Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

"I know that, but..."

Chen Jing placed his fingers on the table with curled up fingers.

"A military camp cannot be without a general even for a day, let alone a border defense camp."

"Your Highness, don't worry. This matter has been settled." Xiao Yan said with his arms resting on the edge of the table.

"What? When did it happen?" Chen Jing suddenly turned to look at him. "Who was it?"

"The emperor summoned me that afternoon," Xiao Yan said, "and it was Zhang Yin, the son of the Minister of Justice, Zhang Tong."

"Zhang Yin?" Chen Jing pondered. "I've heard a little about this man. He's a man of both courage and strategy. Why didn't I think of him? But he's just a small lieutenant general. Why would my father think of him?"

Xiao Yan poured tea and looked at him meaningfully, and Chen Jing immediately reacted.

"Could it be?"

Xiao Yan drank his tea and said, holding the cup, "This person is good. I think he can help the prince."

Chen Jing looked doubtful. "Even if this guy is good, he's not one of my people. How can he help me?"

"It wasn't before, but it is now." Xiao Yan said confidently, "The Minister of Justice and I have some friendship."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jing felt as if he had taken a reassurance pill and was very happy. Most of his previous anger immediately dissipated.

"You still have a solution. Zhang Yin has nothing to do with any of us, so the emperor will naturally be relieved."

He chuckled and patted Xiao Yan's arm.

"It's so reassuring to have you helping me."

Xiao Yan was about to speak when he saw Chen Jing's hand hanging down, blood soaking his sleeve and dripping onto the ground.

"Your Highness, your hand doesn't hurt now?"

"what?"

I was angry and not alert before, but now that I have come to my senses, the pain has returned.

"Fortunately, I can hold it in."

Chen Jing covered his arm and shouted to Eunuch Yang outside the door.

"Eunuch Yang, has Imperial Physician Lu arrived? Go and see."

Just as Eunuch Yang was about to leave, Lu Ziqing hurried into the hall. He was wrapped in cold air, and his nose and cheeks were faintly red from the cold, even his fingertips were red.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry I'm late. I went to Concubine Hui's palace earlier."

He nodded to Xiao Yan with a smile, put the medicine box on the small table and opened it.

Chen Jing held his hand without hesitation and said, "It's windy outside, and your hands are frozen red. First..."

The incident happened suddenly and Lu Ziqing was shocked because he didn't have time to react.

He subconsciously glanced at Xiao Yan, then quickly pulled his hand away as if it was burned, saying uncomfortably.

"It's alright, it will be fine in a moment. I will treat your Highness's injuries first."

He used scissors to cut open half of his sleeve. "The wound is so long, Your Highness, how did you get it?"

When Chen Jing saw the man, his anxiety had long since disappeared, and he looked at his face and said.

"I accidentally got hurt in the martial arts arena earlier. It hurts so much."

These words were particularly harsh to Xiao Yan's ears, and he couldn't help but look up at him.

If I remember correctly, Chen Jing said "it's okay" before, but now he has changed?

"Swords have no eyes. Your Highness, please be careful in the future."

Lu Ziqing took the water brought by Eunuch Yang and washed the wound.

"Cleaning the wound will be painful, Your Highness, please bear with it for a while."

The wound was not small, at least three inches long.

Moreover, Chen Qi swung the knife directly from bottom to top, and he used some force at that time.

Chen Jing gritted his teeth in pain, suddenly grabbed Lu Ziqing's arm with his other hand, and groaned.

"Your Highness, please be patient."

Lu Ziqing looked at Xiao Yan sideways and was about to speak when he saw him take Chen Jing's hand off his arm and press it on the small table.

The more painful the wound was, the more hatred Chen Jing felt in his heart. He cursed Chen Qi countless times in his heart.

The pain didn't subside until the anesthetic was applied.

His eyes stayed on Lu Ziqing's face. After a while, he said something without any reason.

