Chapter 53: Faking Illness
The emperor raised his voice and reprimanded: "What's wrong, so panicked? ”
Zhou Lian stopped panting, and saw that the emperor didn't even show his face, his eyes were a little aggrieved, but he still replied: "Back to my father, when I was patrolling the Jing River this morning, Zhang Zhiheng, the governor of Caoyun, fell into the water. ”
Why are these messy things in a day, the emperor frowned, "Have you rescued anyone?" ”
Zhou Lian said: "It's rescued." However, Master Zhang has not woken up yet......"
The emperor weighed it for a while, and still said: "If you don't wake up, call a few more imperial doctors over, I still have something to do here." Your concubine Xu is sick, and she is anxious to go back to see the doctor. Hearing that Zhou Lian was still entangled, the emperor said impatiently, "You go and keep an eye first, and I will arrive later." ”
Qiao Rong got the emperor's eyes and raised his voice: "Get up!" ”
Xu Guifei looked at the eldest prince Zhou Lian through the gauze window and raised his hand, as if she wanted to say something more, but she was left alone behind, her eyes were a little sneering, "When did the eldest prince become so diligent, he snatched all the work of passing the word, and wanted to come to Jinfu to be an outstanding person, and the eldest prince has also grown up." ”
This is just a clear statement that the eldest prince has nothing to do and is courteous, and he is either a traitor or a thief.
The emperor frowned, but did not speak.
Zhang Zhiheng, the governor of Caoyun, is not confused, he has always been strong, and he has no illness or disaster, how could he suddenly fall into the water?
Besides, the eldest prince Zhou Lian was not left in the capital by the emperor to supervise the country, but took him on a tour of the south, and he was indeed depressed for a while, and he only recovered his spirit a few days ago, but he only listened and watched more, but he did not take the initiative to run for something like today.
And if you think about it carefully, the day when Zhou Lian recovered his spirit was only two or three days before Zhou Ying's sister and brother disappeared......
Xu Guifei has always known how to figure out the emperor's thoughts, and when she saw that the emperor was already suspicious, she was afraid that if she said more, she would cause the emperor to rebound, so she accepted it when she saw it. She turned her head and saw Zhou Jue in Zhou Ying's arms, and the two of them couldn't help frowning without knowing what they were whispering.
Fortunately, the carriage arrived at the place quickly, Qiao Rong got out of the carriage first, and made sure that there were no idle people waiting for him, before he said, "Your Majesty, you can get off the carriage." ”
Originally, the emperor and Xu Guifei were still in love along the way, but at this time, after such a break from the eldest prince Zhou Lian, the interest also decreased by a few points. However, the emperor finally gave some face, adjusted his mood, and said with a smile: "Ai Concubine, please." ”
Xu Guifei no longer thought about those troubles, and stood in front of the emperor with a blushing face.
Although Xu Guifei has given birth to a child, her figure has long been light. The emperor lifted the corners of his robe, picked up Xu Guifei, and tossed it around, and said with a smile: "Concubine Ai is so thin, when outsiders see it, they think that I wronged you and didn't give you enough food." ”
Hearing this, Xu Guifei couldn't help but say angrily: "If Your Majesty is too thin, just look for that plump beauty." ”
The emperor pretended to sniff at Xu Guifei, and said suspiciously: "Hey, if it's not a year, who eats dumplings and overturns the vinegar jar." ”
The two laughed, and the emperor got out of the carriage with Xu Guifei in his arms.
Zhou Ying lifted the curtain and looked out, and saw that there were indeed only three or two standing in the courtyard, and they were all their henchmen, so she was relieved and led Zhou Jue out of the carriage. The two of them went into Xu Guifei's house, stayed for only a while, and then were pushed back to rest.
Zhou Jue was taken away by the nurse, Zhou Ying glanced at the tightly closed doors and windows of the main house, lowered her head and smiled, and went back to her room.
Su Zhi waited inside the door, her face was sallow, and she couldn't stand steadily, and when she saw Zhou Ying coming back, her eyes suddenly turned red, and her voice trembled, "Thank God, the princess is back safely." ”
Zhou Ying was shocked when she saw it, Su Zhi, who didn't lose it, was even worse than the one she lost, she hadn't seen her for a few days, and she was as thin as a piece of paper, her face was yellow, and her eyes were dark and blue, and she couldn't hide her haggard even if she applied rouge.
Zhou Ying hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Why are you emaciated like this, how much suffering has you suffered, sit down first." ”
Su Zhi has been with Zhou Ying for all these years, and he also knows that this master is kind-hearted, and he doesn't say anything, so he sat down and said: "It's my dereliction of duty and doing something wrong, what is this punishment, where is it compared to the suffering of the princess, if I can be more vigilant that day, I will catch the princess if I see something wrong......"
