Ever since being kicked by Xu Sizun, Shiyi Niang has been keeping a certain distance from others. When Mother Tao rushed towards her with a ghost-like face, although she was stunned for a moment, she quickly reacted. The few steps away bought her some time. Thinking of the armchair behind her, she immediately squatted down.

Mother Tao came up empty-handed.

Eleventh Lady subconsciously wanted to run away, but she forgot that she was pregnant. She was not like before, and she failed to stand up and fell to the ground instead.

Mother Tao bent down and pinched her shoulders.

Eleventh Lady secretly cried out in dismay and raised her leg to kick Mother Tao hard.

Who knew that with a loud bang, all the powder and porcelain on Mother Tao's head flew everywhere, Mother Tao's eyes rolled back, and she slowly collapsed.

Eleventh Lady saw the Second Lady holding a vase with half the mouth left, looking at a loss.

She was stunned.

The second lady quickly dropped the mouth of the vase and murmured, "This is my first time..."

In ancient times, ladies of noble families never left their main house and experienced even less. The second wife grew up in a scholarly family, and they believed that "gentlemen use their mouths while villains use their hands." She was probably like herself and had never encountered a situation like this.

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but stammer, "Me too."

For a moment, the two looked at each other, and for some reason, they felt a sense of understanding, as if they saw a little bit of each other's true nature that they usually didn't see.

The room became quiet.

The lady came over in a panic.

"Eleventh Lady, Eleventh Lady, how are you? Are you feeling unwell?" The old lady's face was pale. As she spoke, she squatted down to help her.

Eleventh Lady came back to her senses and sat quietly for a while. Not feeling anything unusual, she stood up with the help of her strength: "It seems nothing happened?"

"Let's get a doctor to take a look!" As she spoke, the Second Madam had regained her usual calm demeanor and gently rebuked the dumbfounded nurse, "What are you still standing there for? Mother Tao has fainted from excessive grief. Why don't you call Jiexiang and Zhuxiang in so that they can have someone to serve you?"

The wet nurse came back to her senses with a start. While answering repeatedly, she turned around and called Jiexiang and Zhuxiang over. She was afraid that she would be implicated if this matter got out, so she entered the inner room before Jiexiang and Zhuxiang, and saw Shiyi Niang and the Dowager sitting side by side on the armchair, with the Second Lady standing beside the Dowager. The Dowager was patting her chest and saying, "...In my life, this is the first time someone dares to take action in front of me." She hurriedly poured a cup of tea for the Dowager.

The lady took the teacup and handed it to Shiyi Niang: "Come, have a sip of tea and calm yourself down." She then asked with concern, "Were you scared just now?"

Eleventh Lady nodded, drank a sip of tea, and felt much better.

Jiexiang and Zhuxiang come in.

The two of them looked at each other in bewilderment at the scene before them.

Although one was her personal attendant and the other was Eleventh Lady's personal attendant, the Second Lady chose not to explain anything. She ordered Jiexiang to clean up the scene and asked Zhuxiang to go to Eleventh Lady's room to call a few capable people to carry her away: "...She fainted from crying. Tell the steward of the outer courtyard to ask a doctor to come and take a look. And as for the Fourth Young Master, why hasn't Doctor Liu come for a follow-up visit yet!"

The excuses and how to act were all arranged.

Fortunately, Zhu Xiang was smart and immediately understood what the Second Madam meant.

She looked at Eleventh Lady, and after she told her to "go ahead", she hurried out of the inner room.

The second wife looked at her and nodded slightly, thinking that this maid was not bad.

Jiexiang and the wet nurse quickly took things to clean up the broken porcelain on the ground.

The Second Lady instructed the nurse, "You don't have to clean up the things. Just help look after Madam Tao."

The wet nurse did not dare to disobey and hurried to stand guard beside Mother Tao.

Xu Sizhun, lying on the kang, groaned uneasily.

When the Taifu, the Second Madam, and the Eleventh Lady heard this, they immediately surrounded them. The Taifu even hugged Xu Sizhun in her arms and said, "Zhun'er! Zhun'er! Grandmother is here!"

