Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Xiao Yan was silent for a moment, then said, "My aunt once asked me if I had a crush on someone. I didn't answer then because I couldn't catch up with him. I was hesitant and didn't know what to do. It was really painful for me to marry the princess. Do you understand, aunt, how tormented it is to have that person right in front of you, but not be able to enter his heart?"

The Queen Mother felt heavy-hearted and distressed when she heard this. "If even you can't catch up with her, who is that person? Tell me. As long as you really like her, your aunt will make the decision for you to marry her into the palace."

Xiao Yan was disappointed. "My aunt can't make the decision on this matter. No one can. In this life, as far as love is concerned, I am taking a gamble. If I lose, then I will never see him again."

"Is there anyone in this world I can't control?" The Queen Mother grew more and more curious as she listened. "Could he be a deity from the Moon Palace?"

He is the god in my heart, Xiao Yan said in his heart.

Chen Ji hadn't looked for Lu Ziqing for some time. While Chang Wang and the others were out shopping, he sneaked to Lu's house again. Fortunately, no one came back, so he practiced martial arts with Su Chengyi and the others in the yard.

Xiaowu and Xiaoliu ate melon seeds and leaned against the pillar to watch the show. Wu Ji said with a smile: "It's been a while since we last met. Prince Su's martial arts skills have improved again."

Xiao Liu watched the two of them fighting fiercely, "Prince Su is really different from before, it feels like he has been reborn."

"How can the son of the true dragon emperor be bad?" Xiao Wu added happily.

As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door. Xiaowu went to open the door and saw a tall and handsome foreigner standing at the door. He was stunned for a moment.

"Your Excellency, what do you want?"

"Hello, my name is Barlow Warren, I'm British. May I ask if Judge Lu Ziqing lives here?"

"Ba..." Xiao Wu responded politely, "Excuse me, may I ask what Master Ba...what does Master Ba want from my Master?"

Barlow Warren smiled. "King Wu said that Lu Yuanpan was the best doctor in the Imperial Hospital, so I wanted to ask him to treat me, and he told me his address here."

Xiao Wu understood and nodded, then invited the person in. Everyone in the yard looked over in amazement, including the two who were fighting, who stopped in time.

Barlow Warren met everyone's surprised gazes and introduced himself again with a smile. He walked over and shook hands with everyone. Everyone else was not used to it, but Wu Ji was the only one who stared at that smiling face, shaking his hands non-stop.

Xiao Wu coughed lightly and whispered a warning, "What are you doing? Let go quickly."

Wu Ji finally realized what was happening and quickly let go. He smiled awkwardly and Barlow Warren said frankly, "You're so cute."

Everyone was stunned. Xiaoliu politely led them to the reception room for tea. Wuji stood there without moving, so Xiaowu nudged him.

"You're still looking after us even after we've gone in. Have you ever seen a foreigner? Even though he's quite tall and a bit handsome, you're exaggerating, aren't you?"

Wu Ji scratched his head awkwardly, "This is really the first time I've met a foreigner. Sorry for the joke."

Xiao Wu said, "I still prefer the appearance of us Central Plains people. The blue eyes of foreigners always look weird. Now, let's get ready for dinner. The young master should be back soon."

Not long after, there was a cheer in the reception room. Wu Ji secretly went over to take a look and saw Barlow Warren teaching a few people how to play a card game. Chen Ji was very enthusiastic.

In between the laughter, he accidentally met the smiling face given by Barlow Warren, walked over and pulled him in to play together, until half an hour later when Lu Ziqing came back and it ended.

Barlow Warren apologized as soon as he saw everyone, "I had a business to discuss last night and didn't come. I'm really sorry."

"That's all right." Lu Ziqing said with a smile, "Since you found this place, you can always come here if you have any questions in the future."

After a brief greeting, he took the patient's pulse and diagnosed the disease. Barlow Warren left the Lu residence only after dinner.

Xiao Yan did not come tonight, and Lu Ziqing felt rare and relaxed. After a tiring day, he started his homework which he had not done for a long time at midnight.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yan was in Chongcui Pavilion, lying on his bed, staring at the small red cloth bag, his mind reminiscing. He wondered what Lu Ziqing was doing right then. Was he asleep? Or meditating? He wondered if he'd taken his medicine.

His thoughts were all mixed up and spinning around. At this moment, there was a knock on the door. He went to open the door and saw Xining standing at the door.

"It's so late, what can I do for you, Princess?"

Xining put aside his pride and said softly, "You're still angry?"

"That's all?" Xiao Yan said expressionlessly, "My lady, are you done? I'm going to sleep."

"Wait." Xining was anxious, a mixture of grievance and anger. She said, "Can't you just talk to me nicely? We've been married for so long, and we've never smiled or spoken to each other. Before we were married, I could even talk to you."

"What do you want to say? Say it." Xiao Yan asked.

"It's not me..." Xining was anxious and irritated, "Can't you just take the initiative to talk to me?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't."

As Xiao Yan was about to close the door, Xining reached in anxiously and got her hand pinched. She cried out in pain, and Xiao Yan immediately opened the door and held her hand to check.

A red mark was left on the back of her hand, and tears welled up in Xining's eyes. Xiao Yan asked the servant to bring some ice to apply to her.

"I don't want to do this a second time. If you're not careful again, you'll be fine."

The words were cold, but Xining didn't take them to heart. She just stared at Xiao Yan holding her hand and applying an ice pack.

"You still care about me?"

"I hurt him. I would care about ordinary people too." Xiao Yan looked at Honghen, "Princess, please don't misunderstand me."

Xining felt a little disappointed, and said in a flattering way, "Okay, don't be angry. I know I was wrong before and shouldn't have cut your hard work, but... when I thought about it because of that person, I just couldn't control myself. And you kept ignoring me, and I felt very wronged."

"Just because you're upset, do you think you're going to destroy other people's things without considering the consequences?" Xiao Yan said bluntly, "Then we're really not on the same page."

Xining felt aggrieved after hearing this. He was clearly the victim, so why did he become the sinner now?

Her deep self-esteem was hit, and she asked back angrily.

"Isn't this all because of you? If you hadn't treated me like that, if you hadn't embarrassed me, would I have done that? I'm just angry. How is that person better than me? Why can she win your heart, while I have to pitifully give up my dignity to please you? Why?"

Xiao Yan released her hand and put down the ice pack. "You are a princess, you are of noble status and you don't need to please anyone, especially me."

Xining's resentment suddenly rose up again, she laughed angrily and thought for a while.

"I suddenly realized that you seem to be very good at using tactics. You take advantage of my liking for you and always act superior. Before we got married, you were so close to me that I couldn't live without you. Now that we're married, you say I don't need to please you. Isn't it true? This is all my wishful thinking. You, Xiao Yan, have always been the one being persecuted."

"I don't want to talk to you about these meaningless things." Xiao Yan stood up and said, "I need to rest. Princess, please go back."

He turned around and was about to leave when Xining hurriedly called out to him, "What? Are you afraid to admit it?