That night, Hai Yue fell ill.
She couldn't massage the old lady's meridians.
The old lady, who had long been used to massaging her meridians, felt uncomfortable all over.
She had sent someone over to comfort Hai Yue and had even called a doctor.
However, a doctor was not omnipotent. There were some diseases that he could not diagnose, and the patient was complaining that she was in pain. He naturally went along with the other party's words and prescribed a few doses of medicine.
In any case, the doctor had never paid much attention to treating the maidservants.
In any case, in the eyes of others, Hai Yue was really sick and could not give the old lady a massage.
The old lady, who had recovered from her insomnia, could not sleep well again that night.
The matter had indeed alarmed the Prince.
When Pei Jin'an returned to the residence, he heard that the old lady did not sleep well last night and was not in a good mental state today.
"Didn't you recover from your insomnia? How did it happen again? What did the doctor say?"
The servant boy ran to catch up with the Prince's pace while explaining that the old lady had gotten used to Hai Yue's massage.
"Hai Yue fell sick. The old lady is like this because she doesn't have a massage."
Pei Jin'an's footsteps slowed.
It had always been said that one's illness could not be separated from a doctor, but there had never been a case where one's body aches could not be separated from a masseuse.
Moreover, he had been practicing martial arts since he was young. He knew that as long as he was proficient in the meridians and acupuncture points, coupled with his physical strength, and practiced more, there would not be a situation where only one person could do massage and no one else could replace them.
The manservant saw that his master had stopped and seized the opportunity to add, "The old lady wants to call Hai Tang over now and ask her to make medicine for her."
When Pei Jin'an heard this, he furrowed his brows. All medicine had its poison, and it was not a good strategy to rely too much on medicine.
When Hai Yue, who was lying in bed, heard that someone had come to invite Hai Tang, her heart unconsciously tightened. If the merit she had worked so hard to accumulate was lost to Hai Tang, her scheme would not be worth it.
She wanted to 'struggle' to get up, but she lay back down halfway.
She had been too worried. Even if Hai Tang could cure the old lady's sleep, it couldn't cure the old lady's sore muscles and bones. Only a massage could achieve the effect of unblocking the meridians.
She only needed to hold on for two or three days, and the old lady would definitely feel unwell. By then, she would go over and continue to massage the old lady, and everyone would know her importance.
Hai Yue's plan was very good.
Thinking of this, Hai Yue's heart calmed down. 'Just go, you can't take my place.' She sneered.
Massages were good for the body and could be relied on for a long time, but medicine was different. All medicine was 30% poisonous. Even if Hai Tang wanted to use medicine to make the old lady rely on her like before, the Prince would probably not agree.
There were many people in the manor who wanted to please the old lady, and there were always some who tried to achieve their goals by using evil means.
The Prince was intelligent. Before, when he had just returned, he could not detect Hai Tang's bad intentions in time. Now that it had been a long time, he would definitely be able to see something.
She would let Hai Tang touch this bad luck and let the Prince teach her a good lesson. He would also let her clearly know what she should and shouldn't do in the future. What didn't belong to her, she couldn't take it away.
When Qu Fulan arrived at the old lady's room, she realized that Prince Pei was also there.
The man with the moonlight was an existence that couldn't be ignored.
She didn't have the mood to think too much and went forward to bow.
The old lady had not slept well last night, and she looked very haggard.
"You've always been in charge of the old lady's sleep. Take her pulse and see what's going on." Pei Jin'an said decisively.
Qu Fulan went to check the old lady's pulse and found that her pulse was chaotic and her heartbeat irregular. It was caused by a lack of rest.
Even young people who didn't rest well could cause endocrine disorders, let alone old people.
She told him the truth.
"Is there a way to solve this?" Pei Jin'an asked.
"I need to prescribe medicine for the old lady," Qu Fulan said.
Pei Jin'an's expression was a little ugly. "All medicine is partially poisonous. Is there any other way?"
His words were a little cold, and even Hua Hao and Yue Yuan's hearts trembled when they heard it.
Qu Fulan steadied her mind and lowered her eyes as she spoke.
"Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. If it were a normal situation, Big Sister Hai Yue's massage would definitely be able to solve the problem. However, the old lady has already suffered from insomnia for an entire night, which has caused her internal meridians to be in chaos. Under such circumstances, I'm afraid that even a person who is extremely proficient in meridians would not be able to help her. Therefore, the most important problem is to let the old lady have a good rest first so that her internal meridians can stabilize. After that, she can continue to rely on the massage. She doesn't need to rely on medicine for a long time."
Her words were so reasonable that even the doctor at the side nodded his head.
It was true that when a person didn't sleep well, it was inappropriate to talk about health.
Pei Jin'an's gaze on Hai Tang was no longer as cold as before.
In fact, before she came, he had already given his grandmother a massage based on his familiarity with the human body's meridians. However, it did not have any effect, so he had no choice but to call Hai Tang over.
"Since that's the case, you can prescribe medicine for the old lady."
Just like that, Qu Fulan brewed another medicine for the old lady according to the old prescription.
Hai Yue had heard the whole story from the other two maidservants. She said that the Prince had not agreed to let the old lady continue to use the medicine at the beginning. It was Hai Tang who had said that she only needed to take it once and did not need to rely on the medicine. In the future, she would continue to rely on the massage.
Hai Yue felt that she had thought too highly of Hai Tang. A truly smart person wouldn't say things too perfectly. Otherwise, in the end, it would be a slap in the face, and she would be the one to suffer.
She would wait for another two days. As long as the old lady didn't get her massage, she wouldn't be able to sleep. Hai Tang would need to constantly prescribe medicine for the old lady. The Prince would definitely be unhappy. At that time, she would see how Hai Tang would explain.
While Qu Fulan was boiling medicine for the old lady, she was also pondering over Prince Pei's attitude.
Prince Pei was usually not strict, and he would often smile when he spoke to others. Those who were not familiar with him would think that he was easy to talk to, but Qu Fulan knew that he was not as easy to get along with as he seemed.
Qu Fulan didn't want to deal with such a person, as it would easily ruin things.
Prince Pei was also a person who valued talents. If they did well, he would reward. If they did not, he would make life worse than death.
Then, there was another problem.
Such a clear distinction between reward and punishment.
Why would Prince Pei give her such an expensive earring?
What was his purpose?
Qu Fulan could not understand.
This was truly a difficult problem that had existed for thousands of years.
If she couldn't understand, she didn't think too much about it and obediently boiled the medicine for the old lady.
After taking the medicine, the old lady slept for a few hours and her mental state was much better.
However, at night, she still needed to rely on the massage to help him sleep.
This time, it was unknown who had temporarily replaced Hai Yue's position.
Just as Qu Fulan was about to sleep, someone came in from outside.
"Hai Tang, the Prince wants you to go and serve the old lady."
Qu Fulan, 'Why me again?'
Had she accidentally exposed herself and let Prince Pei see that she didn't want to be a servant girl, so he was testing her?