The Grand Secretary's Pampered Wife

Chapter 653.1: JiaoJiao Makes a Move

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Gu Jiao woke up in the middle of the night, and the dream faded away again. However, this time she remembered more things than last time. Besides Lord Duke, there were also over ten graves with unmarked tombstones.

Gu Jiao was quite puzzled.

The appearance of these graves was strange, and the appearance of Lord Duke was also unusual. She had just seen him during the day, and then she dreamed of him at night.

Surely she wouldn't have started thinking about someone just because they were good-looking, would she?

Gu Jiao scratched her eyebrow, "Does this mean…I'm giving my husband a green hat?"

……

At the Duke Estate, lights were blazing as servants bustled about in a flurry of activity.

Second Madame was busy inside and out, sweating profusely.

"Is the medicine Young Miss Mu asked for all prepared?"

"Is the porridge for Second Master being cooked?"

"Give me the joss paper, I'll burn it myself!"

Lord Duke was ill, with a high fever that wouldn't subside. The entire Duke Estate was in chaos. Even though Mu Ruxin was treating Lord Duke, Second Madame still secretly burned some joss paper to the ancestors, praying for her elder brother-in-law's safety.

Second Master Jing stood like a frightened quail at his elder brother's door, unsure whether to go in or leave.

To be honest, it was his fault that his elder brother fell ill.

On their way back to the estate, they encountered a parade of courtesans, and he…got distracted and watched for too long, delaying their return and eventually getting caught in a heavy downpour.

The carriage was soaked through, and both he and his elder brother were drenched.

His body, conditioned by martial arts, could endure it, but his elder brother wasn't so lucky.

When Second Madame returned from burning the joss paper, she glared at her husband, "It's all your fault!"

Second Master Jing admitted sheepishly, "Yes, it's my fault. It really is."

He really hadn't expected it to rain. If he had known, not to mention a parade of courtesans, he wouldn't even bother to watch a courtesan taking a bath!

Second Madame was angry with him, but she couldn't help feeling sorry for him too. She said resentfully, "The porridge is ready, go eat some and then come back."

Second Master Jing sighed, "I can't eat. I'll stay here. I'll leave once elder brother is better."

Second Madame replied, "Staying here won't help. You can't do anything to assist Young Miss Mu either."

Second Master Jing thought for a moment and said, "Then... I'll go pray to the ancestors."

He turned and left.

Second Madame looked at his back and shook her head helplessly.

Inside the room, Mu Ruxin was treating Lord Duke.

She didn't like having outsiders present while she treated patients, so aside from her, the only other person in the room was her personal servant girl from the State of Chen.

The servant girl had some knowledge of medicine and usually helped her, acting as her assistant.

"Three-edged needle." Mu Ruxin extended her hand to the servant girl while sitting by the bed.

The servant girl handed her a brand-new three-edged needle.

Lord Duke's fever wasn't subsiding, so Mu Ruxin used the three-edged needle to prick the Dazhui acupuncture point on Lord Duke, letting out a few drops of blood.

Afterward, she treated the wound and turned Lord Duke to lie flat on his back.

"Go check on the medicine."

"I just checked, they said it would be ready soon."

Mu Ruxin didn't say anything further.

Being woken up in the middle of the night was exhausting.

Just as she was about to ask her servant girl to pour her a cup of strong tea to wake herself up, she heard a faint sound.

She frowned and looked at the unconscious Lord Duke, who seemed to be talking in his sleep.

She bent down to carefully listen to what Lord Duke was saying.

"Young miss, is Lord Duke speaking?"

Shh."

Mu Ruxin gestured for silence.

After listening for a while, she straightened up and told the servant girl, "He seems to be calling a name, Yinyin."

Mu Ruxin hesitated for a moment, then took Lord Duke’s pulse again and felt his palm's temperature.

As soon as she placed her fingers there, Lord Duke reflexively grabbed her hand.

"Young miss!" The servant girl was shocked.

Lord Duke called out the name, "Yinyin... Yinyin..."

"The medicine is ready..." Second Madame personally carried the medicine over. As she pushed the door open and entered the room, she saw her elder brother-in-law holding Mu Ruxin's hand, and she paused.

"Second Madame." Mu Ruxin greeted her calmly and then pulled her hand away.

Actually, to be more precise, it was more like Lord Duke voluntarily released her hand.

He seemed to realize he had grabbed the wrong person.

But these subtle movements were not noticeable to Second Madame.

Second Madame stood stunned for a while before stepping forward with the bowl of medicine, "How is Lord Duke's condition?"

“I’ve given him acupuncture. We’ll need to wait and see.” Mu Ruxin replied.

“Oh.” Second Madame pursed her lips, her gaze involuntarily shifting to Lord Duke's hand.

Mu Ruxin explained, "I was just taking Lord Duke's pulse."

The servant girl quickly added, "It was Lord Duke who grabbed my lady's hand! Lord Duke kept holding my lady's hand and calling... Yinyin! Who is Yinyin? He must have mistaken my lady for someone else..."

“Silence!” Mu Ruxin snapped.

The servant girl fell silent.

Second Madame looked at Lord Duke, then at Mu Ruxin, incredulous, “Did Lord Duke really… call you Yinyin?”

Mu Ruxin frowned and nodded.

From her perspective, that was indeed the case. There was only her and the servant girl in the room, and Lord Duke had only grabbed her while calling Yinyin.

“I’ll leave the medicine here. I need to step out for a moment.”

With that, Second Madame lifted her skirt and quickly went to the small ancestral hall of the Duke Estate.

Second Master Jing was kneeling on the ground, devoutly kowtowing to the ancestors.

"Stop kowtowing! I need to talk to you!" Second Madame pulled Second Master Jing out.

“What’s going on?” Second Master Jing looked at her, bewildered.

Second Madame's eyes sparkled as she said, "Elder brother spoke."

Second Master Jing remained calm, "Didn't I tell you before that elder brother would call for Yinyin?"

Second Madame said, "It's not that. Just now, elder brother grabbed Young Miss Mu's hand and called her Yinyin. He mistook Young Miss Mu for Yinyin!"

Second Master Jing waved his hand, “That’s impossible. Yinyin has been gone for so many years.”

“I know Yinyin is gone, but didn’t elder brother hurt his head?” Second Madame pointed to her own head, “Maybe he simply doesn’t remember.”

Second Master Jing shook his head decisively, “No, elder brother wouldn’t forget.”

Second Madame said, "Alright, alright, let's assume he remembers. Let me ask you, wasn't it after Young Miss Mu came to our estate that elder brother started to get better? And wasn't it after Young Miss Mu saw elder brother that night that he called for Yinyin?"

Second Master Jing thought back carefully. "It does... seem that way."

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