Wan Tao suddenly woke up, realizing that a lot of time had passed, and immediately lifted the quilt without hesitation. When she turned around to smooth out the quilt that she had messed up, someone suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed the quilt.

Looking at the long, slender fingers with distinct knuckles, she felt very familiar, and realized that everything that had just happened was not a dream. She immediately stopped what she was doing, and did not dare to look back without saying a word.

"The doctor said that you are lacking in energy and blood. Why don't you rest for a while?" Zijian took the quilt from her hands and made it up, then bent down and made it up.

Wan Tao could no longer avoid him. She mustered up her courage and turned to him while keeping a proper distance. She saluted politely and said, "Thank you very much for your help, Master Zijian. I am fine now. Master is busy with his work. Wan Tao is inconvenient to disturb him. I will take my leave first."

Her voice was so polite and yet so distant, as if her caring words had become an offense. Zi Jian subconsciously shook his palm, stopped trying to persuade her, and watched her leave the room, still standing in the room. At this time, the doctor came out of the room with a bowl of medicine, and hurriedly shouted as he walked: "It's hot, hot, hot, so hot."

The doctor put the medicine on the table, and immediately used his red fingers to touch his earlobe to cool it down. At the same time, he turned his head to look for Wan Tao's trace on the bed. But now there was only an empty bed. He didn't care about his red fingers pointing at the bedside and asked Zi Jian: "Where is your wife? I tell you, don't be stingy with the money for medical treatment. If you find the poisoning and treat it with the right medicine, there is still a chance for recovery. Even if you can't find the poison, taking the detoxifying medicine regularly can also regulate your body. Look, I have boiled this bowl of medicine. If she doesn't take it, isn't it a waste?"

The doctor spread his hands in annoyance, his eyes wandering back and forth between the boiling hot medicine and the empty bed, his eyes switching back and forth between heartache and regret. Seeing that Zijian was thoughtful and did not express his opinion, the doctor pointed at him and persuaded him: "Young man, women are stingy with money, and we men should not be stingy, we should be responsible. I won't ask you for the money for this bowl of medicine today, go home and close the door and persuade her again, okay?"

Zijian looked at the direction she left in a daze, then he retracted his gaze and took out a piece of gold from his pocket and handed it to him. The doctor didn't understand what was going on, and was shocked after seeing clearly. He looked at the man in front of him with a disdainful expression, thinking: "So you don't lack money, but you are still stingy for a medical consultation, which makes people look down on you."

"Doctor," Zi Jian said.

But who would have a problem with money? The doctor immediately leaned forward, and even his attitude became gentle, humble and polite, and asked: "I'm here, what do you want?"

"Please give me a prescription for this detoxifying medicine. It's inconvenient for her to come out to get the medicine." Seeing the doctor's hesitation, Zi Jian added, "But I don't have enough money. What's your price?"

The doctor bowed and waved his hands, then he straightened his back and took out a pen and paper from somewhere. He sat down at the table and began to write seriously, saying, "Sir, that's not right. These are ordinary things and worthless. I will write them down for you right away. Follow the prescription and take them on time every day. But this medicine has a drawback?"

"What shortcomings?" Zijian asked anxiously.

"It takes a long time to take the medicine. You have to take it continuously for a year without stopping. Otherwise, all your efforts will be wasted." He stood up, folded the prescription and handed it to Zijian, and then reminded him, "Be careful not to stop taking the medicine. Whether to take this medicine or not, go back and discuss it with your wife. Don't be careless."

Zijian took the prescription and hurried out. There was no sign of Wantao on the road. He looked down at the prescription in his hand with a sense of loss. Then he put the prescription away, saw that it was getting late and he had to go back to report to King Qi, and left. After he left, Wantao, who was hiding at the entrance of the alley, tiptoed out and watched his figure gradually disappear from her sight.

After this episode, Wan Tao was anxious to reunite with Wan Ning and hurried to the agreed place. At this time, Wan Ning had already said goodbye to Liu Qingquan and Tang Xiaoyou, and paced in the dim sunset with a cake in her hand. Every time she reached an intersection, she would look back and forth to see if there was Wan Tao.

