White Hedge Dream

Chapter 81 Visiting the patient

Mrs. Xue has been ill for three days.

"I fell ill that night when I returned from our home." Mrs. Dongyang Hou gritted her teeth in the carriage, "This **** old Qian woman has been hiding it all this time. If I hadn't asked Mama Huang to deliver something to my sister today, I wouldn't have discovered it."

Speaking of this, I burst into tears.

"The Xue family also lied, saying that my sister had not come back from going to the temple to offer incense. If Huang's mother hadn't seen that the atmosphere at home was not right and rushed in, the Xue family would have told the truth."

Mother Xu and Mother Huang sat nearby and cried.

Why is my aunt's life so bad?

The carriage galloped through the busy streets in the evening and arrived in front of the Xue Mansion. The Xue family had already made preparations. Mrs. Xue's two sons and a large group of servants were waiting outside.

Seeing Madam Dongyang Hou's carriage, the two young masters rushed up and shouted, "Auntie." They explained with tears, "I didn't want to worry my aunt, but I didn't expect to disturb her-"

Before the two of them finished speaking, Mrs. Dongyang Hou spat in her face, "You two unfilial sons and trash, your mother has given birth to you for nothing."

The two young masters knelt down and cried. There was a mess in front of the mansion, which attracted many people on the street to come and look, pointing and talking.

Zhou Jingyun was supporting Mrs. Dongyang Hou, Huang’s mother and Xu’s mother were also standing by. The Xue family’s servants and wives did not dare to step forward and help them. They could only apologize and advise, “If you have anything to say, go in and say it.” “Our madam. It’s not good to use medicine and toss with it.”

After all, she was thinking about her sister, so Mrs. Dongyang Hou didn't stay in front of the door for a long time. She cursed a few words and walked in quickly with a sullen face.

Zhou Jingyun supported his mother and looked back, worried that Zhuang Li was ill and would not be able to walk quickly.

Zhuang Li fell behind, and the three maids around him followed him. They looked over at him unhurriedly and gave him a reassuring look.

Mrs. Xue was already waiting in Mrs. Xue's yard. When she saw Mrs. Dongyang Hou coming in, she sneered with a stern face, "Mrs. Hou is so majestic. This is where the army comes to investigate!"

Seeing Mrs. Xue's attitude, Mrs. Dongyang Hou became even more angry and turned blue: "If I don't come again, will I wait at home for others to send me funeral reports?"

"Madam, sit down and talk if you have anything to say." Mr. Xue advised from the side.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou couldn't scold her elders, so she turned around and scolded him: "Speak? My sister has been married to you for decades, when did you ever speak for her! Now that she is like this, you still don't say a word, An's What a heart!”

Mr. Xue was scolded by his sister-in-law, and he couldn't help it. He wanted to refute with a stern face, but saw Zhou Jingyun aside.

Although Zhou Jingyun was not as angry as Mrs. Dongyang Hou, he did not smile either. His handsome face was like an ice sculpture.

Thinking that this nephew has returned to the capital, he has been promoted from a supervisor to a member of the Ministry of household affairs, taking charge of real power, and going to the palace to meet the emperor every day...

Mr. Xue swallowed back his rebuttal and said bitterly: "Madam, I really misunderstood."

Mrs. Xue couldn't bear to see her son being reprimanded, and slapped the table: "What are you talking about? She is sick. Let's just ask the doctor for medicine. What? According to Mrs. Hou, one of our Xue family members has a headache and a fever, and we need to get treatment immediately." Tell you, only if everyone in the capital knows about it?"

As he spoke, he stood up and pointed to the people in the house and yard.

"When she fell ill, we invited the imperial doctor, as well as the famous doctors in the capital. Our sons, daughters-in-law, and daughters were all there to attend to her illness. My son, naked and untied, stood guard in the house, and my wife and I gave away all the century-old ginseng that had been saved for death. It's over, and now you come to the door angrily, as if we were treating our daughter-in-law harshly, okay, okay!"

After saying that, Mrs. Xue walked out.

"I will go to the palace immediately and let His Majesty judge whether it is our Xue family that treats our daughter-in-law harshly, or your Dongyang Marquis Mansion is bullying others with your power!"

