Chapter 24: Chapter 24: He Doesn’t Dare Let This Quack Stab Xiao Si with Needles

[Dad, I’m going to stop breathing now, hoping I won’t scare you and mom later.]

Yun Wanqing praised herself in her heart, then instantly held her breath, closed her eyes, and fainted, her heartbeat and pulse so weak they were almost undetectable.

Despite having heard her thoughts in advance, Yun Zheng was still taken aback, his face turning pale as he checked her breath, his voice trembling as he roared.

“Call the household doctor, quickly, quickly call the household doctor.”

The maid hurriedly left.

“What happened? What’s wrong with Xiao Si?”

Lady Yun came over with a panicked expression. Although she knew Xiao Si did it intentionally, she wasn’t worried at first. However, seeing Yun Zheng like this, she was a bit scared.

What does it mean to stop breathing?

Why is my husband so anxious?

Yun Zheng shook his head, his breath slightly uneven as he said, “I don’t know either, let’s wait until the household doctor sees her.”

He had heard about holding one’s breath, but he couldn’t be sure about Xiao Si’s condition. She’s so young; can she control her body? What if something goes wrong?

Lady Yun nodded with a hum, then suddenly asked, “And you, my husband, are you still going to the military camp?”

As she spoke, her heart hung in suspense because she still didn’t know if her husband could hear Xiao Si’s thoughts or if he knew someone was planning to assassinate him today.

Xiao Si’s sudden act of holding her breath was to stop him from going to the military camp. What if he still insisted on going?

Yun Zheng hesitated for a moment, then said, “Xiao Si is important, the military camp can wait for now. The sky won’t fall; even if it does, it won’t be more important than my daughter.”

Soon, the household doctor hurriedly arrived with a medicine box. After checking the pulse and examining her eyes for a long time, he couldn’t find anything conclusive.

“Miss Si’s pulse is slow, heartbeat weak, no obvious cause, but she suddenly fainted. This is really strange. I’ve been practicing medicine for half my life and have never seen such a peculiar situation.”

The household doctor looked grave, his brows tightly furrowed, completely puzzled.

Yun Zheng asked, “When will Xiao Si wake up?”

“Well, I can’t say for sure~”

Yun Zheng: “…”

He asked again, “Is there any danger to Xiao Si’s life?”

“From the pulse, Miss Si should not be in danger. However, if you are really worried, I can use the golden needle acupuncture method, which will surely wake Miss Si.”

“Better not.”

Yun Zheng, with a darkened face, waved off the household doctor’s suggestion of needle acupuncture.

This quack, always saying ’can’t say for sure’ or ’should’, what kind of words are those?

He dared not let this quack put needles in Xiao Si.

With Xiao Si’s small arms and legs, he dared not hold her tightly, how could he let someone jab her with needles?

At this point, they could only pin their hopes on Xiao Si herself.

Yun Zheng eventually gave up on going to the military camp. However, he summoned Shen Tu, had Shen Tu disguise as himself, and take some people to Red Willow Slope. Before setting off, he sent a letter by homing pigeon to the military camp.

After arranging everything, he returned to the bedroom to stay by Yun Wanqing’s side.

In the afternoon, after Yun Wanye and Yun Wanyao came back and heard about the commotion in the front yard, they hurried over in a panic.

“Dad, Mom, what happened to little sister?”

“It’s okay, don’t worry.”

Lady Yun didn’t want them to worry, and since some things couldn’t be said, she casually brushed it off.

But the brother and sister were not so easily fooled.

Yun Wanyao frowned and said, “The servants say little sister suddenly fainted, the household doctor couldn’t find anything, how can it be okay? Mom, what’s really wrong with little sister?”

“Exactly, mom, little sister can’t just stay unconscious, or else I will go to the palace to ask the Emperor to send an Imperial Physician to see her.”

Yun Wanye couldn’t let it go, feeling even more confused inside. Little sister was unconscious, yet why did his parents not seem too worried?

“This…”

Hearing Yun Wanye’s words, Lady Yun hesitated.

The Imperial Physician’s medical skills were excellent, and she and her husband had thought of calling one, but if the Imperial Physician found out that Xiao Si’s fainting was self-induced, what would they do?

Such a young child with such special abilities, if discovered by the Imperial Physician, Xiao Si might never find peace, and the whole Yun Family might be pushed into the limelight.

Seeing his mother not giving in, Yun Wanye became even more anxious.

“Mom, what are you hesitating about? The priority now is to wake up little sister.”

Upon hearing this, Lady Yun became even more at a loss, turning her head to look helplessly at Yun Zheng, who gently held Yun Wanqing’s small hand and made a firm decision.

“Let’s wait a little longer. If Xiao Si still doesn’t wake up tonight, take my waist tag and go to the palace to see the Emperor.”

He felt that if Xiao Si just wanted to delay him, then dragging it until tonight should be enough.

Unless absolutely necessary, he didn’t want an Imperial Physician to treat Xiao Si.

Yun Wanye had no choice but to comply, all four of them stayed by the bed, eagerly watching the fainted little bundle.

In the blink of an eye, it was night, the streets lit brightly.

The group waited anxiously.

The brother and sister took turns urging Yun Zheng, and Yun Zheng finally couldn’t resist and was about to reach for the waist tag when Yun Wanqing finally woke up.

[So hungry, this nap was a bit too long, I’m almost starving, I wonder if my big sacrifice has led to success?]

[Where’s dad, let me see if he’s here.]

Everyone froze, turning their heads towards the bed.

Only to see the little bundle tilting her little head, her bright and lively eyes landing on Yun Zheng as she smiled gently.

[Dad indeed couldn’t bear to leave me, my big sacrifice paid off in saving him this time, plan successful, yay~]

Seeing Yun Zheng, Yun Wanqing was overjoyed — if not for everyone watching her, she’d really want to make a ’yay’ gesture.

[Seems I may not speak, but I’m still quite useful, since I could save dad this time, surely I can save sister in the future too, keep it up!]

Amid the strange looks of everyone, Yun Wanqing once again smugly praised herself.

Yun Wanye: “…”

Yun Wanyao: “…”

So, little sister did it on purpose?

She just took a nap?

If it was just sleeping, why would dad call the household doctor?

The siblings couldn’t figure it out but understood one thing: dad was supposed to be in danger today, but little sister’s plan delayed him, saving him this time.

[Ah, starving, so hungry, mom, I’m so hungry!]

Yun Wanqing looked at Lady Yun with teary eyes, stretching her little arms to reach out to her, and Lady Yun hurriedly came to her senses, stepping to the bed and picking her up.

“It’s late, you haven’t eaten yet, hurry and eat. Xiao Si hasn’t had milk all day, she must be really hungry, I’ll feed her.”

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