The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 94

Seventh Lady was stunned.

Adults have chickenpox, and the condition is inherently dangerous.

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times with abundant medical resources, there are cases of death due to chickenpox.

Not to mention that there were no antibiotics or injections in ancient times... only Chinese medicine was used to regulate the condition, and it was also subject to the doctor's personal level...

It is very reasonable for the eldest wife to have this worry.

However, people who are ill are the most taboo to think wildly.Once this imagination spreads out, who knows how many dangers the eldest wife will make up in her own brain, I am afraid that even the illness that was supposed to get better will be worsened by her.

"Mother, don't think about it too much!" Seventh Lady was uncommonly tough, "Lie down and rest, you'll have to get up to eat later!"

The eldest lady let out a sigh of relief.

"It's so itchy! How can I sleep!"

He asked again, "Is the master back yet?"

"Father came back from the letter last time, saying that he will leave soon, and the military rations have been almost raised, and he is ready to go..." Seventh Lady replied softly, "You can relax, when you are almost recovered, father I'm home now. Now there is an elder sister in the mansion to take care of me, and everything goes smoothly."

While listening to Qin Niangzi's words, the eldest lady raised her hand to scratch the blisters on her face.

"This will leave a scar!" Seventh Lady hastily took off the eldest wife's hand.

Chickenpox in adults is most afraid of scratching, and it is more itchy than chickenpox in children. Once scratched, it will leave scars and may cause infection.

The eldest wife frowned and tried to break free, "It's really itchy! I can't care less!"

People are always a little pitiful when they are sick.

The usually majestic eldest wife is now nothing more than a ill-tempered patient.

Seventh Lady suppressed her impatience and coaxed the eldest lady, "It will be fine when you fall asleep, the itching will stop, go to sleep!"

Patiently twisted the veil again, dipped in the medicine powder, and wiped the blisters on the face and body for the eldest lady.

"My legs are itching badly!" The eldest lady gradually lowered her voice while directing Qin Niangzi, "And on the waist... on the face... behind the ears..."

In her previous life, Qiniangzi also suffered from chickenpox when she was an adult.

That itching can really make people feel irritable.

Thinking of this, her impatience gradually disappeared.

Regardless of whether the eldest wife will remember this scene in the future... After all, I have tried my best to serve.

While responding to the eldest wife's words, gently wiped the whole body for the eldest wife.

The eldest lady is already fast asleep.

Only then did Qiniangzi yawn and leave the Xishao room.

"Is there anything to eat!" She asked Li Xia, "It's meal time, I'm sure I won't be able to care about eating anymore."

Li Xia hurriedly brought Qiniangzi to Dongci Room, "Here are some salty snacks for you... Shall I pass some pastries to you?"

Seventh Lady let out a weary breath, wishing she could collapse on the ground, "Well, it's not essential... I don't usually feel anything, but now that I'm serving people, I feel that I don't have the strength to eat meat!"

Li Xia smiled and ordered Shang Yuan to pass the message, and then came to help Qin Niangzi, "Let's wash up first, the weather is hot, and you are sweating all over."

Qin Niangzi went into the clean room with Li Xia to freshen up, and came out to eat a few small snacks.

The first lady hurried into the East Room again.

"Fourth sister is probably going to die!" She was full of anxiety, "Has mother's high fever subsided?"

Qin Niangzi startled the boss, "Why is it so good... Niang still has a low-grade fever intermittently, and can't leave people!"

The first lady sighed, and stomped her feet irritably, "I heard that the itching was unbearable, and I scratched a few blisters, and now half of my face is rotten, and the fourth aunt passed away several times from crying. She herself is looking for death and life..."

Qiniangzi's teeth were sour, and she gasped.

Death from illness and suicide are two different concepts after all.

However, if Si Niangzi is really disfigured... then this matter is really difficult to handle!
While complaining, the first lady sat down at the table, picked up a few pieces of snacks and took them in.

