Chapter 116 Childe, you became enamored of her
He Danggui commanded Ning Yuan and the fake Feng Yang to jump out of the tearoom from the window. They were unwilling but did as she asked.
Seeing Ning Yuan staring at her, He Danggui chuckled and apologized, “Oh, sorry. You have already known too many scandals about Luo’s Family, so you can’t see my dignified Grandma, the master of Luo’s Family, scratching her body and being embarrassed.”
The fake Feng Yang jeered, “Why do you still describe it to us since you don’t want us to see it?” Ning Yuan turned to him and gave him a glance. Then he instantly shrank his neck and stood aside.
He Danggui smiled and looked up at Ning Yuan, praising, “Childe Ning, I don’t expect that you are acquainted with Taoist Sage, which is really enviable. Actually, I know that Taoist Sage comes to Yangzhou City from the informers of Qiyanggong Sect. But it’s a pity that I have no chance to see him. Since we both are admirers of him, let’s disregard previous enmity, and help each other to make progress together when you are in Luo’s Mansion. What do you think?”
“OK. Girl, you don’t have to be so vigilant. Actually, I…”
Ning Yuan didn’t finish his words, but the fake Feng Yang suddenly flung himself on Ning Yuan and then blindfolded Ning Yuan with his waistband. When he saw a look of surprise from He Danggui, he smiled embarrassedly, “There was a bee right there! It stung his eyes just now! Ha-ha! Miss He, as for the cooperation, it is a deal. Go ahead with your business. We know the way back. Bye!”
He Danggui nodded and exhorted them, “If my Grandma asks what you have seen today, you should tell her that you don’t remember anything. I believe she will feel much better, so I can report on her mission. I will go first. Take your time.” Then she left. The two handsome guys half lay on the ground and embraced intimately.
“What happened?” Ning Yuan took the waistband away, sitting up and brushing the dirt off his robe, then looking back at the fake Feng Yang.
“Childe, you became enamored of her again.” The fake Feng Yang pointed at Ning Yuan’s eyes, “Childe, your eyes turned brown. Do you really have a crush on that girl? Come on, Childe! I don’t think she is what she looks like. She is more sophisticated than a 50-year-old man. We’d better not get in trouble. How about say goodbye to Madam Luo after Feng Yan and Feng Yu get back? We find another place to heal your injury!”
Ning Yuan sat cross-legged in a cloister, picking up a pink fallen flower on his left. He sighed, “Flowers are blooming in luxuriant peach trees. I don’t know why I feel that I knew her in my previous life. Though I know it is right to leave, I… I can’t convince myself. I am so eager to know her secrets, and to know everything about her.”
“How absurd! She is murdering her husband! How could my intelligent and lovely Qian marry such a vicious woman! She is the legitimate daughter of Dong’s Family, but she should do this!” Madam Luo was so angry that she spoke a complete sentence, and then she went on yawning, sneezing, and burping.
Dr. Wu sighed, “First Younger Mistress doesn’t know the pharmacology and listen to me. What Mammy just said is reasonable. There is no reason for her to harm her own son. I guess that she must mistake the knockout drops as tranquillizers. Madam Luo, First Master was healthy before but now looks weak. What will happen to the weak Young Master if he takes that knockout drops?!”
“Stupid! Hic! Stupid!” Madam Luo banged on the bed and shook her head again and again, “My first daughter-in-law told me that Lan, her second sister’s daughter, is educated and reasonable, hic… gentle and virtuous, and no one could compete with her. She said that no one can be more suitable than Lan to be Qian’s wife. I did know her intention, achoo! She let Qian marry her niece because she wanted to control Qian! I showed favor to her for she had no son, hic… and had raised Qian for a few years. I thought it was good to make the First Branch more harmonious, so I promised it. Ho-hum… I had never thought that I let Qian marry such a stupid woman! Now, she is scourging all of the people in the First Branch!”
“Oh, Madam! Please take a breath, and take a good care of yourself!” Mammy Tang rubbed her hands and persuaded, “First Younger Mistress had given birth to Wei, hic… Zhu and Yan, and her contribution could not be ignored. Even if she made a big mistake because she didn’t know the pharmacology, achoo… we can teach her later and let her correct her mistakes!”
“Mammy Tang has got a point.” He Danggui was smiling happily and coming far away from the main hall. She agreed and added, “Since Elder Cousin has married his wife, he not only had three children, but also had a huge achievement in his studies. I heard that he is studying in an advanced place — the Chengxu Academy, which makes me admire so much! Grandma, in my opinion, though my Elder Sister-in-law made a small mistake, she brought up three children, so she was a great contributor in our Luo’s Family… Ha-ha! She looks slim but does well in giving birth to babies. Elder Cousin is really lucky. Maybe he has no son now if he married a daughter of another family.”
However, hearing their words, Madam Luo became crazier. She roared strictly, “Stop! Don’t plead for her anymore! Ho-hum… Every woman can give birth to children. Well, just because she gave birth to sons, can she feed knockout drops to her husband and son? Hic! Can she teach her son to keep rats? Hic! Can she go to San Qing Tang to give orders? I am still alive, but she has already coveted San Qing Tang. She was much inferior to Mei of the Second Branch. She can’t manage servants, can’t understand the account books, and knows nothing about the pharmacology. Achoo! She should want to take over the power!” Madam Luo was so angry that she went sprawling on the couch unintentionally for her hands were tied.
