Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but complain in her heart: Why plant a pomegranate tree? I don't know whose idea it was? This is not someone's new house for a young daughter-in-law, why do you want to have many children and blessings? She will move this tree somewhere else and replace it with a crabapple tree.
In her previous life, she had gone to the palace with Lin Shisheng to pay respects to Concubine Lin, and had seen the crabapple tree when passing by the Imperial Garden.
Standing upright in the wind, the flower buds are bright red and the flowers are beautiful, like dots of rouge, both fragrant and bright.
She wanted to plant one at that time.
But the crabapple tree was hard to find, and she had been to Fengtai several times but never found one. The flower farmer asked her to leave her address and he would let her know when he had time. But she was too busy to think about anything else, so she could only thank the flower farmer and leave sadly.
She must plant a crabapple tree in this life.
Zhou Shaojin didn't sleep all night, and only drank half a bowl of soy milk in the morning. After talking with Zhou Chujin and Li for a while, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Fortunately, Zhou Chujin didn't dare to bring Guan Ge out because he was still in his cradle and was afraid that he would catch a cold. Seeing that Zhou Shaojin was fine, he got up and said goodbye.
Li and Zhou Shaojin sent Zhou Chujin to the door, and the doctor arrived.
Zhou Shaojin had no choice but to go back into the house and send the maids and old women away. He was accompanied by Mrs. Fan Liu and Nanny Li, and through the curtain, he put a handkerchief on his hand and let the doctor feel his pulse.
The doctor was in his fifties, with a goatee. He moved his left hand, then his right hand, then his right hand, and talked for a long time, but no one in the room understood him. He then wrote a prescription for calming the nerves and replenishing qi, and left.
Chunwan asked Fan Qi to get the medicine, but he didn't dare to give it to Zhou Shaojin. He pretended to boil the medicine, but quietly poured it into the bamboo forest behind the house. Zhou Shaojin was even more dizzy after being tossed around like this, and he fell down to rest before Fan Qi got the medicine. After a while, his face flushed and his body was burning hot.
The tent was half-draped, and Chunwan and the others did not notice it.
At noon, Cheng Chi came back and reported to the steward what happened in the morning.
Cheng Chi's face changed slightly, and he went to the inner courtyard without thinking.
Huaishan's expression also changed.
Cheng Chi has never been so impulsive since he turned sixteen.
He coughed softly and whispered, "Fourth Master, tomorrow is Buddha's Birthday. Since the eldest lady came this morning, she must have talked about the Buddha's Birthday. I don't know what the second cousin and the eldest aunt are planning. Do you want to ask them? The fourth master doesn't use many maids around him, and it's not convenient for us to enter the inner house. I'm afraid you have to go there in person for this matter!"
Cheng Chi couldn't help but laugh, and said pointedly: "Huaishan, I find that you are quite good at talking sometimes."
Huaishan was choked by the praise and started coughing.
Only then did Cheng Chi step into the inner house.
While Cheng Chi and Huaishan were talking, Xiang, the steward, sent a smart maid to the inner house to report the news, and Li returned to the east wing.
Cheng Chi thought about it, and still greeted Li through the curtain of the east wing, and politely asked about the Buddha's Bathing Festival: "... If the eldest aunt has no plans, you might as well come with us - I promised Shao Jin to accompany her to the temple fair. The guards have arranged everything, and you just need to take the third cousin with us. Or if you want to go somewhere, you can also let the guards accompany you."
Although Li was Zhou Shaojin's stepmother, she was only a woman in her early twenties. Because she married Zhou Zhen, who was more than ten years older than her, she had to be dignified and reserved in everything. Now that she heard that she could go to the temple fair and visit wherever she wanted, her heart was revived. She couldn't help but say, "I'm sorry to bother you. I'll get back to you after discussing this matter with the second young lady."
Cheng Chi showed unprecedented respect for Li and said, "I heard Shao Jin is ill. I was just about to go see her. I'll ask her for you!"
Li smiled and thanked him.
Cheng Chi went to the main room.
Madam Li whispered, "Madam, is this appropriate?"
"What's inappropriate?" Li didn't think too much and said, "No matter what, this is also the place of the Fourth Master of the Cheng Family. Now that Shao Jin is sick, how can the Fourth Master of the Cheng Family turn a blind eye?"
But isn’t it too good
Nanny Li was muttering something in her heart, but after hearing what Li said, she put the thought aside.
Cheng Chi entered the inner room. Bi Tao, who was sitting in front of the tent doing needlework and watching over Zhou Shaojin, immediately stood up, threw the needlework in her hands into the rattan basket on the ground, bowed and called out, "Fourth Master."
"How is the second young lady?" Cheng Chi hesitated whether to lift the curtain to take a look.
Bi Tao said: "The second young lady took medicine and slept for a while."
Cheng Chi looked at the quietly hanging tent. He knew that he should not stand here any longer, but his feet seemed to be stuck and he was reluctant to move away.
He simply asked Zhou Shaojin: "It is said that the raw lacquer has swollen his face. How swollen is it? Where is the prescription the doctor wrote? Let me see it."
Bitao hurriedly asked for the prescription.
Cheng Chi looked at it carefully, and the more he looked, the more his brows frowned.
I looked up and saw Mrs. Fan Liu and Nanny Shang who had rushed over after hearing the news.
His tone became stern: "Why didn't you take my name card and invite Imperial Physician Cao over? Where did you find this doctor from?"
