A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Guier realized that she probably meant no harm, so she asked, "Where am I? Who sent me here?"

The nurse smiled and said, "I don't know what happened. I used to work at Ren Ai Hospital, and suddenly I was asked to come over to take care of a patient, and I wasn't allowed to tell anyone. I've been here taking care of you for two days."

"What? Have I slept for so long?" Gui'er looked at the unfamiliar environment and became alert. She wanted to sit up, but her body felt soft and her head seemed to be foggy, making it impossible for her to think.

"You just woke up, don't move. I'll go call the doctor." The nurse hurried out.

Gui'er surveyed the room, seeing only off-white wallpaper with a dark pattern. The bed was covered with a brocade quilt embroidered with lotus flowers. On either side stood Western-style carved nightstands, each holding an exquisite enamel lamp and a Western-style clock. In the corner stood a phonograph, neatly stacked beside it were vinyl records. Against the wall stood a row of camphorwood wardrobes, their carved doors gleaming with a warm sheen. By the window stood a rosewood dressing table, its mirror overflowing with rouge and powder.

It looks like the boudoir of a rich girl, and not just any rich girl, because this room is even more luxurious than Sha Lili's room.

Gui'er felt as if her head was swollen and she couldn't think. She just looked at everything blankly.

At this time, the back door creaked open and Sha Yanxiao pushed the door open, followed by the nurse and the foreign doctor.

Gui'er felt a little relieved when she saw Sha Yanxiao, and quickly asked, "Brother, what happened?"

Sha Yanxiao touched her head and said, "It's okay. You were sick, so I sent you here to recuperate. Now that you're awake, let the doctor check you out."

The foreign doctor examined Gui'er, then turned to Sha Yanxiao and said, "Mr. Marshal, your sister should be fine. There don't seem to be any sequelae, but to be on the safe side, we'd better observe her for a few more days."

Sha Yanxiao breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said, "Thank you, doctor."

Dali stepped forward, took out two gold bars, and gave one to the doctor and nurse respectively. He smiled and said, "Thank you very much for your help these past two days. This is your reward. I hope you can keep everything that happened here a secret. If any rumors get out, these two gold bars will not be for you to spend, but for you to swallow."

The foreign doctor and nurse were stunned for a moment, then nodded hurriedly in panic, and sent them away with a big smile.

Gui'er asked Sha Yanxiao in confusion: "Brother Dali, why are you scaring me?"

Sha Yanxiao reached out and touched her forehead, then touched her face, and said, "I brought you out secretly. Now that you're okay, I have to secretly bring you back."

"What on earth happened? Why did I suddenly fall ill?" Gui'er only remembered that she felt a little tired after coming out of the Fourth Concubine's courtyard, and then she fell asleep. She had no recollection of what happened afterwards. Logically speaking, she was being carried away by others, and it was impossible for her to be unconscious with such a big commotion. Could she be in a coma?

Sha Yanxiao sighed, "The soup my father sent over was drugged, and the quantity was huge."

Gui'er suddenly seemed to remember something and cried out, "I remember now. When I went to play in Lily's courtyard, I told her about this soup. She said that what they received was just ordinary chicken soup. I was surprised and embarrassed at the time, wondering why my father was so partial."

Sha Yanxiao's face was extremely solemn. Gui'er tried to think hard, but her head felt like it was filled with salt. She knocked her head with her hand, but Sha Yanxiao quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Don't knock. Wait until the effects of the medicine have completely worn off."

"Brother, are the other people who drank the soup okay?"

Sha Yanxiao shook his head.

Gui'er frowned: "Do you think it was Butler Zhao who switched the daughter, or was it father..." She didn't dare to say any more.

Sha Yanxiao was silent for a moment and said, "Let's go back to the mansion first. I don't want this to become a big deal. Dali will escort you back and I'll pick you up inside."

After saying that, he turned around and took out some clothes from the closet and put them on the bed: "Change your clothes, I'm leaving first, you go back with Dali."

Gui'er nodded, and was about to change her clothes after Sha Yanxiao left, but she found that the embroidery on the clothes was intricate, and it was obviously from Yunshanglou. However, time was tight, so she didn't care too much. She changed and went out. Dali was already waiting in the car at the door.

Gui'er sat in the powerful car, which turned and twisted its way to a road she was familiar with. It turned out to be the secret passage through which she and Taohua had escaped. She felt funny in her heart, thinking that this secret passage was probably an open secret in the mansion.

"Brother Dali, has anything happened in the mansion these two days?"

"No, when the Young Master went back to see you that day, you had fallen asleep, so we didn't disturb you. As a result, you slept for most of the day and didn't get up. Dingxiang went to check on you and found out that something was wrong and had come to see the Young Master. Fortunately, the Young Master had studied medicine in his early years, so he determined that you had been drugged. After asking, he found out that you had drunk that soup. He immediately put you in the cabinet and brought you out for treatment. The people in the mansion didn't know you were outside yet."

"But if my brother is fine, won't father become suspicious?"

"Don't worry, he made an excuse, saying he wanted to drink the soup, and then pretended to accidentally spill it and couldn't drink it. We should have the Marshal's spies in our courtyard, so he should have fooled them."

Dali drove the car into the village, got out, took Guier through the woods, and returned to the Marshal's Mansion through the secret passage.

After entering the Marshal's Mansion, he had to avoid other people. After finally returning to Sha Yanxiao's courtyard, he found that there was no one there, only Dingxiang.

Ding Xiang saw her and ran over crying, "Miss, you're finally back. I've been pretending for the past two days that you were recuperating in your room and didn't go out. I can't keep pretending any longer."

Guier asked curiously, "Where are the people in our courtyard?"

"Oh, it's like this. The Eighth Concubine is pregnant, and the Second Young Master bought a lot of gifts, including food and clothes. Everyone in our courtyard helped to carry the gifts to the Eighth Concubine's courtyard."

Gui'er knew that Sha Yanxiao had sent the other people in the yard away, so she went in with peace of mind.

Dali said, "Then I'll go first. You should take a good rest."

"Brother Dali, wait a minute, who was the woman who lived there before?"

Gui'er was talking about the room where she was recuperating. Judging from the furnishings, it was definitely a girl's room. She had to express her gratitude for disturbing someone else's room for two days.

"Oh, that's where Lulu used to live. The young master felt sorry for her and suspected that she might be the eldest master's only bloodline, so he was particularly tolerant and caring towards her. Unfortunately, she had evil intentions and didn't have the luck to do that."