Madness
"Madam, forget it..."
The maidservant beside Madam Shen whispered to persuade her, and she recognized that the two people in front of her were the ones who took out the top-grade spirit stones in Jinxiufang.
Madam Shen opened her throat and said, "Forget it? Why should she forget it? This new dress is stained with sugar. Can she afford to pay for it?"
"Mrs. Shen, you bumped into me." Yu Heyi said unhappily.
"I bumped into you? Who saw that I bumped into you?"
She slapped Wanqi Si's hand away, her fingertips almost poking the other's nose.
Wanqi Si looked at her with a sinister look on his face.
Mi Xiu stuffed the last piece of osmanthus cake into his mouth and hurried over.
The master craftsman from the sugar painting shop quickly stopped what he was doing and stood in front of the group, saying, "Everyone, please talk things over nicely. Don't ruin the atmosphere."
Mrs. Shen’s eyes were cloudy and her eye circles were dark blue.
Behind her stood two maids, also with pale complexions and sunken eye sockets.
"Young ladies and gentlemen, calm down. I will give you another sugar painting later. This is Mrs. Shen from the Shen family. She is in a bad mood because her beloved son is seriously ill, so she spoke a little impulsively. Please don't take it to heart." The master craftsman in the sugar painting shop whispered.
"Sick?"
Yu Heyi paused, then turned his head to look at Madam Shen: "May I ask, Madam, what is wrong with your son?"
"What does it have to do with you!"
"Madam, why don't you make a bet with me? If I can cure your son's illness, you will apologize to me."
She wiped away the displeasure on her face and spoke with a smile.
"Madam, you can't do that! The master never allows outsiders to enter the mansion!" one of the maids said anxiously.
"Baoqiu, you talk too much!" Mrs. Shen rolled her eyes, "I promise you, if you can cure my son's illness, I will apologize to you."
Mi Xiu pulled Yu Heyi aside and said, "Junior Sister, we are not doctors. How can we treat patients?"
"Have you become stupid from eating osmanthus cake?"
Wanqi Si sneered, his eyes full of sarcasm, as if the person in front of him was not his junior brother, but a fool.
“Second Brother, Madam Shen and the two maids all have traces of demonic energy.”
The Shen family is indeed a wealthy and aristocratic family.
The gate of the Shen Mansion is three meters high, and two stone lions squat in front of the gate, looking majestic.
The servant at the door saw Madam Shen and said respectfully, "Madam is back."
Madam Shen ordered: "You two take them to Xu'er's yard, Baoqiu, you follow them and tell them about Xu'er's situation."
Yu Heyi looked around like children who had never seen the world.
After passing the lotus pond, they arrived at the courtyard of Madam Shen's beloved son, Shen Xu, where the three of them were waiting for Madam Shen.
After the servant left, she jokingly said, "Brother, the Shen family is so wealthy and powerful, do you really not have any ideas?"
"What ideas could I have?"
"Of course, I want to be the son-in-law of the Shen family! Have you forgotten what Madam Shen said that day in Jinxiufang?"
Wanqi Si looked at her with a smile.
Bao Qiu interrupted them awkwardly: "Everyone, let me tell you about the young master's situation."
"The young master fell down and hit his head a while ago, and he became insane and mentally ill."
Mi Xiu asked, "Your young master can fall down while walking in the mansion?"
She pursed her lips and stopped talking.
Yu Heyi observed the situation in the yard, which was filled with dense bouquets of purple flowers.
Suddenly, her vision went dark and she bumped into Wanqi Si.
"What are you doing?" Wanqi Si frowned.
"The scent of this flower is too strong. It makes me feel a little dizzy." She grabbed his arm to steady herself.
"Everyone, this is lavender, for Xu'er to calm his mind." Before he could answer, Mrs. Shen's voice sounded first.
She pushed the girl next to her toward Wanqi Si and said, "This is my daughter, Chen Yun. Yun'er, this is the young master who came to treat your brother. Hurry and say hello to him."