Zhou Ying stopped: "Don't think about it, let it pass, I'm back safely now, that's the most important thing." ”
Su Zhi saw that Zhou Ying didn't want to talk about what had happened in the past few days, so she stopped sensibly, "What the princess said is. ”
Bai Liu was busy in and out for half a day, opened the warehouse, took medicinal materials, and set up a small stove alone to prepare decoction. Su Zhi saw it at this time, and couldn't help but be taken aback and said, "The princess is still injured?" ”
Zhou Ying smiled: "It's okay, it's just a little skin injury." ”
Su Zhi hurriedly asked, "Where is the injury, but can you still be strict?" ”
Zhou Ying touched her lower abdomen, "It's just below here, and there is still a little blue, but in fact, it is estimated that it will be scattered in two days." The imperial doctor has to be shocked, and he has to apply it externally and use it internally, which is not enough to toss people. ”
Su Zhi frowned and said, "It's actually injured here, this can't be careless." ”
Zhou Ying changed her clothes in the screen, and smiled helplessly: "Okay, can't you listen to you?" After all, I have to pretend to be sick for two days, drink two or three doses of medicine, and give me some smell of medicine, which is just right. ”
Su Zhi leaned on the chair, moved over a little bit, and handed Zhou Ying clothes, "Do you still want to pretend to be sick?" When to meet outsiders? ”
Zhou Ying changed into the clothes she wore in the old days, hooked her long hair out of the collar, and tied her belt, "Well, let's pretend for another two or three days." From tomorrow onwards, I will start to improve, and I will say that I am worried about my mother's illness, but I will get better in a hurry. It just so happens that there is no need to deliberately release the rumor that you can see outsiders, the mother concubine is sick again, there must be many people to visit the patient, and it is natural to meet outsiders there when the time comes. ”
Su Zhi nodded, "It's cheap." ”
As soon as Zhou Ying turned around, she saw Su Zhi's weak appearance, and sighed: "You go back and rest first, there is nothing to do in the past two days, and you will come up again when you are well." You don't have to be afraid of passing on your injuries, I'll go back and tell you, don't move out, it's a place for people to recuperate. ”
Su Zhi said: "It's good outside, the princess has just come back, and I don't know how many eyes are staring at it, don't make extra trouble for me." ”
Zhou Ying smiled, "It's okay, there have been a lot of new things in the past two days, I'm afraid no one can care about us." ”
Halfway through this, Zhou Ying paused, and said thoughtfully: "Not necessarily, if someone is really different, who doesn't look at the sick but more favored mother, but quietly inquires about my details, it must be a ghost in his heart, and he is very suspicious." ”
Su Zhi wondered, "What suspicion?" ”
Zhou Ying didn't explain anything, but said, "It's okay, you go to the ear room to rest, just to see who will inquire about the news with you." ”
Suzhi should not be mentioned.
As Zhou Ying expected, since that day, everyone has been talking to each other, saying that Xu Guifei went out to play with the emperor, but accidentally got sick and was sent back by the emperor in a hurry, and even in a hurry, the emperor personally carried the unconscious Xu Guifei into the house.
Although the scene was cleared at the time, everyone swore as if they had seen it with their own eyes.
However, in the final analysis, it is Xu Guifei who has regained her favor, and there is an endless stream of people who come to visit the patient, and the threshold has been thinned.
Zhou Ying was sandwiched in it, not attracting attention at all.
But Zhou Yao didn't go to the hot stove, she showed her face and was ready to withdraw, when she saw Zhou Ying, her eyes widened in surprise, she came over and grabbed Zhou Ying's hand, looked up and down: "It's considered sick, no matter how bad you are, I'm going to go to the street to invite you to a great god." ”
Zhou Ying couldn't help laughing.
This third sister is a smart person, she may not have guessed that Zhou Ying has not seen anyone for many days, and there is something strange in the middle, but Zhou Yao made such a joke, which made Zhou Ying breathe a sigh of relief, and it was easy to get along with Zhou Yao.
Zhou Ying smiled: "I regret letting you say this, I should have waited if I had known, and I would have seen what it means to invite a great god." ”
Zhou Yao couldn't help laughing, "It's obvious that it's all good." ”
Because Xu Guifei was still sick, the two didn't dare to laugh too loudly, in the end, Zhou Ying couldn't help laughing and invited: "Mother is busy here, I'm afraid she can't take care of us, why don't you come to my room and sit?" ”
Of course, Zhou Yao nodded.
The two said to the palace maid who was waiting for tea, and they prepared to go out together, but after walking two steps out, they heard the curtain behind them being lifted again, and someone said, "Seventh sister, is this sick?" ”
When Zhou Ying heard this voice, she couldn't help frowning, it was Zhou Huan again.
Zhou Yao squeezed Zhou Ying's hand and asked her to pay attention. Zhou Ying understood, unfolded a gentle smile, and turned back and said, "Sixth sister is good, my illness is better, thank you Sixth Sister for remembering." ”
Zhou Huan had already caught up while speaking, and said with a smile: "As soon as I knew that my seventh sister was sick, I was very worried, eating fasting and reciting Buddha every day, and praying in front of the Bodhisattva. Fortunately, with the blessing of the Bodhisattva, the seventh sister finally got better. ”
When Zhou Ying heard this, she couldn't help but laugh in her heart, she hadn't seen her for a few days, and Zhou Huan's ability to open her eyes and tell nonsense was good.
Fortunately, Zhou Ying didn't really get sick, otherwise her illness was not favored by the imperial doctor, but the credit of Zhou Huan's prayer in front of the Buddha?
Zhou Ying refused to accept Zhou Huan's words, and let her climb along the pole, only nodding with a smile, "Sixth sister also came to greet the concubine?" ”
Zhou Huan saw that Zhou Ying refused to be fooled, and it was a pity for a moment, so he continued: "Yes, by the way, let's see if there is anything that can help." ”
Zhou Ying smiled: "The sixth sister is so thoughtful. ”
Seeing that Zhou Ying looked respectful and distant, and didn't want to stay longer, Zhou Huan glanced at Zhou Ying and said, "I heard that the two palace maids in front of the seventh sister did not serve well, which made the seventh sister sick, and because of this, Concubine Xu was angry and rewarded the board." ”