Chapter 261

Staying in the room on the merchant ship wasn't very comfortable. After finishing lunch, Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to leave the room and go to the deck to sunbathe.

The late autumn sun shone on her body, warm and very comfortable.

Jiang Xiaoxiao stretched, and when she turned her head, she saw Mr. Bai leading a group of people hurriedly toward the second floor of the merchant ship.

What happened?

Just as she was wondering, a middle-aged man dressed like a butler suddenly came down from the second floor and shouted toward this side: "Who among you knows medicine? My mistress is seasick. There is a heavy reward for curing her!"

Hearing the words "heavy reward," everyone on the deck raised their heads.

But no one moved.

They were all poor families who had business or were going to rely on relatives, and no one present knew medicine.

Seeing this, the manager became even more anxious, sweating profusely: "What should I do? My mistress is still pregnant. If this continues, it won't be good for the child in her womb..."

At this time, Jiang Wei walked over and said: "I know medicine."

The manager immediately looked over and saw Jiang Wei dressed as a married woman, with a five-year-old little girl following beside her.

The little girl was fair and clean, with exquisite and cute features, not looking like an ordinary family.

He didn't have time to think about anything and hurriedly sent someone to invite the mother and daughter up.

After going up to the second floor of the merchant ship, Jiang Xiaoxiao and her mother followed the middle-aged manager into a rather luxurious room.

It was full of people, mostly maids and old matrons.

Inside, through the hazy gauze curtains, one could vaguely see a beautiful woman lying on the bed. Her slender wrist was exposed, and beside her, an elderly man was taking her pulse.

"How is my mistress? Is the child in her womb okay?" the little maid on the side asked anxiously.

The old man stroked his gray beard and just shook his head: "The fetus in the womb is temporarily fine, but the mistress's body is already weak, and now she can't eat or drink. I'm afraid..."

"Oh my, don't you have any other way?" The little maid stomped her feet in anxiety, and her words were no longer concealed at all: "If something happens to the mistress, the Prince... uh, the mistress's husband will definitely make all of you be buried with her!"

The old man was also in a difficult position: "The mistress is severely seasick, and she can't drink any medicine soup..."

He was also helpless.

At this time, Jiang Wei stood out: "I have medicine for seasickness here."

The little maid immediately looked over.

Jiang Xiaoxiao noticed that this little maid looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, but the material of the clothes she wore was extremely good. She should be a first-class maid beside this wealthy mistress.

"Mistress has medicine? Can you let me see it first?" The old gentleman looked a bit vigilant and walked up to check the medicine.

Jiang Wei took out the seasickness medicine she had taken out of the space beforehand.

The old gentleman looked at the white pills and frowned tightly: "Why have I never seen such pills before?"

Jiang Wei said calmly: "This is a secret seasickness medicine passed down from my ancestors."

The old gentleman was still hesitating, and the little maid walked up, carefully looked at the white pills in Jiang Wei's hand, and then looked at Jiang Wei, her eyes also filled with some vigilance: "Can the medicine from this mistress really cure my mistress's seasickness?"

"Forget it if you don't believe me." Jiang Wei retracted her hand, held Jiang Xiaoxiao, and was about to leave.

She had originally just been kind-hearted, but seeing others doubt her like this, there was no need to be kind.

"Hey, Mistress, wait—"

The little maid was about to step forward to stop them, but the person inside the gauze curtain spoke, her voice filled with weakness: "Yu'er, you must not be rude. Let them bring the medicine in."

"Yes, Mistress." The little maid hurriedly invited Jiang Wei in.

Jiang Wei, however, directly stuffed the medicine into the little maid's hand: "Take it with warm water."

After saying this, she didn't even go in to take a look, held Jiang Xiaoxiao, and left.

She walked fast, and the maids and matrons on the side only reacted and were about to chase out to call them back, but were stopped by the little maid: "Forget it, it's rare that they have this kind heart. Anyway, this ship won't dock until Xuzhou, they can't run away. Let's feed the medicine to the mistress first."

As soon as the mother and daughter came out, they saw Mr. Bai pacing anxiously outside.

Seeing them, Mr. Bai hurriedly stepped forward and said: "You finally came out. I saw you go in just now, and I was worried to death..."

As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice: "Do you know who that wealthy mistress in the room is?"

"Who?" Jiang Wei's face carried a bit of vigilance.

Mr. Bai quickly looked around, and seeing no one, he lowered his voice and said: "I heard she is from the capital... You should have seen the doctor who was treating the wealthy mistress inside, right? He is an imperial physician from the palace."

Imperial physician?!

Jiang Xiaoxiao was stunned. Could that wealthy mistress be some consort from the palace?

No, the palace rules were strict, and the consorts in the palace couldn't enter or leave the palace on their own, let alone a consort who was pregnant with the dragon fetus...

Jiang Xiaoxiao remembered the "Prince" that the little maid blurted out when she was anxious. Could it be some Princess Consort who was traveling while hiding her identity?

"... In any case, you treated the mistress inside. If she is cured, it's fine, but if something happens, I'm afraid..." Mr. Bai became more worried for the mother and daughter as he spoke.

This time it was also his fault. If he hadn't been a step late, he could have stopped the mother and daughter.

"Don't worry, on such a big merchant ship, she wouldn't dare to do anything to us." Jiang Wei said.

The seasickness medicine she gave could be taken by pregnant women and wouldn't cause any problems.

However, this incident also served as a reminder to her: don't be a busybody in everything.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wei couldn't help but frown. She usually wouldn't be so kind-hearted. Although she had sympathy for pregnant women as a woman, in the past, she definitely wouldn't have acted so impulsively and recklessly...

Jiang Xiaoxiao beside her watched and knew in her heart that she had probably encountered some important character in the plot, which made her mother act so out of character.

However—

Jiang Xiaoxiao tried hard to recall the content of the book. Did it mention any Princess Consort with an important role?

It seemed not...

Not long after Jiang Xiaoxiao and her mother returned to the room, two little maids came to invite them.

"This Mistress, my mistress invites you."

Jiang Xiaoxiao noticed that the clothes of the two maids were slightly inferior to the previous one. They should be second-class maids beside that mistress.

Jiang Wei hesitated for a rare moment, then took Jiang Xiaoxiao and followed the two maids to the second floor of the merchant ship.

Compared to lunchtime, there were many fewer maids and matrons serving in the room, and the large room was much emptier.

That wealthy mistress who was lying weakly on the bed was now lazily leaning on the soft couch. Her eyebrows were clear and beautiful, a rare beauty. Beside her, a little maid was peeling lychees for her.

The lychees were deep red, the flesh was snow-white, crystal clear and bright.

Jiang Xiaoxiao watched and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

This wealthy mistress's status was indeed not low. She could actually afford to eat lychees in this day and age. She had been in this world for so long, let alone such precious things as lychees, she hadn't even seen ordinary fruits.