Pan'er struggled to finish the bowl of medicine, but instead of suppressing the urge to vomit, she wanted to vomit even more.
Cattail was also clever, and hurriedly picked up a salted plum from the small plate on the table, and stuffed it into the mouth of the plate.
The phrase 'presumptuous' was stuffed back so abruptly.
The Empress Dowager Yi'an is rich in gold and jade, and the maids and eunuchs who serve her do not wash their hands with incense, for fear of marinating the master, but now they are lucky, but they were marinated once by a stupid and ignorant girl.
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But she knew that during the days when she was ill, it was these two little girls who were serving her wholeheartedly, cleaning her body and feeding her medicine every day and never slack off.
Empress Dowager Yi'an couldn't remember whether there was such a scene back then. After all, these memories were too long ago. She vaguely remembered that she did fall ill on the way to Beijing, but it was not so serious.
What has changed? Could it be because of her coming back to life
Pan'er bit the plum in her mouth tastelessly, the intense sourness stimulated her mouth, causing her saliva to flood uncontrollably.
Until now, Pan'er still can't figure out whether she is Zhuang Zhou Xiaomeng, and when she wakes up, she will still be the pampered empress dowager, or if she really lived another life.
She thought about this question for a few days and couldn't figure it out, but she knew that there was no time for her to think about it.
Because of this sudden serious illness, Pei Yongchang specially let the boat dock on the way and found a doctor for her to see her. Her pulse passed and she took a lot of medicine, but her illness still didn't improve, so it was nothing serious. Severe illness, that is, the whole body is sore and weak and unable to get out of bed.
Seeing that she was only a few days away from the capital, if her illness was not cured, there was no doubt about her fate. After all, no one knows better than her what Pei Yongchang bought her for.
So she had to get herself better quickly.
While distracted, Qing Dai had already cleaned Pan'er's face, wiped her hands and neck, and put her on the bed.
Pan'er tried to use his strength, and it was much better than the previous few days. Although he was still weak, it was not that he couldn't use any strength.
She pursed her lips and said, "Cattail, go and get some hot water, and give me a hot compress and massage like yesterday. I feel much better than the previous two days, maybe it will be better after a few more visits."
Although Pan'er doesn't know medical skills, she can feel that her situation will be cured after a while, but what she lacks right now is time, so she can only backfire, and it's better than nothing.
Cattails went down in response.
After a while, he came in with a young man carrying hot water.
It was the beginning of spring, and it was still a bit cold, but there was a charcoal basin in front of the bed, so I didn't feel cold.
On the couch, the pan'er shirt is half faded.
The dark green silk quilt made her skin clearer than snow, and her complexion was crystal clear.
Cattail's eyes were full of envy, and his movements were gentler, for fear of hurting the girl's fine skin.
The two little girls were sweating profusely. First they applied hot compresses, and then they massaged. This massage method was given to them by the girl. I don't know how the girl understands this.
They didn't know that the meat of the dish had been changed a long time ago. The empress dowager Yi'an had never seen anything before. The first few years when she first entered the palace were not easy. In order to invite pets, she needed to maintain a slender body and practiced kung fu every day. More than half an hour.
After practicing Kungfu, someone needs to help massage and relax the muscles and bones.
After pressing the arms and back, and then the legs and feet, Pan'er was sweating profusely, and Cattail and Qingdai were also very tired.
But the two girls didn't even complain, and they were busy cleaning and dressing Pan'er.
After experiencing such a scene, Pan'er was also very sleepy, and soon fell asleep.
Just when everyone thought that Pan'er might be dead, who knew that her condition gradually improved, and she was able to get out of bed and walk a few steps by the time of Tongzhou.
Arriving in Tongzhou is equivalent to arriving in the capital. After disembarking for a day of rest, Pei Yongchang saw that although Pan'er was still weak, he was not the same as before when he was sick, so he didn't delay to go to the capital.
It is only half a day's journey from Tongzhou to the capital.
Before dawn the next day, a group of people set off and hurried to the capital before noon.
Because Chen Shoufu was highly valued by the emperor, the Chen family bought their house in Xitangzi Hutong near Donghuamen. The big house on Wujinsanlu lived in the fourth room of the Chen family.
Along the way, Pan'er followed Pei Yongchang with his head down, until the Yunxia Courtyard where the second lady lived, before looking up at the surrounding situation.
There are five main rooms with side rooms, the courtyard is paved with green bricks, and in the middle is a rockery made of Taihu Lake stones. There is flowing water winding down on the rockery, and exotic flowers and plants bloom on the mountain, which are rare and rare. There are also holly and pomegranate trees in the corner of the courtyard, which are luxuriant and thriving.
In front of the corridor, there stood a few maids wearing green vigilante. When they saw Pei Yongchang, they called out to be uncle in a polite manner. A maid in blue bijia stepped up to meet Pei Yongchang and Pan'er kindly.
Cattails and Qingdai were left outside, the two maids had no knowledge, they were so overwhelmed by the grandeur and wealth shown by the Chen family that they dared not even raise their heads.
At this time, Pei Yongchang didn't know that the Chen family hadn't been clean recently, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen Er, had recently been very angry at the private actions of the other families. For many days, the servants of Yunxia Courtyard were trembling, fearing that bad luck would offend their master.
No, today the second madam lost her temper again, scolding the third madam and the fourth madam for being hypocritical, despicable and shameless in the room, and also scolding the eldest madam for being a laughing tiger, envious that her daughter is a princess, and secretly tripping her up.
Just then, Pei Yongchang came.
Pei Yongchang is the son-in-law of the second room of the Chen family, and married the eldest daughter of the second room.
