Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 557 Mrs. Gu Fainted

Gu Qianning was speechless: "Are you going to find an ugly one for my second brother? My second brother is handsome and elegant, is it appropriate for you to find him an ugly one? Are they a good match? Aren't you afraid that you will give birth to an ugly grandson or granddaughter who doesn't look like my second brother in the future?"

"I didn't say I'd find an ugly one for your second brother. I just said there's no need to find one so beautiful."

Gu Qianning looked at her resentfully: "Why doesn't mother hope for the best for second brother? Someone with a high social status won't do, and someone who is too beautiful won't do. Does second brother deserve to find someone who is not good at anything? How can you be a mother like this? People who don't know would think you are a stepmother!"

Madam Gu couldn't help but pat her on the back: "Nonsense again. When I was choosing for your eldest brother, I didn't choose someone with outstanding looks. I chose someone with good character and family background."

"But you don't want my second brother to choose someone with a good family background, so naturally I can only make it up to him in other ways."

Madam Gu hesitated for a moment and nodded: "That does make sense, but there's no rush, let's wait and see."

Gu Qianning deliberately provoked her: "Oh, you are not anxious yet. If you are not anxious, the Ning Wang Mansion will be anxious. If Ning Wangfei snatches the person away later, you should not slap your thigh in regret."

Upon hearing that Princess Ning might snatch someone away, Madam Gu did feel a little anxious: "Then you go and meet her by chance. I'll go to the Zen room in the backyard first, and you can invite her to our yard to eat some vegetarian food."

Gu Qianning almost laughed out loud: "Okay, I'll go right away!"

Madam Gu watched her walk away happily, with a trace of suspicion on her face: "Madame Chang, do you think An Ning seems a little too happy? If you don't know, you would think she is acquainted with Miss Shen Er!"

Matron Chang smiled and said, "The eldest lady is simple-minded. Perhaps she has already regarded Second Miss Shen as her future sister-in-law, so she feels close to her. Not to mention the eldest lady, even this old servant feels that Second Miss Shen is kind and approachable."

Mrs. Gu shook her head: "It's hard to say, I always feel like something is wrong."

"Madam, do you think Miss Shen's behavior just now was fake?"

"No, it's not this that's wrong, I mean, the whole thing is wrong."

Nanny Chang looked confused: "No? Isn't this quite normal? Is Madam overthinking?"

Madam Gu herself couldn't explain it, so she had to give up: "Forget it, let's go to the meditation room and wait for An Ning to bring the person over. You can also help to take a look. Other things are not important. The important thing is not to have the mentality of fighting for it, otherwise it will easily cause unrest in the family."

"Yes, the old slave understands."

On the other side, Gu Qianning had already found Shen Wantang, and sold out Madam Gu without hesitation: "Atang, that woman and child were sent by my mother to test you!"

Shen Wantang was stunned: "What?"

"Don't be angry. I have already criticized my mother very seriously. It is wrong to test you!"

Shen Wantang shook her head helplessly: "It's okay, it's no big deal, but she shouldn't be testing me for no reason, right?"

Gu Qianning lowered her voice and said, "It was my second brother. He asked me to tell mother that he has taken a liking to you. Mother came to see you today on purpose."

Shen Wantang finally realized. No wonder she felt that Mrs. Gu’s appearance today was somewhat unexpected. It turned out that she came for her.

As the two were talking, the maidservant beside Madam Gu ran over breathlessly: "Miss, it's bad, Madam has fainted!"

Gu Qianning was stunned: "What? Fainted? Wasn't she fine when I left?" Could it be that this was another new trick he came up with to test Shen Wantang?

The maid was very anxious: "Miss, please go and have a look, the lady's face is as white as gold paper, it looks very scary!"

Gu Qianning looked at Shen Wantang: "Atang, look..."

Shen Wantang nodded at her: "I'll go with you. Let's walk faster. If someone faints suddenly and is not treated in time, it will be very dangerous."

Although she had never heard of Mrs. Gu having any illness in her previous life or the life before that, and although this might be another test from Mrs. Gu, what if she was really sick?

If she had not received timely treatment and irreversible consequences had occurred, Shen Wantang might have felt guilty towards Gu Qianning for the rest of her life.

She would rather this was a test from Mrs. Gu.

But when Shen Wantang really went to the meditation room and saw Mrs. Gu who was unconscious, she knew that this was not a test.

The people serving Mrs. Gu all looked anxious and solemn. The monk doctor from Fazhen Temple was also called over. The monk doctor used acupuncture, cupping, and drug injections, but Mrs. Gu still showed no signs of waking up.

Gu Qianning's face turned pale. How could she dare to delay any longer? She immediately said, "Get out of the way and let her come!"

The monk doctor was sweating profusely. When he saw that the person pushed out by Gu Qianning was a young lady, he was stunned for a moment: "Can she do it?"

"I'm sure I'm better than you!"

Shen Wantang said nothing. She stepped forward to check Mrs. Gu's pulse. After a moment, she frowned.

There's nothing wrong with Mrs. Gu's pulse. She's in good health!

It looked as if he had fainted from shock.

Shen Wantang took the needle from the monk doctor, heated it over the candlelight, and then steadily inserted it into the Hegu, Laogong, and Ermen acupoints.

But in just a moment, the color returned to Mrs. Gu's pale face.

Nanny Chang was overjoyed: "Madam is getting better, she is getting better!"

Gu Qianning also breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that Shen Wantang's medical skills were much better than that of the monk doctor!

The monk doctor looked at Shen Wantang in surprise. Just as he was about to humbly ask her for advice, the door of the Zen room was suddenly pushed open and a tall and straight figure walked in.

"Mother!"

Gu Qianhan shouted as he walked to Mrs. Gu's side.

Coincidentally, just as he walked over, Mrs. Gu woke up. She opened her eyes and saw her son, and she was a little dazed: "Qianhan? Why are you - where am I?"

"Mother, this is Fazhen Temple. You brought An Ning here to burn incense. Don't you remember?"

"As I recall, I only brought your sister with me, not you!"

"I heard that you fainted, so I rushed here right away. How are you? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to ask the imperial physician to come and see you?"

Mrs. Gu didn't feel that she was unwell anywhere, she just felt that the feeling of something was wrong in her heart became stronger.

Gu Qianning looked at his second brother, who looked like a filial son, and his eyes became a little strange. When did he become so filial? Usually only the eldest brother would say such filial and considerate words. Second brother...it's good that he doesn't insult others.

My mother's fainting this time was very strange, and my second brother had said before that he would "do something" - could this really be something he did?

What a filial son! He even cheated his mother!