"I've been busy all morning, and I haven't eaten yet!" Complained while eating, "At this moment, the third sister still doesn't stop, crying at the door of Qilixiang and scolding our head for being partial to things, not prescribing good medicine, which hurts us." Her sister ruined her face... It's a joke, isn't the medicine prescribed by both parties? The three young masters of Ouyang's family were all invited to the house to consider the medicine day and night, and the Li family even came to ask for help. Jiang Nan is the most effective of these three little genius doctors, could it be that I went to the capital to invite Second Young Master Quan for her?"

As a married woman, a first-time lady has to take care of the housework inside and out. After all, isn't she looking at the face of the eldest wife?

In the end, she was slapped in the face by the third lady... Clay figurines also have a bad temper, so it's no wonder that the first lady is so angry.

The seventh lady had no choice but to put down her snacks and comfort the first lady, "The third sister's temper is still not clear? It's just that her mouth is not flattering. If you want to argue with her, everyone should stop living. I think it's 99 steps away, or Don't get lost at the last step, right?"

The first lady has taken care of her inside and out these days, and if she doesn't come out to comfort the fourth lady at this time, it will be a bit unpleasant in the future, and it means that all previous efforts have been wasted.In front of the Grand Master, it is not easy to ask for credit justifiably.

"Don't go!" The first lady was still angry, "Let her scold! There is such a patient in the room, and if he doesn't take good care of him, he still has the leisure to come out and scold the street? Just like this, he still has the face to beg me to speak for her... ...Let me speak to my father and tell her to go to the Zhang family..."

Seventh Lady's heart skipped a beat.

Immediately, she thought of the unfinished conversation between her and Fourth Aunt in the corridor.

It turns out that the fourth aunt is looking at Zhang Weiting and the Zhang family!

She looked at the first lady.

"I don't know which young master of the Zhang family Fourth Aunt is looking for..."

The first lady's expression changed.

"The fourth aunt is always thinking about it, and she just wants to tell her two daughters a good husband's family. Now that the fourth sister is like this, it is useless..." She pondered, "I guess the fourth aunt was looking at the second daughter of the Zhang family. Young master, I am afraid that my heart is not so big now, and I am satisfied to be able to say that the third young master is a concubine!"

The fourth lady was unlucky, she contracted chicken pox and became disfigured, so she must have gone to some famous family.The third lady's marriage became the fourth aunt's life-saving straw.

Circumstances change, and expectations must of course adjust accordingly.

The fourth aunt still hopes that the third lady will get married soon so that she can bring her younger sisters along and tell the fourth lady too.

And with the temperament of the eldest wife who distinguishes between rewards and punishments, Seventh Lady will take care of her until she recovers, and she will never forget it. The position of Seventh Lady in the heart of the eldest wife will naturally rise with the tide...

If the eldest wife can recover smoothly, after this illness, the fourth aunt will probably kneel on the ground and beg the seventh lady to speak for her, let her speak in front of the eldest wife, and ask the eldest wife to let go of the third lady!

Countless ideas have already flashed in Qiniangzi's heart. She can use this situation to make up for her own omissions and lay out plans for the future...

She raised her head and sincerely thanked Mrs. Chu, "It's the elder sister who has a big heart and is willing to promote us to be younger sisters. Xiao Qi has this feeling in mind!"

First lady is not stupid.

Taking care of the housework or taking care of the eldest wife, which one has a higher impression score, she naturally knows very well in her heart...

It is self-evident to give such an opportunity to Qin Niangzi, the kindness inside.

The first lady patted Seventh Lady on the shoulder, "I don't know how difficult it is to be in the main courtyard? You did a good job, and the arrangement is also very good! Mother now——I don't talk about adoption anymore."

Seventh Lady couldn't help raising her eyebrows.

Since setting up the scheme of Qinghong Pavilion, this is the first time she heard such a clear answer, knowing that her strategy has worked.

