Reborn as the Regent's Beloved

Xiao Fengyi handed over the secret letter and waited for Ye Si to return. Xuan Hua then brought out Xia Huichun's antidote and made her drink it.

After Xuan Hua took the empty medicine bowl, she took out a plum and handed it to her, saying, "Miss, the medicine is too bitter. Why don't you eat some plum instead?"

After eating the plum, Xiao Fengyi looked up and asked, "Did you take your medicine, Grandmother?"

After returning from Baoguo Temple, Xuan Hua was still entrusted with serving the old lady her medicine, which is why Xiao Fengyi asked her about it.

Xuan Hua replied earnestly, "Miss, don't worry, the old lady has already taken her medicine and gone to sleep."

"It's really a lot of trouble for you to take care of Grandmother's medicine. Just follow my prescription and decoct the medicine for five more days, and she will recover completely," Xiao Fengyi said to her with a slight sense of relief.

Xuan Hua nodded, "Miss, I've got it."

After Xiao Fengyi finished giving her instructions, she took out the "Spiritual Essence Essentials" given to her by her master and studied it carefully. She became so engrossed in reading that she didn't even notice Xuan Hua standing there with the medicine bowl in his hand.

Actually, she was thinking about the incident of encountering the green book when she went to brew the medicine.

Green Book kept complaining to people that the old lady was too cruel, beating the second young lady until she was covered in bruises. No one dared to join her in gossiping about the old lady and stayed far away.

Xuan Hua had been wronged by Lü Shu because of the Second Miss's handkerchief incident, so she didn't want to talk to her. She casually took the stove to the open space outside the kitchen to brew medicine, but Lü Shu actually chased after her.

Green Book was acting strangely. Instead of looking at her young mistress's medicine furnace, she held a palm-leaf fan and stood in front of the Dao Xuan picture, behaving arrogantly. "You are the young mistress's maid, right? Why didn't you answer when I called you?"

Xuan Hua sat on the bench, glanced at the green book, and then fell silent, clearly feeling that they couldn't see eye to eye.

The green book, with its spoiled and unruly attitude in front of Shen Shi and Xiao Qingyin, always thought of itself as a young lady. When Xuan Hua ignored it, it felt offended and immediately lashed out at Xuan Hua, "Xuan Hua, why don't you say anything?"

Xuan Hua really didn't want to get entangled, so she simply ignored it, which undoubtedly provoked Green Book's dissatisfaction even more.

The other person acted like a shrew, pointing her finger at someone and cursing, "Xuanhua, don't think you're so great just because your young lady became the Princess Consort of Zhao. You look down on people like that."

She said someone was looking down on people, and Xuan Hua finally looked up at Lv Shu, her eyes filled with disgust.

However, she was good at controlling her emotions and did not immediately lose her temper. Instead, she calmed down and continued to decoct the medicine.

Green Book was clearly deliberately picking a fight, and she was a little unhappy that Xuan Hua hadn't fallen for her tricks. She just wanted to stand up for her young lady, who had been beaten because the old lady was biased towards the eldest young lady.

So, upon seeing the young lady's maid, Xuan Hua, he naturally wanted to vent his anger, but the other party was too calm.

Green Book was at a loss. She originally wanted to hit Xuan Hua on the head to make her angry.

Unfortunately, she was stopped by the old lady's maid as soon as she raised her hand.

"You little slut, acting all high and mighty now, hitting people in the kitchen?"

The shout startled Green Book so much that her face contorted in fear, and she stammered, "Granny, what brings you here?"

Xuan Hua naturally recognized this nanny. During the time she served medicine at Baoguo Temple, she and the nanny were together. The nanny not only took care of her but also taught her many principles.

For example, like the Green Book, don't stoop to the level of petty people who deliberately offend you.

The old woman had her maid restrain Green Book's writhing body and said to Xuan Hua, "The old lady wants to drink red date and ginseng chicken soup. Her appetite has been poor since she was poisoned. Has her appetite improved these past few days? I didn't expect to see this little hussy bullying you when I arrived."

When Green Book heard the old lady mention the poisoning, she felt a little guilty because she had also been involved.

Although the second young lady handed the letter to the government office, the crimson cinnabar was something she put into the tree fern cake as instructed by her mistress.

She didn't want to bully Xuan Hua now, she just wanted to escape as soon as possible, but unfortunately she was firmly guarded by the group of fierce maids around the old lady, and there was no way she could escape.

As Xuanhua fanned the fire in the stove, she said to the nanny, "Nanny really takes good care of the old lady."

The old nanny said, "How could this old servant be as devoted as the young lady? The old lady's medicine is all prepared by the young lady. And let me tell you, it's really well prepared. The old lady has been taking it for more than a month, and her spirits are getting better day by day. The young lady is truly remarkable."

After praising the eldest young lady to Xuan Hua with a smile, the old woman glared fiercely at Lü Shu, "Unlike the second young lady, who is vicious and treacherous, poisoning the old lady! She deserved to be beaten by the old lady today and can't get out of bed! Instead of praying for the master, you're causing trouble here? I'll teach you a lesson today."

Hearing that she was going to be punished, Green Book begged for mercy, "Granny, please forgive me, I will never dare to cause trouble again."

The old woman was not easily fooled. "No, I must lock you in the woodshed."

After they finished speaking, they took Green Book to the woodshed and took the old lady's jujube and ginseng chicken soup with them.

Inside the kitchen, the removal of the green book had a gratifying effect.

The other old women and maids were all gossiping.

"Your own master has been beaten half to death, yet you still dare to act arrogantly here. Who gave you the guts?"

"Ah, was the Second Miss really beaten badly? I only know that she was beaten by the Old Madam, but I don't know the extent of her injuries."

"Oh dear, even the royal physician has arrived. He was beaten by the old lady's heavy dragon-headed cane and is covered in blood. He's almost half dead."

When Xuan Hua heard these words, he lost most of his interest in starting the fire.

She had only heard that the second young lady had been beaten, but she didn't know how badly she had been beaten. "Second young lady, why was she beaten when she was perfectly fine?"

A maidservant said, "When I went to Jing'anzhai to fetch water, I heard from Granny Shu that the Second Miss is too wicked. She actually instigated the Madam to try to take the Empress's phoenix crown, which was designated by the Emperor to be given to the Princess Consort of Zhao. How dare she even do that? The Old Madam beat the Second Miss to teach her a lesson."

So that's how it is. After hearing this, Xuan Hua thought that the Second Miss was truly wicked. The Master was easily swayed; he might really come to the Miss to demand the phoenix crown back.

If they don't give it to her, the master might beat the young lady; if they do give it to her, the emperor will find out, and the young lady will be in trouble too.

"Fortunately, fortunately, the old lady discovered it first, and Miss escaped a disaster."

Inside the elegant courtyard, Xuan Hua involuntarily spoke her innermost thoughts, causing Xiao Fengyi to temporarily snap out of her reverie about the "Spiritual Essence Essentials".

She looked up at Xuan Hua, puzzled. "Xuan Hua, what are you muttering about?"

Xuanhua never hid anything from her young mistress. After placing the medicine bowl on the table, she told Fengyi about the Second Young Mistress being beaten by the Old Madam. "Eldest Miss, we must be more vigilant against the Second Young Mistress in the future."