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"Liu Xia, you'll be reaching marriageable by the beginning of the year right? Your wedding date seemingly is a month after you reach marriageable age. Regardless of what, you will marry before me!" Fu Ya Lan smilingly countered.
Speaking of this, Ji Liu Xia's mood instantly dropped, looking to Qu Yi, then looking to Ji Liu Feng standing to the side in a white armor, sighing, "Sign, my older brother hasn't even married, yet I, this younger sister............"
Ch. 087.4 – Competition Start (4)
Everyone followed Ji Liu Xia's and looked over, seeing Ji Liu Feng. He was currently speaking with a guard. His movements revealed that distinguished unruly manner, and also that responsible and diligent attitude of his.
Speaking of which, he was already twenty some. Ordinary people at this age of his, their children would already be old enough to run errands, yet he still haven't married. Have to say, just like as he said in Du Village, he indeed went and realized his dream, having his youth and hot-blooded passion offered to the battlefield for many years, and together with countless soldiers, brought about Feng Ming's peace and prosperity.
Du Xiao Li and them afterwards had their attention turned to the other students. Only Han Ming Xiang continued to stare at Ji Liu Feng, her gaze rippling.
After Ji Liu Feng finished speaking with that solider, he sensed someone looking at him, lifting his head to look over, seeing the people on the terrace. Thinking for a moment, he walked over.
"Greetings Princess." Ji Liu Feng cupped his two hands and saluted.
"Young General, you're excused." Han Ming Xiang lifted her hand and said.
Ji Liu Xia seeing Ji Liu Feng coming over said, "Big brother, how come you came over?"
"I saw you all here, so came over to greet you all." Ji Liu Feng said. He looked to Han Ming Xiang, who was sitting in the middle. Seeing her currently looking at him, he shifted his eyes again, saying to Ji Liu Xia, "Instead of staying at home, you're running around again."
"I came to look for Xiao Li and them. These days, they've all been busy, leaving me alone. I'm about to be bored to death." Ji Liu Xia said as she stuck out her tongue.
"Xiao Li being this busy, remember not to give them more trouble!" Ji Liu Feng warned.
"I know, I won't!" Ji Liu Xia discontentedly pouted at Ji Liu Feng.
Ji Liu Feng worryingly glanced at Ji Liu Xia, then said to Du Xiao Li, "Keep an eye on her, don't let her get into trouble."
"I will." Du Xiao Li nodded.
Ji Liu Feng saw a guard waved at him, and thus bowed to Han Ming Xiang, before turning to leave.
Han Ming Xiang watched Ji Liu Feng leave, staring all the way until he and that guard left the competition site, before somewhat reluctantly retracting her gaze.
Du Xiao Li silently stared at Han Ming Xiang, shocked by her discovery. However, she didn't say anything.
Because the exam question was relatively long, this round's competition time was also rather long. At halfway, Han Ming Ze and some key officials left in advance. And shortly after, the rest also left. After all, just quietly doing exam questions, there was indeed nothing to watch.
Afterwards, one after another, they finished the exam questions. Those that finished can have their answer sheet turned in, and the person receiving the answer sheets will write a number on the right corner of the exam paper according to the order. Once the exams are graded in the afternoon, to confirm advancement, aside from needing to look at the score, also need to look at the order in which the exam was handed in. If the same score, then it's naturally the person who finished first to advance.
Du Xiu Heng wasn't the first to finish, but he was also nearing the first few. After handing in his exam, he returned to the resting area. Looking around the viewing platform, he saw Du Xiao Li and Fu Ya Lan, and slightly smiled. Afterwards, he started chatting with the people near him.
After everyone all handed in their exam papers, the examiner had the exam papers all put away, and each country's students then returned to their own courtyard. For the sake of guaranteeing the students' safety and smooth execution of the competition, during the competition period, students aren't allowed to leave Sui Yuan.
During the afternoon, the eight judges will being grading the exam papers, and then select the fifty-six people that will be advancing. That's why, there weren't arrangements in the afternoon. Du Xiao Li, because of this free time, was also in her own room reading a book.
