Chapter 10 You Come and Go

  Feng Shaohua was still melancholy, but Jin Suilian suddenly sat up and rebuked him: "Master, what are you hesitating about? Didn't you see that Miss Seventh just took action and made me feel better right away? Have you ever let me feel so comfortable in the past two years? It seems that Miss's medical skills are very high. Even if Yongxing Hall is very powerful, they can't cure my asthma, can they? Now that Mother is gone, if we don't help Miss Seventh, who else will?"

  Feng Shaohua saw Jin Sulian's words were so serious and hastily stood up to respond.

  The matter was settled, and Hua Yu did not stay long. He left the only five taels of silver for them and returned to the mansion with Peony in the dark.

  Returning to Jingting Garden, Peony did not rejoice at this matter, but instead furrowed her brow.

  After washing and dressing, she lay on the bed and asked her, "Is there anything wrong?"

  The peony, who was originally prepared to go out, turned around and hesitated: "Miss, do you want to pawn those accessories again at the medicine shop?"

  She nodded in the rain, and she indeed had this intention.

  "Those ornaments are exclusively used in the palace, and were bestowed by the Empress Dowager and the Queen. They are extremely valuable, with marks on them, making them easily recognizable. If they enter a pawnshop, it's likely to be known to the imperial family, which might cause trouble for Miss..."

  Hua Zhe Yu heard the words, and suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Gu Shi had taken out the thing so decisively. It turned out that although the thing looked good, it couldn't be exchanged for silver and was useless in practice. If she kept it here, sooner or later, it would probably end up back with them. Just looking at Hua Ruo Meng's covetous gaze earlier, one could tell how reluctant she was to part with it.

  She rubbed her nose and shrugged, saying: "Since we can't exchange for silver, let's think of other ways. It doesn't matter if we don't open a medicine shop, as long as we can help Su Lian's family."

  Peony's heart warmed up, she knew that although Miss didn't say it out loud, she was repaying Fang's kindness through her actions.

  Gu's family suffered a dumb loss, not to mention that she couldn't bear the thought of being bossed around by Hua Ruoyan for years in the Guo Gongfu, and with her explosive temper, she definitely wouldn't be able to swallow this insult.

  And for the next two days, they were unusually quiet, enjoying the calm before the storm but not daring to be complacent, knowing that this was just the tranquility before the arrival of a violent storm. She believed that victory only belonged to those who were prepared.

  It rained in the morning and stopped in the afternoon. The leaves in the yard were green and oily, and the flowers fell, but they looked more charming.

  After a busy afternoon, Hua Yu looked at the house and saw that both the front and back were filled with the peonies and paeonias that she and Qin'er had personally transplanted from the backyard over the past two days. Although her hands and feet ached, she smiled contentedly.

  Qin'er patted the last handful of soil tight with her fist, then wiped away sweat and curiously asked: "Miss, these grasses don't look good, why must they be transplanted here?"

  Hua Zhe Yu didn't answer her, but smiled and asked Peony: "I heard that Mother's migraine has been acting up these past few days, have you called a doctor?"

  Peony handed over a wet towel for her to wipe her hands, and honestly replied: "Earlier, the young lady said she wanted to go and pay respects to the madam, but Mother Zhou told her it was unnecessary. If this servant didn't hear wrongly, indeed the madam's migraine has relapsed again, and even invited a doctor to diagnose and treat."

  Qin'er touched the back of her head, Madame fell ill, what does it have to do with moving grass in front of the house?

  Just then, Shanhuo happened to be passing by with a basket, and the blue cloth inside was also unknown what was packed, covered with a cloth head, bulging. Qin'er's heart is straight, and she had been guarding against her in her heart, so she asked: "Shanhuo sister, you don't take good care of Chun Tao, where are you going again?"

  Coral had already seen the three of them, but pretended not to notice and was about to walk away. Hearing Qin'er's shout, she slowed down her pace and put on a haughty face: "I don't know whether it's more important to watch over Chun Tao or to visit my husband? I heard that my husband has fallen ill again, and I'm going to bring him some medicinal herbs to alleviate his symptoms. Are you blind?"

  The young lady's tactics were so timid just two days ago, how did she become arrogant again in just two days?

  Qin'er saw that she was angry and couldn't help but say loudly: "The lady has fallen ill again, there are already doctors, why must you go to deliver medicine?"

  Shanhuo curled her lip, and in her eyes was a clear disdain for the three servants. "This medicine is taught by Second Master himself, specifically to relieve Madame's migraine. I'm not going, are you?"

  Her tone implied that she was already the most intimate person with Second Master, and it was only fitting for her to deliver medicine to the Gu family.

  Seeing her swaying hips and walking away, Qin Er's face turned white with anger, and she stamped her foot saying: "Miss, look at that cheap servant relying on the mistress to be so rude, why don't I go give her a lesson..."

  He smiled despite the rain, gazed deeply at Coral's back, then patted Qin'er's shoulder and said: "Let you go fight with her? That would dirty your hands. Just focus on doing what you're supposed to do, Coral... Ha, she can't escape..."

  Qin'er was about to speak, but was stopped by Yu Rong, who scolded: "Alright, just do as Miss said. With your thin build, can you even beat her? You're overestimating yourself."

  Qin'er pouted, pretending not to see the rain. But Shanhu was gone for more than half a day, and didn't sneak back until late at night, just before midnight.

  In the middle of the night, Hua Zhe Yu didn't wake up anyone else, only waking Peony. The two carried lanterns and searched around the newly planted grass in front of the house. They actually saw two bamboo snakes coiled in the grass. Peony was shocked and took several steps back.

  The rain was like a gentle caress, and the peony took out a small porcelain bottle that had been prepared in advance. Then, with one hand grasping a snake's seven-inch body, she pried open its teeth and slowly collected the venom.

  After collecting the venom from two unusually docile poisonous snakes, Peony was already trembling with fear, "L-little... miss, w-when did you learn how to catch snakes..."

  The rain poured down, and the porcelain bottle was carefully put away. The two snakes were then placed in a bamboo tube. With a mischievous grin, he said: "It's just like when I was sent to the Zhuangzi two years ago. Alright, today's events have come to an end. Now go get some good rest, tomorrow it'll be those people's turn."

  Although Peony was still shaken, she couldn't help but admire Hua's cleverness and strategic thinking. In her heart, she had also developed a deep respect for the calm and composed woman.

  The next morning, Coral got up early and went to Chun Tao's place for a while. She kept staring at the main house from time to time until the sun was high in the sky, but she didn't see anyone coming out. Finally, she couldn't help asking Peony, who was airing bedding in the yard, "Miss hasn't gotten up yet, what's going on today?"

  "Miss said she caught a cold yesterday and told us to let her sleep more today, so let's not disturb her rest." Yu Rong said seriously.

  "Ah," said Coral, "I got up early this morning and my right eyelid kept twitching. I had a bad premonition. Is something wrong with the young lady?"

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  Finally can't hold it anymore and started updating, hope new and old readers will support a lot.