Chapter 226 Probability

"No, no!"

"I was wrong, I will never do it again."

"Please, let me go, I want to go home."

Xie Qingran had a persistent high fever and was somewhat delirious. She felt as if she had suddenly returned to the time when she first arrived at the manor, when Granny Wang abused her every day. At that time, she begged for mercy countless times, only wanting to go home.

But all she received in response were cold words and heavy blows from the board.

"pain……"

"It hurts so much."

Xie Qingran's tears slid down her cheeks, and she rolled around on the bed, constantly complaining of pain.

Xiao Jue and the divine physician arrived almost simultaneously. Xiao Jue immediately pushed Xie Zhaoye aside and hugged Xie Qingran, asking, "Qingran, what's wrong? What happened?"

"It hurts, it hurts so much!"

"Please, please stop hitting me, it hurts so much."

Xie Qingran's hands gripped Xiao Jue's clothes tightly, tears streaming down her face, her body trembling uncontrollably as she pleaded desperately.

The renowned doctor carefully examined her pulse and sighed, "This is hysteria. She's probably thinking about something unpleasant. She'll be fine once the fever subsides."

"Where does it hurt? Where does it hurt?"

Xiao Jue was anxious. Could it be that Xie Qingran had been injured again without his knowledge?

"She doesn't feel pain anywhere else, but her memory hurts."

"A painful memory caused her pain."

The doctor sighed, looking at Xie Qingran with some heartache.

She's the rightful eldest daughter of the Xie family, yet she's managed to live such a miserable life. It's truly pitiful.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jue's eyes flashed with murderous intent as he looked at Xie Zhaoye: "Was it you? You all bullied her, didn't you?"

"No, I didn't bully her!" Xie Zhaoye almost instinctively defended himself.

However, Xie Zhaoye soon felt a little guilty, after all, he had bullied Xie Qingran quite a bit when she first came home.

Now that he knows he was wrong, he doesn't know how to apologize.

"Get out!"

Xiao Jue was getting angry just looking at this kid, so he immediately told him to get out.

What?

Hearing this, Xie Zhaoye was stunned for a moment: "I am her own brother, I will stay here and protect her!"

"No need, see them out!" Xiao Jue's tone became sharp as he glanced at Hong Shan.

Sequoia reacted quickly and hurriedly pulled Xie Zhaoye outside.

"How can you be so clueless? Didn't you see that my Duke has turned hostile?" Hongshan rolled her eyes at Xie Zhaoye speechlessly.

Xie Zhaoye was also annoyed after hearing this. He snorted and said irritably, "What does he have to turn against me? Although she is his wife, she is also my own sister. Can't I, as her older brother, care about my sister?"

"So now you remember you're the older brother?"

"Why didn't you do this sooner?"

Sequoia knew something about Xie Zhaoye's situation, so she didn't hold back and retorted with a few words.

Inside the room, Xie Qingran gripped Xiao Jue's wrist tightly, refusing to let go.

Seeing this, Xiao Jue became anxious and looked at the divine doctor with annoyance: "You are supposed to be a divine doctor, how come you can't even cure a fever like this? What should we do now? Tell me, what should we do?"

"Take your medicine, and stop yelling. She's exhausted and needs to rest."

"After she takes the medicine, her fever will naturally go down. Then she'll have a good sleep and wake up feeling much better."

Perhaps because the doctor spoke so casually, Xiao Jue was somewhat dumbfounded.

"That simple?"

"Otherwise, do you expect me to have surgery?"

The divine physician rolled his eyes at Xiao Jue, who now finally understood what it meant to be blinded by concern.

Actually, Xie Qingran's condition wasn't particularly serious; she just had a fever. But Xiao Jue acted as if Xie Qingran was about to die.

Hearing this, Xiao Jue finally breathed a sigh of relief, then said in a muffled voice, "I don't know what kind of injustice he suffered to be like this."

"What is there not to know? Just think about it and you should know how much suffering a seven or eight-year-old girl would endure being sent to the village all alone. Can't you imagine?"

"Speaking of which, the Imperial Concubine is truly..."

The doctor sighed. The person was dead; it was too late to settle accounts now!

This is probably the most frustrating part.

Soon, Baozhu came in with the medicine, knelt down beside Xie Qingran with a pained expression, and fed her the medicine spoonful by spoonful.

"I'll do it!"

Seeing that Baozhu spit out half a spoonful after feeding her, Xiao Jue immediately became anxious. He grabbed the medicine bowl, pried open Xie Qingran's mouth, and forced the medicine down her throat.

"Cough cough cough!"

Xie Qingran coughed violently, then suddenly opened her eyes, her face filled with pain.

The renowned doctor was utterly impressed by Xiao Jue's actions: "Don't even mention unconsciousness, I bet you could torture someone back to life even if they were dead. Who feeds medicine like that?"

"Isn't she awake now?" Xiao Jue felt awkward and silently withdrew his hand, handing the empty medicine bowl to Baozhu. He clearly wanted to frame her in front of Xie Qingran.

Fortunately, Xie Qingran was only briefly awake and soon fell asleep again.

"I added some sedatives to her medicine, so she won't wake up for a while. Don't worry, she'll sleep soundly."

"Come out with me, I have something to tell you."

The divine physician glanced at Xiao Jue, then at Xie Qingran on the bed, before turning and walking outside.

Seeing the doctor's demeanor, Xiao Jue felt that something was amiss. He silently followed behind, and after they went out, Xiao Jue said unhappily, "Just say what you have to say."

"I have noticed that the lady's health is not very good these past few times. It is probably because she was exposed to cold when she was a child, which is not good for having children."

The divine physician looked at Xiao Jue with deep concern.

"What? You mean she can't have children?" Xiao Jue's expression changed. "Is it true that she can't have children?"

"Not entirely, it's just quite difficult." The doctor sighed. "I'll go back and do some research to see if I can take some medicine to help. Her constitution is so weak; it's obvious she hasn't had a good life in recent years. These people have really gone too far!"

Xiao Jue clenched his fist: "Save everything to cure her."

"The chances are very small."

"So you need to plan ahead."

The divine doctor and Xiao Jue are very good friends, and good friends tend to speak very frankly with each other.

Xiao Jue immediately understood the meaning behind those words, and he said coldly, "It's alright, our Xiao family has no shortage of male members."