The reborn daughter of the Marquis Mansion takes over the world

Su Yanqi was very surprised when he heard Ning Ziqing call out the word "Your Highness".

He quickly turned around and followed him. As soon as he stepped out of the door, he heard the guard anxiously say to Ning Ziqing: "Your Highness has not returned home yet. It's because the old illness of the hero Bai suddenly recurred. The palace doctor is helpless. Miss San, please go back and take a look."

Ning Ziqing's face suddenly changed when he heard this. He hurriedly greeted Old Man Zhou and the others, climbed onto the horse led by the guard, whipped the horse and galloped away.

After she left, Su Yanqi felt more and more that something was wrong.

He was surprised when Ning Ziqing learned to ride a horse? He was also curious about the relationship between her and the white knight, and even more puzzled about who the "Your Highness" she was talking about was.

Looking at Ning Ziqing's receding back, Su Yanqi frowned, full of doubts. After a little contemplation, he ordered Qingxu and Qiangze to investigate Ning Ziqing's situation.

And he immediately decided to go to Ninghou Mansion to inquire about the news.

When Su Yanqi returned to the Su Mansion, the moon had set and the stars had dimmed.

He slumped in the chair in the study, his face solemn and his heart unsettled.

When he learned from Lord Ning that Ning Ziqing did not marry the scholar but was taken away by the second prince Huo Yunhong, he was shocked.

Su Yanqi rubbed his forehead irritably, feeling depressed.

Not long after, Qingxu and the other man returned to report.

They told Su Yanqi that although Ning Ziqing now lived in the Second Prince's mansion, Huo Yunhong did not give her any status.

As for the hero Bai, he was originally a man of the underworld named Bai Yifeng. For some reason, he entered the Second Prince's Palace with Ning Ziqing. Now he works under Huo Yunhong and is also Ning Ziqing's martial arts master.

After hearing this, Su Yanqi felt it was unbelievable and felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.

At night, he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

Recalling Ning Ziqing's cold attitude towards him during the day, he thought about it and concluded that Ning Ziqing had some misunderstanding of him.

The next morning, Su Yanqi led a group of people to a clinic under the Su's Trading Company, intending to move some more medicinal materials to help the refugees.

Unexpectedly, I met Ning Ziqing supporting a young man to see a doctor at the door of the clinic.

Su Yanqi looked at the man carefully and thought that this man was Ning Ziqing's master, Bai Yifeng.

Su Yanqi quickly stepped forward and greeted the two of them.

But when Ning Ziqing saw him, he just glanced at him indifferently and ignored him.

Feeling her indifference and alienation, Su Yanqi felt bitter in his heart.

The three of them entered the clinic one after another, and Ning Ziqing asked the doctor to treat Bai Yifeng.

After a while, the doctor finished taking Bai Yifeng's pulse, shook his head helplessly, and admitted that his medical skills were not enough to save Bai Yifeng, and asked them to seek help from others.

Ning Ziqing heard this, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and with red eyes he went to help Bai Yifeng: "Master, don't worry, let's try another clinic."

Bai Yifeng stood up while enduring the pain and comforted her: "Qing'er, I won't treat you anymore. Let's go back. This disease cannot be cured."

Ning Ziqing was so anxious that she burst into tears: "Master, you can't give up. When His Highness comes back, I will definitely ask him to ask the imperial physician to treat you."

A complicated look flashed across Bai Yifeng's eyes. He said nothing more, took Ning Ziqing's hand and walked out.

At this time, Su Yanqi, who had been observing from the side, hurriedly called out to the two of them, "Third sister, Master Bai, please stay. Let me give it a try. Maybe I can find a way."

Ning Ziqing paused, turned around, and looked at Su Yanqi indifferently, his eyes full of distrust.

Seeing this, the doctor was somewhat dissatisfied with Ning Ziqing's contempt for Su Yanqi, and said angrily: "Miss, don't underestimate our boss. His medical skills are among the best in Kyoto. Even if you search all the doctors in Kyoto, you may not find one better than him."

