Chapter Ninety-Three: Early Death of Young Children
"How's Ruo's body?" In the wing, Brother Jiu asked the Taiyi Dao who had just diagnosed Ruoyu's pulse.
"Back to the ninth master, Gege has an old illness in his body, coupled with the recent stagnation of qi and blood, poor diet, and extremely weak body, Wei Chen just treated Gege, and there is a place that is quite strange." The Imperial Doctor raised his eyebrows.
"What's wrong?" Brother Nine asked.
"Gege is raised in the boudoir, but according to Wechen's observation, there is a retrograde appearance of blood and qi, filling the limbs, and it has been some time, which really makes Wechen puzzled." The Imperial Doctor wondered.
Hearing what the imperial physician said, Brother Jiu had a point in his heart, ordered the imperial physician to go to the side to prescribe a prescription, entered the inner room by himself, and asked the servant girl who was serving on the side: "Fang just changed Gege's clothes, what are the injuries on Gege's body?" ”
"Back to the master's words, the slave maid just wiped Gege's body, and saw that Gege's arms were a little red and swollen, his fingers were covered with thick calluses, and there were many wounds on his palms, some of which were very deep and had not yet healed completely. In addition, Gege has injuries between his legs, I think they have been worn out for a long time, some have scabs, some places are new injuries, and there are some scattered wounds in other places. The handmaid bowed and replied.
"Let's all go down." Brother Nine waved his hand.
A room full of people withdrew, and suddenly the room seemed a little deserted. On the bed, Ruo Yu was lying quietly, his face pale, and his eyes were tightly closed, as if he would not open them at all.
Brother Jiu sat on the edge of the bed, took Ruoyu's right hand, spread out his palm, those scars were particularly dazzling, purple and brown or bright red, deep and shallow, all in one way.
"She's so kind to you, and you're still so concerned? Huang Ama praises you for being clever, and starlings appreciate your intelligence, but I look at you more stupidly than anyone else! Is it worth it? "I think of the zhengqu she once played, I have never seen it with my own eyes, but I can imagine what kind of hand-dyed incense is like with my hands. These hands are his favorite but also the most jealous, these hands have transcribed poems for the starling, brewed plum blossom wine for the thirteenth brother, embroidered purses for the tenth brother, made food for the seventeenth brother, and even on Luomei's birthday, the song that the big girl played for Luomei was also taught by her, and now, these hands have taken up the reins for Ruoqing and pulled up the bow. But what have these hands done for him?! Every time she saw him, she was busy hiding, was he a flood beast, or a poisonous snake centipede, which made her afraid of being like this?!
Thinking of this, Brother Jiu was sullen for a while, and let go of Ruoyu's hand. Xu was in pain, and Ruo Ying frowned in his sleep. Brother Jiu couldn't bear it for a moment, and his body moved and stopped, and he spit out a few words: "I don't know what to do!" Then he got up and went out of the room, leaving the sentence "good life waiting" and went out of the house.
Illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread.
Since returning to the Qing Dynasty, Ruoyu has lingered on the sickbed several times, but the danger is not as bad as the trip to Jiangnan that hit her this time. Lingering, half a month has passed, and it is still not healed.
On that day, Ruo Ying didn't know about the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion, and when she woke up, she was already in Prince Kang's Mansion.
Three months of nervous tension, three months of riding a horse and pulling a bow, three months of food without knowing the taste, three months of ups and downs of the mind, now it is easy to do this matter, if the eagle only feels soft, everywhere hurts, when eating, even chopsticks can not be held steadily, and I don't know how the bow of dozens of catties was lifted. Later, the cuckoo couldn't look at it, so he took the chopsticks and fed Ruoyu to eat.
"Cuckoo, let me go out for a walk." If the eagle is nestled on the bed, he begs the cuckoo pitifully.
