Hearing the movement at the entrance of the courtyard, the little girl immediately came back to her senses. As soon as he saw it was Yuan Yao, he immediately jumped up and rushed towards him with open arms.
"Brother! You are finally back!"
Yuan Yao took a closer look and recognized that this was his youngest sister, Yuan Lan.
Yuan Yao's biological mother, Mrs. Yang, was born into the Hongnong Yang family, which was the same family as the Runan Yuan family.
Yuan Shu and Yang Biao married each other's sisters. After all, Yang Biao was Yuan Yao's uncle and Yang Xiu was his cousin.
However, Yang passed away a few years ago, leaving behind one son and two daughters: the eldest son Yuan Yao, the second daughter Yuan Xuan, and the youngest daughter Yuan Lan.
Yuan Shu's family was deeply prejudiced. Although he had hundreds of wives and concubines, Mrs. Yang never had another wife after her death.
Although Yuan Yao had many younger brothers who were born from concubines, due to Mrs. Yang, no matter how uneducated and incompetent he was, in the heart of Yuan Shu, who had a strong sense of the clan's legitimate concubine, the identity of the crown prince of Yuan Yao, the only son, had never been known. Too shaken.
This is also the only place where Yao Yuan thinks that his father, Yuan Shu, is better than Yuan Shao after traveling through time.
It is undoubtedly one of the greatest tragedies in life for brothers to turn against each other, turn against each other, and even fight against each other.
"Brother, hug me quickly!"
Little Yuan Lan's voice was tender and elegant, and it was like the sound of nature that instantly healed Yuan Yao's soul.
Yuan Yao knelt down and picked up little Yuan Lan. He felt very light, like an extremely clean cloud that would be blown away by the wind accidentally.
"Let me take a good look at you!" In his previous life, Yao Yuan was an only child and envied the excitement of a family with multiple children.
Although little Yuan Lan is young, she is obviously a beauty.
Especially the tender little face, it seems like water can flow out of it if you pinch it.
"Brother, you pinched my cheek again! Good or bad!" Little Yuan Lan did not dodge at all, but reached out to touch Yuan Yao's face.
"Why are you really wet?" Yuan Yao felt his fingers become wet, but found that little Yuan Lan's eyes were already red, with crystal tears dripping from his eyes.
"Brother, did it hurt you?"
Little Yuan Lan shook his head vigorously: "I'm just worried about my brother!"
"If the second sister hadn't brought me here, I wouldn't have known that something happened to you today, brother!"
A warm current arose in Yuan Yao's heart. This warm current was the best feeling he had when he came to this world. It seemed to be able to heal all the unsatisfactory things.
Unconsciously, he held little Yuan Lan in his arms. Little Yuan Lan hugged Yuan Yao's neck tightly and cried. Yuan Yao could only keep patting little Yuan Lan's back.
"Don't cry, brother will buy you a lollipop!"
"Brother will buy you toys!"
Yuan Yao's skills in coaxing girls were really nothing new. Little Yuan Lan still hugged Yuan Yao's neck tightly and cried non-stop in Yuan Yao's arms.
"Cry, cry, cry! Just cry!"
"I just know you love crying, so dad didn't tell you!"
At this moment, a woman walked out of Yuan Yao's room, put her hands on her hips, and shouted towards Yuan Yao and Yuan Lan's brother and sister.
This sound was much more useful than Yuan Yao's words. Little Yuan Lan immediately suppressed her crying and began to sob softly.
"Xiaolan doesn't cry anymore..."
"Xiaolan doesn't stop being a crybaby. Can my brother tell Xiaolan if anything happens in the future?"
Yuan Yao looked at the well-behaved and sensible little girl and said happily: "Of course, I promise you, brother!"
"If you don't believe it, we can pull the hook!" Yuan Yao suggested.
Little Yuan Lan didn't know what a retractor was, but when she saw Yuan Yao stretching out his little finger, he also stretched out his little finger.
One big hand, one small hand. Hook your two fingers together and bring your thumbs together.
"Hang yourself on a hook and you won't be allowed to change for a hundred years!"
Xiao Yuan Lan seemed to like this small sense of ceremony and became happy immediately.
"Where did you learn these useless things!" The woman who had helped Yuan Yao a lot came over with a look of contempt on her face.
"It wasn't taught by some vixen, was it?"