Xu Sizhun opened his eyes.

His originally clear eyes were now cloudy, and he looked at everyone slowly with a strange expression.

The lady's heart sank.

It's clear that he hasn't woken up yet.

The wet nurse was very worried when she heard this. She wanted to go over and take a look but she didn't dare to go, so she stood on tiptoe to look around.

Mother Tao, who was lying on the ground, suddenly moaned twice as softly as a mosquito.

The nurse was shocked and said quickly, "Madam, Mother Tao has woken up."

The lady and others looked over.

When the Second Lady saw one of them holding Xu Sizun and the other with a big belly, she had no choice but to say, "It's okay, I'm here!" As she spoke, she looked around and her eyes fell on a square, one-foot-tall blue and white porcelain vase beside the kang.

She made up her mind a little and took the flower pot hesitantly.

Xu Sizhun called out "Mother Tao" in a daze, mumbling, "...There's a ghost! There's a ghost!"

The old lady and the second lady looked at each other after hearing this. The old lady was busy comforting Xu Sizhun: "It's okay, it's okay!"

The second wife stepped forward without hesitation, closed her eyes and hit Mother Tao.

Mother Tao moved her fingers and calmed down.

Jiexiang was busy cleaning up the mess.

Xu Sizhun was startled by the sound of breaking porcelain. His body twitched twice and his eyes began to gradually regain focus.

"Zhun'er..." The old lady who discovered the abnormality was overjoyed and hurriedly said to the Second Lady and the Eleventh Lady, "Come here quickly! Is Zhun'er awake?"

The two walked over and saw this scene, and they couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation.

Zhu Xiang's voice rang out through the curtains: "Madam Tai, Fourth Madam, Second Madam, Mother Song is here."

Xu Sizhun's joy of waking up suddenly faded a little.

Eleventh Lady raised her voice to ask Mother Song to come in. Mother Song and the two servants she brought with her helped Mother Tao to the side of the lady's bed. The doctor invited by Chief Butler Bai also came, felt her pulse, and prescribed some calming medicine. Mother Song sent a servant to go and get the medicine, and she stayed by Mother Tao's side.

Over there, Xu Sizhun burst into tears and hugged the lady tightly: "Grandma, grandma, I'm so scared. I met a ghost!"

"Nonsense!" The lady was surprised and delighted. She hugged Xu Sizhun and said angrily, "It was Aunt Yi. She couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and was wandering around the yard. How could it be a ghost? The gatekeeper saw it!"

Xu Sizhun looked at the lady with tearful eyes: "Really, is it true?" He looked confused, "But I, but I saw a long tongue..."

"You!" The lady's loving smile was filled with helplessness. "You ran away secretly without telling grandma and Mother Du. You were scared and timid. You panicked at the slightest movement. Do you know how many days you were unconscious? Two whole days and nights. Grandma, your father, your mother, your second aunt, your fifth uncle, and your fifth aunt were all scared!"

Xu Sizhun was still frightened, thinking that what he saw at that time was not like this. He was a little bit unconvinced, but he couldn't ask, so he whispered: "Then, the tea fragrance..."

"You still care about Cha Xiang!" The lady's face darkened. "She took you out for a stroll in the middle of the night. I punished her by sending her to the laundry room."

In Xu Sizhun's impression, the Grand Madam never punished anyone. He knew that his grandmother was angry this time, and thought that he would have to find an opportunity to plead for Chaxiang in the future. He lowered his head and dared not mention it again.

The Second Madam tried to smooth things over: "Zhun'er has just woken up. Mother, if you have anything to say, we'll talk later." She added, "Zhun'er, lie down quickly. Be careful not to catch a cold. This one hasn't healed yet, and here comes another. You've made Madam worry about you until her hair turns white."

After all, he hadn't eaten for two days and two nights, so Xu Sizhun was just trying to hold on. After hearing what the second wife said, he felt weak all over and lay down obediently.

