Not until the decoction was boiled and brought over, and Su Hai had finished taking it and laid down, his look and pulse phase were much calr, did Su Pan’er finally breathe a sigh of relief.
She prepared to follow the others out of the room, having helped him lie down, but was stopped by Su Hai.
"Pan’er, wait for . Grandfather...has sothing to discuss with you."
Upon seeing this, everyone hurriedly left the room.
When Su Lao Si exited, he intentionally left the door half open. This not only allowed him to see movents inside, but also enabled everyone to observe the actions of the two inside.
"Grandfather, whatever you want to tell Pan’er, just say it straightforwardly."
Seeing the helpless look in Su Hai’s eyes, Su Pan’er sighed.
Her grandfather had been strong all his life, placing all his hopes on his eldest son, Su Sikong. Now with Sikong in prison, the blow to him was truly enormous!
Struggling to sit up abruptly, Su Hai grabbed Su Pan’er’s hand, "Pan’er, Grandfather begs you... Please save your uncle, save our Su family..."
"Grandfather! Please don’t be like this. I promised you that I would help, you can rest assured!"
Su Pan’er hurriedly reassured him over and over again.
"Grandfather knows, but grandfather is... really at a loss! I’ve pleaded with everyone I could, and thought of every solution possible, but..."
Su Hai’s voice choked with emotion as he spoke, unable to continue and covered his face weeping silently.
"Grandfather, please don’t be like this... Let speak from the heart. Originally as a married woman, I shouldn’t interfere in the Su family’s affairs. But now with you falling ill and my uncle in prison, I have to say a few words!"
Seeing the crowd peering into the room from outside the door, Su Pan’er lowered her voice, "You said before that we should prepare for the worst in all matters. Grandfather, I have a question, what should the Su family do if my uncle is sentenced?"
"Well..."
Su Hai fell into silent thought for a while before slowly saying, "I am old now. If anything happens to your uncle, I may not want to manage the Su family anymore. The most suitable person to take over... may be your first cousin brother, Su Huarong."
"Hmm."
Su Pan’er nodded, "My cousin Huarong is steady-minded and has great prospects; he is indeed a suitable choice. Grandfather, to be honest, my uncle’s case has been reported to the Imperial Court by Magistrate Cao. Only the Court can decide the outco. At most, what we can do is to try to reduce his punishnt and bargain for lenient treatnt, wouldn’t you agree?"
Su Hai remained silent, monts later, he nodded his head dejectedly. He didn’t expect Su Pan’er to talk about this.
"Grandfather, now that you understand the current situation, you should make provisions quickly so as not to let the Su family fall into chaos." Su Pan’er expressed with a grave face.
"Pan’er, what do you an by this? Could it be that my health...?"
"You are overthinking, Grandfather! As long as I, Su Pan’er, am here, not to ntion that there is no serious issue with your health, even if there was, I would surely snatch your life back from Yama!"
Su Pan’er shook her head, denying his thought, "Uncle’s case has almost been settled. Have you thought about what the Su family should do next? I may not care about my uncle’s fate, nor the fate of the Su family. But what I care about is your health, grandfather, the future life of my parents, and... the future fate of Ke’er!"
The last point was the most important to Su Pan’er!
The grandfather and granddaughter discussed until Su Hai began to feel tired, then Su Pan’er helped him lie down and left the Su family.
On her way back to the Qin family, riding her horse swiftly, Su Pan’er kept pondering over her grandfather’s words.
She had just dismounted upon returning ho when Little Xiao Qi approached her, "Doctor Su, how is it? Is your grandfather okay?"
"Yes, he just caught a cold last night and developed a thick phlegm in his throat. He choked because he couldn’t cough it out,"
Su Pan’er glanced at the crowd around and replied indifferently.
"Oh, I see. The elderly shouldn’t catch a cold at night, hehe." Xiao Qi took the reins skillfully, but instead of heading to the backyard with the horse, he remained standing in the sa place, smiling innocently.
Su Pan’er couldn’t help but shake her head, this Little Xiao Qi is really too naive!
"Yes, after a dose of decoction, one would be mostly recovered. Please take the horse away and rember to add more forage."
Su Pan’er nodded in agreent, ready to return to her room.
"Alright, Doctor Su!"
Little Xiao Qi pondered for a mont, calling out to Su Pan’er, "By the way, I saw Second Miss Su co looking for you earlier. Didn’t you run into her?"
Them?
"Su Yue’er was here?"
Su Pan’er took back the foot that was about to stride forward, thought for a mont and turned around, "Who invited her in? Did she ntion why she was looking for ?"
No wonder she stayed at the Su Family all day and didn’t see Su Yue’er. Turns out, she ran over to Qin Family’s place instead!
But her grandfather fell ill because of her, and instead of attending to him, Su Yue’er went to the Qin Family. What was her motive?
The intricacies of this situation felt strange the more she thought about it.
Little Xiao Qi bowed, "Replying to Mistress, it was Old Qin from your family who hosted Second Miss Su. However, Second Miss Su did not enter the house and walked towards the mountainside with Old Qin. They should have been gone for about an hour!"
"Do you know why they went out together?"
Su Pan’er frowned unbeknownst to herself.
Little Xiao Qi still kept his head down, fiddling with the reins, "I vaguely heard Second Miss Su ntioning sothing about an engagent token, but I was too far away to hear clearly."
"I understand. Here, this is for you."
Su Pan’er casually threw a piece of loose silver coin to Little Xiao Qi, regathered the reins, swiftly mounted the horse, and spurred it on toward the small woods.
Thinking about it, this Little Xiao Qi was really clever and sharp!
In the future, she might as well keep him around, it would be quite beneficial to Qin Yi!
Thinking of Su Yue’er being with Qin Yi, she felt a strange discomfort in her heart. What exactly was Su Yue’er’s intention, did she have so ulterior motive?
Early in the morning, Su Yue’er heard from her maidservants that Su Pan’er was treating her grandfather. An idea ca to her and she imdiately rushed over to the Qin Family.
Using the pretext of retrieving an engagent token, she invited Qin Yi to the small woods.
Seeing Qin Yi following behind her, she felt very happy. As she walked, she humd a tune, occasionally bending down to pick wild flowers, little grasses, and leaves from the roadside to play with in her hand.
She looked as if she was out for a leisure stroll!
The little maidservant behind her also whispered to her from ti to ti, looking very mysterious.
Qin Yi was following behind with a look of impatience.
Maintaining a distance of ten steps from Su Yue’er, he was leisurely strolling behind her!
Seeing that they were gradually venturing into a remote and desolate place, he could no longer hold back.
"Miss Su, didn’t you say that you wanted to accompany you to retrieve the token? Why have we co here? If you cannot recall where the token is, we can wait until you rember it!"
Upon saying that, he turned and walked away.
Originally, he didn’t want to follow her, but she threatened to destroy the jade pendant, forcing him to co on this trip.
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