The warm cabinet of Ning Yuanjue was brightly lit. Xun Qingran was on the kang, and Platycodon was sitting on the edge of the kang. The other girls moved their little mats to sit on the ground, chatting while doing needlework.

"The Fourth Master has been out for some time, and I don't know when I will be back."

"Didn't you say that if you can come back before the New Year, it should be soon."

Xun Qingran pursed her lips slightly. It must be that Qi You had been away for a long time. These girls measured her feelings and deliberately said this to make her happy.

Xun Qingran took out her pocket watch. It was already the hour of Hai, so she was the first to put down her work.

"It's too late, let's go back and rest." Xun Qingran said.

Platycodon Malt and Xun Qingran went to bed and went back to their rooms to rest.

Xun Qingran felt that she hadn't been sleeping for a long time, and then she heard a light knock on the door outside. Then Platycodon came in from outside with a candlestick.

Xun Qingran stood up from the bed and asked what was going on.

"Go back to grandma, Grandma San's courtyard sent someone over and said Grandma San was a little uncomfortable, so she asked grandma for some snake gall Chuanbei Pills." Kikyo replied.

Xun Qingran got up from the bed with her clothes.

"Who was sent? Let her come in and talk." Xun Qingran ordered.

"It's Madam Cai."

Kikyo agreed to retreat.

Xun Qingran wore a skirt and came to the outside compartment.

Madam Cai was already waiting there. When she saw Xun Qingran, she hurriedly came forward to salute.

"Please treat my grandmother to the fourth grandmother. After a while, the third grandmother's throat was not very comfortable. Thinking of the fourth grandmother's busy affairs, he didn't dare to disturb her. He thought that he would endure it. Who knew that at night, the cough became even worse. He tossed and turned but couldn't sleep. The third master had to move to the study outside to sleep. The fourth grandmother really couldn't stand it, so he asked the servants to eat the new snake galls and Sichuan beans that he had the day before yesterday. Knowing that the fourth grandmother had it, he asked the servants to ask for some." Madam Cai said to Xun Qingran with a smile.

Xun Qingran sat on the kang. Because she was sleeping well, she suddenly got up and couldn't open her eyes. However, she still forced herself to indulge in her heart and asked Madam Cai: "What's going on? Do you want to invite the imperial physician to come and have a look?"

"Grandma San said, don't bother to hire an imperial physician. I think it's because I've been tired after taking care of Brother Mao these two days, so I feel a little cold."

Xun Qingran nodded and ordered Platycodon to get a bottle of Snake Dan Chuanbei Pills.

Madam Cai reached out to pick her up.

Xun Qingran exclaimed and asked the girls who were serving him, "Isn't this pill that I just gave to you to send to Grandma Three? Are you lazy and not sent it?"

Baozhu hurried forward, "Grandma, my maid has already delivered it to the third grandma."

Xun Qingran pretended to be angry and said, "Are you lying? Since you sent it, just a few days later, why did Grandma Di disappear from her? It can be seen that you are not speaking truthfully."

"I dare not lie. When I was sent, it was taken by Madam Cai." Baozhu said, glanced at Madam Cai.

Madam Cai smiled embarrassedly, "Grandma, don't blame Miss Baozhu. Grandma, the third grandma has this pill, but she can't help but take it. In the past two days, the third master, Mao Geer, the third grandma, Aunt Yan, and the girls in the house are all a little bad. Knowing that the medicine is good, they all took it."

Even if this pill is precious and can be eaten to nourish your throat, it cannot be considered as eating sugar beans.

Malt brought over a cup of hot almond tea, Xun Qingran took it, took a sip, and then ordered someone to prepare big clothes.

"Your grandma is a very easy-to-use person. She is sick and doesn't tell anyone. How can I just take medicine? I'm always worried if I don't go and see it."

Madam Cai still laughed, "Grandma works hard every day, how dare she behave?"

Xun Qingran was wearing big clothes and ordered the little girl to take lanterns in front to guide the way, and led a group of girls to Shaoyao Pavilion.

