A life of ups and downs is pure joy

In Qingbo Courtyard, Hu Tao Niang wiped Xiao Yi's head with a wet towel, and then wiped his hands.

"Husband, Tao'er never thought that only when you are sick can I serve you so closely."

Chunfeng brought the evening medicine over and Hu Taoniang took it.

"Husband, get up and take your medicine." Hu Taoniang called Xiao Yi in a soft voice.

Xiao Yi opened his eyes dazedly, but what he saw was Hu Tao Niang's face. "Why is it you? Where's Huan'er?"

"My husband, you have caught a cold. Mother is afraid that you will infect the young lady. After all, she is pregnant now, so she asked Tao'er to come and take care of you, and the young lady will stay at Luoyi Pavilion." Hu Tao Niang said as she helped Xiao Yi sit up.

"Mother is concerned about Huan'er's poor health." Xiao Yi said in a hoarse voice. Although he wanted Lin Qinghuan to be by his side, he couldn't bear to harm her.

"Husband, drink the medicine. Tao'er will feed you." Hutao Niang said as she stirred the medicine with a spoon.

"It's okay, I can do it myself. I feel much better now." Xiao Yi took the bowl of medicine and drank it in one gulp. After Hu Tao Niang took the bowl, she handed him some mouthwash.

"Husband, Tao'er made some vegetarian porridge for you. Let me help you stand up and drink some." Hu Taoniang looked at Xiao Yi with hope and said.

Xiao Yi had been hungry all day and was a little hungry, so he nodded. Hu Tao Niang quickly helped him out of bed, waved to Chun Feng, took Xiao Yi's clothes, and carefully put them on him.

"Husband, is it delicious?" Hu Tao Niang took the mouthwash and mouth cloth and handed them to Xiao Yi, then stood beside him and asked obediently.

"Your craftsmanship has always been good." Xiao Yi praised.

"Then Tao'er will make you something more delicious tomorrow, and Tao'er will give you a head massage!" said Mother Walnut softly.

Seeing Xiao Yi nodded, Hu Tao Niang walked around behind Xiao Yi and then used her fingers to gently relieve the pain in Xiao Yi's head.

"Good, my head feels much better after this massage." After Xiao Yi said that, Hu Tao Niang became even more excited.

Seeing this, Chunfeng retreated. Yunxiang stood at the door and looked at the complacent Chunfeng with a death stare. Then she was about to go forward and knock on the door, but Chunfeng stepped forward to stop her.

"My wife is massaging the eldest master. Wouldn't it be a bit too much of a bother for you to go in now?"

"Have you forgotten that this is Qingboyuan, not your Honglian Pavilion?" Yun Xiang said sternly with a sullen face.

"But my wife is serving him inside now. I see that the eldest master is better now. Sister Yunxiang wouldn't be so ignorant, right?" Chunfeng was not afraid of her at all. She stood up straight and said at the door.

"Really? Then let Madam Hu take good care of him. The sooner the eldest young master gets better, the sooner you can return to Honglian Pavilion." Yun Xiang sneered and turned away.

Chunfeng listened at the door, then tugged at the handkerchief in her hand and became thoughtful.

Lin Qinghuan and Lin Mo were having dinner in Luoyi Pavilion. Yun Xiang walked in angrily and stood next to Lin Qinghuan with an unhappy look on his face.

"What's going on?" Lin Mo asked curiously.

"What else could it be? You must have been bullied by that master and servant?" Lin Qinghuan looked at her and said.

"Young Madam, it seems that it is so late, and Mrs. Hu doesn't seem to want to go back. Could it be that she wants to sleep in your room?" Yun Xiang said angrily.

"Yun Xiang, have you forgotten that this Luoyi Pavilion is my courtyard? That is your eldest master's house. It's not unreasonable for his concubine to stay here." Lin Qinghuan said while stirring the chicken soup in his hand.

"Why isn't it the young lady's room? Everyone in the Xiao Mansion knows that it is the young mistress's room. How can she, a concubine, have the guts to stay there? She simply has no sense of etiquette." After Yun Xiang finished speaking, Lin Qinghuan and Lin Mo looked at her with a faint smile.

"Young Madam...you...you did it on purpose?" Yun Xiang looked at the expressions of the two sisters and asked tentatively.

"Did I do something on purpose?" Lin Qinghuan laughed, and then continued to chat with Lin Mo about the recent situation of the baby in her belly.

Yun Xiang looked at his young lady and suddenly felt that he seemed to have underestimated her in the past. He looked at Lin Mo next to him and thought, maybe it was the advice of this sister from her mother's family. The young lady has never been very smart and can't even play her favorite game of chess well.

In Qingbo Courtyard, after the effect of the medicine took effect on Xiao Yi, he began to feel very sleepy again and fell asleep again without realizing it.

"Madam, that girl Yunxiang has gone to Luoyi Pavilion." Chunfeng stepped forward and spoke in a low voice when she saw Hu Taoniang lowering the curtains.