Ning Ziqing frowned and hesitated. It was not that she did not believe in Su Yanqi's medical skills. After all, it was he who saved Aunt Zhou and the others yesterday.

She just didn't want to have anything to do with Su Yanqi anymore.

Since he had cruelly abandoned her in the first place, why should she accept his false feelings?

Just as Ning Ziqing was about to refuse, Bai Yifeng suddenly convulsed all over and looked extremely painful.

Su Yanqi rushed forward and felt his pulse, while urging Ning Ziqing.

"Third sister, quickly help Hero Bai come in with me. His pulse looks like he has been poisoned for a long time."

Ning Ziqing was startled, and hurriedly helped Bai Yifeng into the inner room and lay him down with Su Yanqi.

Su Yanqi carefully took Bai Yifeng's pulse and immediately asked someone to bring a needle bag.

"Third sister, please step aside for a moment. I want to take off Master Bai's clothes and give him acupuncture."

Ning Ziqing nodded helplessly and followed the doctor out.

After a long time, Su Yanqi opened the door and signaled Ning Ziqing that he could go in.

Ning Ziqing looked at Bai Yifeng who was sleeping on the couch with concern and asked anxiously, "How is my master?"

Su Yanqi smiled tiredly: "Hero Bai is fine for now. I have already suppressed the poison in his body with acupuncture. Let him rest for a while."

He paused, then continued, "However, I have not yet been able to diagnose what kind of poison is in Hero Bai's body. From now on, you will bring him to me for acupuncture every three days to prevent the poison in his body from recurring."

Ning Ziqing's brows relaxed slightly, and his worry turned into joy: "That's great, now Master can finally sleep well."

She politely promised Su Yanqi: "Don't worry, as long as you can cure my master, I will pay you any multiple of the consultation fee you ask for."

Su Yanqi waved his hands and declined: "Third sister, please don't be so formal with me. I won't charge you for the consultation. The friendship between our two families..."

Ning Ziqing interrupted him and said in a cold voice: "Mr. Su, I have no relationship with you anymore. We should sort out what needs to be sorted out. I don't want to owe anyone a favor."

After saying that, she no longer paid attention to Su Yanqi, picked up the wooden basin, asked the doctor for hot water, and carefully helped Bai Yifeng wipe the sweat off his face.

Su Yanqi felt choked up and had to sit down at the table to rest.

He felt uncomfortable seeing Ning Ziqing caring so much about a stranger. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but ask.

"Third sister, why did you fall in love with that scholar? Why didn't you marry him? Why did you go to the second prince instead? What happened to you? Can you tell me? I can help you."

Ning Ziqing paused, angered by his words, but for Bai Yifeng, she gritted her teeth and suppressed the pain and hatred in her heart: "Su Yanqi, since you and I have broken off the engagement, you should keep your distance from me. You don't need to worry about my affairs."

Upon hearing this, Su Yanqi stood up abruptly, moved closer to her and explained hurriedly, "Third sister, do you have any misunderstandings about me? At the beginning, I really thought you had feelings for that scholar, so I wanted to help you two."

Ning Ziqing suddenly burst into laughter and looked coldly towards Su Yanqi.

Su Yanqi felt uneasy under her cold gaze and did not wait for him to speak again.

Ning Ziqing laughed sarcastically and said, "Su Yanqi, it was a wise decision for you to break off the engagement with me."

"To tell you the truth, I will never fall in love with you no matter who I like!"

Su Yanqi's expression froze, and he was completely stunned with shock.

After noon, after Ning Ziqing sent Bai Yifeng back, he rode out of the city as usual to wait for Huo Yunhong to return.

Previously, the court decided to send officials to Lianzhou and Gyeongju, the worst-hit areas, to provide disaster relief.

In the past, this kind of assignment was mostly performed by officials from the prince's faction.

But this time, Huo Yunhong actually took the initiative to recommend himself to Emperor Yao and asked for permission to go to the two places to provide disaster relief.

