C24

The Doctor Gong still had a cold expression on his face. After entering the house, he nodded towards the Madame SHen, then glanced at Jin Lan, then walked straight to the window. Seeing that the Concubine Shao was tightly hugging Ye Jinwei, her eyebrows knitted, and she coldly said: "If you don't want her to die, hurry up and flatten her out."

When Concubine Shao saw that it was Doctor Gong, her expression darkened slightly, but she still worried about Ye Jinwei's safety in the end. Following her words, she carefully placed the person in his embrace onto the satin plum blossom pillow. Then she got off the bed quietly, but still stood close to the bed, refusing to leave even one step.

The Doctor Gong touched his pulse, and then asked a few more questions before withdrawing his hand. He looked up at the Madame SHen and said in a low voice: "Sputum is addicted to the heart, it's hysteria."

"How did he get hysteria?" Concubine Shao was shocked, she stared at Doctor Gong and asked quickly. Unfortunately, the Doctor Gong didn't pay attention to her and only looked fixedly at her.

Madame SHen frowned and looked right into her eyes, "You can cure it?"

"Naturally." Doctor Gong nodded, he stood up and sat down at the side of the round table made of wood, and picked up the pen and paper that Qian Yun had prepared.

Hearing Doctor Gong's reply, Concubine Shao's tensed heart calmed down, but she did not trust Doctor Gong as she was a member of Madame SHen, so she took advantage of the lack of attention to secretly give Qian Yun a look.

When First Miss had gotten sick, she had already asked someone to go to Steward Li to get a doctor, but for some reason, she had not seen him at all.

"First Miss's illness needs some time to recuperate and one must not be frightened again. Every day, I take the prescription until I wake up." Doctor Gong finished prescribing the ingredients, and after giving a few more words of warning, he left with Man Ping. Si Ling also took the prescriptions and followed behind him to the medicine store to catch up on the medicinal herbs.

Once Doctor Gong got up, he immediately sat back on the bed and gently brushed away the cold sweat that had stuck onto his face. His tears were like beads with a broken string as they fell onto the bed one by one and muttered, "First Miss, wake up …"

Madame SHen also had a daughter, after seeing this scene, her heart was moved, and she could not help but sigh: "Take good care of your First Miss, and don't make any mistakes."

Mama Yao and Qian Yun busied themselves with blessing and replied softly, "Yes."

It was as if Concubine Shao remembered that there was still someone like Madame SHen in the room. She hurriedly wiped the tears off her face with her handkerchief, got up and squatted in front of Madame SHen, and said with bloodshot eyes: "Looking at First Miss, I really don't think I can accompany you to the main hall. Please forgive me."

Madame SHen waved his hand, "Forget it, take good care of First Miss. There's no need to worry about it." With that, she led Jin Lan out of the room.

Exiting the courtyard of the Yunxiu House, the Madame SHen walked on the blue brick road with Jin Lan in tow. When she saw her daughter's pale face, Madame SHen stopped walking, "Lan Er, are you tired? The main hall is still far away, so there is no need for you to go. As she spoke, she instructed Hui Xiu, "Accompany Second Miss back to the Lan Garden."

"Mother, I'm not tired." Jin Lan immediately shook his head and squeezed out a smile, then said to Madame SHen in a tender voice: "Just now, I was just scared stiff by big sister's appearance, and now that I have recovered, it's fine. Besides, mother is not tired, why is Lan Er tired?"

The Madame SHen who was usually amiable to Jin Lan actually revealed a rarely seen unyielding expression. "I can see that your expression isn't right, it's better to listen to mother and obediently go back to rest."

Seeing that, Jin Lan knew that the Madame SHen was determined not to let her follow, so he nodded and compromised. After bowing to the Madame SHen, Hui Xiu changed the route and returned to the Lan Garden.

Ever since something had happened to Wan Ju, she had deliberately found a reason to send the Mama Tang out of the house so that she could report the news back in time. As a result, only Bi He, the head servant, and the two other maidservants, Mu Lan and Wen Zhu remained. Normally, Bi He would accompany her to the Shuixie Pavilion, but in her heart, she was suspicious of the servant girls inside the Lan Garden. Usually, once they reached the Shuixie Pavilion, they would send her back home, but when they wanted to return there, they would leave with either Man Ping or Hui Xiu.

When Jin Lan's figure disappeared, Madame SHen brought a group of people to walk towards the veranda. Not long after, they saw Steward Li leading a man who looked like a doctor towards the Yunxiu House. The Madame SHen's gaze wavered as she pursed her lips. Without further ado, she retracted her gaze and walked towards the main hall.

