The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1232 - 1210: Enticement

Chapter 1232: Chapter 1210: Enticement

They had not yet had a chance to discuss the division of profits with Xiang Mingxue when the carriage stopped. Sixth Young Master Xiang and Xiang Chang, who had been waiting at the door early on, immediately rushed up, "Is he released? Is he released?"

Bai Erlang did not wait for Liu Gui to set up the carriage step and leapt down, clapping his hands and saying, "He’s out, he’s out, he’s on the carriage."

It was then that Bai Shan and Manbao lifted the curtain to step down from the carriage. Xiang Chao wanted to carry Xiang Mingxue, but seeing him covered in grime and dried dark brown bloodstains on his clothes, Xiang Chang hurriedly said, "I’ll do it, I’ll do it."

Xiang Chang carried Xiang Mingxue off the carriage, and just as he was about to enter the residence, he suddenly felt something was off, "Sixth Master, our lodging isn’t here, carrying him in and out again..."

Sixth Young Master Xiang, irritated, slapped him on the head, "Idiot, the Second Young Master just got out of jail, shouldn’t Young Doctor Zhou have a look at him? Quickly carry him inside."

Xiang Chang, realizing it was indeed true, hurriedly carried Xiang Mingxue inside.

Xiang Mingxue: "..."

Since they learned of the death of the Prince of Yizhou, Zhou Wulang and the others moved back to live in the shop again, after all, they were in the food business, leaving early and returning late, and it was inconvenient to come and go from the two locations.

Only Zhou Lijun, who was responsible for the accounts and it was inconvenient for him to live with his uncles and brothers, continued to come back to stay every day.

But she also moved out of Manbao’s room and went back to her previous room.

Old Madam Liu also took Ms.Zheng back to Daliu Alley, the number of servants in the household decreased significantly, so the living space became much more spacious.

Xiang Chang carried Xiang Mingxue to the back courtyard. Old Madam Liu, who had also received the news and was waiting in Daliu Alley, hurriedly asked him to take the person to the guest room.

That was originally the room where Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang lived, and there were still two beds placed inside.

Mr. Zhuang glanced at their hair and clothes and turned to tell Daji, who had come to watch the bustle, "Have Aunt Rong prepare some medicinal water for them to wash their hair and bathe."

Being injured and not feeling like moving much, Daji, who was just there to watch the excitement, silently took the order and left.

Just washing their hair and bathing took quite a lot of time, Manbao turned to Old Madam Liu and said, "Grandma Liu, Brother Xiang is fine. I just took his pulse, he’s just a bit weak. He’ll be fine after some nourishment, you should go back."

Bai Shan also said, "Grandmother, it’s getting dark, let your grandson escort you back."

Old Madam Liu looked at them, touched Bai Shan’s forehead with a nod, and then left with a smile, comforting Sixth Young Master Xiang before leaving to ease his mind.

Sixth Young Master Xiang responded with a smile, but still waited outside the room door.

By the time the two of them finally finished washing their hair and bathing, changing into clean clothes, it was already completely dark.

The kitchen had prepared the meal, and everyone then sat down in the main hall to eat.

Sixth Young Master Xiang glanced at Xiang Mingxue, poured Mr. Zhuang a drink to thank Bai Shan, Zhou Man, and Bai Erlang for their help in this matter, expressing that the Xiang family was deeply grateful, and they would walk through fire and water in the future whenever called upon.

Mr. Zhuang smilingly said that Sixth Young Master Xiang was overstating it.

Bai Shan and the others also raised their tea to return the toast, and everyone happily shared a meal. Then Manbao checked on Xiang Mingxue again, wrote a prescription, and said that she would go to the pharmacy tomorrow and help bring these medicines back, so the Xiang family didn’t have to make an extra trip.

After that, everyone went to their respective beds.

The district gate was already closed, and Sixth Young Master Xiang and Xiang Chang could not leave, so they rested in the guest room in the front courtyard.

Zhou Lijun had a brief chat with his younger aunt and then also yawned and went back to his room to sleep.

The next morning, everyone went about their business, with students off to study and workers off to work, and Xiang Mingxue, who rarely had a deep sleep, slept until late morning when the sunshine poured through the window and onto him. He opened his eyes and felt disoriented for a while before finally remembering where he was.

Across on the other bed, Xiang Chao was still sleeping soundly with his mouth wide open.

Mingxue climbed out of bed, leaned against it and looked at the sunlight streaming through the window. It was a while before he stretched out his hand to catch it, and seeing the sunlight fall into his palm, he couldn’t help but smile slightly.

Footsteps were heard outside the window, "Not awake yet?"

Xiang Chang’s voice rose from beneath the window, "No, you can hear Fifth Brother’s snores clear across the wall."

Mingxue also glanced at Xiang Chao, who was sprawled out on the opposite bed, smiled, and knocked on the window.

The person outside paused, then Mingxue heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and not long after, the door opened.

Manbao was busy treating people in the Jishi Hall at this time.

After the change of season, the number of patients at the pharmacy had decreased significantly, and she had seen all of her morning patients by late morning.

Doctor Ding and Doctor Tao had finished a bit earlier than her.

Ever since Manbao, the young genius doctor, had become famous throughout the capital, patients no longer fussed over having Doctor Ding or Doctor Tao treat them. Now, the four doctors who sat in the hall each saw roughly the same number of patients every morning.

Each doctor had their loyal patients, such as Manbao, for whom First Lady Dou’s grandnephew, Shi Dalang, would only see her for his treatment.

His case was special, and although Manbao had never discussed his condition in detail with Doctor Ding and the others, they all worked in the same pharmacy and often discussed patient cases together. Who could truly hide anything?

So when the patients were all seen, the doctors would gather around aimlessly for a chat. Seeing that Manbao hadn’t come out of the consultation room, Doctor Ding lifted the curtain to peek in and asked, "What are you writing there?"

Engrossed in her writing, Manbao replied, "I’m compiling a case study."

She looked up at Doctor Ding as something occurred to her. "Doctor Ding, are you truly not interested in matters like rejoining tendons?"

After a moment of indecision, Doctor Ding said, "I’m really not good with surgery, even though I would like to help you, I’m afraid I might make things worse by trying."

Manbao then said, "It’s okay, you could help him adjust his health. I felt his pulse last night and I think he’s still mostly deficient. He needs proper nourishment and can’t undergo surgery any time soon."

Doctor Ding reminded her, "Haven’t you asked Imperial Doctor Zheng to come? Imperial Doctor Zheng has also invited several other imperial physicians. With so many people, that’s more than enough. If there are too many, they might have conflicting opinions and might accidentally offend some of the imperial physicians."

Manbao frowned slightly as she considered this, "But other than Imperial Doctor Zheng, I’m not familiar with anyone else, nor do I know what they specialize in."

Doctor Ding coughed lightly and said, "You would know that if you just ask Imperial Doctor Zheng. By the way, Doctor Zhou Junior, why didn’t your patient, Shi Dalang, come today? Shouldn’t he have come for a follow-up visit?"

That reminded Manbao, "Yes, he usually comes early for his appointments, how come he hasn’t arrived today?"

Doctor Ding looked outside and, seeing that Doctor Tao and Doctor Gu were talking and not paying attention to his side, slipped in and quietly asked, "Doctor Zhou Junior, he has been under treatment for two months now, what do you think are the chances of improvement?"

Manbao said, "I took his pulse last time and felt that his kidney energy had strengthened quite a bit..."