Bai Li’s Dream – Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Awakening from the Dream

Her vision blurred?

Madam of Dongyang held her breath. Then she saw Madam Xue laughing continuously.

Although the sound wasn’t loud, she was indeed laughing, and her previously expressionless face became lively.

Madam of Dongyang wanted to shout, but her throat was hoarse.

“Someone, someone.” She used all her strength to make a sound, then grabbed Madam Xue’s hand, “Sister, sister——”

The maid who had fainted beside her suddenly woke up, her face pale. It’s over, it’s over, Madam Xue finally——

“Someone, someone.” She shouted loudly.

Hearing the commotion outside, the maids all got up and rushed in. At a glance, they saw Madam of Dongyang holding Madam Xue’s hand and crying.

But Madam Xue on the bed wasn’t motionless, but slowly opened her eyes.

There was still a smile on her face, and when she saw Madam of Dongyang, her eyes were a little confused.

“Yuniang?” she asked, “Why are you here?”

The next moment, she ignored the question and laughed again, holding Madam of Dongyang’s hand.

“Yuniang, I just dreamed…”

She dreamed of chasing her mother-in-law with a knife.

The words reached her lips, but Madam Xue quickly stopped. A daughter-in-law chasing her mother-in-law with a knife was a great act of disobedience and unfilial piety, and she couldn’t say it even if it was a dream.

“I dreamed of mother.” She said.

Madam of Dongyang didn’t hear what she said at all, because her voice was hoarse and she could only make vague sounds: “That’s great, that’s great.”

Seeing this scene, the maid kneeling by the bed, Mama Xu who rushed in, and everyone else were stunned.

“The doctor is here.” Zhou Jingyun’s voice came from outside, and he rushed in quickly.

Doctor Zhang followed closely behind him.

Both of them were stunned when they stood by the bed.

Madam of Dongyang looked at Zhou Jingyun, her voice finally breaking through her throat: “Sister is awake!”

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Master Xue was sleeping in his study and was woken up by the maids who heard the commotion here. He hurriedly walked over while tying his robe.

As soon as he reached the courtyard gate, he heard chaotic shouts behind him, “Quickly call Imperial Physician Wu.” “Where’s Doctor Zhang?” “Call them all over.”

Master Xue saw Second Madam Xue, her hair unkempt, running towards him, and he was immediately annoyed.

“What are you panicking about!” he scolded angrily, “Your eldest sister-in-law is in trouble, you help manage the house, why are you more panicked than the maids!”

She was always praised by her mother for being intelligent and capable, and she always looked glamorous and eloquent when she went in and out. Why did she lose her composure when something happened?

“Imperial Physician Wu and Doctor Zhang are both waiting in the courtyard. If there’s anything, they would have gone to see her long ago. Why are you shouting outside?”

Second Madam Xue’s face was originally pale, but after being suddenly reprimanded, her face flushed red: “Brother, no, I mean, please ask Imperial Physician Wu to go and see mother.”

Mother? Master Xue was stunned for a moment, then became somewhat annoyed.

She was putting on an act of being pitiful again.

He actually knew what kind of person his mother was. Even though the women kept making a fuss, she still took good care of him, and he was happy to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

But he never thought of losing his wife because of this.

After all, they had been together for most of their lives, and he was already used to Gao’s presence. He didn’t want to bother with getting married again.

“Gao is like this, can mother please stop adding to the chaos!” Master Xue shouted, then flung his sleeves and strode into the courtyard.

Second Madam Xue looked wronged, “Brother, mother is really sick——”

Seeing that Master Xue didn’t look back, she could only stamp her feet and chase after him.

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“Awake!”

Master Xue stood in the room, looking at the room full of people, but there was no panic or weeping. Everyone’s face was filled with joy, and his wife, Gao, who was expected to die today, was sitting on the bed drinking medicine.

“Master, Madam is awake, Madam is awake.”

The maids beside her were saying joyfully.

Imperial Physician Wu’s expression was somewhat complicated, as if he was both surprised and happy.

“Now that she’s awake, we can administer the medicine more effectively.” Doctor Zhang said, “Her life is no longer in danger.”

Master Xue sat down softly, looked at Madam Xue, and let out a long sigh of relief: “That’s good, that’s good.”

Amidst the joy, a sobbing sound rang out.

“But mother is sick.” Second Madam Xue stood in the room, stamping her feet and shouting urgently, “Quickly let the doctors go and see her.”

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In the early morning at the dock, the originally busy boats all avoided the way as they watched the magnificent and tall multi-storey boat dock.

Carriages from various families were already waiting at the dock. Servants greeted the young masters, gentlemen, and ladies who disembarked from the boat, and the noisy carriages dispersed.

Fourth Young Master Xue was shaken awake from the ground. He opened his eyes and saw Shangguan Yue’s face. He didn’t know if it was Shangguan Yue’s face that was too dazzling or the morning light that was too bright, he raised his sleeve to cover his face.

