Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

After a long time, Lu Senquan turned around to look at his sister, then gave instructions to the servants.

"Help the lady back to the yard to rest."

"Master, what do you want to do?"

"Don't worry about it, just take a rest."

"You don't really want to use the money to help the Shen family pay off their gambling debts, do you? Don't forget that you have children and grandchildren. If you give all the money to others, how will we live?"

"No matter what, you won't lose a single stitch. Go back."

Lu Senquan roared angrily, which frightened Mrs. Lu so much that she could only hold back her tears and leave.

Mrs. Lu on the side naturally had a smug look on her face, but then she changed into a pitiful look and took Lu Senquan's arm.

"I know my brother loves me the most."

"Take good care of your son from now on and don't let him get into trouble like this again. I can help you once, but I can't help you a second time."

"Yes, brother, don't worry. I will strictly discipline Yun Yi from now on, and this kind of thing will never happen again. I also know that these things make you lose face, but I really have no other choice."

"Okay, let's go."

The brother and sister, one with a sad face and the other with joy, walked out of the gate of Lu Mansion with their own thoughts.

On the other side, Shen Nanyan had also entered the palace. Su Xinrong's condition was much better than last night. The swelling on his body had disappeared, but the wounds were more obvious. Many parts of his body had been soaked in water for too long and had begun to fester, so he had a high fever today. When Shen Nanyan arrived, the doctor was feeding him medicine, but Su Xinrong couldn't drink it at all, and let the medicine flow down his thin chin.

Seeing Shen Nanyan's frown, Lu Jiusi drove everyone out and asked Qingxuan to guard outside personally.

"You come and treat him. Your method is more direct and faster."

Shen Nanyan nodded slightly. Su Xinrong's injury really could not be delayed. If he was treated according to the doctor's method, Su Xinrong would probably lose half his life. Shen Nanyan flipped her hand, and a medicine box appeared in her palm. She first started to give Su Xinrong an IV drip. After everything was done, she took out tools to clean the rotten flesh on the wound. The stench made Lu Jiusi rub his nose, but Shen Nanyan seemed not to be able to smell it, and just concentrated on cleaning.

After treating all the wounds and applying medicine one by one, it was almost dark. When Shen Nanyan stood up, she stumbled and almost fell. Lu Jiusi quickly reached out to support her.

The drip was not finished until it was completely dark. Shen Nanyan packed up her medicine box and was about to leave, but Lu Jiusi wanted to keep her for dinner. Shen Nanyan had been in the palace for half a day and had been busy taking care of Su Xinrong. She had not said a few words to Lu Jiuhong. How could Lu Jiusi bear to let her leave?

"It's getting late, I want to go back."

"There's no rush. I'll take you home after dinner."

"I have a carriage. It's no use giving me a ride. If someone sees me, I won't be able to explain myself."

"Then no explanation, I will marry you."

"Are you sick? You are the regent. Who am I? No, just like that. Stretch out your arm."

Shen Nanyan treated Lu Jiusi's confession as a joke. She turned around and opened the medicine box and took out a blood collection tube. Lu Jiusi was also very obedient and really rolled up his sleeves.

When Shen Nanyan's white jade-like fingers pressed on Lu Jiusi's wrist, the tips of Lu Jiusi's ears turned red instantly.

"I'm going to insert a needle here to draw blood. Don't be afraid of the pain, I'll be very gentle."

"it is good."

Lu Jiusi's voice was filled with a hint of suppressed tension, not because of the pain, but because Shen Nanyue's hand touched his skin, and the tingling sensation made his heart beat fast.

Soon, without Lu Jiusi feeling anything, Shen Nanyue drew a full tube of blood and put it into the medicine box, which then disappeared instantly.

"Is this enough? Do you want some more?"

Lu Jiusi admired himself for saying such stupid things, but he just wanted Shen Nanyan to continue smoking, thinking about the feeling of her fingers touching him.

