"Wangfei's body originally is weak, and anxious air attacked her heart, which caused a temporary lack of blood and qi therefore she fainted."
Imperial Physician Zhao took Lin Wei Xi's pulse, and stood outside the screen, slowly talking about Lin Wei Xi's illness.
It wasn't a serious illness. Imperial Physician Zhao left Lin Wei Xi with a prescription for recuperation, and it should be all right. But when he looked at Yan Wang's face, he didn't dare to take his leave, and talked to Lin Wei Xi's maid about a lot of precautions for diet and other things.
Wan Xing and Wan Yue wrote it down one by one. Until the Imperial Physician Zhao really didn't know what to say anymore, Gu Hui Yan said, "Troubling Imperial Physician Zhao to go on this trip. I will send the Imperial Physician out."
"I can't do that..." Of course, Imperial Physician Zhao refused immediately, but no one could change Gu Hui Yan's decision. In the end, Imperial Physician Zhao was sent away tremblingly by Wangye himself.
After Gu Hui Yan and the imperial doctor left, the room was silent. Gu Cheng Yao stood with his head slightly lowered, it was unknown what he was thinking.
After a while, the sound of footsteps outside the house slowly getting near, the sound of boots on the ground was regular and even. Just by the sound of the footsteps alone, one could tell what kind of person the owner was.
Gu Hui Yan stepped over the curtain to enter the house, the maid at the door bowed her head and said, "Greetings, Wangye."
Gu Cheng Yao and Gao Ran also turned around and saluted: "Father."
Gu Hui Yan walked to the top seat, and after taking his seat, he asked steadily and calmly: "Anxious air attacked heart, what did she hear and why is she so anxious?"
Both Gu Cheng Yao and Gao Ran looked down at the corners of their clothes. In such a big room, no one dared to look at Gu Hui Yan. A moment ago Gao Ran was fighting with Yun Hui, her clothes and hair were all loose by the pulling, how could she dare to leave the courtyard like that. But Lin Wei Xi had fainted. If daughter-in-law was not waiting on her mother-in-law's sick bed, when Yan Wang returned he would conclude she don't have any regulation. So Gao Ran hastily changed her clothes, only tidy up to the point that she could see other people and hurriedly followed. But unexpectedly, they still angered Yan Wang.
Gao Ran had never seen Yan Wang get so angry. This was not an anger and shouting she had seen before, but calm and oppressive, made people breathless from the sense of terror. Still waters run deep, and sometime the calmer, the more terrifying.
Gao Ran was so frightened by such imposing air that she couldn't say anything. In her previous life she lived in modern times, and later she was transmigrating into extravagance life of a grand noble family, Gao Ran though she had seen many big scenes and big people. But at this moment, she still didn't dare to breathe or even raise her head.
The people in the room were both scared and frighten. At this time, only Gu Cheng Yao could reply: "It is the private matter of this son. This son's concubine and Shizi Consort had something to say that was unclear. Request mother to go and make a judgment. Finally the conflict break out and mother admonish everyone and then fainted."
"Wife and concubine's private affairs." Gu Hui Yan said slowly, "Cultivate one's moral character, regulate the family, rule the country, and level the world, you have been married for so long, and you can't even handle the matter of taking concubine yourself? Involving her to handle it, even make her angry till she fainted?"
Gu Cheng Yao bowed his head and said nothing, Gao Ran was obviously scared, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but speak for Gu Cheng Yao: "Wangye, it's not Shizi's fault, it's that cheap maid..."
"There is nothing for you here." Gu Hui Yan's voice was light, but his tone was not tolerating, "Get out."
Gao Ran opened her mouth in astonishment. She wanted to argue, but when she looked at Yan Wang's expression she didn't dare to. She looked at Gu Hui Yan, and then at Gu Cheng Yao, with anxious expression on her face: "Shizi..."
"You go out." Gu Cheng Yao didn't turn his head, but just replied flatly. Gao Ran couldn't help but reluctantly bend her knees and withdraw.
As Gao Ran left, the maids in the room did not need to wait for Gu Hui Yan's order, all consciously retreated outside with Shizi Consort. When only the father and son were left in the house, Gu Hui Yan slowly said, "Say it, what the hell is going on?"
Gu Cheng Yao paused, found it's really hard to speak. He admired his father since he was a child, he studied books and practiced martial arts all this time was to get his father's approval. But now, how could he tell his father that his primary wife found out that his small concubine had an illicit affair with an outside man, but neither of them would admit it, and finally got into a fight?
Gu Cheng Yao was silent, but Gu Hui Yan also not in a hurry, so he waited slowly. Gu Cheng Yao thought about it, suddenly felt relieved. His father had a lot of eyes and ears in the mansion, and he must have already know these things. Asking him now was just asking him to recognize his mistake.
Now that his father already knew about these disgraceful things, Gu Cheng Yao didn't care anymore, so he said it all. However, when narrating Gao Xi's part, Gu Cheng Yao invisibly paused for a moment, and then changed his speech, deliberately omitting the past that was clearly the fuse and passing it away.
