The weather was too cold, so Song Xiaobei sat in the carriage obediently. Although there was a charcoal fire in the car, she still liked Gao Xili's human body warmer. The warmth from his body made her feel at ease and comfortable.
"Dear, I wonder how the shop is doing? Big Brother and the others wouldn't have encountered any trouble, right?”
"Xiaobei, don't worry. The 'tall and tall' at the door should be useful. Seventh Brother and Xiao Ming were guarding it.”
"That makes sense. I was thinking too much.”
They didn't know that someone was really after the Three Auspicious Treasures. They were Su Dagui and Madam Fang.
The news of Song Jiang's family opening a shop in the capital spread to Jie Yuan Town. Mrs. Fang recalled that someone had been looking for Su Xiaoxiang some time ago and realized that she had done something wrong. For the first time, Su Dagui scolded his wife,"Long hair, short knowledge." Madam Fang knew that she was in the wrong and did not dare to talk back. The two of them discussed and arrived at the capital city. Madam Fang recognized Xiao Ming and wanted to slap herself. The cards on the potted plants almost made them want to bang their heads against the wall. The noble was right in front of them, but they were rejected. They hated themselves for being blind.
Xiao Ming didn't make things difficult for them. Mrs. Su was naturally happy to see her son and daughter-in-law. Although there had been some unpleasantness in the past, mother and son were still connected. He brought them into the shop and served them delicious food.
"Mother, accompany Da Gui for a while. I'll go help Sister Xiang 'er in the kitchen.”As Madam Fang spoke, she " enthusiastically " took off Mrs. Su's headscarf and apron, tied them on herself, and entered the kitchen.
Su Xiaoxiang was very simple, and there were many things to do in the kitchen. Therefore, Madam Fang learned how to make dumplings, steamed dumplings, and fried dumplings. The next day, she went even earlier and learned how to roll the skin and make dumplings.
In the inn, Su Dagui felt regretful."These three treasures taste really good. I don't even want to leave.”
"What a fool. Do you really think I'm going to help? This madam is secretly learning. Your mother is so grateful to me. What a joke. A bunch of idiots!" Madam Fang scoffed and mocked. She had forgotten a saying,"Fools have their own good fortune."
"Wifey is really not ordinary, smart and capable, making people prostrate in admiration. Let's sell dumplings too." When Su Dagui thought about how he could eat delicious food every day, he was overjoyed.
The two of them returned travel-worn. A few days later, the dumpling restaurant opened grandly. However, the taste was different from the Three Auspicious Treasures. Madam Fang was "meticulous" and used inferior ingredients. The customers would not patronize after eating once. The work was also hard, so they finally closed the door.
Back then, Song Xiaobei had added eggs into the stuffing for Bao 'er. It was nutritious and smooth. Su Xiaoxiang had also developed a habit. Song Xiaobei was worried that someone would learn how to make it and become a competitor of the Song family. She instructed them to bring eggs from the palace and burn the shells.
The ingredients that Song Jiang bought were indeed being watched. Even the food waste had been rummaged through. They went back to ponder, but the taste was still inferior to the ones in the shop. Song Jiang was grateful. He bought the best ingredients and added eggs. The result was obvious.
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The two girls resting in the inn naturally started talking about Shangguan Yu and Leng Xin Tian.
"Do you still like Yu?" Song Xiaobei asked. She had witnessed Leng Xin Tian's performance in the disaster area.
"I don't know. He's out of my reach.”Gao Xiyue said lightly.
"Where is Leng Xin Tian?"
"He's quite good. He's funny and likes to laugh. He's not as cold and aloof as Fifth Brother or as humble as Shangguan Yu.”
"Xiaoyue likes him?"
"What are you talking about, sister? Who likes him?”Gao Xiyue denied it, but her face turned red.
"Leng Xin Tian is indeed not bad. The princess doesn't like him, but I'm going to snatch him away.”Song Xiaobei teased.
"Sister?" Gao Xiyue was shocked and her expression changed.
"A certain princess has love in her heart, but it's hard for her to speak. Let's not joke around anymore, Xiaoyue. I hope you'll be happy. Seize it.”Song Xiaobei said with a smile.
Gao Xiyue understood that her sister was teasing her. She smiled, feeling a little sweet in her heart.
Cheng Long returned to the team with disappointment. Fortunately, Song Xiaobei was fine.
They had been walking for two months, and now, they were getting closer and closer to Pill Sun. Song Xiaobei was touched. It was late autumn when he left the capital. At this moment, snowflakes were dancing in the sky, and plum blossoms were blooming in the cold. She thought of A City, her sister, and her warm home, and tears began to flow out of her eyes.
