Reborn in a Noble Family - Chapter 23
“He dares!” Nanny Gong said confidently, “Old Madam, you have nurtured that bastard. If he dares to do this to you, he will be struck by heaven and earth against the Qiao Clan!”
The matriarch didn’t care, “If he really knew how to repay me, he wouldn’t even be reluctant to send a doctor over today. I never believed in retribution. I only believed that my life was in my own hands!”
“Old Madam, this is actually a good thing.”
Old Madame Qiao looked at Mammy Gong questioningly.
Nanny Gong said, “Regardless of what the people from the Eastern Campus are thinking, Imperial Physician Wen has seen it today. This servant has made it so clear. It is unfilial of them not to let him ask for your pulse! If this news gets out, it will only be bad for the Eastern Campus, not good.”
“It’s just a pity. I originally thought that if Imperial Physician Wen could come and check my pulse, I would be able to help Fourth Fang.”
Old Madam Qiao’s abacus was very simple.
If Imperial Physician Wen came to check her pulse, then she was a patient of Imperial Physician Wen. Then, the next time Imperial Physician Wen came to revisit the dead girl, he would also revisit her. At that time, she would call the child from room four to attend to her illness. After getting familiar with her for a while, the rest of the matter would be logical.
“Old Madame, although Imperial Physician Wen followed Marquis Zhen Yuan, he is not from Duke mansion. He may not be able to speak in front of Marquis Zhen Yuan. Rather than focusing on a Imperial Physician, it would be better to focus on someone who is more useful.”
“For example?” Old Madame Qiao raised her eyebrows and asked.
Nanny Gong smiled embarrassedly. “Old Madam, what good idea can this servant give you? This servant also doesn’t want you to be angry because of the people from the Eastern Campus. It’s not worth it.”
Old Madame Qiao slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air. “I am unwilling. If I hadn’t taken a wrong move back then, I wouldn’t be in this situation now.”
‘”Old Madame, Servant knows better than anyone else what happened back then. If you didn’t do that, the one over there might have ascended the throne. Anyway, Qiao Family is yours now, and that bastard is also under your name. Doesn’t he have to listen to you? As for the ones he took over, as long as the time is ripe, it’s not up to you to say a word?”
“That’s true.” Old Madam Qiao finally calmed down after being persuaded by Nanny Gong.
“I need to recover from this illness. Remember to ask the people from the Eastern Hospital to send me some supplements.”
“Yes, Old Madame.”
After Xue Tao asked Gu Jingshu, she wanted to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival for Old Madame in the courtyard, but Old Madame didn’t want to detain the children in the rooms, so she let them go out to climb high.
For this reason, Gu Jingshu and Xue Tao began to prepare three days in advance. On the Double Ninth Festival, the people from the Qiao Family’s fourth bedroom, apart from their aunt, including Old Madam Qiao, all set off in a majestic carriage.
Every year on the Double Ninth Festival, the Qiao Clan would go to Pilltop Mountain to watch the chrysanthemums from afar.
This was a government-sponsored event. The chrysanthemums that covered the mountains and fields were specially planted by flower farmers. Before the Double Ninth Festival, they were transplanted to Pilltop Mountain. During the Double Ninth Festival, they would be open to tourists.
The servants of the Qiao Clan went up the mountain to occupy their seats last night. Otherwise, when the Qiao Clan’s masters and young masters went up the mountain, there would be no place for them to sit down to drink and chat, let alone have a place to stand.
This occupancy is also very exquisite.
Danding Mountain was usually open for half an hour on the night before the Double Ninth Festival. It was convenient for officials of Jincheng City and servants of large families to go up and occupy seats. The peak of the mountain was divided into two parts, one for ordinary people and large families, and the other for eunuchs. There was a chrysanthemum garden separated from each other, so they did not disturb each other.
Luckily, the top of Pilltop Mountain was flat, and there was such a large space, but even so, it was still impossible for him to occupy a place even if he went late.
“Qiao Qiao, Dad prepared a ski pole for you. You sit there.” Qiao Xingbang said to his daughter after getting off the carriage.
Qiao Yunxi was in poor health. Not to mention climbing high, even if he took a few more steps, he would feel suffocated and panting. Today, he was here to play, not to be punished. Qiao Xingbang and Gu Jingshu would never wronged their daughter.
Qiao Yunxi was looking around excitedly. Hearing Qiao Xingbang’s words, he said in a negotiating tone, “Father, Mother, I want to walk some distance by myself first.”
“Go by yourself?” Gu Jingshu hesitantly frowned, obviously unwilling.
Qiao Yunxi immediately turned to Qiao Xingbang for help.
“Qiao Qiao wants to walk on her own? Alright, then follow Daddy. We’ll take a slide pole after walking for a while, alright?”
“Alright.” Qiao Yunxi nodded obediently.
Gu Jingshu glared at Qiao Xingbang angrily when she saw that the father and daughter had already decided to discuss things on their own. In the end, she did not forget to tell Qiao Xingbang, “Watch Qiao Qiao. Don’t follow her temper and walk on the pole for a while.”
“Don’t worry, I know.”
Gu Jingshu’s health was also not good. She and Old Madame Qiao sat on a slide pole and went up the mountain.
Qiao Xi followed Qiao Xingbang and slowly walked up.
Pilltop Mountain was flat, and the government had built a mountain road, so it was easy to walk. There was still morning dew on the bluestone slab, and the autumn wind blew. At first, it was a little chilly. Once the activity started, it was warm all over.