Suddenly, a Sui Yuan servant girl hastily ran into Du Xiao Li's courtyard, seeing Xia Yuan and immediately saying, "Big sister Xia, something happened!"
Xia Yuan was currently planning on bringing tea over to Du Xiao Li. Recognizing this servant girl was the one in charge of Northern Qi's female courtyard, Xiao Lan, and seeing the anxious expression on her face, she asked, "What happened?"
"Big sister Xia, Princess Ling, Princess Ling suddenly said her stomach hurts!" Xiao Lan said as she gasped for breath. Just by looking one could tell she'd hastily ran over.
"What's the matter?" Du Xiao Li, hearing the movements outside, came out with book in hand, looking to Xiao Lan and asking.
"Miss, just now, Princess Ling said her stomach hurts, her complexion deathly pale like a sheet of paper. This servant, seeing something wrong with the situation, thus immediately rushed over to tell miss." Xiao Lan said.
This is just the first day and something already happened!?
"Xia Yuan, bring the things and immediately follow over. Xiao Lan, let's go see first." Du Xiao Li said as she placed her book into Xia Yuan's hands, and headed to the Northern Qi's female courtyard together with Xiao Lan.
Xiao Yuan knew the situation was tight, and hurriedly went into Du Xiao Li's room, having the tea cups and book placed onto the table, and taking out the box containing the silver needles. After checking that there weren't any problems, she quickly chased after.
Du Xiao Li arrived outside Beiling Yu's room, hearing the painful cries inside, and also Beiling Yi Cheng's gentle voice consoling her.
"Miss." The servant girls at the door, seeing Du Xiao Li enter, bowed to her.
Du Xiao Li nodded at them and entered the room. She saw Beiling Yu crying on the bed like raindrops on a pear blossom, and Beiling Yi Cheng sitting by the bed, holding her hand. His hand was already bruised by her grasp.
"Why hasn't the imperial physician arrive yet?" Seeing Du Xiao Li entering alone, Beiling Yi Cheng asked with a cold face.
"Seventh prince, can you let me examine the princess?" Du Xiao Li asked.
"Seventh prince, our miss is a doctor." Xiao Lan, who followed in, explained.
Beiling Yi Cheng half suspiciously nodded, moving to the side, having his position yielded to Du Xiao Li.
Du Xiao Li came to the bed side. Seeing Beiling Yu's deathly pale little face, "Princess, stay still, let me examine you."
Beiling Yu was already drain of strength from the pain, freely allowing Du Xiao Li to have her body laid flat and press around on her stomach, asking if it hurt or not as she pressed.
Du Xiao Li examined for a while, then took Beiling Yu's pulse. Her expression didn't change, but she was endlessly alarmed inside.
"How's my imperial younger sister? Don't just take her pulse and not say anything!" Beiling Yi Cheng looked to Du Xiao Li and anxiously said.
"Seventh prince, don't worry, princess's situation right now is rather urgent. I'll first stop the pain for her, else princess might die from the pain." Du Xiao Li said.
She got up and came before the table, swiftly writing a prescription and handing it to Ying Ge, "Personally go fetch the medicine, and then immediately cook it and bring it over."
"Yes, miss." Ying Ge took the prescription and went out.
Xia Yuan had long let someone have the hand-washing water prepared. Du Xiao Li washed her hands and put on the gloves Xia Yuan handed her, saying to Beiling Yi Cheng, "Seventh prince, asking you to please step out, we need to give the princess emergency treatment."
Beiling Yi Cheng saw the long silver nee
dles in the case and said, "Why should I believe you? Having my imperial sister's life handed to you?"
"Seventh prince, right now, you don't have time to consider these, and don't have time to chose either. Right now the princess is in danger. I need to have her condition stabilized first. If you continue to say this, it'll be further detrimental to the princess. Right now, I need to take off the princess's clothes and apply the needles, do you think it's suitable for you to be in here?" Du Xiao Li said.
Beiling Yi Cheng saw that Beiling Yu had already lost consciousness from the pain. His two eyes became somewhat distracted. Waving his hand, he left the room and closed the door.
