Lin Qingwan hadn't even figured out how to explain this anomaly, but the people from Lin's other courtyard had already filled her head with a bunch of ideas and naturally also firmly acknowledged Dr. Xu's speculative reasons.

  The Lin family's management is strict, and naturally, idle talk will not be spread outside, but internal communication, especially among the few people who care about Lin Qingwan, is normal.

  Xu Daifu and Lin Qingyuan spoke without avoiding Bai Mei and Bai Feng, these two maidservants listened to the whole conversation, their hearts felt very uncomfortable.

  I think it's because, as Dr. Xu said, for the Lin family and for her daughter, she has been holding on, after the two of them started serving by Lin Qingwen's side, they rarely saw her sad and distressed, when Master passed away, she only cried a few times and quickly pulled herself together.

  Unlike the legend of being a devoted husband, but now it seems that his wife had been harboring suicidal intentions all along.

  Bai Mei and Bai Qing cried bitterly in secret, ending up with red eyes, just as Lin Daiyu caught them in the act.

  Lin Daiyu was in charge of the internal affairs, and the big maids beside Gu Nainai and the two sisters were always her focus. The two of them cried like this, she naturally wanted to ask for the reason.

  Two young girls who had just been on the job for over a year were no match for Lin Daiyu, and in less than two hours, Lin Daiyu knew Xu Daifu's evaluation. For a moment, she couldn't sit still and hurriedly went to find her old partner to discuss.

  "Xu Daifu didn't mention it, but I hadn't realized that in the past year or so, Gu Niang had changed a lot. At first, I thought it was because Master Lin had entrusted her with the care of Lin's family and the two young ladies, giving her a reason to live. But now, according to Xu Daifu's words, Gu Niang had actually been harboring a death wish all along, and only pretended to be strong for the sake of Lin's family and the two young ladies."

  Lin's aunt wiped away tears, "I may be illiterate, but I also know that the human body has its limits. How can you go on like this, Miss? You must give up your thoughts and live a good life."

  Lin Guanjia walked two circles and said in a low voice: "Don't reveal this matter for now, let Bai Mei and Bai Feng also shut their mouths tightly, I'll go talk to Xu Daifu first."

  Lin hurriedly wiped away her tears, "Then you go quickly, I'll go remind Bai Mei and Bai Feng, this matter can't be let Big Miss know."

  "This is something that mustn't be let Miss know about. With Aunt already like this, if Miss were to find out, who knows how much more distressed she'd become."

  Lin's wife hurried back to the backyard.

  Lin Guan's family then went to find Dr. Xu, but Dr. Xu also didn't have a good solution and only said: "A heart disease must be treated with heart medicine."

  "Your aunt's heart medicine is your uncle, where can I find it for you?"

  Xu sighed, "Then there's nothing else to do but persuade her, persuade her to understand."

  Lin Guanjia sat down on the mat, "If it could be persuaded, the young lady would not have almost stopped breathing at that time. At first, I didn't know what the old master said to her, and she was pulled back from the gate of death. Now persuading..."

  "Since she can't be persuaded, we can only nourish her body from outside, perhaps allowing her to live a few more years."

  "How many years can Grandma live?"

  Xu Daifu glanced at him and said: "It depends on how long she can hold her breath, maybe she can live to a ripe old age."

  It's like he didn't say anything at all. Seeing that Lin Guanjia had no good solution, he patted his butt and left, so he had to think of other ways.

  Besides his old wife, Lin Guan had no one else to consult with on this important matter except for Zhong Da.

  So he took the opportunity to pull Zhong Daguantie aside and whisper to him, asking if he had any way to persuade his wife.

  Zhong Daguan thought for a moment and said, "We can't just bring up this matter out of the blue. After all, it's a sore spot for our lady. Who knows what will happen if we stir it up again? So we can't give open advice, only secret advice."

  "How to persuade secretly?"

  "We need to find someone who can have a private conversation with the young lady," said Zhong, the steward, in a low voice. "I'm not suitable, I've been away for many years and am not familiar with the young lady, but you're different, you serve in the mansion and should be able to talk to her."

  Lin Guanjia hesitated and said, "The young lady is in the backyard, I'm in charge of the front yard, although we occasionally meet, but we don't really talk to each other."

  "Ah, Lin's nanny..."

  Lin Guan's family shook his head, "She can't do it anymore. In the past, she followed Madam to teach and discipline, and was strict with her. When the young lady saw her as a child, she would run away from her."

  The two of them furrowed their brows, "Which one is suitable?"

  The two of them thought for a long time, and finally their eyes lit up, saying in unison: "Old Zhongbo!"

  Zhong Daguan clapped his hands and laughed: "Every time Old Zhong comes over, he can talk to the young lady for half a day, it seems like they're old friends."

  Lin Guanjia also said: "Moreover, every time Old Loyal walks away, Aunt's mood is always very good, sometimes the corners of her mouth are curled up for a whole day."

  Zhong Daguan immediately stood up and said: "Then I'll go invite Old Master Zhong."

  "We're waiting for your good news."

  Then Zhong Daguantie was scolded by Lao Zhongbo, "The young lady's illness is on her husband's body, and I haven't seen the child of the Xie family, how can I mention it to the young lady?"

  "That's right, you mention the Lin family a bit more, let Auntie think less about her husband and more about the Lin family and the young lady, maybe she won't want to die then?"

  "Can the maternal uncle and the Lin family be compared? Now, isn't the auntie also thinking of the Lin family and the young lady? The body is still in error," Old Zhongbo frowned and said: "Mentioning the Lin family and the young lady again will only prolong this breath."

  "What do you think we should do?"

