Chapter 644, Critical Illness
After the Dong family left, Daohua was depressed for a few days. After that, she stayed with Madam Li every day, checking accounts and preparing holiday gifts at the end of the year.
After checking the accounts and looking at the Yan family's growing wealth, Madam Li's smile grew wider and wider. "Before, when I learned that your father had taken over the position of Ningmen Prefecture Governor, I was very reluctant."
"Ningmen Prefecture is vast and sparsely populated. Most of the counties under its jurisdiction have barren land and poor people, making it difficult to govern. But now that I think about it, coming here is the most suitable place for our family."
Because the land is vast and the population is sparse, they can buy more farms and fields.
It may not be cost-effective for other families to buy it, but they have high-yield grain seeds, and if they buy land, they will almost certainly make a profit.
Thinking of the origin of grain seeds, Mrs. Li looked at the rice flowers lovingly. The old lady was right. Her daughter would bring good fortune to the family.
Seeing Madam Li staring at her, Daohua asked with a smile, "Mother, why are you looking at me like that?"
Madam Li smiled and patted the account book on the table: "With this family fortune now, mother can also prepare a decent dowry for you."
The smile on Daohua's face froze.
After witnessing her third brother and Jingwan being forced to separate, and then seeing Yuanyao and Sun Changze eloping, she deeply realized that in this ancient time with strict ethics, free love was not tolerated.
It is clearly their own lifelong event, but they have no say in it.
Xiao Yeyang. The shackles on him are more numerous and heavier. Can she and him have a future?
The daily busyness makes time pass quickly, and New Year’s Eve is here in the blink of an eye.
Early in the morning, the entire Yan family gathered in Old Lady Yan's yard to have breakfast.
Just after breakfast, when everyone was happily chatting, Wang Man'er suddenly hurried to Daohua's side and whispered to her, "Miss, Dongli is here."
Hearing this, Daohua was stunned for a moment. Why would Dongli come to see her at this time? Worried that something had happened to her master and mother-in-law, she said something to Madam Li and quickly left the room.
Soon, Dongli was seen at the Chuihua Gate.
As soon as he saw the rice flowers, Dongli said anxiously, "Miss, the old lady's old illness has relapsed."
Daohua's face darkened. "What happened? Grandma was fine when I went to give her New Year gifts two days ago."
Dong Li hesitated for a moment and said, "Just the day before yesterday, the young prince came to Taohua An to take the old man away, and then the old lady fell ill."
Daohua was surprised: "Master and Xiao Yeyang left? Where did they go?"
Dongli lowered his head and said nothing.
Daohua frowned: "Master has left, so who is taking care of Granny now?"
Dongli quickly said, "Caiju is taking care of it."
Daohua pondered for a moment and said, "Wait here. I'll go tell my family and then go to Taohua Village with you."
When she heard that Grandma Gu was sick and Gu Jian was out again, Mrs. Li did not stop Daohua and asked her to go over and take care of her.
Peach Blossom Temple.
When Daohua came over, Grandma Gu was lying in bed with a high fever. Caiju was so anxious that she was almost crying. Seeing Daohua was like seeing a savior.
"Mother-in-law!"
Daohua lay beside the bed and called softly, but Grandma Gu was already delirious from the fever and was mumbling something incoherently.
When Daohua saw this, she quickly cooled her down, prescribed a fever-reducing prescription, and asked Caiju to boil the medicine.
After working for most of the day, Grandma Gu's fever finally subsided.
Daohua breathed a sigh of relief and went to the pharmacy again. She found the prescription that Gu Jian had used to treat Grandma Gu's old illness and boiled the medicine according to the prescription.
After drinking the medicine, Grandma Gu fell into a peaceful sleep.
At this time, the moon was already high above the branches.
Daohua asked Wang Maner to stay in the room to look after Grandma Gu, and then went to the main hall to see Caiju and Dongli.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Caiju and Dongli exchanged a glance, and it was Caiju who finally spoke: "Miss, we really don't know. The young prince came in a hurry the day before yesterday. We didn't hear anything he said to the old master."