The lights were really on in the upper room of Shaoyao Pavilion. Xun Qingran walked into the yard and only then did two girls pick them up.

"How are your grandma?" Xun Qingran asked. Before she could enter the door, she heard bursts of coughing sounds coming from inside.

The little girl raised the curtain and asked Xun Qingran to enter the door. She saw Grandma Qi San coughing at the head of the bed. A little girl took a phlegm box and was serving her by the bed.

"Why did my third sister-in-law cough so much?" Xun Qingran said.

Grandma Qi San didn't seem to expect Xun Qingran to come, and asked deliberately: "Why are the fourth brother and sister coming in midnight?" She also blamed Madam Cai, "It would be fine to ask you to find a few pills wherever you go. Grandma Four is the hardest, how can you bother her?" Then she scolded the little girl who served her, "The fourth grandma is here, and you didn't say a word. You should have told me to go out to welcome her. It's so rude now. I don't know, I thought we didn't understand the rules of etiquette."

The little girl moved the embroidery dormitory, and Xun Qingran smiled and sat down beside Grandma Qi San's bed.

"You are not the one who cares about your family. This is the pill that Sansao wants." Xun Qingran asked Platycodon to send the porcelain bottle.

Grandma Qi San took the porcelain bottle, opened the stopper, and saw that there were bottles of pills inside, and smiled.

"The fourth brother and sister are so polite, just send me here. Why bother to come so late? It really makes me feel uneasy."

"I heard from Madam Cai that my sister-in-law's illness is so bad, but I can't worry about it." Xun Qingran said with concern, "Why would you better invite an imperial physician to take a look."

Grandma Qi San shook her head, "I'd rather not. I took this medicine and I will talk about it after tonight. Brother and sister-in-law, our sister-in-law room, and I said to me, I am not so spoiled. I work hard in the middle of the night. I have invited all the doctors in the entire Imperial Hospital, so I won't be said to be frivolous!"

Xun Qingran smiled and didn't answer.

Grandma Qi San has made some point. Since Grandma Qi raised her baby, she has asked doctors for medicine many times, but it is not as exaggerated as Grandma Qi San said.

"It's still my brother and sister-in-law who are in charge of the family, so I'm good at treating me. If it's..." Grandma Qi San pointed to the east, "When I was in charge of the family, I don't care about our lives or death."

Grandma Qi San said, leaning on the guide pillow with satisfaction.

Xun Qingran raised her hand and stroked her forehead, sighing in her heart.

I don’t know that Grandma Qi San’s logic is doing things. When she encounters someone who is not rude to her, she only dares to complain in her heart, but acts honestly. When she encounters someone who does not neglect her because she is a concubine’s wife, but treats her kindly, she instead works hard.

Xun Qingran couldn't help but remember a movie I watched in his previous life. A woman took two guns, pointed one at herself and the other at the man, threatening the man to let her go with her lover. The man asked the woman why she thought this could threaten him. The woman's answer was speechless. The woman said that because you are a good person. Because you are a good person, you will not be able to watch her die. Because you are a good person, you will not take revenge on her if you are a good person.

Thinking about it again, Xun Qingran gently covered the corner of her mouth with a veil and covered the yawn that was about to be revealed.

Grandma Qi San seemed a little embarrassed when she saw Xun Qingran's face full of fatigue.

"My younger brother and sister are very busy now. The whole family is all done by their brother and sister. I think I'm very tired."

"I dare not say I'm tired." Xun Qingran smiled, "I really want to find someone to help me, but my wife doesn't agree. If I expose a little bit of my voice, I will scold me for being greedy for leisure and being lazy on purpose."

Xun Qingran saw that Grandma Qi San had taken the pills and was still worried. She sat with her for a while, and her face became even more tired.

Grandma Qi San said something, but she didn't see Xun Qingran answer for a long time. It turned out that Xun Qingran was leaning against the head of the bed, with her eyes slightly closed.

"I think my brother and sister are almost asleep, so I might as well go back and rest." Grandma Qi San giggled. She stopped coughing after taking the medicine.

Xun Qingran couldn't hold on, so she smiled apologetically, stood up and said goodbye with the people.

