There were a total of twenty-eight maids in the Qingyan Pavilion, and in addition to the eight who had died, there were still twenty left.

After dinner, the second steward in the Tengwang Mansion brought someone to take away ten, and I heard that it was not sent to Zhuangzi, but was directly sold, and Qingyan Pavilion left only ten maids, three first-class, three second-class, and four third-class.

As soon as the second steward left, Yinzhu fainted, and Chu Heng looked like her forehead, burning her hands. But at this moment, Chu Heng couldn't tell his wife about Yinzhu's illness at all, so she could only go to the mother-in-law who was watching the corner door, and wanted to open the door and secretly go out to grab some medicine.

Because his father is the steward of the Tengwang Mansion, Chu Heng can get some convenience wherever he goes on weekdays, but this time these conveniences don't seem to work.

The Jiaomen woman, who is very talkative on weekdays, admits the reason for death, that is, Chu Heng begged hard, and she didn't open the door. Chu Heng couldn't, so he had to drag his stiff legs back to Qingyan Pavilion, and he hit the cold well water himself, and kept helping Yinzhu wipe his body. In the second half of the night, Yinzhu woke up from a coma, and her body temperature dropped a lot, so Chu Heng stole half a pot of wine in the kitchen and began to help Yinzhu wipe her palms and feet.

"Sister Heng'er......" Yinzhu struggled to get up from the kang and reached out to take the wine jug in Chu Heng's hand: "I'm so thirsty." ”

"You can't drink this." Chu Heng snatched the wine jug over, turned around and hid it in the small cabinet by the kang: "I'll pour you water." ”

"Sister Heng'er." Just as Chu Heng got up, Yinzhu pulled her sleeve: "I don't want to be kicked out of the house, and I don't want to die......"

"I know." Chu Heng patted Yinzhu's hand: "You lie down peacefully, tomorrow the heat will subside, and you will be fine." ”

"Sister Heng'er, I will always remember your goodness." Yinzhu's voice was choked and she wanted to cry, but her eyes were dry at the moment, and there were no tears at all.

Chu Heng sighed, turned around and walked out of the back room.

There was no water in the house, Chu Heng thought about it, and then reached out and knocked on the door of the third-class maid next door.

The one who opened the door was the second-class maid Meng Qing, she was originally in the same room with Chu Heng and Yinzhu, but because Yinzhu was hot, Meng Qing was worried that she would be infected, so she moved directly to the third-class maid's room to live.

"Sister Heng'er, what's wrong with being so late?" Meng Qing's face was not good, she had really suffered too many sins in the past two days.

Chu Heng fully understood Meng Qing's approach, you must know that if you are sick at this moment, it is completely possible that you will be thrown out of the mansion directly by the eldest lady and fend for herself, and it is reasonable that Meng Qing will hide.

"I'll borrow some water, Yinzhu is very thirsty."

"There's no water in this house." Meng Qing sighed: "On this day, people are panicking, who will remember to boil water." ”

There was no water in the third-class maid's house, and there was a small half-teapot in the big maid's house, which was not enough to see, so Chu Heng had to carry the kettle to the front yard.

There is a running water in the front yard of this Qingyan Pavilion, although there is no clean and clear well water, but some water can still quench your thirst when it is cooked.

It was the middle of the month, when the full moon was in the sky, and although it was already midnight, the courtyard was still bright by the moonlight. Chu Heng carried the kettle and came to the edge of the flowing water, holding the small tree trunk next to the water, stepping on the stone, and bending down to scoop the water.

At the same time, in the East Buddha Hall of the Tengwang Mansion, the eldest lady was kneeling on the Xiudun and closing her eyes and chanting.

"Ma'am, it's getting late." The eldest maid Fubai quietly reminded Madame: "Madame has been reading the scriptures for a day, so let's take a break quickly." ”

The eldest lady's hand playing with the Buddha beads stopped, she opened her eyes, stared at the Buddha statue in the Buddha hall, and opened her mouth faintly after a while: "Fubai, what do the people outside say?" ”

"Madam, what the people outside say is not good." Fubai sighed: "It's really embarrassing for Madame." ”

"Tell me, what did the people outside say?" There was a hint of urgency in the eldest lady's tone.

