Heartstrings Resonance: The Beloved Princess of the Female Power

Everyone is also hungry...

Manager Sun took Xiao Zhu to the Qin family, and Xiao Yao instructed Xiao Chuan to order two tables of food to be sent to the clinic.

At Xiao Yao's signal, Mother Wu also left. She stayed by herself to guard Mu Yunxi, while Xiao Shan stood guard at the inner door, and Xiao Mu and Xiao Li stood guard at the main door of the clinic. Mu Yunxi, on the other hand, fainted while lying on the bed in the clinic.

A quarter of an hour later, Mother Wu returned with two large bundles. She looked around nonchalantly, seeing no one was looking in her direction. The girl across from her seemed to be sleeping, listening to her even breathing. She whispered to Xiao Yao, "This clinic is called Chen's Clinic. The old doctor's surname is Chen. I've already made inquiries. The Chen family has three sons and one daughter. The eldest and second sons are studying medicine with their father, the youngest son is away doing business, and Miss Chen is still unmarried. Unfortunately, the eldest son went to the Qin family today because the old man is seriously ill. The second son was called to the Liu family in the east of the city because they said their daughter-in-law is expecting a baby."

Xiao Yao nodded, "Qin family?" asked meaningfully?

Mother Wu nodded, "Yes! It's the Qin family."

Xiao Yao had an idea in mind.

Mother Wu continued, "Doctor Chen is a skilled doctor. He's honest, yet not rigid, and he's very responsible to his patients."

Xiao Yao hummed, indicating that she understood. She looked at the sleeping Mu Yunxi, silently praying that she would get better soon. The two of them just stayed by Mu Yunxi's side quietly.

After a while, the food was served, and Xiao Yao asked Xiao Mu to send a portion to the old doctor.

Afterwards, everyone ate together. Afterwards, they told Mother Wu and Xiao Chuan to go to the back of the clinic and clean up the room. At this time, the little medicine boy came over with a tray with two bowls of medicine and two bowls of porridge on it.

The medicine boy said carefully, "These are medicine and porridge for the two girls. The one on the left is for the girl with the injured foot. Doctor Chen also said that we need to wake the girl up, have her eat the porridge, and drink the medicine before going to sleep. Otherwise, she might faint from sleep."

Mother Wu took the tray and said with a smile, "Thank you for making this trip, little brother." She was about to give him some money, but the little medicine boy said, "No, no!" and ran away. Mother Wu said with a smile, "You run pretty fast!"

"Well, I'm young, so maybe I'm shy." Xiao Yao replied indifferently.

Actually, the little medicine boy had already eaten the food that was just delivered, so he felt a little embarrassed. He was also an apprentice taken in by Doctor Chen, and he was very good at identifying medicinal herbs, so Doctor Chen was willing to keep him with him more often.

Mother Wu placed the tray on the table and brought the left portion to the girl on the bed. Perhaps the medicine boy, seeing that all the coupons were for women, was trying to avoid suspicion and forgot that no one was taking care of this girl. He placed the porridge and medicine within reach of her. The girl, despite having a foot injury, didn't hesitate to say, "Thank you, Auntie!"

"Miss, you're welcome. I hope I didn't bother you," Mother Wu replied politely. Mother Wu was someone who never looked down on others. So, when someone was polite, she would be polite too.

Then he turned and walked towards Xiao Yao: "Do you want to wake the young lady up?"

"Yeah." Xiao Yao didn't want to wake Mu Yunxi up, but she was in a hurry today and only drank the bowl of Gu at noon. So she called softly, "Xi'er, Xi'er, wake up, Xi'er."

Mu Yunxi gently opened her eyes: "Mom?"

"Hey!" Xiao Yao responded hurriedly. "Mom will help you get up. Drink some porridge, then take the medicine before going to sleep." Mother Wu quickly brought the porridge over. Mu Yunxi was also hungry. Looking at the thick porridge, she said directly, "Give me the porridge!"

"Mother feeds you?"

"No, mother."

Xiao Yao still handed it to her. "Be careful, it's hot!" She gently tested it to see if it was hot. Then she drank directly from the bowl. After she finished a few mouthfuls of porridge, she asked again, "Where's the medicine?"

