Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 458 Zhuang Xiuxiu also fell into a coma.

“Yes.” Zhuang Xiuxiu nodded. “Oh, Dad, it’s just a few teapots. I’ll pay for them. I won’t ask for any pocket money for the next six months.”

"I'll beat you to death." Zhuang Xiaozhou suddenly raised his hand and slapped his daughter.

Zhuang Xiuxiu hurriedly got up and scurried up onto the roof beam.

"Brother Zhou!" Shi Ning quickly hugged Zhuang Xiaozhou. "Calm down."

"How can I stay calm?" Zhuang Xiaozhou pointed at Zhuang Xiuxiu. "You're practically my ancestor!"

Zhuang Yi, who had been observing coldly from the sidelines, twitched at the corner of his mouth.

"Father, what are you doing?" Zhuang Xiuxiu smiled bitterly. "I only smashed a few teapots. Does our dignified Zhenguo Duke's Mansion lack a few more teapots?"

"A few teapots?" Zhuang Xiaozhou felt dizzy.

"Brother Zhou, relax." Shi Ning hurriedly helped him by patting his chest.

“Xiuxiu,” Zhuang Yi sighed, “Among those six teapots, three are Gongchun teapots. You know Gongchun teapots, right? He was a great teapot maker from a long time ago. He’s long gone, and many of his teapots have been lost.”

"Huh?" Zhuang Xiuxiu was dumbfounded when she heard that.

Do you know how much that teapot can sell for?

"I don't really want to know," Zhuang Xiuxiu shook her head.

"You might not be able to buy a teapot even for ten thousand taels of silver."

Not only was Zhuang Xiuxiu dumbfounded, but Shi Ning was also dumbfounded.

"It's one thing for you to beat this person and that person outside, but to come home and still carry a whip around causing trouble, are you trying to drive me crazy?"

"I really don't know. Besides, Dad, such an expensive teapot should be kept as a collectible, shouldn't it? Why are you putting it in the living room?"

"So it's my fault after all?"

“I didn’t say it, but what I said makes sense.”

"you……"

"Brother Zhou." Shi Ning hurriedly grasped Zhuang Xiaozhou's hand, which was pointing at his daughter. "Actually, what our daughter said isn't wrong. Instead of keeping the good stuff out, you're just leaving it there. Are you trying to stage an accident?"

Zhuang Xiaozhou's eyes and mouth widened at the same time: "Wife, you..."

“I also think it’s your fault.” Shi Ning waved his hand. “What Gongchun and Gongqiu? I don’t know them. That little teapot isn’t even enough for a sip of tea. It’s broken, so be it. I’ll prepare a big porcelain bowl for you another day. That’s much better for drinking water.”

Zhuang Xiaozhou: ...

Zhuang Yi burst out laughing.

"Yi-ge'er, are you still laughing?" Zhuang Xiaozhou felt very hurt.

"Second Uncle, it's already broken, crying won't help."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Xiaozhou could only sigh, and then glared fiercely at her daughter.

Zhuang Xiuxiu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she had escaped a beating. She glanced gratefully at her cousin and, still sitting on the roof beam, clasped her hands in a fist salute to him.

"Second Uncle, what do you think about this now?"

“My daughter has already fainted. Can the Third Prince force her to marry him?” Zhuang Xiaozhou rolled her eyes, then pointed at her daughter. “You can stay faint. It’s better if you stay faint. At least you’ll behave.”

Zhuang Xiuxiu made a face at him.

“However, there must be someone behind this, Yi-ge’er. Your second uncle knows you have people on your side. Investigate them.”

"Okay." Zhuang Yi nodded.

"I need to go back and lie down for a while." Zhuang Xiaozhou clutched her chest as she walked out. "My three Gongchun teapots..."

"Second Uncle," Zhuang Yi called out to Zhuang Xiaozhou, "Um... there's something I think I should tell you."

"What's going on?"

"Those three Gongchun teapots of yours are fake."

"What?"

"Well... those three teapots are fake."

"Big brother!" Zhuang Xiuxiu jumped down from the roof beam. "You're really my big brother? Is that true? My father was fooled?"

Zhuang Xiaozhou looked frustrated and didn't know how to react.

"Second Uncle wasn't fooled, but rather..." Zhuang Yi chuckled, "When I was bored, I apprenticed myself to a master to learn how to make Yixing teapots, and then I copied your three teapots and secretly switched them. I was originally thinking of seeing how long it would take you to find out, but..."

Two years have passed, and my second uncle still hasn't noticed that his three teapots have been switched, so he's forgotten about it.

If his cousin hadn't smashed the display shelf today, he wouldn't have even remembered this incident.

"Hehe." Zhuang Xiuxiu laughed. "Dad, look, you don't actually like teapots at all, otherwise how could you not have noticed?"

"Get down here."

"If you want to hit me, then come up here."

"you……"

"Alright," Shi Ning pinched the bridge of her nose, "Can you guys just shut up for a bit?"

The father and daughter finally fell silent.

Zhuang Yi sent someone to bring over the three genuine teapots.

Zhuang Xiaozhou felt too embarrassed to yell at his daughter anymore, so the group sat down and discussed what to do next.

Zhuang Xiuxiu continued to feign unconsciousness.

So the next day, the steward of the Duke's mansion went to Huichuntang again in a grand manner and summoned Doctor Xu over once more.

When Dr. Xu saw that Zhuang Xiuxiu was still unconscious, he was also a little confused. He was very confident in his medical skills and thought that she would definitely wake up if he said she would, but he didn't expect her to not wake up.

At this point, he also became a little insecure. After all, the head is a very complex thing, unlike fractures or dislocations, which can be fixed once they're done and can be seen. You can't see inside the head.

"Dr. Xu." Shi Ning couldn't cry anymore, and Zhuang Xiuxiu finally smeared some ginger juice on her handkerchief. "What's wrong with my daughter? She has to go to the palace tomorrow. If she doesn't wake up, wouldn't that be... Waaah..."

"It's possible that the meridians in her head are blocked. In that case, I'll try giving her a couple of acupuncture needles." Doctor Xu said, taking out his silver needles.

Shi Ning glanced at her husband with a hint of nervousness.

Zhuang Xiaozhou took a day off today. When he saw his wife was nervous, he quickly went up and held her hand. To outsiders, this seemed like a sign of worry for their daughter, but in reality, the two of them were worried that their daughter would scream and jump up because she couldn't help but get the needle.

"Then we'll have to trouble Dr. Xu." Zhuang Yi nodded slightly. "Second Uncle and Second Aunt, Dr. Xu's acupuncture skills are very impressive. Let him give my sister a couple of acupuncture needles; perhaps that will wake her up."

Zhuang Xiaozhou nodded and pulled his wife back two steps.

Dr. Xu inserted six needles into Zhuang Xiuxiu's vagina, but there was no reaction at all. He frowned and said, "This shouldn't be happening..."

"Dr. Xu, what's going on?"

"Lord Zhuang, perhaps you should ask the imperial physician to come and take a look. I... am not very knowledgeable, and I really..." Doctor Xu sighed, "Miss Chen is in the same situation."

"My poor daughter." Shi Ning simply buried her face in her husband's arms and burst into tears. Of course, only she knew whether there were any tears at all.

Zhuang Xiaozhou and Doctor Xu left the Duke's Mansion together; one returned to Huichun Hall, while the other went to the palace to seek help from the imperial physician.

"Zhuang Xiuxiu is unconscious?" Yunyi was so surprised when she heard the news brought by Yunsheng while she was having lunch that she dropped her chopsticks.