Chapter 577, Didn’t Wait
Daohua brought medicine to bandage Gu Jian, and while applying the medicine she asked, "Master, are you sure there is Ganoderma lucidum over at Ningmen Pass?" There is indeed Polygonum multiflorum, she had found it last time when she was looking for a gold mine.
Gu Jian nodded and said, "I met a few herbalists before, and their ancestors had collected it there." After saying that, he looked at the wounds on his body.
"Most of my injuries are just scrapes of the skin. Rest for two days and then I'll go see you."
Daohua said quickly, "Please calm down. Just now when I was getting the medicine, my mother-in-law asked me what was wrong with you."
Hearing this, Gu Jian couldn't sit still: "You didn't tell your sister that I was injured, right?"
Daohua: "How could I dare to tell you? If mother-in-law knew you were injured, I don't know how worried she would be."
Gu Jian breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you didn't say it."
Over the years, my sister has always felt that she was a burden to him and felt very guilty. If she knew that he was injured while helping her collect herbs, who knows how sad she would be.
Daohua thought for a moment and said, "Grandma's medicine cannot be interrupted. Since we know there are Ganoderma lucidum and Polygonum multiflorum in the deep mountains over at Ningmen Pass, I'll go find them. You just stay home and accompany Grandma."
Gu Jian frowned, not very willing.
Xiao Yeyang spoke at this time: "Master Gu, don't worry, Daohua will be fine with me by her side."
Gu Jian was still a little hesitant.
Daohua smiled and said, "Master, why would you be worried about me? I know as much about medicinal herbs as you do."
Gu Jian: "Going to the mountains to look for medicine is hard work, especially since you are a girl."
Daohua interrupted: "What's wrong with you, young lady? I'm not the kind of delicate young lady who never leaves the house. Climbing mountains and crossing ridges is no problem for me. Besides, we have Xiao Yeyang." As she said that, she glanced at Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang immediately smiled and said, "Master Gu, I will bring enough people so that Daohua won't get tired. As for her, she can just help us find the way."
The two of them took turns persuading him for a while before Gu Jian nodded.
After his wounds were bandaged, Gu Jian changed into clean clothes. After making sure that Grandma Gu wouldn't notice anything, he went out to eat with the two of them.
Because she had to go collect herbs, Daohua could not return to Ningmen Mansion in time, so she wrote a letter to her family, informing them of the reason. Then, the next morning, she changed into men's clothes, packed some things, and took Wang Man'er and Bishi, and followed Xiao Yeyang to Ningmen Pass.
While Daohua and Xiao Yeyang went into the mountains to look for medicine, the Jiang family and the Guo family of Ningmen Mansion were waiting for Xiao Yeyang to visit them.
However, a few days passed and there was no movement from the Xiao Mansion, which made Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Guo very dissatisfied.
Guo Mansion.
Madam Guo complained to her daughter Guo Xueming, "Didn't the master say that Yeyang is grown up and has a promising future? Is that how he is? He has no sense of etiquette at all! I am his aunt after all. When he comes to Ningmen Mansion, he should come to pay his respects. But where is he now?"
Guo Xueming softly comforted her, "Mother, although Cousin Yeyang didn't come to our house, he didn't go to other houses either. Perhaps he was delayed by something."
Mrs. Guo shook her head and snorted, "Even if he's a very busy man, can't he spare most of the day? Fine, I'll take a step back and assume he's too busy to spare time. But he should have sent a greeting, right? But did he do that? To put it bluntly, he doesn't take us seriously."
Now, Guo Xueming didn't know how to respond.
To be honest, it was indeed cousin Yeyang who was impolite in this matter, and it’s no wonder that mother was angry.
Mrs. Guo was silent for a while, then she called her trusted maid and asked, "That boy Ye Yang didn't come to our house, nor did he go to the Jiang residence. So, has he been to other families? For example, the Yan family?"
The old woman shook her head: "Our people have been keeping an eye on the Xiao Mansion and have never seen the young prince go out."
Madam Guo frowned and asked, "Why does that boy always stay in the mansion?" After a pause, she asked, "Has anyone visited Ye Yang in the past few days?"
