After coming out of Hancuitang, two people in the Gao family fell ill. One is Mrs. Gao's Hu Shi, and the other is the eldest lady Shen Rong. Hu Shi suffered from heart disease, at first he was blindly flustered and palpitated, and then he was chest tightness and shortness of breath, and gradually his limbs were lazy, so he pushed all the chores in the family to Liu. For Hu's illness, Master Gao felt guilty. But after being snubbed by the Hu family for several visits, he was angry and didn't go to the Hu family's Lanxiang Pavilion. Shen Rong was cold because of the night, and she felt the wind cold. I also heard that Hu was unwell, and when he was visiting the patient, he caught a wind, and his condition worsened, and it was said that he had a high fever that could not go away.

Jinyu sat in her embroidery room, listening to Hongxing chattering about the situation of the upper and lower families in the family, silently. "I heard the red hearts in the Lingzhi Garden say that the eldest lady didn't catch a cold, but was beaten by Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu is too much, although she is the biological mother, in the end, the eldest lady is the serious master, why should she do it to the eldest lady? "The housekeeper's mother Cheng also didn't accept Aunt Liu's arrangement. She is the son of the house, the old man who does things in the hands of the old lady, she said that the master of the family, she recognizes the wife and the second lady. Now many people in the family say that the second lady should be allowed to take charge! "The old man is entangled in family affairs all day long, and he is about to get sick, and now he is annoyed when he sees Aunt Liu mentioning family affairs to him, and he hasn't been to Jinxin Courtyard for several days." "The third lady has been in poor health recently, and Aunt Liu instructed her to take the pills she made last year, but she has not improved until now!" Hongxing Lala said a lot of miscellaneous things, and finally, the person sitting in front of the embroidery frame responded: "Send a bottle of flower tea I made a few days ago to Miss San, and then instruct Mother Cheng to find an older doctor Lang Zhong to give Miss San a good look, and take the silver from me!" Hongxing agreed.

Since Hu's recuperation, Master Gao has not had a day of leisure. The home, which originally felt rigorous and upright and orderly in everything, became a mess. The Liu family didn't understand general affairs, and the people in the hands of the Hu family didn't accept her, and they worked against her everywhere. Although he reprimanded him several times, it had little effect. The subordinates also know that he is not familiar with general affairs, so naturally there is a trick of deception. In the end, he took out the house rules and severely scolded a few of the leading subordinates, although he was relieved. But Liu and he don't understand, but capable people are unconvinced, and he can only be helpless. At this point, Master Gao, who has read the sage book all his life, has deeply understood the profound meaning of that sentence of the Qi family governing the country and leveling the world. Just the Qi family has made him uncomfortable with the leisure life he is used to. I can't help but miss the days of the Hu family's housekeeper deeply. The Hu family got up every day, and the servants in the house strictly followed the rules she had set for them. Things at home have always been busy and not chaotic, and there has never been such a situation. As for his daily life, Hu has always arranged it in an orderly manner. It's like now, he doesn't even have the room to calm down and have a good copybook! Look at the Liu family again, facing that group of Diao slaves, in addition to reprimanding is scolding, or else pouring bitter water in front of him, where is there still half a trace of the gentle and supportable shadow that he liked at the beginning! Hu Shi, Hu Xuelan, the woman who married back at the behest of her parents. Although the two have also had warm and intimate scenes, most of the time, the relationship between her and herself seems to be faint. Since the death of her parents, she has been busy with family affairs, and he has been busy socializing with poetry and books abroad, and there has been less intersection between the two. Liu appeared, and he knew that he felt a little guilty about her. But she seemed to react very flatly, and did not make things difficult for the Liu family and cry to him like some women do. Instead, he generously accepted the Liu family. He has always praised her virtuousness, and he has always rejoiced in her virtuousness. So gradually, his trace of guilt disappeared with Liu's pettiness.

Now that Hu is sick, he originally wanted the Liu family to try to manage the general affairs, and even presided over the two young ladies' ceremony, which was also to raise the identity of the Liu family. But Liu's performance made him extremely disappointed, and instead realized the hardships of the Hu family's family. Hu has always been lenient and severe, with clear rewards and punishments, so he has been praised by everyone in the family. Among the clansmen, the Hu family also has a very high reputation because they often help the poor and help the poor. All this has a great relationship with the fact that he, the patriarch, is respected all year round and smoothly handles the affairs of the clan. There has never been a moment when Master Gao has grasped the importance of virtuous help more than now. When I thought about it like this, I remembered that I hadn't been to see the Hu family for three days, so I couldn't help but subconsciously walk towards the Hu family's Lanxiang Pavilion.

