Chapter 207 Cleaning the Wounds
Seeing Erye's body stiff and hot as he was carried back , Zhidong thought of his father who had passed away long ago and was worried that Erye might have contracted the seven-day flu, so he couldn't help but tell her. Mengxi's heart was moved when she heard it. The wound on Erye's hand was pierced by her with scissors. If the wound was deep, it would be hard to say. Thinking of this, she looked at Zhidong, whose eyes were a little red because of mentioning her father, and said:
"Tell me the symptoms of the Second Master in detail again."
After listening to Second Mistress's words, Zhidong described Second Master's symptoms again in detail. After finishing, he continued:
"Second Madam, not to mention that the doctor won't be here for an hour, even if he comes, he may not be able to cure the disease. He is not as skilled as you. Second Madam, you should go and take a look. It's okay if it's not a seven-day wind, but I'm worried that..."
It really looks like the early symptoms of tetanus. After hearing Zhidong's words, Mengxi's heart ached and she lowered her head to think.
Seeing that the Second Mistress was silent, Zhixia advised:
"Second Madam, no matter how bad the Second Master is, he won't die because of this. Considering that the Second Master was injured because of you, you should go and take a look before the doctor comes. If the doctor comes and can't cure him, it will be difficult for you to intervene."
Even now, it is not easy for her to intervene. How can she cure the Second Master's illness without revealing her identity as the God of Medicine under the watchful eyes of everyone?
"Second Grandma"
Seeing the Second Mistress bowing her head and saying nothing, Zhidong called out again. After thinking for a long time, Mengxi said decisively:
"Okay, let's go over and take a look first."
After preparing the medicine, I put it in a small box and asked Zhixia to carry it. As soon as she walked out of the north room, Zhidong followed her from behind and said:
"Second Madam, all the pharmacies in the backyard have been evacuated. There is nothing to be afraid of here. I will go with you. Thinking of what happened to you in Shouxi Hall yesterday, I am still worried."
After hearing what Zhidong said, Mengxi suddenly had an idea. He stopped, thought for a moment and said:
"You stay here and send a maid to the upper room to keep an eye on us. The old lady and the others will be here soon. If the old lady uses family rules against me, there will be no room for maneuver. Send a pigeon to tell Li Du to come to the Xiao Mansion to pick us up."
"Second Grandma..."
After hearing this, Zhidong's face turned pale instantly and his lips trembled.
"Second Madam is right. The three of us are all together. If something happens, there won't even be anyone to pass on the message."
When Zhixia saw this, she hurriedly tried to persuade him. Seeing Zhidong bit his lip and nodded, she helped the second grandmother walk up to the upper room.
This was the first time that the Second Master was tortured like this. When Hongzhu saw it, she was at a loss. Neither the old lady nor the doctor came, so she didn't know what to do.
She asked someone to prepare hot water and clothes, and stood there hesitating whether to go find the Second Madam. Thinking of the Second Madam's embarrassing status, she did not dare to act on her own. She thought to herself that she should wait for the Old Madam to come. Just as she was thinking about it, she heard the little maid announce that the Second Madam was coming. When Hongzhu heard it, she hurried out to greet her as if she had seen a savior.
As soon as Mengxi entered the hall, she saw maids and old women crowded together in the room, all stroking their hands, not knowing what to do, chattering in a mess. She frowned and drove everyone out.
After chatting with Hongzhu for a few words, he saw that she had prepared hot water and clothes, and had asked people to prepare liquor, a knife and other items. Then he took out a prescription and asked Hongzhu to find someone to prepare it and boil water to apply to Erye's legs. After all, Erye had been kneeling for nearly a day and a night, and in the damp and cool ancestral hall. If he didn't get rid of the cold quickly, he would easily get rheumatism. Finally, he asked someone to find Xiao Xia and Xiao Yan.
