Wen Yuanbai was heavy-hearted as he dealt with these matters. He knew that it must be Prince Rong who was behind this, and his purpose was to keep Cao Ming and the Vice Minister from revealing anything about Prince Rong.
As for Jiang Mingli, he probably knew very little about the matter of Prince Rong, and it was only because of the princess's marriage ties that he escaped this calamity.
Wen Yuanbai assumed that Xiao Youran must have seen his letter and relayed it to the Su and Yun families, so he didn't take the matter to heart anymore.
So when the next day, two ragged men arrived at the gate of the Yun family, the Yun family was stunned.
These two men were Yun Rui, the third master of the Yun family, and Yun Zheng, the fourth master, who had been exiled to Ningguta.
According to the two, after Yun Hou was reinstated, he suggested that the three who had been exiled to Ningguta together, along with a younger member of the Yun family, the second young master Yun Tianbai, return to the capital first. However, Yun Tianbai insisted on staying at the front lines with his elder brother, Yun Tianbai. Yun Rui and Yun Zheng, being neither warriors, naturally packed their bags and returned first.
Unexpectedly, they were robbed by refugees on the road, and the coachman disappeared. The two of them begged all the way for a whole month before finally returning to Kyoto.
However, before they entered the city yesterday, they heard something horrifying.
Yun Rui didn't even have time to inquire about his wife's decision to divorce him or the situation of his two children before he directly revealed this shocking news.
He cried, “Mother, sister-in-law, we heard some news yesterday. My elder brother was attacked on his way back to the capital to report on his duties a few days ago, and he was seriously... seriously injured and died!”
The Yun family was immediately struck dumb.
Zhou felt something explode in her head and immediately fainted.
She was completely unconscious, but as outsiders supported her, they watched her vomiting and trembling all over, which was truly terrifying.
Madam Yun swayed and barely managed to stand. She quickly sent someone to invite Xiao Youran and Doctor Gu.
When Su learned of the news, she came over and was shocked and saddened, but for the sake of her great-aunt, she suppressed her grief and made arrangements everywhere.
After examining Zhou's pulse, Doctor Gu shook his head with a heavy heart.
Madam Yun realized the seriousness of the situation and that Zhou's illness had come on strangely, so she quickly asked Xiao Youran to come and take a look.
Xiao Youran also carefully took his pulse, then looked in the direction of Doctor Gu with a look of surprise and doubt, "Master, my great-aunt...?"
Doctor Gu nodded heavily. "It must be an evil illness affecting the brain. I wonder if she often suffers from severe headaches?"
Li, standing nearby, nodded quickly and said, "That's right. My sister-in-law often holds her forehead and says she has a headache. We just assumed she caught a cold from the wind and didn't pay much attention. However, recently she's been experiencing occasional aphasia and memory problems... Yesterday she also said she has some blurred vision, and we were thinking of asking a doctor to take a look..."
The renowned physician, Gu, said, "The root of the illness must lie in the brain. This disease is most aggravated by fear and grief. Now that it has suddenly flared up, I fear it is..."
Everyone else looked at Xiao Youran. They all knew that Xiao Youran's medical skills were no less than those of Doctor Gu.
Xiao Youran remained silent.
She knew that Zhou Shi, in her previous life, had also died shortly after being reinstated to his post as Marquis of Yun. However, she had no idea what illness he had contracted.
My aunt's sudden fainting spell was likely due to a stroke.
However, judging from the pulse she just took, it seems that her aunt's stroke is not a common cerebral hemorrhage.
Thinking about the appearance of her great-aunt recently, she felt that her eyes were bulging, as if she had a space-occupying lesion in her brain.
She asked a few more questions about her great-aunt's health, and Hongyu answered them one by one while wiping away her tears.
By the end, Xiao Youran was basically certain that her great-aunt had a brain tumor.
Because brain tumors have a rich blood supply, they are prone to rupture when exposed to strong emotional stimuli.
Presumably, the devastating news from her eldest cousin caused her to experience extreme emotional fluctuations, which aggravated the tumor in her brain. It seems she truly doesn't have long to live.
In his previous life, he may have also experienced great joy and sorrow upon hearing that Marquis Yun had been reinstated, leading to a cerebral hemorrhage and his death.
She sighed; she couldn't cure this illness.
Not to mention that the conditions for craniotomy are not available at present, even in future generations, those who have brain tumors and have undergone surgery may not be able to fully recover.
"Great-aunt, Mother, and several cousins, I need to discuss the prescription with my master."
After saying that, she pulled Doctor Gu to a tea room next door, whispered a few words to her master, and then took out several boxes of medicine that Doctor Gu couldn't understand from her sleeve. She then whispered the usage and dosage again, and of course, she also asked her master to pick up a pen and paper to write down a nutritional prescription for stopping bleeding and recuperating, and handed it to Hongyu to get the medicine.
After doing so, Doctor Gu left the Yun residence, having given his instructions.
In his view, patients with severe brain diseases generally do not live more than three days.
Although Xiao Youran had already demonstrated her amazing medical skills to him, he still couldn't believe that someone could actually treat brain diseases.
Even though Xiao Youran had just said that this method could only prolong her life and not cure her, if Zhou could survive for three days, it would prove that Xiao Youran's medicine was effective.
He waited and saw.
After learning about Xiao Youran Zhou's illness, Madam Yun, clutching her chest in sorrow, wearily went to bed to rest with Su's help.
Sure enough, news soon spread throughout the capital that Marquis Yun and the Western barbarian envoys had been attacked by bandits on their way back to the capital and had died together.
Wen Yuanbai naturally heard about it the next day. He assumed that Zhou Shi and Old Madam Yun had both fallen ill because they couldn't bear the thought of Marquis Yun being seriously injured, so he didn't take it to heart. He simply instructed Nan Zhuo to send them some nourishing medicinal herbs.
When Nan Zhuo delivered the medicinal herbs, Su asked him for information.
The Yun family was suddenly struck down by the illness of both the mistress and the old lady. Everyone was busy running around, and no one had a chance to calm down and think about where the Marquis Yun's body was or how to handle his funeral.
So, Madam Su had no choice but to step in and find out more.
Nan Zhuo was extremely surprised to hear Su's question and lowered his voice to say, "Su Yiren, Marquis Yun is not dead, but seriously injured. He is currently being transferred back."
Madam Su was even more astonished. "What? He's really not dead?"
Nan Zhuo nodded, then asked in astonishment, "How could you not know? The young princess should know!"
Mrs. Su stamped her foot anxiously, "What exactly happened?"
Nan Zhuo took a deep breath. "When Master left the other day, didn't he leave a letter for the young county princess?"
After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something and took out another letter from his sleeve. "This is today's invitation. Please ask Lady Su to pass it on to the young county princess."
Su finally understood, and was both amused and exasperated. After clarifying the situation, she sent Nan Zhuo away.
She hurried back to the backyard, first informing Old Madam Yun of the news, then went to the Zhou family courtyard and called Xiao Youran out.
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