Princess Guihe was half paralyzed and didn't sleep for long. Maybe she thought of Xue Shao who was being punished before going to bed, so she slept very uneasily and fell into a nightmare.
In the dream, she recalled the past events that had been sealed for many years -
at that time, she had just become pregnant with Mian'er, and Xue Zheng was stationed at the border and only came back once every few months. When she found out about her pregnancy, she wrote a letter to Xue Zheng with joy. The letter was sent out in an expedited manner, but she didn't receive a reply from Xue Zheng for a long time.
She thought something big had happened at the border, so she went to the palace to see the emperor and asked for help from her brother's secret guards.
The secret guards were sent out, but the news they brought back was that there was a woman beside Xue Zheng, and she was just pregnant...
She suddenly woke up from her dream, breathing heavily. She wanted to turn over, but found that she couldn't even turn over.
She stared at the top of the tent for a while, and then called Qiu Rui in.
"What, what time is it?"
Qiu Rui said, "It's already dusk."
Princess Guihe didn't say anything, and after a while she continued to ask, "Where are the two boys? Have they gone home?"
Qiu Rui said, "No, the two young masters are still kneeling outside."
Princess Guihe sneered, "You are really good at being nice now."
Qiu Rui hesitated and said, "It's been like this for a long time, and the two young masters are still young, you see..."
Princess Guihe had gradually calmed down, and didn't want to get angry with the two children anymore, so she said tiredly, "Let them, let them go back."
Qiu Rui responded, walked out quickly, and relayed her words.
Zheng Xiu immediately led people to the courtyard, and together with the maids, helped Zheng Yu and Xue Shao up.
The two knelt for most of the day and were exhausted. Their legs and feet were numb and they could not stand up. They had to be supported by them and sent back to Haoye Hall.
Zheng Xiu felt so distressed that she immediately asked someone to invite a doctor.
After the doctor examined them, he said that there was no damage and gave two bottles of wine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. He said that they just needed to apply it twice a day in the next few days.
Zheng Xiu took the wine and stuffed a bottle into the hand of Xue Zhi who said nothing.
Xue Zhi played the villain before, but he was actually very distressed for the two children. He was too ashamed to ask his sister-in-law for mercy, so the two children had to kneel for a long time. Zheng Xiu thought more. Princess Guihe didn't like her in the first place. If she stepped forward, it might backfire. Moreover, this matter had already alarmed the palace, and she could hardly imagine the consequences of truly angering Princess Guihe.
Zheng Xiu pushed him and said, "What are you waiting for? Rub medicated wine on them one by one." Xue Zhi
said nothing and stepped forward to roll up Xue Shao's trouser legs.
The knees of the two children were red and swollen, bulging like steamed buns. Fortunately, when Xue Mian went to the study in the front yard in the afternoon, he told Qiu Rui to change the pads for the two of them every once in a while, so the knees of the two were still warm to the touch, and there was no cold air invading. The redness and swelling were just superficial injuries as the doctor said, and they would recover in three to five days.
Zheng Xiu poured medicated wine on the palm of her hand and rubbed it to warm it up, and then started to rub Zheng Yu's knees.
Zheng Yu saw that his sister looked heavy-hearted, but she didn't cry out in pain. She even joked, "Sister, I'm fine. I just knelt on the mat for a few hours. Just treat it as exercise!"
Xue Shao also said, "Yes, it takes an hour to do horse stance when practicing martial arts. Just treat it as a different form of practice!"
The two children were so sensible that Zheng Xiu felt even more depressed. She suddenly understood her father's worries. If it was just an ordinary conflict between sisters-in-law today, and Xue Zhi's sister-in-law didn't have such a noble status, then the two children would at most be beaten and their buttocks would be swollen for two days. They definitely didn't need to suffer such torture again. After massaging
Zheng Yu's knees, she asked him to sit on the couch with Xue Shao, and she said she was going to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Xue Zhi followed her out, and seeing her secretly wiping her tears outside, he walked up to her, put his arm around her shoulders, and asked softly, "Ah Xiu, are you blaming me?" Are you blaming
him? Of course.
Seeing the two children kneeling in the yard, she was extremely anxious but had no idea what to do. She couldn't come forward herself, so she blamed Xue Zhi for not helping to plead for mercy. Princess Guihe had always been kind to him. If he had spoken up, the two children wouldn't have suffered for so long.
But after complaining, she knew in her heart that it was because Princess Guihe treated Xue Zhi like a mother and a sister that he felt so guilty and had no face to plead for mercy.
