"If anything happens to her, it’s all due to unresolved emotions and frustrations. What does it have to do with ?" Qin Liuxi retorted.
Shunfang: "..."
Dare not speak up!
Qin Liuxi lifted the old woman’s eyelids for a glance, noticing her cheeks slightly stiffened, and her mouth and eyes sowhat askew. She then picked up her hand, placing her two fingers on it, feeling a floating and tight pulse at Cun Kou, empty collateral pulse, wind deficiency not dissipating, indicating a stroke threat.
Without delay, she fished out the silver needle and said, "Old Lady has signs of a stroke; I need to perform acupuncture on her."
Shunfang’s expression changed dramatically, revealing rare panic and hesitation, considering they had never t Qin Liuxi before.
"I am the Daoist doctor Buqiu who treated Madam Lin’s ergency. Don’t worry; I wouldn’t harm her in front of Ksitigarbha, but if you hinder , you might be the one putting her at risk." Qin Liuxi snorted.
Shunfang hurriedly laid the elderly woman flat, saying eagerly, "We are people of the Xie Family from General Zhen Nan’s Mansion; this is our Old Lady. If you can save her, the Xie Family will reward you handsoly."
Qin Liuxi didn’t respond, selecting acupuncture points, and soon inserted several needles, instructing, "Go arrange a Zen Temple for Old Lady to rest."
Shunfang gave a signal to the maid and then fixed her gaze on her family’s Old Lady, occasionally glancing at Qin Liuxi, wanting to ask but not daring to.
Qin Liuxi said, "Her cold hasn’t healed, and injuries plague her. Yet, she cos to offer sacrifices. Since this Miss Xie is so important, how could her resentful energy affect the Old Lady?"
Shunfang hesitantly said, "Today is Miss Xie’s death anniversary; Old Lady dreamt of her yesterday, so she ca."
Having spoken openly, Shunfang asked again, "Are you indeed the Daoist doctor who treated Madam Lin? Are you a female Daoist?"
"Yes."
"May I ask Daoist, why did your words earlier cause our Old Lady to faint after hearing them?"
Qin Liuxi looked at the slight movent of the Old Lady’s eyes under her eyelids and said, "It is naturally because Miss Xie’s death harbors hidden reasons, preventing her spirit from moving on, causing the resentful energy not to dissipate, even clinging onto the Buddha Beads Old Lady plays with daily. Old Lady probably includes Miss Xie’s na when reciting the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s Original Vows Sutra."
Old Lady Xie opened her eyes, looking toward Qin Liuxi with unfocused eyes, her hand grasping Qin Liuxi’s hand from thin air, mouth ajar, drool sliding down the corners, stamring, "What... what do you know?"
Seeing her wake up so quickly, Shunfang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Old Lady, you are awake. Is there anything wrong? This is the Daoist doctor who treated Madam Lin, a female Daoist. She gave you acupuncture."
"Immortal..." Old Lady Xie began speaking, and more saliva flowed.
Qin Liuxi sighed, saying, "Do not panic, your body is already in poor shape, and now there’s a stroke threat. Without careful healing, forget about wearing blindfolds, you won’t be able to co to offer sacrifices, only paralyzed in bed."
Old Lady Xie’s mouth opened, tears sliding down her cheeks. How could she not be anxious when Qin Liuxi said Wan’er died unjustly!
What malice she carried, all six children gone from her, she, from the Xie Family, guarding Southern Border for generations, defending the country, yet only reaping old and weak won and children as the return, is this the fate of the Xie Family, the price for sacrificing for the country and its people?
Nurous rits earned for generations, countless deeds, yet what ca was sparse descendants. Heaven is unjust!
As Qin Liuxi saw her emotions growing more intense, she temporarily acupointed the fainting point. Once the needle retention ti was up, they moved to the Zen Temple for her to rest, and she also prescribed a dicine, allowing Xie Family mbers to gather herbs and decoct in the temple.
During this ti, Qin Liuxi had already inquired about which Xie Family this was, descendants of a noble family. Regarding military feats, even exceeding the Northwest Quan Family’s, yet suffering more since the n of Xie Family mostly died on the battlefield. Now, only one five-year-old grandson remains, a posthumous child, frail, a dicine jar.
Such noble families, marrying daughters of generals’ families, fearso and crude doesn’t matter, the most important is resilient character, able to fight and endure affairs, facing enemies with blade in hand. Even Old Lady herself fought on the battlefield, genuinely a female general, esteed by today’s Saint as not conceding to n, titled as Superior Grand Dowager.
Yet no amount of honor can revive the Xie Family n who fell in battle, making the descendants sparse. Now, the Xie Family is left with widows each harboring injuries, and only the fourth daughter-in-law of Old Lady Xie commands troops at Southern Border, the only remaining female general of Xie Family.
In such a family, who would dare to underestimate, if they do, a visit to the Xie Family Ancestral Tomb may be eye-opening, shadowed by dense tombs, addressing any slander against Xie Family?
Toward Xie Family, Qin Liuxi admires and respects, honoring their sacrifice for the country without complaint, as the nation’s key defense, a pillar, yet lanting their desolation, short-lived descendants.
Truly tragic!
"...Also for the reason that the Xie Family’s sons are short-lived, regarding the only legitimate daughter, born late, Old Lady particularly treasures, despite the Miss’s unwillingness, she was married into the esteed scholarly Fan Family, the only literary marriage in Xie Family, rely hoping she could live peacefully. Unexpectedly, the Miss harbored resentnt, never returning ho after marriage, not even sending word, only to hear about her again when reporting her funeral. She died in childbirth, and Old Lady fainted upon hearing, suffering a severe illness."
Qin Liuxi was speechless, looking at Old Lady Xie, this glance made her frown tighten, her eyes growing cold.
A face covered with deathly aura; how sudden was this?
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