Mammy Tang went forward to lift her up immediately, and said with sadness, “First Master didn’t marry a good wife. Hic! It is their business. You are more than 50 years old. It is not worth getting mad… ho-hum… because of them.”
He Danggui also went forward to help Madam Luo, and said, “Yes, Grandma, you should take care of yourself! Something bad had happened in recent days, but when everything is fine, this unhappy feeling will disappear. My Elder Cousin is in good condition now. He is good in both brainly and brawny activities. He is much better than my First Uncle!”
Madam Luo gnashed her teeth after hearing He Danggui’s words. She said, “Achoo! Nonsense! If he didn’t marry such a stupid and narrow-minded woman, he wouldn’t follow the same disastrous road as his father. He couldn’t even pass the examination for Xiucai. Hic! There are scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants in the society. He can only be a merchant now, being in the lowest social class! Thinking about it now, I guess that you First Uncle was uncomfortable at home after he married Zhao Qi who was stupid, so he had no official rank. Hic! I didn’t expect that Qian also married a woman from Zhao Qi’s family. That woman brought the whole family into a tempest! Ho-hum… Yi, untie my hands quickly. I am so itchy!”
Mammy Tang stopped and said, “No! Don’t do that! Achoo!” Seeing that He Danggui was going to untie that towel, Mammy Tang went forward to bundle her, “Madam Luo can’t stand the itch. She will scratch her face seriously!”
He Danggui untied the towel and smiled, “I had suffered from the itch by this itching powder more than twenty times in six months, so I couldn’t see someone suffering from it too, especially my dear Grandma. Mammy, you don’t let her scratch, but she can clap!”
“More than twenty times?!” Madam Luo, Mammy Tang, and Dr. Wu were all shocked and shouted.
“Yep! My Fourth Sister played with me every five or six days, so I had suffered from it for more than twenty times in half a year.” He Danggui blinked and continued, “To relieve itching, I had invented several postures which were more effective than the detoxification soup or gram soup, but…” Seeing the eager expression of Madam Luo and Mammy Tang, He Danggui frowned tightly and shook her head, “Those postures are not nice. They are unsuitable for your identity…”
“Don’t consider the identity now, achoo! What kind of postures? Hurry up! I want to learn!” Madam Luo slapped her forehead and cheeks heavily as He Danggui said and asked eagerly.
“Well, Dr. Wu, do you want to learn too?” He Danggui turned to look at Dr. Wu who was curious.
Dr. Wu touched his mustache and said, “Doctors should be knowledgeable and shouldn’t feel ashamed to learn from others. Ha-ha! After I learn it, when I treat those…”
“Hic! Please teach us, Third Miss!” Mammy Tang interrupted Dr. Wu impatiently. She just let him see if he wanted.
He Danggui stoop down deftly, lowered her head and said shyly, “I haven’t done it for a long time, so I’m a little bit uncomfortable. I named it ‘Qing Liang Si Duan Jin’. Please follow me, Grandma.”
Carrying a small stove and a pot of medicated soup, Feng Jiugu came in the side room. She was so shocked that almost threw her belongings out. What was it? What kind of powders did they get? Madness Powder or Insane Powder?
He Danggui came forward to take over the stove kindly, and carried it to the corner of the room. Then she took off the iron hook hanging on the stove, and prodded at the sliver charcoal in the stove. She looked up and said, “Jiugu, they felt that the ‘Qing Liang Si Duan Jin’ worked. Now they don’t feel too itchy, but they still burp, sneeze and yawn. Do you have any good way to help them?”
Feng Jiugu came to her sense and asked, “Why did Dr. Wu get infected too? Did Fourth Miss throw powders again to infect others?”
He Danggui waved her hands and explained, “Dr. Wu said that in the past, Shen Nong tasted all kinds of herbs, and now Wu Yide tests the itching powder by himself! Therefore, he touched that poisonous silk handkerchief.” Then pointing to the brocade box used to isolate the poisonous silk handkerchief, she chuckled, “Don’t worry, Jiugu. They highly praise my ‘Qing Liang Si Duan Jin’, and say that it is useful. They still complain to me for not teaching them earlier! And you don’t need to worry about their tears. They shed tears just because they yawn constantly. In fact, they are grinning!”
Feng Jiugu looked at the three people, and found that Madam Luo was hopping around like a toad, Mammy Tang was bumping like a hornet, and Dr. Wu was flapping in a quilt like a butterfly. However, everyone was smiling with tears.
“Hic! Jiugu, Yi taught us ‘Qing Liang Si Duan Jin’ which is very useful. Hic! Do you find the method to stop burping?” Madam Luo jumped on the ground and said breathlessly, “Now I can bear yawns and sneezes, but my chest hurts because of burps. If it continues… hic… I can’t stand it anymore!”
Feng Jiugu looked at He Danggui in surprise, and asked, “What is ‘Qing Liang Si Duan Jin’? Did you teach them, Third Miss? Where did you learn it?”
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