  Lao Zhongbo hummed: "Two methods, one is to let the lady forget her husband and fall in love with another person again. With a new person replacing the old one, she will naturally not think of her husband anymore."

  Zhong is in charge of big affairs, Zhang is in charge of big mouths.

  "The second is to let Auntie thoroughly understand that the dead are not as important as the living, I think even if Uncle were still alive, he would also want Auntie to be healthy and live on."

  "This principle is well-known to everyone, and after the incident with our brother-in-law, we've been bringing it up and advising her as such. However, our sister-in-law just can't get over that hurdle." Zhong Daguanting paused for a moment before carefully saying: "The first method might actually be worth trying."

  Lao Zhongbo glanced at him sideways and said, "What do you think are the chances that the young lady has taken a liking to another man?"

  Zhong Daguanshi collapsed his shoulders, "No."

  If the maternal uncle is unbearable, they can first destroy his impression in the aunt's mind and then make the aunt fall in love with someone else.

  Ke Xie Er Lang is not only one of the top two in Jiangnan in terms of talent and character, but also ranks among the best in the entire Da Liang.

  Can't be destroyed, and can't find a better person to pursue the young lady, let alone the young lady, they have Xie Erlang this pearl in front of them, other gentlemen look down on them.

  What's more, the aunt and uncle grew up together since childhood, so their feelings are deep. Now that the aunt has grown up, men and women are different, if a man comes to pester her, he will probably be beaten by the uncle first.

  So this trick of replacing old people with new ones won't work anymore.

  "In that case, we can only try the second method." Old Zhongbo said: "Send someone to invite Mrs. Xie to come over."

  "Thank you, madam?"

  "If there's anyone in this world who can empathize with Miss, it must be Mrs. Xie. Let's invite her over for a chat, maybe Miss will let her guard down a bit, and then we can try to persuade her." Old Zhongbo sighed: "After all, it's just that she lacks experience. If she had gone through the trials of war and life and death, she would know that these romantic feelings are just fleeting clouds, and compared to the great righteousness of life and death, they're not even worth mentioning."

  "Who knows if Miss won't think it's even more precious and valuable?"

  Lao Zhongbo gave him a faint glance.

  Zhong Daguan immediately lowered his head, "You're right, young lady is still young and has limited experience."

  The four knowledgeable Hu Fa merchants discussed and finally sent someone to Yangzhou to invite Mrs. Xie, Old Zhongbo personally wrote a letter to Mrs. Xie, detailing Mr. Xu's evaluation and their worries, hoping she could come to Suzhou to persuade her own niece, even if the persuasion was unsuccessful, it didn't matter, just consider it as coming to relax.

  Mrs. Xie cried after receiving the letter and said to Yang's nurse, "I thought this child had come around, but it turns out he's still stuck inside."

  "Madam, aren't you also still stuck in a dilemma? The young mistress and master have deep feelings for each other, and she's still so young, how can she possibly get over it that quickly. Madam, if you yourself can't figure it out, how can you go advise the young mistress?"

  Mrs. Xie wiped away her tears and frowned, asking, "Are we really going to Suzhou?"

  "Go," Yang's wife said resolutely: "It's been a year now, don't you miss your wife?"

  For more than a year now, the mistress had been spending her days in the Buddhist hall, and seeing her looking like a withered willow, Yang's heart was filled with unbearable sorrow.

  Mr. Lin's letter arrived just in time, letting Madam go persuade Young Mistress, isn't it also letting Young Mistress persuade Madam?

  Even if the two cannot be reconciled, it would be better for the lady to go out and clear her mind, rather than staying in the Buddhist hall all the time.

  Mrs. Xie also missed Wan's sister a bit and was worried about her body, so she nodded: "Alright, then let's go to Suzhou."

  Mrs. Xie put down the letter, her eyes red as she said: "This letter was written by a loyal servant of the Lin family, and Wen Jie definitely doesn't know about it. You go send another letter to tell her that I want to go to Suzhou to clear my mind."

  "Ah," replied Yang with a smile, "Are we going to stay at the Lin's or the Xie's villa in Suzhou?"

  "Let's have the other courtyard cleaned up," said Mrs. Xie, looking at the returned Bodhisattva: "Wan Jie has already returned to her clan, and we've been living in the Lin family for a long time, I'm afraid the Lin family will be uneasy about it. We came to see Wan Jie, not to add trouble for her. Besides, living on our own is more comfortable."

  "That slave will go and collect the rent from the other house, and also inform the young mistress."

  Mrs. Xie nodded and fell silent, her head bowed as she stared at the letter in her hand.

  Yang Ayi secretly sighed, feeling both regret and admiration for Lin Qingwan, but also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

  The young lady's emotions are changeable, and she and the madam are actually a little afraid that the young lady will remarry after becoming a widow. She also knows that the madam is conflicted in her heart, wanting the young lady to be buried with the young master after a hundred years so that he won't become a lonely ghost, yet feeling sorry for the young lady who has to live as a widow at such a young age.

  Because of the contradictions, Mrs. did things a bit repeatedly. In the first half of the year after Young Madam returned to Suzhou, she almost sent something to Young Madam every month, but in the second half of the year, they didn't contact each other unless necessary.

  Yang's wife knew that her mistress was slowly letting go and giving the young mistress space to make decisions.

  But she felt uncomfortable in her heart and stayed in the Buddhist hall for longer and longer periods of time. In these two months, she almost lived in the Buddhist hall.

  So this letter arrived in time, even if the letter didn't arrive, Yang would still be looking for an excuse to let the lady go to Beijing. Although there are masters and mistresses in Beijing, with many disputes, but the struggle might distract the lady, not letting her put all her attention on the young master and mistress.