Mother Wu brought the medicine over, and Xiao Yao wanted to feed it to her, but Mu Yunxi refused, saying, "Mom, the medicine tastes even more bitter if you take it one mouthful at a time. I'd better drink it all in one gulp!" Xiao Yao thought it made sense, so she went along with her. Taking the medicine bowl, Mu Yunxi forced herself to drink it all in one gulp. The bitterness made her feel sick. Seeing her like this, Xiao Yao felt a pang of distress.

Mother Wu's eyes were red as she blamed herself, "I was such a fool. The young lady must have taken medicine, but I didn't prepare any candied fruit."

Xiao Yao feigned anger and rebuked her, "How can you scold yourself? This journey has been so difficult. If it weren't for you, I don't know how I would have gotten through it. I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that."

"Yes, ma'am."

Mu Yunxi just looked at the master and servant quietly.

Gradually... she fell asleep. Perhaps because she was in a trance, she didn't pay any attention to the girl opposite her from beginning to end.

Everything here was seen by the girl on the couch opposite. She had a faint smile on her face, but there was an unshakable gloom in her eyes.

As night fell, they moved the sleeping Mu Yunxi to the empty room.

Steward Sun and Xiao Zhu returned, bringing some people with them. Steward Sun reported, "Madam, Old Master Qin, the former Master Qin Fusheng, is seriously ill. The current head of the Qin family is his eldest grandson, Qin Donglai. After hearing about our situation, he's willing to help. He learned that the young lady is resting today, so he'll send someone to pick her up tomorrow. Today, he's sent ten thugs with us to protect Madam and the young lady."

"Okay, go and arrange the people. Don't neglect them." Xiao Yao ordered.

"Yes." Manager Sun responded and went down.

Mother Wu came in with a bucket of hot water and said, "Madam, let me help you wash up!"

"No need, you go wipe Xier's face and wash her briefly, I'll do it myself." As he said that, he stood up, rolled up his sleeves and washed himself.

"Yes." Mother Wu took another basin, scooped some water and went to help Mu Yunxi wash.

After Xiao Yao finished washing, she asked Mother Wu, "Do Xiao Shan and the others have any clothes to change into?"

"Madam, I bought all the items when I went to inquire today, and I just asked Steward Sun to take them away and divide them up."

"Have you asked Doctor Chen to check their injuries?" Xiao Yao asked again worriedly.

"I've checked it. The wounds have been treated. There are people from the Qin family here, so we asked them to rest first. Only Xiaoshan is still guarding outside." Mother Wu replied one by one.

"Tell Xiaoshan to go and have a rest. It's been a tough journey, but luckily they are here. It's just hard for Mom and I to take turns looking after Xier tonight." The two talked in a low voice.

Thinking about what happened along the way, Xiao Yao didn't want to hide her emotions in front of Mother Wu and shed tears quietly.

After Mother Wu cleaned Mu Yunxi, she didn't wake up. She probably thought the medicine she drank was calming. Seeing Xiao Yao like this, she hurried forward to comfort her, "Madam and the young lady are lucky to be safe now. If they were captured, wouldn't they use the young lady and Madam to threaten you? Madam, please don't blame yourself!"

Xiao Yao said with a choked voice: "Mother Wu, you know I don't want anything to happen to Xiao Liu and the others."

"Second Miss!" Madam Wu addressed him directly, using the nickname she used when she was waiting to be married. "How could I not know your kindness? Xiao Zhi and the others were willing to risk their lives to protect you, not only because of our friendship growing up together, but also because you've been so kind to them! You helped them find wives and have children, and they're grateful to you from the bottom of their hearts. If someone hadn't suddenly intervened this time, we would have returned to Youzhou safely."

"Yes! I heard from my husband before that the prefect of Jingzhou wanted to make friends with him and wanted to work together to deal with the prefect of Shuanglinzhou. My husband refused. I didn't expect them to be so rampant. This is a case of using force when soft tactics don't work." Xiao Yao said angrily.

