Chapter 13: Is Little Dot Tang Chuyao?

The estate doctor was quickly brought to Rongjintang, and it was the first time Dr. Zhang Hong had encountered such a situation.

He inquired in detail about the old lady’s diet and had the leftover lunch brought to him. After examining it for a long time, he found nothing suspicious.

Granny Zhao looked at the unconscious old lady, very anxious, urging, “Why hasn’t the old lady woken up?”

Although the old lady was in a coma, her lower body was restless, making constant noises and filling the air with a terrible stench!

Granny Zhao and the group of maidservants couldn’t stand the smell.

Dr. Zhang checked the old lady’s pulse, and after a while, he finally took out a silver needle from his medical kit and pricked it into the old lady’s philtrum…

“Ah…” The old lady let out a loud gasp and finally woke up.

The estate doctor diagnosed that this condition would take a few days to heal on its own.

When Tang Youze and Concubine Mei asked the estate doctor to examine the situation, he didn’t go in person but sent a message saying it was the same as what he had just said to comfort the old lady.

Dr. Zhang shook his head and left Rongjintang…

Tang Youze and Concubine Mei arrived at Rongjintang together, reminiscing about the events of today’s lunch.

There definitely wasn’t a problem with the lunch since everyone in the estate had eaten it. Concubine Mei suddenly thought of the Falling Cherry Pavilion.

“It seems that the young lady didn’t eat anything!”

“Is this matter related to the young lady?”

“I saw the young lady bring in a maidservant yesterday who was very rude!”

The old lady also thought that the big maidservant didn’t seem to have any issues!

Tang Youze shook his head, denying Concubine Mei’s speculation, “Then why didn’t the other servants in the estate have any problems?”

Granny Zhao quickly added, “Not entirely. The cooks in the kitchen were affected too!”

Tang Youze frowned tightly; it seemed they had also had tea after lunch!

Yes! Pre-rain Longjing tea!

The old lady also realized this, and it turned out that only they, the masters, and the kitchen maids had issues!

“Mother, the problem might lie in the tribute tea!”

The old lady nodded; it seemed there was indeed quite a bit of profit to be made in the kitchen!

“Is that the tribute tea? Who would dare to poison it?” Concubine Mei was somewhat puzzled.

The old lady glanced at her, “This tea was gifted by Consort Chi!”

“If Consort Chi didn’t give it to the big maidservant, then she must have kept it for herself!”

Concubine Mei immediately understood, “If Consort Chi drank the tea herself, then the embarrassment falls on her!”

Who in the palace doesn’t have a conflict with Consort Chi?

However, these were not things they could speculate on!

“Truly, when the gods fight, the little ones suffer!” The old lady sighed, “If that tea had been left for the big maidservant and not been greedy, there wouldn’t have been these issues!”

As she said this, the old lady shot a disdainful glance at Concubine Mei, who was being so shallow!

Concubine Mei also knew she had made a mistake and didn’t speak up.

But she felt wronged; she wasn’t the only one who benefited from the greed, so why should all the blame fall on her?

“Alright, you all go ahead; don’t linger here and give me a headache!”

Tang Youze took Concubine Mei and left Rongjintang…

In the following three days, Tang Chuyao felt an unprecedented sense of peace. Every morning she practiced swordsmanship in the bamboo forest with her senior sister, then followed the system’s guidance to prepare medicine for Yinghe, and in her spare time, she read books to pass the time.

Huang Xiaoyu was amazed at Tang Chuyao’s progress in swordsmanship. If Tang Chuyao’s meridians were unsealed, what would that be like?

She was very much looking forward to it…

Since the kitchen maids were unable to cook, mainly because even if they did, no one would eat it, Tang Chuyao had Yinghe cook in the small kitchen of her courtyard.

The courtyard door was tightly closed, creating a small world of their own, and Tang Chuyao felt very comfortable.

Yinghe also began taking medicine and soaking in medicinal baths as arranged by Tang Chuyao. At first, she was a bit unaccustomed, but after each medicinal bath, she felt completely relaxed and gradually started to enjoy the baths…

That night, after lighting the calming incense prepared by Tang Chuyao, she slept soundly until dawn. Upon waking, she felt refreshed and full of energy for her work!

Dujian silently observed all of this. The young lady treated her and her mother well, and she vowed to stay by the young lady’s side for a lifetime, taking care of her!

In the regent’s palace, Ye Feng reported the discovered information to the regent.

Gu Qingchen was handling state affairs in his study. After listening to Ye Feng’s report, his hand trembled slightly as he grasped the brush. After searching for so many years, he had finally found her!

Gu Qingchen’s thoughts drifted back six years to when he was seventeen.

The emperor had just ascended to the throne two years prior, and his foundation was unstable. There were still many forces loyal to Prince Anchang in the court, individuals who had occupied the court for many years, both overtly and covertly.

The forces of Prince Anchang were complex and extensive. He secretly assisted the emperor in eliminating these remnants of Prince Anchang, offending many people in the process.

That year, he was hunted down and inadvertently stumbled into the Valley of Leisure. Due to being severely poisoned, just before he collapsed from exhaustion, he saw a small girl wearing a veil appear before him…

He clearly remembered the girl’s eyes, clear and bright, like the flawless moon in the sky.

When he woke up again, he found himself in Baizhi Valley. Wang Shu told him that a small girl had brought him there, and she was the beloved disciple of the Valley Master of Leisure.

Wang Shu helped him detoxify and healed his wounds, with the condition that he would take Wang Shu as his master and not reveal anything about the Valley of Leisure and Baizhi Valley!

He was eager to return to the capital; the emperor was weak and needed his assistance. After hastily agreeing to Wang Shu’s request, he headed to the capital.

Once he left, he never had the chance to see that small girl again, only knowing that she had saved him when she was just ten years old, still a little child…

It was only half a year ago that he received news that the little girl had come to the capital.

Unfortunately, the Valley of Leisure kept this news tightly under wraps. By the time he learned of it, the little girl had already been in the capital for two and a half years.

Now, he was no longer the same person; he had the ability to protect the little girl!

The little girl was the young lady of the Duke of Yong’s residence, Tang Chuyao!

That name sounded somewhat familiar.

Gu Qingchen thought for a long time before finally recalling that his nephew, Gu Huaifeng, had made a lifelong commitment with a woman, and that woman seemed to be the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Yong, Tang Chuyao!!

Ye Feng suddenly felt that his master seemed to be in a bad mood, and the entire study felt cold…

That day, he had inadvertently encountered the little girl in the woods, and she was also heading to the horse-tethering stable!

Ye Feng was unsure whether to say what came next, but believing in the importance of transparency, he reported to the prince everything that had happened at the Duke of Yong’s residence in the past few days…

After Ye Feng left, Gu Qingchen fell into deep thought.

The little girl didn’t seem to like Gu Huaifeng that much…