"No way!" While packing up Ruoyu's clothes, the cuckoo didn't look back, "Gege is really in better shape, don't you remember what it was like at the beginning?" You came back with a white face, and scared the slave and maid to the point that their souls were gone! If it weren't for the ninth master's guarantee, you would definitely wake up, and the slaves and maids would have to call Bagen to hand over the fold to the emperor! ”
Ruo Eagles knew the cuckoo's temper, so he had to retreat and say, "Then, I want to eat steamed shrimp with garlic powder!" ”
"Gege, how many times do you want the slave to talk to you? You have a wound on your body, you should not eat those hair, and when your wounds are raised, how many slaves and maids do you want to eat are made for you to eat? The cuckoo hung or folded the clothes and put them in the closet, closed the cabinet door and turned his head to look helplessly at Ruoyu, this Gege, usually don't see such a mouth, and when he can't eat, he thinks about taboo things.
"But think about it tightly, besides, my wound is so good, besides, even if it has a little scar, what's the matter?" If you don't care about this, in modern times, it is not uncommon for any child to grow up without leaving a little scar.
"Ouch, the slave is so good, you are a daughter's family, your identity is delicate, how good is a scar, but it makes people break their mouths!" The cuckoo refused to let go.
If you lose your smile, you have a scar on your body, and you don't say anything, who can know if you can't do it? She also knew that the cuckoo was kind, so she smiled and didn't answer again.
The palace sent someone to say that Kangxi let Ruo Ying live in the palace, and he would go back next year for a trip outside the palace in May. Although Ruo Ying was a little disappointed, fortunately, he was no longer as limited in his actions as when he was a palace maid, and it was a great luxury to go out of the palace gate, so he also returned to the palace and brought a good one to Kangxi.
After another month, Ruoyu's body slowly recovered, I don't know if it was because of the lightness of the body, the whole person felt extra refreshing, and the mood became more and more cheerful.
In June, someone suddenly came to Brother Jiu's Mansion, saying that Feng'er was gone, Ruoqing was not very good, and asked Ruo Ying if he wanted to take a look. Ruoyu was stunned when she heard it, she had just drunk Feng'er's 100-year-old banquet, how could she say that it was gone? Feng'er is still in swaddling clothes, how many people are taking care of it, I don't think it was a bump, is it some kind of emergency? I don't even have the slightest news, and it's gone? Ruolu hurriedly changed his clothes and took the cuckoo with him into the carriage.
All the way into Ruoqing's courtyard, the courtyard was a little unusually quiet, and the uneasy feeling filled Ruoqing's heart, so that she couldn't stop her steps and stopped at the gate of the courtyard.
The little guy on the side reminded him, and Ruoqing adjusted his mind again and went to Ruoqing's house.
The little guy opened the curtain, if the eagle entered, there was no one outside, hesitated to turn into the inner room, a room of people stood on the ground, one by one hung their heads and held their breath, no wonder quiet.
The little guy took a step forward to open up a way for Ruoqing, and as soon as the layers of people got out of the way, Ruoying saw Ruoqing who was sitting on the bed - black hair covered her face, her eyes were blank, and her expression was indescribably weird, she gently patted the swaddling clothes in her arms with one hand, and she didn't know what to read in her mouth, which was clearly a she-wolf who was protecting her cubs, lonely but full of danger.
Ruoqing stepped forward by the cuckoo to help him, only approaching the bedside, Ruoqing's defensive eyes shot over, probably recognizing Ruoqing, or just looking familiar, Ruoqing's eyes had a moment of hesitation and confusion, but his body still shrank inward, and the swaddling clothes in his arms hugged even tighter.
"Let them all go down." If the eagle turned around and rushed to the little guy.
In response, the little servant led the people in the house out, and only the cuckoo was still serving aside.
"Cuckoo, open the window a little more, it's stuffy in this room." Ruo Ying frowned.
The cuckoo walked to the window and pushed the windows open, leaving only the two near the bed.