"Isn't it? When the master was talking about this, I was still serving on the side! At that time, I was wondering why there were criminals who dared to rob on the official road not far from the city gate, and they kept chasing us again and again, and they did it in Jingzhou. They didn't want to kill the ladies. I guess it must be related to this matter." Mother Wu whispered her thoughts.

Xiao Yao clenched her fists and continued, "So, when I was in Jingzhou, I didn't dare ask the local officials for help. I'm afraid all sixteen counties in Jingzhou are their minions."

Mu Yunxi seemed to be disturbed and moved a little. The two looked at each other and stopped talking.

Mother Wu quietly opened the door and went out to pour some water. The night was so quiet that only the voices of her and Xiaoshan talking could be heard faintly.

Mother Wu said, "Xiaoshan, Madam asked you to go and rest. You don't have to guard tonight."

"But..." Xiao Shan was about to say something when Mother Wu interrupted him. "Go quickly! It's in the same yard. I'll call you if anything happens."

"Auntie Wu..." Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Auntie Wu, urging her, "Go quickly. Only after you have rested well can you better protect the Madam and the Young Miss. You should also tell Xiao Chuan and the others that they will not be keeping watch tonight. They should all get a good rest. They are all injured. Go quickly and don't let Madam worry."

Since Mother Wu had said this, Xiao Shan no longer hesitated. "Okay! If you need anything, please call me!"

"Okay! Go ahead!" After watching Xiao Shan enter the room, Mother Wu returned to the room and whispered to Xiao Yao, "I'm going to rest!" Xiao Yao nodded to indicate that she understood. Then she also spoke softly, "Mother Wu, you go to sleep first, and I'll take over later. Don't argue, just go." Mother Wu was about to speak when Xiao Yao stopped her, "I can't sleep now either, so don't argue with me. Otherwise, neither of us will get a good night's sleep."

"Okay! Then I'll go." She went to the small couch next to her, looking back every few steps.

It was late at night. Xiao Yao sat by the bed, quietly looking at Mu Yunxi's sleeping face, with a thousand thoughts in her mind.

In the middle of the night, Mu Yunxi had a fever, took some medicine, and went back to sleep. Mother Wu also got up and let Xiao Yao sleep.

Mu Yunxi slept until dawn, feeling much more relaxed. Xiao Yao, who had just woken up, saw Mu Yunxi trying to get up and hurried to the bedside. She helped Mu Yunxi up and asked worriedly, "Why are you getting up? Don't you want to sleep a little longer?"

"No, um... my daughter wants to go to the toilet." Mu Yunxi said a little embarrassedly.

"Mom will get you a toilet," she said, turning around to go find it.

Mu Yunxi quickly called her, "Mom! No need, your daughter can go to the toilet by herself." In the past, she was used to being served and thought it was nothing, but now Mu Yunxi can't accept having someone watch over her when she goes to the toilet, because she won't be able to defecate if she does that.

Seeing her embarrassed look, Xiao Yao helped her put on her clothes while scolding her: "I'm your mother, why are you shy? I've seen all kinds of you."

"Mother~" Mu Yunxi was startled by her own drawn-out tone. She had never acted so coquettishly in her previous life. She thought to herself, "So being loved unconditionally is such a blessing!" It had only been a day, and she had almost forgotten her former self, lost in it. Fortunately, the pain in her body reminded her that someone was trying to harm her and her daughter!

There was a knock on the door, "Madam, Miss,"

"It's Mother Wu. Come in!"

There was the sound of the door opening, and Mother Wu came into the room carrying a basin of water, "Madam, Miss, please wash up!" When it was daybreak, seeing that Mu Yunxi was fine and Xiao Yao was about to wake up, Mother Wu went to boil some water.

"Let Xier wash up first. It's not convenient for her to go to the toilet like this." Xiao Yao said to Mother Wu jokingly.

Mother Wu asked doubtfully, "I remember there is a toilet in this room?" and she wanted to go find it.

Xiao Yao glanced at the embarrassed Mu Yunxi and said with a smile, "Hurry up and wash up and take her over. Don't let her get too upset."

Mother Wu also noticed that Mu Yunxi was a little unnatural, so she didn't ask any more questions. She helped Mu Yunxi comb her hair into a simple bun in just a few strokes and took Mu Yunxi to the toilet.