The bottom of my heart is not happy.

"Although there are many people in the mansion, only the elder sister can understand me..." She smiled and revealed a few words from the bottom of her heart to the first lady, "Since there is no grudge in my mother's heart, Xiaoqi can sleep well at night." I feel good."

I'm afraid I have to put another person down, so that Qin Niangzi can sleep peacefully at night.

The first lady just laughed.

"Okay, okay, I know you have an idea." She got up and said goodbye, "Hurry up and have some snacks, and then go to serve mother... If there is anything wrong with mother, don't mention anything else!"

Seventh Lady hurriedly sent First Lady to the door, watched her hurry into Baifang Garden, and then returned to Xishao Room to apply medicine for the eldest lady.

The medicinal powder prepared by Ouyang's family has a calming and cooling effect. Although the eldest wife's body is extremely itchy, as long as she rubs it on continuously, it will always have a soothing effect.

This job is not easy, and at the age of Qin Niangzi, it is really a bit difficult.

But Lidong and Lixia have no intention of sharing for Qin Niangzi.

It is because it is not easy that Qin Niangzi's hard work and diligence are shown.

The eldest wife seemed to be asleep, complaining about itching, and asked Qin Niangzi, "Your eldest sister came just now? Why didn't you come in to see me! You can't count on it!"

Seventh Lady sighed inwardly.

"It's the fourth sister..." She explained for the first lady.

The eldest wife became more moody during her illness.

After another three or four days, the pimples bloomed one after another, and the pus soaked the bedding.New pimples are born again, and the unbearable part is conceivable.

The eldest wife's temper became even more irritable, and she yelled and scolded anyone who was slighted.

The fifth lady talked to her personally through the window, and advised the eldest wife to calm down. The eldest wife agreed well in person, but turned around and scolded the seventh lady, "Why did you tell your fifth sister to enter the main courtyard! What if you have pimples?"

"Are you only happy to see her look like Fourth Lady?"

"You are all wolves with ambitions... plotting my dowry..." At the end, he became incoherent, "It's so itchy!"

Qin Niangzi had no choice but to respond softly while scrubbing the eldest wife's body.

"Fifth Sister is fine, don't worry."

"Yes, they are all greedy for your dowry, let's ignore those people."

"Itching is good, the itching will be better...don't scratch, you can't scratch! Mother!" And always beware of the eldest wife scratching the blisters.

When the old man arrived home, Seventh Lady was so thin that she could lift her up and dangle.

The Eldest Master entered Yang's Mansion only on May [-]th.

Speaking of which, he returned to Suzhou on May [-]th.

After two days of official business at the governor's office, the first batch of military rations were arranged and delivered to the road before returning home to visit a few patients.

As soon as he entered the door, the Grand Master went straight to the main courtyard.

"Father!" Wu Niangzi and Ninth Brother both came to dissuade him, "If there is anything wrong with this..."

If the old man is also infected with chickenpox, the Yang family will really be in chaos.

The elder refused to listen, "I have pimples! You should go back quickly, especially brother Jiu, don't get infected again, don't come to the main courtyard to pay your respects these few days!"

Wu Niangzi had no choice but to pull Brother Jiu, and went back to the Yuelai Pavilion nervously.

Qin Niangzi watched the old man go straight to the west room through the window.

"How is it? What did the doctor say?" the old man asked Qin Niangzi as soon as he entered the door.

He deliberately lowered his voice so as not to disturb his sleeping wife.

The concern in the eyes cannot be hidden.

After all, they have been married for many years...

"It's an adult's chickenpox, maybe it will last for a full month." Seventh Lady lowered her voice, not daring to wake up the eldest wife. "It's not burning right now, and it might start burning again at night."

For a long time, she encouraged the eldest wife to survive this high fever torture with "it will be better soon".

In fact, it was full of calculations, from the onset of the disease to the present, but only ten days have passed.