After arranging everything, Mengxi walked into the inner room, only to see the Second Master lying on the bed with his eyes closed. The muscles of his right arm were stiff and had paroxysmal spasms. After a careful examination, fortunately, it was not tetanus, but the wound from the scissors yesterday had become infected and festered. If it was not treated in time, the arm would be useless. She touched his forehead with her hand and found it was burning hot. She cried out inwardly, "What a close call. If it hadn't been for my kindness, the Second Master would have become an idiot by the time the doctor came with such a fever."
Having been in ancient times for so long, Mengxi knows very well how efficient it is to find a doctor. In ancient times, there were no cars, not even bicycles. People could only rely on horse-drawn carriages and sedan chairs. It would take at least an hour to find a doctor. This is for a powerful family like the Xiao family, where the doctor is always available. If it were a small family, it would take at least half a day for the doctor to finish his work.
After the inspection, he took out a pill from the box, handed it to Zhixia, and said to Hongzhu:
"This was sent by Second Master a few days ago. The doctor is not here, so we can't just sit there and wait. These are all medicines for healing. Give them to Second Master first. Who knows, maybe it can help."
Zhixia took the medicine and looked at Hongzhu guiltily, then turned around and saw her second grandmother with a calm face. She remembered what she said in Shouxi Hall yesterday and sighed that this second grandmother was really brave. She never changed her face or heartbeat when she lied, and she was not afraid of being exposed.
What was Mengxi afraid of? The medicine that the Second Master had sent her a few days ago also came from her Yichuntang. Anyway, the medicines she prepared looked almost the same. Moreover, this medicine was only for Hongzhu to look at. She specially handed it to Zhixia because she didn't believe that Hongzhu, a little girl, could figure out the trick just by looking at it from a distance.
Looking at the medicine in Zhixia's hand, Hongzhu hesitated for a moment and advised:
"Second Madam, you can't take this medicine carelessly. In my opinion, let's wait for the doctor to come."
The medicine was sent by the Second Master, and it was a blood-nourishing medicine for women, but the Second Master told her to just say that it was a blood-activating medicine sent by the First Madam because she was punished by the First Madam to kneel. She thought that the Second Madam really took it as a healing medicine, but she didn't know that the medicine had been replaced by the Second Madam. She thought, the Second Madam had good intentions, but this medicine was for women, and what was the use of the Second Master, a grown man, taking this medicine!
Besides, he is a gentleman. Without the doctor's instructions, who would dare to give him medicine indiscriminately? It would be risking his life.
After hearing what Hongzhu said, Zhixia looked at Second Madam with a guilty conscience. Second Madam said to Hongzhu:
"We're waiting for the doctor to come. We don't know when. These are all blood-activating medicines. They will definitely help. Hurry up. You see, the second master has such a high fever. Can he still hold out until the doctor comes?"
Don’t take medicine randomly until the doctor comes!
After hearing what the Second Mistress said, Hongzhu secretly cried out in her heart, not to mention that the medicine would be ineffective if the Second Master took it, but the Second Master was the Old Mistress's apple of her eye, and doctors didn't dare to use the medicine carelessly, for fear that something might happen and they would offend the aristocratic family and lose their livelihood.
Second Madam had been married for two years, didn't she even know the rules? She wanted to say that the medicine was useless and persuade him again, but when she thought of Second Madam's usual style of being decisive, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. Seeing that Zhixia had already ground the medicine and mixed it with water, she hurried forward to help pry open Second Master's teeth and poured it down bit by bit.
After feeding the medicine, Mengxi called Xiao Xia and Xiao Yan in to help the Second Master wash and change clothes. After the two came in, everyone withdrew and waited outside. The three concubines and Hongyu had also come early, but were blocked outside the door. When they saw the Second Madam come out, they hurried forward to greet her and stood carefully on both sides.
Yesterday, Mengxi's identity as a concubine was revealed, and the news that the Second Master was punished to kneel down because he swore not to be the head of the family came out. It was as if an eight-magnitude earthquake had occurred in the Second Master's backyard. The concubines who had pinned their wealth and honor on the Second Master for their entire lives were even more worried, and felt that their future was bleak. The Second Master was really no longer the head of the family, and they would never be able to hold their heads up again.