“Don’t make noise, I’m sleepy.” He mumbled.

The next moment, Shangguan Yue pulled down his sleeve: “Xue Si, you’ve been hanging out here for two days, it’s time to go back.”

Fourth Young Master Xue shook his head: “I can’t go back home now, I’m hiding here for a while.”

Shangguan Yue asked: “What did you steal this time to gamble? Don’t worry, you have your grandmother.”

“It’s my grandmother who’s in trouble now.” Fourth Young Master Xue sat up and lowered his voice, “My aunt is sick, Madam of Dongyang and the Marquis’s Heir are both at my house, it’s too scary.”

Shangguan Yue said “oh”: “Madam of Dongyang and the Marquis’s Heir are both at your house? Then the Marquis’s Young…”

He originally wanted to ask if the Marquis’s Young Madam had gone, but just as he uttered a word, he saw Ruibo staring at him from the corner of his eye.

Thinking about another man’s wife again?

Shangguan Yue laughed inwardly and swallowed the words that were about to slip out.

“…Then it seems that Madam Xue is seriously ill.”

Fourth Young Master Xue nodded and whispered: “Imperial Physician Wu and Doctor Zhang both said there’s no hope.” He then raised his sleeve to cover his face again, “It’ll be these two days, I’ll hide here for a while longer to avoid getting caught up in the chaos.”

But the next moment, Shangguan Yue grabbed his sleeve and pulled him up.

“That won’t do.” He said, dragging Fourth Young Master Xue out, “Don’t bring the Marquis’s Heir to my pleasure boat, I don’t want to get into trouble again.”

Fourth Young Master Xue shouted “Aiya, aiya” as he was pushed out of the pleasure boat.

As they were pulling and tugging, a servant ran from afar, shouting “Fourth Young Master, Fourth Young Master——”

Xue Silang was startled. He recognized his servant and thought to himself, it seems that his aunt has died, and this is the messenger of death.

The servant approached, panting and waving his hands: “It’s alright, it’s alright, Madam is well again.”

Xue Silang was overjoyed: “That’s great!” He then broke free from Shangguan Yue and ran towards the cabin, “She’s alright, there’s no trouble, I can go in.”

Shangguan Yue grabbed him: “They just said there’s no cure, how can she be alright? Don’t try to fool me!”

Xue Silang couldn’t break free, so he could only kick the servant, “Quickly tell me how she got better!”

The servant hurriedly said: “I heard from the maid beside Second Madam that the Marquis’s Young Madam knows how to treat illnesses. She added a medicine to our Madam’s prescription, and she really woke up today!”

The Marquis’s Young Madam? Shangguan Yue was stunned. She actually knows how to treat illnesses?

Fourth Young Master Xue took advantage of his daze and broke free, running inside, leaving behind a sentence, “If you don’t believe me, go and see for yourself!”

Shangguan Yue didn’t stop him again. He looked in the direction of the city and smiled.

“It seems that the Marquis’s Heir has married a talented wife.” He said to Ruibo.

Ruibo looked at him: “Does Young Master really want to go and see this divine physician wife of the Marquis’s Heir?”

He didn’t emphasize the words “divine physician,” but the word “wife.”

Shangguan Yue laughed heartily: “I’m not going to see a doctor when I’m healthy, lest I be diagnosed with an illness when I’m not sick.”

As he said this, he narrowed his eyes and gestured with his chin towards the night scene on the opposite shore.

“What’s going on with those bugs?”

Ruibo frowned and looked over. He saw a few figures swaying on the dock. They looked like servants from some family, but they were also lazy and had a sly air about them.

“They are Shangguan Kejiu’s people.” He said in a low voice, “The Princess drove him out, and he hates you even more. It seems that he wants to cause trouble for you.”

Shangguan Yue fanned himself with his hand: “Then let’s add some more bad luck to him. Strip those bugs naked and hang them outside the Shangguan family’s door.”

Ruibo responded with a smile, then thought of something and said: “Also, about Bai Xun’s youngest daughter, news came from Shuofang that they haven’t found any clues yet. It seems that this girl left the Bai family a long time ago.”

Ever since Shangguan Yue said that he saw the wanted poster for the Bai family girl that Zhang Ze sent in his dream, he had people investigate her whereabouts.

Although the reason was a dream, compared to paying attention to Zhou Jingyun’s wife, paying attention to a fugitive was a more normal behavior.

“Asking around Bai Xun’s old neighbors, it seems they said that this youngest daughter was in poor health, and the Bai family rarely let her go out.” Ruibo continued, then speculated, “Zhang Ze’s vicious dogs at the Censorate haven’t been able to find any trace of her for so long, I guess she might be dead.”

Dead? Shangguan Yue touched his chin. So he also dreamed of a ghost that night?

There are quite a few ghosts in the capital recently, the courtesan Hua Xiaoxian, the notorious Empress Jiang, and the fugitive girl from the exterminated family.

It’s like attending a temple fair.

He couldn’t help but laugh.