Before the end of July, it was reported that the one in the palace fell ill.
Today's illness came very suddenly, half a month's early court was missed. During this period, although there were meetings with the courtiers today, it was rumored that his complexion was extremely bad. People from the imperial hospital went in and out of Chengqian Palace every day, and when the court officials mentioned this matter, they all kept it secret.
After Guanshi Lu resigned, Xu's mansion lost another person who could do things, which naturally made things worse for the back house. On this day, as in the past, I was lying in front of the desk copying the scriptures, and Yin Ping hurried in and said: "Young Master, it's not good!"
I rushed to the third room, and as soon as I entered the yard, I saw Jiang's servants and nuns all kneeling outside the door tremblingly.
"Where's the master?" I asked a servant. She said with red eyes: "Master, Master has already left in anger..."
At this time, I heard another noise coming from inside, so I led someone straight in. I saw that this was a mess everywhere, and the good wing room changed beyond recognition overnight. I searched for a while, and suddenly saw Mrs. Jiang pick up a pair of red scissors, and hurriedly ran up to snatch the sharp scissors.
"Let go of me!" Jiang yelled struggling. The mother rushed in when she heard the movement, and quickly held her down. The delicate makeup on Jiang's face was already crying, and she screamed sadly: "Whoever dares to stop me, I will kill him, I will kill him with my own hands!" kill him!"
"Mother!" Those servants were afraid of hurting Jiang Shi, so they couldn't stop her. I walked over, and without regard for etiquette, I grabbed her wrist and said, "If you keep shouting like this, He Lang will hear you!"
As soon as He Lang was mentioned, Jiang Shi was shocked suddenly, and murmured softly: "He Lang, yes, my He Lang..."
She turned around in a daze and looked at me. The look of the past in those eyes was gone, only to see her suddenly limp and fell to the ground. With tears in her eyes, the nanny called her "Prince Master". When Jiang heard the sound, she smiled miserably: "Princess...Princess...ha!"
She opened her eyes and said, "It turns out that what I thought was a concubine's concubine's love and concubine's love is all a joke!" She said to herself, "I have hated Yu Xiulan for so many years, and I always thought she was vicious. The medicine I took, it turns out...it turns out..."
She shed tears tremblingly and shook her head: "It turns out that he did it, and he did it... Just because I am the princess of Duke Jing, and because I have a delicate temper, he is afraid that I will give birth too soon." Giving birth to a child broke the balance he painstakingly maintained, so he drugged me, ruined my body, harmed my crane, and tortured me since I was a child... Crane, crane... ah!!"
With a scream, Jiang suddenly leaned back and passed over alive.
The servants hurriedly carried Mrs. Jiang to the bed, and the doctor was hurriedly invited over. After the needle was applied, after a stick of incense, Jiang woke up faintly.
I have already dismissed the other servants, leaving only Jiang's wet nurse Xu here. As soon as Mrs. Jiang saw me, she asked in the first sentence: "... Has He Lang woke up?"
I leaned over her bed, shook my head and said, "Helang is still resting in the room, mother, don't worry."
After hearing this, Mrs. Jiang had a lucky smile on her pale face, and said little by little: "Okay, okay..." She suddenly grabbed my hand, as if grabbing the last driftwood, and said nervously, "This, This matter must not be let He Lang know—"
I promised her: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely not tell He Lang."
Mrs. Jiang nodded reassuringly, and then waved her hands and shouted: "Mom..." Mrs. Xu hurried over, holding Jiang's hand with red eyes: "Princess, Mrs. Mu is here."
Jiang opened her red and swollen eyes and said, "Order Zhang Yuan to replace all the people in my house and warn them, as long as... as long as I hear a little bit of wind..." She squinted her eyes fiercely. Mrs. Xu patted her hand: "Princess, don't think about it any more, Mommy will definitely take care of this matter, and keep them safe from talking nonsense."
"Okay, that's good, He Lang has always respected his father..." Jiang Shi finally let go of her heart, she smiled sadly, and said ruthlessly, "As long as I have breath, I will never let him suffer any harm." ...!"
After Mrs. Jiang calmed down, I went to Xu Qihe's yard.
I lifted the bead curtain and saw Xu Qihe slowly opened his eyes. I went over and sat down beside his bed. Xu Qihe asked aloud: "Just now, I seem to have heard something..." He said, "It came from my mother's yard."