"Xia Yuan, let's began. You there, have your princess's clothes removed............"
Ch. 088.1 – Searching for Medicine in the North (1)
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The news of Beiling Yu falling sick spread very quickly throughout the courtyard, and all the young ladies there made their way over. Upon seeing Beiling Yi Cheng by the entrance, they all went up to him to ask about the situation.
However, Beiling Yi Cheng got all the ladies to return and then continued to guard the entrance worriedly, pacing to and fro outside.
At this moment, a boy servant rushed over hurriedly with Du Yun Han, Han Ming Yi, and an imperial physician. When he saw Beiling Cheng Yi, the boy blurted out, “Master, why are you out here?”
Despite that, Beiling Yi Cheng looked straight at the imperial physical and asked, “You’re an imperial physician?”
“Yes,” the imperial physical answered. “If I may ask 7th Prince, how is the Princess’ condition right now? If I don’t examine her, I won’t be able to prescribe the right medicine for her illness.”
Thinking about how Du Xiao Li had said that it was necessary for one to take off their clothes in order to receive acupuncture treatment, Beiling Yi Cheng hurriedly blocked the imperial physician: “You can’t go in right now.”
“7th Prince?” Du Yun Han looked at Beiling Yi Cheng suspiciously. Hadn’t the prince said that the princess’ illness was very severe? So why wasn’t he allowing the imperial physician to go in and examine her?
“Prime Minister Du, your daughter is inside. She said that she wanted to give my younger sister acupuncture treatment, so it’s likely my sister isn’t properly dressed right now. That’s why you can’t go in,” Beiling Yi Cheng said.
“Imperial Physician Du is inside? Then there shouldn’t be any problems.” The imperial physician let out a heavy sigh of relief when he heard Imperial Physician Du’s name being mentioned.
“Imperial Physician Du...? But the one inside is Miss Du though?” Beiling Yi Cheng asked.
“7th Prince, this Miss Du is precisely Imperial Physician Du. She was bestowed with the position of imperial physician by His Majesty the Emperor. The rest of us aren’t even able to reach her level of medical expertise. So if Imperial Physician Du is inside, the Princess will certainly be fine,” the imperial physician explained.
“Really?” Beiling Yi Cheng found it somewhat hard to believe. No matter how he looked at this Du Xiao Li, she was clearly still a young girl who had yet to even reach 15 years of age. How could she possibly have such a high level of medical expertise?
“It’s absolutely true,” a female voice rang out. Following that, Lu Jun Qi walked into the scene.
“Why are you here?” Beiling Yi Cheng asked when he saw her.
“I heard Cousin-Sister fell sick, so I’ve come to visit her,” Lu Jun Qi said.
In the past, Eastern Li’s princess, also known as Lu Jun Qi’s aunt, married into Northern Qi and entered its palace as an imperial consort. She gave birth to both Beiling Yi Cheng and Beiling Yu, so the two of them were cousins with Lu Jun Qi.
“You know this Miss Du?” Beiling Yi Cheng asked.
“Mm. That time when I nearly died from being poisoned, it was she who saved me. Her medical expertise in acupuncture is really amazing, so you can relax. Cousin-Sister will be fine,” Lu Jun Qi calmed him down.
Unexpectedly, Du Xiao Li had been the one who saved Lu Jun Qi’s life. Beiling Yi Cheng didn’t know the details of the matter, but just hearing Lu Jun Qi confirm Du Xiao Li’s skills eased some of his worries.
Knowing that Du Xiao Li was inside administering acupuncture, everyone waited in the courtyard until Xia Yuan opened the doors and said they could go inside.
Beiling Yi Cheng was the first to go in, and he saw that Beiling Yu was already a lot more lucid than before. Although she still appeared to be quite weak, her complexion was not as pale as it had been just earlier, and she was no longer yelling that her stomach hurt.
“Little Sister, how are you feeling?” Beiling Yi Cheng asked.
“I’m much better now. It doesn’t hurt much anymore,” Beiling Yu said weakly.
