The Li family seems to be calm these days, but in private, the dark tide is turbulent.

After Cheng Guogong fell seriously ill, his step-room, He, also fell ill because he was worried about Cheng Guogong's body.

For a while, the Li family was walking on thin ice up and down.

After hearing about it today, the saint couldn't help but ask a few more questions, and asked the people from the Tai Hospital to personally diagnose Chengguogong's pulse, but Li Changfeng refused with a smile.

The most surprising thing is that Li Changfeng's resignation did not annoy the saint, and on the second day, the saint added Li Changfeng to the rank of knight and was awarded the title of Scholar of the Wuying Palace.

As soon as the news came out, everyone in the court was shocked.

Although the saint has appreciated Li Changfeng a lot over the years, Li Changfeng is still a third-grade official and does not give too much real power, which leads to the fact that although everyone is afraid of Li Changfeng on the surface, there are actually a lot of small actions in private.

Nowadays, the attitude of the saint is becoming more and more difficult to guess.

When Xia Ruan heard the news, his heart became even more nervous.

Misfortune and blessing rely on, and blessing and misfortune lurk.

Xia Ruan knew that something unfavorable to the third uncle would happen soon, and it was impossible to prevent it.

Today, the saint thinks that this time Chengguo Gong is really not good, so he will immediately push the third uncle to the forefront, so that the people of Dongxiao will not dare to act rashly. If the Xiao family could be uprooted as soon as possible over the years, the saint would have already done it, and if he didn't do it, he would naturally have the scruples of the saint.

The Xiao family had already established a firm foundation as early as the time of the first emperor, and it was difficult to uproot it. Since it is not eliminated, then someone needs to suppress the Xiao family. In the past, this person was Cheng Guogong, and now this person is Li Changfeng.

Xia Ruan Zhilu said that the third uncle was very risky in this matter. When they saw the actions of the saint around, they all thought that their grandfather was going to die, so naturally they would not put their minds on their grandfather. When they shifted their target, the third uncle had the opportunity to get this thing from Nixi Kingdom, but this matter was far from being as simple as Xia Ruan guessed.

She thought privately that after a few days, the third uncle must have heard of this thing of Chunmu, otherwise he would not have shown a panicked look after Du Ruo said his name.

Xia Ruan rubbed her eyebrows, she had to think more about the problem here.

"Sister Du Ruo, have you heard? It's lively outside today, and this time the Western Regions have sent a lot of tribute. This immature voice. Xia Ruan heard it at once. It's Angelica Angelica by her side.

A few days ago, Liu's mother sent a few little maids over, and Xia Ruan chose two to stay. She doesn't like to be noisy, and thinks that the two little maids plus Du Ruo and Du Lan are enough. At that time, she didn't think much about the names of the two little maids, and later Du Ruo came forward to name the two little maids. The older one is called Ai Ye. The smaller one is called Angelica dalian.

At that time, Xia Ruan almost laughed when he heard it.

Du Ruo is worthy of being a doctor. The names given to the little maidens are all the names of medicinal herbs.

"Have you heard of Bai Zhi too? Did you listen to Gu in the kitchen? I heard Xiao Qian who bought vegetables with Xiao Gu say that this time I also gave a lot of beauties from the Western Regions. One of them is attractive, and it is said that there is a peony flower growing on the right side of the face. It's like a fairy. "This time it's Aiye's voice.

Du Ruo looked at the two girls beside him helplessly, and couldn't help but reprimand: "Be quiet, Miss is resting, be careful and punish you for a while." ”

Bai Zhi smiled and said to Du Ruo: "Sister Du Ruo, you listen to Ai Ye's bragging, who can still have peony flowers on their faces." ”

"I didn't say I saw it, this is what Xiao Qian ......saw," Ai Ye pouted, a little unhappy, "But it is said that they have all been sent to the palace." ”

Xia Ruan got up from the soft couch at this time, glanced out of the door slowly, Du Ruo's eyes were sharp, and after seeing Xia Ruan get up, he glared at Ai Ye and Bai Zhi, and hurriedly entered the house to serve Xia Ruan.

Xia Ruan was happy, Ai Ye and Bai Zhi did not follow up, if there was an order, Xia Ruan would naturally call the two of them in.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and some ice is put in the house, otherwise Xia Ruan will really find it difficult to sleep.

She glanced at the sun in the courtyard and asked, "Du Ruo, have you gone to help my mother's pulse?" ”

"The slave maid has seen it for Madame, if there is no accident at Miss, this child should be born at the end of this month." Du Ruo tidied up Xia Ruan's messy bun and said, "Miss is still the same as before, even if you take a break, you will mess up your bun." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xia Ruan laughed.

She wasn't like that before, but since she was reborn, she felt more and more stressed, and when she had nightmares at night, she often struggled in her dreams, and naturally developed this bad habit now.

After Du Ruo combed Xia Ruan's hair bun, he said, "Miss, do you really want my father to enter Beijing?" ”

In fact, Du Ruo has always been very curious, Xia Ruan never reluctantly others, although this time it was to save Chengguo Gong, but he was in a hurry to urge his father to enter Beijing. She has never dared to ask Xia Ruan what she thinks, her father doesn't like these rich places, if her father likes to come out and open a small hospital in the county a long time ago, why bother to work in the countryside.