That night, Jin Lan lied on his carving bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. When he closed his eyes, Ye Jinwei's shivering face and his widened eyes that revealed fear and despair surfaced in his mind. It wasn't easy for him to squint for a bit, but he was repeatedly woken up by his nightmares. Even Bi He, who was on night duty, woke up twice, scrubbed and changed her clothes, tossed and turned until the edges of the sky suffused with a touch of fish-belly white, before drowsily closing his eyes.

When it was the hour that they normally ate breakfast, Madame SHen, who was waiting left and right for no one to come, sent Hui Xiu to the Lan Garden to inquire about the situation. After finding out that she was unable to sleep soundly last night, she must have been extremely frightened due to the Yunxiu House. Then, she got Man Ping to personally find the Doctor Gong to prescribe some medicine for calming the spirit. After ordering someone to personally deliver it, she had to stare at her as she drank it before giving up.

With a frown on his face, Jin Lan finished drinking the bitter laughter of the Medicinal Juice. Feeling sleepy, he could not help but yawn, and then laid back on the bed, falling into a deep sleep. This time, he slept extremely soundly.

Madame SHen sat in front of his bed, quietly watching her daughter's peaceful face, only after a while did she get up and walk out of the room, and especially gathered the servants and wives for a beating, and instructed Bi He to take care of Jin Lan, and then brought Hui Xiu and the servants out.

On the way, she walked and stopped, enjoying the garden that she had not stepped into for a long time. Only after more than an hour did Madame SHen return to her Shuixie Pavilion. Before she could sit down, Man Ping came in from the outside and whispered to her. After hearing what Man Ping said, Madame SHen's face turned slightly pale, but she quickly calmed down. She looked up at Hui Xiu, and said, "Go and call Qiu Wen over."

Hui Xiu nodded, then turned and walked towards the living room.

Not long later, Qiu Wen entered the main house behind Hui Xiu.

Qiu Wen bowed towards the Madame SHen respectfully, "Madam."

The Madame SHen sized Qiu Wen up carefully, as if she was trying to see something from her face. After a long time, she finally opened her mouth: "Why did you go to the sewing room yesterday?"

After Qiu Wen heard Madame SHen's question, she told him everything. It was because she got up yesterday morning to find that she had used up all the rolled silver threads from the needle and thread basket, but she only had a small part of her clothing left to roll, so she went to the needlework room to get some. As a result, the embroidery ladies left the room to consult the double-sided embroidery method. After all, no one could compare to her when it came to double-sided embroidery in the Ye Mansion. When Hui Xiu personally came to look for her, she hurried back to the Shuixie Pavilion with Hui Xiu. It was just that she did not know when the bag that was originally hanging on her waist had fallen, if not for Ling Shan bringing it over, she would not have realised it.

After she finished speaking, she nervously stood in place. Although Hui Xiu did not say it explicitly, she had personally witnessed everything within the Side Chamber yesterday, so she naturally understood a bit. Especially when she heard Chun Xiao slander her as the messenger, she was shocked and fearful, and almost fainted on the spot. It was fortunate that the person who spread the news was finally found, otherwise... Qiu Wen's heart could not help but tremble.

He thought he had found some useful clues, but now it seemed that they were all useless. Madame SHen was quiet for a moment, then waved her away.

"Madam, you've been tired all day. Why don't you lie down and rest for a while?" Hui Xiu reached out her hands to straighten the pillow at the side, and helped Madame SHen up onto the soft couch.

With one hand holding her chin, the Madame SHen half leaned on the soft couch, her eyes narrowed as she stared in a daze. Man Ping took out the Satin Beauty Hammer and hammered her legs, the Peacock Blue Glaze that was placed in the outer room burned with the fragrance of sandalwood.

Concubine Shao had always been guarding the Yunxiu House, and Ye Jinwei had woken up twice during this period. Both times she was unconscious, but even so, whenever someone approached him, she would struggle, spouting nonsense. Yao Mama, Si Ling and Qian Yun had to work together to drink the medicine. After drinking the medicine, she gradually calmed down and fell back into a deep sleep.

Only when the moon reached the treetops did Concubine Shao bring Su Xin back to the Bright Autumn Pavilion. As soon as she sat down, he slammed her hand on the table, scaring the Willow who was just about to enter the room with her tea, out of her mind.