Daohua frowned and stared at the two for a long time, unable to discern anything from their expressions. Finally, she asked, "Since it was Xiao Yeyang who took Master away, then nothing should be wrong. Why did Grandma's old illness relapse? And why did she become so ill all of a sudden?"
Caiju and Dongli immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "It is my fault that I did not take good care of the old lady. Please punish me, young lady."
Looking at the two people who were kowtowed and looking guilty, Daohua narrowed her eyes. She always felt that the two were hiding something from her, but they both gritted their teeth, and she had no choice but to go back to her room to take care of Grandma Gu.
The next morning, which was the first day of the New Year, Daohua asked Wang Maner to go back to Ningmen Mansion to inquire about the situation.
Wang Maner came back in the evening.
"Miss, Deshou said that the young prince has returned to the capital. As for the rest, no matter how much I asked, he didn't say a word."
Daohua frowned: "Returning to Beijing?" And taking the master with him.
The only thing that Master can do to help Xiao Yeyang is his medical skills. Could it be that he will take him to Beijing to treat people?
But if that's the case, my mother-in-law shouldn't be so anxious that her old illness relapses.
It is obvious that my mother-in-law's illness this time was caused by excessive worry.
Knowing so little information, Daohua couldn't figure it out and could only take care of Grandma Gu wholeheartedly.
However, Grandma Gu's illness recurred, and no matter how Daohua comforted her, she couldn't let go. In just half a month, she lost a lot of weight.
Looking at the gloomy Grandma Gu, Daohua became extremely anxious. She was afraid that if this continued, Grandma Gu would collapse before her master came back.
"Man'er, go back to Ningmen Mansion and ask Deshou to tell Xiao Yeyang that his mother-in-law is ill and ask him to bring his master back quickly."
Wang Maner left in a hurry.
When Caiju and Dongli met, they both quietly did their own things and said nothing. In fact, as soon as Grandma Gu fell ill, they sent a message to the capital.
It has been half a month, and the old master and the young prince have not returned yet. The emperor's condition must be critical.
This time, Wang Maner returned to Ningmen Mansion and brought back explosive news to Daohua.
"The Eighth Prince plotted rebellion. While the Emperor was at the imperial mausoleum offering homage to his ancestors, they sent assassins to assassinate him."
Daohua was shocked and asked anxiously, "Is the emperor okay? Also, where is the Eighth Prince? Has he been caught?"
Wang Man'er: "The Eighth Prince has escaped, and the Emperor seems to be injured."
Daohua frowned and fell into deep thought.
Xiao Yeyang left in a hurry and took his master back to Beijing, apparently to save the emperor.
Thinking of this, Daohua frowned even more tightly. It would definitely take a long time to treat the emperor, so the master would not be able to come back in a short time.
"Xiaowu."
When Daohua went to feed Grandma Gu medicine, she heard her vague low calls again.
But this time she finally heard it clearly.
Xiaowu?
Fifth Master?
Is mother-in-law worried about Fifth Master?
"Ahem~"
Granny Gu started coughing violently.
Daohua quickly patted her back to calm her down.
"Puff~"
Suddenly, Grandma Gu coughed up a mouthful of blood.
When Caiju saw this, the medicine bowl in her hand fell to the ground with a clang.
Daohua was also shocked by Granny Gu's vomiting blood. While wiping the blood off her, she thought quickly and made up a lie in a flash: "Granny, Xiao Yeyang just wrote to me, saying that Fifth Master is fine and that Master and he will be back in a few days."
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Granny Gu's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, her panting became less intense, and her dry hands tightly grasped the rice flowers: "Really?"
Seeing the eagerness and hope in Granny Gu's eyes, Daohua swallowed and nodded affirmatively: "Really." As she spoke, she helped her lean on her shoulder, asked Wang Maner to bring her some clean water for her to rinse her mouth, and then quickly scooped a spoonful of medicine and handed it to her mouth.
"Mother-in-law, Master will be back soon. We can't let him see you sick, or he'll be worried again. Let's drink the medicine quickly."
Granny Gu forced a smile and nodded.
After listening to Daohua's lies, Grandma Gu felt much better, but she would cough violently every night and vomit blood every time she coughed.
This scene made Daohua, Caiju and Dongli feel extremely heavy.
(End of this chapter)
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