Chapter 2693: Eldest Madam

An old maid, panicked, said, "It’s not good, both Concubine and Old Master are in trouble, hurry and call the doctor!"

The maids looked at each other in confusion, "In the middle of the night, where can we find a doctor?"

The old maid was utterly terrified, "I don’t care, if anything happens to Old Master, none of you are going to survive."

"Nanny, what exactly happened to Old Master?"

"Don’t ask, don’t ask, quickly call the doctor, if you’re late it will be too late!"

"Should we also call the Eldest madam?"

"Yes, yes, how could I forget such an important thing? Quickly, go invite the Eldest madam to come and take charge."

Old Master was in trouble, and the servants were at a loss, they could only call on the Eldest madam.

The Eldest madam was gentle in character, indifferent to worldly matters, and hadn’t overseen affairs for years. With such a major crisis in the household, they had no choice but to ask her, whether she steps up to take charge is another matter, but as servants, they must report, otherwise, if anything really happened to Old Master, they couldn’t explain themselves.

On the rooftop.

Xuexue heard the commotion below, suddenly energized, she quickly got up and said to Long Rui, "Prince, get up, something happened."

Long Rui responded unhurriedly, "This is perfect timing, we’ve been waiting for this moment."

"Let’s go and see what’s happened?" Xuexue expressed curiosity; just now, the old maid handed something to the maid?

Knockout Drug? Or poison?

"Alright!" Long Rui stood up, wrapped one arm around Xuexue’s waist, and with a swift motion, leaped towards the commotion...

Xuexue was somewhat displeased, indicating that her Qinggong was just as excellent, and she didn’t need Long Rui’s help. However, his large hand was tightly around her slender waist, making it impossible to move, so she had no choice but to let him be.

They arrived atop the roof of Old Master Gu and Aunt Yu’s room, stopped, gently lifted a roof tile, and peered inside...

They saw Aunt Yu wrapped in a sheet, foaming at the mouth, laying solitary on the bed, no one was attending to her, and whether she was dead or alive was unknown.

Old Master Gu, however, sat on a chair, eyes closed, face pale, seemingly on his last breath.

A few maids and servant boys were diligently applying medicinal oil to his limbs.

"Huff...!"

Old Master Gu slowly regained consciousness, looking in confusion around the room, asked, "What happened to me?"

Servant: "Old Master, you were poisoned!"

Old Master Gu, shocked: "I was fine in the room, how did I get poisoned?"

The servants were equally perplexed, Old Master and Aunt Yu hadn’t eaten anything, yet both were poisoned, what on earth happened?

Old Master Gu just woke, feeling weak in the limbs, asked feebly, "Where’s Aunt Yu?"

Servant respectfully replied, "She’s lying on the bed!"

Old Master Gu glanced over and was instantly startled...

Aunt Yu was foaming at the mouth, her face and lips entirely black, lying stiffly on the bed, lifeless.

"What are you all doing? Why... why haven’t you gone to get the doctor yet?" Old Master Gu, upon seeing this scene, was nearly furious to death.

Earlier, he and Aunt Yu were having a good time, when Aunt Yu suddenly started convulsing, her eyes rolled back, and she foamed at the mouth, he was almost scared witless, shouting loudly for the servants and then passed out, now waking to this sight.

Upon hearing Old Master’s reprimand, the servants looked at each other, Eldest madam instructed them to take their time in calling the doctor, as long as Old Master was alright, there’s no need to be too anxious, hence the delay.

However, this can’t be told to Old Master, otherwise, Eldest Madam wouldn’t be able to account for this.

A servant, with respect, said, "Old Master, I already sent someone to fetch them, but perhaps it’s the late hour, and the doctors are all asleep, so it’s taking a bit longer."