Chapter 102: Shocking Change
The day of the draft is coming, but there are many strange things in Chen Jia's yard, today, when Shi Hailing was wearing shoes, he was pricked by the embroidery needle in the shoes.
And just after noon, another strange thing happened, Yang Zhaoxue's maidservant poured a glass of water for Zhaoxue, Zhaoxue was not thirsty at that time, so she didn't drink it. The maid watched Zhao Xue leave the room and go to Chen Jia's house, so she poured herself a glass of water and drank it, but it didn't take long for the maid to lose her voice and become mute.
When Chen Jia heard this, cold sweat flowed down.
"Oh my God, if Zhao Xue drank that tea, would she become dumb? She's a diva-level voice. β
Chen Jia was about to order an investigation, but saw Sun Ronghua's maid come over, saying that Sun Ronghua's face suddenly had red spots, it should be that there were fish and shrimp in breakfast, and she was allergic. Sun Ronghua was allergic to fish and shrimp, and he had already told the kitchen of Taishi's Mansion, but today there was still such a mistake, Chen Jia must have done something.
"Check, must check! Go and tell the guards to close the door of the house and not let any of the maidservants go out. Chen Jia slammed the table. Let all the maidservants of the Taishi Mansion go to the hall to gather. β
Haitang took the order and left, and Chen Jia asked Xiaorou to call the other two beauties' personal maidservants to the room to ask.
After a while, the three maidservants arrived, and Chen Jia asked Hailing's maidservant Xiaorou first.
"Xiao Rou, did you wash and dry Hai Ling's shoes?"
"Yes!" Little judo.
"Where did you wash it?"
"Because the young lady said that I couldn't wash in the pond in the courtyard, I went to the pond in the garden outside to wash. But it was dried in the courtyard. β
"Did anyone pass by while washing?" Chen Jia did not give up.
"There was a maid passing by. And a few words to talk to me. Xiao Rou thought about it and nodded firmly.
"Would you recognize that maid if she was standing in front of you?"
"Yes!"
Chen Jia asked the other two maids in the same way, but there was no fire in the courtyard to cook. Everyone's water and food passed through the hands of other maids in the house. Chen Jia took the three maids to the hall to identify them.
"That's her!" After the three maids looked at it, they all pointed to a medium-looking maid in the house.
Chen Jia immediately ordered someone to take her down for interrogation.
It turned out that the girl was the second-class maid Xiaohong in the house, she had a child, her parents were the old people in the house, she was responsible for the purchase of the embroidery room on weekdays, Chen Jia brought her to the hall for interrogation, even if the personal maids of the three beauties said that she did it. But she refused to admit it, and only shouted that she was wronged.
Chen Jia sent Haitang to take a guard to search her room, and found two red gold hairpins. Chen Jia took the hairpin to her and asked her. She also said that someone had planted it. There was no way for Chen Jia to let Haitang search her body again to see if there were any suspicious belongings on her. Sure enough, Begonia found another silver ticket of two hundred taels on the placket of her undershirt. The silver ticket was hidden in secrecy and was sewn into the undergarment with a needle and thread. Fortunately, Begonia searched carefully.
Xiaohong sees this. The psychological defense line finally completely collapsed, crying and telling the truth.
It turned out that a few days ago, Xiaohong met a handsome guy on the street, and the other party said that he fell in love with her at first sight, gave her two golden hairpins as love objects, and coaxed her innocent body with sweet words. Xiaohong refused to do it. But the guy took out two hundred taels of silver tickets and sued SΓΉ Xiaohong. Either obediently accept the silver ticket and do things, or everyone who will publicize her ** and her own affairs is known. Xiaohong was so scared that she had to be at his mercy and do the wrong thing.
"Do you know who that man is?" Chen Jia was annoyed.
"The slave asked him, but he refused to say, and the slave and maid quietly followed him that day and found that he had gone to Wu Shaobao's house."