The ancestors also told them not to let their children and grandchildren set foot in Kyoto, let alone show their medical skills in the homes of the rich and noble, if it weren't for the ......

"Du Ruo, how old are you this year?" Xia Ruan turned around and looked at Du Ruo seriously and asked.

Du Ruo never thought that Xia Ruan would change the topic so quickly, so he could only reply in a low voice: "Back to Miss, the slave maid is sixteen this year." ”

Xia Ruan has always kept Du Ruo's family affairs in mind, and after she saw that the matter in Danyang County was settled a few days ago, she asked Steward Wang to take Liu Changyuan into Beijing, and at this time she was going to prepare to match Du Ruo and Liu Changyuan.

In the previous life, the two were poor people and couldn't get together, so she naturally couldn't watch the two miss again in this life.

Xia Ruan smiled: "This should have been told to you by my mother, but after thinking about it, I think it is more appropriate for me to come and talk to you." ”

Du Ruo looked at Xia Ruan with some doubts, and was a little anxious: "Did the young lady do something wrong?" Slave ......"

Xia Ruan couldn't help but laugh.

She deliberately went to Zhuangzi to go to the right place, although she never thought that Du Ruo would be Mu Changku's descendant, she just took a fancy to Du Ruo and Du Lan's loyalty. She was afraid of betrayal, especially when the maids she bought at random were all arranged by her uncle, she was even more apprehensive in her heart. She has to be surrounded by people she can trust, so she can feel at ease.

These people are good to her, and she will naturally be good to these people.

"Du Ruo, you are already sixteen, I remember that you will be seventeen on the winter solstice." Xia Ruan said softly, "Your family affairs, I am going to discuss with Doctor Du, after all, he is your father." Moreover, I heard from Steward Wang that your mother is not in good health, and I guess she is too tired. I naturally believe in Dr. Du's medical skills, but where can I buy better medicinal materials on Zhuangzi, didn't you ask me a few days ago, what did those ginseng buy for? I'm going to use it for your mother's health. ”

Xia Ruan had already thought that after Du Ruo gave birth to a child, she could continue to serve by her side.

She didn't want Du Ruo to be like Cuiliu at that time, and she would have children when she was older, which would not be good for her body.

Xia Ruan's words, Du Ruo was speechless.

She looked at Xia Ruan for a while, and her eyes turned red and she cried.

Du Ruo's voice was a little choked: "Miss, is it that the slave maid is not doing well, so you don't want the slave maid to serve by your side." ”

After Xia Ruan heard this, she shook her head helplessly, she took Du Ruo's hand and lowered her identity.

"Why, if I don't want you to be by my side, why should I travel thousands of miles to bring you from Dongyang County to Kyoto." Xia Ruan's voice was very gentle, "After you have a child in the future, you can continue to serve by my side." And this time, I don't know if you are satisfied with the person I chose, after all, you have to agree. If you don't want to, we'll choose again, okay? ”

In fact, Xia Ruan was not sure that Du Ruo would still like Liu Changyuan, but she guessed that Liu Changyuan should like Du Ruo.

Liu Changyuan once said to Xia Ruan: "I'm different from them, I just want to go home every day, and someone is waiting for me to cook for me." A person like me, where can I compare with Hou Ye, I can't cope with one person, how can I want other people. ”

If a man said these words in other circumstances, Xia Ruan naturally didn't believe it, there is no one in the world who is not careful, but Liu Changyuan had already been sentenced to behead at that time, so naturally there was no need to deceive Xia Ruan.

Du Ruo looked at Xia Ruan, and her tears fell even more: "Miss, why are you so good to the slave maid, the slave and maid are terrified." ”

When Du Ruo watched Xia Ruan buy a lot of ginseng and other tonic medicines a few days ago, it was a little strange, because many of these medicinal materials were not suitable for his wife. However, Du Ruo has always thought that she is a slave, so naturally she can't ask more. But now when Xia Ruan said this, she realized how funny her suspicions were.

Thinking about Du Ruo, he knelt in front of Xia Ruan and wept silently.

"Get up, don't kneel. When you have a baby, you will come back to me. Xia Ruan's face was calm, and he just instructed, "This time I told the third uncle about you, and I had no choice but to do so." That man is my grandfather, and I can't just watch him go. ”

Xia Ruan said plainly, and Du Ruo cried even more fiercely when he listened.

"Slave, slave and maid, Miss Xie and Miss Xie." Du Ruo's voice was a little hoarse, "The slave maid is the father and mother, Miss Xie Luxi." ”

……

At this time, Ai Ye entered the house, she looked at Du Ruo's appearance a little surprised, and said after a while: "Miss, Mother Chen came over and said that the old lady brought you a message." ”

Xia Ruan raised her eyebrows, what is the matter with He Shi looking for her at this time?

She also thought that the third uncle's movement had stopped He's, and it seemed that He didn't know what the third uncle was doing next, which was really stupid.

"Let her in." Xia Ruan said lightly. (To be continued......)

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