A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After finishing his meal, the Marshal didn't care about anyone else. He stood up and turned around to go back upstairs.

Sha Yanyao and Sha Yanxiao quickly got up again, and each of them helped him up the stairs. He wanted to shake off the support of his two sons, but as soon as he did, he felt a little unsteady and wanted to fall backwards. In the end, he had to be supported by his two sons.

As soon as the Marshal left, everyone in the restaurant seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and started eating. However, they were all uneasy. They took a few quick bites and then stopped eating, sitting there waiting for the doctor to arrive.

After waiting for a while, Manager Zhao came with three doctors in total. One was a foreign doctor who worked at Jiangcheng Hospital, another was the hospital director, and the other was actually Shopkeeper Liu.

Gui'er was very surprised. Doctor Liu glanced at her without any change in expression and turned around and went upstairs with the other two doctors. Gui'er understood that this was Manager Liu's hint for her not to make it public, so she remained calm.

After the doctor arrived, everyone stood up and followed him to the second floor. The lady said, "So many people ran in, what do they want to do? Just wait outside." Then she went in and closed the door.

The Fourth Concubine curled her lips in dissatisfaction, walked to the crack in front of the door, tilted her ear and listened. After a while, she turned her head and said to the crowd, "What is 'tremor palsy'? The doctor inside said it."

When the third concubine heard this, she quickly put her head to the crack of the door. Just as she was about to start listening, the door inside opened. She coughed awkwardly, pretended nothing was wrong, and walked away.

Madam and Sha Yanyao came out with three doctors. The fourth concubine hurried forward and asked, "Madam, what happened to the Marshal?"

The lady ignored her. Sha Yanxiao said, "Three doctors examined it and thought it might be tremor. They prescribed some medicine."

The lady said, "Butler Zhao, have someone get the medicine immediately and boil it for the Marshal."

Manager Zhao quickly responded, took the prescription from the lady, and trotted away.

Sha Yanyao said to everyone, "Everyone go back and let the Marshal have a rest."

"What is that tremor disease?" asked the third concubine in confusion.

"Who knows this? If I knew, I would become a doctor." The lady said unhappily.

She turned to Sha Yanyao and said, "Pick a few servants from our courtyard and have them look after the Marshal. I think the servants in the main courtyard haven't been able to take good care of him. Otherwise, how could his condition get worse after it had clearly gotten better?"

As soon as she said this, the fifth and sixth concubines whispered, "I'm afraid they're going to hold us accountable. We'd better stay away from them so they don't blame us later."

Everyone walked into the room and looked at the Marshal one by one. The concubines all said some auspicious words, saying that the Marshal was in good spirits and would recover soon.

The Marshal didn't seem to care too much. He waved his hand and said, "You guys go out. I'm not sick. I want to sleep."

Gui'er followed Sha Yanxiao back to his courtyard. Only then did Gui'er ask Sha Yanxiao, "What is this tremor disorder? How come I've never heard of it before?"

Sha Yanxiao frowned and said, "The symptoms of this disease are tremors in the hands and feet, blurred memory, and insomnia. Usually, many people just think it's senility, sleep less, and don't seek treatment, so naturally there's no record of it."

When Gui'er heard this, she thought, "Isn't this Parkinson's disease?" Commonly known as Alzheimer's, this disease seems to have only had some treatments in modern times, and they haven't been completely cured, only slowed down. If it were still in this day and age, it would basically be incurable.

She couldn't describe how she felt for a moment. As the Marshal's oath, his words had always been able to decide everyone's life and death, so everyone respected and feared him. She didn't expect that such a tough guy would become so confused now.

However, in this way, Gui'er and Zhao Yingwu's marriage would be invalid, and Gui'er couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

Sha Yanxiao called the housekeeper and said to him, "Father is in such a bad condition right now. The main house has already sent people there. You should also find two capable people to stay in the main house every day and help out if there's anything. You don't have to rush to do it, just stand there. If anyone asks, just say that I'm concerned about father, but I'm busy with military affairs. So I sent two people to fulfill my filial duties on my behalf."

The butler nodded and said, "Okay, young master." Then he turned around and made arrangements.

Gui'er smelled a hint of a family feud and quickly asked, "Brother, what's going on?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and touched Gui'er's face, saying, "Didn't the first wife just say that? The people in the main wife's house are unreliable, so we need someone over there as well. During this period of time, I guess everyone will be making various plans to fight for the property, and we can't fall behind. I usually have to go back to the barracks. If you are not busy at work during this period, you can stay in the Marshal's Mansion and keep an eye on things."

Gui'er hesitated for a moment and finally nodded. She had always been with Sha Yanxiao, so it was not good for her to stay out of it at this time. If a house fight broke out and Sha Yanxiao lost, she would not get any benefits either.

She returned to her room and just sat down, thinking about how to tell Song Xichen about this tomorrow, when Dingxiang pushed the door open and said to Guier excitedly, "Miss, our young master is very wise. The third and fourth rooms have already sent servants to the main room. I heard that the fifth, sixth, and seventh rooms also wanted to send people there after hearing about it, but they were scolded by the lady, who said they were treating the main courtyard like a vegetable market and forbade them to send anyone there. Fortunately, our young master sent people early."

"Where is the eighth concubine?" Guier asked.

"She was driven out of the main courtyard and moved back to her own courtyard. When she left, she was reluctant and cried, saying that the Marshal bullied her when he was sick."

Gui'er looked at Dingxiang's excited face and said with a wry smile, "Why are you so happy?"

"Of course I'm happy. Think about it, the Marshal is confused now, so someone has to take charge. Our Second Young Master has an absolute advantage. After all, he's in charge of Jiangcheng and Fengcheng. He has guns and an army. It's time for us to enjoy life."

Gui'er said quickly, "Don't talk nonsense when you're outside. If the people in the first house find out, they'll probably beat you to death."

She knew very well that the Madam and Sha Yanyao were both ruthless people. Now that the Marshal was unable to take charge, the various families would scramble frantically for the family property and resources. It was not impossible that they would do something to harm people's lives.

"But young lady, I'm still happy. This way, your marriage with Zhao Yingwu is no longer valid. Of course, the marriage with the eldest young master of the Song family might have been made up by the master when he was confused, but at least young lady, you don't have to marry a bastard like Zhao Yingwu."