"It's him!" Chen Jia thought for a moment, looked at Xiaohong, and asked, "Do you hate him?" β
"Slaves and maids hate to swallow their flesh raw!" Xiaohong said through gritted teeth.
"Do you know what happens to the minions who betray their masters?"
"Please spare your life! Beg Miss to spare her life! Xiaohong kept kowtowing.
Chen Jia shook her head, it's not that she is not soft-hearted enough, but in such a complex environment, if she is kind and soft-hearted, she may become a pain for relatives and a quick for enemies.
She thought about it and decided to inform Jiang Qian of the matter, and Jiang Qian would deal with Xiaohong.
Jiang Qian came back from the morning court and was shocked to learn of this, but the wood was already in the boat, so he quickly asked the housekeeper to take the post and ask Imperial Doctor Xu to treat Shi Hailing and Sun Ronghua. and asked Xiaohong and her whole family to be sold.
It's only seven days before the draft, Shi Hailing's injury is a trivial matter, but Sun Ronghua's face is full of red spots, and Chen Jia is worried that she will not heal on the day of the draft and affect the draft. Chen Jia thought that this matter could not be hidden from Mrs. Sun, and wanted to send someone to inform Mrs. Sun, but was stopped by Sun Ronghua.
"Sister Chen Jia, don't worry, I don't blame you, and I don't want to go back, if I don't heal after seven days, it will be considered God's will." Sun Ronghua's open-mindedness moved Chen Jia very much, what she was most worried about was that this incident made the three beauties suspicious of each other, but she didn't expect that she firmly chose friendship with a cold face and a warm heart.
"Thank you, Sister Ronghua."
"Don't be polite to me, I'll swim with you every night these days. I couldn't have happier. Despite the red spots on his face, Sun Ronghua still comforted Chen Jia with a smile. Seeing this, Chen Jia was also determined to take remedial measures. She asked Haitang to bring hot water and continued to fumigate Sun Ronghua's face, and sure enough, after a day, the symptoms were reduced a lot.
If such a thing happened, it seemed very inappropriate to let the three beauties live in the Taishi Mansion, she convened the three of them to discuss and asked them if they wanted to move back in, but Shi Hailing and Yang Zhaoxue both said that they believed Chen Jia and said that they were willing to continue to live until the day of the draft.
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It is said that Yelu Chumeng has been staying in the post house since the last assassination and avoiding going out, but there are still hospitable officials in the Shenghe Kingdom who will come to invite him, such as Wu Shaobao Lord Wu, on this day Wu Shaobao invited Yelu Chumeng to play chess in the mansion, Yelu Chumeng naturally did not refuse, after the two played a few games, Wu Shaobao let Yelu Chumeng visit his newly renovated garden at will, and he went out to deal with affairs. Unexpectedly, Yelu Chumeng actually met Wu Yaqin, whom he was very fond of at the banquet, in the garden.
Wu Yaqin has lost the title of talented woman since the last time she was at the state banquet. lost to Chen Jia, so he stayed at home, no matter whose post it was. I only read and painted at home, but today I was tired, and I came to wander around the garden for a while, but I was seen by Yelu Chumeng. However, he just watched from afar, staring at Wu Yaqin's every move, and did not go forward to provoke her until she returned to her boudoir from the garden. He just left.
Yelu Chumeng stretched out his hand to summon the secret guard and whispered something. The swish of the Dark Guard vanished.
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"Oh no, it's the draft tomorrow. But your feet are not even better, I thought it was just a needle's eye, and it didn't have any effect, why is it getting stricter and stricter now? Chen Jia couldn't take care of it. Personally picked up Shi Hailing's feet and examined them. I saw that the eye of the needle was red and swollen, and it seemed to be even stricter than when it was first pierced.
"Haitang, you go to the young master's room and let Imperial Doctor Xu consult later, and then I will go to the hospital. In addition, send someone to the inn to inform Shi Zunbao to come over. Chen Jia frowned and ordered Begonia. My heart became more and more uneasy.
