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Early the next morning, Qiaobi listened to her order and called Xu Xiujin.

Lin Zhaoyan cleaned up and went to the flower hall to see him.

"I didn't expect you to see me." Xu Xiujin raised his eyebrows and joked as soon as he saw her.

Lin Zhaoyan ignored him, sat down opposite him, and said directly: "I have something to ask you for help."

"Do you need my help if you have something to do? You are a big celebrity around the emperor now. Who am I?!" Xu Xiujin said sarcastically.

Lin Zhaoyan glanced at him and said lightly: "I don't know where I stepped on you and hurt my feet, but this matter is of great importance. Please put your personal emotions aside for the time being."

Xu Xiujin choked, and after a while, he said reluctantly: "What's the matter, tell me!"

"You bring me into the Xiao Palace, in the name of a doctor, and cannot let Xiao Qi know." Lin Zhaoyan said straight to the point.

Xu Xiujin was surprised, "What do you want to do?" But he quickly reacted and said, "Do you want to interfere in the matter between Xiao Ming and Xiao Qi?"

"Didn't you hold my plan to intervene from the beginning?" Lin Zhaoyan mercilessly exposed his previous trick.

Sure enough, Xu Xiujin's face froze, "How did you know?"

"I happen to have the ability to infer the reason of a normal person." Lin Zhaoyan pointed to his head and said lightly.

Xu Xiujin was choked again, and then said with confidence: "I am using it normally! Who knows that Xiao Qi is so rigid, no matter how he explains it to him, he will have no judgment as long as it is related to you. No wonder Xue Shenzhi insisted on breaking you up!"

When Lin Zhaoyan mentioned this, his heart ached and his face turned pale a little.

Although her relationship with Xiao Qi has been eased and even closer than before, the pain in the past cannot be forgotten.

She and Xiao Qi both tacitly kept silent about the past, and she forced herself to gradually forget to look forward.

This Xu Xiujin...

"Use normally? You know that Xiao Ming fell in love with the woman who saved her, that is, me. So no matter how sincere Xiao Ming is now to Zhou Jingyu, once the truth is revealed, he will definitely suffer a serious blow, and I am even more in and out of the world. Just to protect Xiao Qi's throne or to maintain your Xujiazhuang status, will he still be grateful to you and accept it happily? Xu Xiujin, selfishness is not the way to do it!"

Lin Zhaoyan originally wanted to stab him, but the more he said that he became more and more resentful. She knew that Xiao Qi was desperate to earn the throne, in addition to trying to get rid of the control of Prince Xiao and Princess Xiao, he was also a commitment to Xu Xiujin.

She didn't blame him for doing this. After all, Xu Xiujin bet on the entire Xujiazhuang in order to help him. If Xiao Qi gave up halfway, he would be really unkind.

She was just angry that Xu Xiujin never thought about Xiao Qi. This was the case when he fought for the throne, but it is still the case now!

He knew that Xiao Qi didn't want to be this emperor anymore, and Xiao Qi wanted to stabilize the political situation and pass the throne to Rui'er, but he was on the surface and behind the scenes, and sometimes he was trying to get rid of Xiao Ming and even her!

"Maybe you will say that you are for his own good, but you are not him after all. If you really think he is your good brother, the first thing you should learn is respect!" Lin Zhaoyan said the last harsh words.

Xu Xiujin was speechless by her.

Of course, he is not as unbearable as Lin Zhaoyan said, but he has to say everything Lin Zhaoyan said is true.

He really couldn't accept Xiao Qi's giving up the throne from the bottom of his heart, especially for a woman, but he wanted to make Xiao Qi happy. So he did so many "despicable" things after conflicts and confusion.

"He is suitable to be a good emperor." Xu Xiujin held it in a while and said these words, but it was more like persuading Lin Zhaoyan than convincing him.

"I respect all his decisions." Lin Zhaoyan paused and said, "You can also make your own decisions. If Xiao Qi disappoints you, you can..."

"I will never betray him." Xu Xiujin interrupted her and said with a ruthless expression: "I understand what you said, and I also know that what I did is indeed a bit unkind. I will go back and think about it carefully, and I will talk to Xiao Qi if necessary. Don't worry, no matter what I do, I will not be detrimental to you!"

Lin Zhaoyan felt relieved when he saw that his expression was not as fake.

Since she learned about what Xu Xiujin did to Ruier, she has actually been very afraid of her, so it would be a good thing to take this opportunity to convince Xu Xiujin.

"I can agree to your request, but you have to tell me what you are going to do. If it works, I will help you. If it doesn't work, I don't want to be this sinner." Xu Xiujin did not get stuck on this topic and quickly got to the point.