The prince wanted to object, but because of the evil star incident, he had been neglected by Emperor Yao and was eager to regain his favor through various means.

Therefore, he naturally did not want to leave the palace and go to that remote place to suffer.

Seeing Huo Yunhong volunteering, the prince made some sarcastic remarks at the morning court session but did not try to stop him.

On the contrary, he was planning to take action secretly to make sure Huo Yunhong would never return.

The two men's open and covert struggle has reached a life-and-death stage.

In the end, Emperor Yao entrusted the important task of disaster relief to Huo Yunhong.

A month has passed since he was gone.

"I wonder if His Highness can come back before the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Ning Ziqing waited on the official road until sunset, but never saw Huo Yunhong.

Disappointed, she took her horse to a nearby stream to relax. After tying the horse, she climbed up a tree by the stream and caught some insects to feed the birds in the nest.

The weather in summer is always changeable. Soon, dark clouds gathered overhead and raindrops began to fall. Ning Ziqing fed the last baby bird and prepared to climb down the tree and return to the city.

She gently touched the furry little guys in the nest and said goodbye to herself: "Sister is leaving, you guys be good, your mother will be back soon."

After saying that, she turned sideways and stepped on another thin branch, trying to use it to climb down, but her feet suddenly slipped and she fell straight down.

"Help!" Ning Ziqing cried out instinctively.

At the critical moment, a tall figure jumped into the air and caught her steadily before she fell into the water.

Ning Ziqing took the opportunity to hug his neck tightly, and waited until the man stood still before opening his eyes and looking up.

He was a man wearing a straw raincoat, a mask and a bamboo hat. Although his face could not be seen clearly, his eyes were sparkling with stars and were extremely beautiful. He must be a handsome man.

Ning Ziqing was fascinated by it for a moment.

Seeing the beautiful girl in his arms staring at him blankly, the man said jokingly with a smile: "Girl, don't look at it yet. If you don't come down, all my fish will run away."

Ning Ziqing withdrew his gaze awkwardly, jumped out of his arms, but his feet accidentally fell into the stream, splashing water all over himself.

She lifted up her wet dress and complained unhappily: "Can't you rescue me to the shore and then let me down?"

The man shrugged and said helplessly, "I am not very knowledgeable and my martial arts skills are limited. I cannot carry two people to the shore."

Isn't this a veiled statement that she is heavy?

Ning Ziqing was immediately furious.

"Then you'd better not save people randomly next time."

It would be better to let her fall into the water directly to avoid being taken advantage of by this man.

Ning Ziqing became angrier the more he thought about it. He gave the man a sidelong glance and walked ashore.

The man was a good-tempered person and did not argue with her. He shook his head and laughed twice, then walked to a nearby place, collected the fishing net, picked up a few small fish and threw them into a bamboo bag. Then he quickly packed up his fishing tools and turned to leave.

Before leaving, he did not forget to remind Ning Ziqing: "Girl, go home quickly, it's going to rain heavily."

As soon as he finished speaking, thunder rumbled in the sky and heavy rain poured down.

The man was stunned, then pointed to the sky with a wry smile on his face.

"God really gives me face!"

"You're such a bad guy!" Ning Ziqing stamped his feet in anger and quickly took the horse to find a place to shelter from the rain.

The two walked along a muddy path in the pouring rain and found an abandoned thatched hut deep in the woods.

Ning Ziqing rushed in first, stopped the man fiercely and warned him: "Men and women should not touch each other, you should just hide under the eaves! If you dare to break in, I will dig out your eyes."

The man brushed her hand away and stepped inside with confidence.

"Girl, why are you so unreasonable? I just saved you, but you didn't thank me. Instead, you let me, your savior, starve and freeze outside. Do you have a clear conscience? Aren't you afraid that God will punish you?"

After saying that, he ignored Ning Ziqing's threats, put down the fishing net and bamboo basket in his hand, found a handful of dry straw and sat on the ground, then took out a fire starter and lit a fire.

