After the meal, everyone sat with the old lady for a while before returning to their respective courtyards. Since the whole family was leaving together, Zhang Zhaoci needed to pack her luggage properly when she got back. The conditions there were not good, and she needed to bring a lot of things. Zhang Zhaoci also wanted to take advantage of these few days to make some emergency pills for the old lady.

Through observation, listening, questioning, and palpation, Zhang Zhaoci, a Western medicine doctor, could tell at a glance that the old lady had heart disease and high blood pressure. Although the old lady took good care of herself, there was always an unexpected event. Therefore, it was always good to have some pills on hand, just in case.

The Xu family had received much help from the old lady in this mansion. In addition, this time, if the old lady hadn't spoken up, it would have been really troublesome for Zhang Zhaoci and her two children to leave together. Her mother-in-law had already asked them to stay, and if the old lady hadn't spoken up for them, they would have been forced to stay at home. Even if they managed to go with her later, they would probably be considered unfilial. The man went out to serve as an official, and the woman didn't stay at home with her children to properly take care of her parents-in-law, but insisted on going with her husband. What is this if not unfilial?

Accompanied by the Marquis and the Heir Apparent, Xu Rao began to visit some relatives and friends. Some relatives and friends also came to the Xu family to give Xu Rao a farewell ceremony before he left home. Xu Rao was so busy that he was practically running around.

Zhang Zhaoci managed to leave the city and go to the largest pharmacy in the capital to buy some useful medicinal herbs. After returning, he used the pill recipes from his previous life to make either honey pills or water pills using a water-boiling stove.

When Zhang Zhaoci was a surgeon, she was very interested in traditional Chinese medicine. She knew the ingredients of most common emergency Chinese medicines. The hospital's TCM department even made its own Chinese medicines. For a period of time, Zhang Zhaoci was not in good health and did not perform surgery, but only worked in the outpatient clinic. The outpatient clinic was close to the Chinese medicine pharmacy, so Zhang Zhaoci often went there to watch her colleagues make pills. She also asked her colleagues in the Chinese medicine pharmacy about the ingredients and uses of each kind of pill. Therefore, Zhang Zhaoci was able to make several emergency pills independently.

After two busy days, with the small courtyard filled with the smell of medicine, the pills were finally finished. Zhang Zhaoci put the finished pills into some small porcelain bottles, labeled them, and then took Xu Zhi to the old lady's courtyard.

The old lady had just woken up from her afternoon nap when she heard that Zhang Zhaoci had brought Xu Zhi, so she quickly invited the mother and daughter in.

After Xu Zhi entered, she followed her mother and bowed respectfully to the old lady before being embraced by her.

Zhang Zhaoci exchanged a few pleasantries with the old lady and said, "Madam, these are some pills I specially made for you. I'll explain how to use them to Granny Li. If you have any problems, just take them out and use them."

Upon hearing this, the old lady smiled and said, "The pills made by your Zhang family are priceless. I am truly grateful to you."

Zhang Zhaoci smiled and said, "Madam, you're being too polite. You are our grandmother, and it's only right that I show you this respect."

Zhang Zhaoci took out several porcelain bottles and instructed Li Mama which one to take when she had angina, which one to take when she had numbness in her hands and feet, which one to take when she was dizzy, and which one to take when she had a headache or fever. After Li Mama carefully wrote them down, she put the porcelain bottles away.

Zhang Zhaoci chatted with the old lady for a while longer with Xu Zhi before taking his leave.

The old lady looked at the porcelain bottles, sighed, and said, "Our Third Madam's medical skills are truly unparalleled. Look, she didn't even take my pulse, yet she knew what minor ailments I had. Before she passed away, she even left me some emergency pills."

The old lady knew that there had been a medicinal smell coming from the Third Master's courtyard these past two days, probably because he was making pills for her.

Granny Li said, "You are so lucky to have found such a granddaughter-in-law. These are life-saving prescriptions that are worth their weight in gold."

The old lady sighed and said, "Yes, it's priceless, but there are some things we have to do. I really hope our Marquis's mansion will get better and better in the future."

Seeing the old lady's expression, Granny Li sighed and carefully stored the small porcelain bottles in a small drawer of the old lady's canopy bed.

When Zhang Zhaoci returned, he saw a maid standing in the courtyard wearing a silver-red jacket. Turning around, he realized that the maid was very beautiful, with phoenix eyes, a high nose, cherry lips, and a good figure, both slender and plump. When she saw Zhang Zhaoci coming, she quickly handed him his luggage.

There were only two rough-working old women, two head maids, and two junior maids who helped out in Zhang Zhaoci's courtyard. At this moment, the two head maids were tidying up in the room. When they saw Zhang Zhaoci coming over, the head maid named Qingmiao came over and bowed, saying, "Third Madam, this sister said she came from Aunt Zhu's place and said she was going to come with us to Hexi County to serve Third Master."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhaoci knew that Aunt Zhu was trying to send someone to her side. She couldn't help but look down on Aunt Zhu's behavior. When her family of three was in trouble, Aunt Zhu didn't do anything, but now that she was leaving, she was rushing to send someone over.

Zhang Zhaoci didn't let anyone into the house. He stood in the courtyard and said to the maid, "Since Auntie has brought you here, you are one of us. Go back and tell Auntie Zhu that we are far away from home and feel very bad that we can't take care of her. She can leave you to help take care of her."

The maid was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Third Madam, Auntie said I should go with you to Hexi to serve you."

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