"Ruoqing, I'm Ruoqing, do you still recognize you?" Ruoqing stepped forward cautiously, looking at Ruoqing's expression, it was obvious that she was overly sad and confused, she knew that Ruoqing loved Feng'er, but she didn't know how important it was to the women of this era, how important is the heir to the women of this era? Ruo Yu was a little at a loss.
"Ruoqing, if you hold it so tightly, Feng'er will be out of breath." Seeing that Ruoqing did not answer, Ruoqing continued.
Hearing the name of "Feng'er", Ruoqing seemed to come back to his senses, and he really loosened his arms, but his spirit was still tense.
"Ruoqing, it's June now, why are you still wrapped Feng'er so tightly? But if you get prickly heat, let the grandmother hug it and reduce the clothes for Feng'er? When the swaddling clothes opened a crack, Ruoqing glanced at it inadvertently, and her palms sweated suddenly, she thought that what Ruoqing was holding in her arms was just an empty swaddling cloth wrapped in a pillow cloth bag, and she didn't want to, but she was revealing her white and tender skin! Ruoqing has been holding Feng'er all the time and refuses to let go?
Suddenly remembered the time when she picked up Feng'er, she hugged the frozen Feng'er into her arms, and the cold body temperature of that day suddenly became so real, as if it really stimulated her senses. Ruoyu shivered, I don't know why, she was so scared, she shook the cuckoo's hand in a panic, and the warmth of her hand made her feel at ease, but she didn't know how to persuade Ruoqing.
The sound of the curtain sounded, and Ruo Ying looked at the door, and the ninth elder brother who was dressed in blue came in with a wrinkling of his brows. On weekdays, he didn't deal with Brother Jiu, but at this time, Ruo Ying suddenly felt a sense of security returned, as if he saw a life-saving straw, and his eyes lit up instantly.
Standing up, Ruo Ying asked Brother Jiu to say goodbye. Brother Jiu waved his hand and sat on the edge of the bed, his seemingly domineering demeanor did not provoke a backlash.
Brother Jiu got the letter, and hurried back from the palace after the affairs, and the report was only bad, he came back to take a look, how did he seem to have lost his mind? Frowning, Brother Jiu looked at Ruo Ying with questioning eyes.
Ruo Ying didn't have the heart to read Brother Jiu's eyes, so he only gestured with his eyes and made a lip shape.
"Feng'er?" Brother Jiu understood what Ruo Ying meant, he looked at the swaddling baby in Ruoqing's arms in disbelief, according to the people in the mansion to report, Feng'er Shen Shi was not very good at the beginning, but half an hour passed, and by this time it had been two or three hours, Ruoqing had been holding it all the time?
"Ruoqing, give me Feng'er." Brother Nine stretched out his hand to hug Feng'er, Ruoqing looked pleading and helpless, sad and cowardly, and looked at Brother Nine with tears in his eyes.
"Give it to me!" Brother Jiu was unmoved.
"Don't scare her......" Ruoyu couldn't bear it and said softly.
Brother Jiu didn't hear it, and still looked at Ruoqing with burning eyes.
Trembling, Ruoqing finally handed Feng'er into the arms of the ninth elder brother, but his eyes were reluctant.
"Someone!" As soon as Brother Jiu took Feng'er, he shouted outside. Before the words fell, a small servant had already bowed in.
"Take Feng'er down, bury it according to Gege's specifications, pick a good feng shui, as for where to bury, you don't have to go back to me." Nine Brother Road.
The little servant carefully took the swaddling clothes and retreated.
Seeing that someone was going to take Feng'er away, Ruoqing struggled to get off the ground, and shouted repeatedly: "Give Feng'er back to me, give it back to me!" Where are you going to take her? Feng'er is mine, give it back to me! ”
Brother Jiu vigorously stopped Ruoqing, and let her cry and plead without giving in to half a point.
