The Events After Widowhood Chapter 6

Vivian remembered that he seemed to have been coughing all night last night. He knew the condition of his body well. It seemed that his heart and lungs were frozen when he lived in the firewood room of a relative's house in his early years. Since then, he could not withstand the slightest cold.

Maxwell said that he would develop a high fever at the slightest disturbance, and that it was also related to his heart and lung problems. If he didn't start taking good care of himself, he might get tuberculosis, which would be really bad.

There are also some minor illnesses that are not serious but difficult to cure, such as tuberculosis and hunger. Black spots in front of the eyes are mild symptoms. If they are serious, it is normal to faint directly.

When Maxwell said this, Vivian was suddenly reminded of that day when Gabriel threw down his tea bowl and rushed over to hug him, and he was distracted for a moment.

"What's the matter, sir?"

When Leonard's question brought him back to his senses, the first thing he thought of was how Gabriel threw him on the couch with a cold face and without mercy.

Qiufengyuan was originally a residence for servants, and the beds were as hard as rocks. It was really painful that time. Vivian checked it carefully that night and found that the H!p bone was bruised.

Thinking of this, the tenderness that was about to emerge in his heart disappeared, and he spoke as usual, "Nothing, go on, I'm listening."

"Other ailments are minor and harmless, such as qi deficiency and insomnia, but they must be carefully treated. If you don't treat them well when you are young, you will suffer when you are old."

Vivian nodded, and suddenly remembered that when he was coughing badly last night, it seemed as if someone cut small pieces of pear and stuffed them into his mouth. He was still running a fever at that time, and the medicine he took contained enough sedatives. He just felt movement and wanted to open his eyes, but he couldn't wake up no matter what. However, he seemed to have eaten a lot while he was in a daze.

This morning I could still taste the sweetness of the pears, and even tasted some of the flavor of the time when my family was still well off.

As for who came, he had some guesses in his mind, but he didn't dare to take it seriously.

But if it weren't for that person, who would know about this habit of mine that no longer existed?

Vivian sighed weakly, and then spoke carefully: "Uncle Zhang, is the consultation fee expensive?"

He had been taking medicine for a long time before. He heard that the doctor was one of the most famous in the capital. Now he had to trouble Maxwell to come from outside the city every day. He really didn't know how to repay Gabriel for the medical fees.

After all these years of hard work and hustling, I managed to save up a few coins, but now it's all lost.

Vivian was so worried that he had already started thinking about whether to copy books or make webs to sell.

Maxwell has always known Vivian's character, and even if the truth is revealed now, she married the deceased eldest son, not the prince with whom she had been classmates for several years, and she was definitely not willing to owe him such a favor.

He had always been a recluse and didn't know that there were no family scandals in the Taining Marquis' Mansion that were spread out. He just felt that after all, he was the head of the mansion and his life should not be tight, so he roughly gave Vivian a number.

He patiently explained: "Over the years, I have never charged for consultations, only for medicines. Your prescriptions are all filled with nourishing medicines, and the prince asked me to find the best on the market, so the price is so high. For example, the Poria cocos in this prescription is produced in southern Yunnan and transported thousands of miles, so the carriage fee is inevitable..."

Later, Maxwell gave a few more examples, but Vivian was no longer listening and was filled with despair.

After seeing Maxwell off, he approached Nathaniel and asked, "Brother Nathaniel, could you please help me convey a message to the prince?"

Nathaniel has seen clearly these days how the commander has treated the person in front of him so well. To be honest, he is afraid that if the current emperor calls on the commander to go and serve the emperor, he may not be as dedicated as he was last night.

He completely ignored the fact that he had already stayed up for several nights in a row and had not slept the entire night last night!

This morning around 5 a.m., Nathaniel had breakfast and was on duty when he saw the commander coming out with his beloved short blade and a pear core in his hand, and a handful of pear peels in his other hand.

His face looked so pale, as if he had been dug out of the grave after being dead for three days!

Thinking of this, Nathaniel snorted and replied, "Look how distant your words are! With a relationship like yours, it would be more appropriate for you to call each other by your courtesy names."

If it were someone else's family, this statement would not be wrong, but the problem is that Taining Marquis's Mansion is not someone else's family...

Vivian struggled to force a wry smile and said, "I would like to trouble you to tell him that I am well again and do not need further treatment. Please thank him on my behalf."

"But you are not well," Nathaniel was puzzled. "If I use such nonsense to fool the commander, he will definitely punish me with a military stick."

Vivian sighed and told the truth: "The consultation fee is too expensive. I can't afford it. It's better to stop early and rest for a few more days, and then I will get better."

When it comes to money, Nathaniel understands. After all, he has also suffered, so he nodded: "Okay, I'll go talk to him."

Nathaniel, who was devoted to martial arts, had no idea about these worldly affairs. With a kind heart, he conveyed the message to Gabriel, who had not slept all night and was overwhelmed with paperwork.

Gabriel looked up from the case file, his face as dark as his eyes, and asked Nathaniel: "Did he really say that?"

Nathaniel nodded, "It's absolutely true."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a blue and white pen holder flying out and shattering to the ground with a clang.

Nathaniel looked at the debris beside the pillar, his mouth pursed, and he inexplicably felt a sense of fear, even though the mountain had not flown towards him in the first place.

Then, amid the crackling sound of the bamboo pen about to break, he heard the commander's voice of suppressed anger.

"Go tell him that since you've married Ji Qian and become the eldest young master's wife, all the expenses will be paid by Zhonggong, and you can't ask my second wife!"

"Oh oh oh, I get it, I get it..." Nathaniel put on the grease and turned around and ran away.

When he returned to the Taining Marquis' Mansion and conveyed this sentence verbatim, Vivian thanked him with a curled mouth, and then sat at the round table for the entire afternoon, not knowing what he was thinking about.

A few days later, Nathaniel returned to the Commander's Mansion. Gabriel called him to the study and asked him as usual, "How is Vivian these days?"

Nathaniel would say that the medicine was effective and Master Ruan was feeling much better, "but..." He thought about it and reported Vivian's condition that day to Gabriel truthfully.

I don't know if it was because of my eyesight, but at that moment Nathaniel saw the same loneliness on the commander's face as that of Master Ruan that afternoon, which was quite heartbreaking to see.

Perhaps because of this, Nathaniel couldn't help but blurt out, "So much money, did you really use the government account?"

After asking, Nathaniel thought again, this is quite comfortable - we are all masters, so whoever spends is a spend! The sooner the spend, the better!

Master Ruan is much better than that dmned Ms. Xu. Master Ruan is a good man, a really good man.

Gabriel pinched his brows tiredly, and answered Nathaniel's question in a rare friendly voice: "Of course it was my private account. How can Taining Marquis's Mansion afford the daily medicine cost of 100 gold coins when it is so poor?"