Yuan Yao was originally very grateful to her for rescuing him, but he really couldn't stand the look on this woman's face.
So he held little Yuan Lan with one hand and hugged the woman directly with the other.
"Come on, come and let me hug you too!"
The woman dodged, slapped Yuan Yao's arm with her hand, and spat softly: "Improper stuff!"
Yuan Yao suddenly activated, and the woman was unable to dodge this time, and was directly hugged by Yuan Yao's long arms.
"You two sisters, we are trying to save our brother's life. I am so happy to see you!"
Yuan Xuan couldn't push Yuan Yao away, so he could only let him hold him and briefly experience the feeling of "peaceful coexistence" with his eldest brother.
At this time, Yuan Yao just wanted to keep the beautiful feeling in his heart firmly.
But after being hugged by Yuan Yao for a long time, Yuan Xuan felt uncomfortable all over, so he secretly reached out to Yuan Yao's waist.
"Ah!" Yuan Yao screamed in pain, and jumped out far away with little Yuan Lan in his arms!
Yuan Xuan put his hands on his hips: "I just came to see if you have died, don't touch me!"
Yuan Xuan, like Yuan Yao, was pampered and raised by Yuan Shu as the eldest daughter, and she had the temperament of a young lady.
Yuan Yao looked at this sister with whom he usually either quarreled or pinched each other, but at this time he did not feel that she was unruly and willful at all.
Xiao Yuan Lan's nature is exactly the opposite of Yuan Xuan's. He has been quiet since he was a child, but he also cries easily.
At this time, looking at the eldest brother and sister, they are still the same as before, and they can't help but giggle.
Yuan Yao led little Yuan Lan back to his hall, only to see that the room was clean and bright, and the bed curtains and couches had been cleaned and replaced.
After all, she is a biological sister, with a sharp mouth and a soft heart.
Seeing Yuan Yao looking at him with a smile, Yuan Xuan felt even more uncomfortable: "What are you looking at!"
"None of your maids are useful, and they don't know how to clean the room properly. Even the maid I brought here couldn't stand it, so I just cleaned it for you!"
"My sister's maid is so capable, she is always so clean and tidy even when she does the cleaning!"
"Why don't you lend me these maids for a few days, and I'll let my maids learn from you!"
Yuan Yao looked up and down at the maids behind Yuan Xuan, pretending to have ill intentions.
"What's going on in your slutty head, if others don't know, don't think I don't know!" Yuan Xuan directly stabbed Yuan Yao in the head.
Yuan Yao turned his head to hide and saw some precious medicinal supplements piled in the corner of the house.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, these things cost my sister money again!"
"Oh, I read that right. You even brought the Liaodong ginseng that your father gave you when you were a teenager. I'm really flattered!"
"Those nourishing things were all brought by Huang Yi himself when Huang Yi and I came to find you! If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed that this prodigal thing actually stole all my ginseng!"
Yuan Xuan tried to make amends for himself, but he had no intention of taking back the ginseng.
Yuan Yao was so happy that he couldn't help but pinch Yuan Xuan's pretty face.
The pinch was enough, but Yuan Yao was hit again on the waist.
"Hiss... the one I was struck by lightning today was not as painful as what you did, sister!" Yuan Yao rubbed his waist and did not dare to act rashly again.
Yuan Xuan snorted coldly and wanted to take little Yuan Lan away.
"It's okay if I don't strangle you to death!" Yuan Xuan said without mercy at all, without looking back:
"When Huang Yi comes back, tell him to go home immediately. I want to settle the score with him!"
Seeing his two sisters walking out of the yard, Yuan Yao's mood was about to sink when he saw little Yuan Lan sticking her little head out again.
"Brother, can I accompany you tonight?"
Yuan Yao had no reason to refuse, so he opened his arms to welcome this healing fruit.
Little Yuan Lan immediately looked behind him with pitiful eyes.
Yuan Yao could only hear Yuan Xuan behind the wall pretending to curse: "You little white-eyed wolf who is not well-bred, just go if you want to and see what I do!"
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Yuan Yao felt much more relaxed. He could put down any pretense and guarding in front of the innocent little Yuan Lan, and he no longer felt the pain when drinking the decoction sent by Zhang Zhongjing.
The visitor also reported to Yuan Yao that Gao Medical Officer Ling, who was previously sent for trial and custody by Yuan Yao, was released within two hours of entering the prison.
