Chapter 63 (1/2)

Imperial concubine Yun was not by the Emperor, but if the Emperor did not have her in his heart, how could he dote on the child she bore him to this degree.

“Forget it!” He waved his hand as though he were trying to swat away all the endless troubles, “If that vile woman can escape the palace alive, then she will be sent to Bright Moon nunnery outside the city.”

Feng Chen Yu closed her eyes in despair. The sound of a glorious fall sounded in her mind.

Was the Feng family going to give up on her?

Inside Tong Sheng pavilion, Feng Yu Heng arranged for Qing Yu to audit the accounts together with eunuch Zhang then sent the two along to Wonderful Treasure House. The current shopkeeper definitely could not be used any longer, and the things in the shop had been swapped out by Chen shi, so there wasn’t anything of much value remaining. She decided to simply close up Wonderful Treasure House like she had Hundred Herb Hall for a few days, while she properly took care of cleaning up the shop.

As for herself, she left the manor with Huang Quan. Her destination was a village in the suburbs of the capital.

Earlier she had promised the old man who had purchased fake ginseng that she would go pay a visit. The things that were said had to be fulfilled.

The address had been taken down by Huang Quan. When they arrived, they just happened to witness a family’s daughter getting married. A small donkey carried a girl wearing a red bridal veil, with a granny who took care of the bride at her side. The bride herself carried a cloth bundle on her shoulders, likely containing some clothes for her to wear. Desolate and cold, there was not an atmosphere of celebration. There were some villagers that went along and sent her to the entrance to the village, but they also simply shook their heads sighing.

Feng Yu Heng had her horse-drawn carriage pull over to allow the donkey to pass. The surrounding villagers dialogue drifted over: “Such a good young girl is going to marry an idiot. What a pity.”

“Old Chen’s family has no choice. Jiao’er’s mother is sick to such a degree that the family owes a great deal of debt. If she didn’t go marry that idiot, where would the money come from for her mother to see a doctor.”

“Wasn’t the ginseng brought to save her life? Why was there no improvement?”

“Ginseng was merely to keep her alive. The prescription wasn’t just ginseng. Unable to afford the other medicines and without money to invite a doctor, I think that Jiao’s mother is on her last breath with the ginseng running out.”

Feng Yu Heng figured that old Chen’s family was the one she was looking for, so she had the driver continue onward.

As the carriage entered the village, it took numerous turns before finally stopping in a remote corner.

Huang Quan helped Feng Yu Heng off the carriage and saw that the so-called family home was just a thatched tent. There were very noticeable holes on all sides. A cloth curtain hung in the entrance in the place of a door.

This scene could not help but make her remember Xi Ping village where the body’s original owner had lived for three years. She could not help but heave a sigh.

Huang Quan took the lead and entered through the curtain. Inside the small space was an elderly couple, one sitting and one lying down. The one sitting was the old man who had come to Hundred Herb Hall.

The old man, seeing that people had come, was stunned at first. Then noticing that it was Feng Yu Heng, instantly became so surprised he did not know what to say.

The elderly woman’s illness was not light. Even after struggling for a long time, she could not sit up, but she continued to ask: “Is it Jiao’er that has returned?”

Old man Chen wrinkled his nose and turned around to wipe his face. Only then did he face Feng Yu Heng and say: “Young miss, why have you come.”

“Previously, I have promised to personally come take a look at aunty. I never go back on my word.” She lightly laughed and walked over to the bed of grass, sitting next to the elderly woman: “Aunty, place your hand here and let me take a look.”

Old man Chen saw Feng Yu Heng sit on the dirty grass bed in her clean dress, making him feel embarrassed and touched. He never placed any hope in Feng Yu Heng personally coming. She had already given him free ginseng, which he saw as an enormous favor. How could such a young miss come to their inferior residence.

But Feng Yu Heng really came.

He quickly said to his old partner: “This is the great and generous person that gave us the ginseng! She is the owner of Hundred Herb Hall in the capital!”

The elderly woman, hearing this, wanted to get up and kowtow to the generous person, but was stopped by Feng Yu Heng, “Aunty, treating your illness is most important.”

She checked her pulse seriously. This elderly woman’s illness was roughly what she had expected. Falling ill from overwork in addition to old age allowed for all age-related illnesses to appear. For the modern times, this illness would not be considered severe, but in this sort of era where medical knowledge was not well understood, this was a life-threatening sickness.

“Aunty, I will ask you, do you normally feel a twisting pain in the pit of your stomach, feel tired or have a hard time breathing?” She put down the elderly lady’s wrist and began asking for symptoms.

The elderly lady was very surprised that such a young girl was able to consult as a doctor. Furthermore, she was able to list her symptoms correctly. She could not help but nod, “The great person is completely right.”

“Un.” Feng Yu Heng continued to ask: “The twisting pain, did it start at the pit of your stomach and slowly progress up to your shoulder, wrist and even your fingers? Also, the pain is becoming more and more severe as well as the duration the pain lingers?”

“How did you know?” The elderly woman was completely captured by Feng Yu Heng, “The doctors that have come before could not even say it as clearly as this great person has.”

Old man Chen, hearing these words, quickly said: “The owner of Hundred Herb Hall is naturally an impressive person!”

Feng Yu Heng smiled but did not explain. She understood that this old lady had heart disease, but in this era where medical supplies were lacking, relying solely on medications would not allow her to survive much longer. Moreover, this Chen family’s circumstances, no matter how she looked at it, it was not a place that would allow a sick person to recover.