Ruo Ying listened to Ruoqing's terrible cry in his ears, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, but he knew that it was already the best for Brother Jiu to act like this. If she follows Ruoqing, she will never be able to get out of this matter, I am afraid that she can only live in her own imagination for the rest of her life, and although it is painful now, it can make her sober. As for Feng'er, although Brother Jiu did not give her a name, she was buried in the rules of Gege, and Brother Jiu had already done what he could do for her in the end, at this time, not to mention the children of the prince's family, that is, the children of the emperor, if they died early, they were just buried, if they were boys, they might be able to keep their names, and if they were girls, they would be a new lonely soul.
I don't know how long it took, Ruoqing's voice gradually weakened, but she still called Feng'er's name in her mouth, she must have been extremely tired, and the whole person was very weak.
"Qing'er." Brother Jiu hugged Ruoqing's shoulders and said softly, "We will still have children, Feng'er is gone, we don't have enough fate with her, we should hope that she will give birth to a good family as soon as possible, right?" ”
Ruoqing sobbed and looked back at Brother Jiu, Ruoqing turned his back to her, and couldn't see her eyes, but the room was quiet all of a sudden.
Brother Jiu coaxed a few more words before helping Ruoqing to sleep, and then called someone in, and told the good student to serve, and not to leave anyone around. As soon as the arrangements were made, he walked out of the house with Ruoyu.
All the way out of the courtyard, Ruo Ying lowered his head and was speechless, and Brother Jiu looked down, only to see a little side face of Ruo Ying, miserable and white.
"Scaring you?" Brother Jiu stopped and asked, he remembered that when he had just entered the house, when Ruo Ying looked at him, the panicked look on his face that he had not had time to hide, like a deer that had only fallen into a hunter's trap, panicked and helpless.
nodded, shook his head violently, Ruo Ying hurriedly looked up at the ninth elder brother and said: "I just suddenly saw that Ruoqing was holding Feng'er in his arms, I was a little scared, I remembered that in February, I hugged the cold Feng'er......" Ruo Ying didn't say any more, his frowning brows tightened a little, and his face became more and more ugly.
Brother Jiu remembered something, and suddenly said, "That's why you asked the woman of the peasant family to call one of us in?" ”
"Hmm." Ruo Ou whispered, "Although I am a baby, I am afraid of the cold dead. If you want to be sarcastic and ridiculed, just come. ”
Unexpectedly, Brother Jiu didn't say anything cool in his effective tone, but said in a low but peaceful tone: "You are a girl's family, seeing these people, it is inevitable that you will be more timid, if you change someone else, I am afraid that you will cry and run away." ”
"If you choke me with words, I might get used to it." Ruo Ying lowered his head and whispered.
Brother Jiu was rarely choked by Ruo Ying, and suddenly shouted loudly to prepare the carriage, regardless of Ruo Ying's resistance, and insisted on stuffing her into the car.
Now that she has gotten into the carriage, Ruo Ying didn't say anything anymore, and as soon as she quieted down, she jumped out of the matter, and she remembered it vividly, although there were Nine Elder Brothers and Du Juan beside her, but she was still afraid. Until the carriage stopped, the cuckoo helped Ruoyu get out of the carriage - "Rich Fairy"?
In the store, Xiao Er had already greeted him, and he greeted Brother Jiu familiarly, and when he saw Ruo Yu who came with Brother Jiu, he also greeted him with great discernment.
Sitting down in the private room, Xiao Er bowed and said, "Master Song has developed a new dish, can the Ninth Master try it?" ”
"Let's put on the chrysanthemum hot pot, and add some soothing ingredients to the soup base." After speaking, Brother Jiu turned to Ruo Ying again, "Is there anything taboo?" Want to eat? ”
Ruoyu shook her head, hot pot is her favorite, she only ate it yesterday, and she will think about it today, but now she really has no interest and appetite.
"Ninth Master, on this hot day, do you want to use some side ones?" Xiao Er persuaded.
"Just serve the hot pot." Nine Brother Road.