The old woman shook her head again: "No."
Mrs. Guo was silent for a moment. "Seventeen or eighteen years old, he's full of energy. Who would stay indoors all the time? Is there something wrong with Yeyang?"
Guo Xueming's mouth twitched, and he said helplessly, "Mother, if you want to see cousin Ye Yang, why don't we send him an invitation to come over?"
Mrs. Guo shook her head decisively: "No, I am the elder and he is the younger. He should take the initiative to come and pay his respects to me. How can we rush to send a letter?"
Guo Xueming: "In that case, then we will wait patiently. You are my aunt, and cousin Yeyang will come to see you out of courtesy and reason."
Mrs. Guo snorted and said nothing.
Chiang's Mansion.
Mrs. Jiang also spoke ill of Xiao Yeyang to Jiang Wanying.
"I thought Xiao Yeyang would have learned his lesson after a few years of hardship outside, but now it seems that his temper is still the same as when he was a child. He has no knowledge of etiquette and no sense of propriety. How can he compete with Xiao Yechen for the position of Crown Prince in this state?"
Jiang Wanying couldn't help but say, "Mother, I feel that Brother Yang has changed a lot. He's not like what you said."
Mrs. Jiang immediately asked, "We've been here for so long, why hasn't he come to see us?"
Jiang Wanying fell silent. After a long while, she murmured, "Maybe he doesn't want to see his daughter."
Mrs. Jiang frowned: "What are you talking about?"
Jiang Wanying looked at Madam Jiang and said, "I can sense that Brother Yang has been very distant towards me during this trip to Zhongzhou."
Seeing the sadness on her daughter's face, Mrs. Jiang quickly comforted her, "Don't think too much. That kid has been like this since he was a child. He's not very friendly to anyone."
Jiang Wanying stared at the vase on the table in a daze: "So, I don't mean anything in Brother Yang's heart, just like everyone else." When they were young, she took the initiative to talk to him, and she still does so now.
This was not a big deal when she was little, but now that she has grown up and is a girl, she would feel embarrassed if she were asked to take the initiative all the time.
Mrs. Jiang was silent, thought for a moment, then called over her trusted maid and asked, "I asked you to contact Aunt Jia. Did you manage to get through?"
The old woman shook her head and said, "Madam, the gatekeepers at the Xiao Mansion are all guards. They are unyielding. Even if I ask them to pass on a message, they won't listen. If I go there too many times, they will wave me away."
Madam Jiang frowned. "How exactly does Xiao Yeyang discipline his servants?" She pondered for a moment, "Keep watching the Xiao Mansion. Nanny Jia will definitely contact us."
The old woman nodded, turned around and went out to convey the order.
However, what Mrs. Jiang didn't know was that the Aunt Jia she wanted to contact was washing a pile of dirty clothes with a numb expression.
Before Defu left, he specifically told me that he would not be given any food unless he finished washing.
At first, Aunt Jia resisted, but after being hungry for three meals, she began to wash clothes obediently with Bisha and Daiyue.
There is no other way. There are clothes to wash every day. If she can't finish washing them today, she will have to postpone them to tomorrow. The clothes will become more and more every day, and she can't even think about eating.
Nanny Zhen, who was sitting in the room mending clothes, saw that Nanny Jia and the other two had become almost like servants in just a few days, and she felt even more awe for the young prince of Prince Ping's mansion.
After the Ma mother and son were crowned as legitimate wives, the young prince's situation was not optimistic. With the addition of a legitimate eldest son, the title of Prince Ping's Mansion might not necessarily belong to him.
The young prince suppressed Aunt Jia just to avoid giving face to the empress dowager. He did this either because he was brainless or because he was confident and disdained the empress dowager's support.
Judging from their only meeting a few days ago, this young prince was definitely a powerful man. She had only seen that kind of majestic aura in the emperor and a few other powerful princes.
Other families in Ningmen Mansion were also paying attention to the Jiang family and the Guo family, and wanted to know who Xiao Yeyang was closer to. Unfortunately, Xiao Yeyang never showed up, which made everyone very regretful.
(End of this chapter)
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