Chapter 20 Strong Medication
When the old lady saw Mengxi's blushing face, she felt more and more shy. She took it for granted that only they could have sex to save her grandson. As the saying goes, if you are sick, try any method. Anyway, the doctor didn't even prescribe any medicine. Jun'er couldn't just waste time like this. He might as well give it a try according to Xier's suggestion and give it a try.
At this point, Jun'er's life or death is uncertain. It is better to believe it than not. So she simply sent everyone away and made room for the young couple. The old lady was unusually understanding at this moment.
If Mengxi knew what the old lady was thinking, she would definitely bang her head against the wall. Grandfather! The granddaughter-in-law is not that shameless! It's so embarrassing!
"Has the Second Master had breakfast this morning?" Mengxi returned to the bedroom and asked casually when she saw Hongzhu and Hongyu standing by the bed.
"The porridge and dishes were brought over, but the second master said he didn't want to eat them. They were already cold, so they were taken away," Hongzhu replied.
Mengxi thought for a moment and ordered: "Hongyu stays here to look after the Second Master. Hongzhu and I will go to the kitchen to make a bowl of hot and sour soup to whet the Second Master's appetite."
Hongzhu hesitated and wanted to say something, but finally supported Second Grandma and walked towards the kitchen.
Hongyu and Hongzhu had the same concerns. How could this second wife be so confused? Seeing that the second master couldn't eat at all, she didn't think of a way to treat the second master's illness. Why did she run to the kitchen to cook, as if the second master was fine? She had to give the second master medicine! In her opinion, this second wife can't do anything except cooking! But when she saw Hongzhu didn't say anything, she also kept her mouth shut.
Mengxi helped Hongzhu to the small kitchen and made a bowl of hot and sour soup with aged vinegar, ginger, crabapple leaves, and pepper. He also added an egg, some cucumbers and carrot cubes, cut them into pieces, and added some seasonings. After tasting it, it tasted very good. It looked like an ordinary bowl of hot and sour soup, and no one would have thought that it was a bowl of detoxifying medicine.
Mengxi used pepper instead of chili pepper. First, she was afraid that chili pepper would be too irritating to the intestines, and Xiao Jun's spleen and stomach were too weak to eat. Second, pepper could fully stimulate the taste buds and enhance Xiao Jun's appetite. She couldn't tell Xiao Jun that this was a good detoxification medicine, but she had to let him drink it, for fear that Xiao Jun would have no appetite and didn't want to drink it at all. In order to make this bowl of soup, Mengxi took great pains. She asked the maid to serve it, put tableware on the table, and helped Hongzhu back to the bedroom.
Xiao Jun was still sleeping in bed, Hongyu was sitting beside the bed with a sad face, and the room was quiet.
Instructing Hongzhu to serve a small bowl, Mengxi sat down on the soft couch, rocked the Second Master with her hand, and gently called: "Second Master, I heard that you didn't eat this morning, so I made a bowl of hot and sour soup myself, which can increase your appetite. Second Master, hurry up and drink some while it's hot."
"I'm not hungry and don't want to eat now. Take it away." After shaking for a long time, Xiao Jun woke up, without opening his eyes, and said in a daze.
Hongzhu turned around to take the soup away, but Mengxi stopped her with her eyes and turned back to tell Hongyu who was standing aside:
"Help your Second Master up"
Hongyu stepped forward and together with the Second Grandma helped the Second Master up. Xiao Jun struggled for a while and didn't want to get up, but he was too weak and Mengxi was too strong, so he had to sit up. The Second Grandma signaled Hongyu to lean on the head of the bed, and took a pillow to lean against her back. Mengxi sat down on the edge of the bed, took the soup from Hongzhu, scooped a spoonful, blew on it, and handed it to his mouth.
Xiao Jun shook his head. He hated Mengxi's dominance. He had no appetite in the first place, and he didn't want to drink at this moment. He just shut his mouth and refused to drink. Hongyu saw this and shook her head helplessly.
"Second Master, I think you caught a cold last night, that's why you feel dizzy. I made some hot and sour soup, you must drink some, it will make you sweat a little and you will feel better."
As she said this, she used a spoon to pry open Xiao Jun's mouth and poured the soup into him. Hongyu hurried forward to wipe the soup that flowed from the Second Master's mouth, thinking that this new Second Wife looked delicate and weak, but was so overbearing in what she did. She dared to use force on the Second Master like this, and she must be a difficult person to deal with.
Xiao Jun was extremely annoyed, but helplessly felt powerless all over, without even the strength to speak loudly, how could he resist Mengxi's dominance? He sighed: It's like a tiger in the plains being bullied by a dog. He hated Mengxi in his heart, but seeing that Mengxi was determined to achieve her goal, he was afraid that if the situation continued like this, he would lose face in front of the maid, so he had no choice but to give in to her.
Perhaps the first sip stimulated his taste buds, and when Mengxi fed him the second sip, Xiao Jun drank it obediently. After a while, he finished a bowl of soup and handed the empty bowl to Hongzhu, indicating that he should get another bowl. Xiao Jun shook his head and wanted to lie down, but was supported by Mengxi again:
"Second Master, drink another bowl of the soup while it's still hot. After you start sweating, you'll feel lighter."
Xiao Jun had no choice but to force himself to drink another bowl. He refused to drink any more. Seeing that he had drunk two bowls, Mengxi thought that was enough, so she stopped persuading him and ordered the soup to be removed. She and Hongyu helped Xiao Jun lie down, and ordered Hongzhu to add a quilt to the second master's bed and tuck in the corners. She watched Xiao Jun fall asleep with his eyes closed before turning around and leaving the room. He came to the hall, where the other concubines, except Aunt Li, were already waiting outside. She ordered someone to serve the meal, and the concubines served him and he began to eat.
"This morning, as soon as I entered Aunt Li's room, a strange fragrance hit my nose. It smelled really good. I seemed to have smelled it somewhere before, but I couldn't remember where it was. I don't know what it was."
Thinking of the ambergris in Aunt Li's room, Mengxi asked casually while eating.