Grandma Qi San asked Madam Cai to send it out and send it to Ningyuanju.

When Xun Qingran entered the door, he ordered someone to lock the door.

After a while, Madam Cai saw that the lights in the upper room first went out, then the lights in the east and west ear rooms also went out, and then all the lights in the lower room were turned off.

Madam Cai did not follow Ning Yuanju, nor did she go far. Ning Yuanju first went to the room and turned off the lights, and then went to the east and west ear room. Madam Cai saw that Ning Yuanju was in darkness, so she ran back along the way.

Ning Yuan lived in the room, and Xun Qingran sat in the darkness.

"What is the Fourth Grandma plans to do?" Dong'er asked softly.

Just now, Madam Cai came to find the snake gallbladder Sichuan beetle, so Xun Qingran asked someone to go to the pomegranate courtyard on the grounds of looking for medicine. She did not disturb others, but only found Dong'er.

"I will rely on Miss Dong'er later." Xun Qingran said.

I heard the clock ringing in the corner of the wall twelve times, it was midnight.

After a while, Madam Song came in quietly from outside.

"How?" Xun Qingran asked.

"As grandma told me, when grandma went to Shaoyaoju, the slave took people nearby to guard it. Sure enough, an old lady was sneaking. As soon as the hour arrived, the slave had someone catch her."

Sure enough, someone was watching the wind here, Xun Qingran nodded, and things had a greater chance of winning.

"Have you asked?" Xun Qingran asked again.

Madam Song glanced at Dong'er and replied, "If you go back to grandma, there is indeed a gambling game in Shaoyao Pavilion. I didn't ask which room I was in."

Xun Qingran nodded. Since it was a big bet, naturally, these people on the outside would not know the specific location.

"Let people look forward to her, Madam Song, you brought someone with you."

"Yes." Madam Song bowed and agreed.

Xun Qingran came out of Ningyuanju with people. Everyone carried a lantern but did not light it. Only Malt carried a glass palace lantern, shining on the road for Xun Qingran. The rest of the people walked quietly by the moonlight.

Not far away was the gate of Shaoyao Pavilion. Xun Qingran asked everyone to stop. After ordering, Madam Song took Dong'er and entered from the West Corner Gate, Tong's family and Baozhu entered from the East Corner Gate, and Xun Qingran led people to enter from the main gate. The rest of the people were guarding around Shaoyao Pavilion to prevent someone from jumping over the wall.

"If I say that, things have been done tonight, everyone has a reward. The first person to find a gambling group, the first person to catch the first person, and the person to gamble, and the person to gamble, and the person to reward them. Carefully those who accidentally leaked the news, let the thief go away, and severely punished them." Xun Qingran finally ordered.

Xun Qingran had made a wish and grabbed this big gambling nest. All the confiscated money was rewarded to everyone. Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man.

Everyone took the order and scattered.

Xun Qingran then took the people to the gate of Shaoyao Pavilion, and saw that the gate was closed and had been locked.

Xun Qingran didn't ask someone to shout, but waved his hand. An old lady stepped forward and opened the door with the key. Everyone rushed in. Only then did she realize that she was about to shout, and the woman from Ning Yuanju had already blocked her mouth and stood by her side to watch.

Xun Qingran entered the gate and looked around. The surrounding buildings were pitch black and silent. Obviously, they were not alarmed. They saw two torches lit up in the backyard.

Xun Qingran nodded, and the people following him lit the lanterns in their hands. Then Xun Qingran made his steps heavy and walked up the room.

When he arrived at Grandma Qi San's bedroom, Xun Qingran asked Mai to come forward and knock on the door, but no one responded. The woman who followed her came forward and lay on the door and listened for a while. She heard a serene voice inside, but no one answered.

"Back to grandma, there must be someone inside." said the old lady.

Someone didn't come to answer the door, and Xun Qingran thought about it.

The lights on the ear room next to him were first on. Aunt Yan came out of the ear room wearing a cotton jacket. When she looked up, she was stunned when she saw Xun Qingran. She hurriedly came forward to salute.
To be continued...