Mr. Xue and the second wife of the Xue family rushed to stop her. Here, Mrs. Xue's two sons knelt down to Mrs. Dongyang Hou. The eldest daughter-in-law and two concubines also covered their faces and cried.

"Auntie, calm down. Mother's illness came suddenly, but she didn't delay seeking medical advice."

"I didn't tell my aunt because I was afraid of surprising her."

The yard was in a mess. Mrs. Dongyang Hou looked at Mrs. Xue who was making noises to see His Majesty, and then looked at her children who were kneeling and crying. She was angry and sad.

"Mom, let's go see our aunt first." Zhou Jingyun said.

Mrs. Dongyanghou threw away the crying and ran towards the room where Mrs. Xue was.

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Mrs. Xue's room was not messy. Just as Mrs. Xue said, there were two doctors guarding the room. One was Taiyi Hospital Doctor Wu, and the other was Zhang Shilin. When he saw Mrs. Dongyang Hou and her group, he saluted and said hello.

"Look." The second wife of the Xue family followed, pointing to the box placed in the hall, and said softly, "These old ginseng and deer antlers were sent by my mother-in-law. She said that no matter how expensive they are, they can be prescribed." Buy them all, mother-in-law really won’t treat her daughter-in-law harshly.”

Mrs. Dongyang Hou turned to look at her and sneered: "You are Mrs. Xue's niece. Of course she will not treat you harshly."

Mrs. Xue Er's face froze when she was told that, and her eyes immediately filled with tears: "What Madam said, in front of mother-in-law, everyone is a daughter-in-law."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou said angrily: "I am not your mother-in-law, there is no need to cry in front of me."

Seeing that there was going to be a quarrel in the room, Zhou Jingyun stepped forward and said, "May I ask how my aunt's condition is?"

Mr. Xue, who had a headache, quickly said: "I fell ill the second day after returning from your home."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou immediately glared at him: "What? Does my sister's illness have anything to do with her visit to my house? You know, your mother called her away just after she sat at my house."

Mr. Xue waved his hands hurriedly: "That's not what you meant. When she came back from your house, there were guests at home, and she went to entertain the guests. She even drank a glass of wine at the banquet, and she was fine until she rested. Her mother was considerate of her and allowed her to sit down for the second time. If you don’t have time to say hello, please sleep more.”

As he spoke, he looked aside and called Mrs. Xue's servant, Mother Jiang. "Who is on duty that night?"

Mother Jiang said the maid's name with tears in her eyes, and the maid came forward and knelt down.

"Madam slept soundly all night. She woke up late in the morning. The servant thought she was tired, and the old lady didn't want to say hello, so she didn't wake her up. Later, the young lady came with the children and the seventh lady to say hello, and the servant came. I screamed, but I found out that the lady couldn’t wake up no matter how I screamed—"

The maidservant said and fell to the ground crying.

"This slave deserves to die. This slave deserves to die."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou felt cold in her heart when she heard this. She glanced at Mr. Xue and asked, "Have you stayed with your concubine again? Have you taken in a new person again?"

A sister-in-law asked her brother-in-law what was going on in the house, which was really against the rules. Mr. Xue blushed. At this time, he did not dare to scold Mrs. Dongyang Hou for being unruly. He only stammered: "What are you saying? It's according to the rules..."

Zhou Jingyun coughed lightly and asked Imperial Physician Wu and Zhang Shilin: "What is going on?"

“Mrs.

Both gave the same account.

After the stroke, Mrs. Dongyanghou's heart was so cold that she almost lost her balance. Zhou Jingyun hurriedly supported her, and the young men of the Xue family hurriedly moved chairs, but Mrs. Dongyanghou refused to sit down and only pointed to the inner room.

Zhou Jingyun knew what his mother meant and helped her in.

Mrs. Xue lay quietly on the bed. If it weren't for her pale face, rapid breathing, and the smell of medicine filling the room, she would have just fallen asleep.

Mrs. Dongyanghou fell beside the bed and cried.

