The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1075 - 154: Discovery

Chapter 1075: Chapter 154: Discovery

Manbao nodded, "Then it looks like we can only do it at home. Should we clear out a room to see patients in?"

"You want to see patients privately?" Bai Shan said, "That’s illegal."

Manbao: "..."

Bai Erlang burst into laughter.

Manbao rolled up her sleeves and asked, "Wanna fight?"

"Let’s forget it, I’ve grown up, no more fighting," said Bai Shan seriously, "I’m advising you."

"I’m not charging any money."

Bai Shan said, "If it’s just for treating one person, do we really need to clear out a room especially for that?"

"I can put other things in there too, like occasionally drawing blood, making serum and such, I’ll need space for that."

Bai Erlang could no longer laugh. He immediately dropped his smile. "I think Shanbao is right. It’s just about giving Yin Huo a shot, there’s no need to waste a room. When he comes, he can go to my place to get it."

Bai Shan nodded vehemently.

Manbao was defeated two against one and felt terribly regretful.

The trio plotting how to secretly treat illnesses in the future, and Yin Huo planning how to find an excuse to secretly visit the Bai Family for treatment, had no idea that before nightfall, their clandestine activities had been thoroughly investigated.

The Emperor naturally was the first to find out, followed by the Crown Prince and the Prince of Yizhou.

The Emperor didn’t take the matter seriously, and the Crown Prince also didn’t interfere, only commenting to his cousin, "This young doctor knows quite a bit."

Young Master Zhao said, "Yin Huo’s illness is also famously incurable in the capital. None of the physicians of the Imperial Hospital can handle it. She dared to treat him and persuaded him to do it secretly. This shows her skill. It seems that her reputation as a little divine healer has some basis."

The Crown Prince just smiled.

Young Master Zhao took one look at the Crown Prince and asked, "Your Highness, aren’t you going to inform the Yin Family? After all, he’s the only seedling of the Yin Family, and if something goes wrong with external treatment..."

After a glance at him, the Crown Prince waved his hand dismissively and, taking a sip of tea, said, "Didn’t you say she’s a divine healer? How could she possibly make it worse? We adults shouldn’t interfere in the matters of children; let them handle it."

Young Master Zhao: ... You’re hardly a few years older yourself. The most important thing is, aren’t you of the same generation as Yin Huo?

However, he understood what the Crown Prince meant and pretended to be unaware of the situation.

The Crown Prince might dismiss the issue, but the Prince of Yizhou did not take it lightly.

Thus, on the heels of Yin Huo pouring out the medicine he had just received, noisy footsteps could be heard in the courtyard.

Yin Huo glanced back at the door and with a snap closed the back window, placed the medicine bowl on the table, and just then, Old Madam Yin came pushing the door open, followed by a group of people.

Her gaze landed on the medicine bowl on the table, and with a smile, she moved forward and took his hand, "Grandmother remembered, winter is approaching and your room hasn’t been rearranged. I’m afraid it would be a bit cold to live here in winter, so I brought people over to help you set things up."

Yin Huo said, "The Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, and it’s still a while until winter, Grandmother. I don’t feel cold."

"You’ve always been colder than other children, so why wait until winter to arrange things? Quilts can be stored in the cabinets and spread out when you feel cold, but it’s time to change things like bed curtains and sheets. And the decorations in the room, it’s also tedious to look at the same ones for too long. Let’s change everything today."

Having said that, she turned to the maids behind her, holding various items, and instructed, "Go and exchange them, and be gentle, don’t make too much noise."

"Yes."

The servants filed in, dismantling the bed canopies, arranging the trunks, taking out the spring and summer clothes, and replacing them with autumn and winter garments, along with removing and carrying away the bedding...

Yin Huo silently observed, lowering his gaze and standing to the side without speaking, his hand tightly clenched beneath his sleeves.

Old Madam Yin surveyed the room. Daya and Xiaobu stepped forward, and quietly shook her head at her. She then looked towards the tightly closed rear window and ordered, "The room is crowded and stuffy, open the back window."

Yin Huo lifted his eyes and said, "The back window overlooks the garden; there’s a stench of decay. If Grandmother wants fresh air, it would be better to open the front window wider."

"The servants of the house aren’t idlers who feast without working; how could there be a stench of decay? Open it!"

Daya then turned to open the window.

Yin Huo watched quietly. He turned to glance at his grandmother but no longer obstructed her. Instead, he stepped back and slowly took a seat on a chair.

When Daya pushed open the back window and smelled the medicinal fragrance wafting in from outside, her expression subtly changed.

Old Madam Yin saw the change in her complexion and walked forward to stand under the window, smelling the air for a while. She then turned her head to look at Yin Huo.

Yin Huo sat in the chair with his back to her, not turning around. She then sternly turned her gaze to Changshou.

Changshou, sensing trouble the moment Old Madam Yin entered with so many people, had to keep his head down to avoid revealing anything untoward. Now that the back window had been opened, he knew it was over.

His legs went weak, and he knelt directly on the ground.

Old Madam Yin’s chest heaved with rising fury, but seeing Yin Huo with his back to her, she couldn’t lash out. Instead, she commanded the servants, "Drag him away—"

"Grandmother," Yin Huo braced himself on the chair to stand, blocking Changshou, and looked up at her, asking, "Would you have him beaten to death?"

Old Madam Yin’s face turned ashen and said, "He failed to take proper care of his master..."

"This was my decision. You said it yourself, he is under my jurisdiction in my courtyard, and it is for me to deal with, isn’t it?"

Old Madam Yin took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, and said to Yin Huo, "Grandmother knows, I just have some questions for him."

"There is no need to question him; you can ask me instead. He doesn’t know as much as I do," Yin Huo’s fingernails dug fiercely into his palm as he looked intently at Old Madam Yin, "For example, I don’t want to get married; I want to live!"

Old Madam Yin’s face underwent a sudden change, "Huo’er, you..."

"My eldest sister, Bai Er, and Third Sister, they all hope that I marry and sire a son to support them in the future, or if I have a daughter, to adopt one back from their own children. My aunts, meanwhile, wish to have Fourth Sister, Fifth Sister, and Sixth Sister marry and bring in their husbands, I think their ideas are all quite good, except for the part about me having children."

Old Madam Yin was both shocked and angry, recoiling a step in astonishment.

Yin Huo then slowly lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, bowing down and saying, "Grandmother, the doctor said that if I take my medicine properly, I should live until twenty-four or twenty-five years of age."

Old Madam Yin felt a lump in her throat that she couldn’t swallow, and after a long pause, she said, "No, it’s impossible, the Imperial Hospital said..."

Yin Huo raised his head and looked directly at Old Madam Yin, "Grandmother, this is what the young genius doctor said. Since you have found your way here, you must know who has been treating your grandson. She said that as long as I take good care of myself, I can live until twenty-four or twenty-five."

Yin Huo did not know how Old Madam Yin had found out, but since she did, instead of continuing to prevaricate, it was better to be frank.

After all, the worst outcome was just that, wasn’t it?