"Go and invite Dr. Fu, quickly!" Lu Guanlun said, but the servant still hesitated: "It's just a maid, Dr. Fu is young, it's not convenient for him to enter the inner courtyard?"

  "How can such loyalty not be rewarded?" Before Song Yixiao could speak, Lu Guanlun had already said in a low voice, "As for the young man entering the inner courtyard, couldn't you just follow closely and take control of the situation? It's an emergency, so we must act accordingly!"

  Xiao Cong only then received the order and left - Song Yi Xiao raised her eyes to look at Lu Guan Lun, trembling with her lips, and after a long time, she choked out: "Great kindness doesn't need to be thanked!"

  "Fu Dafu is young, but he's exceptionally skilled at treating external injuries." Lu Guanlun walked up to Zhiqin and took a look, his eyes flashing with a hint of distress. "I thought she was already... This is also a blessing in disguise!"

  He took off his outer robe and covered Zhiqin with it, explaining in a warm tone, "After losing blood, people will feel cold."

  After a while, Wei Mengying personally brought Fu Dafu to the scene. After a brief cry, she wiped away her tears and had someone send Song Yixiao's master and servant back to Huanxia Xiao Zhu for treatment.

  "Turn around! Investigate thoroughly! Who was it that let such a vicious dog into the inner courtyard, intending to put Xiao Xiao in mortal danger?!"

  "What do you mean?" After a short pause, Jian Yu Bai fiddled with the longbow in his hand, his tone unpleasant as he questioned his companion beside him, "Just the other day, you said that when we went to war against Wu Huan, you were worried about your family and planned to send your younger sister to live in the King of Hengshan's manor. How could you now want to harm your maternal aunt's own daughter?"

  It was already dusk, under the dense foliage, his elegant outline could not be seen clearly in the dim light, only a pair of phoenix eyes shone brightly, with obvious dissatisfaction.

  Yuan Xuepei didn't answer and instead asked, "Do you know Miss Song? Otherwise, why would you have helped Guanlun shoot the arrow just now and killed that mastiff that missed its target?"

  "I met her on the day of my birthday, at the silk warehouse. " Jian Yu Bai saw that the searching people were already walking in this direction, put away his bow and left, frowned and asked, "Did she offend you brothers?"

  "If I had known you knew her, I wouldn't have helped Er Biao's wife with this matter in the first place. Fortunately, nothing big happened to the girl, and only a maid was injured." Yuan Xuepei let out a sigh of relief as she followed him, explaining, "I wanted to arrange for Xue Lian to marry Guan Lun."

  Jian Xu Bai was shocked: "Is Wei Wangfei planning to match her own daughter with her stepson?! This is incest!"

  "How is that possible!" Yuan Xuepei said awkwardly, "I just wanted to test Guanlun and see if he's really kind-hearted - after all, in the face of swords and arrows on the battlefield, I'm going out this time and if something happens to me, my sister will only have her husband to rely on, so I naturally want to choose a real gentleman for her!"

  "I said you just brought us over here to see if Lu Guanlun would take the initiative to preside over justice for Song Yixiao?" Jian Yu Bai suddenly understood and couldn't help but sneer, "It's also true that Song Yixiao is living under the eaves of the Wang family, and she doesn't have any blood ties with Lu Guanlun. If Lu Guanlun is willing to take the lead for her, what about your sister?"

  He said with a sneer, "But have you thought about it? If Lu Guanlun is a decent person, would he look up to someone like you as his brother-in-law? And your sister-in-law isn't a fool either. If she finds out the truth, your sister will be in trouble!"

  "I'm not the mastermind, besides how could I possibly leave any evidence?" Yuan Xuepei rubbed her chin, and her eyes rolled around, "A Xū, it sounds like you're just trying to speak up for that Song girl."

  "It's just that you're too guilty, I couldn't bear to watch! " Jian Yu Bai Cai didn't want others to know about the silk store incident, so he deliberately changed the subject with a hint of impatience, "I'm saying, are you thinking too much? You and I followed the commander on expeditions just to gain experience, how could we be allowed to fight on the front lines? As long as you don't run off on your own, what trouble could you get into? Do you need to rush into arranging a marriage for your sister?"

  Yuan Xuepei narrowed her eyes, suddenly stopped in her tracks, looked around to make sure no one was listening, and lowered her voice to say seriously: "Speaking of this expedition, I actually have some advice for you!"

  "Persuade me? What's wrong with me?"

  "I think you shouldn't have suggested giving the title to your brother!" Yuan Xue said with a sigh, "Even more so, you shouldn't have asked to go to the battlefield to earn merits for yourself - you're only eleven years old, even if the Crown Prince would definitely instruct people to give you extra credit, he would also arrange for someone to take care of you and not let you take risks, but what if..."

  "What's the big deal about that?" Jian Yu Bai let out a cold laugh, "Do you think I really want to rely on this suppression of the Wuhuan to gain a noble title? I have my own weight in gold and silver, but it's not clear how much. However, it's just that the Emperor's grandmother and others wouldn't agree to grant me a title, and coincidentally, the Wuhuan rebelled, and the court wanted to send a large army to punish them. I thought that if I followed the army, I would definitely be gone for many years, and by then, the Emperor's grandmother and others would miss me so much that they would probably agree to grant me a title, just to coax me back to the Imperial Capital."

  He sighed, "For this title, Father and Third Brother have been resentful of me for so many years. A good family is more estranged than outsiders. What's the point? I'm only eleven years old, and since childhood, I've been trained by famous masters of the world. With the favor of the imperial uncle and the crown prince's elder brother, I still can't stand out on my own. Even if I inherit the title, I'll be destined to be a prodigal son!"

  Looking at him with eyes full of his own future ambitions, Yuan Xuepei hesitated for a while before saying: "I'll say something that might be hard to hear: You were five years old when you inherited the title and were immediately taken in by the Empress Dowager to be raised. The Empress Dowager doted on you excessively, and the Emperor and Empress treated you like their own child. Under such imperial favor, everything has gone your way, and the only thing that might have caused you regret is probably your father's bias towards you. But it seems like you're putting too much emphasis on this regret."

  "So?"

  "So have you ever thought about why your grandfather passed over your father and brother to give the title to you, his youngest grandson?" Yuan Xue asked calmly, "Your father was his most beloved firstborn son!"