"Ziqing, please stay here tonight and have dinner with me."

As soon as these words were spoken, the other two people looked up at Chen Jing at the same time.

Lu Ziqing's heart skipped a beat.

A few days ago, Chen Jing asked him to stay for dinner, but he refused on the grounds that he was busy with work at the Imperial Hospital.

Come again after a few days?

Lu Ziqing quickly refused, "Your Highness, I appreciate your kindness. I..."

"Hey, you rejected me a few days ago. Today, don't make excuses for being busy." Chen Jing said with a smile.

Xiao Yan looked at him and reminded him, "Your Highness, have you forgotten that today is the anniversary of Prince Chen Mu's death? You have to accompany the Empress for dinner tonight."

After hearing this reminder, Chen Jing said "Oh" as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Sigh... that'll have to wait until tomorrow."

Lu Ziqing: “…”

Xiao Yan: “…”

The cold wind blew on Lu Ziqing's face. His official robe was not thick at all, and his sleeves were lifted up by the wind and flew sideways. He suddenly tilted his head and sneezed.

"It's cold, and you come out without a cloak."

Xiao Yan faced him, took off his cloak and tied it on him.

"Put this on first to keep warm. Your hands and feet get cold when the weather gets cold. If you have rhinitis, you should keep warm and don't get frozen."

Lu Ziqing looked up at him with a suspicious look on his face.

"How did you know, my Lord? My hands and feet are always cold when it gets cold, and I also have rhinitis."

"Ah?" Xiao Yan's eyes seemed to be wandering, and he hurriedly explained.

"I...when you came in just now, I saw your hands and face were frozen red. I guessed...that's what happened. Let's go first. Don't stand here. The wind is too strong."

Lu Ziqing nodded, walked through the palace gate and asked casually.

"Just now I heard the Marquis say that Prince Chen Mu is the late child of the Empress?"

"Yes." Xiao Yan faced the wind and squinted his eyes to glance at the squares on both sides.

"I heard that the child died before he was seven months old. The Empress was heartbroken for many years, and it wasn't until she took Chen Jing in to be raised that she gradually recovered."

"How did you go?" Lu Ziqing asked, shielding his forehead with his arm. "Are you sick?"

Before he could answer, he felt the medicine box in his hand being taken away. He glanced sideways and saw Xiao Yan holding the medicine box naturally in his hand.

"The imperial physician diagnosed it as a drunken stupor."

"Drunk?" Lu Ziqing put his hand into his sleeve and asked suspiciously, "How can a baby of only a few months old drink alcohol?"

Xiao Yan said, "It was the wet nurse who fed him while drunk. It's said that Prince Chen Mu was born weak, and he died after drinking too much milk laced with alcohol."

"That……"

Lu Ziqing glanced at the guards at the second palace gate and spoke only after he passed by.

"A wet nurse's job is to look after children. With years of experience, it's impossible for her not to know that you can't breastfeed after drinking alcohol. Isn't that intentional murder?"

"It was intentional murder." Xiao Yan confirmed.

"However, the wet nurse only admitted that she got drunk because her child had been ill for a long time and her husband was a drunkard and a loser, so she was in a bad mood."

"She had drunk alcohol before while breastfeeding her child and nothing happened. She thought nothing would happen later. She didn't expect the child would die. She doesn't admit to intentional murder."

Lu Ziqing analyzed, "Given this family situation, she must have frequently drunk to drown her sorrows. Her child's chronic illness is likely related to her drinking alcohol while breastfeeding."

"As for why her child didn't die, it was because she knew very well that alcohol would be transferred into breast milk. So, she drank less when she was breastfeeding her child, but it still left some sequelae."

"When she got to Prince Chen Mu, she became drunk and tried to commit murder accidentally. Perhaps she still had some hope that it wasn't intentional and she wanted to save her life."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan glanced at him sideways and said with a smile, "Good reasoning."