There are still more than 20 days of torture.

The old man let out a long sigh, "How could it be!" He stomped his feet again, "How could it be like this!"

About to turn around and leave the house.

Seventh Lady's heart skipped a beat.

"Father!" she said softly, "Mother must have a lot to say to you..."

He stepped forward and patted the eldest wife, "Mother, mother."

The eldest lady came to life slowly.

At the first glance, I saw Qi Niangzi's slightly anxious and concerned face.

These days, it was this face that accompanied her through the days and nights of purgatory...

"Why?" The eldest lady looked away and asked wearily. "Are you going to take medicine again?"

Seventh Lady pursed her lips and smiled, "Father is back!"

"Master!" The eldest lady was a little surprised, and reflexively, she was about to half sit up.

"You lie down, you lie down!" The old man hurried forward and sat on the edge of the bed, "How is he?"

The eldest wife smiled wryly, "That's it..." She couldn't hide her concern, "How is the job in Zhejiang going?"

"I've dealt with it." The old man stroked his short beard and looked away, "Liu Zheng wants to fight with me, but he's a little too tender, it's just that the delay has caused you to suffer!"

"It's okay." The eldest lady smiled weakly, "The first lady is very capable... The seventh lady is also attentive in serving me. I didn't suffer much. It's just that this disease... I'm afraid I won't be able to get over it."

"Don't talk nonsense!" The old man couldn't help being moved, "It's just a pimple..."

He couldn't help holding the eldest wife's hand.

Qin Niangzi slowly withdrew from the Xishao room, leaving a little space for this complicated couple.

Through the crystal clear crystal curtain, the voice of the eldest wife can still be vaguely heard.

"Second lady... giving birth... dowry... Xianxiufang..."

"Passed away... mourned... genealogy..."

The old man only responded occasionally, and most of the time it was the old lady who was talking.

This is the eldest wife who is arranging the funeral!

Although the disease is supposed to be fatal.But the eldest wife is a patient, and naturally she is the one who knows best about the torture she has suffered.It is also human nature to feel like wanting to confess your last words.

Qin Niangzi held back her strong curiosity and didn't go to the door to inquire.

According to her opinion, most of the eldest wife can still recover.

It's only been ten days, and the number of new outbreaks of chickenpox has decreased significantly. Ouyang's family's medicine powder is also getting effective day by day, and the eldest wife is already slowly recovering.

In this case, the so-called last words are nothing more than her views on the affairs of the Yang family.The parts that are beneficial to brother Jiu and himself will naturally be maintained, and the unfavorable parts will also have a lot of time to reverse.

In case the elder finds out that he is eavesdropping...it will be embarrassing.

She simply went out of the west wing and blew the cool breeze in the main room.

"Father is back?" I saw the first lady stepping over the threshold. "Just right, I want to ask my father a few words."

"Father is talking privately with mother." Seventh Lady smiled and stopped her, "Elder Sister, it's better to take your time."

"Oh!" The first lady was unavoidably startled, and then suddenly realized, "Yes, there must be countless things in my heart that I want to tell my father."

The two went into Dongci Room hand in hand to have tea affectionately.

"What does eldest sister want to ask father?" Seventh Lady couldn't help being curious.

The first lady didn't mean to hide the truth from the seventh lady, "It's the father who wants to do something for the third aunt again. The son sent a message back in Hangzhou, let us find a virtuous monk and recite the Sutra of the Rebirth to the third aunt, and let her Reincarnate as soon as possible, keep quiet... I don’t know what father means, there are so many things, I just forgot, and I haven’t looked for anyone. This is an apology.”

She looked relaxed, and it seemed that she didn't mean that she didn't complete the explanation of the elder.

Seventh Lady's heart skipped a beat.

It seems that the elder also has his own opinion on the death of the third aunt.

"Elder Sister!" She smiled and said, "I want to ask you for help..."

(End of this chapter)