The lady helped to tuck in the corners of the quilt and hurriedly told Jiexiang to bring a bowl of white porridge.

The nurse came over and looked at Xu Sizun with tears in her eyes and smiled: "Fourth Young Master!"

Xu Sizhun was a little speechless.

In his dream, he saw his mother, Mother Tao, the wet nurse, and Xiao Shao with her hair combed in pigtails... Unexpectedly, the wet nurse really returned home.

"Nurse," he said with some excitement on his face, "I saw you holding me in my dream, it wasn't a dream, was it? You really held me in your arms?" As he spoke, he stretched his neck to look behind her, "Is Mother Tao here too? She will definitely come to see me when she hears that I'm sick!"

The nurse looked a little unnatural, and was just thinking about how to answer, when the lady laughed and said, "You really were confused in your sleep! It takes a whole day to go from Daxing to here, and you were unconscious for two days and two nights. How could Mother Tao know!"

Xu Sizhun's expression darkened, and he whispered, "It turns out that I remembered it wrong."

As she spoke, Jiexiang brought in some white porridge.

The lady made room for the wet nurse to serve Xu Sizhun porridge, and then asked the little maid to report to Xu Lingyi in the outer courtyard.

After a while, Xu Lingyi came with Doctor Liu.

This time, the Lady Dowager, Eleventh Lady and Second Lady took refuge in the warm room.

"Mother Tao's behavior is erratic, and Brother Zhun has a gentle personality. The two are too close." The old lady looked at Shiyi Niang with a sharp gaze as she stepped into the warm room. "Brother Zhun will be the one who controls the Yongping Marquis' Mansion in the future. How can he let a mother control him?"

Eleventh Lady was dejected.

The dead always seem particularly perfect when frozen in time. At that time, I spent a lot of effort to keep Mother Tao, hoping that when Xu Sizun was older and had the ability to distinguish right from wrong, he would decide whether to let Mother Tao stay or go. But now...

She sighed secretly in her heart.

There was no guarantee that no one would gossip about Xu Sizhun for their own benefit. It was easy to deal with when he was young, but when he grew up, there would probably be more trouble.

This is what it means that man proposes, God disposes!

Eleventh Lady pondered and replied in a low voice, "Yes."

The lady stopped talking.

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The maid had got the medicine and was discussing with Mother Song about going to the kitchen to borrow a small stove to boil the medicine. Mother Du came to visit, and the maid hurriedly reported to Mother Du. Mother Du asked a little maid beside her to go and borrow the small stove. Mother Du and Mother Song chatted in the room. When the medicine was ready, Mother Du helped Mother Song drink the medicine and then returned to the lady.

At night, when Mother Tao woke up, there was no one around her, only an oil lamp with a small flame to keep her company.

She couldn't help feeling confused as she thought about what happened today.

I remembered to ask someone to ask about Xu Sizun's condition, and suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.

I rushed to the toilet behind the curtain at the head of the bed and squatted for a long time. I felt better. But as soon as I lay down, my stomach started to hurt again. This happened several times. In the morning, I felt like I had been boiled in water and was limp.

Mother Du brought her maid and brought breakfast over.

"You were once a capable mother to the fourth lady. I won't say more. After breakfast, go back to the farm! Don't come again!" Then he gave the medicine to Mother Tao, "This is for promoting blood circulation and unblocking meridians."

Mother Tao looked at Mother Du coldly. She did not take the medicine or eat breakfast. She turned around and left Xu's house and hired a carriage to return to the farm.

On the way, I had diarrhea several times, and when I got home at night, I started to have bloody stools.

Tao Cheng was shocked and asked his mother what happened. His mother thought it was related to his stay in Yongping Marquis's mansion, but she couldn't explain it. She invited a doctor to see him, who said it was dysentery. He took several doses of medicine and changed several doctors, but there was no improvement. Tao Cheng even went to the mansion to ask the chief steward Bai to find an imperial physician to see him, but there was no improvement. By mid-June, he was gone.

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