At this time, she was in a complicated mood, so she said, "I don't know, my mind is very confused."
Xue Zhi sighed softly and said, "If I am not mistaken, someone will definitely come to the palace in the next two days. When they are questioned, they will not be able to escape the blame. Rather than being punished now, it is better to let the sister-in-law vent her anger. After the punishment, this matter will be over."
Zheng Xiu leaned her head on his shoulder and nodded lightly, hoping that Princess Guihe could recover soon and this matter could be over soon.
Xue Zhi guessed correctly, and someone came to the palace the next day. And it was not an ordinary attendant, but the prince himself.
Unlike the previous incognito visits, the prince's visit this time was different from the previous private visits, but he set up the ceremonial guards of the crown prince. The group marched in a mighty procession from the Imperial Palace to the Duke of Qing's Mansion on Zhuque Street.
Xue Zhi, Zheng Xiu and others had received the news in advance and were waiting at the door to greet them in person.
Zheng Xiu was getting more and more uneasy. Although the prince seemed very approachable last time, it was his own aunt who was in trouble this time... If he got angry and wanted to punish his brothers... Fortunately
, after the prince's procession arrived, the prince, wearing a dragon robe, had a gentle expression on his face when he got off the horse.
"Uncle Lao, I've been waiting for a long time." He bowed modestly.
Xue Zhi hurriedly said he didn't dare, and said, "Please come in."
The prince nodded, said nothing more, and walked to Changfeng Garden. Xue Zhi and Zheng Xiu followed closely behind.
Princess Guihe still refused to allow anyone to serve her these past two days. She stayed alone in her room after taking medicine every day.
After the prince arrived, Qiu Rui went in to inform him.
Princess Guihe was reluctant to see him, but she understood that he came on behalf of her brother, so she finally agreed.
The prince did not let anyone follow him and went in alone. Princess Guihe had asked Qiu Rui to pull up the screen, and she started talking to the prince through the screen. Although Princess Guihe's speech was incoherent and unclear, she was very calm. In addition, the pulse report from the Imperial Hospital did not seem to be particularly bad.
Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi were waiting outside. Xue Zhi noticed Zheng Xiu's nervousness, held her hand tightly, and said softly, "It's okay, don't worry."
Zheng Xiu nodded, but her heart was still hanging.
After about two quarters of an hour, the prince came out of the room. His face was not good.
"The condition of the imperial aunt is not very good. I have to trouble my uncle and aunt to worry about her." The prince said.
Xue Zhi said with shame: "You say that, it's really embarrassing for us. It was our negligence that caused my sister-in-law to have a stroke."
The prince knew the whole story before he came, so he didn't say much. He said: "The imperial aunt doesn't want the maids to serve her, so please come to Changfeng Garden to take care of her more often in your spare time. The imperial physician said that her illness makes it inconvenient for her to move, and staying alone with a depressed mood is even more harmful to her body."
Zheng Xiu bowed his head and replied: "I understand, it's what I should do."
The prince had to go back to report to his father. After the emperor knew that Princess Guihe had suffered a stroke, he was also very worried and had not slept well for several days. He did not stay long and left after a few words of greeting. After
he left, Zheng Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the prince's order was really strange. Didn't he know that he and Princess Guihe were not on good terms? He asked her to visit more often... Wasn't he afraid that Princess Guihe would be angry again?
After the two of them returned to Haoye Hall, Zheng Xiu dismissed the servants and told Xue Zhi about his doubts.
Xue Zhi said: "Maybe, this is not the prince's intention, but the intention of the present."
"Why?" Zheng Xiu was more and more confused.
Xue Zhi thought for a while and said, "The cause of sister-in-law's illness, tracing back to its source, is still a heart disease. Heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine, and now this is to untie her knot."
"Let me solve it?"
"As a man, it is not convenient for me to serve sister-in-law. In our Duke Qing's Mansion, I am afraid you are the only one who can take on this task."
Zheng Xiu figured it out, it turned out to be a strong man. Who made the Duke Qing's Mansion simple in population? In addition to her, there is only the old lady. It is not necessary to let the old lady serve Princess Guihe. But she is willing, after all, Princess Guihe had a stroke here, and the fuse was ignited by her two children.
Zheng Xiu sat at the table that day and listed some of the knowledge points about nursing stroke patients that she had learned in her previous life. Her grandfather had a stroke in her previous life, and she looked up a lot of information on the Internet when she was still a student. She didn't expect that the knowledge she had not been able to fulfill her filial duty to her grandfather in her previous life would be used at this critical moment.
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