She knew that she could not find fault in Xue Jiaming's face, and Mrs. Xue would not treat her daughter-in-law harshly during medical treatment, but what about daily life, apart from food and drink expenses?

Mrs. Xue is torturing her daughter-in-law with words and actions.

Although my sister never said anything or complained, she knew it.

Mrs. Xue prefers her younger son and does not divide the family. It is her sister who takes care of the food and drink of the whole family. The Xue family in Hedong sounds famous, but their family is just a side branch in the capital. Mr. Xue has been a minor official for the past two years. I have also resigned from my job. The family is running an industry and cannot make a big fortune. Life is tight. It is my sister who is thoughtful and puts in a lot of effort to make the family live a comfortable life.

Mrs. Xue asked her sister to set the rules from the moment she entered the house, and she continued to set the rules until her sister became a mother-in-law. She has been married for decades, and her days out of the house are numbered.

Her natal family is far away, so it doesn't matter if she doesn't go back. She married in the capital, and the two sisters are so close, so Mrs. Xue rarely visits her home.

The elder sister was like a rough girl in the Xue family, and was also responsible for giving birth to and raising children. Mrs. Xue said that she did not believe in the care of servants and wives, and Mrs. Around me, the children have become sensible and are pampered by Mrs. Xue. They are all close to their grandmother. When their son marries a wife and concubine, he wants to kiss Mrs. Xue, but Mrs. Xue won't let her interfere...

Hospitality last night.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou cried for a while and looked at Mother Jiang who was kneeling beside her: "What kind of guests are you waiting for?"

At this time, because Mrs. Dongyang Hou was crying, Zhou Jingyun asked everyone to stay away: "Mother, please cry."

Only Mother Jiang stayed by her side.

Hearing Mrs. Dongyang Hou's words, Jiang's mother shed tears again: "The old lady promised the young master a marriage, and the in-laws came to see her last night. Madam only found out when she was having dinner in the evening."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou grabbed the edge of the bed, gritted her teeth and asked, "Which one?"

Mother Jiang lowered her head and cried: "Second Madam's cousin lives far away in Yueyang, and she is a businessman."

The eldest daughter-in-law was found by Mrs. Xue. She is from an official family, but she is honest and cannot support the family business. In the future, she will be overshadowed by the second wife. Mrs. Xue said privately that the second daughter-in-law must choose someone who can manage the house. Unexpectedly, Xue The old lady actually intervened again, and she was a relative of Mrs. Xue’s second wife. Wouldn’t the eldest family of the Xue family be in the hands of the second wife?

Not to mention Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Dongyang Hou almost fainted after hearing this. The sounds around her became chaotic. She couldn't hear what Jiang's mother was saying, but she could hear the words of Zhou Jingyun and the doctors outside.

"...I have been comatose for three days now. It would be good if I can wake up within six days, otherwise..."

Within six days, there were only three days left. Mrs. Dongyang Hou pressed her heart, leaned over Mrs. Xue and cried loudly.

My sister originally had no choice but to marry into the Xue family. Her father told her at that time that the Xue family had a bad family tradition. However, because her mother died early and she was engaged to the eldest son of the Dongyang Marquis Mansion, her sister insisted on marrying into the Xue family in the capital in order to take care of her.

It was all her fault that hurt her sister.

Because of Mrs. Dongyang Hou's crying, Zhou Jingyun and others rushed in again.

"Mom, don't cry. The doctor said that my aunt may still be conscious." He advised in a low voice, "It seems that my aunt is worried about you."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou held on to her cry, because she knew that even if her sister was sick, when she heard her cry, her first thought would be to worry about her.

"Doctor, doctor, you have to cure her, no matter how much it costs." She turned around and said to Dr. Wu and Dr. Zhang, who had to kneel down.

Doctor Wu and Doctor Zhang hurriedly stopped him.

"Ma'am, we must do our best."

But the two of them looked helpless.

"only….."

As they were talking, a female voice sounded softly.

"Let me try."

The people in the room paused for a moment, and couldn't help but look around and saw a young woman standing quietly.

Madam Xue Qi couldn't help but lost her voice: "Sister-in-law, do you know how to see a doctor?"