Mrs. Yuan liked silence, and only Nurse Sun was serving her in the room.
Nurse Sun smiled when she saw Yuan Qingling return. “Is the Princess here? Please come in.”
Yuan Qingling sighed in her heart. It was not easy to see a sincere smile in Lord Yuan’s Mansion.
As she walked in, she asked, “How is grandma?”
Nurse Sun stopped her with one hand and said with an embarrassed smile, “It’s okay. She ate more than half a bowl of porridge today.”
Yuan Qingling looked at her outstretched hand. Was she not allowed to enter?
“Nurse Sun, I want to go in and have a look at grandma.” Yuan Qingling said.
Nurse Sun sighed and said, “Your Highness, you’d better go back first. Mrs. Yuan is still angry. A few days ago, when I mentioned you, she immediately kept a straight face and stopped talking.”
Yuan Qingling immediately remembered that the Mrs. Yuan had opposed her plan to marry into Prince Yu’s residence. She had even propped herself up before she got married and rebuked her in pain, saying that she was foolish and vain, that she had overestimated herself, and that she was willful and reckless.
The original owner had gone back to her parents’ home to see her grandmother, but her grandmother had closed the door and refused to see her. She was extremely disappointed with her.
It was so nice to have such an understanding person in Lord Yuan’s Mansion.
The original owner was indeed confused and stupid.
She said softly, “Nurse Sun, there’s something important this time. I just came out of the imperial palace yesterday. I have something to ask grandmother.”
Hearing that she came back from the imperial palace yesterday, Nurse Sun said, “Then try to go in. If she is still angry, don’t say anything more. She can’t be angry now.”
“I know!” As Yuan Qingling spoke, she walked inside.
The light in the room was not good, and the windows were all closed. It was cold in autumn, and the wind blew through the door, making it a little cold.
When Yuan Qingling saw Mrs. Yuan lying on the bed, she was so thin that there was no flesh on her face. She was skin and bones, and her face was lifeless. There was no spirit in her eyes. Only when she saw clearly that it was Yuan Qingling did she have such a sharp light.
However, her face darkened immediately and she said in a hoarse and cold voice, “I didn’t know you were here. Please forgive me!”
Yuan Qingling’s heart ached for no reason. It seemed that the original owner really cared about her grandmother.
She whispered, “Grandmother, please calm down.”
Mrs. Yuan turned her face away with a cold face and ignored her.
Yuan Qingling walked closer and saw that her face was sallow and her eyes were sunken. She had indeed been ill for a long time.
“Grandma!” She sat down. “How are you?”
“I won’t die!” Mrs. Yuan’s voice was full of anger, but it made her look more energetic.
Yuan Qingling asked Nurse Sun, “What’s Grandmother’s symptoms?”
“She still can’t breathe. Cough, catch her breath.”
“What did the doctor say?”
“The doctor said it was a lung injury.”
“Don’t worry!” Mrs. Yuan shot a cold glance at Nurse Sun.
Yuan Qingling took out the stethoscope from her pocket and said, “This is a gift from Retired Emperor when I entered the imperial palace yesterday. He said that he could hear the hidden illness in a person’s heart.”
Mrs. Yuan’s face slowly turned when she heard the reward from the Retired Emperor. She looked at her sharply and asked, “Did Retired Emperor see you?”
“Yes, I have been taking care of me in the palace for a few days and left the imperial palace yesterday.” Yuan Qingling said with a smile.
Nurse Sun quickly said, “Your Highness, you are so thoughtful. You just left the imperial palace yesterday and came to visit grandmother early this morning.”
Mrs. Yuan’s expression grew more and more ugly. She suddenly sat up and gave Yuan Qingling a slap. She was so angry that her entire body was shaking. “What story do you want to make up? Will Retired Emperor ask you to enter the imperial palace to take care of her?”
The slap landed on Yuan Qingling’s face, but she did not have any strength. Yuan Qingling did not even feel pain.
Mrs. Yuan used all her strength to shout out those words. After which, she hurriedly panted and did not cough. The air in her chest was like boiling water that rumbled.
Her face gradually turned purple, and her lips turned pale due to lack of blood. Her body went limp and she lay down, still panting.
Yuan Qingling hurriedly turned around and took out the medicine chest. When the medicine chest was opened, there was actually a box of suction powder. She quickly opened it and put it into Mrs. Yuan’s mouth and said hurriedly, “Take it in. This is the medicine from the imperial palace. It’s very good.”
Mrs. Yuan gasped. Although she didn’t want to hear what Yuan Qingling said, she still sucked in the inhaler.
When Yuan Qingling saw that she had put in a compartment of the inhaled agent, she knew that she had succeeded. She slowly put it down and glanced at her chest. “Take your time to breathe, relax!”
Mrs. Yuan’s breath slowly became smooth, and the purple color on her face slowly faded away.
Nurse Sun said in surprise, “What kind of medicine is this? It’s so magical.”
“Retired Emperor used the same medicine in the imperial palace.” Yuan Qingling had already put the medicine on the bedside. “In the future, you let her take the medicine when Grandma gets ill.”
Mrs. Yuan gradually quieted down. Yuan Qingling took out a stethoscope and listened to her heart and lungs.
She remembered that Mrs. Yuan used to suffer from asthma, so she should have suffered from lung swelling, which caused her body to decline and she almost died when she gasped.
It was already very difficult to treat asthma. In addition, lung swelling was a chronic disease. Without a long period of recuperation, it would not be easy to get better.
Mrs. Yuan had been ill for so many years and had never tried to breathe as freely as she was now.
In the past, every time she breathed, she had to suppress the breath. She had been short of oxygen for a long time, so sometimes she was not clear-headed. Therefore, she gave the right to be in charge to Madam. Huang, the mother of Yuan Qingling. Unfortunately, Madam Huang was useless. In just a few months, the right to be in charge of the Mansion was given to Second Madam.
Mrs. Yuan and Second Grandma had always had a grudge against each other. After Second Grandma took charge of the household affairs, Mrs. Yuan simply did not care about anything and moved here to recuperate quietly.
After catching her breath, Mrs. Yuan was no longer angry. She asked with some doubts, “Is this really the medicine in the imperial palace? Did you really enter the imperial palace to take care of him?”
Yuan Qingling nodded. “Of course it’s true. Grandmother, many people know about it, and so does Father.”
Only then did grandma calm down. She looked at her and asked, “Does it hurt?”
Yuan Qingling shook her head with a smile. “Grandmother doesn’t even want to use strength.”
Mrs. Yuan snorted. “That’s because I don’t have the strength. If I still have the strength, I would have beaten you to death, so as not to embarrass you.”
Seeing the love in her eyes, Yuan Qingling felt her heart was blocked. She held her hand and said softly, “Grandmother, I was wrong. I should listen to you.”
Mrs. Yuan looked at the scars on her forehead and sighed softly. “The road is chosen by yourself. You can’t turn back. You can only bite the bullet and walk on. However, you don’t need to please anyone. You don’t need to do anything for your father. You just need to live your own life. It’s your fate to survive in the prince’s mansion. Don’t think too much about the rest.”
Yuan Qingling nodded silently.
However, Mrs. Yuan suddenly snapped, “However, you can’t blindly bow down and humiliate Lord Yuan’s Mansion. You won’t be able to save your life. If you really go too far, even if you have to risk your life, you have to resist. It may not be good to just bow your head. Do you remember?”
Yuan Qingling’s nose twitched. Mrs. Yuan was afraid that she would suffer and be humiliated. She really loved her.
“I’ll keep it in mind.”