Over the past three days, Xia Yixin has witnessed firsthand the class oppression within ancient families.
To punish her, the old lady limited them to two bowls of plain porridge a day. Xiao Man initially lied to her, saying she had already eaten, but she discovered that she was secretly drinking what Xiao Man had left over. So Xia Yixin kept lying that she didn't have a good appetite and left more for her.
Fortunately, there's the system; food only costs 1 point, so she won't starve to death.
Moreover, she secretly mixed one-tenth of the Marrow Cleansing Pill into the water, which gently improved both her and Xiaoman's physical fitness.
Otherwise, let alone being able to stand up in three days, it would be a miracle if the two of them could even get out of bed.
The wound on her back healed extremely quickly; it was 70% healed overnight and completely healed the next day.
Perhaps because the original owner was seriously injured, and the old lady didn't take her seriously, there were only two guards at the door, and they often dozed off.
This made things much easier for her. Last night, she first practiced the original owner's martial arts, but perhaps because of the change in her inner core, although she still remembered the moves, she felt that they were weak and lacked power. However, she did make some progress in her lightness skill.
Yesterday, she still had to put on an act in front of Xiaoman during the day, but at night, she used her disguise skills to secretly get a preliminary understanding of the entire mansion.
The Chu family mansion was a proper ancient family residence, divided into a front courtyard, a back courtyard, and five courtyards in the east, west, south, north, and center.
The Chu family had produced three high-ranking officials for four generations. However, by the time of Chu Dafu, the family had not prospered, with only the eldest legitimate son, Chu Mubai, and the illegitimate son, Chu Tan. Chu Mubai was from the East Garden, Chu Tan from the North Garden, and the matriarch was from the South Garden.
Besides the men, there were quite a few women in the backyard. The Grand Tutor had two concubines in addition to his principal wife, Madam Li. Although the Second Young Master, Chu Qin, did not have a principal wife, he already had three concubines and two daughters. Only Chu Mubai's vast East Garden was empty except for him, and it was the only place she could not go deep into.
Not only was the place heavily guarded, but there were also experts lurking in the shadows. She didn't dare to go in rashly when she went to investigate the mansion last night.
The entire Grand Tutor's mansion had about a hundred servants, guards, and thugs. From the rumors she had heard, most of them looked down on her and her master. However, for her, this was only temporary.
Xiao Man pulled her onto the couch, and she smiled bitterly as she looked at the closed door. "I don't want to lie here anymore, my bones will melt if I do, Xiao Man~"
Looking at this little girl, she couldn't help but want to tease her.
The original owner wasn't actually that mild-tempered, but she couldn't get over the shadow of her father's death five years ago. In addition, the subtle oppression caused by the betrayal of her only relatives made her personality repressed, which is why bad people took advantage of her.
In fact, the original owner's personality was similar to Xia Yixin's, quite lively, which is why she felt at ease showing herself in front of Xiaoman, and the other party did not suspect anything.
On the other side, Xiaoman said righteously, "That won't do! Madam, your most important task now is to recover and then properly apologize to the eldest young master. He's such a good person, he'll definitely forgive you, and then..."
Xia Yixin quickly covered her mouth with one finger.
She rubbed her forehead and said, "Xiaoman, I'm so tired of hearing you say this to me these past few days. I really already know it all, there's no need to repeat it."
"Madam... have you really thought it through?" Xiao Man almost mispronounced the name in her nervousness.
Xia Yixin looked at the thin, small girl in front of her and couldn't help but pat her head. At this age, she would still be a junior high school student in modern times, but she was already worrying about her master.
"Xiaoman, it's true. Anyway, I'm married here now, and I can't go back to the desert. My father is gone too..." As she spoke, she didn't even realize that the girl opposite her had reddened her eyes. She quickly comforted her, "Don't cry. Your mistress has good news to tell you."
As she spoke, she took out the modified "medical book" that she had found earlier.
"Madam, isn't this the book that the mad doctor gave you when you were in the desert?" Xiaoman recognized the book, but the sentences were incoherent and she couldn't understand it at all.
"At first, I also thought I couldn't understand it, but these past few days I've been bored and found a prescription in it!" She said, opening the medical book and showing Xiaoman the words she had circled. She basically treated this so-called medical book as a dictionary, and it worked quite well.
She first drew out a simple prescription for treating colds caused by wind.
"I found some hidden prescriptions inside, for treating colds. I've already copied them down. Aren't there many doctors in the East Garden? Go ask them. If it's true, then there might really be many secret prescriptions hidden here." Xia Yixin deliberately spoke vaguely.
"Really!?" Xiaoman immediately became excited, but she didn't forget the key point: "No problem, but Madam, please drink the medicine first, and then Xiaoman will go and ask."
Xia Yixin looked at the dark Chinese medicine on the table and felt a sour taste in her mouth, but she still gritted her teeth and picked it up. Just as she was about to put it in her mouth, she keenly sensed that something was wrong.
The Healer Set made her very familiar with the properties and aromas of Chinese medicine, and she knew that the medicines she had been drinking these past few days were all for healing wounds.
But today, a powerful tonic was added, though not much, so it had no effect on the efficacy. What's going on?
She frowned and drank the medicine in one gulp.
Xiao Man thought she paused because she was afraid of the bitterness, but after seeing her drink the medicine, she said happily, "Madam, thanks to this prescription, the scabs have completely scabbed over in three days. Maybe if you drink it for a few more days, it will be completely healed."
"..." Hehe, it's entirely due to the effects of her Marrow Cleansing Pill.
Xia Yixin took the prescription she had written out of the book and handed it to her. "Take the prescription and come back quickly!" Although the handwriting was a bit messy, it was still legible.
The original owner was skilled in riding, archery, horsemanship, martial arts, and even had some knowledge of medicine. However, he neglected calligraphy and belonged to the unrestrained school of calligraphy.
Xiao Man took the prescription and immediately ran to Dongyuan.
After closing the door, she held the medicine bowl and smelled it again.
That's right, there's an extra dose of tonic.
What exactly did the person who drugged her mean? Whether they drugged her or not makes no difference to her, unless... it wasn't drugged for her!
"What's wrong, host?" the system asked curiously.
"This highly nourishing medicine is fine for me, but it would be poison for someone with a weak constitution. Initially, they would feel weak and powerless, then in severe cases, they would cough up blood from time to time, become breathless after walking a few steps, and eventually, no medicine would work, and they would be completely exhausted. Tell me, besides me, who else is taking this medicine? Would the Grand Tutor's mansion set up an extra medicine furnace for a criminal like me?"
This medicine was given to Chu Mubai.
At this moment, the system immediately issued a notification: "Male supporting character's health has decreased by 1 point, totaling 32 points. If it falls below 30, the mission will be declared a failure!"
She frowned, becoming even more certain of her guess.
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