"You're smoking so much! Oh, by the way, I just felt your pulse and it seems a little off. The medicine from the Imperial Hospital is no longer effective. What medicine are you taking now?"

"There is no medicine."

Lu Jiusi concealed the medicine from Tianyi Pavilion, and he wanted to give himself completely to Shen Nanyan.

"So, are you suffering from the poison?"

"Almost. It doesn't matter. Everyone has to die one day."

"No, it doesn't matter if you die, but what about my brother? You can't die, at least not now."

"Am I so important?"

"Of course."

When Lu Jiusi approached, Shen Nanyue grabbed his wrist and placed her fingers on his pulse. Lu Jiusi instantly smiled.

"you……"

Judging from his pulse, Lu Jiusi had been poisoned for more than a day or two, but he acted as if nothing had happened and did not show it on his face. Perhaps this was the calmness that all strong people possessed.

"how?"

"You are really patient."

"If I cry, will you feel sorry for me?"

"I've never seen you being so smooth-talking with anyone else, so why are you teasing me?"

"Yeah, why do you think that is?"

Shen Nanyan pushed his arm away and handed him a black porcelain bottle.

"One pill a day. Don't take more than that. It can temporarily suppress the poison. Once you find the cause of your poison, we can formulate an antidote."

"it is good."

In the end, Shen Nanyan did not let Lu Jiusi send her back home. Lu Jiusi's condition was more serious than Shen Nanyan had imagined, but Lu Jiusi was too good at pretending. If she hadn't taken his pulse, she would definitely not have known how bad his condition was.

For some reason, Shen Nanyue in the carriage felt inexplicably irritated. Maybe it was because of the Su family, maybe it was because of shooting Shen Yunzhi, or maybe it was because of someone.

When they returned to the Shen family, the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion was just coming with someone. Shen Nanyue glanced at the box in the servant's hand and a hint of sarcasm appeared on her face. She thought that Lu must have persuaded Lu Senquan, and the box should contain silver bills.

Sure enough, as soon as he returned to the courtyard, he heard Aunt Su say that the Lu family agreed to pay 600,000 taels, and the remaining 200,000 taels would be paid by the Shen family. This was already the biggest concession made by the Lu family. Shen Zongyuan was not stupid, so he naturally knew when to stop. Otherwise, if he continued to make trouble, the 600,000 taels might be gone.

"Do you think your father will continue to target the Su family?"

"He's dreaming. Unless he borrows it, don't even think about using the Su family's money to save Lu's child. We wouldn't even have time to kill them, so how could we possibly save them?"

"Yes, you can't let Mrs. Lu use a single penny of your money. Oh, and today, the Yue family suddenly came to our house and said they want to marry your fourth sister as soon as possible. Your father asked your fourth sister what she thought, and she actually agreed to marry. No matter how bad the Shen family is, it's still yours. Going to someone else's family would be a different story. I don't know what kind of hardships I'd have to endure."

"Fourth sister, if you want to get married, just get married. Once you get married, the Shen family will be more peaceful."

It was naturally Shen Lingxi's intention that the Yue family came to propose marriage. Otherwise, Yue Hanzhou might not want to marry Shen Rongying even if he dragged it on for another ten years. It goes without saying what benefits Shen Lingxi gained from this.

"Don't get married too early. Mother can't bear to let you go."

"A daughter never marries, and stays with her mother her whole life."

"That won't work either. How can I let you be an old maid?"

"It's still early. Let's not talk about this, mother. Don't get involved in what happened in the past few days. Let them figure out the money issue themselves."

"it is good."

Before the deadline given by the gambling house, the 800,000 taels of silver had been collected. Among them, 600,000 taels came from the Lu family, and 100,000 taels came from Mrs. Lu. In addition, the old lady gritted her teeth and asked Nanny Yin to send 50,000 taels. The rest was collected by Shen Zongyuan himself. Shen Nanyue did not contribute a penny.

Not only did Shen Nanyan not pay, she also got 800,000 taels of silver for nothing.