A long time ago, when Situ Mei's parents died, Situ Juntang once said that he would train Situ Mei to be his successor.
In recent years, Situ Mei has indeed lived up to expectations and has done very well in many things.
Given time, Situ Mei is indeed the most likely candidate to inherit the position of clan leader.
The problem is that Situ Juntang fell too early, and Situ Mei was too young and fledgling. Compared with the elders here, he is far inferior in terms of qualifications, fame, and power.
Therefore, all these people here are coveting it.
Situ Jie's eyes rolled wildly and he said, "Why don't we go see father together and see who he decides to hand over the family to."
Situ Ying and Chen Hong looked at each other without saying a word.
Situ Hao glanced at Situ Mei's face and said calmly: "The Situ family needs someone who can take charge now. Father will definitely make a reasonable decision."
As they spoke, they prepared to go upstairs.
At this time, Situ Mei said coldly: "Wait!"
"Um?"
Everyone looked at her.
Situ Mei said: "Grandpa is not dead yet, you don't need to be so anxious."
"Xiaomei, what you said is wrong. Why do you make it sound like we are looking forward to our father's death?"
Situ Jie said dissatisfied.
Situ Hao also said: "Xiao Mei, don't lie to yourself.
This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later."
Situ Mei took a deep breath: "Anyway, let me take my friends to have a look first. If there is really no hope, it's not too late for you to go again.
But I’m going to say something ugly in front of you. If anyone leaks the news and lets grandpa know about his condition, don’t blame me for turning against him!"
Everyone remained silent and watched Situ Mei take Li Xuan upstairs.
When the two figures disappeared at the top of the stairs, Situ Hao sat down and sneered: "Does she really think she can take over?"
Situ Jie smiled lightly: "It's just a child, there's no need to argue with her."
Chen Hong asked his wife in a low voice: "What do you think my father will decide?
For the second child or for Xiaomei?"
Situ Ying frowned: "No matter who we give it to, our share cannot be less!"
Situ Mei climbed up to the second floor, turned a corner, and suddenly leaned against the wall silently, with two clear tears streaming down the corners of her eyes.
She had endured it for a long time, but she couldn't bear it anymore.
Li Xuan hasn't said a word since he walked in, and he doesn't say anything now, just waiting silently.
After a full five minutes, Situ Mei quietly wiped away her tears, raised her head again, and said with a sad smile, "I'm sorry, I made you laugh."
"It's normal for big families to have this kind of thing."
Li Xuan said.
"When I was young, my aunt, second uncle, and third uncle loved me very much... I also forget when they started to become estranged from me, as if I had robbed their things."
Situ Meidao.
"Especially after grandpa fell ill, they secretly recruited people below to establish their own power outside and divide the family business. I know all these things, but I don't want to worry grandpa."
"We are obviously a family, why do we do this?"
Situ Meixu rambled on, and Li Xuan just listened carefully without saying a word.
After talking for a long time, Situ Mei took a long breath and said: "Thank you for listening to my nonsense...I feel much more relaxed when I say everything in my heart.
let's go!"
Situ Juntang's body was so weak that he was asleep for about twenty of the twenty-four hours a day.
When Li Xuan walked to the bed, he opened his eyes slightly and tried to say something, but in the end nothing came out.
In his situation, three or four days is an overestimation.
If the Situ family hadn't given him all kinds of elixirs for free, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to survive for a day or two.
"Grandpa, I invited a very powerful friend to show you."
Situ Mei came closer and said.
"Xiao Mei... there is no need to waste time..." Situ Juntang said intermittently in a very weak voice, "Please let everyone come over, I want to explain some funeral arrangements."
?"Grandpa, don't talk nonsense.
You'll be fine, my friend is very powerful and will definitely cure you."
There were tears in Situ Mei's eyes, but she tried her best to hold back the tears.
"Clan Leader Situ, my name is Huo Xuan, I am Xiaomei's friend and I know a little bit about medical skills.
Let me check your pulse."
Li Xuan sat beside the bed and put his hand on Situ Juntang's pulse gate.
The pulse was weak and almost indistinguishable, indicating that the body was extremely weak.
If it's a step too late, the yin and yang may be separated, and even gods descending to earth will not be able to save him.
Fortunately, Li Xuan arrived in time.
After thinking briefly, Li Xuan said: "It's better than I thought, nothing happened.
Xiaomei, go and prepare some medicinal materials and boil a basin of hot water."
"Hmm...ah?"
Situ Mei has heard too much bad news during this time. Although what Li Xuan said was extremely accurate and could even detect hidden diseases that she herself was not aware of, she actually did not hold out much hope.
I just do my best not to leave any regrets.
She had also made a decision. After Li Xuan tried his best, she would call her aunt, second uncle, and others and let her grandpa arrange the funeral arrangements.
Unexpectedly, Li Xuan actually has a cure?
"Swish, swish, swish..." Li Xuan quickly wrote a few drug names on the paper and threw it to Situ Mei: "Look at the dosage clearly, don't make a mistake."
"Okay..." Situ Mei stood up to get ready with a mixture of confusion and surprise.
When Situ Mei left, Li Xuan gently placed his hand on Situ Juntang's pulse, and suddenly sighed and said: "Clan Leader Situ, thank you for your hard work.
The hundreds of thousands of residents of Youzhou City should thank you for your efforts."
Situ Juntang's face was ashen, as if he would pass out at any time. Hearing this, his whole body suddenly trembled slightly, his eyes opened a crack, and he whispered: "What do you know?"
"I know it all."
Li Xuan said, "Even you, the Situ family, don't know as much as I do.
It’s ridiculous that those people downstairs all regard the position of the patriarch as a piece of cake and want to inherit it, but they don’t know that what you are sitting on is a volcano crater!”
Situ Juntang stared straight at Li Xuan, and after a long time he suddenly said: "Mr. Huo, right... do you really know where my illness came from?"
Li Xuan said calmly: "Seven points are obtained through practice, and three points are caused by injuries.
But the real reason is that you all know that the Suzaku method is a cup of poisonous wine and you will die if you drink it, but you have to drink it because your duty from generation to generation is to guard the bottomless corpse cave under your feet."
"you!"
Situ Juntang's originally dull eyes suddenly glowed with two rays of light.
"Don't move.
There is an imbalance of yin and yang in your body and you are on the verge of collapse. Don't get too excited, otherwise your anger will go against the will of heaven and it will be difficult for the gods to save you."
Li Xuan said.
Situ Juntang took a few breaths: "How do you know about the bottomless corpse cave! In every generation, only the head of the Situ family knows this secret, not even my sister and two younger brothers!"