At that time, the Chen family hadn't produced a crown princess, and Qing alone wasn't expensive enough. In addition, Mr. Chen Er is a man with no ambitions. Although he has fame, he is obsessed with painting and calligraphy. Mrs. Chen Er also knows that it will be impossible for her husband to become an official. .
Relying on the old name of the Chen family, the second wife found herself a son-in-law who was a salt merchant.
Although the name of the salt merchant is not good, but he can't stand being rich. Pei Yongchang is filial and never fails during the festivals. He not only enriches the second wife, but also fills up the Chen family. Naturally, the business of the Pei family in Yangzhou is also going smoothly. , No one dared to make things difficult.
Who in the Chen family doesn't know that the fourth son-in-law (this ranking is based on the total ranking of the daughters of the Chen family) is filial, and if the second wife is a little uncomfortable, the fourth son-in-law knows, and all kinds of rare and precious medicinal materials are sent from Yangzhou as if they don't need money. The second master likes all kinds of isolated ancient paintings, and the fourth son-in-law will send them to Beijing as soon as he finds them.
Just relying on this kind of energy that drips through stone, Pei Yongchang really has face in the Chen family. Especially in front of the second room, Mrs. Chen almost treated him as her own son-in-law.
For the second wife, the eldest son-in-law is filial, and now that everyone in the house is against her, even her husband is not on her side, the eldest son-in-law will naturally become a caring person. I heard that Pei Yongchang is here , Busy someone called him in to talk.
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When Pei Yongchang was talking to the second wife, Pan'er was waiting outside in the mansion.
It's March in Yangchun, and the flowers in the flower garden of Yunxia Courtyard have already bloomed. There are roses, lilacs, and winter jasmines, which reflect each other and bloom one after another.
Pan'er sat there with her head half down, and maidservants came in and out from time to time. They were wearing blue or green bijia, and just by looking at their demeanor and attire, one could tell that they were not maidservants from ordinary families.
Even the previous plate is not as good.
After all, one is a skinny horse serving a servant of Israel, and the other is a maidservant of everyone. It's not that there is a saying that it is better to marry a maid from a big family than a girl from a small family. Although the meaning of the two is not the same, it is not far away. If it was Pan'er who was fifteen years old, he would have been restless if he was stared at by these needle-like eyes. Fortunately, the meat inside the pan was changed, so he could only sit with his eyes down.
In the vague memory of Empress Dowager Yi'an, it seems that there was such an incident back then.
At that time, she didn't know the inside story, and when she received such sideways glances, she just assumed that everyone knew her identity as a skinny horse, and she felt ashamed of her appearance and shameless in her heart. So much so that when the second lady used her humble attitude to hold her back and ask her for anything, she didn't dare to resist at all.
When others gave her a little charity, she was very grateful, and she didn't dare to say anything more when others were not fake, and it was only after suffering so much that she came to her senses.
Just when Pan'er was immersed in the memories, someone came from the yard, it was the servant next to the second master.
It is said that the second master is taking a rest today. Hearing that the eldest uncle is here, he asks the eldest uncle to go over and talk.
It's not easy for the second wife to keep Pei Yongchang anymore, and when Pei Yongchang left, she didn't take Pan'er away, obviously she did it on purpose.
The second lady thought for a while, and then she came to the window and looked into the slanted building.
Looking from her direction, you can only see the woman's soft side face. At this time, mother Liu sent Pei Yongchang back, and the two walked to the next room hand in hand.
"Nurse, what do you think of this girl?" After sitting down, the second lady asked.
She is in her forties, but from the appearance, she is in her early thirties at most. Wearing a red beige embroidered with melon and butterfly patterns, a stone blue horse-face skirt, her jet-black hair combed into a pony bun, and a red-gold dotted emerald head, she looked very noble.
She has a round face with willow eyebrows, a plump body, and a pair of sharp phoenix eyes that don't match her face on her fair face.
Mother Liu sighed: "Ma'am, what do you think?"
The second lady rubbed the gemstone ring between her fingers, pursed her lips and said: "The appearance is not bad, but it seems to be a little smaller, and she is too thin. Sending such a sick woman in is really acceptable." The prince likes it?"
Ms. Liu also took a look when she sent people out just now, and she thought that Pan'er's appearance was also very good, especially the delicate and charming appearance of willows and flowers, which made people look sideways, and she couldn't help but feel pity for her.
As for why the second lady would say that, I am afraid that this woman's face violated the taboo of the lady. The Second Madam hates this kind of weak woman who is waiting for me to pity me the most. It's just that only the old people in the house know about this old thing. How could the eldest son-in-law know about it.
Leaving aside the second wife's personal likes and dislikes, this woman is really suitable.
Thinking about what she had said to the elder uncle when she sent her out, Mother Liu hesitated for a while, and cleverly avoided the topic.
"Madam, do you know what a skinny horse is?"
The second lady was born in an earl's family, so she naturally knew what it was, but it was just some lowly sons of Israeli servants, something she even thought it dirty to say.
"This skinny horse is a woman specially trained to serve men according to her liking. We women and men have different visions. Maybe what we think is unattractive can be just what he likes. And such a person is better than The eldest lady, the third lady, and the others are good. If there is a relationship, how can our girls take action to restrain them? We can't restrain people in our hands, and send them to the prince, which will undoubtedly divide our girls. Chong, such a person is the best, with a humble background, and her life is in our hands, why don't we just let her do whatever she wants."
The second wife understands these reasons, but it's about her daughter who is close to her heart, so she really can't tolerate her being careless.
Thinking of her daughter who is a princess, the second lady said with both pride and annoyance: "It was also back then that I was anxious to please the old lady and sent Yan'er to her knees to raise her. She has become a proud and arrogant character. She just gritted her teeth and said nothing, when we didn't know how the vile screwdriver made things difficult for her, and watched her daughter suffer, it really broke my mother's heart."