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  Ling Xiao's actions were far beyond everyone's expectations.

  The crown prince slightly raised an eyebrow and glanced at Ling Xiao before suddenly asking: "Are you twins?"

  Ling Xiao and Ling Jingxuan's appearance is quite similar, yet slightly different.

  Ling Xiaosheng is delicate and pretty, while Ling Jingxiao is clear and elegant.

  Ling Xiao replied with an affirmative tone.

  "You're my little brother!" The crown prince's tone was very affirmative.

  "Yes, Ah-shu was born one step earlier than me." Ling Xiao couldn't understand the implication of the Crown Prince's question for a moment, and honestly answered the question, adding another sentence: "I wasn't born blind, I accidentally fell and hurt my head at the age of eight, and then I couldn't see anymore."

  What a pity that such an intelligent and talented young man should be blind.

  The crown prince's eyes flickered slightly as he asked, "Your sister and brother don't live in the capital, why did they follow Ling Lang to Luoyang this time?"

  Before Ling Xiao could speak, Ling Jingyu hastily got up and knelt down: "To answer Your Highness, most of the famous doctors in the Great Zhou Dynasty are in the capital. This time I accompanied Ah Xiao to Beijing, I wanted to ask for medical treatment for him, to cure his eyes."

  Seek medical attention?

  The crown prince gazed thoughtfully at the girl kneeling before him and asked faintly, "Are you planning to take him to Hui Chun Tang and ask Wei Taiyi to treat him?"

  Weida Medical created Hui Chun Tang, which has cured many patients who were originally thought to be terminally ill. The number of difficult and complicated cases that have been cured is countless. In recent years, his reputation has spread far and wide, surpassing all the other imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital. Among the people, he is also known as a divine doctor. Even Ling Jingxuan from Dingzhou has heard of Weida Medical's name.

  Ling Jingyu nodded silently in response.

  At this time, Ling Jingxu was gentle and respectful, with impeccable manners and etiquette, without a single flaw.

  Completely different from the pale but strong-willed girl of last night.

  The crown prince's eyes flashed with a hint of interest, and he casually instructed: "You two don't need to kneel, get up and speak!"

  Ling Jingxu and Ling Xiao thanked him together, when they stood up, Ling Jingxu naturally supported Ling Xiao's arm and whispered: "Xiao, be careful."

  The sister and brother are generally tall and short, standing shoulder to shoulder, with similar faces yet each having their own unique charm.

  It's no wonder those bandits had evil intentions.

  The crown prince's gaze swept over Ling Jing and her siblings, then looked at Ling Xi: "It was you who sent out the distress signal last night, wasn't it? We were able to rescue you in time, thanks to the signal being sent out early."

  If it's late for a moment, I'm afraid that when we arrive, the bandits will have taken people far away.

  Ling Xi was taken aback: "The distress signal last night wasn't sent by me."

  "Perhaps it's a distress signal released by the boatmen." Old Man Ling guessed: "Wait and ask carefully later, find out who released the distress signal. Must be heavily rewarded..."

  "The distress signal last night was sent by me." A soft and gentle voice sounded.

  Everyone: "......"

  In the midst of everyone's shocked and stunned gazes, Ling Jingyu calmly said: "That day at the dock, I always felt like someone was staring at me. For the next two days, I couldn't shake off the feeling of unease, so I had Bai Yu find a boatman to get a bamboo signal tube. It was just in case something happened. Who would have thought that there really were bandits attacking at night? After being startled awake, I immediately released the signal."

  ……

  Easy to say.

  In such a situation, they were suddenly attacked by bandits, and everyone was in a state of panic, hiding and unable to think of sending out a distress signal. But a frail young girl remained calm in the face of danger. In the first moment, she sent out a distress signal...

  Such courage and daring is truly astonishing!

  Ling Jing stared blankly at Ling Jingyu, as if seeing her clearly for the first time.

  Ling Xi's gaze was even more complicated.

  He thought of Ling Jing's calm response to the bandits last night, and that dagger stained with fresh blood... What kind of strength was hidden in her slender and delicate figure?

  The crown prince also looked at the shy and gentle girl, a hint of smile flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

  After a moment of silence in the cabin, Old Man Ling finally broke the silence: "Ah Ju did a good job. To say that, this time we owe it to Ah Ju. If she hadn't stood up for us, I'm afraid we would have been in a precarious situation."

  The crown prince raised an eyebrow and hummed a sound with a rising tone at the end.

  Ling Dàyé has been in the officialdom for many years, most skilled at observing expressions and guessing thoughts. Seeing that the Crown Prince is interested in this matter, he immediately recounted what happened last night: “...It's really embarrassing to say. I was so scared at the time that I didn't dare make a sound, fearing that I would provoke the bandits..."

  "So you just let a young unmarried girl go off with a bandit?" The Crown Prince interrupted Ling Dage, his deep voice unreadable, his emotions unclear.

  A hint of disdain in his tone, yet clearly and unmistakably revealed.

  Old Man Ling suddenly heard this sentence and was speechless, his old face burning with anger.

  "In the current situation, this is the only way to ensure everyone's safety." The person who helped Ling Dage out of the predicament was surprisingly Ling Jingxu. She looked at Ling Dage with a gentle and sincere expression: "Uncle endured humiliation and hardship, I have nothing but gratitude in my heart, not a single word of complaint."

  Whether this is true or false, Old Man Ling's face has been saved anyway.

  If I previously only felt a little guilty towards Ling Jingxu, now it has undoubtedly risen to the satisfaction of "after all, my own niece is the most familiar with protecting her uncle's face at any time".

  The crown prince smiled and glanced at Ling Jingyu: "Miss Ling, a weak and delicate woman, dared to face the bandits, her bravery is admirable and worthy of admiration."

  Daring to take lives with one's own hands is not just praiseworthy courage, but a rarity in this world.

  Ling Jingxu pretended not to hear the implied meaning of the Crown Prince's words, and coyly lowered her head: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your praise."

  ...has a set of pretentious airs about him.

  The crown prince pulled the corner of his lips and there was no displeasure in his eyes.

  Wang Tong was worried and anxious on the side, seeing that the Crown Prince did not get angry, he finally put his heart at ease.

  The Crown Prince is not an easy master to serve. At this age, other young men are still reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but he has already taken over the affairs of the Eastern Palace, led the officials of the Eastern Palace, and handled court politics.

  Young and majestic, with deep thoughts, slightly melancholic eyes, dignified without being angry.

  Everyone around him was serving with trepidation, fearing that one careless move would displease the Crown Prince.

  The Crown Prince and Princess dote on their eldest son, with a thousand dependencies and a hundred obediences. The Emperor also has an extraordinary fondness for the Imperial Grandson. He is the one below whom all others are inferior, and above whom all others look up to - truly the Son of Heaven!

  Such a crown prince, usually people fawn on him and try to please him, but no one dares to go against his wishes. Even if he just frowned, the people around him would be frightened.

  Unexpectedly, today I was surprisingly patient with Miss Lingjiu.

  P.S: Three chapters updated today~O(∩_∩)O~

  I heard that updating like this is easy to jump to a fixed point. Especially the first two chapters, the subscription will be slightly different. So I'll compare them carefully tonight. If it doesn't affect the subscription much, I'll update like this in the future~ If it's too different, I'll still update at separate times~