Seeing that the two of them hesitated, Han Luoxue took the opportunity to say, "Alright, this place is really not suitable for you to recuperate. I will send someone to pick you up later."
If she had known she would encounter something like this, she should have brought a few people with her. Now, the two of them alone couldn't take the two away, and the two elderly people were still a little worried. However, seeing how filial their youngest daughter and granddaughter were, their feelings were extremely complicated.
The son and daughter they raised with great care have gone astray, and even their granddaughter, whom they doted on since childhood, is scheming against them in every way.
In the end, it was still this daughter, who had been gone for so long, the child they felt most indebted to, who stayed by their side during their most difficult time. The two could only lament the cruel twist of fate. This time, they didn't argue. Old Madam Chi raised her hand and grasped Yunniang's hand, tears streaming down her face. She choked out, "..."
"Yunniang, it's your mother. I'm so sorry. If I had known this would happen, I would have..."
She regretted it, she truly regretted it. She didn't know what she was thinking back then, not cherishing such a good daughter, but instead worrying about that heartless wretch, Chi Ling'er. Now, she had only herself to blame for this situation. If there were a pill to undo regret, she should have strangled her eldest daughter the moment she was born.
While he and his wife were facing an uncertain fate, their eldest daughter took the money and ran off to have some fun.
Yunniang patted the back of her hand and comforted her, "It's alright, it's all over now."
Thinking of Chi Ling'er, her eyes became more serious. "However, I will not let her go. I will send people to find her. I hope you will not stop me then!"
Madam Chi's eyes lit up, and she asked urgently, "You want to find Chi Ling'er?"
Actually, she also wanted to bring her eldest daughter over so she could ask her if she had any conscience at all. How could she be so heartless as to cheat them like this?
Seeing Old Madam Chi so agitated, Yunniang felt a pang of bitterness. It seemed that years of companionship were still hard to sever. Even though Chi Ling'er had done so much to offend them, did Old Madam Chi still not want to punish her?
"Yes, I will never forgive her for what she did to me."
Fortunately, she managed to escape back then; otherwise, she doesn't even want to imagine what kind of life she would be living now.
"You still can't let her go?"
Yunniang felt a little disappointed, but Old Madam Chi quickly shook her head: "I'm not unable to let her go. I just want to see her in person if you can find her. I just want to ask her why she was so cruel to us?"
He had been incredibly lenient with her, yet this daughter was ruthless and heartless towards him.
Hearing that Madam Chi wasn't trying to protect Chi Ling'er, Yunniang felt much better.
"Don't worry, I won't let her go. When I catch her, I'll let you meet her, but this time I won't hold back."
Han Luoxue's house in the capital had been empty for a long time. Yunniang would occasionally stay there when she came. It was a good opportunity to settle the two elderly people there, and Han Luoxue also found them a doctor in the capital.
However, the result was not very good.
"The old lady's health is severely depleted; she probably doesn't have many days left to live!"
The doctor sighed: "If we had taken good care of ourselves when we first got sick, it wouldn't have gotten this serious."
Old Master Chi's face turned deathly pale. This wasn't the first time he'd heard that Old Madam Chi was on her deathbed, but hearing it again still felt like a knife was being torn from his heart.
The two of them had supported each other for most of their lives, and now it seemed their time was almost up.
Han Luoxue's expression remained calm. Perhaps Madam Chi's condition was indeed not good, but with the spiritual spring water, she believed it would definitely improve.
As for Mr. Chi's injury, it wasn't a big problem; it was just a minor fracture. Given his age, his bones are more brittle, which is unavoidable. After the doctor immobilized it, he said that with two or three months of proper rest, he could get out of bed. Such sprains are relatively easy to treat.
After settling the two elderly people in, Yunniang took Han Luoxue's hand and tentatively asked, "Xue'er, will your water be of any use to them?"
Although she still harbored resentment towards the two elderly people, she didn't want them to die like that.
Han Luoxue smiled and said, "Actually, I don't know either. Let them drink it for a while and see. Hopefully, it will be effective."
When she brought the two of them back, she secretly checked the system shop in the space. The items had not been updated, and there were no special medicines for treatment.
Perhaps the spiritual spring water would be useful to them; in fact, she also had body-strengthening pills in her spatial storage. Han Luoxue hesitated; these were valuable items, and she didn't want to give them to the two elderly people, mainly because she didn't particularly like them. At most, she didn't dislike them.
Let's talk about it later, and see what Mother and Father think then.
Yunniang sighed, "We should just do our best and not be too demanding." Han Luoxue wholeheartedly agreed.
"I'll call over a royal physician later and have them examine the two elderly people again."
The doctor's skills are not bad, but compared to that, the imperial physicians are more authoritative. If only Physician Xu were here, it would be great, but unfortunately they are still in Yancheng.
You've been back for so long now, has everything still not been settled over there? Or are you all planning to settle down there and never come back?
"If only Yu'er and Doctor Xu were here. They were always by my side, and I could go to them for a checkup if I felt unwell. Although Doctor Xu is not a very approachable person, his medical skills are top-notch," Yunniang sighed, and Han Luoxue nodded in agreement.
...
"Little Xue, guess who I just saw?"
Zhou Jie rushed over, her face beaming with excitement. Han Luoxue glanced at her in surprise, "Who is it?"
The person who could excite her so much must be someone who is unlikely to appear.
As expected, Zhou Jie chuckled: "You probably wouldn't believe it, but Mu Yurou still remembers, right?"
Upon hearing this name, Han Luoxue was secretly suspicious. Mu Yurou? Isn't that the Mu family's young lady from Yancheng?
She used to always try to get close to me, but after she left, she didn't contact anyone there. Could it be that Mu Yurou has come to the capital? But I wasn't particularly familiar with the first two people, was I? Especially after she became closer to Wang Yan, Mu Yurou hardly ever came to see me anymore.
Seeing Han Luoxue's bewildered expression, Zhou Jie smiled with a hint of schadenfreude: "Do you even know why she's here?"
Han Luoxue was extremely intelligent, and Zhou Jie had already put it this way, how could she not understand?
"You don't mean she's also going to be chosen as a concubine, do you? But Yancheng isn't close to here. Did they get wind of it beforehand, or did someone in the Mu family in the capital register Mu Yurou's name when they heard that merchant girls could apply?" I remember the Mu family does have a lot of money and a wealthy background.
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