Chapter 533 unwilling to be threatened
At this point, Qing Li’s voice inexplicably choked up, "It was then, after months of travel, I fell seriously ill and met the renowned Divine Doctor Zhou Yuan. Later, my mother left me in his care and went alone to search for my father.
After I recovered from my illness, every day I longed for her return, so I acknowledged Zhou Yuan as my master and desperately studied everything around me that could be of help.
To my own surprise, I possessed an exceptional talent in identifying medicines and learned everything quickly, which earned me my master’s favor.
Day by day, I kept waiting for my mother’s return, but that wait turned into several more months.
During that time, a Hidden Guard from the War Prince Residence, heavily afflicted by Poisonous Insect Poison and on the verge of death, sought medical help from my master. It was then I first saw Sikong, who was the son of the old Prince, the new master of the War Prince Residence, and the son of the man my father had once served.
At the time, my medical skills were not that great. Once, when the master was out, assassins came after us. Without thinking, I hid Sikong in the rice barrel in the kitchen and then put on his clothes to escape.
The assassins, believing I was Sikong, were bent on killing me. Thankfully, the master returned just in time to save my life.
From that time on, Sikong and I formed a friendship as close as true brothers, and after my master’s death, I followed him loyally.
I thought our lives would always be this way because I would give up my own life rather than let him get hurt.
But then, two years ago, I suddenly received news of my mother. I saw her again, Qingyue was a girl my mother had taken in and raised like her own daughter by her side.