"Please remember the website address." Qiuyue and Zihuo packed up the remaining food on the table into a lunch box, preparing to take it to the kitchen later.
"Wow, I'm stuffed from this meal." Ye Zhuo stood up, walked a few steps, and said to Qiu Yue, "Qiu Yue, go brew a pot of tea."
"Yes." Akizuki replied and busied herself brewing tea.
Zi He looked up at the sky, her expression somewhat anxious. So many things had happened today, and by the time she went to the kitchen to help Ye Zhuo fetch dinner, it was almost time for dinner. She had been sent out of Nie Furen's courtyard to serve Ye Zhuo, and belonged to those who were being demoted. The women in the kitchen wouldn't be so kind as to save her food. By the time Qiu Yue slowly boiled water and brewed tea, there would be no more food left for them in the kitchen.
Ye Zhuo seemed to have not seen Zi He's frequent glances at the sky and just paced back and forth in the room.
She is waiting, waiting for her stomach to hurt.
In her previous life, before she got married, she was the favored eldest daughter of a duke's household; after getting married, she was an existence that her husband's mother still had to look up to. She didn't need to engage in domestic struggles, but this doesn't mean she didn't understand how to do so. Domestic struggle isn't just about plotting and scheming like playing chess, it should be about having a precise grasp of human nature. Because at this moment, the chess pieces in your hand are alive, people's personalities are vastly different. The same move or plan, when placed on different people, will yield completely different results.
So from the moment she came into contact with Nie Wei Yue, planning to use her to leave the Nie Manor, she had never stopped analyzing Nie Wei Yue's character.
From the brief contact with Nie Wei Yue in Du Hao Ran's courtyard today, it can be seen that she is actually not stupid, but very clever. However, because Mrs. Nie was too capable and protected her too well, she almost never had to deal with any problems. This resulted in her being slightly simple-minded, acting impulsively and recklessly, and directly pursuing or humiliating someone she liked or disliked without any consideration.
This personality trait was fully revealed in that one crash when he came down from the mountain.
If it weren't for Nie Bo Yi's intervention, perhaps Nie Wei Yue would have understood the grudges of today and wouldn't have looked for trouble with her again. Because in Nie Wei Yue's mind, she had clearly warned Ye Zhuo not to find Du Hao Ran again, and Ye Zhuo, who was already under someone else's roof, wouldn't dare to openly oppose this young lady from the Nie family even if she ate bear hearts and leopard gallbladders. Although she was arrogant and willful, Madam Nie's control still had some deterrent power, and Du Hao Ran probably didn't like girls who were too overbearing and unreasonable either. So unless Ye Zhuo disobeyed her orders and went to find Du Hao Ran again, she wouldn't come to bother Ye Zhuo anymore.
But Nie Bao's words ignited her anger, making her dislike for Ye Zhuo reach a certain level, and she had to do something to feel comfortable.
But to let someone push Ye Zhuo into the pond, or find someone to beat her up. This would not be a method she would use. Because this would easily leave behind evidence, and once investigated, she was afraid that she could not escape Ne Furen's punishment. Of course, this punishment might be scolding for a while, or perhaps going hungry for one meal, being confined for two days. Although it wouldn't hurt her physically, in the end it would still make someone feel unwell.
So adding ingredients to her meal should be Nieda's best choice.
But why doesn't my stomach hurt now? Did I think wrong?
Ye Zhuozheng was lost in thought. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and a wave of agony shot up from his lower belly.
"Ah..." She couldn't help but moan.
Zi He saw Ye Zhuo's face suddenly turn pale, clutching her stomach and collapsing onto the stool with a groan. Alarmed, she hastily stepped forward to ask: "What's wrong, Miss Ye?"
"My stomach hurts. Ah, it really hurts." Although Ye Zhuo had expected to have a stomachache, she hadn't thought it would hurt this much. Her brain seemed to be pulled by something, and there was no thinking, only pain left. She even didn't feel that her body had started to break out in cold sweats, and sweat had seeped onto her forehead.
"Heavens, what to do?" Zihe had been a maid in the Nie manor since she was young and had always followed the lead of other servant girls, doing whatever they told her to do. She had never made any decisions on her own. At this moment, seeing the situation, she was at a loss for what to do, frantically spinning around before rushing out the door, shouting loudly: "Autumn Moon, Autumn Moon..."
"What's wrong? What happened?" For convenience, the small kitchen was set up in a corner not far from the main house. Autumn Moon heard a cry of surprise and panic from Purple Lotus, and her heart skipped a beat as she hastily put down the firewood and ran out of the kitchen.
"Your daughter said she has a stomachache," Qiu Yue called out.
"Ah?" Autumn Moon cried out in surprise and quickly ran into the room. Entering the house, she saw Ye Zhuo leaning on the table, one hand painfully grasping at the tabletop, and a teacup on the table had been knocked to the ground by her at some point, shattering into pieces.
"Miss, miss, how are you? How are you?" She didn't care about the broken porcelain on the ground and took a few steps forward to grab Ye Zhuo's arm and shake it.
"Help... help me get to the toilet." Ye Zhuo raised his head and said urgently with his eyes closed.
"Alright, I'll get the chamber pot." Autumn Moon quickly ran out of the room and fetched a chamber pot, placing it behind the screen in the bedroom. She helped Ye Zhuo inside, while instructing Zihua, who was standing by helplessly: "Zihua, hurry up and go invite the doctor."
"Yes." Zi He hesitated for a moment, then quickly ran out.
