Reborn: The First Rank "Madam"

C107 – Xue’s Return to Mansion

In the morning, a loud scream came out from Zuo Shaoyan’s room, shocking the whole yard.

“What happened?” Mrs. Hoe walked out of the west wing with her coat on, holding her stomach. The couple had not been together since she became pregnant.

A concubine ran out of Zuo Shaoyan’s room in a fluster, “Young Madame… This is bad, grandpa… Great lord…”

“Grandpa, what’s wrong?” Mrs. Hoe asked anxiously.

“Uncle seems to have fainted. I just entered to help you wash up, but you haven’t woken up yet.”

“Could it be that I slept late last night while reading a book?” After all, there was a Third Master who always slept late and woke up late. It wasn’t strange that he didn’t wake up at this hour.

“No… Your servant shouted out so loudly just now that even your grandpa didn’t move at all.”

Mrs. Hoe hurriedly pushed her away and helped Rui Lan into Zuo Shaoyan’s room. Sure enough, he was lying flat on the bed with a peaceful expression and a ruddy complexion. It was as if he was sleeping deeply.

The master and the servant exchanged a look of obscurity, and at the same time, they secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Hoe quickened her steps and sat on the bed to push Zuo Shaoyan a few times. Seeing that Zuo Shaoyan was really not reacting at all, she hurriedly shouted towards the outside, “Someone come quickly, go get a doctor!”

The entire Zuo’s Mansion instantly boiled up, and not long after, the butler supported Zuo Yunwen and hurried over. The people they saw were their son who was peacefully sleeping, and their daughter-in-law who was crying by the side.

“Don’t cry anymore, what’s going on?” Zuo Yunwen snapped.

“Father…” Mrs. Hoe trembled as she stood up, her eyes red and swollen. “Darling still hasn’t woken up. I don’t know what’s going on.”

Zuo Yunwen pushed him a few more times and shouted into his ear. Sure enough, there was no movement.

“Go get a basin of cold water!” Zuo Yunwen was actually a few years older than everyone else.

When the maidservants brought the cold water, no one dared to throw it directly at the lord’s face. They could only use the ice handkerchief to cover his face, but it was still useless.

This time, even Zuo Yunwen started to panic, “Where’s the doctor?… Has the doctor come?… Tell me, how did Shao Yan end up like this?”

Zuo Shaoyan’s personal guard, attendant Zhu Chenggui, was carried out. He had clearly just woken up and his clothes were messy, “Master, Uncle went out yesterday and stayed in the study room for the rest of the time.”

“Out of the house? Where did you go?”

Zhu Chenggui immediately kowtowed and said, “There’s Lord Jiang that invited you to a gathering.”

“Jiang?” Zuo Yunwen understood a little about the officials in the imperial government, and since Jiang Family was a large family, it was very easy to guess that it was not a problem with Jiang Family.

The two families had no grudges between them in the recent days, so why would such a powerful official in the imperial court want to harm a High Scholar who was not even on the list?

The doctor came quickly. He was a fat middle-aged man. The moment he entered the room, he was pushed to the side of the bed by the butler.

Zuo Yunwen followed closely behind him. Seeing that the fat doctor’s movements were slow, he quickly urged, “Doctor, quickly let the child see, why is he still sleeping?”

That doctor rolled his eyes at everyone, he still leisurely took out a cushion from the medicine box and placed it under Zuo Shaoyan’s wrist. He thought for a while and said: “This Young Master’s pulse is very stable and is very normal, there are no other patients.”

“How is this possible? Then why isn’t he awake?” Zuo Yunwen questioned with a fierce face.

The middle-aged doctor opened Zuo Shaoyan’s mouth and looked at his tongue. Then, he opened Zuo Shaoyan’s eyelids and looked for a while. Then, he shook his head and said, “The noble young master is fine.”

Zuo Yunwen frowned and asked angrily: “Where did you get that quack doctor? Is it normal for my son to be like this?”

The middle-aged doctor threw Zuo Shaoyan’s hand away, stood up and carried the medicine box as he walked out, “Forgive me for being inexperienced in medicine, but I can’t see it!”

Zuo Yunwen’s usual composure and composure was gone. He roared at the servants in the room: “Quickly go and get another doctor! No, a few more!”

When the servants heard the news, they quickly ran out of the mansion to get a doctor.

Luckily, due to Zuo Shaoling’s illness, Zuo Family were all familiar with the medicine stores in the capital, and they continuously invited a few older doctors to visit.

However, every doctor shook their head after reading it and said the same thing. They all said that Lord Zuo’s pulse was normal and he didn’t look like he was seriously ill.