Standing there with an anxious heart, seeing the culprit sitting calmly on the chair as if nothing had happened, Aunt Zhang and Aunt Cui gritted their teeth in hatred. They would never believe that the Second Master would fall in love with such a cold and aloof woman, and they didn't know when it started. If this woman didn't leave the Xiao Mansion and really seduced the Second Master to rebel, then their lives could be imagined.
Ever since the Second Master came back from the south, they have tried every trick in the book, but have not been able to get him into their house. They originally guessed that the Second Master had some unspeakable disease and couldn't get close to women. But today they suddenly realized that it was the Second Mistress who stole the favor of all of them!
Thinking of the good times in the past and the kindness of the Second Master, Aunt Zhang couldn't control herself at this moment, and she had a desire to get rid of the Second Mistress. Even she was shocked by this sudden thought, and secretly covered her chest. Fortunately, the Second Mistress was a concubine's daughter, and the Old Lady would get rid of her without her doing anything. She wanted to say something to cover up her wildly beating heart, but when she looked up and met the Second Mistress's calm gaze, she couldn't say anything.
The eldest aunt looked at the second wife with a worried look on her face, and Hongyu stood there cautiously, fearing that something would fall from the sky and hit her. A strange atmosphere spread among the five women, making the hall seem unusually dull and suffocating.
While they were silent, Xiao Xia and Xiao Yan pushed the door open and walked out. They greeted the Second Madam and reported that they had cleaned the Second Master and changed his clothes. Meng Xi motioned for them to wait outside the hall door. Just as she stood up, she saw Aunt Cui and Aunt Zhang calling out "Second Master" in a crying voice and were about to go in. Just as she took a step, she felt that the atmosphere was not right. She turned around and saw the Second Madam standing there, looking at them coldly. The two of them quickly stepped aside to let the Second Madam go in first.
Seeing the two of them move away, Meng Xi spoke:
"The Second Master hasn't woken up yet. It will be too noisy if there are too many people. All the concubines should wait outside first."
After saying this, she ignored the jealous looks on Aunt Cui and Aunt Zhang's faces and took Zhixia and Hongzhu into the inner room.
After entering the room, Mengxi asked Hongzhu to apply cold water to Erye's forehead to lower his body temperature. At the same time, she sat on the embroidered cushion beside the bed and opened Erye's hand wrapped in medical bandage. The first glance was shocking. Even though Mengxi was calm, her heart couldn't help but twitch.
I saw that the wound on the palm of the second master's hand had long been festering, pus was oozing out, and it was extremely red and swollen. Even his entire arm was swollen, his muscles were tense and twitching.
Mengxi tried it and found that the slanted wound was nearly an inch long and half an inch deep. She was secretly shocked. She didn't feel any force yesterday and didn't expect the wound to be so deep.
Now I think it must be that the Second Master used too much force when he tried to grab the scissors yesterday. I think the Second Master pressed hard on the wound to prevent the blood from flowing out. It was too chaotic at the time and everyone ignored it, so the First Master forgot to ask him to treat the wound and directly punished him to kneel. The fingers are connected to the heart, and such a deep wound on the palm must have been excruciatingly painful.
Erye had feelings for her, but she had just numbed herself before, unwilling to look into Erye's heart. Erye's words yesterday forced her to face these things. Looking at Erye's red face in coma, thinking of his indulgence towards her these days, Mengxi's heart ached What's the use of having feelings for him? She and him were destined to have no future, and she couldn't give her heart to him.
The wound was thoroughly cleaned with liquor. There were no scalpels in ancient times, so Mengxi had asked someone to find a small knife, boiled it in boiling water, and began to clean the rotten flesh on the palm of the second master's hand. Zhixia, Hongzhu and others turned their heads away, not daring to continue watching.
While they were dealing with it, the maid came to announce that the old lady and the eldest master were coming.