Ning Ziqing had never seen such a shameless person before. He was speechless for a moment and could only sit in the corner and watch the man warily take out some spices from his arms and skillfully set up a small pot to boil water and cook fish.

Ning Ziqing couldn't help but doubt him.

"You're wearing precious spices, aren't you a villager from nearby?"

The man raised his lip corner and admitted generously: "My master is a big shot in the city. If you dare to dig out my eyes, be careful that my master will cause trouble for you."

Ning Ziqing rolled his eyes in disdain: "So he is just a dog slave who relies on the power of others."

The man's mouth twitched, but he was speechless in rebuttal.

Seeing his embarrassed look, Ning Ziqing laughed out loud and took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and threw it next to him.

"This is a reward from me as a token of my gratitude for saving my life."

The man snorted coldly and moved away in disgust.

Ning Ziqing was not annoyed, she quietly grasped the dagger in her sleeve, leaned against the wall and closed her eyes to rest. When the rain stopped, she had to go back to look after Bai Yifeng.

She originally just wanted to take a nap, but she was too tired.

When I woke up, it was already dark.

Ning Ziqing opened her eyes slightly and was surprised to find that she was leaning on the man's chest, who was looking at her with concern.

"You're awake now. Come and have some fish soup. I've been cooking it for you."

Ning Ziqing's eyes darkened and he pushed the man away angrily.

"You lecher, what are you doing!"

As he said this, he raised his hand angrily and slapped him.

The man grabbed her with his backhand and said angrily, "It's you who didn't sleep well. When the thunder struck, you were so scared that you cried and screamed for your mother, and you kept trying to get into my arms. Now you blame me."

He had just spent a long time coaxing her to sleep.

He didn't expect that this woman would turn against him and beat him.

The man glared at Ning Ziqing indignantly.

Ning Ziqing was stunned in embarrassment. She vaguely remembered that she did hear thunder in her dream and was so scared that she cried and asked for her mother.

She thought it was just a dream.

Thinking of his deceased mother, Ning Ziqing's eyes turned red. He sobbed twice in grievance and wiped away the tears that rolled down his face with a sob.

"My mother...is no longer here."

She looked like she was hugging her knees in pain, looking so pitiful.

The man felt an inexplicable pity in his heart.

He added some straw to the fire, stood up and walked to the door, speaking with his back to her.

"Go get ready by the fire and dry your clothes to avoid catching a cold."

Ning Ziqing felt warm in her heart, as if no one had cared about her so much for a long time.

She thanked him, sat in front of the fire and drank the hot fish soup. She looked at the tall figure standing at the door and asked, "What's your name? Which family is your master from? When the rain stops, come with me on horseback back to the city."

The man turned around, his eyes full of surprise: "Didn't you say that men and women shouldn't touch each other? And you asked me to ride back to the city with you?"

Ning Ziqing said sternly, "It's so dark outside, no one can see you. I'll take you for a while, and I'll let you down when we get outside the city gate."

The man seemed frightened, pulled his clothes and rejected her bluntly: "No, I will walk back by myself, girl, please respect yourself."

Ning Ziqing choked and cursed in a low voice in annoyance.

The man didn't hear her and introduced himself to her.

"My name is Ah Si. My master is very important. I'm afraid you might be scared, so you'd better not ask."

Then he asked her, "What's your name, girl?"

Ning Ziqing looked sullen and replied casually: "I am the third child in my family, and everyone calls me the Third Girl."

"Third Miss, what a coincidence."

Ah Si murmured, a tender look in his eyes. He curled up the index finger of his right hand and suddenly remembered the little girl who loved sweets and had once bitten her. A happy smile unconsciously overflowed from the corners of his lips.

Seeing him intoxicated in his silly laughter, Ning Ziqing teased him maliciously: "Ah Si, are you thinking about your wife? You are laughing so happily."

Ah Si's smile froze on his lips, his eyes drooped slightly, and he sighed with some disappointment: "I don't have any wife, she has been betrothed to someone else a long time ago."