"Yes, yes, how many pots of crushed ice cubes are there for you in the house?" Xiao Er flattered.
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said, "The hotter, the better." ”
As soon as the hot pot came up, the temperature in the room was raised by a few degrees, and if the eagle unconsciously stirred the small ingredients in the bowl, there was no meaning to eat.
Brother Jiu didn't pay attention to it, and went straight to the various shabu-shabu products, and put another chopsticks into the Ruoyu bowl, and said, "If you don't finish eating the bowl today, you just want to get out of this." ”
Ruo Ying came back to her senses when she heard this, only to find that a hill had been built in the bowl, she looked at Brother Jiu, and Brother Jiu looked like "just do what I said", Ruo Ying knew that he was real.
Silently shoved the contents of the bowl into his mouth, not paying attention to what it was, and not remembering whether it was chewed or not, Wakashi repeated the action mechanically.
Although Ruo Eagle kept eating, the hill in the bowl never went down, Ruo Ying looked at the sudden anger, and while glaring at Brother Jiu, he stuffed it into his mouth in a big gulp. She was really dizzy, just now she thought that Brother Jiu had changed sex, but in the blink of an eye, she was tricked by him again.
Beads of sweat flowed down Ruoyu's forehead, and Ruoying wiped it with a handkerchief at first, and then simply wiped it with the back of his hand. Brother Jiu, who killed a thousand knives, actually dragged her to eat hot pot in June on a June day! It's not allowed to put ice cubes to cool down, no matter how much she likes to eat, she can't resist this posture! But she refused to stop, and if she lost face in front of anyone, she would not succeed in Brother Jiu! Even she didn't know when she started.
The clothes inside were already soaked through sweat, and Ruoyu didn't care how wolf she looked, so she just stuffed something into her mouth with all her might. Her eyes may have been sore because she had been staring at Brother Jiu for a long time, and when something flowed out of her eyes and flowed over her cheeks, she didn't realize that the liquid appeared in a strange location, and her eyes would not sweat.
At this moment, Ruoyu's hair, cheeks, and clothes are as washed as if they have been washed, and the bowl is already empty, she put down her chopsticks and stares at Brother Jiu unconvincedly.
Seeing Ruoyu's expression, Brother Jiu laughed twice, threw a handkerchief over, and said, "Wipe it, look at you now, who would believe that it is the Gege of the palace?" ”
Ruo Ying picked up the handkerchief lying on his knee, picked it up and looked at it twice, and replied, "Which man will use lily of the valley incense?" The ninth master is really unique! ”
Brother Jiu's face darkened suddenly, but he disappeared in an instant, got up and said to Du Juan: "I have a wing room here, go back and serve your family Gege to wash up and go back, the people of the province who lost the royal family!" ”
"You!" If the eagle exited, there was no trace of the ninth elder brother outside the open door.
The cuckoo went out to ask the ninth elder brother's wing room with Xiao Er, and asked for a clean cloak for Ruoyu to put on, and went all the way into the wing room to bathe and cleanse himself. When the eagle was bathing, someone knocked on the door outside, and the cuckoo went out to answer the door, and the little maid next to Brother Jiu held a tray and said, "Hello girl, this is the new clothes that the ninth master just ordered to buy, so that Gege can be changed." ”
The cuckoo thanked him, took the tray and entered the house, turned to the back of the screen, put the tray aside first, and said, "The new clothes that the ninth master ordered someone to send, Gege don't worry about wearing the new clothes in the cabinet." “
"Who knows who wore it in that cupboard, he made me look like this, but if he wants a new coat, it's already cheap for him!" Ruoyu plays with the petals in the water.
"Yes, yes, yes!" The cuckoo hurriedly agreed.
Xu is eating has the strength, Xu is taking a bath and refreshed, Ruoyu's mood is much better, clean up, cuckoo stepped forward and said to Xiao Er, and asked Xiao Er to help hire a carriage, and returned to the palace with Ruoyu.