Since you have come, make yourself at home

  Zhao Yingjun was very entangled. She thought that crossing over was already outdated, hadn't she seen that SARFT had banned time-travel dramas? As a result, she was wrong, and crossing over has an audience in any era, the great god of crossing can endure!

  Why bother showing off your power on her when she doesn't even have a bit of interest in crossing over?!

  One second ago, she was crying in front of her parents' grave until the sky turned dark. The next second, she was lying on a kang with dim light in the room, old-fashioned windows, and candles lit. Several women dressed in ancient costumes were surrounding her, wiping away tears. A young man wearing white clothes stood at the other end of the room, sighing heavily. If all these signs couldn't tell what had happened, then she had wasted her time browsing the internet for years!

  She didn't want to experience it personally!

  If she had to experience something supernatural, she would rather be reborn than travel through time. If she could be reborn a year ago before her parents' car accident, she might have been able to save them. Now? She's afraid she won't even be able to see their photos again!

  Zhao Yingjun thought of this matter and felt a bit down, but to her current parents and family members, it was a symptom of her having just recovered from a serious illness.

  Fortunately, she didn't stay depressed for long. She was originally a strong-willed person. When her parents suddenly died in a car accident, she was heartbroken but quickly regained her composure and handled the aftermath with ease. After the funeral, she continued to live a normal life, working when needed and resting when needed, because she knew that her parents would also want her to live well in another world. If she really fell apart, it would make them unable to rest in peace. Now, having crossed over into another world, she must also strive to live on with determination, not letting her parents worry.

  She took a closer look and found that her luck wasn't bad, this was a wealthy family, listening to the conversations around her, it seemed to be a noble family, food and clothing were not a problem, the trouble was that this family seemed to be in internal conflict at the moment, the grandmother of this body was a stepmother, the grandfather had just died, the uncle who inherited the title was not born by the grandmother, with the intention of suppressing them, but she wasn't too worried, the grandmother had already said that they would separate from the family after some days, listening to her tone, it didn't seem like they were short of money, and had already ordered people to prepare a house, presumably the future wouldn't be difficult.

  Thinking positively, her current father Zhao Jiong is a young and handsome man, who seems to be knowledgeable as well. He plans to take the imperial examination in the future. Her mother Mi Shi is also a virtuous, gentle, and kind-hearted woman. Her paternal grandmother Zhang Shi has a high social status, but she's actually only in her early forties, younger than her own mother was before she passed away. These three elders all have good looks and carry themselves with dignity, so as their junior, Zhao Yujun might be able to expect that she will grow up to be an elegant beauty too, making up for the regret of being somewhat plain-looking before crossing over.

  A one-year-old baby girl's body was still very weak, and she had just recovered from a serious illness. Zhao Yujun soon fell asleep with fatigue. When she woke up again, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a five or six-year-old boy staring at her with wide eyes, standing by the bed with big black eye circles, looking scary, and she was startled.

  The little boy suddenly laughed and turned his head back to say: "Sister woke up, sister woke up!"

  Young father Zhao Jiong walked forward with a smile and said, "It must be you being naughty and waking up your sister."

  "I didn't!" The little boy puffed out his cheeks, looking wronged.

  Zhao Yinyin's heart skipped a beat. Was this little boy her current brother? She had never seen him before, but that was okay. In fact, she had always hoped to have siblings.

  "Alright, Wei Ge, don't bother your sister anymore. These past few days I've been busy and couldn't take care of you, have you been reviewing your lessons every day? Come here, I want to hear you recite." Zhao Zhuo called the little boy away, Zhao Yingjun almost choked, what was this little brother's name? Wei Ge?

  The father and son went to the other side of the house, Zhao Yingjun had just sympathized with her little brother's name, and began to worry about herself. What was this body called again? For the past two days, she only heard others call her "big sister", but what specific name she was called, she had no way of knowing.

  A woman's voice came from the outer room, it was Mother Mi reporting to Grandmother Zhang: "The imperial physician has just prescribed medicine, I took a look at the prescription and it seems to be somewhat inappropriate. It looks like it's for adults, how can children take such strong medicine? I wanted to ask the imperial physician to prescribe another one, but Auntie Qian hurriedly invited him over, saying that the eldest son on that side is also ill and waiting for the doctor. I don't know what to do, and that imperial physician seems to be more partial to that side, even if we invite him again, it's hard to put our minds at ease."

  Zhang sighed: "Forget it, the daughter-in-law has already relaxed her tone. You send someone to Hui Chun Tang to invite a doctor who is better than the one invited from the other side. The child's condition doesn't seem serious, as long as we ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine for conditioning, it will be fine, and it's not necessary to invite a famous doctor."

  Mrs. Mei went out at the sound, and Mrs. Zhang lifted the door curtain and walked in, sat down on the edge of the bed and touched her granddaughter's small face, with a loving expression on her face. Zhao Yujun's heart moved, she stretched out her hand to hold her thumb. This young grandmother immediately showed a bright smile: "Good child, you will get better soon."

  At this time, it seemed like there was some commotion in the distance, but it subsided after a while. Zhang called out to Ya Tou: "What's going on outside?"

  Spring grass lifted the curtain and came in to report: "Old lady, it's like this. The eldest young master's Hong Ge'er is gone, Qian Niangniang is crying and making a fuss, and was scolded away by the mistress."

  "Zhang's wife was shocked: 'How could he be gone? He just said he was ill this morning, and I didn't hear his aunt say it was serious. Didn't we just ask Dr. Tao to come over and take a look?'"

  "When it was said that the imperial physician had gone, Hongge had already stopped breathing." Chuncao wanted to speak but hesitated and ultimately remained silent.

