Chapter 312: Chapter 312

"I don’t know, she was chatting with Miss Sang when suddenly she started vomiting," the maid, out of breath from running, said after gasping for air.

Mrs. Chen had no choice but to say to Li Yuzhu, "Miss Li, please don’t rush back yet; take a look at our lady first."

Li Yuzhu nodded, "Alright."

On the way back, her eyes deepened in thought, pondering over the matter of Mrs. Sang’s vomiting.

Mu Yuanxiu whispered to her, "Yuzhu, I guess Mrs. Sang fell ill due to anger."

Li Yuzhu blinked at him, even Mu Yuanxiu, an outsider, could see it clearly.

"That’s right, it is like that," Li Yuzhu nodded, "But Mrs. Sang refuses to admit it."

"Sometimes, when treating a patient, you shouldn’t worry about face; speak up when necessary," Mu Yuanxiu looked at her and whispered again, "especially about matters of the heart."

Li Yuzhu looked at him, speak up when necessary?

"I’ll give it a try," she nodded.

Mrs. Sang’s health took another turn for the worse, and Mrs. Chen was very anxious, urging Li Yuzhu to hurry with every step.

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Once inside Mrs. Sang’s courtyard, Mu Yuanxiu again went to the side room to rest, and Li Yuzhu followed Mrs. Chen into Mrs. Sang’s bedroom.

Inside the bedroom, there were the voices of maids and the Sang children.

Several children were crying, yelling, and calling out, all in a chaotic mess.

The noise was overwhelming.

Just hearing it gave one a headache, let alone Mrs. Sang who had many worries?

"Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Sang needs peace during her illness; let the young ladies and young masters go outside," Li Yuzhu said.

Mrs. Chen sighed gently and went in, "Miss Sang, Young Master, please go outside for now; the lady needs to rest."

She pushed and pulled, shooing all the Sang children out the door.

"Mother, we want to see mother!"

"What’s wrong with mother?"

The children were noisily clamoring outside the door.

"The lady needs quiet, be good," Mrs. Chen coaxed the children, "Didn’t you want illustrated books? This requires Miss Li to go back and talk to Mr. Li, but if the lady’s illness doesn’t get better, Miss Li can’t return immediately, and you won’t see the illustrated books."

The children came to their senses and understood the reasoning.

"Then we’ll come to see mother in the evening," said the older Miss Sang, leading her siblings away.

Mrs. Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

A nanny approached quietly and asked Mrs. Chen, "Why did all the young ladies and young masters come? Didn’t the lady say not to let them come?"

"It’s those two..." Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth in frustration, then saw Li Yuzhu walking past and held back her words, "Go look after the lady."

"Okay." The nanny understood in her heart; it was the two concubines stirring up trouble, prompting the children to come.

They were still young children, unaware, and when they saw their mother was ill, wouldn’t they be anxiously crying?

Such crying only made the lady more anxious.

Who doesn’t wish for a quick recovery?

But how could it be possible to recover immediately?

The more anxious one becomes, the slower the recovery, and the more one is ill, the more anxious one becomes.

The nanny shook her head and sighed.

Li Yuzhu walked to the bedside to see Mrs. Sang.

On the floor in front of the bed, there were clear water stains, just cleaned.

The bedding had also been changed.

It was evident that the vomiting earlier had been quite intense, dirtying everywhere.

Mrs. Sang’s face was pale as she leaned against the headboard and forced a smile when she saw Li Yuzhu approaching, "It’s nothing serious, just a little nausea, no need for Miss Li to see me."

Li Yuzhu still walked over and took her pulse, "Mrs. Sang, I was invited by your mansion, and I haven’t left yet. Now that you’ve vomited again, if word gets out, people will say that I haven’t taken good care of you. Since I’m here, I need to ensure your well-being."

"I drank some soup, probably too hastily, and choked, that’s why I vomited, it’s nothing," Mrs. Sang said with a smile again.

Li Yuzhu slightly frowned. Even in front of a doctor, this Mrs. Sang wanted to save face?

Then what kind of illness is it?

Li Yuzhu checked her pulse and found that she indeed wasn’t seriously ill; it wasn’t food poisoning. Her face was pale and her breath slightly unstable due to having vomited earlier, but the issue wasn’t major.

Her blood pressure was a bit low, which indicated heatstroke.

She turned back and asked the maid by the bed, "What kind of soup did your madam eat?"

A maid replied, "Madam was hungry and had chicken noodle soup."

"Was it hot or cold?" Li Yuzhu asked again.

