On the night of New Year's Eve, it was snowy and freezing, but Gu Xinian was riding a horse back and forth, and it was inconvenient to wear a cloak when climbing over the wall. He must have caught the wind and cold, so he fell ill after returning.
It's your own fault! Ye Qinglan thought with anger still lingering, but when she thought of Gu Xinian's pale and handsome face lying weakly on the bed, she felt a little soft-hearted and distressed...
Seeing that she remained silent, Ye Qingning tugged on her sleeves with some dissatisfaction: "Hey, did you hear what I said? Cousin Gu is sick, why didn't you react at all?"
The admiration for Gu Xinian has long been a thing of the past. However, Ye Qingning always pays special attention to Gu Xinian. When he heard that he was ill, he was worried. When he looked at Ye Qinglan, the person who should be worried the most, he looked like a
The indifferent look made Ye Qingning feel dissatisfied.
Ye Qinglan came back to her senses and spread her hands: "How do you think I should react? I'm not a doctor. I can't cure his disease, and I can't go out to see him."
... That's what I said, but it's too much to be so cold! How can I have any self-consciousness about my fiancée! Ye Qingning looked at her for a few times and asked suspiciously: "You must have had trouble with Cousin Gu!"
Ye Qinglan denied it without changing her expression: "How is this possible? He and I never had the chance to meet, so how could there be any quarrel?" Anyway, no one else knew that Gu Xilai came to see her in the middle of the night, so this sentence was justified.
Ye Qingning was indeed fooled, and after holding it in for a long time, he said: "Then you should show a little worry!"
Ye Qinglan responded calmly: "I'm very worried and anxious right now. I just suppressed it and didn't show it. Don't look at the smile on my face. In fact, I feel very uncomfortable."
Ye Qingning: "..." She was now sure that Ye Qinglan was teasing her intentionally.
Sure enough, Ye Qinglan burst into laughter. Ye Qingning rushed over and scratched her, shouting: "Okay, you dare to tease me, let's see if I don't deal with you well today!"
After some fun, this topic was naturally put aside.
After Ye Qingning left, Ye Qinglan's smile faded and she thought for a moment. She specifically called Ruomei over: "Ruomei, let me ask you, is Cousin Gu sick?"
Ruomei carefully observed Ye Qinglan's face and replied in a low voice: "I just learned about this matter not long ago, and I am hesitating whether I should report it to the lady..."
Although I don’t know exactly what the young master and the young lady said that night, one thing is obvious. The young master and the young lady must have had a quarrel and broke up on bad terms. This can be seen from the young lady’s reaction that day.
.It is precisely because of this that she did not dare to tell the lady about the young master's illness in time.
Ye Qinglan was silent for a moment, then whispered: "I'm going to write a letter right now, and you can deliver it to him for me."
Ruomei's eyes lit up and she responded excitedly.
Ye Qinglan went to the study with a calm expression, and after a moment came out with a sealed letter. Ruomei did not dare to neglect, and quickly put the letter away. Then she used a coded signal to summon her companions outside the house, and specially warned: "This is
The letter written by the young lady personally to the young master must be delivered to the young master as soon as possible."
The secret guard hurriedly responded, put the letter away, got on his horse, and galloped all the way to the back door of Duke Dingguo's mansion. Then, he handed the letter to the guard guarding the back door, who then delivered it to him.
Izuyunxuan. It took exactly two hours from the time Ye Qinglan finished writing this letter to the time it reached Gu Xinian's hands.
Gu, who was rumored to be "seriously ill", was sitting lazily at his desk, stroking the envelope in his hand. There was also a set of unfinished calligraphy on the desk.
Gu Xinian looked at the letter in his hand, a smile flashed in his eyes. This trick really worked...
After he came back that night, he did suffer from some cold. It was true that he insisted on going to greet the emperor and empress the next day. However, after coming back, he drank two bowls of cold-repelling decoction and then slept.
He pretended to be seriously ill, claiming that he wanted to rest in peace, and he had been staying in Izumoden for the past few days. As expected, such news spread quickly, and also reached Ye Qinglan's ears in a roundabout way. The hard-mouthed and soft-hearted man
Girl, I was busy worrying about his condition and even wrote a letter to send it. The anger from before should be almost gone...
Thinking of this, Gu Xinian couldn't help but sigh secretly. When did the dignified Fourth Young Master Gu rely on such unsavory tricks to coax people?
Gu Xinian sighed secretly and happily unfolded the letter. The handwriting on the letter was not beautiful, but neat at best, and the content was dry and uninteresting, with only a few sentences.
I heard from Sixth Sister that you have been sick for many days. Take medicine and get well soon.
Gu Xinian read the letter back and forth several times, raised the corners of his lips, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Quanfu, come in." Quanfu came in and asked diligently: "What did the young master tell me to do?"
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Gu Xinian said calmly: "I haven't drunk the medicine today yet. I'll ask someone to make the medicine quickly."
Quan Fu, who has always been smart, couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise when he heard this order, and forgot to close it for a long time. The young master was too involved in pretending to be sick! What medicine should Hao Duan Duan drink?
