Chapter 88: The Plague Spreads

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Cuizhuyuan

Qing Dai informed Ling Haoyue of the news of the red sleeves.

"County Lord, Red Sleeves is dying now, the board in the palace is not light, the eldest lady wanted to deal with her directly, but the eldest lady stopped her, saying that she wanted to stay and slowly get angry. The slave and maid quietly went to take a look, and the injury was serious, and if she was tortured by the eldest lady again, I am afraid that her life would not be saved. โ€

Ling Haoyue said while building flower branches: "According to my eldest sister's temperament, I'm afraid she won't live for three days." โ€

Qing Dai hesitated: "County Lord, do you want to keep her?" but if you come forward, I'm afraid that it will attract criticism. โ€

Ling Haoyue put down the scissors in her hand and said with a light smile: "Who said that I would come forward to protect her, she is not my person." โ€

"So what to do?"

"The maid next to Ling Wanrou really doesn't live long, first Yi Cui, then Red Sleeves, if Red Sleeves is really dead, the remarks of outsiders will be wonderful, you say that grandmother knows, what will she do?"

Although Old Madam Ling loves Ling Wanrou, she attaches great importance to the reputation of the Ling Guo Mansion, and if Red Sleeves is smart, she should know how to talk to Old Madame.

Magnolia Garden

On the way back, Zhou's mother accidentally ran into a limping red sleeve.

"Mom, please save me. Red Sleeves knelt directly at Mother Zhou.

Mother Zhou hurriedly helped her up and said, "Red sleeves, what are you doing, I'm just a subordinate, what can I help you." โ€

Mother Zhou had heard about the red sleeves from the old lady, but she offended the eldest lady severely.

"Mother Zhou, you can take me to meet the old lady. Red Sleeves got guidance and secretly ran out to ask to see the old lady, but the mother-in-law guarding the door didn't let her in at all.

"Red Sleeves, you can go back honestly, the old lady won't want to see you. Mother Zhou looked at the appearance of the red sleeves, walking with a limp, her face was pale, and she was also pitiful. But in this huge Ling Guo Mansion, no one dared to pity her.

"Mother Zhou, you can help me bring a message to the old lady, and the red sleeves will definitely thank my mother." When Red Sleeves spoke, he took out a pearl from his arms and stuffed it into Zhou's mother's hand, this pearl is not big, but it is rare that the color is fair, and there are no impurities.

"Mom, Red Sleeves won't embarrass you, you just need to convey a word for me, if the slave dies, then the eldest lady's matter can't be hidden. โ€

Mother Zhou saw that Pearl's mind moved slightly, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll convey a word for you, but I don't know if the old lady will see you." โ€

Red Sleeves nodded again and again, and said, "Mom only needs to help me convey that if the old lady doesn't see the slave maid, then the slave maid will accept her fate." โ€

Mother Zhou went in to reply to the old lady.

"Old lady, the medicine has been quietly put in the tea, and the slave saw her drink it with her own eyes. โ€

The old lady quickly turned the Buddha beads in her hand and said, "She didn't have any suspicions." โ€

Mother Zhou nodded: "Don't worry, the old lady, she didn't notice it." The tea, tea set, slaves and maids have all been disposed of. โ€

The old lady closed her eyes, the elixir, that is a murder, accidentally created it again.

"Old lady, there is one more thing ......" Mother Zhou took out the pearl from her arms, handed it to the old lady, and said, "This is the red sleeve stuffed for the slave maid, saying that the slave maid is asked to bring a message to the old lady, if she dies, then the eldest lady's matter will not be hidden." โ€

The old lady turned the hand of the Buddha bead and stopped, glanced at Zhou's mother, gritted her teeth and said, "It's really uneasy! โ€

Zhou's mother bowed her head in response, walked out quickly, and came in with red sleeves.

Red Sleeves knelt down at the old lady and said, "Old lady, you can spare Red Sleeves." โ€

Old Madam Ling said coldly, "Didn't you come with the idea of threatening the old body?"

Red sleeves burst into tears: "Old lady, where does the slave dare to threaten the old lady, I just want to ask the old lady to listen to the slave and maid." The old lady knew that the eldest lady's personal maid was called Yi Cui. โ€

Seeing that Mrs. Ling didn't speak, Red Sleeves wiped a handful of tears, endured the pain in her body, and continued: "Yi Cui's death in Baiyun Temple is unknown, the eldest lady also said that the manna next to the second lady killed her, and then the second lady directly sent the manna to Jingzhao Mansion to report the case, and later Ganlu also quietly died in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion, these two lives have made Lord Yin Cui of Jingzhao Mansion suspicious, a few days ago, Lord Cui secretly interrogated the slave maid, but the slave maid did not dare to say. Now, if the slave dies again, then the next person to be questioned by Lord Cui should be the eldest lady. โ€

Red Sleeves kowtowed to Old Lady Ling and said, "Old Lady, I just ask Old Lady to spare Red Sleeves' life, and Red Sleeves is grateful." โ€

Old Madam Ling pondered for a moment, the back of the red sleeves was sweating, she was not sure if these words could coax the old lady, how long she could coax, but she could live one day at a time.

"Okay, you can stay in Magnolia Court from now on. โ€

Finally, the stone in Redsleeves' heart fell to the ground.

