Being a reborn legitimate daughter is not easy

008 The Lady of the Marquis's Mansion

008 The Lady of the Marquis's Mansion

Those were the medicine for injuries given by Young Master Xun. Lingyi opened her mouth, vaguely sensing something in her heart, but in the end she didn't dare to say anything.

Doctor Mo opened the porcelain bottle, poured some of the powder into his palm, carefully examined and smelled it, and nodded, saying, "It is indeed a wound medicine unique to the army, and it can be used, but its effect is not as good as the Hibiscus Muscle Regenerating Ointment."

"Is that so?" Ye Pianran smiled faintly, playing with the small porcelain bottle. "Then use it."

On the other side, Ye Yanxun carried the mentally challenged Ye Yankang into the main house of Lanxin Courtyard, where the maids immediately came to serve him.

Handing his younger brother to a maid, Ye Yanxun asked the older maid, "Chunxiao, how is Mother? Is she still asleep?"

Chunxiao shook her head, her face full of worry: "No, Madam has been feeling drowsy lately, and hearing that the eldest young lady was injured has made her even more anxious. I'm afraid she won't wake up for a while."

"Where's the medicine? Did you give it to her?" Ye Yanxun asked, his concern genuine.

"It's been kept warm on the stove. It'll be ready when Madam wakes up," Chunxiao said. She glanced outside and lowered her voice to ask, "Has Young Master Xun seen Miss? How are Miss's injuries? What was all that commotion outside just now?"

"It's nothing, just a few rats causing trouble," Ye Yanxun said calmly, lowering his eyes. "Ran'er went to the Prime Minister's residence to fetch a doctor, and he should be here by now."

Chunxiao was startled. How did this involve the Prime Minister's residence? Wouldn't this mean the entire Prime Minister's residence would know?

Seeing through her thoughts, Ye Yanxun said, "Ran'er's injury can't be hidden; it's just a matter of time."

Just then, Chen, the old nanny who served Gongsun Yuan, happily came out from behind the screen: "Madam is awake!"

The maids rushed forward to serve him. Ye Yanxun went to the charcoal stove, poured a bowl of hot medicine, and after waiting a while, he also went around to the back of the screen.

Gongsun Yuan's complexion was indeed not good. Her already pale face was now even more haggard, but despite this, it did not diminish her beauty in the slightest.

When Gongsun Yuan was in good health, she was a beauty with eyebrows like distant mountains and a face like a flower. After a long illness, however, she became as elegant and delicate as an orchid in a secluded valley, living up to her reputation as the most beautiful woman in the capital.

Gongsun Yuan raised her eyes, saw Ye Yanxun, and smiled gently: "Xun'er is here."

Upon hearing his mother's voice, Ye Yankang ran over and scrambled onto the bed, calling out, "Mother! Mother!"

Granny Chen picked him up and placed him next to Gongsun Yuan. Gongsun Yuan gently wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and after confirming that he was not injured, she asked, "Where is Ran'er?"

After a moment of silence, Ye Yanxun spoke, "She's awake. A doctor is treating her wounds. Mother, don't worry, Ran'er's injuries will definitely heal."

After this ordeal, Gongsun Yuan had calmed down considerably and sighed, "If things don't turn out well, then this is probably her fate."

"Ran'er is very beautiful. Wouldn't it be a pity if she didn't get better?" Ye Yankang said with a smile, scooping up a spoonful of medicine and bringing it to Gongsun Yuan's lips. "I will do everything I can to cure Ran'er."

Although Ye Yanxun was not Gongsun Yuan's son, the child was always filial, sensible, and polite. Gongsun Yuan still liked him somewhat. After drinking the medicine, she nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you to take good care of him."

Just then, a maid came forward and said, "Madam, Miss has arrived."

Then, Ye Pianran rushed in.

Ye Pianran wore a veil, concealing her gruesome wounds and revealing only her affectionate, watery eyes. Upon seeing Gongsun Yuan, she swayed almost imperceptibly, then staggered to the bedside and knelt before Gongsun Yuan.

"Mother..." Ye Pianran called out this name she had lost and then regained, her heart churning with countless emotions—regret, helplessness, grievance—but in the end, they all boiled down to one sentence: "Your daughter is unfilial..."