He believed that Lin Zhaoyan refused to tell Xiao Qi that this matter must be in danger of being implemented.

Lin Zhaoyan would naturally not hide his help if he wanted to ask for his help, so he said the words he had prepared long ago.

Although Xu Xiujin did not agree very much after hearing this, he also said that he could give it a try.

Sure enough, a few days later, Xiao Ming, who was located in the Xiao Palace, received a letter saying that there was an expert in southern Xinjiang who specialized in treating this difficult and complicated disease of the princess. In recent days, one of his apprentices visited Shengjing and could come for diagnosis and treatment.

The letter was sent by Xiao Ming's aide, and because he was eager to save his wife, he didn't think much about it. He quickly expressed his intention to invite the master's apprentice to the mansion for treatment.

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At this time, the Xiao Mansion was restless because of Zhou Jingyu's illness.

As the prince's concubine, Zhou Jingyu is the absolute manager of the Prince Xiao's mansion. Her strong and cold temperament is exactly the same as that of Prince Xiao at the time. She also obeys everyone in the mansion and obeys the order.

Because of this, everyone in the mansion regarded her as the backbone and had to report anything to her before she could let go. So when she fell ill, the Xiao Mansion immediately became confused, and even her daily life seemed to be affected.

Xiao Ming became more and more anxious in such an atmosphere. He didn't know what he could do except stay by Zhou Jingyu's side every day.

Now that I heard that Zhou Jingyu's sudden strange disease could be cured, I was so happy that I took Zhou Jingyu's hand and said a lot of words, just recalling the situation where the two of them were together in the past.

"Jingyu, do you still remember? When my mother didn't let me marry you, I almost broke up with the Xiao Mansion. You scolded me for this and said you would give up. I was so scared that I didn't know what to do. Fortunately, we were finally helped by our elder brother..." Xiao Ming said, paused, and his eyes dimmed.

Big brother...the friendship between the two brothers will never return to the past, right?

Xiao Ming was sad for a while and shook his head and refused to let himself think about it anymore. He continued, "So, we have gone through so many hardships to get together. You must not give up again, otherwise I will not forgive you even if I am a ghost."

Zhou Jingyu, who was lying on the sickbed, had her eyelashes trembled, but in the end there was no response.

Xiao Ming looked at her for a while and sighed helplessly, "Jingyu, how could you not wake up? How could you be so cruel? I lived because of you. You saved me, shared my hardships with me, and spent so many years with me. How could you leave me?"

Zhou Jingyu's hand hidden in the quilt trembled violently, and tears could no longer hold it in.

But she dared not wake up.

She was afraid that she would never see Xiao Ming so tender and affectionate again.

In case, if he finds out...

She couldn't even think about it.

She would rather be sick all her life and be taken care of by him for the rest of her life.

"Criminal Master, the doctor you invited is here." A maid suddenly reported outside the door.

Xiao Ming's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "Hurry, come in!" Then he turned around and grabbed Zhou Jingyu's hand and said, "Jingyu, have you heard it? If you are saved, you will be fine soon!"

Is it saved?

Zhou Jingyu thought silently in her heart.

If she was just her own level, she would never be able to save her in her life, right?

After all, their feelings are based on deception, and she cannot imagine what she will face once this lie is exposed.

As long as she is sick all the time and Xiao Ming has no time to take care of the affairs of the court, the emperor will not cause trouble for them.

Zhou Jingyu silently gritted her teeth, intending to not wake up no matter how the doctor treated her.

At this moment, the maid had already led the doctor in.

Xiao Ming hurriedly stood up and looked over, and couldn't help but be stunned.

I saw the doctor wearing a white shirt and thin body, feeling a gentleman, but his face was covered with a veil of the same color, looking a bit mysterious.

Xiao Ming quickly came to his senses and thought to himself that those hermit masters were probably like this, mysterious and low-key, and they didn't want to be disturbed by the world.

He couldn't help but increase his confidence that Zhou Jingyu could be cured.

He hurriedly came up and was about to speak when he saw the doctor wave his hand at him. Then the little boy beside him said, "My husband said that he needs to focus on his treatment and there should be no idle people present to disturb him, so please leave first."

Xiao Ming thought, it was true that the laity was a laity after all, and even the imperial doctors in the palace had various quirks.

So he was invited out of the house without having time to say a few words.

The room suddenly fell into silence.

This kind of quietness is a bit strange. Zhou Jingyu felt very uncomfortable lying on the bed. After a long time, she didn't wait for the so-called master to come forward to take the pulse. She was worried about whether to open her eyes and take a peek, and then she heard an extremely familiar voice.

"The princess should not pretend. The prince has left. We can openly say anything if you have anything to say."
Chapter completed!