Chen Yun's voice was sweet: "Young Master, you can call me Yun'er."
The Shen family's mother and daughter left Yu and Yi aside. She said nothing and watched them put on smiles on their faces.
"It was not me who agreed to treat the young master of the Shen family, but this person."
He placed his fingertips on Yu Heyi's wrists, pulled them hard, and blocked them in front of himself.
Seeing this, Shen Yun's face showed a hint of displeasure, which was then covered by a smile.
"My brother's illness is serious. Please cure him. After the matter is completed, the Shen family will definitely offer countless gold and silver treasures as a token of gratitude."
Her gaze passed through Yu and Yi and stared straight at Wanqi Si.
Wanqi Si didn't even look at her.
Mrs. Shen pushed open the door of Shen Xu's room. The room was warm and filled with a bitter smell of medicine.
She explained, "Xu'er has been bedridden for some time, and the master has consulted many doctors to get medicine for Xu'er, so the smell of medicine in the house is quite strong."
"I won't disturb you three from treating Xu'er. I'll wait for your good news. Yun'er will stay to take care of Xu'er and help you at the same time." Mrs. Shen winked at Shen Yun before leaving.
Yu Heyi wanted to say something but stopped himself.
That sounds nice, but Chen Yun’s eyes are almost fixed on Wanqi Si. Is she sure she didn’t stay for him?
It seems that Mrs. Shen has not given up on this son-in-law.
Chen Xu was suffering from insanity, yet her mother still had the mind to find a husband for her daughter.
It seems that Chen Xu is not valued in the mansion.
Then why did Madam Shen still want to treat him?
Chen Yun was not idle for a moment during her stay. She asked Wanqi Si how old he was, whether he was married, and what kind of woman he liked.
Looking at his gradually cold face, Yu Heyi felt a little gloating.
You deserve this day!
He looked at Yu Heyi's smiling eyes and finally couldn't bear it anymore and kicked Chen Yun out.
"Very funny?" He looked cold and his eyes seemed to want to kill.
"Senior brother, you don't know how to be gentle with women." She hid behind Mi Xiu, laughing so hard that she fell backwards.
“Hehehe——”
The person lying on the bed straightened up, let out a series of strange laughs, and mumbled something incoherently.
Yu Heyi was startled and immediately put away his smile, holding his breath to hear what he said clearly.
But he stopped talking again, with a silly smile on his face.
"Is this madness? Why does he look like a fool?" Mi Xiu couldn't help but complain.
Wanqi Si gathered spiritual energy at his fingertips and probed for his pulse.
After a few minutes, he withdrew his hand: "Chen Xu's pulse is stable, he is not sick."
Shen Xu is not sick, why does he look like this?
Is it a deliberate disguise, or...
She frowned and placed her palm on his forehead.
The next second, he suddenly raised his head and screamed: "It's over! I'm finished! I didn't see anything, but I'm still finished!"
His pupils were dilated and saliva was flowing from the corners of his mouth, wetting his lapel.
"It looks like someone has framed me." Wanqi Si paced back and forth, looking around the room.
"What shameful secret did Chen Xu stumble upon that would lead to such harm?"
Mi Xiu was puzzled.
As Mrs. Shen said, the cabinets in the house were filled with medicinal herbs, and the whole house was filled with various medicinal smells.
The scent of lavender in the yard was covered up, almost imperceptible.
If the vast expanses of lavender outside are meant to soothe the mind, why is it so difficult to smell it inside?
Yu Heyi looked at the medicinal herbs in the house with confusion.
Cypress seeds, Albizia julibrissin bark, cinnabar, etc. are indeed some medicinal herbs that can calm the mind.
"This is a cinnabar pill." She picked up the pill placed on Chen Xu's bedside table and sniffed it with her nostrils twitching. "It's made with cinnabar, coptis root, roasted licorice root, raw rehmannia root, and angelica root. It has a calming effect on the mind."
