Chapter 40: Open Secrets

Gong Chengyun's friendship with the Lord of Fengjun is an open secret of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When the prime minister first came to Beijing, he was just a household servant. When he was in his hometown, he died of illness, leaving behind two sons, the younger one was two years old, which is now Gong Chengyun and Gong Chengze. At that time, the ladies of the royal family, no matter how bad they were, they had to be allowed to have a minister from the first grade, Gong Xun was just a third-grade official, but he was pointed out by the emperor to marry the daughter of the then Rong Wangye, the lord of Fengjun, which caused a sensation in Beijing.

After the lord of Fengjun "got married", he said everything in the house, and he was in charge of everything. Gong Xun's two sons were also handed over to Lord Feng to raise and educate.

The first few months have been fine. After a while, the eight-year-old Gong Chengyun saw that the two-year-old younger brother was drowsy every day, and after a few twists and turns, he found that it was the maid of the Fengjun Lord at that time who took advantage of the unpreparedness every day and quietly fed "candy" to Gong Chengze to eat.

At that time, Gong Chengyun was young after all, and he didn't know the truth that he couldn't "startle the snake", so he directly stabbed Gong Xun and Lord Feng.

Without waiting to find out the truth, the lord of Fengjun said that the maid had plotted to kill the master, found an excuse, and beat him to death with a stick.

There was no proof of death, and the Feng family was already pregnant at that time, so Gong Xun had to move his two sons elsewhere and hand them over to the gentle second lady to raise.

Every time I think of this matter, it is like a thorn in Gong Chengyun's heart. He only has disgust for Lord Feng, but no respect. Naturally, he doesn't have a good impression of Gong Feiran, his half-sister.

On the same day, Yu Xi took the medicine box and went to Gong Chengyun's residence.

Gong Chengyun's illness is gout. He has lived in the border area for a long time with the army, and like the herdsmen, he eats a lot of beef and mutton and game, and he drinks well on weekdays. He had symptoms of gout before, but he was informal, and every time he asked the military doctor to grab a few pairs of medicine and eat them, and the joints were healed if they didn't hurt, and he didn't take them to heart. This time, his condition worsened and he had difficulty moving, so he wrote a song and returned to Beijing to recuperate.

"The doctors said that there is no good way, eat less beef and mutton, don't drink alcohol, and recuperate at home for a period of time and slowly disappear." Gong Chengyun said, lifting the trouser tube to show her swollen ankle joint.

"Brother, are you afraid of needles?" Yu Xi touched Gong Chengyun's swollen joints without seeing it, and suddenly asked.

"Don't be afraid." Gong Chengyun thought it was funny, but she still answered her seriously. He rolled in the shadow of the sword and sword, thinking that he was a weak little girl like her?

Yu Xi nodded, asked Gong Chengyun to take off his shoes and socks, and lifted his trouser legs above his knees. Gong Chengyun has not yet married a wife, and there are all men in the army, so his requirements for Yu Xi are somewhat twisted. Seeing that she didn't care, she slowly depended on her.

Hurt! No wonder you have to ask if you are afraid of needles! Gong Chengyun thought that Yu Xi wanted to give himself acupuncture and puncture points. Who knew that she took out a row of extremely thin needles and pierced her swollen ankles and knees tightly, and the guards on the side had never seen this kind of medical method, and they wanted to stop it. was glared at by Gong Chengyun and stepped back again.

"There is medicine on the tip of the needle, it will feel painful and itchy, you bear with it." Yu Xi said, and took out a piece of white cloth from the medicine box and gave it to Gong Chengyun.

Gong Chengyun took it for some reason.

"If it hurts, bite it." She's serious.

"Your brother, I was pierced in the shoulder by an arrow on the battlefield without blinking my eyes, and you want me to bite a needle?" Gong Seung-yoon was amused by this sister.

"But you're sweating." Seeing that he didn't bite, Yu Xi took the cloth back and wiped Gong Chengyun's forehead in person.

Gong Chengyun's mother died early, there is only one younger brother with the same father and mother, Gong Feiran and Gong Xiyue have no deep friendship, looking at this little girl who has no outside the world, he suddenly feels that it is really good to have a sister.

"Eh, where's your mother?" He suddenly asked her without words, he knew nothing about her.

"It's gone." The answer is crisp.

"Why not?" Gong Chengyun knew that he was a little embarrassed to ask her about her sadness.

"He was killed, poisoned to death. That's why I studied medicine. Yu Xi was very honest with Gong Chengyun.

Gong Chengyun was stunned for a moment, and when he talked about such a heavy topic when they met for the first time, this kid was honest with him.

"Big brother will protect you in the future." He had no choice but to say.

"Okay." Yu Xi looked up at Gong Chengyun and smiled, as if he just said it casually, and he casually agreed.

"I'm serious." Gong Chengyun is colorful.

"Okay." Yu Xi also smiled, and said with a straight face.