Ye Zhuo came out from behind the screen, her complexion much improved. Qiu Yue supported her to lie down on the bed and asked: "Miss, how are you feeling now?"
Ye Chui closed her eyes, just about to speak, when suddenly her face changed color and she said: "Quickly, support me behind the screen."
Another flurry of activity in the house.
As soon as Ye Zhuo left, she didn't come out from behind the screen for half a day. When she was finally supported out by Qiu Yue, her legs were already unstable and her face had turned extremely pale. Qiu Yue saw this and tearfully said: "Miss, miss, how are you? You mustn't have anything happen to you!" And anxiously looked towards the outside of the door, "Why hasn't Zi He come yet?"
"Quickly... Quickly, Zihe can't make decisions on her own, we need to report to Mrs. Nie, it'll take some time before she arrives. You go find Master Du and tell him that I'm in a critical condition, it seems like I'm going to die soon. Ask him... ask him to save my life!" Ye Zhuo said weakly, panting heavily, and with Autumn Moon's support, took a few stumbling steps before stopping, her face scrunched up into a ball. "Hurry, help me behind the screen."
Qiu Yue was originally a clever person, and having followed Ye Zhuo for so long, she had also experienced some ups and downs. Although she wasn't at peace with leaving Ye Zhuo behind, she knew that if she didn't do as Ye Zhuo said, first, she would be letting down Ye Zhuo's efforts; second, she was afraid that the Nie family wouldn't let Ye Zhuo call for a doctor, and Miss would lose her life in vain. So she made up her mind quickly, helped Ye Zhuo sit on the commode, placed two chairs beside her, and said to Ye Zhuo: "Miss, you just stay here, don't go far, I'll be right back." After finishing speaking, she ran out quickly without looking back.
She had originally wanted to pinch herself, letting the tears flow even more fiercely, but unexpectedly she didn't need to make any extra effort. As soon as she thought about her own daughter's current suffering and how her body might be damaged after this incident, her tears flowed like a burst dam, unstoppable.
"Miss Qiuyue, what's going on..." The old woman guarding the gate at the second door asked hastily as she saw Qiuyue running out with tears streaming down her face.
Qiu Yue didn't even have time to care about them and quickly ran out.
The two old women looked at each other in surprise as they watched her running direction: "Where is she... going to the Bamboo Temple?" Their eyes suddenly sparkled with gossip.
"Open the door, open it quickly!" The tightly closed door of Bamboo Temple was being pounded by Autumn Moon with a deafening crash.
Fortunately, she only knocked a few times and the door was opened by Du Wang. He saw that Qiuyue's knee-length clothes were covered in mud, obviously having just fallen, and her whole person was crying uncontrollably. He asked in surprise: "What happened?"
"Master Du, please save my family's daughter! I'll kowtow to you!" Qiuyue wailed as she rushed in, not caring if Duhao Ran was there or not, and knelt down to kowtow repeatedly.
Du forgot to see her crying miserably, knocking her head "bang bang" straight, thinking that Ye Zhuo must have encountered something big, and pulled her back: "Don't knock anymore, I'll go call the young master." Before he finished speaking, he flashed away. Not long after, he reappeared, standing behind him was Du Haoran.
Du Haoran saw Qiu Yue crying and calling out again wanting to kneel down and kowtow, he pulled her up: "What's wrong with your family's girl?"
"My daughter ate dinner and then had severe stomach pain, and she's been having diarrhea nonstop. She was already on the verge of collapse by the time I arrived..." Autumn Moon grabbed onto Du Haoran's sleeve, "Master Du, please save my daughter! Purple Lotus has gone to fetch a doctor for so long but hasn't returned yet, I'm afraid my daughter won't make it..."
Du Haoran's face suddenly changed, and before Qiu Yue finished speaking, he said to Du Wang: "Quickly, go outside the mansion to find a doctor."
Du Wang responded with a single word and suddenly disappeared.
Du Haoran said to Qiu Yue again: "Hurry back and give her salt water, let her drink as much as possible, as much as she can."
"Yes." After seeing Du Wang invite the doctor to leave, Qiuyue calmed down a bit. She thought about Ye Zhuo in her heart and didn't say much to Du Haoran, so she just nodded at him and turned around to run back.
Du Haoran spun around on the spot, then "thud" a punch landed on the trunk of a nearby tree, cursing: "Damn it!" Then he thought for a moment, went out the door and stood at the entrance shouting loudly: "Someone come!"
"Sir Du, is there anything I can help you with?" A servant ran out from the entrance of the Pu Institute.
The usually languid and indifferent Du Gongzi suddenly seemed to have transformed into a different person, his eyes sharp and his face stern: "Hurry up and send someone to invite the doctor, the sooner the better." After finishing speaking, he took two steps forward and added another sentence, "After inviting him, let him hurry to Yingfengyuan, someone is having diarrhea and is about to faint from exhaustion."
That Ding was stunned for a moment, then hastily replied: "Yes, yes." After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran.
Du Haoran strode towards the second gate. When he arrived there, he waved his hand at the woman who was about to bow and asked: "Where is the Wind Welcome Courtyard?"
"Ah?" The old woman was stunned for a moment, seeing Du Haoran's face sink, and quickly turned around, pointing to the half-exposed courtyard door between the green trees, "That is Yingfengyuan." As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Du Haoran walking towards Yingfengyuan with big strides.
"What's going on here? Why did Master Du go to the Wind Welcome Courtyard?" The woman next to her elbowed her companion and asked in a low voice.
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