Seeing Song Xiaobei cry, Gao Xili asked nervously,""Xiaobei, what's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
The intermittent crackling of firecrackers came from afar, reminding Song Xiaobei," Today was New Year's Eve. She could no longer suppress the longing in her heart and cried,"I miss my sister. I want to go home. I want to go home.”
Gao Xili was speechless. Her tears made his heart ache, and her words made his heart ache even more. He could only silently wipe away her tears and pull her into his arms. The warm embrace calmed her down and she gradually fell asleep. The snow gradually stopped, leaving long footprints and wheel marks on the road...
"Peng Yi, stop the car." When Song Xiaobei woke up, she could smell the rich plum blossom fragrance and could not help but shout.
Peng Yi stopped the carriage and Song Xiaobei jumped out of the carriage impatiently. The fragrance of plum blossoms was refreshing. Within a radius of five miles, there were all red plum blossoms. Plum blossoms bloomed, resisting the cold as if they were shouting," Let the blizzard come harder.
The plum blossoms wore a 'velvet hat' on their heads, making them look even more beautiful, playful, and lovable. The girl was admiring the red plum blossoms and smelling their fragrance. Their laughter infected Song Xiaobei, and her mood improved a lot.
Song Xiaobei muttered to herself,"The wind and rain send spring back, and the snow welcomes the spring." When the mountain flowers were blooming, she smiled in the bushes.”Then, he turned his head and asked,"What a big deal." Dear, this is yours, right?"
Gao Xili nodded and explained,"Xiaobei guessed right." His father once had a favored concubine who liked red plum blossoms. Father ordered people to build this plum garden. Before the garden was completed, the concubine had passed away. Her father had buried her here, and the garden had been preserved.”
Song Xiaobei saw the girls 'expressions change and said calmly,""If you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night.”She walked to a tree, kicked the trunk, and pulled Xiyue away. Snowflakes fell. Seeing that everyone had fallen for it, the two pretty girls laughed non-stop.
How could Gao Xili and the others not know her little thoughts? It was just that her bitterness, her tears, her pain, her grievances, no one could talk to her. They were willing to be fools just to make a beauty smile. The ones who were really fooled were the servant girls, the imperial physician, and Kong Ming.
"Miss, it's so cold!" The snowflakes fell on Ling Long's neck, and she shrunk back. The girls ran over and helped to pat the little "white flowers" off the girls.
Song Xiaobei was much happier, and the smile returned to her face.
Due to the delay in admiring the plum blossoms, it was already dark when they arrived at the outskirts of the capital. Gao Xiyue suggested that they spend the night outside and have a long talk before entering the city at dawn. Everyone agreed.
The fire was already lit. The men had their own tasks: roasting wild animals, setting up tents, collecting firewood, and organizing items. Girls built snowmen and had snowball fights. Song Xiaobei was tired from playing. She stood up and stretched her body. She saw a silver light flash on the tree. Upon closer inspection, she saw that an arrow was aimed at Shangguan Yu, who was setting up his tent. She didn't have time to think and ran over to push Shangguan Yu away, but her shoulder was shot by an arrow. The man in black was captured and immediately swallowed the poison in his mouth to commit suicide.
"Xiaobei!" Gao Xili was shocked and shouted, his heart aching.
The guards blamed themselves for their carelessness. Prince Qin had already become a monk and the threat had been lifted. They let down their guard.
"The arrow, the arrow is poisonous." Gao Xili saw the black blood on his hands and his heart turned cold.
"Sister!"
"Miss!"
Gao Xiyue and Ling Long cried and shouted.
Song Xiaobei was so weak that she couldn't even open her eyes. There was a smile on her face. She had done something good again. Would she be able to see her sister this time? Gradually, his consciousness began to blur.
Next to the fire, the imperial physician cut open Song Xiaobei's clothes and carefully took out the poisoned arrow. Everyone saw that her arm was black.
"Reporting to your highness, it's snake venom, and there's more than one type. I'm incompetent, so I only prepared ordinary antidotes.”The imperial physician was in fear. After spending time with Song Xiaobei these days, he liked this girl and admired her. He knew how much this prince cared about Miss Xiaobei. If she died, King Leng would bring misfortune to many people.
Gao Xili put the pill into Song Xiaobei's mouth. She could no longer swallow it. Gao Xili used the mouth-to-mouth method and finally made her swallow the medicine. He used his internal energy to seal several acupuncture points on Song Xiaobei's body to slow down the spread of the poison. Then, she started sucking on the wound again. One mouthful, two mouthfuls, three mouthfuls…She spat out a lot of poisonous blood. Everyone was frightened when they saw this. They only stopped when her arm turned red. The imperial physician hurriedly bandaged the wound and reminded the Cold King to take the antidote pill.
