The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 251 Serious Illness

This was not the first time that Luo Xiao had told her daughter that she did not want to burden others.

That's why she disguised herself and went to get the medicine today. She sniffed and said, "I understand, daughter. Mother, take the medicine quickly. Shulangzhong's prescription must be very effective..."

Outside the Guandi Temple, Xu Rongrong and Mu Rong looked at each other in confusion.

Just now, countless thoughts flashed through Xu Rongrong's mind. She wondered if it was because Luo Xiao was stubborn and didn't want her to know about her current predicament, or if it was because she was embarrassed and didn't want others to see her current embarrassment...

But unexpectedly, the other party just didn't want to drag him down.

Even in such an embarrassing situation, he would rather drag his sick body and let his daughter suffer in the abandoned Guandi Temple than let her and the people around her know.

Hearing the intermittent coughing sounds in the Guandi Temple, Xu Rongrong could no longer bear it.

She pushed the door open and walked in: "Madam Luo and I have been through thick and thin together, so how can you say she's a burden?"

Her sudden appearance caught the two people in the temple off guard and left them stunned.

Luo Yuqi was the first to react, and she stood up suddenly.

Looking at Xu Rongrong and Mu Rong behind her, his eyes reddened with grievance, and he murmured, "County Master..."

Xu Rongrong walked over, took out a handkerchief and wiped the dirt off her face, then pulled her into her arms and whispered, "Silly girl, your mother is so sick, why don't you want to come to me?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yuqi burst into tears in Xu Rongrong's arms, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances she had felt after their separation.

Luo Xiao was half-leaning in the corner, her eyes reddening. She knew her daughter must have revealed her whereabouts when she went to seek medicine. She hadn't expected...the county lady to arrive so quickly.

Seeing her daughter looking so aggrieved, and seeing that the county lady actually cared so much about them, she began to doubt her previous understanding for a moment.

What she just said to her daughter was indeed what she was thinking.

But there was one thing she hadn't said out loud, and that was that everything she had experienced over the past six months had made her believe that if she wanted to gain something, she had to give something in return.

This is how she treats others, and this is how she treats the county lady.

She led the county lady back to Yuzhou in exchange for Shu Langzhong treating her daughter; she helped to the best of her ability in exchange for the county lady accompanying her and entering Beijing safely.

But now, she was so poor that she had nothing left to give.

Even her family could abandon and hurt her, let alone the Princess Ping'an, whom she had never met before? Unexpectedly, just when she was at her wit's end, the Princess appeared and stood in front of her in person.

Looking at Xu Rongrong holding her daughter in her arms and gently patting her back to comfort her, Luo Xiao was speechless.

Mu Rong, who had been watching for a long time, slowly came over and said, "Madam Luo, please use the medicine while it's still hot. Don't let your daughter down."

Luo Xiao nodded, picked up the medicine bowl and drank it all.

As the warm liquid entered her mouth, she felt as if her internal organs were cleared up, and her chest soon no longer felt as stuffy as before.

After all...it's Shu Langzhong.

On this side, Luo Yuqi sat down next to Xu Rongrong, hiccuping.

Looking at her bony hands, it's not hard to imagine the hardships they've been through in the past two months, but... it clearly shouldn't be like this.

Xu Rongrong held Luo Yuqi's hand and asked, "Where are your relatives in the capital?"

Luo Yuqi's already reddened eyes grew even redder at her mention of this. She gritted her teeth and said, "After we separated from the county lady, my mother took me to find my aunt. Because my uncle worked in the government, my aunt was quite well off. Seeing my mother's masterful pipa playing, she invited us to stay and promised to help us find a job at an art gallery in Beijing in the spring."

"But I didn't expect... On the second day after we moved in, my uncle was on leave at home because the government was sealed. He often found excuses to come to our courtyard. At first, we just thought it was a bit strange, but after all, my aunt was the head of the family, so we didn't think much of it. But who would have thought that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month! He actually took advantage of my aunt going out to watch the lanterns and broke into our room drunk..."

"My mother slapped him and drove him out. But who would have thought that he would get so angry that he turned the tables and when my aunt came back, he... he framed my mother, saying... saying..." Luo Yuqi couldn't go on.

Xu Rongrong could imagine how the other party had slandered her. She held Luo Yuqi's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. It's all over."

Luo Yuqi wiped her tears. "My mother wanted to explain, but my aunt kicked us out without waiting for us to speak. She also took away my mother's pipa, saying... that she would stop us from... seducing people again and bringing shame to the Xiao family..."

"How can this be!" Xu Rongrong said angrily.

On the other side, Luo Xiao was also a little excited. She started coughing again. Luo Yuqi hurried over to calm her down.

Xu Rongrong asked, "I heard you say earlier that you have many relatives in the capital. Apart from this aunt, don't you have anywhere else to go?"

"Originally, there was another aunt in the capital, but... my eldest aunt said that she had left the capital because of her husband's family, so we had no way to find her." Luo Yuqi said.

Luo Xiao finally calmed down. She held her daughter's thin arm and looked at Xu Rongrong with shame on her face: "I'm sorry for causing trouble for the county lady." Xu Rongrong looked at her: "Don't say such things again. If I thought it was troublesome, I wouldn't have come today."

As the two were talking, footsteps were heard outside the Guandi Temple again.

When Luo Yuqi heard the noise, she subconsciously shuddered.

Xu Rongrong felt distressed when she saw this: It is conceivable that this girl must have been living in fear during these days in Guandi Temple.

She comforted him, "Don't be afraid, they are ours."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Mu Wu's voice: "Master, I have brought the palace doctor here."

"Come in." Mu Rong said in a deep voice.

The palace doctor came in carrying a medicine box.

He had never seen the Luo mother and daughter before, nor had he heard anyone mention them. Now, seeing them huddled in a corner, thin and frail, he glanced at Mu Rong with a hint of suspicion: "Over the past six months, the Marquis... has made quite a few friends outside."

Seeing that he was looking at him instead of asking questions, Mu Rong frowned: "What are you standing there for? Go and take his pulse."

The palace doctor complained in his heart: I am so cruel, why don’t you pay me a salary!

But after all, doctors have a kind heart, and seeing that the woman looked very sick, the doctor of the palace silently took out the pulse pillow and walked over.

After a moment, he said solemnly, "This lady...I'm afraid she has contracted tuberculosis."

Tuberculosis?! Everyone's heart skipped a beat.

Luo Yuqi was so frightened that she was shaking all over: "How could it be! My mother just coughed a little more... How, how could she be infected with tuberculosis..."

The palace physician looked at him and said, "You and your daughter are both seriously malnourished. Your mother, in particular, is overwhelmed with worry and sadness. This is why her cough has turned into tuberculosis."

"What should I do?" Luo Yuqi was so scared that she was about to cry.

Xu Rongrong's voice trembled nervously: "Can this disease be cured?"

The palace physician glanced at Xu Rongrong and said, "As the county lady knows, tuberculosis is the most difficult of all coughing illnesses. Right now, we need to move this lady to a place with better conditions and then isolate her for treatment."

"Come to my place." Xu Rongrong said hurriedly.

"No." Mu Rong said in a deep voice.