  Zhang didn't realize she was still reeling from the news.

  Before long, Zhao Jiong invited an old doctor to come over. Because of his advanced age, neither Zhang nor Mi avoided him. The old doctor took Zhao Yingjun's pulse, looked at her tongue, asked about the various symptoms since she fell ill, and then discussed Zhang's prescription with him before retreating to the outer room. He muttered to himself for half a day, saying something about "qi fire attacking upwards" and "excessive sweating damaging the body's fluids". Zhao Yingjun didn't understand a single sentence, but Zhang did, and he whispered to his daughter-in-law Mi: "This time we're lucky, my prescription wasn't entirely suitable for her symptoms, fortunately it brought down the high fever, so it had some effect. But to cure her completely, we'll need another prescription."

  After a while, the old doctor wrote out a prescription and Zhao Zhuo solemnly handed it to Zhang Shi in the inner room for her review. Zhao Yingxiu was sleeping next to Zhang Shi and caught a glimpse of several words on the prescription, including purple aster, leonurus, apricot kernel and other medicinal materials, but didn't understand them. Zhang Shi nodded slightly and handed the prescription to her daughter-in-law: "Just follow this prescription to get the medicine." She also instructed her son: "You must thank the doctor properly."

  Zhao Zhuo listened and knew that this prescription was reliable. He hurriedly went out to thank the doctor, sent him away, and then dispatched someone to fetch the medicine. After returning, he said to his wife: "These past few days I've been busy taking care of our daughter and neglected our son. Just now when I checked on his studies, I found that he hadn't slept well for several days and didn't look spirited at all. The servants attending him in his room didn't even report this to you; you should pay attention to it."

  Zhang and Mi were both shocked, with Mi feeling guilty: "It's all my fault, I was so careless." Zhang scolded: "It's only been two or three days, and the servants didn't report it to us. This is dereliction of duty. Eight out of ten times, they must have seen that we've lost power and had other ideas in mind. Such things cannot be tolerated! Where is Hongge from the other side? If it weren't for everyone running away from the courtyard, being careless on the job, how could they not have discovered that something was amiss with the child? Wife, come with me, we'll investigate the people in Yu'er's room. Let Rong go find your nephew to offer some condolences. They may be heartless, but we can't be rude." Then he instructed the wet nurse and Chuncao to take good care of his granddaughter before taking his wife to their grandson's room.

  The granddaughter's condition is indeed serious, but she has already recovered and only needs to drink the medicine that has been cooked. On the other hand, it is the grandson who is in a more critical situation.

  Zhao Yinyin felt a bit uninterested, she was an only child before crossing over, and was the apple of her parents' eye, always getting the best of everything. Now that she had new parents, they didn't just focus on her alone, which made her feel a bit uncomfortable. However, she thought again and felt that she was being unreasonable, since she now had a new family, she shouldn't think like an only child anymore. Having siblings wasn't a bad thing, right? Even if her parents passed away, she wouldn't be lonely anymore. Thinking this way made her feel much better.

  The spring grass was a bit distracted, the wet nurse asked her to pass a teacup, called two or three times and she didn't hear it, couldn't help but push her: "What are you staring at? I'm calling you, didn't you hear?"

  Chun Cao finally came back to her senses, her face flushing as she handed the teacup over to her, and then resumed her sulking expression.

  The wet nurse asked her, "What's wrong with you? Is there something on your mind? Tell me and I'll listen. Although I don't dare say that I've seen a lot and know a lot, I'm at least several years older than you, so I must know more things than you."

  Spring grass hesitated for a moment, then said: "Just now... I followed the old lady to the Grandmother's courtyard, but because Qian Lao Niang and Qian Niang were both in the house, I didn't follow them in and waited outside instead. At that time, there wasn't even a single maid in the courtyard, they had all run away."

  The wet nurse smiled and said, "What's so strange about that? If it were just Money Auntie, it would be fine, but with Old Lady Ji also in the house... any sensible lady of the house wouldn't keep someone around, at most keeping one or two confidants. That Old Lady Ji isn't someone who understands etiquette, always doting on her niece and not even considering what kind of family background Lady Wang comes from. She takes every opportunity to scold people like they're servants. Originally, she wasn't a proper lady, but since Master Hou is her foster son, if Lady Wang were to argue with her, things would go badly with Master Hou and Master Er. But if she doesn't argue with her, and everything goes according to Old Lady Ji's wishes, it would be like letting her trample on her own face, and the servants below would see that in the future, there would be no dignity in managing the household. Therefore, since the Duke left, Lady Wang has been helping Madame manage the household affairs, and whenever Old Lady Ji goes to her courtyard to speak, the attendants wouldn't dare stay by their side."

  Chun Cao listened and didn't show a sudden realization expression, instead became even more worried: "But that courtyard... actually has people!"

  The wet nurse didn't understand, and Chun Cao hesitated for a while before finally making up her mind. She glanced around cautiously to make sure no one was nearby, then leaned in close to the wet nurse and whispered: "When I was waiting for Old Madame in the corridor, I saw Ze Ge'er entering Qian Niang's room. He had just gone in when Hong Ge'er's wet nurse was chased out. After a while, Ze Ge'er rushed out, bumping into me on his way. I saw that he looked like he had received some kind of shock at the time. However, since he is from the other side, I didn't dare ask him anything. Just then, Old Madame came out, and I went to attend to her. Earlier, someone in the house was discussing how there was no one attending to the courtyard, and Qian Niang had been accompanying Old Lady and Big Lady, so when Hong Ge'er took a turn for the worse, no one knew. By the time the doctor arrived to examine him, he had already passed away...

  The wet nurse's face gradually turned pale.