Gu Hui Yan looked calm, but the invisible air pressure in the room was getting lower and lower. Who was Gu Hui Yan? When he heard the story he immediately knew there was something fishy. Shizi Consort catch a couple in the act, and the concubine bit back by calling Shizi Consort a hypocrite. Then the two even started to fight. No wonder Lin Wei Xi was dizzy with anger.
However, for some reason Gu Hui Yan had a sense of ill feeling. He had always understood Lin Wei Xi's attitude towards Gao Ran. With such scandals, she should be very happy to watching the excitement. What was mixed in between that it actually affect Lin Wei Xi's emotions, even let anxious air attacked her heart.
Gu Hui Yan was in a hurry to come back. On the way, he only listened to Gu Mingda's general description of what happened. It seemed he still need to carefully inquire about the details.
Lin Wei Xi's matters was suspicious, but Gu Cheng Yao didn't really say it. Gu Hui Yan said: "You took the maid to the study a few days ago, and even left her in the study for the night. The study is a land of pure sages. I thought you understood it yourself, so I leave you alone. Later you wanted to take her as a concubine, I also won't bother with your private affairs. However, since it is your woman, everything that happened to them is your responsibilities. These two people dare to make so much troubles. It's not that they have bad virtues, it's because you gave them such courage."
Gu Hui Yan's voice was flat, but Gu Cheng Yao knew that his father had a high position and strict self-discipline, the angrier he was, the calmer he became. Gu Cheng Yao couldn't help but sink. This tone of his father was very rare. He must be very disappointed in him today.
"Father..." Gu Cheng Yao wanted to argue for himself, but he raised his head to see Gu Hui Yan's eyes, his lips moved, in the end he still bowed his head. "What father taught is that this matter was the fault of this son."
Since Gu Cheng Yao was a child he had always been spoiled by Bu Mama, Yun Hui, even Shen shi and the old Wangfei. He was used to taking whatever he want and doing whatever he want, and he rarely considered the feelings of people around him. This includes marrying Gao Ran and receiving Yun Hui.
However, it was precisely because of Gu Cheng Yao was self-indulgence that Gao Ran and Yun Hui's courage became bigger and bigger. Because they knew that as long as they had Shizi's favor, no matter what they did, Shizi would not punish them. His attitude was the root of everything. The dignified Shizi Consort and the concubine had a big fight in front of numerous people, and in the confusion still scratch the concubine's face till her face swelled bit by bit.
Gu Cheng Yao realized for the first time that he might be too self-righteous, he was still blaming Gao Ran and Yun Hui, but his father gave him a blow. If Gu Cheng Yao was clear about rewards and punishments, arrange things methodically, where would Gao Ran or Yun Hui have the courage to cause such ruckus?
Gu Cheng Yao was already confused, but now hearing Gu Hui Yan's words, he become more and more at a loss. He couldn't help thinking of what Yun Hui had accidentally revealed about Gao Xi. He always thought that Gao Xi could not tolerate people and refused to see her shu sister marrying well, so she collude with Grand Princess Shou Kang to graft flowers onto a tree and take the life-saving grace and the jade pendant for herself. Gu Cheng Yao had always felt that Gao Xi deliberately concealed it from him, but now Yun Hui's words gave him a shocking thunderbolt. Could it be that Gao Xi was the one who knew nothing? The person who lied to him was actually Gao Ran?
Standing in the living room of his father and young stepmother, surrounded by pile of brocades, sweet fragrant assailed the nose, everywhere revealing the presence of its mistress. But at this moment, Gu Cheng Yao felt light-headed and could hardly breathe.
Gu Hui Yan sat at the top seat, and Gu Cheng Yao stood at the hall below, the father and son faced each other quietly. In the silence, a small, rustling sound of the clothes suddenly came from behind the screen.
Gu Hui Yan and Gu Cheng Yao both returned to their senses at the same time. Without waiting for Gu Cheng Yao's reaction, Gu Hui Yan got up and went inside.
Lin Wei Xi felt embarrassed from the bottom of her heart. At the time she was so angry that the blood supply to her brain was insufficient, which made her faint. In fact, she slowly got better after a short rest. When she woke up, Yan Wang was reprimanding his son outside. Lin Wei Xi was lying on the bed, not knowing whether she should continue pretending to sleep, or cover her ears to avoid the voices.
Who knew that she hasn't finish thinking about it, and accidentally moved her sleeves. She herself felt that this was just a small movement, but who knew that Gu Hui Yan would come in immediately.
It was embarrassing. Lin Wei Xi in response could only get up on her own. When Gu Hui Yan saw this he hurriedly came to support her, as if he was treating some fragile porcelain, he placed her carefully on a soft pillow.
Right after Lin Wei Xi sat down, she didn't even bother to adjust the position of the pillow behind her waist, quickly said: "Wangye, I just wake up, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on you."
"I know." Gu Hui Yan sighed helplessly after he said this, "What are you thinking about every day?"
