"Have you asked?" the old lady asked with an indifferent and cold expression as she sat cross-legged on the Maitreya couch, twisting a rosary in her hand.

The red note had already sent the people in the house, and while serving tea to the old lady, he said: "I asked, the doctor said that the maid in Miss Lin's house was tired of driving and riding on the road, and after entering Beijing, the water and soil were not adapted, and the body was a little uncomfortable, and it was okay to drink two doses of medicine." ”

"Nothing else?"

"Nothing else. ”

The old lady slowly opened her eyes and waited for the red note for a long time: "Can you ask clearly?"

The red note said: "I said at the time that I was not feeling well, and I invited the doctor back to my room to ask, coercion and temptation, but the doctor did not change his words, and I wanted to be credible." ”

When the old lady heard this, she wrinkled her eyebrows, slowly closed her eyes, and continued to play with the rosary, but she didn't know if she believed it.

Outside the window, it rained lightly, but I don't know how, this year's rain in the capital will be so much, the summer heat has not been completely eliminated, the plague is rampant outside, there is a lot of rain, there is no clean water to drink, the epidemic has spread from Shandong to Hebei, and there is a faint trend of entering Beijing.

Li Miaosheng stood in front of the window, holding a cup of tea in his hand, and listened to the sound of rain outside the window with his eyebrows twisted.

"Back to Mrs., I went to ask the doctor, it was a maid in Miss Lin's house who was a little unaccustomed to the water and soil after entering Beijing, and she had already prescribed medicine, and there was no big problem. The eldest lady listened to the mother-in-law's words and nodded slowly.

"Okay, you go down. ”

The mother-in-law retreated and closed the door for Li Miaosheng and his wife. The eldest lady looked at Li Miaosheng who was standing in front of the window, and Li Miaosheng finally opened her mouth and asked, "Have you seen that sick maid?"

The eldest lady wrinkled her eyebrows and thought for a moment and said, "It seems that I have seen it, but I haven't paid much attention to the maids around her." It's like there's a body that's unwell, always with a white little face. ”

Li Miaosheng nodded slowly, lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

"Master, what are you asking me to keep an eye on that little girl?" asked the eldest lady puzzled.

Li Miaosheng walked over, put the teacup on the kang table, and sat on the kang with the eldest lady, before saying: "I always feel that the girl is hiding something, and now she is just suspicious, but fortunately, it won't take a few days, and there will be results, I hope I am too careful." ”

In the west wing of Qiushuangzhai, Qiu's mother also told Lin Yaxuan about the inquiries one by one, and there was nothing abnormal, although Lin Yaxuan was suspicious, she couldn't catch any tricks.

The night rain was dashing, and Qiu Luo, the personal maid of the second grandmother of the Li family Meng in the Rose Courtyard, hurried to the porch to collect the umbrella, and a little maid had already answered and asked with a smile: "Where did my sister go this big night?"

Qiu Luo looked at the little girl who was well-behaved and showed joy on her face, and while playing the water droplets on her skirt, she said to her: "The second master can't come back tonight for the night patrol, it's not raining, it's cold, the second master is thinly dressed when he goes out this morning, and the second grandmother asked the second master to send a jacket robe, so I took it to the little guy in the outer courtyard." ”

The little girl also covered her mouth and smiled: "The second grandmother is really considerate of the second master." ”

Qiu Luo nodded her little head before asking, "What is the second grandmother doing?"

The little girl said, "It's fragrant to make a medicine bag in it." ”

Qiu Luo was already talking to the little girl, and entered Meng's house, only to see that Meng was really wearing homely clothes, and was sitting on the kang in the east room with a medicine bag, and there were all kinds of herbs and needlework dustpans scattered on the kang table, and only one mother-in-law was accompanying her to comb the needle and thread, and whispered to talk to Meng, and there was a four or five-year-old brother lying on the kang, who was already asleep.

Meng's face was also reflected in the candlelight, which was very kind and soft. Hearing the sound of the door opening and closing, he raised his head: "Is Qiu Luo back?"

