"My lord, I heard that man seemed really anxious. Could it be that because my cousin didn't go last night, my lord didn't go and couldn't get over it?" Luo Xinyue bit her lip and said aggrievedly.
Gu Huaizhi frowned when he heard this. He didn't want to pay attention to it, but his feelings for Tang Wan'er couldn't just disappear.
Before, he had no comparison and just thought that Tang Wan'er was the best. But now, with his friend Luo Xinyue, he became a little impatient with Tang Wan'er's little temper.
However, Tang Wan'er was not only his cousin, but also his woman. After thinking this through, Gu Huaizhi sat up resignedly.
Luo Xinyue looked at Gu Huaizhi who sat up, and sat up as well.
"You sleep a little longer, I'll go check on you." Gu Huaizhi said gently to Luo Xinyue and got out of bed.
"Husband, let me go with you." Luo Xinyue didn't really want to go, she just wanted to pretend to be magnanimous and show Tang Wan'er's unreasonable behavior.
"No need. You didn't get enough rest last night. I'll go check on you. I have to report to the Ministry of Personnel soon." Gu Huaizhi patted Luo Xinyue's shoulders and told her to sleep a little longer.
"Then I will get up and help you get dressed."
When Gu Huaizhi arrived at Qimengxuan, Old Mrs. Tang was already waiting there.
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"Why did you come just now?" Mrs. Tang said dissatisfiedly as she looked at her son who came late.
"Mom, what happened to Wan'er?" When Gu Huaizhi saw Old Mrs. Tang waiting here, his heart sank a little. He thought, could it be that something really happened to Tang Wan'er?
Thinking of this, Gu Huaizhi felt a little guilty. Wan'er must have been really unwell last night, right?
"Look for yourself. Humph, Wan'er sent someone to invite you last night, why didn't you come?" Old Mrs. Tang felt distressed when she looked at her seriously ill niece.
"Mom, last night, I thought it was Wan'er who was being naughty with me. After all, this wasn't the first time." Gu Huaizhi said with some guilt.
"Is Wan'er the kind of person who would be so petty? She's just a concubine? How could she make you unable to tell right from wrong?" Old Mrs. Tang did not go to the banquet yesterday. After all, Luo Xinyue was just a concubine and there was no need for her, an old lady, to be in charge.
Naturally, he was not aware of his son's promotion yesterday, and he did not see Tang Wan'er at the banquet, causing Gu Huaizhi to lose face.
At this time, old Mrs. Tang's heart was still with Tang Wan'er.
In addition, last night, Tang Wan'er was very cruel to herself and soaked her in cold water for an hour. She had just suffered a miscarriage not long ago and her body was very weak. Now, she soaked in cold water for another hour. Her face was now burning red.
"Cousin, cousin..."
Tang Wan'er murmured to herself.
This made old Mrs. Tang, who was standing by, burst into tears out of heartache.
"If you had come to see her last night, Wan'er's illness wouldn't have become so serious!" Old Mrs. Tang looked at Tang Wan'er and couldn't help wiping away her tears.
In his heart, he even blamed Luo Xinyue for this mistake.
"Has the doctor come to see me?" Gu Huaizhi looked around but didn't see Qingye. He couldn't help but frown, thinking to himself, Qingye is becoming less and less attentive when it comes to taking care of people.
It seems that I need to give myself a good knock someday.
However, I thought again that Qingye might have gone to see a doctor.
"My lord, I went to the clinic, but that small clinic was not open yet. When the doctors from Deyitang heard that it was our Marquis' Mansion, they were unwilling to send a doctor." Xiaoju was so scared that she quickly knelt on the ground and said.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Why is the doctor from Deyitang unwilling to come to your house?" Gu Huaizhi felt that the little maid must have not explained it clearly.
Otherwise, why would the doctors at Deyitang be unwilling to visit you?
"The doctor at Deyitang said that the last time our family invited a doctor to see the patient, they didn't pay him, so they won't send anyone this time." Xiaoju said in a low voice.
Last time, we invited a doctor from Deyitang to treat Qingye. The consultation fee was two taels of silver. The third young lady thought it was too expensive, saying that a consultation for a little maid was not worth two taels of silver.
He was unwilling to pay the money, and finally, the doctor turned away, saying that from now on, Deyitang would not come to see patients at the Marquis Xuanping's mansion.
"When did I not pay the consultation fee?" Gu Huaizhi was still thinking in his heart, could it be the last time Tang Wan'er saw the patient?
"Just yesterday, Sister Qingye was injured, so we asked the doctor from Deyitang to come. Sister Qingye was seriously injured, and she asked for two taels of silver, but we didn't give it to her." Xiaoju said in a low voice.
"She's just a maid, her life is worthless. Why do you need to hire a doctor? Don't delay my Wan'er's illness!" Old Mrs. Tang didn't even ask how Qingye was injured.
"Uncle Zhong, take ten taels of silver and go to Deyitang to ask Doctor Zhu to come and see my cousin." Gu Huaizhi said in a cold voice.
"Yes!" Uncle Zhong responded, but did not leave immediately.
"What are you still standing here for?" Old Mrs. Tang was also angry when she saw the housekeeper like this.
"My Lord, that silver..." Uncle Zhong didn't want to stay here. It was really too difficult to get the Third Miss to agree to withdraw the silver from the account.
"Take it!" Gu Huaizhi felt that he had been angry ever since Gu Nianshu took over the family.
Yesterday's banquet was even more difficult to describe. If it weren't for the emperor's promotion decree, the people who came would all be of low official positions. Otherwise, his Xuanping Marquis Mansion would have lost all face yesterday.
"Mom, do you think that Third Sister is too young to be the head of the family?" Gu Huaizhi looked at Old Tang and asked.
"Nianshu, you are young, so it's normal for you to not understand something. Why don't you ask your wife to teach Nianshu more?" Old Mrs. Tang didn't think there was anything wrong with Gu Nianshu not paying the maid for the medical fee.
Today this maid was injured, and the mansion has to pay two taels of silver. If that maid is injured tomorrow, another three taels of silver will be paid.
What became of this marquisate in the future?
"If you want to blame someone, blame your wife. She hides everything and is unwilling to teach Nianshu more." Old Mrs. Tang felt that all this was Tai Jingwan's fault.
Otherwise, how could Nian Shu do such a thing?
"Mom, no, let Xinyue take care of this family." Gu Huaizhi thought, Luo Xinyue's uncle is the Dali Temple Minister after all, and she is also an official's wife. She must be aware of the affairs of the family.
Tang Wan'er, who was originally moaning in pleasure, opened her eyes in anger when she heard this.
She went to great lengths to make herself sick, not just to let Luo Xinyue take charge of the family.
If that damn Luo Xinyue really becomes the head of the family, Marquis Xuanping will probably never be able to establish his own position in the future.
"Aunt..." Tang Wan'er deliberately ignored Huaizhi and called out to Old Mrs. Tang sadly.
"Oh, my poor child, you're finally awake." When old Mrs. Tang saw Tang Wan'er wake up, she hurried to the bedside and held Tang Wan'er's hand with a distressed look on her face.
The housekeeper Zhongshu took the silver and hurried out of Qimengxuan.
But just when he walked to the door, he saw Luo Xinyue.
"Uncle Zhong, you're in such a hurry. Is there something urgent?" Luo Xinyue asked with a smile.
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