C107 – Xue’s Return to Mansion
In the morning, a loud scream came out from Zuo Shaoyan’s room, shocking the whole yard.
“What happened?” Mrs. Hoe walked out of the west wing with her coat on, holding her stomach. The couple had not been together since she became pregnant.
A concubine ran out of Zuo Shaoyan’s room in a fluster, “Young Madame... This is bad, grandpa... Great lord...”
“Grandpa, what’s wrong?” Mrs. Hoe asked anxiously.
“Uncle seems to have fainted. I just entered to help you wash up, but you haven’t woken up yet.”
“Could it be that I slept late last night while reading a book?” After all, there was a Third Master who always slept late and woke up late. It wasn’t strange that he didn’t wake up at this hour.
“No... Your servant shouted out so loudly just now that even your grandpa didn’t move at all.”
Mrs. Hoe hurriedly pushed her away and helped Rui Lan into Zuo Shaoyan’s room. Sure enough, he was lying flat on the bed with a peaceful expression and a ruddy complexion. It was as if he was sleeping deeply.
The master and the servant exchanged a look of obscurity, and at the same time, they secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Hoe quickened her steps and sat on the bed to push Zuo Shaoyan a few times. Seeing that Zuo Shaoyan was really not reacting at all, she hurriedly shouted towards the outside, “Someone come quickly, go get a doctor!”
The entire Zuo’s Mansion instantly boiled up, and not long after, the butler supported Zuo Yunwen and hurried over. The people they saw were their son who was peacefully sleeping, and their daughter-in-law who was crying by the side.
“Don’t cry anymore, what’s going on?” Zuo Yunwen snapped.
“Father...” Mrs. Hoe trembled as she stood up, her eyes red and swollen. “Darling still hasn’t woken up. I don’t know what’s going on.”
Zuo Yunwen pushed him a few more times and shouted into his ear. Sure enough, there was no movement.
“Go get a basin of cold water!” Zuo Yunwen was actually a few years older than everyone else.
When the maidservants brought the cold water, no one dared to throw it directly at the lord’s face. They could only use the ice handkerchief to cover his face, but it was still useless.
This time, even Zuo Yunwen started to panic, “Where’s the doctor?... Has the doctor come?... Tell me, how did Shao Yan end up like this?”
Zuo Shaoyan’s personal guard, attendant Zhu Chenggui, was carried out. He had clearly just woken up and his clothes were messy, “Master, Uncle went out yesterday and stayed in the study room for the rest of the time.”
“Out of the house? Where did you go?”
Zhu Chenggui immediately kowtowed and said, “There’s Lord Jiang that invited you to a gathering.”
In less than the time it took to make a cup of tea, Lady Yue was dragged in by two sturdy looking women. She cried as she walked, “What do you dog slaves want to do? Let go... Ouch, my stomach... Master...”
“Pah!” Mrs. Xue was infuriated. “Enough! You better behave! Don’t be so foxy, is there a place for you to cry out?”
Zuo Yunwen couldn’t bear it, but his son was more important, so he didn’t stop him.
He also knew that Lady Yue had gone overboard these past few days. She was greedy and short-sighted, so she really wasn’t suitable for a housekeeper.
“Speak, what did you give me yesterday?” Mrs. Xue asked in exasperation. Zuo Shaoyan was her lifeline, the safeguard for her future life. No matter who dared to harm him, they would be irreconcilable with her.
Lady Yue leaned on her waist and asked, confused, “Madam, what do you mean by that? What do you mean I gave it to the lord to eat? The food was cooked by the kitchen, so how can I cook for you?”
“Humph! Don’t think that you would dare to disobey the rules just because you’re the master’s pet. You even dare to rob this family. Who knows if you will secretly harm this old man?”
“Ah, such injustice...” Lady Yue knelt down with difficulty and cried while wiping away her tears. “Master, you have to trust me. How can I be such a person?”
Mrs. Xue was so angry that she laughed. “You’re not that kind of person? Then tell me, what kind of person are you?”
Zuo Yunwen couldn’t wait to listen to their argument. He rubbed his forehead and said, “Alright, alright, save Shao Yan first, don’t drag everything out!”
“What is it? I just asked her a few words and you have a heartache? Humph! Don’t tell me you want to shield this slut? Or do you want to wait for her to give you a son to inherit? You can even do this kind of thing as pampering your concubine to kill your wife?”
“What are you talking about?” Zuo Yunwen was so angry that his face turned blue. He almost wanted to slap him across the face. Pet his concubine and destroy his wife? How could he say these words casually?
While everyone was arguing, the butler came in with three servants. They were carrying quite a lot of things.
“Reporting to the master and his wife, these are all valuable items that were found in Lady Yue’s room. There’s a bird’s nest abalone, winter insect and summer grass, as well as gold and silver jewelry of unknown origins. There’s also a paper bag that the old servant can’t tell what it is.”
Mrs. Xue got up and looked at the items one by one, feeling so angry that her chest felt stuffy. Although she knew that these were the result of her deliberately indulging in the act and did not wait for this moment when Housekeeper Lady Yue first came back, she saw it all with her own eyes.
“Good! Good! As expected of someone who came from Gou Yuan’s courtyard. Such a petty appearance is truly embarrassing!”
Mrs. Xue took a deep breath and mocked Zuo Yunwen, “Master, do you still want her to continue being your housekeeper? I don’t really care. At most, I, this old fogey, will just eat the same thing.”
Zuo Yunwen was speechless. He glared at Lady Yue but didn’t say a word.
Mrs. Xue opened the package and sniffed it. “What’s this?”
Lady Yue lowered her head and answered without even looking, “I can’t remember.”
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