Mi Xiu said: "It seems that there is no problem with these medicinal herbs."
“But the room is full of medicinal herbs. Does Shen Xu really need to take so many medicines?”
She fell into thought.
Shen Yun, who was outside the house, had not left yet. She interrupted the three people's thoughts with her words: "Madam Xu, what are you doing in the South Courtyard?"
"Of course I came to see how Xu'er is doing. I heard that Madam has asked someone to come back to treat him."
Mrs. Xu was pregnant and spoke in a nervous tone.
Xu's name was Xu Changjia, and she was the concubine of Lord Shen Yu.
Some time ago, she became pregnant, and everyone in the mansion was overjoyed, except Mrs. Shen and Shen Yun.
Although Mrs. Shen has a son and a daughter, Shen Xu is a lunatic after all.
If Xu gave birth to a son, his status would probably be equal to that of Madam Shen. Ever since she became pregnant, Shen Yu had been particularly kind to her.
This made Mrs. Shen feel uncomfortable from the bottom of her heart.
Mrs. Shen didn't like Xu, so Shen Yun naturally followed her mother and was quite disgusted with her.
"Chen Xu is my brother, what does he have to do with Aunt Xu?" Shen Yun opened his arms and blocked her way.
"Yun'er, what you said is not right. You and your sister at least call me aunt, so we are all family. How can you say we are irrelevant?" Xu disagreed.
The door was opened by Yu Heyi. She looked down at the two of them, with her two senior brothers standing behind her.
"Three doctors, how is Xu'er doing now? Is there any improvement?"
"No." She said bluntly.
The three of them all noticed the fleeting relief and joy in Xu's eyes, and tacitly kept silent about it.
Mrs. Xu sighed, her eyes filled with worry. "A while ago, Xu'er was still full of life. Now he's sick. Everyone in the mansion is heartbroken."
"Xu Changjia! Get out of Xu'er's yard!"
Madam Shen’s sharp voice rang out.
It must have been Xu who came to the South Courtyard, and Shen Yun couldn’t stop her, so she went to Madam Shen to complain.
Xu got the answer she wanted and was in a good mood. For the first time in her life, she did not quarrel with Mrs. Shen.
When she left the South Courtyard, she still had a smile on her face.
“There are all kinds of people!”
Madam Shen stamped her feet angrily and turned to look at the three people: "How is Xu'er?"
"It's still the same."
"My poor Xu'er!"
Wanqi Si stepped forward and spoke slowly, "Chen Xu's pulse is stable, he doesn't seem sick. Think carefully about what he said and did before he became mentally ill."
"But it's getting late, so we need to rest. I hope Madam can answer my questions when I come tomorrow."
Madam Shen's eyes darkened, and she put on a smile: "The conditions of the inn outside are average, why don't you three rest in the spare room in my house? It will naturally be more comfortable than outside."
Yu Heyi agreed first.
Although she guessed that she was up to no good, she did not hesitate for a moment.
After all, staying in the Shen Mansion to investigate this matter is much more convenient than staying in an inn.
After Madam Shen left, Wanqi Si raised an eyebrow at her: "Do you like being a guest in other people's homes so much?"
"If you want, you can live out on your own."
The maid took them to the residence arranged by Madam Shen.
She finally knew what Mrs. Shen was up to.
Mrs. Shen arranged for her to live in the South Courtyard, which was very close to Shen Xu's house, and she could even smell a faint scent of lavender.
It is said that Wanqi Si said during the day that she was the one who would cure Chen Xu, so he let her live here.
Wanqi Si and Mi Xiu lived in the north courtyard.
As far as she knew, the north and south courtyards of the Shen Mansion belonged to Madam Shen, while the east courtyard was where Xu lived.
She didn't need to guess to know that Chen Yun also lived in the North Courtyard.
Yu Heyi pondered for a moment, and seeing that the night was getting dim, he climbed out the window and left the South Courtyard.
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