"It's okay sister, it's just a little red and swollen, and it doesn't hurt badly." Shi Hailing saw that Chen Jia was worried, but came to comfort Chen Jia.
"But can you dance?" Chen Jia asked rhetorically.
"It hurts! I don't want to jump! Shi Hailing pouted and shook his head.
Chen Jia was extremely depressed, originally thinking that Shi Hailing's needle eye was just a trivial matter. Just let her recuperate well and rub the medicine on time. Where do you know that it has not healed so far. On the contrary, Sun Ronghua's face is almost complete, and a little rubbing of fat powder can cover the only one or two red spots left. Chen Jia felt ashamed of Shi Zunbao!
It's a bad feeling to be a friend.
She picked up the two golden turtles that Shi Zunbao had given her and watched them go into distraction.
"Miss, Imperial Doctor Xu is here." Begonia Road.
"Doctor Xu, come and show Sister Shi, somehow the needle hole on her foot is still red and swollen." Chen Jia was anxious, and Shi Hailing's maid hurriedly put down the curtain and covered Shi Hailing's feet with a handkerchief, revealing only the eye of the needle.
Imperial Physician Xu took a closer look at the eye of the needle and sighed deeply.
"It looks like there's bee venom on that needle. In fact, just apply a hot compress every day and rub honey on it, and it can be cured in seven days. β
"Ahh But tomorrow is the draft, is there a way for Imperial Doctor Xu to make it less painful? Chen Jia asked anxiously.
"It would have been fine if the bee venom had been squeezed out at the time, but now I realize that even if it is squeezed, it is useless. It can only be healed slowly! Imperial Physician Xu was blunt.
When Chen Jia heard this, she only felt that she wanted to cry without tears.
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After Shi Zunbao came, Chen Jia told the truth, although Shi Zunbao did not blame Chen Jia, and thanked Chen Jia for helping to take care of his sister, Chen Jia still felt very sorry for Shi Zunbao and Shi Hailing.
"I won't have the face to see them in the future!" Chen Jia muttered in frustration.
On the second day, Shi Hailing really failed to recover, she could only walk on her toes, looking very weird, Shi Mu was afraid of colliding with Long Yan when she saw this, so she asked Old Man Shi to go to the palace to confess and explain the reason.
Finally, the three beauties were all picked up, Yang Zhaoxue and Sun Ronghua were directly sent to the palace for the draft, while Shi Hailing was taken to the inn for cultivation.
Chen Jia's time was also free. She went to find Jiang Youchun, but saw him practicing his arm strength with difficulty in the backyard, because the wound had not healed soon, and he was afraid of cracking before, so he didn't dare to exert himself, but now that the wound had healed, he had to start recovering his arm strength.
"Big brother!" Chen Jia shouted leisurely, she didn't know whether she was happy or sad now. She was glad that Jiang Youchun was fine and had recovered. But it is rare for her to help others, but Shi Zunbao specially begged her to help the sister she took care of had an accident, she really wanted to cry without tears.
She wanted to talk, and the first thing she thought of was Jiang Youchun.
"Chen Jia, how can everything go well? Don't worry too much. Jiang Youchun couldn't bear to see Chen Jia uncomfortable, and comforted him softly.
"But Shi Hailing is seventeen, if she misses this draft, will she miss her life?" Chen Jia was sad.
"Maybe it's providence!" Jiang Youchun sighed.
"Big brother, if Sister Hailing misses the draft, can you marry her?" Chen Jia frowned and asked Jiang Youchun.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem!" When Jiang Youchun heard this, he coughed violently, and after a while, he coughed up blood. He looked at Chen Jia with a shocked face, speechless, but slowly fell down in front of her. Chen Jia was frightened when she saw this, she hugged Jiang Youchun, called loudly, and burst into tears.
"Big brother, big brother, what's wrong with you? Someone! Big brother you can't die! (To be continued......)
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