Suddenly her voice came from behind: "Princess!"

Wan Ning immediately turned her head and swallowed the biscuit before she finished chewing it. She ran towards her and asked with concern, "Why did you get here only now? Is everything going well?"

"It's okay, but Shopkeeper Zhuli is not in Brilliant Building today. If you want her help, you have to wait until later."

Wan Ning asked in surprise: "Is this going to go smoothly?"

Wan Tao smiled slyly and said, "Princess, you always say that even if the mountain doesn't move, the road will move. Look who I met on the road?"

Wan Ning looked in the direction she pointed, only to see that the light at the entrance of the alley was suddenly blocked, a shadow appeared, and no one was visible.

"Tao'er? Did you invite Ultraman? We are a small business, so it's not necessary."

Wan Tao didn't understand what she was saying, but the princess often said strange things, and now she was no longer surprised. She answered seriously: "Princess, I don't know the person you are talking about, but you must know this person I met."

Dong, dong, dong - a little fat man suddenly appeared at the end of the road, running and laughing happily. His clothes were neat and clean, and he had a bag of dry fried soybeans tied around his waist, which made a rustling sound with every step he took.

"Beans... beans? Beans!"

"Sister, beautiful sister!" Douzi stopped when he was about to get close to Wan Ning. He changed his previous excitement and said shyly and implicitly: "My mother-in-law said that I can't be careless and need to be gentle. Hello, sister."

"Douzi is so good. I haven't seen you for a long time. You have grown taller. Where is grandma?"

When she heard about her mother-in-law, Douzi pouted and pretended to be angry and said, "Hmph, my mother-in-law is a bad mother-in-law. She often makes me drink bitter water and pricks my face with a needle. And here, and my head, it hurts a lot, sister."

It seems that during this period, the mother-in-law took the reward and took Douzi to treat the disease, even though the doctor had advised not to waste money. But the old lady always felt guilty and worried about his future life, so even if there was a little hope, the mother-in-law wanted to try.

At this time, the grandmother appeared with a staggering gait. She had become thinner and smaller. She looked much older than the last time they met. But her face still had the kind smile of her ancestors. She walked slowly in front of the three people, smiled and scolded Douzi, "Douzi! Don't be rude. This is what the grandmother always tells you."

"Mother-in-law, I am very polite. I have just asked my sister. Mother-in-law is a bad mother-in-law."

Seeing the distress on her face, Wan Ning shared the remaining cakes with Douzi and coaxed him, "Douzi, behave well. Sister will give you cakes. You just eat the cakes obediently while I talk to mother-in-law about something, okay?"

Douzi nodded obediently, stepped back and squatted against the wall, concentrating on eating the cake. Wan Ning smiled and pulled her mother-in-law closer to talk, asking, "Mother-in-law, do you know what we are going to do this time?"

The mother-in-law side-glanced to make sure that Douzi was eating the cake obediently, then she said with relief: "Miss Wantao told me the general idea, saying that she would pick up a few girls and send them home. I am familiar with this matter, so it will be no problem."

"Mother-in-law, do you know who these people are..."

The mother-in-law interrupted her anxiously, and said with an awkward smile: "Since they are your friends, they are also distinguished guests. I am too lowly to know the identities of the young ladies. But as long as it is something you ask me to do, I will do it even if it costs my life. And no one will doubt me as an old lady."

After all, the one to be sent away this time was a registered concubine. If someone were to track her down one day, the consequences would not be something that ordinary people like Granny and Douzi, who had no background, could bear. So Wan Ning was very hesitant and looked at Granny and Douzi with heartache.

The mother-in-law followed her gaze and looked at Douzi, saying kindly, "It snowed heavily before the New Year. I fell down and stayed in bed for half a month. My health got worse day by day. I was worried that Douzi would have no one to take care of him, so I wanted to take him to see a doctor. It was useless. Princess, I am old and I am not afraid of anything. I just hope to leave something for Douzi to rely on."

"Princess, is this okay with you?"

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