Xu Qihe had a fever before, but after sweating, he felt better, and he also had some appetite in the past few days, so he got out of bed and walked around for a while, and he was fine.
I shook my head and said, "You know, it's not peaceful outside. Mother just had a quarrel with the master, and she was upset, and she just got angry for a while." Knowing that I couldn't hide it from him, I simply made up a lie, Better than lying to him that nothing happened.
Xu Qihe really believed me easily: "You help me persuade my mother, those things are taken away as soon as they are received. The income of Zhuangzi outside the capital is enough to squander two lifetimes..." Now, the entire government relies on Xu Qihe for all expenses. Properties purchased outside the capital. He has always been far-sighted and is a rare business talent. As long as Xu's house is not ransacked, there is no need to worry about food and clothing.
I looked at Xu Qihe, and I couldn't help but think of the previous turmoil.
Although Jiang's words are scattered, I can piece together the truth—Jiang married into Xu's house and was infertile for three or four years. She finally conceived a child, but was told that the fetal movement was abnormal, and her life was insufficient. Moon was born. I heard that when Xu Qihe was born, he was only a little bigger than a palm, and his whole body was bruised, so he almost died. Later, Zhao Yuanjuan in the palace told Jiang that there were red flowers in her body, so Xu Qihe was born with insufficiency, fearing that she would not survive the age of weak crown.
Jiang Shi never expected that the person who harmed her and her child would be her bedside person. Thinking of this, I can't help but feel terrified. Could it be that the prosperity of the family is not as good as that of my wife.
When I was lost in thought, Xu Qihe looked over quietly, the eyes that used to be like autumn water are now dry like a dry well. He suddenly said in a hoarse voice, "I want to take a break."
I helped him lie down and stood up. Now, Xu Qihe and I are mostly indifferent. In the final analysis, he has an unresolved knot and he is stubborn. He thinks he would rather live like this with me for the rest of his life. I was about to go out when a call came from behind: "Sanxi."
I stopped suddenly and looked back. Xu Qihe stared at me for a moment, then slowly turned around: "Go out."
Under Jiang's anger, she made herself sick. According to Jiang's entrustment, I followed Zhang Yuan and began to learn some housekeeping affairs. In this way, I found one thing to do in my usual life, and I stopped thinking about it, and my mood was much more peaceful. I learned step by step from Mr. Zhang, and after ten days and a half months, I can understand some simple accounts.
Ever since Jiang Shi knew the truth of the year, she seemed to have aged several years overnight. However, in front of Xu Qihe, she still forced a smile to whitewash her peace. Hearing that the master was coming, Jiang asked his servants to close the door, daring to block the master from the outside. Now she has turned from love to hatred for the master, and when she mentioned the master, she only hated: "As soon as I see Helang like this... I wish I could kill him and pay for my son's life!"
But even though she hated her like this, Jiang never thought of taking Xu Qihe away. Every time I think about this, I can't help but think of the tragic death of the Xie family, and the violent Yu family. After all, it is someone else that traps them and makes them crazy, or they themselves...
On this day, Mrs. Jiang asked me to go to the clinic to get medicine for Xu Qihe. It's about Xu Qihe, Mrs. Jiang has always been cautious, and never entrusted it to others easily. In the past, Zhang Yuan or her wet nurse Mrs. Xu did most of the work. Now the mansion is short of manpower, Mrs. Xu has to take care of her, so she has to entrust me to do it. manage.
So I went out with Yinping and two boy servants, and went to the medical center in a sedan chair to get the medicinal materials.
"Young Master, please take it." The doctor wrapped the medicinal materials for me and instructed me carefully. When I took it, I heard someone next to me say: "I heard that there has been an epidemic recently, and those infected will have a fever and a red blood rash, and they will suddenly fall ill and die within a few days."
"This disease seems to have come from the south. Not only is it prevalent among the people, but many people in the military camp have also got this disease." The man looked around and said to the doctor, "I heard that the one above was also infected. .”
I stepped out of the hospital, and the servants came to hold an umbrella for me to block the sun. When he was about to enter the sedan chair, he suddenly heard someone calling: "Sanxi!"
I froze for a moment and followed the sound to look over. I saw a man running over quickly, and when I recognized him, I called out in surprise, "Brother...?"