up and went to the yard.

"How come there are so many camellias? The Queen is so generous!" Lin Qinghuan was stunned when she saw the flowers in the yard. All the potted flowers in Queen Xiao's yard were moved here.

"Miss, the basin given by the Queen is in the room. These were sent by the eldest master." Li Xue said happily.

"Yes, they asked someone to move it here early in the morning." Luhua also said.

"Really?" Lin Qinghuan was suddenly distracted while looking at the flowers. It turned out that this ice-faced man was not that scary after all. He also understood the ways of the world.

After looking at the flowers for a while, Lin Qinghuan found that Chu Xia was nowhere to be seen in the entire yard.

"Lixue, where is Chuxia?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"Girl, Mother Huang made delicious sweet rice wine for you. Sister Chuxia went back to the Lin Mansion last night." Li Xue stood in the camellia bushes and looked at Lin Qinghuan with a big smile on her face.

"It's time to drink sweet rice wine again. I'm so greedy just talking about it. Have you sent it to Sister Mo?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"Don't worry, girl. Mother Huang won't forget. I guess Shizhu has already gone back home to get it." Li Xue said.

"Young Madam, I remember that the eldest son also loved sweet rice wine when he was a child, but he had to read and write, so he could only drink one bowl at a time. But the second son and the sixth prince liked to drink it secretly every time..." After Yun Xiang finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he had mentioned someone he shouldn't have mentioned, and then he covered his mouth in panic and looked at Lin Qinghuan.

"Yun Xiang, why don't you dare mention your Second Young Master Xiao?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"Young Madam, the Grand Marshal has instructed that no one is allowed to discuss the Second Young Master from now on." Seeing that there was no one around, Yun Xiang replied to Lin Qinghuan in a low voice.

"Okay, I understand." Lin Qinghuan nodded in response.

When Lin Qinghuan woke up in the afternoon, early summer had already arrived.

"Girl, come and try it and see how it tastes." Chu Xia said as she served Lin Qinghuan a bowl of sweet rice wine.

"As long as it's made by Mama Huang, it must be the most delicious in the world." Lin Qinghuan said with great satisfaction after taking a sip.

"Miss, there is a happy event when you return home this time." Chu Xia said while busying herself nearby.

"What good news?" Lin Qinghuan looked at her and asked.

"The third young lady's marriage has been decided, and the wedding will be held in the spring."