The Orchid Pavilion was his and Hu's newlywed residence, located in the east span of the main courtyard, named after the orchids planted around it. After careful calculation, he and Hu have been married for nearly 20 years, and although the home has been expanded and renovated many times, Hu has not moved out of Lanxiang Pavilion once. Compared with Liu's Jinxin Courtyard, Lanxiang Pavilion looks simple and quiet. In another way, it can also be said to be stale and naïve. Everything is the way it was in the old days. The sycamores in front of the house, the orchids on both sides of the road, and the neat and elegant courtyard do not look decadent because of the old, but have a quiet taste. Master Gao slowly paced on the road, and the mind came to mind when the Hu family first married, with a kind of shyness of a little daughter and a kind of strength that was strong everywhere. Not long after passing the door, he was selected by his mother from among his three daughters-in-law to be in charge of the house. With her intelligence and hard work, she quickly managed a family in an orderly manner, and got along very well with the sister-in-law who has always been difficult to speak and the second sister-in-law who was mean and stingy, and was very happy with her parents. His father even told him that if Hu was a man, his achievements would not be below him. He doesn't remember what kind of mood he was in at that time, he only remembers that since marrying the Hu family, he has worked harder than before, and his desire to win fame is much stronger than in the past. Thinking about it carefully, it is not excluded that he is afraid that if it is difficult to become famous, he will not be able to raise his head in front of the Hu family. Between husband and wife, in addition to respecting each other, it seems that there has always been a lack of closeness. This may also be the reason why he felt excited after meeting Liu. Liu's gentleness and thoughtfulness and empathy were something he had never experienced by Hu's side. Perhaps, Hu is also gentle, but there has never been a lack of communication between them.

"The master is here, please come inside! The wife didn't know that the old man was coming, and she hadn't gotten up yet! The one who came to greet him was Mother Yang, the companion of the Hu family. Mother Yang had a smile on her face, and her tone and expression were not humble or silent. He nodded, didn't say much, and walked straight to Hu's room. "Master, Mrs. hasn't finished yet~" Mother Yang's words were not finished, and he had already walked in. "Mother Yang, you go down first. We are husband and wife, my wife did not get up, what is the inconvenience for me to enter the house? I had come to visit my wife, who was unwell and should have rested. Master Gao's words surprised Mother Yang, the relationship between the master and his wife has always been rusty, and sometimes politely a little excessive. Why is the attitude of today's lord completely different from the past? Will it be because of the cumbersome family affairs, the old man will be angry with his wife? Mother Yang is Hu's confidant, of course, she plans for Hu at the first time. So he quietly retreated, and quietly called the eldest girl Duanqin and instructed: "Go and call the second lady, just say that the wife has something to find her." "Duanqin has always been a clever person, so she naturally knows Yang's mother's intention of asking her to go. So I trotted and arrived at Jinyu's Zhiqiu Courtyard.

Master Gao entered Hu's bedroom, and saw that Hu was asleep facing in, the brocade on the bed was shining dark red under the light from the window, and the quilt was covered with a large group of peony flowers blooming rich patterns, which looked very familiar. When I approached carefully, I found that a layer of flannel was carefully sewn on the edge of the quilt, which was obviously Hu's cherishing thing and reluctant to spoil the quilt. I couldn't help but feel an indescribable taste in my heart. He spent a lot of time in Liu's room, and it was full of flowers, where to find something that was not old or new. And in Liu's words, it is all called by the wife, because the master often comes, and he can't neglect the master. That's right, but after all, the Hu family is the main wife of the Gao family, and the Liu family, in the final analysis, can only be regarded as a concubine. Now that the things in the concubine's room are far better than those of the lady in the main room, Master Gao can't help but think of the dress of the sisters Jinyu and Shenrong a few days ago. It seems that he is too partial to the Liu family, so that the rules are about to be messed up at home.

"Xuelan, Xuelan" Master Gao has not called Hu's boudoir name like this for many years. Mrs. Gao Hu was lying there on her side, in fact, she knew that Master Gao had entered the room. It's just that she doesn't know what the other party is doing, so she keeps pretending to be asleep. Now when I hear Master Gao softly calling her maiden name, I can't help but shake in my heart. With a low "belch", he turned around. She opened her eyes and saw Master Gao, and hurriedly got up. Master Gao hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and said softly: "After so many years of old husband and wife, Mrs. is still so polite!" Lie down quickly, there are many things going on at home these days, and I haven't been free to see you. I happen to be free today, so I'm going to see you. You settle down, I'll sit and go. As he spoke, he sat down on the couch.

The Hu family was originally cold to Master Gao. This time, Jinyu's marriage arrangement hit her even harder, coupled with her perennial hard work, her health was indeed not particularly good, and several things together did make her sick. Although she also invited the best Lang Zhong around her to take medicine for her pulse, she still needs heart medicine for heart disease, and those medicines have little effect. This time, Master Gao came to visit the patient, not at all like the perfunctory appearance of holding a shelf in the past, but with sincere words and an affectionate attitude, which made her a little confused, but she couldn't put on a cold face as usual. So he shouted: "Mother Yang, make a pot of tea for the master!" Outside, Mother Yang agreed, and after a while, it was Jinyu who came in with tea.