A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

The news of the Marshal's injury spread quickly, and people from all the branches immediately gathered in the main house. Sha Yanxiao originally wanted Gui'er to stay in his own courtyard and not go, but Gui'er felt that if she didn't go at such an important moment, people would definitely speculate, and it would backfire and cause trouble if bad rumors were spread.

Moreover, she felt that the Marshal must have fallen quite hard this time. He already had Alzheimer's disease, was slightly poisoned, and was old. If he fell like this again, something serious might happen to him.

Soon, the lady came over. She frowned and asked, "Why did the Marshal go to the outer courtyard alone? Didn't he even have anyone to follow him? Steward Wang, how do you explain it?"

The newly promoted Steward Wang stepped forward timidly, his face bitter, and said, "Madam, please forgive me. It's not that we haven't done our best. It's mainly because since Chief Steward Zhao left, the allowance for the main courtyard hasn't been issued. I called for help, but no one listened. I had no choice but to watch over the Marshal myself with a few old men who have served in the courtyard for many years. But we are old, and the Marshal likes to work hard. After a few days, our old bones are tired. We have all caught a cold in the past two days and are weak all over. We are afraid of passing on the Marshal's illness, so we had to ask the younger ones to keep a closer eye on him, but they were lazy."

"This is outrageous. All the servants in the main courtyard are family-born children. If they want their share, they should go to the main courtyard and ask us. How dare you neglect your master like this? Who took care of him back then? Just sell him off." The lady was really angry this time.

"Mother, let's go see how Father is doing first."

"Second brother, did you call a doctor? I heard that your father fell very close to your yard. Didn't anyone in your yard see him there?"

"To answer mother, someone has been sent for a doctor. I don't know why father suddenly ran to our hospital. Luckily, my sister felt bored and came out for a walk. Otherwise, if she fell and no one saw it, the consequences would be unimaginable." Sha Yanxiao covered up the matter easily.

A short while later, the hospital director arrived with a foreign doctor and Shopkeeper Liu. The three of them examined him and applied basic bandages. Then, looking grave and apprehensive, they addressed Madam, Sha Yanyao, and Sha Yanxiao. "Madam, Young Masters, the Marshal is already old and frail. He's been seriously ill before, and now he's hit the back of his head. I'm afraid his condition is not good. He hasn't shown any signs of waking up yet. My suggestion is that he be hospitalized for observation."

The lady's face darkened and she said, "Doctor, we are not an ordinary family. The hospital is so chaotic. What if someone does something bad to the Marshal?"

"This..." The dean was stunned and didn't dare to say anything more, but he didn't know what to do. He looked at Sha Yanyao and then at Sha Yanxiao helplessly.

"Mother, father is old, and the doctor's statement is for his own good. We will just send more people to guard the hospital. I don't think anyone would be so bold as to do anything bad to father." Sha Yanxiao said.

"Of course you don't wish your father well. If your father were gone, you could ascend to the throne." The lady said viciously to Sha Yanxiao.

Everyone present was stunned. No one dared to speak. There was an eerie silence for a moment.

"Mother, my second brother didn't mean it. He just wants father to get better soon. There are a lot of professional equipment and doctors in the hospital who can save father's life at any time. Although no one at home would commit assassination, there are not so many equipment and doctors." Guier hurried to help.

"What's so difficult about this? Just bring all the equipment and doctors over here. Don't you know that the person lying here is the marshal of our city? Without him, there would be no you." The lady said loudly.

"Yes, but our hospital only has one oxygen tank, and the Marshal's condition is complicated. We can't send so many doctors to stay here all the time." The dean said cautiously.

"What did you say? Do you mean you don't care about the Marshal's life or death? You, you..." The lady probably didn't expect that a small dean would dare to oppose her opinion without knowing how to do so. Her face turned red and white.

"Yan Yao, look..." She turned to look at Sha Yan Yao who had been silent.

"...Stop talking nonsense and quickly arrange for people and equipment to come over." Sha Yanyao said.

The dean was about to say something, but Manager Liu realized that the situation was not right, so he pulled him and shook his head at him.

"Okay, I'll go back and arrange for someone to prepare. I wonder which doctor your family would like to keep here?"

"Needless to ask? Of course the three of you will stay here together."

"Excuse me, I'm very sorry to bother you, but I can't stay here. There are many patients in my hospital who need my care." The foreign doctor suddenly rejected the lady's request in somewhat stiff Chinese.

"You, you foreigner, you are so brave that you dare to refuse to treat the Marshal. Don't you want to live?" The lady said grimly.

Everyone present was horrified.

"Doctor William is indeed the most skilled doctor in Jiangcheng. Many high-ranking officials and wealthy people ask him to treat them. It's really not reasonable for him to stay in the Marshal's Mansion all the time. How about this? Ask Doctor Liu and Doctor He, who I heard retired before, to come out of retirement. Then Doctor William will be on call at any time. If there is any special situation, ask him to come here immediately. Mother, do you think this is okay?" Sha Yanxiao tried to smooth things over.

"Ah, yes, yes, Doctor He, I forgot. He is highly respected and often took care of the Marshal before he retired. The Marshal also trusted him." The dean seemed to have seen a savior and quickly agreed.

The lady thought for a moment and said, "Are you talking about the doctor He Zhihua from the past? Oh, indeed, Lao Sha also trusts him, so he can be considered as a pass, right? Then go and arrange it quickly."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Manager Liu was immediately retained, while the foreign doctor and the dean went back to make arrangements.

The lady turned to the steward of the main house, He, who was following her and said, "He steward, look at how those people in the main courtyard are neglecting their master. Sell them off and just leave a few who are still useful." Then she left without looking back.

The people from each department looked at each other in confusion for a while, then left one after another. Sha Yanxiao also told Gui'er to leave.

Gui'er turned around and was about to leave, but saw Sha Yanyao sitting alone at the head of the Marshal's bed.

She couldn't help but walk over and ask, "What's wrong, brother?"

Sha Yanyao sighed and said, "Gui'er, how could father suddenly become like this? In my mind, I thought he would soon be as good and powerful as before. It's really hard to believe."