However, it was still a fact that people could not wake up, so the doctors tried all kinds of ways to prick people, prick their acupoints, and torture Lord Zuo thoroughly, but none of them worked. Thus, they could only shake their heads and sigh and leave.

Mrs. Xue rushed back after receiving the news. Zuo Shuhui initially wanted to come back, but was rejected by Mrs. Xue. The family situation was unclear, one son was in a coma, the other son was suffering from an illness.

When Mrs. Xue returned to the residence, she first saw Zuo Shaoyan, then listened to her confidant, the Zhu Family, report the whole story, including every doctor’s words and method used. She suddenly felt a chill in her heart.

Finally, someone muttered in a low voice: “Could he have been poisoned?” It immediately attracted Mrs. Xue’s attention.

In the front hall, Mrs. Xue and Zuo Yunwen sat side by side at the head of the table. They called everyone in the kitchen and Zuo Shaoyan over and inquired about Zuo Shaoyan’s previous day’s meal in an attempt to find a way out.

Unable to find the reason, Mrs. Xue heard a lot of complaints about Lady Yue. Coupled with her extremely vile mood, she immediately swept her teacup to the ground and hatefully said, “Go and call Lady Yue over. I want to see how she’s grown up these days!”

Mrs. Xue coldly glanced at Zuo Yunwen, and said to the butler, “Go to that slut’s room and search around. See what good stuff she has brought yourself these days!”

The butler gave Zuo Yunwen an inquiring look. Seeing Zuo Yunwen’s gaze, which was glazed with grief, not responding at all, the butler could only lead people to search the room.

In less than the time it took to make a cup of tea, Lady Yue was dragged in by two sturdy looking women. She cried as she walked, “What do you dog slaves want to do? Let go… Ouch, my stomach… Master…”

“Pah!” Mrs. Xue was infuriated. “Enough! You better behave! Don’t be so foxy, is there a place for you to cry out?”

Zuo Yunwen couldn’t bear it, but his son was more important, so he didn’t stop him.

He also knew that Lady Yue had gone overboard these past few days. She was greedy and short-sighted, so she really wasn’t suitable for a housekeeper.

“Speak, what did you give me yesterday?” Mrs. Xue asked in exasperation. Zuo Shaoyan was her lifeline, the safeguard for her future life. No matter who dared to harm him, they would be irreconcilable with her.

Lady Yue leaned on her waist and asked, confused, “Madam, what do you mean by that? What do you mean I gave it to the lord to eat? The food was cooked by the kitchen, so how can I cook for you?”

“Humph! Don’t think that you would dare to disobey the rules just because you’re the master’s pet. You even dare to rob this family. Who knows if you will secretly harm this old man?”

“Ah, such injustice…” Lady Yue knelt down with difficulty and cried while wiping away her tears. “Master, you have to trust me. How can I be such a person?”

Mrs. Xue was so angry that she laughed. “You’re not that kind of person? Then tell me, what kind of person are you?”

Zuo Yunwen couldn’t wait to listen to their argument. He rubbed his forehead and said, “Alright, alright, save Shao Yan first, don’t drag everything out!”

“What is it? I just asked her a few words and you have a heartache? Humph! Don’t tell me you want to shield this slut? Or do you want to wait for her to give you a son to inherit? You can even do this kind of thing as pampering your concubine to kill your wife?”

“What are you talking about?” Zuo Yunwen was so angry that his face turned blue. He almost wanted to slap him across the face. Pet his concubine and destroy his wife? How could he say these words casually?

While everyone was arguing, the butler came in with three servants. They were carrying quite a lot of things.

“Reporting to the master and his wife, these are all valuable items that were found in Lady Yue’s room. There’s a bird’s nest abalone, winter insect and summer grass, as well as gold and silver jewelry of unknown origins. There’s also a paper bag that the old servant can’t tell what it is.”

Mrs. Xue got up and looked at the items one by one, feeling so angry that her chest felt stuffy. Although she knew that these were the result of her deliberately indulging in the act and did not wait for this moment when Housekeeper Lady Yue first came back, she saw it all with her own eyes.

“Good! Good! As expected of someone who came from Gou Yuan’s courtyard. Such a petty appearance is truly embarrassing!”

Mrs. Xue took a deep breath and mocked Zuo Yunwen, “Master, do you still want her to continue being your housekeeper? I don’t really care. At most, I, this old fogey, will just eat the same thing.”

Zuo Yunwen was speechless. He glared at Lady Yue but didn’t say a word.

Mrs. Xue opened the package and sniffed it. “What’s this?”

Lady Yue lowered her head and answered without even looking, “I can’t remember.”

“Butler, go ask which doctor in the city is good at detoxifying and get another one!”