Seeing that he was motionless, Gu Xinian glanced at him lightly: "What's wrong? Don't you understand what I said?"
Quan Fu calmed down and had no choice but to answer with a smile. Fortunately, the palace and the Prince's Mansion had sent a lot of tonics over the past few days, so I just boiled some and treated it as a tonic for the young master.
Quan Fu cheered up, prepared the tonic himself, and took it in. The tonic was medicine, and of course it didn't taste any better. But he saw the young master drinking it down in one sip without changing his expression. There was still a smile on his lips.
Having served the young master for many years, Quan Fu can naturally tell that the young master is in a really good mood at the moment.
How could the tonic he brewed have such effects? Quan Fu was deeply moved and decided to brew the tonic by hand every day from now on, three meals a day, and never be lazy!!!
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The next day, when Ruomei came to help Ye Qinglan change her clothes, she quietly put a piece of paper into Ye Qinglan's hand. Ye Qinglan calmly retracted her hand into her sleeve. She took it out and took a look when she was alone.
Madam has your orders, how dare you disobey her.
... He didn't stop even though he was sick, and even teased her!
Ye Qinglan spat at the note, but a smile appeared in her eyes unconsciously. The sullenness caused by the quarrel that night quietly subsided a lot. After thinking about it, she wrote another reply.
Rest peacefully and stop thinking wildly. Don’t be lazy when you take medicine every day.
When Gu Xinian received the reply again, he smiled proudly and satisfied. As he drank the tonic that day, his expression became softer.
The young master actually liked the tonic he brewed so much! Quan Fu was moved and made another important decision. He doubled the amount of the tonic!!!
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The next day, Gu Xinian absent-mindedly drank the Shiquan Dabu Decoction prepared by Quanfu himself, not paying attention to how abnormal the almost weird color in the medicine bowl was. As soon as the medicine was taken into his mouth, Gu Xinian's face suddenly changed, darkening.
He gave Quan Fu a deep look.
Quan Fu responded with a loyal and confident smile: "Master, I specially added a few more tonics today, and the effect will definitely be much better than yesterday..."
Gu Xinian expressionlessly swallowed the medicine in his mouth, then gritted his teeth and yelled coldly: "Quan Fu! Where did your brain grow? How did you see that I am weak and need tonic? Just get some tonics.
Don’t you know how to act like that? Why are you getting so many tonics? Bring them out for me!”
Quan Fu was dumbfounded by the scolding. He had a grimace and didn't dare to defend himself. He honestly picked up the medicine bowl and walked out.
At this moment, Gu Xiyu came. She looked at the medicine bowl in Quanfu's hand and asked puzzledly: "Quanfu, this is brother's medicine! If you don't wait for brother to drink medicine, how can you take the medicine bowl with him?"
Taken away?"
Quan Fu hesitated and didn't know how to answer, so he glanced at Gu Xinian secretly from the corner of his eye.
Gu Xinian's thoughts were racing. In order to pretend to be sick, he even kept his family in the dark. If Gu Xiyu knew about his pretending to be sick, she would let that girl Ye Qinglan know in the future...
Gu Xinian became cruel and said in a loud voice: "Quan Fu, I thought the medicine was too hot just now, so I planned to let it sit for a while before drinking it. Why didn't you take the medicine away again and didn't bring it back sooner?"
Quanfu: "..."
Silently bringing the medicine bowl back, Quan Fu watched as Gu Xinian drank the medicine with a calm expression. It was almost as messy as the wind.
Master, actually you are still sick! It’s just that the sick part is not your body...
After drinking the large bowl of tonics with weird colors and even weirder flavors, Gu Xinian's mouth twitched slightly. Then he put the medicine bowl on the table as if nothing had happened. Quan Fu was very smart this time and hurriedly put it away.
The medicine bowl was withdrawn.
Gu Xiyu came over with concern and asked, "Brother, are you feeling better?"
Gu Xinian smiled and responded casually: "It's better, but I'm still a little tired. It seems I need to rest for a few days before I feel better." He doesn't have to go out to socialize every day, he just hides in the yard leisurely, reading and practicing.
As long as I drink some tonics or something, life like this is actually not bad! The most important thing is that there are letters from Ye Qinglan every day...
Naturally, Gu Xiyu could not guess that so many thoughts were passing through Gu Xinian's mind, and she worried to herself: "Hey, what should I do? Cousin Ning even asked me to go see the lanterns on the street on the Lantern Festival.
!I have already promised her, and I originally thought about asking you to accompany us. Cousin Lan will also go there at that time, and it will be more crowded and lively. But you are not well yet, so you will definitely not be able to go. I am alone
There's no point in going. Otherwise, it's better to have someone tell Cousin Ning that I won't go..."
"Wait!" After hearing that Ye Qinglan would also go, Gu Xinian immediately said seriously: "There are still a few days until the Lantern Festival, and I will be in good health by then. It will definitely be no problem to accompany you to watch the lanterns.
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