Ling Haoyue was not surprised at all when she heard the news. But Lily of the Valley quipped: "That Red Sleeves really thought that this statement could bluff the old lady, the old lady had already sent someone to inquire whether Master Cui had interrogated Red Sleeves, if it wasn't for the county lord to help cover up, Red Sleeves would have been executed by this time." โ€

Ling Haoyue smiled faintly and said, "The rest depends on whether she has the ability or not." โ€

It was night, and Red Sleeves was lying on the bed, but thinking about the things of the day, she was flustered, but fortunately the old lady believed her words, otherwise she would have died.

"Sister Red Sleeves. Suddenly, a small sound came from the window, and it sounded like Xiao Cui.

Red Sleeves got up slowly and quietly opened the window, and sure enough, it was Xiao Cui.

"Xiaocui, why are you here, come in. Redsleeves opened the door and let Cui in.

"Sister Red Sleeves, are you okay, if someone hadn't asked me about you today, I wouldn't have known that you came to the old lady's side. โ€

Red Sleeves' heart beat rapidly: "Who asked you? What did you say? How did you answer?"

Xiaocui thought for a while and said, "I don't know who it is, it seems to be the mother of the house, I just asked if you went out two days ago, and if anyone came to look for you or something?" I don't know anymore, I don't know what to say, so I can only nod." โ€

Red Sleeves hurriedly asked, "That's all, didn't say anything else?"

Xiao Cui shook her head and said, "It's gone." โ€

"That's good. Red Sleeves' heart finally settled, "Xiaocui, it's good to have you." She really didn't expect the old lady to go to check, but fortunately, Xiaocui helped her.

"Sister Redsleeves, how is your injury? I brought you medicine, you have to get better quickly. I don't know how long the old lady can shelter you, while the eldest lady can't get out of bed now, and the lady is also busy taking care of the eldest lady, you should quickly find a way to escape. โ€

Red Sleeves shook his head and said, "Run, where can I escape, my deed of sale is still in the hands of Madame." โ€

"Then what should I do? If you were like Aunt Yan, it would be good if you were like Aunt Yan, the deed of sale is in the hands of the eldest young master, the eldest young master spoils her, and her life is not known to be nourishing, but unfortunately the eldest young master is not in the mansion at the moment. โ€

Red Sleeves squeezed the medicine in his hand tightly: "Xiaocui, what you said is right, if this deed of sale is in the hands of Mrs., I will not be able to live sooner or later." โ€

"Xiaocui, I heard that there is an Aunt Qiao, right?"

Xiaocui nodded and said, "I heard that the new Aunt Qiao is amazing, the most popular thing is the master, the master doesn't even care about the lady and the eldest lady for her." For this reason, Mrs. also made a lot of anger, and there was no way to take this aunt Qiao. โ€

Red Sleeves smiled: "That Aunt Qiao is the queen's mother, of course Madam can't do anything to her." โ€

"Sister Redsleeves, I don't dare to stay here any longer, take care of yourself. โ€

As Xiao Cui's figure disappeared into the night, Red Sleeves gritted his teeth and muttered, "This is like this." โ€

Since Aunt Qiao came to the Lingguo Mansion, this mansion has never been more lively, and within a few days, Red Sleeves became Aunt Qiao's maid.

The Zhao family repeatedly troubled Aunt Qiao, but they were all defeated, and they were directly sick in bed.

Ling Haoyue only smiled faintly when she heard this.

The combat effectiveness of this Xiang Qiao and Red Sleeves is really not weak! Xiang Qiao relied on the fact that he had served by the queen's side in the past, as well as Ling Guogong's inexplicable favor, coupled with the black material that Red Sleeves had learned about the Zhao family and Ling Wanrou over the years, it was enough to make the Zhao family angry.

And in the court, the outbreak of the plague in southern Xinjiang can't be concealed after all, southern Xinjiang is the border, the outbreak of the plague, this matter can be big or small, if the plague is only on the border, then it will also be a thing, but if it spreads to the capital, it will be bad.

On this day, Zhao Qing suddenly came to visit Ling Haoyue.

"Yue'er. As soon as Zhao Qing saw her, he greeted her cordially.

Ling Haoyue also smiled: "Xiaoqing, why are you here?"

"Yue'er, I'll come to see you and tell you something by the way. Zhao Qing quietly looked at a few maids.

Ling Haoyue understood: "You all go out." โ€

After the maids all went out, Zhao Qing's face suddenly became serious.

"Yue'er, you must be careful during this time, if it is not necessary, do not leave the house. โ€

Ling Haoyue asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao leaned into her ear and whispered, "The plague in southern Xinjiang has reached the capital. โ€

Ling Haoyue was shocked: "No, isn't the southern border still far from the capital?"

Zhao Qing's expression was unprecedentedly serious, and said, "It's true, the Tai Hospital is my uncle, and I heard what he said with my own ears." There was already a case of plague in the house of an official in the capital, and my uncle personally confirmed it, but he was afraid of causing panic, so he quietly disposed of the body. But my uncle said that since some people have contracted the plague, I don't know how many have contracted it. โ€

"Yue'er, I'll only tell you about this, you must pay attention, my uncle said that the plague is not a minor disease, and I don't know how to treat it yet. Those who contracted the plague would be sent to quarantine, and they would die for the rest of their lives. โ€

Ling Haoyue nodded and said with a smile: "I know, thank you, Xiaoqing, thank you for telling me." โ€

Zhao Qing shook his head lightly and said, "Thank you, you are my best friend, I came to inform you that you should be." โ€