Qiu Luo responded in a low voice, after all, Brother Chun had already slept.

Meng Shi pointed to the needle and thread in his hand, and said to the woman: "It's not early, mom go back to sleep, it's not good to move when it's raining outside, Brother Chun will rest here tonight." ”

When the woman heard this, she also knew that Xu was Meng Shi and Qiu Luo still had something to say, so she got up, bowed down and went out, and brought the door to Meng again.

Qiu Luo had already stepped forward, took out the bag of things she was carrying in her arms, and handed it to Meng: "Second grandmother, look." ”

Meng put down the needle and thread in his hand, took the oiled paper bag from Qiu Luo's hand, and took it to the small kang table to look at it under the lamp.

Qiu Luo said on the side: "I asked the doctor, but there is nothing suspicious, and the old lady's house, the eldest lady's house, and Miss Lin's house have all sent people to ask the doctor the reason, and the doctor said the same as us." ”

Meng Shi flipped through the dregs one by one, took it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and said with a frown: "The eldest lady and Miss Lin also asked people in the house?"

"Yes. Qiu Luo responded and stepped forward, "Second grandma, what kind of medicine is this?"

Meng Shi frowned and put down the medicine residue in his hand: "It is a medicine that strengthens the foundation and strengthens the fetus." ”

Qiu Luo was taken aback: "Ah? Is it that I took the wrong medicine residue, I won't take the medicine residue of Liang Er's grandmother by mistake." ”

Meng Shi said: "Liang Er's fetal image is stable, and there is no need for fetal medicine for a long time, besides, this prescription is extremely druggic, and it is quite a bit desperate to protect the fetus, and the child's situation seems to be quite dangerous." But you look at the second grandmother of the Liang family, is there something abnormal in the morning and dusk these days?"

Qiu Luo was even more afraid: "Could it be that there is a pregnant person hidden in the Lin family's girl's house?"

Meng nodded.

Qiu Luo panicked suddenly: "Second grandma, what should we do then?" should we go and tell the old lady." ”

Meng Shifu wrapped the medicine residue again, and said slowly to Qiu Luo, "Tell the old lady what to do?"

Qiu Luo said: "Second grandmother, Miss Lin San has not yet left the pavilion, and the person who is serving with her is either a maid or a mother-in-law, and someone is pregnant, this is a big deal! ”

Meng Shi smiled faintly, didn't say anything, just handed the medicine residue to Qiu Luo: "You be careful to dispose of this thing, don't be seen." ”

"Grandma!" Qiu Luo didn't answer.

Meng Shi looked at the child's appearance, and had to say helplessly: "I went to the old lady to talk about the second grandmother of the Liang family because I felt that the child was really innocent, and the second grandmother of the Liang family was a person with a gentle personality. The third wife wants to harm the children of Liang Er's grandmother, but because Liang's second grandmother is taken care of by the eldest wife, she is just looking for the eldest wife's mistake and fighting for the two pairs of cards.

But the old lady is a shrewd person, if she is really taken by the third wife, the patriarch of the Liang family is killed in our Li family and loses this eldest grandson, how should the Li family explain to the Liang family, and how much damage will it do to the relationship between the Liang and Li families, the third wife must not think so far. ”

Qiu Luo listened to Meng Shi's words, and then slowly took her hand and took the oiled paper bag wrapped in the medicine residue.

Meng Shi softened his expression and said to her: "But the three girls of the Lin family are different, she is doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, protecting the child who should not have survived. ”

Qiu Luo said: "But the second grandmother, if this matter is known to others, it will be terrible to make trouble." ”

Meng Shifu picked up the needle and thread and medicine bag again: "I see that Miss Lin's mind is not weak, just look at her plan today, even the old lady and the old man can't find a flaw, if I don't know some medical skills, I think of checking her medicine slag, I'm afraid I will be fooled by her." She may be able to keep the child, but she may not be able to keep it. ”

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