After letting Zhong Xian go down, Su Ningxin picked up the travel diary and continued reading it, turning page after page out of boredom.
In fact, Su Ningxin doesn't really like reading ancient travel notes, which means she has been in ancient times all her life. Otherwise, just the setting of classical Chinese would make her lose half of her hair, and the other half of her hair would look like she was fried because of the travel notes. The noodles will fall apart even without the sauce.
The reason why she kept reading even though she didn't like it was entirely because she had no other choice. She still found reading more interesting than doing embroidery or braiding.
After watching for another two hours, Su Ningxin finally waited for Mr. Su San, who was on the lower duty, and asked Shuangbai to serve him a cup of tea. Su Ningxin looked at Mr. Su San with a smile, "I heard there is news from the capital. ?”
Although they have met many times, Mr. Su San is still a little cautious, as if facing his boss, "The Zhenguo government has mentioned the engagement. The one they want to engage in is you... What do you mean?"
Su Ningxin said calmly, "Dad knows my identity and is very sensitive. How can I marry in the capital?"
Master Su San breathed a sigh of relief at these words. He also felt that Shen Qing would not agree to the marriage. What kind of thing would it be for a concubine who came out of the palace to marry the Duke of Zhenguo instead? If the matter is exposed, neither the imperial palace nor the Zhenguo government will let him go.
"Then...who do you think is suitable?" Mr. Su San asked politely.
Su Ningxin smiled tenderly, "Daddy, you are joking. I, a daughter, can't interfere in these marriage matters." The smile on her face faded, "But daddy promised me that I will make the final decision on Su Lanxin's marriage. Daddy, please don't." I was so busy with business that I forgot about it.”
"No, no, I will definitely remember it clearly." Mr. Su San quickly denied it. The next step was to choose a daughter to get engaged. Although the rest were all concubines, it was a good thing to get married to the Duke of Zhenguo.
"Dad, there is one more thing," Su Ningxin said, pouring cold water on Mr. Su San, "There is a little maid in my yard who put something in my medicine..."
Mr. Su San put his hand on the cup, and suddenly felt that the warm cup suddenly became very cold, "Who is this... No? Is your Majesty injured?"
When Mr. Su San was nervous, Su Ningxin suddenly smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, dad. After so many years of struggling in the palace, I can still distinguish common poisons. As for who it is, dad can ask himself,"
Su Ning paused for a moment, and her face turned cold, with a hint of warning.
"I'm going to give Daddy face. Forget it this time. Daddy just takes that little maid back. However, Clay Bodhisattva also has three parts of fire nature. If anyone reaches out to my yard again, I can't guarantee her." Can her hand still be hers?"
Mr. Su San immediately stood up and said, "Thank you very much, Madam, for your generosity."
Su Ningxin had no interest in chatting with Mr. Su San anymore, "Daddy, please go slowly. Ning'er is not in good health, so I won't send him off."
Mr. Su San left Tinghua Xiaozhu with a livid face, and at the same time took away the poisoned little maid.
Originally, Su Ningxin didn't plan to be so tough with Mr. Su San, but then she thought about it. Her attitude seemed to have no impact on her relationship with Mr. Su San. Mr. Su San couldn't really regard her as his daughter. Even if there is an emperor and a queen, it is impossible to be treated harshly by the other party.
In this case, why not get along with the Su family in the most comfortable manner? She has never been someone who would be wronged.
Besides, her current status is already high, and how long can she stay in the Su family? Why bother to make herself feel uncomfortable just for the sake of superficial harmony.
Shuanghua wasn't just doing embroidery at home these days. She was keeping tabs on every yard of the Su family. She knew all the big and small things that happened in the Su family immediately.
After Su Ningxin talked with Mr. Su San, there was a rumor in the Su family. It was said that the eldest girl of the Su family was extremely ill and could not even get out of bed. She must not be able to get married. If such a body was found in other people's homes, If you don't take good care of it, you may lose your life.
One day when the family was having dinner, Mr. Su San solemnly announced to everyone that as long as Su Ningxin was in poor health, he would never engage in an engagement or get married. Even if she was not good in her life, the Su family would be able to support her for the rest of her life.
Master Su San's idea is also very simple. Su Ningxin obviously doesn't intend to have too much contact with the women in the Su family's backyard, so he should reduce Su Ningxin's presence as much as possible and let the people in the backyard ignore this person. Then no one would bother her.
A few days later, the maid next to Aunt Mo was found to have the disease. The maid was immediately sent out of the house. Aunt Mo's yard was also smoked with mugwort. Two days later, red spots also appeared on Aunt Mo's body. , the third lady directly decided to send her to Zhuangzi.
According to the news Shuanghua received, Aunt Zhao should have taken the initiative. There was an epidemic in a small village dozens of miles away from Wenzhou City. The state government responded quickly and sealed the village. I don’t know where Aunt Zhao got some. The clothes worn by the villager before his death infected the maid next to Aunt Mo.
Su Ningxin marveled at how courageous Aunt Zhao was, or maybe she didn't know how serious the epidemic was. Living in the same house as Aunt Mo, if it really spread, she herself would not be able to escape death.
Knowing the news about the epidemic, Tinghua Xiaozhu, who had little contact with the outside world, became more strict with her servants.
Fortunately, the epidemic did not develop. It only caused the people of Wenzhou to talk about it for half a month and then disappeared. Except for the little maid next to Aunt Mo, no one else died of the disease in Su Mansion. Even Aunt Mo was raised in Zhuangzi for ten years. It'll be fine in a few days.
But getting better does not mean that she can come back. The time of her return depends on the mood of Mr. Su and Mrs. Su. Aunt Zhao is causing trouble in the house, and Aunt Fang is adding insult to injury. Su Ningxin estimates that the time for her to return to the house is It's a long way off.
Time flies by, and in the blink of an eye, Su Ningxin has been holding back in the courtyard for a month. During this month, the Tea Transport Department has been constantly moving, but Xingyuan Mansion is still calm on the surface, and no one has noticed anything unusual in Xingyuan Mansion.
Ordinary people can't feel anything, but Su Ningxin knows that there are a lot of secret guards flying around at night. They must have secretly poked and prodded through the city. Even Su Mansion has had people here. .
However, those people could not do anything. Su Ningxin had already been prepared for them. She specially asked people from the small courtyard to guard outside the walls of the Su Mansion. If there was any movement, they would make a sound to alert the soldiers. In addition, Chu Jihan should They also sent people nearby, so the secret guards naturally didn't succeed.
Not only the Su family, but also Chu Jihan, the other more respectable families in Wenzhou, sent one or two people to cause trouble for the Scorpion Guards in the dark to ensure that they could not really overturn other people's homes.
This is also a kind of deception. If only the secret guards of the Su family can't get in, they will inevitably become suspicious. If they can't get in all the officials' houses, then it can only be because the soldiers of Xingyuan Mansion are more alert.
(End of chapter)