Qiao Xingbang and Qiao Yunxi walked at the back of Qiao Family’s team. The two of them occasionally talked. Qiao Xingbang had been paying attention to Qiao Yunxi’s expression, and the two porters behind him were carrying a skating pole and following him not far away.
“Qiao Qiao.” At some unknown time, Qiao Jinwen walked over.
Qiao Xingbang fell behind a few steps and hung behind Qiao Xi.
Qiao Jinwen asked with concern, “Why don’t you ride the pole?”
Qiao Yunxi shook his head.
She couldn’t even breathe now, so how could she have the strength to speak?
Qiao Jinwen said worriedly, “If you can’t hold on, go up on the pole. Don’t feel embarrassed.”
Qiao Yunxi nodded his head with great difficulty. The movements under his feet were getting slower and slower, but he still persisted.
It wasn’t that she was brave, but that her body was too poorly equipped. If she didn’t exercise more, she would probably have to spend the rest of her life in bed.
She had some experience with external injuries, but she was helpless because of the illness brought about by her mother. Fortunately, it wasn’t a heart problem, so she was relieved. As for physical fitness, she just needed to slowly train.
However, although she had this thought, she did not take any action. The reason for that was because she had yet to think of a good person to set it up.
Continuing along Sister Lin’s path, her acting skills were limited. Sooner or later, she would wear gangs and change her personal settings. The difference between before and after was too great, which would arouse suspicion.
She had never been indecisive, but she was troubled by the uncertainty of the matter. However, it was necessary to train her body. Also, during this period of time, her words gradually increased. In the eyes of Qiao Xingbang and Gu Jingshu, this was a good thing.
After walking a third of the mountain road, Qiao Yunxi’s stamina couldn’t keep up. He sat on the slide pole with a red face and “walked” in front of Qiao Family’s team. When he reached the top of the mountain, Gu Jingshu had just settled Old Madam Qiao.
Ascending was also considered a rare opportunity for young ladies of wealthy families like the Qiao Clan, who were neither officials nor ordinary people, to go out.
The customs in Sichuan were simple and honest. Young ladies from wealthy families didn’t need to wear long veils when they went out. As long as there wasn’t anything unsightly between men and women, there was no need to avoid suspicions. Therefore, in the beginning, aside from Old Madam Qiao, Gu Jingshu and Qiao Xi, the rest of the women from the Qiao Family had to walk. They didn’t get on the slide pole until halfway.
The Qiao Clan occupied a very good position. They were surrounded by chrysanthemums. From afar, they could see the clouds shrouding the Immortal Realm. From a closer look, they could see the dazzling colored chrysanthemums. They were both left and right in the noisy crowd and far away from the peeking of others.
Even so, the servants of Qiao Family still surrounded the surroundings with gauze, not only did it not affect the master’s view of the scenery, but it also isolated unnecessary gazes. The appearance of several guards sitting outside the gauze, eyeing them covetously, was terrifying.
Qiao Xi held onto the chrysanthemum tea and drank two mouthfuls of it happily. She pouted her lips as she recalled the faint fragrance of the chrysanthemum.
Gu Jingshu helped Qiao Yunxi wipe the sweat off her forehead and tested her body temperature before nodding her head at ease.
Although Qiao Family was a merchant’s home, in this generation of Qiao Yunxi, all of his brothers had private schools. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen were the last to go. If they were rich, they naturally wanted to have power. Therefore, the people of the other rooms all sharpened their heads in order to get a lifespan master out. Today, when they climbed high, Second Master Qiao suggested that everyone chant poetry.
Qiao Yunxi tugged at the corner of his mouth.
This kind of graceful thing really wasn’t suitable for her.
“Qiao Qiao, shall we go for a walk?” Qiao Jinwen winked at Qiao Yunxi.
Qiao Yunxi immediately looked at Gu Jingshu.
Gu Jingshu was helpless. It was rare for Qiao Yunxi to go out. There weren’t many opportunities like this. Since she had come, she hoped that her daughter would enjoy herself. “Go, follow your third sister and fifth sister around. Don’t hang out for too long.”
Today, when I went out, I brought enough ladies and servants from Maid, as well as a few guards who knew martial arts. Gu Jingshu wasn’t worried because there were people patrolling Pill Summit Mountain.
Although there were chrysanthemums all the way to Pilltop Mountain, those were wild chrysanthemums that could be seen everywhere. The real famous products were all in the Chrysanthemum Garden.
It was a separate garden on the top of the mountain, separating the common people from the nobles, but it did not prevent the people on both sides from enjoying the chrysanthemums in the garden.
Qiao Xi did not study chrysanthemums, so she might wander around, changing the scenery in her eyes was also a pleasant thing to look at.
Pot-planted chrysanthemums, there are common, but also rare, each pot has a brand, in addition to the name of flowers, is a simple description of the characteristics of flowers.
Qiao Xi watched with interest as she followed Qiao San and Qiao Wu.
The garden was very big. The three of them were only halfway out of breath. They randomly found a place to sit down and the maidservant immediately handed over the tea.
“Can Qiao Qiao hold on? There are all kinds of animals made of chrysanthemums ahead.”
“An animal made of chrysanthemum?” Qiao Yunxi was instantly interested.
“Twelve zodiac signs made from different colors and different kinds of chrysanthemums, and other interesting paintings.”
Qiao Yunxi nodded eagerly.
After resting for a while, the group of people walked forward again.
It was a different scenery.
Previously, he had seen a single potted plant, but now, he had seen a large-scale, chrysanthemum-like scene. Apart from the twelve zodiac signs mentioned earlier, there were also scenes of other people and landscapes.