"Upright people do not speak secret words, this kind of things better be said in advance, to save you and me from turning over the old account in the future."
Gu Hui Yan looked at her quietly, mindful that she had just woken up, in the end still restrain himself. The Yan Wang with oppressing air and strong atmosphere from a moment ago, suddenly became tolerant and patient.
Gu Cheng Yao stood outside the screen, wondering if he should go in. The stepmother was about the same age as him. Of course it was not good for him to go to his stepmother's inner room, especially when Lin Wei Xi was still lying on the bed, in front of his father, afraid he didn't want to live anymore.
But Lin Wei Xi was awake, Gu Cheng Yao couldn't help but walked two steps forward. Just now Lin Wei Xi fainted, it was actually him who sent her back. At that time Lin Wei Xi's face was pale and she was motionless. Gu Cheng Yao was so scared. He also wanted to know how Lin Wei Xi was now.
Gu Cheng Yao stood outside the screen, separated by five fan double-sided brocade screens, only a vague shadow could be seen. His father sat opposite Lin Wei Xi, carefully and slowly tested the temperature of her forehead, holding her hand and softly comforting.
Just because Lin Wei Xi waken up, his father seems like a completely different person. The harsh coldness on his body was swept away, and his flexible self and character also returned.
Gu Cheng Yao couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, but he knew he had no reason to go behind the screen.
Lin Wei Xi was inquired about her body carefully by Gu Hui Yan. It was meticulous and cumbersome, and even Lin Wei Xi thought he made a big fuss over nothing. She glanced outside, and across the muslin screen and brocade she could only see a vague figure. Lin Wei Xi pursed her lips unconsciously, and asked, "Wangye, just now you were instructing Shizi? You already finish?"
Gu Hui Yan helped pull up the quilt for her, and responded indifferently: "Yes." He looked up at Lin Wei Xi, and after a while, he chuckled, "What do you want to say?"
Lin Wei Xi's eyes rolled slightly, and she smiled flatteringly at Gu Hui Yan: "According to reason, Wangye is educating the children then I shouldn't interrupt. But I have something to say to Shizi."
Gu Hui Yan looked at Lin Wei Xi for a while, with a calm expression: "Alright."
Lin Wei Xi's hair had already let down, and it was troublesome to ask the maid to come in and comb her hair. She put on a coat casually, used tooth comb to gather her hair neatly herself, and followed Gu Hui Yan outside.
Lin Wei Xi specifically came to Gu Cheng Yao, she was actually had a purpose.
Today, Yun Hui's affair reminded Lin Wei Xi of an old thing.
Before Han shi became the Duke Yingguo Shizi's, the father in her previous life, beloved woman, there was another favored yiniang in the inner house but she seemed to pass away silently. Lin Wei Xi, as a young lady, of course would not have any contact with her father's concubine. It was a long time later as she was getting older and began to discuss marriage, when she accidentally heard from the old servant women's chattering that the favored concubine seemed to be caught having an affair, and she was punish by Shizi.
If it weren't for Yun Hui, Lin Wei Xi wouldn't have remember it. But once she noticed, she found that the two things looked unrelated, but they were similar.
Lin Wei Xi called, Wan Yue came in from the outside carrying a plate, put the things on the small square table, saluted to everyone, and quietly stepped back.
Lin Wei Xi took two pink porcelain cups from one side, picked up the wine pot on the plate, and poured tea in front of Gu Hui Yan and Gu Cheng Yao. "Shizi, Yun Hui and Shizi Consort are all your women. I as an outsider shouldn't get involve with your room's matters. But a woman's reputation is a matter of life and death. I think it's better to make it clear when this kind of thing happens. Hope Shizi don't think I'm nosy."
After Lin Wei Xi finished speaking, she put down the wine pot while holding her wide sleeves and let it out for Gu Hui Yan and Gu Cheng Yao to see.
The tea that was poured from the same pot turned out to be two colors.
Lin Wei Xi ignored Gu Cheng Yao's face and continued: "This kind of pot is called Yin Yang pot, it looks normal, but as long as the small hole at the handle of the pot is blocked, the wine in the hidden pot will be poured out." Lin Wei Xi picked up the wine pot, and pointed it out to Gu Cheng Yao the tiny invisible hole under the handle. This air hole existed at such a place, then the person who poured the wine by holding the handle of the pot only needs to move their little finger lightly to change the wine unknowingly into the cup.
Lin Wei Xi poured both cups of tea into the flowerpot at the side, calling the maid to come in and throw away the tea set. After the things were removed, Lin Wei Xi covered her lips and coughed, and said to Gu Cheng Yao: "This Yin Yang pot should have been thrown away. I asked the maid to get it back secretly. I will only say this. Return the wine pot to the original owner. What Shizi plan to do with it, I won't get involved anymore."
After Lin Wei Xi finished speaking, she returned to the inner room, and in a blink of an eye, only Gu Cheng Yao was left. He stared at the delicate wine pot in front of him, and suddenly felt into a huge trance.
Are the people around him, the things that he thought, all true?