Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Chapter 223 Persuasion

Yang Zhounan was surprised and leaned over to the table. "You're really not here? You didn't enter the bridal chamber on your wedding night. Where did you go?"

"Ziqing is sick, I'll go take care of him." Xiao Yan said casually.

"You..." Yang Zhounan found it incredible. "If Lu Ziqing is sick, he can call a doctor. There are plenty of people at home to take care of him. Why do you, a groom, need to go and take care of him personally on your wedding night? Don't you care about the princess? What are you thinking?"

"The people in the house didn't take good care of me, so I got sick." Xiao Yan stared at the blueprints. "I'm not getting better. How can I continue like this?"

Yang Zhounan sighed, "Qingjun, what I mean is, don't get the point wrong. You can go to take care of Lu Ziqing at other times, but you shouldn't have gone last night since it was your wedding night. Isn't that embarrassing for the princess?"

Xiao Yan's face was expressionless. "Even if this marriage was originally a contract, I've already accepted it. The necessary procedures have been completed. There's no need for me to continue pretending. Moreover, I already made it clear to the princess before the marriage took place."

"But..." Yang Zhounan felt that what he said was right, but he still had concerns. "Even so, this is a real marriage after all, and you will be urged to have children. Given your attitude, what will you say then? Are you going to say that you have no feelings for the princess and therefore cannot have children?"

Xiao Yan looked at the blueprint and pondered, then said calmly, "That's not a bad idea."

Yang Zhounan was anxious after hearing this and walked to the other side to look at him. "You don't care about Prince Jin anymore? How are you going to explain to the Emperor and the Queen Mother? And the Duke, are you planning to ignore all this?"

"They forced me into this marriage. As for the child, it has nothing to do with me." Xiao Yan said, "They asked me to protect the princess's reputation, and I've already done it. It's useless even if they force me to death later."

To put it bluntly, if it was just Xiao Yan, it would be fine, but he still has elders and relatives at home. If he is implicated and plotted against because of these messy things in the future, it would be a loss. Yang Zhounan was very worried about him.

"It would be easy for you to die, but what about the Duke? And what about your uncles and relatives? Wouldn't Prince Jin cause trouble for them? You're marrying into no ordinary family. That's the Emperor's own brother, and their relationship is no less intimate than that of the royal families of past dynasties. Their relationship is excellent. The Emperor dotes on Princess Xining as if she were his own daughter, but you've offended them all at once. How will you end up like that?"

Xiao Yan looked up at him in annoyance, "Hey, I'm talking to you..."

"I'll tell you this." Yang Zhounan ignored his emotions and said bluntly, "Now that this marriage has taken place, even if you're extremely disgusted with the princess, you must give birth to that child despite this pain. It's like completing a mission. Others don't care whether you two are happy or not. They just want to see the result of this marriage. That's the most satisfactory answer to the outside world."

Xiao Yan held the pen in his hand, lost in thought. He sighed and continued.

"Qingjun, please don't think I'm being too talkative. I'm worried about you. Ever since you agreed to this marriage, you've been caught in a whirlpool. The pressure from the royal family and nobles is something you can't escape alone. You can't be the carefree and uninhibited person you used to be. The responsibilities on your shoulders haven't changed, and now they only have the added constraints of family morality."

"If your eldest brother were still alive, perhaps everything would be easier to deal with. But now you are the only son of the Xiao family. The Duke is old, and you need to shoulder the responsibilities of state affairs and the family. Don't underestimate this marriage of love. It is also closely related to the court, just like the harem. Many things will affect the entire family. You must consider it carefully."

"I know you have someone you love, but..." Yang Zhounan sighed, looked at him sympathetically, and said softly, "But that's unrealistic after all. He and you are not the same kind of people. He has no ambition to be in the court. If this continues... I don't want to see you doomed and him implicated."

Xiao Yan clenched the pen tightly and remained silent.

a long time……

He finally spoke, his words calmly and resolutely.

"I've already died once. Now that I'm alive, I can still talk about eternal damnation, but I never had the chance to discuss that before. I can't abandon family and state affairs, but I won't let go of the thought of escaping death and being reborn. If the eternal damnation you describe truly comes, it will be God's will to kill me. I accept it. Otherwise, I'd rather die than surrender."

"Hey, you're still..." Yang Zhounan was furious. "Why can't you reason with me? You want your country and your beloved family to have it all. Unless you become the emperor and have the final say in everything, otherwise, it's all empty talk."

When Xiao Yan heard this, he subconsciously glanced outside the door and glared at him, "Don't say that again."

Yang Zhounan also felt that he had spoken out of turn, so he became cautious and did not respond. Xiao Yan put down his pen and asked him, "Is there any news about that demon? How is Lang Si doing?"

"Not yet." Yang Zhounan said, "Maybe things aren't going well for Lang Si."

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yan asked.

Yang Zhounan said: "The specific situation is unclear. I only heard that An Yue was imprisoned and that Tu Yizhou arrested her. Lang Si may not know about it yet."

Xiao Yan was surprised, "How could this happen? Find some time to go and take a look."

At the Northern Pacification Office, Lang Si was frantically searching for someone in the office. Every time he caught someone, he asked, "Where is Tu Yizhou?"

Jinyiwei said: "It seems that Captain Tu has gone on another mission. He may be back in a while."

Lang Si shook him off, frowned, and walked around the room with his hands on his hips. Not long after, Zongqi came in to say hello, and Lang Si grabbed him and asked.

"Do you know why Tu Yizhou arrested my junior sister?"

The general flag was frowning. "They were brought back from Tianjin. Commander Meng sent Captain Tu to take over after hearing the news. They heard that Miss An was robbed while escorting the goods. The silver was delivered, but they found some counterfeit silver, resulting in a loss of 20,000 taels. The client was a banker, so he reported the case and had the thieves arrested on the spot. The client here is seeking compensation from the escort agency, but the boss of the agency refuses to admit that he had checked everything clearly before the shipment. They're still trying to figure it out."

Lang Si was stunned for a moment and let go of the general flag. "Robbers? How could this happen? Why is there fake silver? This is clearly a deliberate frame-up."

The general was helpless. "I also believe that Miss An is definitely not the one who stole the goods, but the evidence is right there. I heard that we encountered many masters this time and many escorts died. Miss An survived and was only injured."

"What did you say?" Lang Si was shocked again, "She..."

He ran outside before he could finish his words. The general flag hurriedly chased after him, shouting, "Doctor, call the doctor, boss."

Before the general flag caught up, the man had already run to the imperial prison, so he had to go to the Imperial Hospital across the street to look for him.

Lang Si rushed into the imperial prison in a hurry. When the guard was about to greet him, he ran straight on the prison corridor, looking into several cells.

After searching for a while, they finally found An Yue in a small cell at the side. Her clothes were torn by the knife, her body and face were covered in blood, and she was sitting in the corner with her head tilted, breathing softly.

Lang Si was anxious and distressed. He grabbed the railing and called her, "Yueyue, Junior Sister, Junior Sister."

An Yue opened her eyes when she heard the voice and saw Lang Si. She was so excited that she wanted to get up, but as soon as she moved, the wound on her body hurt so much.

She shrank back in pain and said, "Now that you're here, I'm fine."

Lang Si gripped the railing tightly and asked her, "What's going on?"