Chapter 253 (1/2)

There was a certain feeling that something was regularly exhausting Yao shi’s body. With a little bit happening each day, it was neither too little nor too much. It was precisely within the range that could not be detected by doctors. Because it was not a large amount being extracted, Yao shi herself did not notice the abnormalities with her own body. In fact, she did not even feel a little uncomfortable.

She dared to ascertain that even if an imperial physician from the palace came, it would not be noticed at all. If it were not for her adding medicine to each meal based on Yao shi’s situation, perhaps she would not have even survived to this point.

Now that she had been given medicine for half a year, Yao shi’s body began regress, so she had wasted her time giving her medicine for half a year, as it seemed that she had regressed to her state when she was in the Northwest.

Beginning to ponder, she waved for a servant to come over: “Go to madam’s courtyard and call Qing Ling over. Tell her I have something to ask her.”

The servant complied and left. Not long later, she returned with Qing Ling.

Qing Ling saw that Feng Yu Heng was looking for her, so she knew that it was definitely related to Yao shi’s condition, thus she spoke in detail about it, starting with dressing her and giving her food. She also spoke about occasionally going out to visit Princess Wen Xuan, and then she spoke about receiving the letter from Xiao Zhou and rejoicing over second young mister being able to return for the new year.

Feng Yu Heng listened and did not hear anything out of the ordinary. She asked Qing Ling: “The medicine I have advised you to add to madam’s food, are you still adding it?”

Qing Ling nodded, “I am still adding it without missing a single meal. As young miss requested, it is being able for all three meals and at different amounts. This servant has personally watched the chef add it.” She found that Feng Yu Heng’s expression was a little off and could not help but ask: “Has something happened?”

Feng Yu Heng shook her head, “It’s fine. It’s just been too long since I have come back, so I need to ask a little bit more.” She did not want to tell Qing Ling about it, fearing that it would add to Yao shi’s burdens, so she only said: “Tomorrow morning will be the last time you use the old medicine. I will provide a new one tomorrow. There is no need for you to tell madam about the changing of medicine, so that she will not need to worry about it.”

“Yes.” Qing Ling nodded, “This servant saw that young miss’ complexion was not good and might be tired. Young miss, please rest earlier.”

“Un.” She did not say anything else and waved for Qing Ling to leave.

She trusted Qing Ling. This girl was different from Qing Shuang. She had entered the manor earlier and had been at Yao shi’s side the entire time. The way she worked left people feeling at ease.

Since there was no problem with the medicine, then there was definitely a problem somewhere else.

That night, Feng Yu Heng did not sleep much. Her mind was a mess, as she was thinking about Yao shi’s matter. She even went with Huang Quan and Ban Zou to the kitchen to investigate. But reality proved that everything was normal at Tong Sheng pavilion’s kitchen. Even the kitchen staff and Yao shi’s servants were investigated without any problems appearing.

Then what exactly was going on?

Early the next morning, Huang Quan asked while helping her wash up: “Will we continue investigating tonight? Or will be just investigate towards the Feng manor’s side?”

Feng Yu Heng shook her head, “There’s no need. Let’s not act like headless flies and act mindlessly. Since we can not find anything out, then I will just need to put in some extra effort and help rejuvenate her. Let’s watch quietly from the side. I really do want to see who it is that dares to take action within my Tong Sheng pavilion.”

A servant knocked on the door and entered, saying to Feng Yu Heng: “A message just came from the Feng manor’s side, saying that the elder madam did not sleep well last night and is currently catching up on sleep, so there is no need for young miss to go and pay respects.”

Huang Quan chuckled and said: “That’s also good. How about young miss also catches up on some sleep?”

But the servant who had come to pass along this message continued: “Young miss, please wait until later to rest. There are currently some people waiting to see you outside.”

Feng Yu Heng was startled, “Who is it?”

The servant smiled and said: “Servants from the Wen Xuan Palace, General Ping Nan’s manor, prime minister Fung’s manor and the Bai family’s manor. They have come on behalf of their young misses to deliver things to our manor. Thinking about it, they should be gifts for the new year.”

Only then did Huang Quan recall, “That’s right. It’s the end of the year. The officials are busy with sending gifts into the palace, and the madams and young misses are also busy preparing gifts. Young miss, quickly go see what they have sent.”

Feng Yu Heng was dragged by the two servants to the hall. There, they saw four large servants, and there was a crowd of servants holding gifts at the entrance.

She recognized the four servants, as they were Xuan Tian Ge’s, Fung Tian Yu’s, Ren Xi Feng’s, and Bai Fu Rong’s personal maidservants.

Yao shi had come over a little earlier to receive them, and she was happily chatting with them. Seeing that Feng Yu Heng had come, they quickly went over to greet her. Xuan Tian Ge’s personal maidservant was the first to speak, saying: “It has been a long time since we last met, county princess. Our imperial daughter is deeply worried about you. But since county princess was always at the military camp, it would not be good to go and cause a disturbance, thus we could only patiently wait for you to return to the capital.”

Fung Tian Yu’s personal maidservant also said: “Of course, our family’s eldest young miss was also talking about you. Now that we have reached the end of the year, we have specially prepared some gifts for county princess. We hope that county princess will not dislike them.”

Feng Yu Heng was still a little embarrassed, as she had forgotten about the matter of sending gifts for the new year. Now that they had brought gifts to her, she did not have any sort of return gift ready.

“My sisters really are too polite.” She said with embarrassment: “I only just returned to the capital, and I have not yet had a chance to prepare any gifts. When you return home, tell your masters that I will definitely bring gifts to them in two days.”