When Mrs. Qian saw Xiao Yan coming in, she wanted to stand up and speak, but before she could open her mouth, Xiao Yan's robe fluttered and he was already in front of her.
Seeing Song Tangning lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his face was frosty, and his murderous aura frightened Mrs. Qian so much that she stepped back in a hurry. He walked straight to the couch, stretched out his hand to the person on the bed, felt his breath, and gently stroked his neck through the clothes.
When he felt her pulse was still beating and her breathing was rapid but clear, his heart, which had just been beating fast, suddenly calmed down.
He felt dizzy for a moment when his brain was tense and relaxed. Xiao Yan, who hadn't tried to fear anything for a long time, felt his hands and feet were a little weak. He gently held Song Tangning's hand and looked back at Qian Qiyue.
"What happened?"
His tone was calm and he wasn't even angry.
But when they were looked at by those dark and cold eyes, everyone in the room felt frightened.
Qian Qiyue only thought that Xiao Yan was good-looking before, but at this moment, his face was as frosty as ice, and she seemed to be frozen in place. Suddenly, she felt that this face was scary.
She said in a low voice with a pale face: "I... I didn't do anything. I just told Tang Ning about my childhood. She said she didn't remember the past, so I showed her the things she gave me before, hoping that she would remember me, but I didn't expect her to faint suddenly..."
Xiao Yan paused and asked, "You knew Tang Ning before?"
Qian Qiyue nodded: "I know him."
Madam Qian saw that something was wrong and stepped forward quickly: "Master Xiao, my Qiyue and Miss Song have known each other since childhood, and they lost contact until she left Beijing for the Lingnan clan."
"When Miss Song was trapped in the affairs of the Song and Lu families, Qiyue kept asking me and her father for help, and even took on the affairs of the Lu family to help her. Miss Song helped Qiyue when she was young, and she will definitely not harm Miss Song."
Seeing that both the mother and daughter had pale faces and looked frightened, Xiao Yan pursed his lips and restrained his anger a little.
"Madam, you misunderstood. I am not blaming Madam Qian."
He was worried that Song Tangning might faint, but he still had his brains. Worrying about something doesn't mean losing one's mind. Qian Qiyue had no reason to harm Song Tangning.
Xiao Yan said, "I just never heard Tang Ning say that she knew Miss Qian, and Tang Ning suddenly fainted, so I was a little worried and lost my composure. I'm sorry if I frightened you just now."
Mrs. Qian was originally angry. She felt sorry for Song Tangning's situation and sympathized with her experience, so she did not stop Qian Qiyue from getting along with her. However, if she really met someone who was unreasonable and blamed her daughter for her mistakes, she would really have to consider whether this friend was worthy of her daughter's friendship.
Seeing Xiao Yan take the initiative to explain and apologize, her anger instantly dissipated. She breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt embarrassed.
"Don't blame Governor Xiao. Anyone who sees Miss Song like this will be worried. I have asked someone to invite a doctor over."
After Xiao Yan said "hmm", Qian Baokun, who had been following behind Xiao Yan but not as fast as him, came over breathlessly. He didn't know what had just happened, so he came in and asked, "Nephew Xiao, how is Miss Song?"
"He's still dizzy."
Xiao Yan lowered his eyes to look at Song Tangning who had her eyes closed, and put his hand on her forehead. The coldness of his hand made him purse his lips tightly.
Minister Qian turned his head quickly when he saw this: "Go and urge Doctor He to come over quickly."
The Qian family's palace physician was brought from Lingnan. Like the palace guards, he was specially prepared by the Qian clan for Qian Baokun, the only child in Beijing.
The people in the Imperial Medical Bureau in Beijing have complicated relationships, and the outside doctors are not very trustworthy. If someone in the Qian family gets sick, they usually take care of it themselves and rarely ask outsiders for help.
After the Qian family servant left, not long after, an old doctor hurried in, still sweating profusely, when Qian Baokun urged him to come forward to examine Tang Ning.
The doctor did not dare to delay seeing that it was an important person in trouble. After putting down the medicine box, he stood beside the bed and carefully examined Tang Ning for a moment. Then he glanced at her condition and uttered "Eh?" softly.
Xiao Yan immediately asked in a deep voice: "What happened to her?"
The doctor quickly came back to his senses: "My dear sir, this young lady seems to be in a nightmare."
The room was silent for a moment. Qian Qiyue said anxiously, "How is it possible? How could she have a nightmare without any reason and without any rest? Moreover, she fainted just now, her face was pale and she was sweating profusely..."
The doctor hesitated, "But there is nothing wrong with her body." He pinched Song Tangning's wrist for a moment, looked up and said, "This young lady's pulse is rapid and has a long pause. It is clear that she is frightened. Moreover, her pale face, palpitations and night sweats are also common symptoms."
Mrs. Qian and Qian Qiyue looked at each other.
Xiao Yan frowned: "How to relieve it?"
The doctor said, "If the mind is restless, the qi will be weak. The young lady fainted due to shock. I will give her a few injections and she will wake up after a short rest."
Xiao Yan said in a deep voice: "Please give me the acupuncture, doctor."
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Everyone in the room left, leaving only the maid to serve the doctor while he gave acupuncture.
When Xiao Yan stood in front of the door and looked at the inner room through the screen, his face looked a little unpredictable. After a moment, he turned around and said, "I have something to ask Miss Qian."
Qian Qiyue scratched her fingers: "I really didn't scare Tang Ning."
Xiao Yan comforted him: "I know, I just want to ask when you and Tang Ning met."
Qian Qiyue didn't expect him to ask this, and her expression relaxed a little: "It was many years ago."
"When exactly?"
"Eleven years ago."
Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, and heard Qian Qiyue say: "When I met Tang Ning, she was not even five years old. I met her at Concubine Mu's birthday banquet."
"My father hadn't joined the Ministry of Revenue yet, and Taifu Rong and Tang Ning's parents were still alive. I played around with her for more than a year, and I also sneaked into Rong's house to play without my family's knowledge. We got into a lot of trouble and were even spanked by Taifu Rong. We also had a playmate at the time, the daughter of Taifu Rong's student, named Xu Jing. We were very close at that time."
As if she knew what Xiao Yan wanted to hear, Qian Qiyue told him everything before he asked.
"I was weak-willed at the time and felt inferior because of my lame leg. It was Tang Ning who took care of me everywhere. Later, I was sent back to my hometown in Lingnan to treat my leg. Tang Ning also corresponded with me for nearly a year, until the beginning of the spring of the following year, when she suddenly stopped contacting me."
Qian Qiyue was afraid that Xiao Yan would not believe her, so she turned and went into the house. After a while, she came out holding her wooden box and handed it to Xiao Yan.
"Master Xiao, I didn't lie to you. These were all given to me by Tang Ning when she was a child. This letter was also written to me by her at that time."
"I stayed in Lingnan for more than three years to recover from my injuries. I went to see her as soon as I returned to Beijing, but Tang Ning didn't recognize me at that time. I was angry with her at first, thinking that she didn't care about me and that she forgot about me so quickly. But when I told her about this just now, she actually didn't remember the past."