The next day.

The Annan Marquis' Mansion had been depressed and gloomy for a few days, but finally, sounds of joy were heard.

Rong Huanyao ran to Yihuayuan without even having time to comb her hair or wash her face.

"Mom, mom, look, my eyes are healed. I can go out now."

"Whatever medicine you gave me, I want to take it to save the eldest prince."

Rong Huanyao walked into the house happily, and a strong smell of medicine hit her nose.

"Mom...are you sick?"

Nanny Sun was stunned!

The old lady has been ill for a month, and the young lady only discovered it today?

The old lady numbly drank the bitter medicine, raised her eyes to glance at her, and said weakly: "It's just ordinary eye drops, go find the doctor..."

The old lady was shocked.

The shop of the Annan Marquis's Mansion had extremely poor revenue to begin with. Ever since the Autumn Examination, the family had suffered many misfortunes and was laughed at every day.

As a result, few people visited the shops, and one shop after another closed down.

Today, only one grain store remains.

The family's property has shrunk by more than half compared to last year.

Even the government doctor couldn’t afford to stay.

Nowadays, if you want to see a doctor, you can only go out and see a doctor.

"Go find Doctor Li. He'll get the medicine for you."

"Okay. Then I'll go get the medicine for the eldest prince."

Rong Huanyao stood up and walked out, and the old lady started coughing.

But she did not stop, she only turned around and said at the door,

"Mom, I'll come back to see you in the evening, you should have a good rest."

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Nanny Sun rubbed the old lady's back.

"Old lady..." Nanny Sun looked reluctant.

She was the personal maid who followed the old lady when she went to Annan Marquis' Mansion.

Five years ago, the youngest son got married and the family business was booming. There was no need for her to work, but she couldn't sit idle, so she returned to the marquis's mansion and continued to serve the old lady.

Seeing the old lady come over these years, I can see how much she loves her children and how she has worked hard for them for most of her life.

But what about her children?

One is stubborn and does nothing.

A woman who throws herself wholeheartedly into a man who doesn't love her.

The old lady has been ill for a month, and no one has come to care about her.

Two biological children are not as good as one stepson.

Although the eldest master is not the old lady's biological son, she respects him like her own mother.

As long as the old lady looked a little unwell, he would go up to her and show concern.

Every time he came back from a battle, he would bring back precious medicinal herbs to nourish the two elderly people.

The same is true for the eldest lady.

She has been married into the Marquis's Mansion for fifteen years. Whenever the old lady has a headache or fever, she will take care of her personally.

Do things yourself and never delegate to others.

When wealthy families take care of the sick, they just go through the motions, but the actual work is done by the maids and servants. This is considered extremely filial piety.

But what happened this year that caused the family to fall apart?

Thinking back carefully, there seemed to be no conflict between the two families.

The decline of the Annan Marquisate seemed to have happened invisibly?

The old lady coughed for a long time and her expression relaxed.

"How is Wang'er? Is his injury healed?"

"Second Master recovered a few days ago," Nanny Sun said hesitantly, "but he's been out a lot these past few days, leaving early and returning late. I wonder what he's been busy with?"

"It's nothing more than eating, drinking and having fun with his group of cronies." The old lady waved her hand and said nonchalantly, "Let him do whatever he wants, as long as he doesn't get involved in the court again."

The last beating seemed to have drained the old man's energy away.

It has been more than a month, but it is still not fully healed.

He can't bear another beating.

"Where's Mrs. Hu? I see the servants in the mansion are all lazy today. Why doesn't she do anything about it?"

The old lady gets angry when she mentions Mrs. Hu.

I work hard all day but don't earn any money.

I can't do housework well.

They even dared to deduct her medicine money. If Mrs. Hu had not refused to use good medicinal materials, she would not have suffered these days.

When Qin Nanjing was around, she was always given the best medicine.

At that time, she had never been seriously ill for such a long time.

"For the past ten years, Mrs. Hu has never made any mistakes. How on earth is she managing the household now? Why has she suddenly become so lazy?"

"Old Madam... don't you know?" Nanny Sun asked in surprise.

"What?"

"Although the Second Madam is the head of the household, all affairs in the mansion are handled by the First Madam. The Second Madam is only responsible for distributing money in the household and managing the shops under the Second Master's name."

To put it bluntly, Hu only touches money, and Qin Nanjing only does work.

Sometimes Mrs. Hu would withhold the money, and she would have to put in her own money.

Nanny Sun widened her eyes slightly.

When Qin Nanjing married into the family, Nanny Sun had already left home and started her own family.

These are things she has observed in the four years since she returned.

The old lady had been with them for fifteen years and had no idea?

After she came back, she saw that the old lady treated Qin Nanjing better than Hu, and she thought the old lady knew it.

The old lady frowned deeply when she heard this.

"How could you run the shop like this after running it for over a decade?!"

The old lady slammed the table angrily, "Call Mrs. Hu over here!"

Nanny Sun: ???

Did she miss the point?

"Madam... Madam, something's wrong..."

At this moment, a little maid came running over.

"Please go to the front yard and take a look. Madam has gone crazy again..." The little maid was frightened and anxious.

The rumor that Mrs. Hu was possessed by an evil spirit has not been completely dispelled.

She suddenly became irritable, and some people thought it was evil.

"How dare you come looking for my son? Get out of here!" Mrs. Hu grabbed something and threw it at Meng Fanfei.

Meng Fanfei's head was bleeding and most of his face was red.

"Madam, I'm just here to deliver medicine to Brother Shihan. I'll leave after delivering the medicine and won't stay any longer."

"Please let me see Brother Shihan."

Meng Fanfei begged while dodging the things thrown by Hu.

He hadn't seen him for three days and couldn't get any news about him.

He knew that his feelings were not tolerated by the world, but he never thought of invading it. He just wanted to wait silently by the side.

"You almost ruined my son, and you still want to see him?!"

Hu's face was hideous, her face flushed red, and her face, which had not been tidied up for several days, looked like an evil ghost that wanted to eat people.

"I'm telling you, as long as I, Hu Qinglian, am alive, you won't be able to seduce him!"

It was all because of this person in front of her that her son became the laughing stock of the whole city.

Hu wanted to kill him immediately and cut him into pieces.

The objects in the house had been smashed to pieces. Mrs. Hu picked up a flower pot and threw it hard.

Meng Fanfei narrowly escaped.

There was only a "click" sound, followed by an old "ouch".

The shattered ceramic fragments pierced the legs of the old lady who had just arrived.

Suddenly, blood flowed from the old lady's thigh, along the dirt-covered porcelain pieces, to the ground, forming a pool.

"Old lady—"

"Asshole... asshole!"

After scolding, the old lady rolled her eyes and fainted.