"Saying that Mrs. can't bear the pain of losing her son, she is already crazy." Fu Bai's eyes were distressed, and his tone became a little heavier: "I'm afraid that after tonight, the rumors outside will be a little worse." ”

"In this way, the people of Fuji City should believe that the son of the world is dead." The eldest lady's pale face had a strange flush, and her tone was depressed with a touch of excitement: "Fubai, what should we do next?" ”

Fu Bai's brows furrowed, she took two steps forward, and knelt down in front of the eldest lady: "Madam, be careful that the wall has ears, this kind of words about the prince of the world, don't say it easily in the future." ”

"Uh......" The eldest lady was slightly stunned, and then nodded vigorously: "It's me who is too negligent, but I really don't have a score in my heart, I just feel unsteady." ”

"Madame, why don't you be down-to-earth, the maids of Qingyan Pavilion will be sent to the road before the ugly time, early tomorrow morning, Qingyan Pavilion will be a waste garden, and when the time comes, the prince can sneak into the mansion in disguise." The smile on Fubai's face was faint, as if everything had already been laid out: "Madam, you can rest assured." ”

"But I always feel that it is not a good idea to let the prince go back to the palace." The eldest lady's eyes were full of worry: "The prince once said that this palace has long been full of enemy eyeliners, what if the prince comes back and is discovered." ”

"Madam, you are wrong, people say that the light is dark, and this is the truth." Fubai's voice was low, and there was a kind and kind tone in his tone: "Madam, you think, since the prince has returned to Fujicheng, it is impossible that he has no contact with us, and so many people in Fujicheng are staring at the Fujiwang Mansion, once we contact the prince, we will definitely be found by someone with a heart, it is better to let the prince live in the deserted garden in the mansion......"

The eldest lady sighed, with a deep complaint in her tone: "If it weren't for the prince's ambition, the prince would not have had this catastrophe, let alone fall to the realm of nowhere to be tolerated." ”

"The prince is also for you, the eldest lady, you are the wife of the prince Mingmei, but now you can't get the title of a princess, you can only be wronged to be the eldest lady......" Fubai regretted with a face: "If the prince doesn't rebel, the eldest lady, you will only be a big lady for the rest of your life, and after all, you will be crushed by the palace maid who came out of the palace." ”

A look of resentment appeared in the eyes of the eldest lady: "I only blame the emperor for messing around with mandarin ducks, and actually letting a humble palace maid occupy the magpie's nest, and being this vine princess, humiliating the prince and humiliating me even more!" ”

Hearing this, Fubai sighed and didn't continue to say anything, but stood up and stood to the side in a proper manner, with an indifference between his eyebrows and eyes.

After a while, the eldest lady's anger faded, and she began to turn the injured Buddha beads again: "So many lives, sins......"

Qingyan Pavilion.

Chu Heng walked to the backyard with a full kettle, and as soon as he passed the arch, he was grabbed by the arm and pulled down behind the tree.

"Don't be silent, it's me." Chu Sanye covered Chu Heng's mouth with one hand, held Chu Heng's arm with the other, and dragged Chu Heng into a room.

As soon as he entered the house, Chu Sanye let go of Chu Heng, and looked at Chu Heng with concern in his tone: "Are you okay?" Are your knees okay? ”

"What's going on?" Chu Heng looked at his father in surprise: "Dad, where have you been in the past two days?" ”

"Daddy was ordered to pick someone up." Chu Sanye took out a ceramic cup from his arms and stuffed it into Chu Heng's hand: "I heard that you have been kneeling in Furong Courtyard for several hours, this medicine can eliminate stasis and invigorate blood, remember to wipe it." ”

The ceramic cup in his hand still had a warm body temperature, Chu Heng held it, thinking of the grievances of the past few days, his nose was sore, and he was about to cry.

But before the crying voice came out of her throat, she was once again covered by Chu Sanye's mouth.

"My little ancestor, you can't cry now!" Chu Sanye stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the back room, where a bloody storm was pregnant at the moment: "Don't be heard." ”

Chu Heng didn't know what was happening in the back room at this moment, she thought that Chu Sanye was afraid that someone would find out that he sneaked into the backyard in the middle of the night, so she quickly suppressed her voice and nodded.

Chu Sanye let go of his hand and looked at Chu Heng with a hint of guilt in his eyes.