“Father, it’s—it’s wonderful that you’re okay. I… I’ll go to the kitchen and personally make some chicken soup to nourish your body.”
Yun Xiang truly couldn’t stay in this room any longer.
She was afraid that if she did, the entire room would be filled with the scent of her own impropriety.
“Um… Young Lady Yun Xiang, I remember mentioning that the Marquis shouldn’t eat or drink until he passes gas.”
“Right… right.”
Yun Xiang’s mind was racing as she desperately searched for any excuse to escape the room.
Making chicken soup wasn’t the priority; the most critical thing was to find an empty room and change out of her soaked undergarments and nightgown.
“What’s ‘passing gas’?”
Marquis Wuding had a boisterous personality.
When he spoke to Shen Yu, he didn’t treat her like an outsider at all, speaking his mind directly.
“It’s farting, Marquis. This was a surgery, after all. Recovery takes 100 days, and we can’t afford to be careless with any wound.”
“I see. Then you don’t have to worry about that. I already let one rip just now,” the Marquis spoke boisterously.
The more he looked at Shen Yu, the more he liked her.
Other physicians always beat around the bush and used terms that others couldn’t understand.
Only Shen Yu spoke in a way that a crude man like him could fully grasp.
This Shen Yu was much better than those Imperial Physicians from the Imperial Academy of Medicine!
“Your constitution is indeed extraordinary, Marquis, but we still shouldn’t be careless.”
“It’s fine. The Shen Medical Clinic really came through for me this time. Xiang’er? Xiang’er?”
The Marquis called his daughter twice.
His usually clever daughter was uncharacteristically dazed, only reacting on the third call.
“Yes… yes, Father. I’m here. What are your orders?”
“Why are you so distracted? This is the first time I’ve seen you like this.”
The Marquis looked at his eldest daughter with curiosity.
From childhood to adulthood, she had always been composed.
He had never seen her like this before.
“It’s… it’s nothing. I just… have a fever. I’m not feeling very well,” Yun Xiang said as she covered her full chest, not looking up once.
Her breathing was somewhat heavy, and her heart was filled with guilt.
She didn’t dare to even glance at Shen Yu, fearing that a single look would give her away.
The suppressed panic in her heart would pour out like a bursting dam.
“Then don’t bother yourself. Let the servants handle it. Sit down and talk with Medical Officer Shen. Your father is a crude man and doesn’t know how to chat. You need to take charge of the household affairs.”
“After walking through the Guimenguan, I’ve completely realized that everything else is secondary. The ones I’m most worried about are you and your younger sister.”
“Yun Xiang? Hiss… why are you acting as bashful as an unmarried girl today? We still have an esteemed guest here!”
At that moment, Yun Xiang really didn’t know what to say.
Her father truly had a knack for bringing up the most awkward topics.
Although she had been married, her husband and his family had died young.
She was the only one left in that household.
Having remained a widow for so many years, how was she any different from an unmarried girl?
“It’s alright, Marquis. Young Lady Yun Xiang is also recovering from an illness; it’s normal for her to feel unwell.”
Shen Yu could more or less see that something was wrong with Yun Xiang, but she didn’t say anything.
“Speaking of which, since Medical Officer Shen’s medical skills are so superb, I wonder if you can treat a certain illness?”
As if remembering something, the Marquis slapped his thigh hard.
The sudden sound gave Shen Yu a shock.
She was terrified that this boisterous Marquis would rip his own wound open…
“Please stay calm, Marquis. You shouldn’t get excited right now. First, tell me, what exactly are the symptoms?”
“It’s the daughter of a colleague in the Imperial Court, who is also a dear friend. That poor child… her illness is quite strange…”