Qiu Ling, tears welling in her eyes, supported the slightly stumbling Xu Wen back to the courtyard. The Sheng family's second branch would be leaving for Beijing the day after tomorrow, and they would begin packing today.
Xu Wen returned to her bedroom and lay on the bed. Qiu Ling helped Ye Ting fix the corners of the quilt, told Qiu Ming to serve her well, and then left the inner room. In a corner where no one was, Qiu Ling cried silently, covering her mouth with her hands.
This was the first time in over a decade that the eldest young lady had allowed her to visit the Marquis of Yongyi's mansion. However, she hadn't seen the Marquis's wife in Jinling for three days, only the eldest master's wife, Jin. Thinking of Jin's hurtful words, Qiu Ling felt a pang of pain. If it weren't for the young lady waiting for her to return soon with news, she would have waited outside the mansion every day until she saw the wife. She didn't believe the mansion had truly severed ties with the eldest young lady. She had grown up there, having witnessed the affection they showed the young lady.
After crying for a long time, Qiu Ling finally wiped her face with a cotton towel. With a determined look in her eyes, Qiu Ling secretly vowed that she would go to the Marquis' wife in person to find out the truth in the future.
"What happened?" Qiu Ling walked into the yard with slightly red and swollen eyes, but saw Qiu Ming running out in panic. She hurriedly grabbed Qiu Ming to ask for clarification.
Qiu Ming, who was extremely anxious, brightened up when he saw Qiu Ling: "Sister Qiu Ling, the lady has a fever. I want to find a doctor as soon as possible."
When Qiu Ling heard that the young lady was ill, she could no longer care about anything else and urged Lu Shui, "Hurry, go quickly."
Then, Qiu Ling ran into the inner room like a gust of wind. The old woman and the maid were serving beside her. When Qiu Ling came in, she took the ice towel that the maid had warmed with water and carefully cooled Xu Wen.
The doctor, breathless as Qiu Ming watched, pulled up his sleeves. After a moment's breath, he took out the pulse pillow. The maid placed a silk handkerchief on the pillow, then placed Xu Wen's wrist on it, and then placed another silk handkerchief on Xu Wen's wrist. Once everything was ready, the doctor began to feel Xu Wen's pulse, stroking his goat's beard.
After a moment, the doctor raised his eyes and said, "The high fever is caused by depression in the heart. First, dissipate the heat and then use the medicine. After three doses of the decoction, it will be cured."
After the doctor finished speaking, he took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone brought by the maid and began to write a prescription. Another maid put Xu Wen's wrist in place and picked up the pulse pillow.
Qiu Ling, who was accompanying her, was secretly annoyed with herself. Why couldn't she just tell the truth and lie to the eldest lady? Although the eldest lady had never shown any longing for her family, it was not the first day she had been with her. How could she not know what she was thinking? Well, this time the eldest lady fell ill, Qiu Ling secretly slapped herself in the face.
Before the doctor took the pulse pillow and left, the eldest wife of the first house, Li Yuxin, came and asked with concern, "What happened to your eldest wife?"
Qiu Ling, who was accompanying her, stood up and replied, "Madam, my wife has a fever."
Li Yuxin waved her hand and asked Qiu Ling to continue accompanying Xu Wen. She asked the doctor, "Doctor Yang, how is the Second Madam's condition? Is it serious?"
Doctor Yang packed up his medicine box and replied, "It's okay, just take the medicine." Then the doctor was sent out by the maid.
Xu Wen in the room needed to take off her clothes and wipe herself, so Li Yuxin went out to sit in the hall. After sitting there for about two quarters of an hour, Sheng Huairen came in. After hearing the maid's report, Sheng Huairen came to the hall to thank Li Yuxin, and then went to sit outside and wait.
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