“Miss Du, what’s wrong with my cousin?” Lu Jun Qi asked as she looked at Du Xiao Li.
Du Xiao Li didn’t expect Beiling Yu and Lu Jun Qi to be cousins. Nevertheless, thinking of familial relations, she didn’t find this something to be particularly astonished about. Taking the handkerchief that Xia Yuan offered her, Du Xiao Li wiped away her sweat and said: “I can only say that her illness is temporarily under control.”
“Temporarily? Then what must be done for her to be cured?” Beiling Yi Cheng asked anxiously after hearing Du Xiao Li’s words.
“7th Prince, please stay calm. In order to determine the definitive situation, we’ll have to wait and see what happens after the princess takes the medicine,” Du Xiao Li said. “I’ve already gotten someone to brew it.”
Hearing Du Xiao Li’s words, Beiling Yi Cheng once again shifted his attention to Beiling Yu.
Han Ming Yi pulled the handkerchief out from Du Xiao Li’s hand and helped her wipe her sweat. He asked softly, “Are you really tired?”
“I’m still okay,” Du Xiao Li answered, shaking her head gently. “I hope the result we’ll see in a while will be good. Otherwise, that will truly be tiring!”
From the side, Lu Jun Qi watched Han Ming Yi’s gentle appearance, and tears slowly filled her eyes. So, it turned out there really were times when he was gentle. It’s just that his gentle side wasn’t for her but for another woman.
If the other woman were someone else, Lu Jun Qi would definitely think of a scheme to get rid of her. However, this was Du Xiao Li. Although Lu Jun Qi was jealous of her, she also acknowledged her. Du Xiao Li was indeed a woman who was capable of standing by Han Ming Yi’s side.
“Cousin-Brother, since Cousin-Sister is fine, I’ll go back for now and come visit her again later,” Lu Jun Qi told Beiling Yi Cheng. She then glanced at Han Ming Yi, the man who hadn’t even looked at her once since she arrived, and ran out before her tears rolled down her face.
When Du Xiao Li saw Lu Jun Qi’s departing figure, she sighed inwardly. Since time immemorial, feelings have always been things that tortured people!
After a while, Ying Ge brought the medicine over, and Beiling Yi Cheng fed it to Beiling Yu personally. It was clear he cared for his younger sister greatly.
“It’s so bitter. I want to eat candied fruit [1].” Beiling Yu took a sip of the medicine and gazed at Beiling Yi Cheng with a scrunched-up face.
“Miss Du…” Beiling Yi Cheng turned around to look at Du Xiao Li.
Du Xiao Li shook her head and rose to walk over to the princess’ bedside. Gazing at Beiling Yu, Du Xiao Li said, “This medicine is more bitter than most, but you cannot eat any candied fruit. The sugar will reduce the medicine’s effectiveness. Pri
ncess, just drink up the medicine all at once. Then drink some water to rinse your mouth, and it’ll be fine.”
“Okay...” Beiling Yu looked at the murky black medicine in the bowl and took in a deep breath. She didn’t want Beiling Yi Cheng to feed her anymore, so she took the bowl with both hands and downed the medicine in one shot.
Du Xiao Li had Xia Yuan prepare some cold water in advance, so she now waited for Beiling Yu to finish drinking the medicine before handing the water over for her to rinse her mouth.
“Miss Du, earlier you said that you’d be able to determine my sister’s condition after she took the medicine. She has already drunk it now, so examine her quickly,” Beiling Yi Cheng urged.
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Ch. 088.2 – Searching for Medicine in the North (2)
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“7th Prince, please remain calm. We need to first wait for a quarter of an hour.” Once Du Xiao Li finished saying this, she returned to sitting at the table and observing Beiling Yu.
Although Beiling Yu naturally gave off a noble air, she also had an untainted aura that members of the royal family didn’t. Even Han Ming Xiang only had just about a hint of it.
Du Xiao Li had heard that the internal struggles within Northern Qi’s royal family were very cruel, so she couldn’t figure out how Beiling Yu had developed such a disposition. However, it couldn’t be denied that Beiling Yu was a pure yet courageous young lady.