"Well, it's useless for her to stay. I'm tired of looking at her. She's quite sensible." Walnut Lady patted her sore arms and sat on the couch and said.

"Madam, there is something I want to say but I don't know if I should say it." Chunfeng said cautiously.

"Tell me, why are you hiding it?" Walnut mother looked at her and picked up the teacup and said.

"That Yun Xiang's words today reminded me that if the eldest young master gets better soon, my wife should return to Honglian Pavilion, and the person from Luoyi Pavilion will also come back."

Chunfeng said hesitantly, and Hutao Niang put down the teacup she had picked up and looked at the screen with a frown.

"You mean if my husband gets better slowly, I can stay here longer?" Walnut Lady said in a low voice.

"But Miss Liuxi's medical skills are so great, and her prescriptions are very effective. I guess the eldest young master will be better tomorrow." Chunfeng said worriedly.

Hu Tao Niang thought for a long time, then she let out a long sigh and called Chun Feng to whisper to her for a moment. Chun Feng had a subtle expression on her face, then nodded firmly.

"Madam, will you return to Honglian Pavilion today?" Chunfeng asked again.

"What if my husband feels uncomfortable at night? I will just stay on this soft couch. You can go now. Be careful when you leave the house." After Hu Tao Niang said this, Chun Feng nodded and walked out.

Shuyin's maid Que'er and servant Liangzi, who were from the same hometown, saw that Chunfeng was the only one who came out of Qingbo Courtyard stealthily. Then they looked around and walked towards the back door of Xiao Mansion.

Que'er hurriedly asked Liangzi to follow him quietly, and then she walked towards Luoyi Pavilion in small steps.

Lin Qinghuan was getting up to see Lin Mo out of the yard when he saw Que'er whispering to Shuyin at the corner door of the outer courtyard. Shuyin glanced at Lin Qinghuan and nodded.

"Huan'er, leave the task of catching that woman in the Pavilion Temple to me. There are a few servants in the yard who are very good at running. They are all Ah Xu's loyal followers and they work very efficiently on weekdays." Lin Mo said in Lin Qinghuan's ear, patted her hand casually, indicating that there was no need to send her off.

Chuxia and Yun wanted to take Lin Mo to the gate of the Xiao Mansion with a lantern, but the Jia Mansion's carriage was already waiting at the door.

"Young Madam, Chunfeng left the yard alone, Liangzi has followed her." Shuyin walked forward and helped Lin Qinghuan into the house, then closed the doors and windows before speaking.

"She must stay. It's such a godsend opportunity. It's a pity that my house is dirty."

Lin Qinghuan suppressed the disgust in her heart and said, her heart was filled with mixed emotions. If Xiao Yi really slept with Hu Taoniang in her bed, she would definitely be annoyed to death with him.

"I just don't know where Chunfeng has gone. Que'er will come to report later. Madam, are you tired? Let me help you wash up and rest, okay?" Shuyin asked.

"Not tired, do you know how to play chess?" Lin Qinghuan asked. She also wanted to know where this girl was going, or what kind of demon Hu Tao Niang was going to do again.

"I know a little bit." Shuyin replied.

"The night is still long, play a few games with me." Lin Qinghuan gestured to Shu Yin to sit opposite him.

"This... my status as a servant... is not suitable." Shuyin grew up in the Xiao Mansion, where the family hierarchy is very strict. Even though she is a maid, she dare not sit opposite the young lady.

"Please sit down. I promised you that." Lin Qinghuan looked at her and said.

Shuyin sat down timidly, then looked up at the peerless beauty sitting opposite him who was lowering her head to place chess pieces, and a feeling of turmoil that he had never felt before began to surge in his heart.

Two incense sticks of time passed very slowly. When someone knocked on the door, Shuyin went out and came back in soon.

"Chunfeng went to Liangting Temple, and the woman gave her a bottle. No one knew what was inside. After Chunfeng returned home, she went straight to Qingbo Courtyard." Shuyin replied.

"She's trying to hide something to harm me in my room again. Doesn't she have any new ideas?" Lin Qinghuan sneered, then stopped smiling and looked at Shuyin.

"Young Madam, she wouldn't drug the eldest master, right?" Shuyin thought the same thing as Lin Qinghuan and asked.

"If anything happens to her husband, she'll have no children and will have no choice but to let me handle it. I shouldn't end up killing myself. Forget it, have someone keep an eye on what's in that bottle."

Lin Qinghuan was still worried after saying that. After all, if this woman went crazy, she would sometimes lose her mind.

Lin Qinghuan had a sleepless night, tossing and turning. She was both concerned and afraid of the romance between Xiao Yi and that Walnut Girl, especially since she was physically disabled and Xiao Yi was young and energetic. And that Walnut Girl was skilled in the art of seduction, and any normal man would be unable to resist her.

"Hmph, if you really fall asleep, I will never go to Qingbo Courtyard again." Lin Qinghuan said angrily, sitting up, and then she covered her stomach and cried out in pain, "Baby, it's my fault, you should sleep well."