The guarantor is none other than the backer mentioned by Gao Medical Officer Lingkou—Xu Qiu, Prime Minister of the East China Sea.
Although this character is not well-known and does not affect the course of history, there is a reason why Yuan Yao must kill him.
According to historical records, after Yuan Shu's death, he seized the imperial seal and presented it to Cao Cao and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
The novel depicts this person's sophistication even more deeply. It is written that he robbed and killed Yuan Shu's wife, children, and children, including Yuan Yao, to seize the imperial seal!
Of course, the description in the novel is just an artistic process.
Otherwise, the things recorded later in "Three Kingdoms" that Sun Quan married Yuan Yao's sister as Mrs. Yuan, appointed Yuan Yao as a doctor so that he could live in Soochow, and asked his fifth son Sun Fen to marry Yuan Yao's daughter as his wife, would not have happened.
But Yuan Yao, who had finally resurrected his life, would never tolerate any factors that threatened his life and safety.
So Xu Xuan must die!
When Huang Yi, who was sweating profusely, finally came back and said that he had finished transporting grain and picked up war horses, Yuan Yao whispered to him again.
"Brother-in-law, can't you let your attendants do these things?"
"I'm exhausted from watching those soldiers and civilians working. Let me have a sip of tea first!"
Yuan Yao threw the pledge of filial piety and integrity in front of Huang Yi and said coldly: "You promised me ten things!"
"Don't forget, these forms are in duplicate, and the other copy must be sent to the court."
"Xinqi will set off tomorrow. You don't want anything to go wrong, right?"
"Definitely! I'm in your hands!" Huang Yi took the note and without even having time to read it, he put it in his arms and walked out.
Yuan Yao naturally asked Huang Yi to find someone to monitor Xu Qiu. The reason why he could not send his own attendants was because the only one who dared to risk offending Young Master Yuan in Shouchun City and forced the Shouchun Order to release people was Yuan Shu himself.
Xu Qiu must have spoken in front of Yuan Shu as a guarantee before releasing the medical officer's order.
And these attendants around him were all sent by Yuan Shu, and they all knew that he had a problem with the medical officer order. If he asked them to monitor Xu Qiu, wouldn't it be equivalent to directly telling Yuan Shu that he would pursue the matter?
It would be difficult to do this if Xu Qiu was alerted.
It was okay that Xu Qiu didn't want to recruit people, but this time it reminded Yuan Yao of him.
While thinking about how to deal with Xu Qiu, Yuan Yao stroked the face of little Yuan Lan who was almost asleep.
Don’t worry, little sister, I will never let you marry that blue-eyed son of Sun Quan, the legitimate daughter of the Yuan family, our fourth generation and third prince. We have the final say on who we marry!
Little Yuan Lan woke up, rubbed his eyes, and looked at Yuan Yao.
Yuan Yao and her looked at each other, but he didn't expect that little Yuan Lan's words almost scared him to the point of losing his soul.
"You are not my brother!"
Yuan Yao forced himself to maintain a smile: "How could it be? I am your brother."
"You are not my brother!" Xiao Yuan Lan stared at Yuan Yao, shook his head and repeated.
Yuan Yao stabilized his mind and thought, is it true that children can see things that adults cannot see?
He simply admitted frankly: "Yes, I'm not!"
Little Yuan Lan said, "You are the brother who was given to me by the gods in the sky, aren't you?"
Yuan Yao thought for a while, and it seemed that this was the case, and nodded:
"Yes!"
Little Yuan Lan was very calm: "My brother would never be so affectionate to me. He rarely hugs me and kisses me."
"And he's never been busy so late!"
"But he's my brother, so do you know where he went?"
Yuan Yao looked at the little girl in front of him, but felt that he couldn't deceive her. He shook his head and said, "I don't know where he went!"
"Then..." Little Yuan Lan paused and stretched out his pinky little finger: "I hope you will become my brother!"
Yuan Yao stretched out his fingers to hook up with Xiao Yuan Lan again.
After pulling hook, little Yuan Lan grabbed Yuan Yao's hand and pulled him to the courtyard.
The sky was dotted with stars, and little Yuan Lan closed her eyes and closed her hands, muttering silently.
Yuan Yao asked curiously: "What wish did you make?"
"I tell the gods in heaven that they must be good to my brother!"
