Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Chapter 665: Poison Attack

Old Master Zhan San, seeing that Zhan Er wouldn’t listen and continued to do as he pleased, was extremely anxious. But as a man, even though the one inside was his own nephew, it would not be appropriate for him to just barge in and stop him; it would harm Xiao’er’s dignity.

With no other choice, he could only say to the servant, "Go call Xiao San and let him lend us his maid for the moment."

Although the Xia Family had nannies and maids, this matter was not something they could let the Xia Family People know, so he could only borrow Xiao San’s maid.

"Yes." The servant hurried off to find Zhan San and ask to borrow the maid, but before the servant could bring the maid over, an incident happened with Zhan Er.

"Ah! Young master, what’s wrong with you?" Yue’er, seeing Zhan Er faint again, was terrified and quickly put on clothes to come out for help.

Hearing the commotion inside, Old Master Zhan San knew something had gone wrong again and couldn’t wait to barge in. Seeing Yue’er, he slapped her across the face, "Wretched girl, if anything happens to Xiao’er, I will make your whole family pay with their lives!"

Old Master Zhan San had no time to deal with Yue’er right now, he rushed into the room and saw Zhan Er lying on the ground foaming at the mouth. Scared white, he hastily sent people to fetch a doctor and fumbled to put clothes on Zhan Er.

With such a big incident happening at the guesthouse, it would be difficult for the Xia Family People not to know.

Master Xia didn’t know what to say. If Zhan Er wasn’t already unconscious and in critical condition, he would have liked to beat him up himself. He had no sense of moderation; even if he liked sleeping with maids, there was no need to do it like this.

Doctor Wu was speechless, looking at Zhan Er with a blue face, truly unable to understand, would this young man die without a woman? Just yesterday he had advised him to recuperate properly, and today, he had sexual exhaustion to the point of fainting, and it was still early in the morning... Diligent, truly diligent, but such diligence only results in bastards, which is a scandal for an unwed noble son.

Old Master Zhan San anxiously asked on the side, "Doctor, how is my nephew doing? Is he in danger?"

Doctor Wu was annoyed; he had just finished breakfast and was planning to go to the pharmaceutical workshop when he was summoned by the Xia Family People to treat Zhan Er, so he replied irritably, "In danger, indeed. If he keeps doing this, he will surely die from energy depletion."

And pointing at Old Master Zhan San, he scolded, "What kind of uncle are you? Didn’t you say yesterday to make him rest properly? This isn’t the way to spoil a child, do you want him dead?"

Old Master Zhan San truly felt wronged; among many nephews, he liked Xiao’er the most, who had a temperament similar to his own. He was very concerned and had instructed the servant to take good care of Xiao’er, but who knew Xiao’er would be so disobedient and get involved with a maid again.

Doctor Wu couldn’t care less about the Zhan Family’s problems. After giving Zhan Er acupuncture, he prescribed two sets of medicine for Old Master Zhan San: "One for internal use and one for soaking in the bath. Rest well and refrain from sexual activity for the time being. If he dies, don’t come looking for me."

He also said, "The consultation fee is three hundred taels. Bring it."

Humph, always having to treat such uncontrollable profligates, if he didn’t charge them more, he would feel it was a great loss.

The Zhan Family was wealthy and didn’t take a few hundred taels of silver seriously. After giving the three hundred taels, they also handed over an additional silver note of five hundred taels, "Elder Wu, my nephew is in critical condition these next few days, I hope you can stay and keep an eye on him, in case his condition worsens."

Noble families usually employed their own doctors, but they hadn’t brought a doctor with them this time, so they had to spend a substantial sum to invite the doctor to stay at home to treat Zhan Er exclusively.

Doctor Wu did not accept the offer, just taking the three hundred taels of silver: "This is my last visit. If Old Master Zhan San wishes to have a doctor wait at home, go invite one from the Prefecture."

Although he was a doctor, there were some people he didn’t treat. He was going to Da Feng Village to make medicine and didn’t have time to care for Zhan Er.

Old Master Zhan San had no choice but to send Elder Wu away, then had the servant ride swiftly to the Prefecture to request a famous doctor to wait at the Xia Family.

Old Master Zhan San spent the whole morning in a state of frantic anxiety until the servant brought back the medicine, which was then boiled and given to Zhan Er to drink. After Zhan Er was also given a bath, Old Master Zhan San finally had a moment to rest.

Seeing that Zhan Er was not going to die, Master Xia left with a cold face.

Old Master Zhan San hurriedly followed, continuously bowing and apologizing to Master Xia: "Brother Changyuan, this time it’s Xiao’er’s lack of sense. I hope you won’t hold it against him. He knows his mistake and will certainly correct it, never to err again."

Master Xia said: "Brother Zhan, don’t speak too soon. Let’s wait until he wakes up and then talk."

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to Old Master Zhan San and returned to the main courtyard.

Lady Xia had been impatiently waiting and, seeing Master Xia return, quickly asked, "My lord, how is Zhan Er of the Zhan Family?"

Master Xia snorted coldly: "Tough life, he won’t die."

Lady Xia knew that Master Xia was angry because Zhan Er had been too reckless. She was also very angry and said: "Zhan Er really has no self-restraint. He’s even like this as a guest in our home, I can’t imagine how much more excessive it would be in his own residence."

At this moment, Lady Xia somewhat regretted if she should have suggested Zhan Er as a match for Gu Jinxiu. But Zhan Er’s status was prominent, truly a rare noble young master.

She then asked Master Xia, "What do you plan to do? Will you continue to help the Zhan Family with this marriage proposal?"

Master Xia was troubled: "Let’s wait and see. We’ll talk once we receive a reply."

He knew that Good Brother An would definitely write to inform the temple master to replace him, so that very day he wrote to a significant figure within the Lu Family, who would forward the letter to the head of the Lu Family. Now he was awaiting news whether to ally with the Zhan Family or not, whether he could remain to teach Brother Cheng, was up to the head of the Lu Family.

Lady Xia, who always heeded Master Xia, nodded: "Alright."

However, Lady Xia feared that the Gu Family People would be upset and had prepared many gifts, sending the old nanny to deliver them to the Gu Family in Da Feng Village.

Unfortunately, the old nanny couldn’t even enter the village.

Qiu Lang directly intercepted the old nanny and told her: "Our Young Master said, if Mr. and Mrs. Xia don’t want to completely fall out with us, then they shouldn’t come to the village again, or else don’t blame us for not being courteous!"

The old nanny was very angry and wanted to force her way into the village, but Gu Jinli had anticipated the old nanny’s persistent nuisance and directly showed up, taking out the Xia Family ancestral indenture and flaunted it before the old nanny’s eyes: "See clearly? This is Xia Yusheng’s indenture. If you don’t know who Xia Yusheng is, go back and ask Mr. and Mrs. Xia. If they don’t want to be dragged away to become servants, it’s best for them to be sensible and not to come to the village again."

Living in harmony without interfering with each other would be best; otherwise, she had plenty of ways to deal with Mr. and Mrs. Xia.

The old nanny had been a servant at the Xia Family for decades and had seen the spiritual tablet of Xia Yusheng at each year’s ancestral worship, so she knew who Xia Yusheng was. Seeing the indenture, she was so scared that her face turned pale and she hurriedly said: "Second Miss Gu, please don’t be angry, it’s this old servant who didn’t recognize the kindness. Please don’t take it out on this servant, I will leave at once."

Saying so, she paid her respects to Gu Jinxiu and then, with a gift of apology, boarded the mule cart and dejectedly ran off.