In the afternoon, as Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han returned to the Cold King's manor from the new clinic, Leng Ruo Li instructed the butler to purchase eight sets of stationery.
Then, the couple entered the inner chambers and sat down. A guard reported to them.
"Your Highness, Your Consort, General Leng and Young Master Xie have arrived."
After the guard finished speaking, Leng Jin Yu and Xie Yi Chuan walked in.
"Father, Eldest Brother, please come in and sit."
Upon seeing her father and elder brother, Leng Ruo Li quickly invited them in before they could even pay their respects.
Leng Jin Yu did not stand on ceremony and walked directly into the room, finding a place to sit, with Xie Yi Chuan following closely behind.
"Li'er, do you truly have confidence in removing the blood clot from your elder brother's head?" Leng Jin Yu wanted to confirm.
"Father, I can help Eldest Brother remove the blood clot from his head, but the surgery will have risks, after all, that thing is inside a person's brain," Leng Ruo Li explained simply to them.
"Alas, Father knows this."
Leng Jin Yu nodded.
"Then, Eldest Brother, when do you plan to let me perform surgery on you? The lesion on your head now threatens your life," Leng Ruo Li asked directly.
"What? Li'er, did you just say the blood clot on your elder brother's head threatens his life?" Leng Jin Yu asked again, full of astonishment.
"Yes, Father. Eldest Brother's headaches should be becoming more frequent lately because the blood clot is pressing on his brain nerves. If it is not removed, within half a year, Eldest Brother might..."
Leng Ruo Li hesitated to utter the word "death" at the end, fearing it would upset her father. After all, her father had only recently found his son, and they had only been together for a few days before hearing such bad news. She knew her father would not be able to bear the blow.
Although Leng Ruo Li did not say the word "death," Leng Jin Yu had already guessed her daughter's meaning. His mind suddenly went blank.
Xie Yi Chuan also did not expect his condition to have become so severe.
Everyone fell silent for a moment after hearing Leng Ruo Li's words.
It was not until Leng Jin Yu spoke again, "Rui'er, if you are free these next two days, will you let your sister perform surgery on you?"
Leng Jin Yu's face was filled with worry.
"Father, as long as my sister is free, I can have the surgery at any time."
Xie Yi Chuan knew how worried Leng Jin Yu was about him.
"Since that is the case, Eldest Brother, go back and rest well tonight. Come over early tomorrow morning, and I will perform the surgery on you," Leng Ruo Li said earnestly to Xie Yi Chuan.
"Alright." Xie Yi Chuan nodded.
He looked at his sister, whom he had met only a few times. She felt both strange and familiar. However, what surprised him was her superb medical skills. After all, she was only a teenager. He wondered how she had learned such profound medical knowledge.
"Rui'er, it is already afternoon. You should go back and rest now. I will accompany you to the Cold King's manor tomorrow for the surgery," Leng Jin Yu urged him quickly after hearing Leng Ruo Li's words.
Xie Yi Chuan felt helpless at Leng Jin Yu's words, but he still complied with his father's wishes and left the Cold King's manor.
Leng Ruo Li watched the father and son depart, a look of relief on her face.
Good deeds are always rewarded.
Look, didn't Heaven send the original owner's eldest brother back to her father?
If they could find the original owner's mother, their family could be reunited.
Thinking of this, Leng Ruo Li remembered the sheepskin map she had retrieved from the basement of the Mingyue Courtyard that day.
Xia Wan'er had asked Leng Ruo Li to find her on Cloud Mist Island, but the map did not indicate the island's specific location, which troubled Leng Ruo Li.
"Li'er, what are you thinking about so intently?" Jun Mo Han asked her with a smile.
"Jun Mo Han, after we finish dealing with matters in the capital, let's go out together and search for Cloud Mist Island on the sheepskin map," Leng Ruo Li said softly.
"Alright, but we need to eliminate the bad elements in the capital first. Otherwise, once we leave, they will surely cause trouble, and the Emperor will have a headache," Jun Mo Han said with a smile.
"Mhm, mhm. The new clinic won't be up and running anytime soon, and there are still many trivial matters to handle."
Leng Ruo Li nodded in agreement.
As they were talking, Ye Yi and several guards, along with Yan Yu and Lu Li Luo, walked in.
"Your Highness, Your Consort, we have returned," they said in unison.
"You had a hard journey. Please come in and sit for a while."
Leng Ruo Li offered them a smile as bright as the morning glow.
Subsequently, the Cold King and his consort led everyone into the house. Since there were no outsiders in the manor, they allowed Ye Yi and the other guards to sit as well.
"Yan Yu, how are the arrangements for Qingyun Inn?"
After Yan Yu and Lu Li Luo had sat down, had some tea, and caught their breath, Leng Ruo Li slowly asked.
"Your Consort, the arrangements for Qingyun Inn are complete. At first, Hao Gang was unwilling to help me manage the inn. He always said he was not good at management and asked me to find someone else to be the shopkeeper. However, I noticed that everything in the inn during my time in the capital was being managed by Hao Gang... It took a lot of effort to convince him."
Yan Yu spoke with a sense of helplessness about the events of those days.
"I think he might be afraid of trouble," Leng Ruo Li said after some thought.
At this moment, Lu Li Luo, who had been preoccupied since sitting down, suddenly spoke up, "Sister Li'er, is my troublesome grandfather still in the manor?"
Leng Ruo Li was slightly startled by this.
If Lu Li Luo hadn't mentioned Old Master Lu, she would have forgotten about such a person in the manor, which made her feel a bit awkward.
However, Old Master Lu had been very quiet in the manor these past few days, seemingly not having left the residence for days.
"Butler, please come in. I have something to ask you," Leng Ruo Li called out to the butler at the door.
"Your Consort, what are your orders?" the butler asked.
"Is Grandfather Lu still residing in the manor?" Leng Ruo Li asked.
"Yes, Your Consort. He is in his own courtyard with Prince Xian..." the butler stammered for a while.
"What are they doing in the courtyard?"
Leng Ruo Li frowned upon hearing the butler's words.
"They are drinking and playing dice in the courtyard," the butler said, shocking everyone.
Everyone: "..."
"Let's go, Li Luo, let's go take a look."
With that, Leng Ruo Li, along with Lu Li Luo and Yan Yu, headed towards Old Master Lu's courtyard.
At this moment, Prince Xian and Old Master Lu were sitting in the courtyard, happily drinking.
"Brotherly love, three stars shine, four auspicious signs, five treasures, six all the way, seven cleverness, eight immortals' longevity, nine rings connected, all arrive."
"Brother, you lost again," Prince Xian said, patting Old Master Lu on the shoulder.
"Heh, little brother, I didn't expect you to be so skilled!" Old Master Lu said, already quite drunk.