A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui Er was very grateful to Song Xichen for coming to visit her. She smiled and said to him, "Thank you for your advice, brother. I will pay attention to it. But I think Brother Yanxiao is not a bad person. He usually takes good care of me. And look at how he governs Fengcheng, suppressing bandits and banning drugs and smoking. He is indeed a fatherly official who works for the people."

Song Xichen had to admit this, and nodded: "In these matters, he feels that he has indeed done better than Marshal Sha."

The two were chatting when Sha Yanxiao suddenly pushed the door open and Guier said in surprise, "Brother Yanxiao, why are you here?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "The guard called to say that a distinguished guest had arrived, so I had to come over to take a look."

Song Xichen heard the unkind tone in the words and said with a smile, "I also sent a friend to the hospital. I heard that a young lady from the Marshal's Mansion was hospitalized here. When I asked about her age, I found out that she was about the same age as Gui'er, so I came to take a look, and it turned out to be her."

Sha Yanxiao walked over and sat down. He took a look at the fruit and malted milk he had brought and said, "Director Song is really thoughtful. I thank you on Gui'er's behalf."

Song Xichen smiled and said, "You're too polite, Young Marshal. I heard that Gui'er was poisoned. I'm from the police station. Is there anything I can do to help?"

Sha Yanxiao also smiled and said, "Thank you. I will take care of it myself and will definitely give Guier justice."

Song Xichen nodded and said, "That's good. If there's anything inconvenient for you, Young Marshal, I'd be happy to help."

Gui Er watched the turbulent and explosive conversation between the two and quickly picked up the little rabbit Wu Mingqiang had given her. She said to Song Xichen, "Brother Xichen, look, my little rabbit."

Song Xichen and Sha Yanxiao finally ended their conversation. Song Xichen patted Gui'er's head and said, "So cute."

The two chatted for a while before Song Xichen said goodbye, saying he had official business to attend to. Not long after, Sha Yanxiao also left.

Gui'er stayed in the hospital for two more days. When she was almost recovered, she was finally discharged and returned to the Marshal's Mansion. Ji Yiru was not there, but Sha Yanxiao was in the courtyard. None of his maids were left. Dingxiang said that except for two personal maids who were still staying in the small courtyard to take care of her, all the others had been sold.

After returning home, Gui'er thought about the help she had given her that day and wanted to personally thank the Third Concubine. Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "I already thanked her after you went to the hospital. Although the Third Concubine seems cautious and stingy, she is willing to do something with a high probability of success, even if it involves a little risk. I transferred the farm that I originally gave to Ji Yiru to him."

That was indeed a very high reward. Gui Er felt a little guilty and said, "I'm sorry for letting my brother spend so much money."

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "I just want to let the people in Hefu know that if they help you, there will be high returns in the future. Then they will know what to do in the future."

However, Gui'er still came to the third concubine's yard. The third concubine and Sanmei came out to greet her. They were so affectionate, as if Gui'er was the third concubine's long-lost daughter, which made Gui'er feel awkward.

The third concubine said, "Taohua is my daughter. Although you and I are not from the same courtyard, you are also the Marshal's daughter. We are all family, so it is only right that we help each other."

Gui'er expressed her gratitude again and again. She went to Taohua's room to play, and the third concubine asked the servants to bring a lot of seasonal fruits. She had never been treated like this before. She was just smiled and said a few polite words and that was it.

After everyone left, Taohua suddenly came over, held Guier's hand and said, "Thank goodness you're okay. I was scared to death that day. I was worried that you had a stomachache because of your period, so I thought of going over to check on you. I didn't expect to see a commotion in your courtyard when I just arrived at the gate. The manager was arguing with a bunch of maids, and Dingxiang poked her head out of the house and yelled that you were sick and asked me to find someone. I didn't know who to find, so I had to come back and tell the Third Concubine. I was worried that the Third Concubine would not want to help. At first, the Third Concubine was indeed hesitant, but Sister Sanmei said that we already knew about your situation. If we didn't do anything, the Marshal would probably blame us. So the Third Concubine hurriedly brought people over."

"Thank you so much," Gui'er said sincerely. "If you hadn't run back to call for help and delayed the opportunity, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to be saved. Ji Yiru increased the dosage this time."

Taohua opened her eyes wide in fear after hearing this, and said fearfully, "You are my only relative in this world. If anything happened to you, I don't know what I would do. Although the Marshal's Mansion has done us a favor, and we should be grateful, I know that for them, raising us is no different than taking in a kitten or puppy. At least that's how it feels to me."

Gui'er sighed and said, "We are all the same, so we still need to have a skill to have a solid foundation in the future."

After that, Gui'er went back to Zhenxiufang to continue studying medicine. The shopkeeper Zhang and his wife were very considerate of her. They would ask her from time to time if she was tired and if she wanted to take a rest. Gui'er was very grateful and studied harder.

That day, Gui Er had just returned to the mansion when the steward told her, "Madam sent someone today to say that she wants to go to Guanyin Temple to fulfill a vow tomorrow and asked everyone at home to go."

Guanyin Temple was the temple where they were kidnapped last time. Guier complained in her heart that she didn't know what wish her wife had made that she dared to fulfill it. However, she had no choice but to tell Dali and ask him to ask for a day off from Manager Zhang of Zhenxiufang tomorrow.

The next day, when preparing to leave, Guier discovered that Ji Yiru was there too. Sha Yanxiao also saw it and his face looked unhappy, but he did not get angry.

Madam led everyone to Guanyin Temple and came to the main hall. After everyone offered incense in order, Madam suddenly took Sha Yanxiao and Ji Yiru's hands and said, "The wish I made last time when I came here to burn incense was actually for our Sha family to have many children and grandchildren. You two are the first sons in the Sha family to marry, so don't worry too much about the usual quarrels. The important thing is to have children soon."

Gui'er heard it nearby and was furious. She was almost killed by this stinky woman, but in the eyes of her lady, it was just a quarrel.

Ji Yiru looked at her wife with tears in her eyes and said, "Thank you, mother. We will try our best. It's just that I was young and reckless and made many mistakes. I don't know what to do."

The wife said, "What's so difficult about this? We're not family, so we won't care so much." Then she turned to Gui'er and said, "Guier, come here."

Gui'er had no choice but to walk up to the lady reluctantly. She had a bad feeling.

The lady said to him, "Your second brother is not young anymore. He loves you the most. Please help your brother and his wife to make peace."

Sure enough, it was not a good thing. Guier turned to look at Sha Yanxiao. His eyes were a little vague and he didn't say anything.

Gui'er knew he didn't want to disobey the Madam, so she walked over, took his hand, and pulled him in front of the Madam. The Madam put Sha Yanxiao and Ji Yiru's hands together and said with a smile, "Children are sensible. You two are not children anymore, you should be more mature."