Shuyin came to serve early in the morning. Seeing Lin Qinghuan with dark circles under her eyes and a tired face, she knew that this woman must have been worried and troubled all night, and could only shake her head helplessly.

"Yun Xiang, go to Qingbo Courtyard and see how your husband is doing. I don't know if Liuxi has taken his pulse yet." Lin Qinghuan said while eating without any appetite.

"Okay, Madam, I'll go right away." Yun Xiang handed the bird's nest in his hand to Chu Xia who was serving beside him, and walked out.

In Qingbo Courtyard, Liuxi was taking Xiao Yi's pulse, then looked up at Hu Taoniang who was looking thoughtful.

"Cousin, you still look tired, but your high fever is better than yesterday. Have you taken the medicine according to my prescription?" Liu Xi asked curiously.

"Yes, three times a day. I've already drunk the morning dose. I think my husband must be too tired every day, and he is still so sleepy now." Hu Tao Niang said, and Xiao Yi nodded very tiredly.

"Maybe so, cousin. You should take care of yourself. He has practiced a lot of martial arts, but he recovers so slowly. Since he is sleepy, let him have a good rest. He should also eat light food." Liu Xi instructed.

Seeing this, Walnut Lady nodded quickly.

"Then I'll come over again in the evening." Liu Xi stood up after saying that. Hu Tao Niang helped Xiao Yi lie down, tucked in the quilt for him, and lowered the curtains.

"Miss Xi, I made crucian carp soup for your husband at noon. It's very light. Do you need to avoid certain foods in it?" Hu Tao Niang asked as she followed him out.

"A simple meal is fine." Liu Xi then looked at Hu Tao Niang and asked, "Did you not sleep all night? You have dark circles under your eyes."

"I'm worried that my husband will feel uncomfortable at night, so..." Walnut Lady said, touching her hair bun.

"There's no need to work so hard. Look how sleepy he is. He won't wake up all night unless he has a high fever. Madam Hu, you should also take a rest." After Liu Xi finished speaking, she left Qingbo Courtyard.

Suo'er, the maid who was carrying Liuxi's medicine box, muttered as she walked, "Why is this Walnut Girl sleeping in the Young Madam's room? She's so rude."

"Now that you've said that, I finally realized why I felt so strange just now. She's really so bold and presumptuous." After saying that, Liu Xi walked towards her yard with Suo'er.

In Luoyi Pavilion, Shuyin entered Lin Qinghuan's room.

"What is this?" Lin Qinghuan asked, looking at the red powder in the middle of the unfolded handkerchief.

"Que'er poured a little out of the bottle when Chunfeng wasn't paying attention and was almost discovered." Shuyin said.

"Take this and ask Liuxi to see what it is." Lin Qinghuan said hurriedly.

"Okay." Shuyin said and hurried out of Luoyi Pavilion.

In Qingbo Courtyard, Hu Tao Niang sat beside Xiao Yi's bed, holding his hand affectionately and staring at the face she loved the most.

"Husband, Tao'er just wants to spend some more time with you, even if it's just to watch you sleep like this." Hu Taoniang said with some self-blame but also happiness.

"Madam, the woman said that you only need to use it once a day, and the amount of a fingernail is enough each time. It will just make you drowsy, and there will be no other reactions." Chunfeng said beside her.

"Well, how salty is the fish soup and how is it cooked? My husband will probably wake up if he sleeps for another hour." Hu Taoniang asked again.

"I watched the fire myself, so the taste must be the most delicious," said Chunfeng.

"Well, that's good." Hu Tao Niang nodded and continued to look at Xiao Yi with a silly smile.

In Luoyi Pavilion, Liuxi slammed the table angrily.

"This Miss Hu actually dared to drug my cousin. Do you know what this drug is?"

"Poison?" Lin Qinghuan asked nervously.

"This substance is Uncaria rhynchophylla. A small amount can cause a person to fall into a coma, but if taken in excess, the body will accumulate toxins that cannot be broken down. Especially since my cousin is very weak right now, even a normal amount will aggravate his condition. This is simply the act of a foolish and vicious woman."

Liu Xi said angrily, with a look of contempt on her face.

Lin Qinghuan almost stumbled and lost her grip on the table. Liu Xi and Shu Yin hurried forward to support her, and Yun Xiang and Chu Xia also trotted over.

"Why would she do this? I'm the person she hates the most. Even if she wants to hurt someone, she wants to hurt me."

"Young Madam, could it be... could it be that my words caused her to do such a stupid thing?" Yun Xiang said in a trembling voice.

"What did you say?" Liu Xi asked curiously.

"I... I told Chunfeng that if the eldest young master recovered soon, they would also go back to the Honglian Pavilion earlier... earlier. I was just angry that the two of them had been occupying the room, and I never thought that they would harm the eldest young master." Yun Xiang blamed herself and started crying.

"I don't blame you. If you didn't have such bad intentions, you wouldn't have had such evil thoughts." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Fortunately, she didn't use much. I just checked on my cousin and he was just sleepy." After Liu Xi finished speaking, Lin Qinghuan also breathed a sigh of relief.