"Xiao Ming, quickly return to the Imperial Residence and bring that life-saving pill over.”Gao Xili ordered. Song Xiaobei was in danger. He remembered that he had saved an old man from a pack of wolves a year ago and was injured because of it. The old man was very grateful and gave him an extremely precious life-saving medicine that could bring him back to life. He thought that life and death were determined by fate. Although he had been seriously injured, he did not touch that medicine. If it wasn't for the danger today, he would have forgotten about it.
"Die 'er!" Shangguan Yu burst into tears and hugged Song Xiaobei.
Song Xiaobei, the Xia Die 'er of the past, was the daughter that the Shangguan family had lost for twenty years, the Shangguan Die' er that they had been searching for.
Through the fire, everyone could clearly see the butterfly birthmark.
Gao Xili clearly remembered Shangguan Yu saying that his sister was a butterfly fairy because she had a red butterfly birthmark on her arm. Both he and Shangguan Yu had recognized her, but they had not expected to use this method to confirm her identity.
He asked Gao Xiyue and the others to return to the palace first, and arranged for the imperial physician to prepare the necessary medicinal herbs and wait for them at the Stabilisation Constabulary. Gao Xiyue was worried about her sister, so she hurried back to the palace with the guards and maids.
Your Imperial Physician reminded everyone that the patient should not be moved.
The situation was grim and urgent. Shangguan Yu personally drove the carriage carefully, and the horse moved forward slowly. He tried his best to make the carriage stable, worried that the bumpy carriage would hurt his precious sister. Gao Xili hugged Shangguan Die 'er and observed her expression. From time to time, he would let the imperial physician check her pulse and send someone to brew medicine. No one dared to relax.
Xiao Ming used two hours and fifteen minutes to run back and forth. The medicine was in Gao Xili's hands. He removed the wax that sealed the bottle and opened the lid. A small white pill with a faint fragrance appeared in front of everyone.
The imperial physician sniffed and used a silver needle to pierce the interior for inspection. He heaved a sigh of relief and quickly said,"Wangye, quickly give it to miss. Miss can be saved.”Gao Xili once again used a special method to make Song Xiaobei swallow the pill. Everyone's tense nerves relaxed a little.
The horse walked extremely slowly. Usually, it would take four hours to reach Shangguan Mansion at full speed, but it took nearly ten hours at this time.
Gao Xili carefully hugged Shangguan Die 'er. Shangguan Yu brought them to the room that had been empty for twenty years. The noble prince and his son were filled with grief. The imperial physician was trembling with fear. Linglong was in tears. The Shangguan couple looked at this and felt uneasy.
The imperial physician prescribed the medicine, and the guard immediately went to get the medicine. Precious medicinal herbs were taken out from his home and from the Li residence.
With the medicinal herbs prepared, the three imperial physicians in the palace began to treat Shangguan Die 'er.
"Father, mother, it's my younger sister, Shangguan Die 'er. Prince Li and I were just guessing. We didn't expect Xiaobei to really be a sister. My sister was shot by a poisonous arrow in order to save me." Shangguan Yu said sadly with tears streaming down his face.
The Shangguan couple was shocked and puzzled.
The medicine was ready, but Linglong couldn't let the young lady swallow it. Gao Xili hugged Shangguan Die 'er and once again fed her a mouthful using the mouth-to-mouth method. With great difficulty, she swallowed it and fed her a second mouthful. The bowl of medicine took more than an hour to enter Shangguan Die 'er's stomach.
"The medicine is too bitter. Change the prescription." Gao Xili said coldly.
The imperial physicians were trembling with fear, as if they were treading on thin ice, discussing a prescription that could detoxify the poison and nourish the body.
At this moment, Shangguan Furen and He Wan immediately recognized the unconscious girl lying on the bed as their daughter. Her eyes were red as she held back her tears and asked her maidservants, Dong Mei and Ling Long, to protect her daughter.
Gao Xili's heart was heavy. He told her about his encounter with Shangguan Die 'er and what happened to her. The Shangguan couple burst into tears. They were very sad and shocked. They didn't know that the happy events in Liang had a lot to do with their daughter. Today, the daughter they had missed for twenty years was actually meeting like this. They were extremely heartbroken. This was the second time Shangguan Yu had heard of the things that Shangguan Die 'er had done, and he was still deeply moved by his sister. He secretly swore to the heavens that as long as his sister could come back to life, he was willing to exchange his life for it without any regrets!
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