Chapter 44: A Step Late

The maid who came to invite people did not dare to urge the doctor because she was also worried about the condition of the Third Young Master. She did not ask people to go to the West Courtyard until the doctor came out. Fortunately, this doctor was young. If it was the doctor who treated Wei Shuyi last time, the patient would not be fine, but the doctor would have collapsed first after such a long trip. When

the doctor arrived at the West Courtyard, everyone did not care about the difference between men and women and directly showed Zhou Xueniang's wounds to the doctor. The young doctor saw at a glance that this was a caning. The executioner was merciless. The doctor looked at Zhou Xueniang's breathing more than breathing, and was somewhat reluctant to treat her. "This mother's injuries are too serious, and it has delayed time. I am not sure if I can treat her now. You should ask for help from someone else!" After saying this, he wanted to leave.

Several maids stopped him from leaving. Lin Qinshuang collapsed, "Why did you invite such a doctor? Why go and invite another powerful doctor?" A maid said weakly, "Young lady, the servant who invited the doctor said that this doctor can be found in three blocks. I don't know what happened in the city today. All the doctors are out seeing patients. The one we invited just came back from outside." The maid who spoke was the one who had just invited the doctor, and she learned the situation from the servant.

Molan was afraid that her mother had offended the doctor, so she went forward to comfort the doctor, "Doctor, please take a look at Mother Zhou. She is seriously injured and has a fever. If you don't save her, no one can save her!"

The doctor saw that Molan was only seven or eight years old, sensible, well-behaved and sensible, and also a little soft-hearted. However, his medical skills were limited, and he was afraid that he really could not do anything. Molan saw the doctor's hesitation, "Doctor, please rest assured to treat Mother Zhou. We will accept any result and will never blame you. Don't worry, you just saved my brother, and we will not repay you with evil." After hearing Molan's promise, the doctor looked at Lin Qinshuang, who was obviously the master. Her eyes were earnest, so the doctor had to agree.

He first felt Zhou Xueniang's pulse, which was scattered and disordered. The pulse was rapid and irregular between the muscles, stopping and starting again, like a bird pecking at food. The doctor felt that the situation was not good. This was a serious injury and the evil wind had entered the body. Her life was hanging by a thread! He hurriedly asked Lin Qinshuang to bring ginseng slices to keep her alive, and asked someone to bring ice water to cool the patient down, and then asked someone to cut open the clothes on the wound and slowly tear them off to treat the wound. After all this, Zhou Xueniang's pulse stabilized a little, but the high fever did not subside, and she fell into a coma and did not wake up.

The doctor boiled the medicine prescribed and forced it into the mother's body with reed stems. The ice towels were changed one after another. The doctor said that he had done everything he could and the rest depended on God's will. If the fever could be reduced, the mother would still have a glimmer of hope, but if the fever did not subside, there would be no hope for her.

хAfter Molan came back from visiting Changfeng, she stayed with Lin Qinshuang by Zhou Xuenniang's bed. Zhou Xuenniang showed no signs of waking up. Molan looked at her wounds, which were still ugly even after the medicine was applied, and couldn't help crying, "Mother, will Mother Zhou never wake up?"

Lin Qinshuang did not answer because she didn't know. She was also very scared when she saw Zhou Xuenniang's weak breathing. Zhou Xuenniang accompanied her all the way. It was said that they were master and servant. More like sisters, Lin Qinshuang couldn't help but feel sad when she thought about it. The person sent to the Jinzi Medical Officer Pharmacy to ask for a doctor had not returned, and Zhou Xueniang's fever had not subsided. Lin Qinshuang looked at her lips that were dry and cracked due to the high fever, and hurriedly brought water to moisten her lips. She held the spoon with her fingers and approached her lips. Lin Qinshuang suddenly felt something was wrong. When her fingers approached her nose, she didn't feel a breath. Lin Qinshuang couldn't believe it. She trembled and used her fingers to test Zhou Xueniang's breath again...

There was a "bang" sound of a bowl falling, and along with this sound came the maid's shout, "Doctor Sun from the Jinzi Medical Officer Pharmacy is here!" Molan ran excitedly to bring the doctor in, not noticing Lin Qinshuang's stiffness. She also heard the sound of Doctor Sun coming, and she slowly turned her head to look outside the door, asking herself: Can a person who is not breathing be saved?

"Mother, Doctor Sun is here, let Doctor Sun take another look at Mother Zhou!" Lin Qinshuang slowly moved aside stiffly, hoping for a miracle. Doctor Sun stepped forward to feel her pulse, but he couldn't feel it. He stretched out his hands to pry open Zhou Xuenniang's eyes and looked at her. Her eyes had faded. Doctor

Sun stood up and said, "Too late! The patient is gone!" After hearing the diagnosis, Lin Qinshuang fell down! Molan held Yunzai's hand to stabilize her body. Mother Zhou was dead! She didn't even have time to leave her last words in this world, and she was gone? Molan suddenly burst into grief and tears. Several maids and servants helped Lin Qinshuang to the bed while persuading the girl to mourn. The whole west courtyard was in chaos.

In the east courtyard, the parrot was reporting the situation in the west courtyard to Mingxi, "A doctor from a small clinic was missed. He went to the countryside to treat villagers some time ago, and just returned to Yangzhou City today, and was invited by the servant of the mansion. However, he was delayed for a long time at the Third Young Master's place, and this doctor was young, and failed to reduce the fever of the young master. Doctor Sun had some problems and came back early, and was also invited here, but he was said to be a step late, and the patient had already died."

After hearing this, Mingxi raised a sneer at the corner of her mouth. It was good for him to go, and it was worth it that she spent a lot of money to invite all the doctors in the city to go to the countryside outside the city for free medical treatment. Mingxi stretched her limbs and said to the parrot comfortably, "You should tell Zhuli the good news quickly, just as a celebration of her early recovery!" The parrot agreed.

Mingxi sat alone in the room, half of her body was shielded by the sunlight coming in from the window, and the other half was hidden in the shadows. Mingxi turned her head slightly to avoid the direct sunlight into her eyes, hiding her whole face in the dark, and said to herself in her heart: "This is interest! Let Lin Qinshuang taste the loss first, as a repayment for the slap she gave Minglan. But this is not enough!" Mingxi's eyes were fixed on the west, and she was determined to win!

Zhou Xuenniang's death did not cause a big uproar in the Sheng Mansion. When the thirty strokes of the cane fell, everyone had already concluded that she would not survive. The entire Sheng Mansion was very quiet for a while. The maids and servants knew their master's taboos and were also afraid of Dong Rong's methods. They all worked diligently and did not dare to gossip. They only sighed in private occasionally.

Later, a small incident happened in the West Courtyard. When Zhu Lou's parents learned that Zhou Xuenniang had died and that Lin Qinshuang could not protect her confidant, they concluded that Lin Qinshuang was no longer favored, so they went to Lin Qinshuang to make trouble, threatening her to give her another sum of money as compensation and hush money. They even asked for 500 taels, and Lin Qinshuang ordered them to be driven away. However, this family knew that Lin Qinshuang had no one to support her, so they came to make trouble again and again. Lin Qinshuang could not bear it, so she gave them 100 taels to send them away, and even asked them to sign and seal, saying that the matter was written off. This site has