Chapter 15: Fear of Life
"Yuer."
Madam Xiao and the beauty mother looked at Xiao Jiuyue in unison, and hurriedly hugged the unconscious Xiao Jiuyue. The beauty mother exclaimed, "Yue'er's body is so hot."
Even through a layer of clothes, I could feel the heat from her body.
"Guo Sheng, please call the doctor." Jun Lie was planning to leave, but when he saw this scene, he gave the order directly.
When the Xiao family brought Xiao Jiuyue back to the room and settled her down, while Old Madam Xiao was making arrangements to invite a doctor, the doctor sent by Jun Lie was already knocking on the door of the Xiao family.
The Xiao family members gathered around Xiao Jiuyue, their eyes fixed on the doctor. He only heard the doctor say, "Exerting your mind is harmful to your health. The young lady is overthinking, and her old injuries haven't healed yet, causing her to have a high fever."
"It must be that the arrow wound from before hasn't healed yet." The beautiful woman cried in self-blame, "I shouldn't have listened to her. What's the point of saying it's healed yet? I should have checked it out."
The beautiful mother couldn't stop crying, and Xiao Jiayuan, who was standing beside her, shed tears as big as beans. His sister was hurt because of him!
"Can you wake Yue'er up by crying?" Madam Xiao forced herself to stay awake and looked at the doctor and asked, "Doctor, just prescribe the medicine."
"Madam, I can prescribe medicine, but if the high fever doesn't subside, your life might be in danger." As soon as the doctor started speaking, the beautiful woman cried so hard that she almost fainted. She knelt down in front of the doctor and said, "Doctor, please save Yue'er."
"Madam, this is not possible." The doctor quickly moved away. The family in front of him looked wealthy.
Madam Xiao clenched her skinny hands. She looked at the doctor and said, "As long as Yue'er is safe and sound, the consultation fee will be fifty taels."
The doctor was shocked by the fifty taels consultation fee. He said with embarrassment, "Madam, this is not about the consultation fee. It's about the girl's illness... which is indeed serious. So, I'll prescribe a prescription and see if it can reduce the high fever."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, doctor." Madam Xiao's words were filled with gratitude. After the doctor finished prescribing the medicine, Chief Steward Jin took the prescription and prepared to follow the doctor back to get the medicine. The doctor paused before saying, "If you have any aged Ganoderma lucidum, it can be used to nourish the young lady."
"Thank you for the reminder, doctor." Old Madam Xiao asked Mother Jiang to take the medical fee to the doctor, and Manager Jin followed to get the prescription.
"Second and third wives, each of you choose a courtyard to live in." Old Madam Xiao sent the second and third wives away, leaving only Mei Renniang and Xiao Jiayuan in the house.
While crying, the beautiful mother ordered someone to change Xiao Jiuyue's clothes and fetch warm water.
"Yu'er." When the beautiful mother saw the bloody wound on Xiao Jiuyue's shoulder, she cried so hard that she almost fainted.
Old Madam Xiao looked at Lianxin and Luokui with sharp eyes.
Lianxin and Luokui knelt down. Lianxin said with a look of acceptance, "Young lady is afraid that the old lady and the mistress will worry, so she won't let me tell you."
"Young lady is injured like this, how can you still let her do whatever she wants?" Old Madam Xiao pursed her lips and said, "Take good care of Yue'er first. You can accept the punishment later."
"Yes." Lianxin and Luokui responded, and they went out of the house to work together. As soon as they left the house, Luokui gritted his teeth and said, "Lianxin, no wonder it's you who always changes the lady's clothes!"
"Luo Kui, the young lady is worried that the news of her injury will spread and that we won't be able to reach Hongdu." Lian Xin cleared her throat and said, "Let's go get some hot water."
Luo Kui also knew that she was not very good at keeping secrets, so she said, "Next time, please don't hide things from me."
Old Madam Xiao instructed the beautiful lady to take good care of Yue'er, and then went to thank the Third Prince. If the Third Prince had not invited the doctor in time, the case would have been delayed even more.
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"We got the medicine back, but we didn't buy any Ganoderma lucidum." Steward Jin held the medicine and said worriedly, "Madam, aged Ganoderma lucidum isn't sold in Lancang County at all. I'm afraid it's all in the possession of the rich."
Madam Xiao was silent for a while. In the past, the Xiao family had never lacked Lingzhi. She said, "Let the Fan family take a look at the medicine, then go and boil it, and let Yue'er take it as soon as possible."
"Yes." Manager Jin took the medicine and went to find the Fan family.
In the dark, Xiao Jiayuan listened to these words and thought quietly in his heart, with Ganoderma lucidum, can my sister's injury be healed?
Xiao Jiuyue felt that she was in dire straits. She could hear the crying of her beautiful mother, the worried voice of Old Madam Xiao, and someone constantly changing handkerchiefs on her forehead and wiping her body.
Bitter medicine was fed into her mouth, and she fell asleep again in a daze.
"Young Master, we are unfamiliar with the place, where can we buy Ganoderma lucidum?" Ji Fu followed Xiao Jiayuan tiredly and persuaded him all night long. As soon as Xiao Jiayuan got light in the morning, he dragged him to the county to buy Ganoderma lucidum and put all his private money in his pocket.
"Jifu, the clothes you're wearing were all made by my sister. Now my sister is sick and she can't buy any Ganoderma lucidum. Can you bear to watch her continue to be ill?" Xiao Jiayuan pursed his lips and said, "Jifu, I didn't expect you to be such a person."
"Master..." Ji Fu, the young master who was a head shorter than him, said, "Then how can we find Ganoderma lucidum? Even Manager Jin couldn't buy it." Of course he knew the kindness the eldest lady had shown him, but he couldn't just let the young master go out.
Xiao Jiayuan's eyes turned and he said, "Butler Jin can't buy it, but there is one person who can definitely buy it!"
"Third Prince, can I buy some Ganoderma Lucidum from you?" Xiao Jiayuan ran to Jun Lie's residence in the front yard and spoke crisply. Before he could open his mouth, he continued, "This is all the money I have. If it's not enough, can I owe you some?"
"Third Prince." Xiao Jiayuan knelt on the ground, looked up at Jun Lie and said, "Daddy said that Third Prince is kind and generous. If you help me, I will owe you a favor. In the future, I will help you no matter what."
Jun Lie looked at him. The seven-year-old Xiao Jiayuan had a childish face and was very bold. He was the first person to dare to say so bluntly that he owed someone a favor.
"Okay." Jun Lie responded, "Consider this Lingzhi as a gift to you. You owe me a favor."
"That's great." Xiao Jiayuan said happily, stuffing all the private money in his arms into the man's pocket and said, "Daddy said that a gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way. Your Highness, helping me buy the Ganoderma lucidum is already a huge favor. Your Highness, you must accept the money for the Ganoderma lucidum!"
Xiao Jiayuan's crisp words made Jun Lie look at him with new eyes.
My sister is saved.
At such a young age, he had only one thought in his mind: with the Ganoderma lucidum, his sister would definitely be saved.
After Xiao Jiayuan finished being happy, he looked at Jun Lie and asked, "Is that enough?"
Jun Lie looked at the silver he had saved up and nodded, "That's enough."
Guo Sheng looked at the small pieces of silver and thought that this aged Ganoderma lucidum would cost at least ten taels, which was definitely not enough. But when he saw His Highness said "enough", he shut up.
Xiao Jiayuan grinned, bowed earnestly to Jun Lie and said, "Thank you, Third Prince."
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