The Regent's Concubine is Crazy

Aunt Deng was very happy to hear Xiaohui say this, but when she heard Xiaohui calling her Miss Shangguan, she said, "Xiaohui, this is Miss Shangguan, how can you call her sister? You have to call her Miss, understand?"

Shangguan Ziling said indifferently: "It's okay."

After Shangguan Ziling disinfected the silver needles and put them away, she took out some silver bills from her bag and handed them to Dongqing, saying to Dongqing: "Dongying, go get some strong liquor, and prepare some clothes and quilts for them."

"Miss, Qiu Kui hasn't come back yet. How about waiting for Qiu Kui to come back and I'll go. If anything happens, we're not here, and I'm worried about you being alone."

"What could possibly happen here? And don't underestimate me, go ahead!"

Dongqing took the banknote and said, "Then I will go quickly and come back soon."

Shangguan Ziling nodded.

Aunt Deng, who was standing by, heard their conversation and said gratefully: "Miss Shangguan, we have clothes to wear, you don't have to buy them for us."

"Xiaohui can't wear her old clothes anymore. Aunt Deng should know that tuberculosis is contagious. The house you live in also needs to be disinfected with strong liquor. As for why Aunt Deng hasn't been infected yet, it's because Xiaohui hasn't been infected with tuberculosis for long. But just in case, I will prepare a special medicine for you to take later."

Aunt Deng knelt down upon hearing this. Shangguan Ziling was startled and went forward to help her up, saying, "Aunt Deng, what are you doing? Get up quickly."

Aunt Deng broke away from Shangguan Ziling's hand that was coming to support her, kowtowed three times, and said with tears in her eyes: "I have no way to repay you for your kindness, young lady. If you have any instructions in the future, I will go through fire and water to help you, even if it means risking my life."

Shangguan Ziling helped Aunt Deng up with all her strength this time and said: "Aunt Deng, there is no need to be like this. What's the point of going through fire and water? I am the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Why do I need others to go through fire and water for me? Just think of me as a kind-hearted doctor and don't take it seriously."

"Eh? When did the master become so compassionate and kind-hearted as a doctor?"

"..."

Aunt Deng wiped her tears and said, "Miss, Xiaohui is also a poor child. Two years ago, I was the head maid of Lanyue Pavilion. I accidentally saved the virtuous concubine who fell into the water in the palace. The virtuous concubine asked me what my wish was. I said I only wanted to leave the palace and reunite with my family, so the virtuous concubine granted me the permission to leave the palace and rewarded me with a lot of money.

I thought I was reunited with my family, but when I came back, I found that my parents had passed away two months ago. My eldest brother was addicted to gambling. He sold all the valuable things in the house to gamble. Every time he lost, he would beat Chang Dasao and Xiaohui to vent his anger. Dasao and Xiaohui often went hungry. I could only take out part of the silver money awarded by the virtuous concubine to help Dasao and Xiaohui. When my eldest brother found out, he snatched it away and lost it.

Once, the woman was out and the eldest sister-in-law could not bear the pain and hanged herself.

All the valuables in the house were lost, and they even owed a lot of money. When the people from the gambling house came to their door, the woman's brother couldn't pay, so he was beaten half to death and paralyzed in bed.

In addition to sending a portion of money home every month, I saved the rest of the money in the palace. I sold my house and used all the money I saved to pay off my eldest brother's gambling debts, so we all moved here.

I knew Hong Gu. We were childhood playmates. She worked as a matchmaker in the human market, and through her introduction I was able to teach some rich girls etiquette and rules in various mansions so that I could earn some money to live. Our lives were getting better day by day, and I could buy a small house for us to live together.

But half a year ago, the eldest brother who was paralyzed in bed suddenly caught a cold and his condition became worse and worse. I was not at home during the day because I had to go to other people's homes to teach etiquette and rules. I gave money to Xiaohui to hire a doctor and get medicine. Xiaohui had been taking care of the eldest brother at home until the night two months ago, when the eldest brother passed away.

Xiao Hui also fell ill a month after Big Brother left. Because Big Brother's illness had spent all the money I earned, when the servant of the Prime Minister's Mansion wanted to find the aunt who taught me, Hong Gu informed me that I had to see a doctor and get medicine for Xiao Hui, so I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Thank you so much, Miss. If you hadn't come, I was really afraid that Xiao Hui would be like Big Brother. Thank you, Miss."

Xiaohui also looked at Shangguan Ziling with gratitude.

Shangguan Ziling sighed and said, "Xiaohui will get better, but you need to pack up all the clothes in the house and burn them! When Dongqing comes back, use strong liquor to disinfect the house inside and out."

"Thank you, Miss. I really have no way to repay your kindness..."

"Stop, go clean it up!"

Aunt Deng thanked Xiaohui repeatedly before she started to pack up. In fact, she and Xiaohui didn't have many clothes, as her eldest brother's clothes had been burned after she died.

"Miss, I'm back." Qiu Kui walked in with medicine.

"Go and boil the medicine. Boil three bowls of water into one bowl."

"Yes".

Shangguan Ziling looked at Xiaohui and whispered, "How old is Xiaohui?"

"Sister, no, my aunt said I should call you Miss. I'm eleven years old."

Shangguan Ziling frowned. He was eleven years old, but looked so thin. How could he look like an eight or nine-year-old child? It was obvious that he was suffering from malnutrition.

"Xiao Hui, don't you hate your father?"

Xiaohui lowered her head and choked up, "I hated him before, but my father lay in bed, repenting every day. He knew he was wrong, and I forgave him, but he still left."

Shangguan Ziling was silent for a while and said: "Xiaohui, take a rest for a while. I will call you when the medicine is ready."

"Um"

Shangguan Ziling walked out and took a deep breath. She felt too depressed in the room.

"Master, Xiaohui is so kind. She is so young, but she has such a gambling father who forced her mother to death. Yet she still takes care of him and forgives him."

"Maybe this is family love. No matter what mistakes his relatives make, he will be forgiven by his family after he realizes his mistakes."

"Pah, pah, pah, pah, Xiaohui's scumbag father was beaten to the point of being paralyzed in bed. How could he admit his mistakes?"

"Ha! The little fat boy is becoming more and more like a human being!"

"Uh, Master, you are teasing me..."

"Master, you have never been a compassionate person. Why are you so kind and want to help them?" The little fat boy was puzzled. Although he was sleeping, he could still sense his master.

"Originally, I wanted to go out for a walk so that I wouldn't have to learn any rules. When my father came back and knew that I went out with Aunt Deng, he wouldn't say much. But after checking, he found out that I had tuberculosis. I had to get treatment for this disease."

"why?"

"I just praised you for being smart, why are you acting stupid?"

"Owner……"

"Tuberculosis is not a minor disease, it is contagious. If left unchecked, Aunt Deng often goes in and out of officials' homes. If she is infected, the capital city will soon be infected."