Transmigrated Genius: Fragile Heiress Reigns Supreme-Chapter 465 - 468: Visitor (6)

Fourth Master Xiao’s gaze turned to him, raising an eyebrow as he said, "Young Master Hu. What’s the matter?"

The young master of the Hu family wore a distressed expression and said tearfully, "My sister... my sister is not doing well, and my mother is panicking. We’d like to ask you to come and have a look."

Fourth Master Xiao frowned and said in a deep voice, "I’m not a doctor, what use would it be for me to go?" Then he paused and added, "Has Nurse Zhang gone to the manor for a consultation?"

Young Master Hu nodded and said, "She has!" Then paused, "She used a desperate measure, saying whether it works depends on tonight. If it succeeds, her condition will slowly improve, but if not, we should prepare for the worst, so..."

It’s that serious, Fourth Master Xiao thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I understand, you return first, I’ll come over shortly!"

Young Master Hu was full of gratitude, nodded and said, "I will return first then, eagerly anticipating the Great Governor’s visit." With that, he bowed and retreated, boarding the carriage to leave.

Fourth Master Xiao turned to the servant beside him and instructed, "Go back and tell the madam I’ll return later."

The servant acknowledged, and Fourth Master Xiao then leapt onto a horse and went to Four Symbols Alley!

It was only at 7 p.m. when he returned to the mansion, Xiqiu was sitting at the head of the bed reading a book, and when she saw Fourth Master Xiao come in, she was about to get out of bed to greet him, but Fourth Master Xiao gestured and said, "No need to get up, don’t catch a cold!" As he spoke, he took off his overcoat and went into the cleansing room.

After he finished freshening up and came out, lying outside the bed, Xiqiu asked, "Fourth Master, why did you come back so late, did you go drinking with Lord Han?"

Fourth Master Xiao waved his hand and said, "No, the patient Nurse Zhang was tending to was in some danger, so I went to take a look."

Xiqiu was taken aback and directly asked, "Is it Second Miss Hu? Didn’t Sister Jingliu go? Why is there still danger?" Fourth Master Xiao had originally closed his eyes, but upon hearing Xiqiu mention it, he opened his eyes and looked at her, smiling, "You and she took an instant liking to each other, she mentioned you to me in the afternoon..." He paused and added, "How did you know about Second Miss Hu, was it Nurse Zhang who told you?"

Xiqiu looked at him, shook her head, and said, "No, Madam Hu came to the mansion in the afternoon."

Fourth Master Xiao listened without much thought, nodded and said, "It’s similar to the previous illness of First Miss Hu, but fortunately, it was detected early. Although it was a bit dangerous in the afternoon, luckily it was overcome. It’s said that later on, if nothing unexpected happens, it will slowly improve!" His tone was indifferent, revealing no emotion.

Xiqiu lay down beside him, seemingly unintentionally asked, "Why didn’t Fourth Master tell me that Sister Jingliu came to the Capital to see Second Miss Hu?"

Fourth Master Xiao held her and closed his eyes, "It’s not a big deal, I entrusted Tianyi to handle it and thus didn’t keep it in mind." He then casually changed the subject, "There’s a letter from Tongzhou, saying that the Zhou family is a local tea merchant, with quite a homely production, nothing special about their background!"

This was what Xiqiu had asked him to investigate. He continued, "There’s a detailed letter from Tiancheng about it, if you want more details, I can have him bring it to you later."

Xiqiu shook her head and said, "No need!"

A few days later, Ruan Jingliu came to the mansion and talked to Xiqiu about the matter. As Xiqiu listened to her describe the condition, it sounded a lot like hereditary thrombocytopenic purpura. This kind of illness wouldn’t be an issue with advanced modern medical technology, but here it was a bit uncertain. Xiqiu thought for a moment and said, "Make sure to advise her to stay warm daily, as getting bruised or bleeding could be troublesome..."

Ruan Jingliu was taken aback, staring at her in astonishment, and asked, "You also know medicine?"

"I don’t," Xiqiu smiled and said, "I used to often flip through medical books!"

However, Ruan Jingliu tilted her head and looked at Xiqiu, becoming more curious; this disease is very rare and even her father-in-law only encountered one case during his lifetime, most doctors or even palace physicians couldn’t diagnose it, yet she said she’d read about it in medical books. She had read numerous medical books worldwide but had never come across such a case.

Xiqiu didn’t know what Ruan Jingliu was thinking and changed the topic to talk about something else: "I planted Panax notoginseng in my backyard, yet they haven’t sprouted after many days. If you have time, could you help take a look?" She told her about wanting to grow medicinal herbs on her estate.

Ruan Jingliu did not decline and went to the backyard with Xiqiu. After observing, she said, "This shed is nice, but it blocks the light. Without light, how will it sprout?"

Xiqiu suddenly understood, and after asking a few details, she and Ruan Jingliu spent an afternoon in the shed.

After this, Ruan Jingliu often visited the mansion. She wanted to find a shop in the city to open a medical clinic, saying she was tired of traveling and wanted to rest well...

Xiqiu didn’t think much of it and had Nanny Cen accompany her to search every day.

After the twentieth, Xiqiu returned to the Tong Mansion, as Tong Minzhi had passed the county examination. Seeing his confident demeanor made Xiqiu very happy. On the day the results were released, Xiqiu sent Tianyi to wait early in the morning, and at noon, Tianyi returned with a smile and reported, "Seventh Master ranked twelfth!"

A quite good achievement.

Xiqiu smiled slightly. Although the county examination was just a starting point, it was also a good beginning.

She asked Chunliu to prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone and then went to Hongyan Building to order a meal to Tong Minzhi’s taste, allowing him to entertain fellow scholars to celebrate.

Madam Jiang held a banquet at home, inviting her, Fourth Master Xiao, Tong Xi, and Jiang Shilin to return to the mansion. Aside from Tong Xiyang, everyone dined together. When Xiqiu returned to the mansion in the afternoon, she went directly to the Grand Dowager’s room.

Upon entering, she was momentarily stunned, seeing Madam Hu chatting with the Grand Dowager inside, and beside her sat a pretty girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a willow green plain overcoat, with simple hairpins in her hair, slender with very fair skin, delicate features, and eyes like misty water, looking timidly at others, a pitiful yet endearing demeanor. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Seeing Xiqiu enter, the Grand Dowager paused her gaze, smiled and beckoned Xiqiu over, "You’ve returned." Pointing at the stool in front, she said, "I’m sure your concubine is delighted!"

Xiqiu smiled and nodded, replied, "Yes! My concubine is delighted." She paused and added, "Thank you for the gift, mother, the Seventh Brother loved it and plans to come to the mansion in some days to thank you."

The Grand Dowager smiled too, noticeably pleased, "We are family, I’m also happy that Seventh Master ranked!"

Xiqiu nodded in agreement, "Indeed!"

Once Xiqiu sat down, the Grand Dowager introduced to Xiqiu the other two in the room, "This is Madam Hu whom you’ve met, and this is Second Miss Hu, who insisted on coming to thank you despite still recovering from illness!" Then she addressed Second Miss Hu, "This is the Fourth Madam."

Xiqiu nodded to Madam Hu, while Hu Suqing stood up gracefully like a willow in the wind and bowed to Xiqiu. She glanced at Xiqiu, noticing her dressed in a goose-yellow double-gold slant-collared overcoat, draped in a thin white fox scarf, fair-skinned with large lively eyes, looking very young, but her posture exuding noble grace!