By the time Lu Haixian arrived at the Mo Residence, the Mo Household had already fetched the medicine, and both old men were up. The commotion throughout the residence had gradually subsided, at least enough that people were no longer jumping at every little thing.
Of course, everyone now took even greater care of the two elders, forbidding them from doing this and that.
What left everyone torn between laughter and tears was that the two elders felt perfectly fine. They wanted to do all sorts of things, even go out for a stroll, while everyone in the residence naturally did their utmost to dissuade them.
If not for the old physician's repeated warnings, Yi A Bao would even have taken a bath. In the end, however, he was persuaded to wait until he had spent some time recuperating.
Even so, both old men still wanted to wash up a little.
Then Lu Haixian, the Provincial Governor of Tea Province, came to visit in person.
Other visitors were being politely turned away for the time being, but the Provincial Governor was not so easily dismissed. For one thing, he was an old friend of Mo Yiming's; for another, he was among those outside the Mo Household who knew what had happened. Thus, he stayed.
That evening, a table of dishes was prepared in the Mo Residence's Dining Hall, though everything was fairly light, clearly intended to help the elders recuperate.
Lu Haixian had taken his seat in the Dining Hall early, accompanied by Mo Congxian. The two guests of honor had yet to arrive, however, so he could only wait patiently.
The table held lightly stir-fried seasonal vegetables, fresh soups, and medicinal dishes. There were no extravagant platters of fish or meat, much less any wine, and steaming porridge had