After a while, the doctor walked out of the room.
Following Xie Jingchu's instructions, he told everyone that Ruan Jiu's injuries were not serious and that she only needed to rest for some time.
Only then did Old Master Xie heave a sigh of relief.
"Doctor, Miss Ruan was injured in the abdomen. Are you sure it's not serious?" Xu Qing asked suspiciously.
As a woman, Xu Qing naturally knew that an abdominal injury was not a good thing.
If it affected Ruan Jiu's ability to conceive in the future, it would be troublesome.
The doctor pursed his lips and nodded.
However, Xu Qing still wasn't at ease and continued, "What I mean is, will it affect her ability to conceive in the future?"
Hearing this, Xie Yanchuan frowned tightly. "Mother, what are you saying! Even if A Jiu can't conceive in the future, I will still marry her!"
After all, Ruan Jiu was injured because of him.
"Yan'er!" Xu Qing wished she could cover Xie Yanchuan's mouth immediately.
As the eldest grandson of the Xie family, if his future wife couldn't bear children, it would be a laughingstock.
Then she forced a smile and said to Old Master Xie, "Father, Yan'er is young and doesn't know any better. He's just talking nonsense."
Old Master Xie frowned, understanding what Xu Qing meant.
So he asked the doctor, "Will there be any impact?"
The doctor nervously wiped the sweat off his forehead.
He thought to himself that Miss Ruan wasn't even hurt a single hair, so how could there be any impact on her ability to conceive? But the master inside had repeatedly instructed that this matter must not be known to others.
If he downplayed the condition, the Fourth Master would surely blame him.
If he exaggerated it, what if Old Master Xie found another doctor to examine her? Wouldn't the truth be revealed?
After thinking for a moment, he had no choice but to say bravely, "Fortunately, the injury is not deep, but she still needs to be well-conditioned. Let me prescribe a few doses of medicine. After taking them for about half a year and her body recovers, there should be no impact."
But the doctor's ambiguous words made Xu Qing feel uneasy.
"What if it can't be conditioned well?" Xu Qing asked persistently.
"This..." The doctor didn't know how to answer, and the sweat on his forehead became even more profuse.
The nobles in the high - ranking families were really hard to serve!
Seeing the doctor hesitating, Xu Qing mistakenly thought that Ruan Jiu had indeed hurt her body and it was still uncertain whether she could conceive in the future.
So she quickly pleaded with Old Master Xie, "Father, I know you feel sorry for Miss Ruan, but Yan'er is also your dear grandson!"
Old Master Xie frowned tightly, looking embarrassed and silent.
Xu Qing then eagerly looked at Xie Jing. "Husband, Yan'er can't marry a woman with a damaged body!"
"Watch your words!" Although Xie Jing had the same thought as Xu Qing, seeing Old Master Xie's ashen face, he had no choice but to scold her.
Xu Qing wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Old Master Xie.
"That's enough!" Old Master Xie paused for a moment and then said, "Since that's the case, let's discuss A Jiu and Yan'er's marriage after A Jiu recovers."
Hearing what Old Master Xie said, Xu Qing didn't dare to say anything more.
Fortunately, the marriage was temporarily postponed, and there would still be room for maneuver in the future.
The doctor also heaved a sigh of relief. Finally, he could give an account to the master inside.
After lying in bed for a week, Ruan Jiu could finally "get out of bed".
These days had really bored her to death.
What was most annoying was that Xie Jingchu had taken this opportunity to come up with all sorts of ways to send her tonics every day and watched her drink them all up without a single drop left, so that she wouldn't dare to come up with such a stupid idea in the future.
Fortunately, Su Wan came to talk to her every day, so she wouldn't be so bored.
"Ruan Ruan, you're really too kind. Lu Wanrou treated you like that, but you just sent her out of Qinzhou City. If it were me, I would definitely sell her to a brothel."
Just thinking about how Lu Wanrou had hurt Ruan Jiu made Su Wan grit her teeth in anger.
A brothel was different from a pleasure - house. The people who went to brothels were usually vulgar servants.
She might catch a venereal disease at any time and die.
Although Lu Wanrou was hateful, she didn't deserve such a fate.
It wasn't that Ruan Jiu was kind. After all, there was no shortage of her schemes in Lu Wanrou's downfall.
Ruan Jiu sighed secretly. Clearly, she was the mastermind of the whole thing, but everyone thought she was the victim.
"Old Master Xie is really blind. He insists on you marrying that good - for - nothing Xie Yanchuan!" Su Wan continued to complain.
Hearing this, Ruan Jiu quickly covered Su Wan's mouth.
This was the Xie Mansion. Some words couldn't be said casually.
Then she immediately pulled her out.
The two of them walked and chatted all the way to the silk store.
When everyone saw Ruan Jiu coming, they quickly greeted her and asked about her well - being.
However, Ruan Jiu noticed a new face among them.
Qiu Niang quickly said, "Miss Ruan, his name is Jiang Jibai. He wants to work here. But since you've been recuperating in the mansion these days, we weren't sure what to do, so we just kept him here first."
Ruan Jiu thought carefully. She had mentioned something about this in front of Qiu Niang before.
Now that she was the owner of the silk store, it was time to recruit a shopkeeper to share her worries, so she had asked Qiu Niang to pay more attention.
Then Qiu Niang whispered in Ruan Jiu's ear, "We've investigated. His family background is clean and he's very smart."
Ruan Jiu nodded. There weren't many people who could be praised by Qiu Niang.
Then she carefully sized up Jiang Jibai.
He had a delicate appearance and looked like a gentle scholar.
"Then keep him for now."
After everyone had left, Ruan Jiu found that Su Wan, who was usually noisy, was unusually quiet at this time.
She looked at Su Wan suspiciously and caught a hint of shyness on her face.
She pursed her lips with a half - smile.
So that's how it was.
So she couldn't help but tease her, "This Shopkeeper Jiang is quite good - looking. What do you think?"
Su Wan lowered her head and bit her lip. "He's just okay."
"Just okay? I thought Wancai liked men who look like this."
Su Wan's cheeks blushed. "What are you talking nonsense about?"
After saying that, she covered her face and ran away in a hurry.
Ruan Jiu smiled. It was really rare for Miss Su to be like this.
For the next few days, Ruan Jiu went to the silk store before dawn and didn't return to the mansion until sunset.
Xie Jingchu couldn't even see her shadow. Helplessly, he had to go to the silk store to look for her.
As soon as he arrived at the silk store, he saw Ruan Jiu chatting and laughing with a strange man.
Immediately, Xie Jingchu's eyes darkened. With a cold face, he asked Qin Yuan beside him, "Who is that man?"
Qin Yuan craned his neck to look. "It seems to be the new shopkeeper of the silk store."
Xie Jingchu's eyes dimmed.
A shopkeeper?
Such an eyesore.
Qin Yuan continued with a smile, "No wonder Miss Ruan stays in the silk store for so long every day. It turns out she's recruited such a handsome shopkeeper."
Hearing this, Xie Jingchu's gaze sharpened. He glared at Qin Yuan sternly.
Qin Yuan was so frightened that his body trembled. He nervously swallowed his saliva.
He thought to himself, Did I say something wrong?
He showed an embarrassed and bitter smile.
After a moment, Xie Jingchu said coldly.
"Go and pass a message to Xie Yanchuan."