"It was hot, but was cooled down before feeding it to madam." The maid answered again.

"Your madam has some heatstroke, and she just felt dizzy and is in a bad mood. Eating such greasy and hot soup will naturally make her vomit." Li Yuzhu said, "Pour some cooled boiled water, add a little salt, but not too salty, and give it to your madam to drink."

The maid responded with a sound, turned around, and soon returned with a bowl for eating.

A half bowl of plain water, gently swaying in the bowl.

Mrs. Chen took it, using a spoon to feed Mrs. Sang.

After drinking the water, Mrs. Sang’s breath stabilized a bit.

Li Yuzhu smiled and said, "I think I’ll leave after a while. Since there’s nothing much to do back home, why not keep Mrs. Sang company and chat for a bit to relieve boredom?"

Mrs. Chen quickly and happily said, "Miss Li, that would be wonderful."

Mrs. Sang wanted to tell Li Yuzhu to go back, but Mrs. Chen had already invited her to stay, so she said nothing.

There were quite a few people in the room, so Li Yuzhu suggested everyone leave except one or two to stand by.

Mrs. Chen left a nanny and a maid, letting everyone else go out.

The nanny sat by the bed, fanning Mrs. Sang.

The maid sat in the room doing needlework.

Mrs. Chen, who had other tasks, left after giving a report to Mrs. Sang.

Li Yuzhu stayed in the room with Mrs. Sang. Remembering what Mu Yuanxiu said, she smiled and said, "Mrs. Sang, don’t worry too much. Your illness is the same as that of a lady I met before." Mrs. Sang’s illness was a heart disorder, which needed heart remedies; she planned to subtly hint at this.

Mrs. Sang looked up at her.

The maid and nanny also looked at her.

"Oh? Who?" Mrs. Sang, feeling troubled, wanted to hear a story to ease her worries.

"A lady I met in the Capital," Li Yuzhu said, "She has more children than you, with six legitimate sons and daughters. Plus three concubines and four illegitimate sons and daughters."

She made up this person’s identity.

The nanny who was fanning said, "With so many concubines and illegitimate children, it must be an official’s household."

"Not really, the family does some royal-related business, and the master travels outside often, so they took in many people, all given by others." Li Yuzhu said.

Mrs. Sang raised an eyebrow, "Do you have to accept if others send?"

It was the first time she heard of others sending concubines, and the family man accepting them. What if her own master took a few more...

Mrs. Sang began to worry.

The master just took in two vixens, constantly vexing her. If a few more came, how could she survive?

She would be angered to death!

"They were sent by superiors, it’s hard not to accept." Li Yuzhu said, "At first, the lady was very troubled too, because suddenly the house had more people. Later she found a way, and she wasn’t troubled at all, living quite comfortably."

Mrs. Sang, seeking wisdom, asked, "How did she manage the household?"

Li Yuzhu said, "How to manage the household? Simply recognize that you are the main wife. However favored a concubine is, she is still a concubine. No matter how much a master dotes on a concubine, he doesn’t dare let her bully the wife. If word gets out, there could be legal trouble."

"Once the wife asserts her authority, no concubine dares to cause trouble. Even if a concubine has children, they acknowledge the main wife, not the concubine. If a concubine doesn’t abide by the rules, the main wife can punish them; this is the wife’s right. That lady disciplined her concubines well, and no one in the house dared to break the rules."

The nanny listened and glanced at their own madam.

Mrs. Sang said, "If a wife can’t tolerate a concubine, it won’t sound good if people hear about it."

Li Yuzhu smiled and said, "A wife can’t tolerate a concubine, that’s unjustly oppressing a concubine. As long as treated properly, who would gossip? If a concubine dares slander the legitimate wife, just punish them directly, don’t hold back. That rich lady in the Capital did just that, some concubines grew arrogant from being favored, and she disciplined them harshly, making them all behave."

Mrs. Sang pursed her lips, pondering for a while, then asked, "It’s easy for adults, but what about the children, they don’t understand reasoning. With so many children in that family, don’t they cause trouble?"

Li Yuzhu laughed, "The older children can all be sent to school, while the younger ones stay by the side. Don’t spoil them, if they need punishment, punish them. If they’re not spoiled, they won’t become arrogant."

She thought of the siblings in Lu Ling Royal Mansion.

Although the Great Princess and Second Young Master had some pampered habits of noble offspring, they weren’t as troublesome as Li Lixing and the Sang family children last month, who left home when unhappy and demanded to get whatever they wanted.