All Hail Cousin Brother

372 Who Is Yin Huaixi?

Every word and sentence was ringing in her ears. Yu Youyao felt dizzy and suddenly reached out to support herself against the table, panting hard.

Seeing that her face was pale, as if she had suffered a huge blow, Old Madam Yu was a little worried. “What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

Yu Youyao’s mind was in a mess, and her ears were buzzing. She subconsciously shook her head. “I-I’m fine. It’s probably because the weather is too hot today. The carriage is moving at full speed, and I’m a little dizzy from the bumpy journey.”

As she spoke, she felt a little dry-mouthed. In a panic, she picked up a pot of tea and was about to pour some.

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However, her hand accidentally touched a cup at the side, making a clang.

“Oh my, put it down. Put it down quickly. Eldest Miss isn’t feeling well. Just instruct me to pour the tea.” Nanny Liu was shocked. She quickly took the teapot, took a teacup, poured a cup, and placed it in front of Yu Youyao.

Yu Youyao took the teacup and quickly took a few sips. Then, she asked, “Grandmother, what else?”

Seeing that her expression had improved a little, Old Madam Yu continued, “Although Mr. Xian Yun and the heir, Yin Huaixi, don’t have a teacher-student relationship, they’re still quite close. In addition, King You was framed by a traitor. He’s been a hero for a lifetime and has won many battles, but he’s been accused of treason for no reason. It’s really a pity, so he came forward to explain his feelings.”

Yu Youyao finally understood why the people from the Military Department of the Five Cities had arrived not long after Ye Hanyuan hit the drum. It was because Mr. Xian Yun and Ye Hanyuan were in cahoots.

One entered the palace to settle his scores, and the other beat the drum to voice his grievances.

There was also Yin Huaixi.

He vowed to turn the royal court upside down this time, so that the Marquis of Changxing would have nowhere to escape.

Old Madam Yu sighed slightly. “Although the heir, Yin Huaixi, survived a calamity, his legs were crippled and his body was damaged. All these years, he has been holding on and wanting to enter the capital to clear his father’s name. I heard that he won’t live past 20 years old. When the emperor saw his nephew end up like this, he was furious…”

King You was a criminal who had rebelled. At the very least, this concerned the country and the empire. It was an internal matter of the royal family. Only the current emperor had the right to deal with the life and death of the heir, Yin Huaixi.

However, the heir, Yin Huaixi, had fallen to such a state. He was challenging the authority of the royal family.

Yu Youyao couldn’t listen to a single word after that. She suddenly interrupted her grandmother. “Grandmother, is C-cousin in the residence now?”

Seeing that she was unusual, Old Madam Yu frowned. “Your cousin has been staying in the residence. What’s wrong?”

Yu Youyao shook her head. She couldn’t stay here any longer. Her face was pale. “Grandmother, I’m not feeling well, so I’ll return to the Jade Courtyard first.”

With that, without waiting for Old Madam Yu to react, she swayed and stood up. After stumbling a few times, she walked out in a daze.

Old Madam Yu was shocked. “What happened to Yao Yao?”

Nanny Liu also looked worried. “She was probably shocked. I heard that Ye Hanyuan was punished with 30 strokes of the cane and was covered in injuries. The blood on his body flowed all the way to Chang An Street. That scene was simply…”

Old Madam Yu also panicked when she heard this. She quickly said, “Tell the small kitchen to quickly brew a bowl of calming medicine soup and send it to Yao Yao. Don’t let her fall sick from fright.”

Qing Xiu quickly went down to make arrangements.

Seeing that Old Madam was worried, Nanny Liu quickly said, “Don’t worry too much. Nanny Xu is in the Jade Courtyard. Young Miss will recover after resting for a while.”

On the way back to the Jade Courtyard, Yu Youyao was in a daze. It was Chun Xiao who was helping her walk. Her mind kept replaying her conversation with her cousin and what her grandmother had just said.

“I heard that Mr. Xian Yun set up a precious chess game in Youzhou City, but no one cracked it. In the last game, it was cracked by a mysterious young man. Could that person be Cousin?”

“Later, this game was cracked by a mysterious young man in disguise. This mysterious young man was the heir of King You, Yin Huaixi…”

C-cousin was the legendary heir of King You, Yin Huaixi?

Then who was Zhou Linghuai?

No, that wasn’t right.

Zhou Linghuai should be her cousin. For a long time, her cousin had actually used the identity as her biological cousin to live in the Yu Residence?

When they arrived at the lotus lake, Yu Youyao saw her cousin sitting on the white stone bridge in black from afar, looking at the lake of green lotuses. No one knew what he was thinking.

Yu Youyao was sure that her cousin was waiting for her.

If her cousin was Yin Huaixi, then who was “Yin Huaixi” who had entered the palace with Mr. Xian Yun?

She composed herself and walked over, calling out reluctantly, “Cousin.”

After shouting, she felt that it was a little inappropriate and couldn’t help but bite her lip.

Zhou Linghuai turned around and saw that her face was pale and her thin body was on the verge of collapse. He frowned. “Are you feeling unwell?”

Yu Youyao waved Chun Xiao away and walked to her cousin’s side step by step. She stared at him and asked word by word, “Cousin, tell me, who exactly are you? Did you suddenly come to the capital just to seek refuge with your relatives?”

The little girl’s face was pale. Clearly, she had suffered a huge shock.

Just as Zhou Linghuai was about to answer, he saw a section of the little girl’s jade-like arm with a large bruise on it. “How did you hurt your hand?”

Yu Youyao was filled with confusion and questions, but they immediately dissipated when she was interrupted by this concern. She subconsciously lowered her head and raised her arm. As expected, she saw a large bruise on her arm and felt a faint swelling pain. “On the way back, I heard someone knocking on the drum and felt uneasy, so I asked the coachman to speed up. It was probably a bump on the road!”

Zhou Linghuai’s expression darkened. “Come here!”

Yu Youyao’s scalp went numb. How could she care about that? With a thousand thoughts in her mind, she subconsciously walked up to her cousin. “It’s just a bump. It doesn’t hurt much. Cousin, don’t…”

“Stretch out your hand!” Zhou Linghuai took off a pouch at his waist. He carried medicine with him.

Yu Youyao pursed her lips, feeling a little aggrieved, but she listened obediently. She gently rolled up her sleeve and stretched out her injured arm. Her cousin had always coaxed her in the past, but he had never been so stern with her.

Zhou Linghuai opened the jade box and used a small jade spoon to pick out some transparent ointment. He gently applied it on the dark bruise on her arm and gently circled the bottom of the spoon to apply the ointment evenly. He repeated it for a long time until the ointment seeped into her skin and the outer layer was dry.

Zhou Linghuai held her arm and looked at it carefully. He said, “The blood has scattered. It won’t hurt anymore.”

Yu Youyao moved her arm. Indeed, it was not as swollen and painful as before. As usual, she smiled sweetly and thanked her cousin. However, she suddenly thought of what had happened today and pursed her lips.

The two of them stood on the white stone bridge.

Chun Xiao hid far away, and there were no other servants nearby.

Ever since she had accidentally discovered her cousin’s tracks at the Precious Peace Temple, Yu Youyao felt that he was too mysterious.