Both Fan Liushi and Shang Madam knew that Cheng Chi could read prescriptions, and they were both shocked when they heard this. One said, "Miss, is there anything wrong?" The other said, "I asked the steward for help. I think he must be famous in the capital."
Cheng Chi crumpled up the prescription and threw it on the ground, saying, "Go get my note and ask Imperial Physician Cao to come for a consultation!"
Nanny Shang replied “yes” and hurried out of the inner room.
Fan Liushi didn't have much contact with Cheng Chi, but she knew that Cheng Chi was a man who dared to turn his back on the ancestor of the second house. When Cheng Chi's clear eyes glanced at her, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. She stood there quietly and held her breath, not daring to move.
For a moment, you could hear a pin drop in the room.
Cheng Chi was puzzled. They made such a big noise, why didn't Zhou Shaojin wake up yet
He stretched out his hand and then retracted it, and said to Fan Liushi: "Go and see if the second young lady wants some water?"
Mrs. Fan Liu glanced at Cheng Chi and saw that Cheng Chi did not move, so she had to lift a crack in the curtain and whispered, "Second Miss, your uncle is here to see you!"
Cheng Chi couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
There was no movement in the tent.
Mrs. Fan Liu reported again.
Cheng Chi had already lifted the curtain impatiently.
Zhou Shaojin lay on the bed with a flushed face and sweat all over his forehead.
"Shao Jin!" Cheng Chi felt like his heart had stopped beating. He walked forward and pulled Fan Liu aside. He strode over and sat on the head of the bed. He hugged Zhou Shao Jin in his arms and reached out his hand to touch Zhou Shao Jin's forehead.
How could the Fourth Master hug the Second Miss
Although the second young lady has not yet reached the age of marriage, she is still a grown-up girl after all...
While Fan Liu was thinking, Cheng Chi glanced at her sharply and said, "Why are you still standing there like an idiot? Go get a basin of cold water. The second young lady has a high fever and I'm afraid she's confused!" The last sentence was said to Zhou Shaojin.
"Oh!" Fan Liu responded hurriedly and walked out of the inner room with one foot high and one foot low.
Cheng Chi patted Zhou Shaojin's cheek gently and whispered her name.
Zhou Shaojin opened his eyes with great effort, glanced at Cheng Chi with a sullen look, and called out "Uncle Chi" weakly.
Cheng Chi felt as if a piece of his heart was cut out, and he was in so much pain that he could not help himself. He quickly said softly, "Don't talk anymore. It's hard to talk. I've asked Nanny Shang to get a doctor. Just bear with it, it will be fine soon."
Zhou Shaojin felt like he was dreaming.
She was in a daze, and her body felt like it was being roasted on fire, and she felt extremely uncomfortable... She missed her sister... and Uncle Chi... But her sister had Guan Ge... and she didn't know where Uncle Chi had gone... She felt like crying... and when she opened her eyes, she saw Uncle Chi.
Uncle Chi looked at her anxiously, as if she were some precious treasure.
She cried out "Wow" and started crying.
It’s all Uncle Chi’s fault. If it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t have gotten sick!
Cheng Chixin was so confused by her crying that he let her curl up in his arms, patted her back gently, and coaxed her softly, "Shaojin, where are you feeling unwell? The doctor will be here soon! Don't cry, don't cry."
Sick people are usually more fragile than usual. It would have been fine if no one was comforting her, but when someone was comforting her, Zhou Shaojin cried even more sadly.
Cheng Chi kept coaxing her, but accidentally looked up and saw Fan Liushi standing at the door with a copper basin in her hand, speechless. Thinking that so many of them were serving Zhou Shaojin, but they didn't notice that Zhou Shaojin was sick, she felt angry and looked at Fan Liushi with a sharp look, saying, "Why don't you bring a handkerchief over!"
Mrs. Fan Liu shuddered, but her heart felt like a huge wave hitting the shore. She nervously twisted a handkerchief and handed it over.
"Be good! I'll help you wipe the sweat off. You'll feel better after you wipe the sweat off!" Cheng Chi said softly. Seeing that her neck was also sweaty, he asked Fan Liushi to wring out a handkerchief to help her wipe her neck. As a result, when wiping her neck, he found that her vest was also sweaty. After thinking for a while, he helped her wipe her vest again, and then said to Fan Liushi: "Bring a clean handkerchief over and put it on my arm."
Fan Liu's mind was still fuzzy, like a copper oil lamp. She moved every time Cheng Chi pulled her. When she took a clean handkerchief and put it on Cheng Chi's arm, she realized that Cheng Chi's sleeve had been wetted by water at some point. By putting the clean handkerchief on his arm, Zhou Shaojin would not get wet when he leaned on his arms.
She was terrified, and her hands were shaking as she walked out carrying the basin of water. She felt the basin in her hands was as heavy as a thousand pounds.
Zhou Shaojin's impression was confused. She just vaguely knew that she was sick. Uncle Chi had been with her. When the doctor came, Uncle Chi fed her medicine and tucked her in. When he tucked her in, she held Uncle Chi's hand and refused to let him go. And he really didn't leave... She fell asleep peacefully.
When she woke up, the sun had already reached the center of the room. The inner room was quiet, with only Chunwan dozing against the bedpost.
Zhou Shaojin moved.
The Spring Festival Gala suddenly opened its eyes.
Seeing Zhou Shaojin wake up, her eyes became sore, and she rushed to the bedside, saying excitedly: "Second Miss, you're awake!"
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Sisters and brothers, today’s update.
O(∩_∩)O~
PS: Tomorrow’s update will be at the old time, around 5pm.
※(To be continued)