Chapter Thirty-Eight: No Way to Help

87_87437Pei Lan was still holding the oil-paper umbrella and standing under a hidden corner outside the Huaishu Hutong, and she watched a group of fierce officers and soldiers walk in front of her and enter the Huaishu Hutong. Not long after, the Zhong family's carriage quietly drove out of the backyard, and when she passed by, she could faintly hear Zhong Ziyuan's hoarse cry coming from the carriage.

Pei Lan smiled faintly and said to himself: "You save my life, I will pay you back, and we will not owe each other from now on." ”

Not only Zhong Ziyuan was crying in the carriage, but Qingdai and Cardamom were also rippling with tears. They grew up in the Zhong Mansion since they were children, and they couldn't remember what their parents were like. The second elder of the Zhong family is not only the master to them, but also their relatives.

After a long time, Zhong Ziyuan suddenly stopped crying, and she said in a daze: "No, there is a problem here." Cardamom blinked her tearful eyes and sobbed, "Miss, what are you talking about?" ”

Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly asked, "Do you remember the lady Qian who was pregnant a year ago and was still greedy for longan?" ”

Cardamom thought about it for a long time before she remembered. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said suspiciously: "Remember, that Mrs. Qian runs a candied fruit shop at home, because she has a bad appetite during pregnancy, she vomits everything she eats." Her family thought that dried longan could nourish qi and blood, so they let her eat it as a meal all day long. As a result, she saw red before three months, and later thanks to her wife's help with acupuncture, fumigation, and conditioning, the fetus was saved. ”

"That's right!" Zhong Ziyuan said excitedly: "Think about it, Mrs. Qian eats longan all day longan, and the fetus is saved." How much longan can be put into the noble man's fetal pill? Even if she put two or three taels, the noble person drank it for a few days, and the fire in her body rose, and her father would notice it when he checked her pulse. After all, dried longan is also a kind of food that nourishes the body, and it is very different from the safflower and musk that have been felt. Speaking of this, she slammed open the curtain and said to Fauber, who was driving the car outside, "Fauber, let's go back, go back quickly." ”

Fu Bo thought that Zhong Ziyuan was too sad and was messing around again. While driving the carriage steadily, he comforted: "Miss, when you go back at this time, don't you make the old lady worry!" Madame just told me that I must take you away from the land of right and wrong. Forgive Forber for not listening to you this time. ”

Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly said what he had just deduced to Fu Bo, and then added: "Father must have been wronged, and I must go back to avenge him." ”

Fu Bo often sent Zhong Jinchuan back and forth to and from the palace and outside the palace, and his knowledge was richer than Zhong Ziyuan's. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Miss, what do you think of the medical skills of the lord and the lady?" ”

Zhong Ziyuan was stunned and said: "Before my father entered the palace, he cured many incurable diseases, and his medical skills are naturally very good. Although my mother was a doctor, she was good at gynecology. Even when Sister Liu's mother had a difficult birth, the imperial doctors in the palace were helpless, but she insisted on using a golden needle to cross the catastrophe, so that their mother and daughter had a thrilling escape. She asked puzzledly, "Fauber, what are you talking about at this time?" ”

"Drive." Fauber raised his whip and whipped the horse's ass again, making it run faster and faster. Then he sighed and said without looking back: "Since even you can think of this problem, how can you not think of it with the medical skills of the lord and the lady?" How could the judges, envoys, and imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital not think of it? Speaking of which, the foundation in our house is too thin, and the water in this harem is too deep. ”

Zhong Ziyuan grabbed the royal blue cotton curtain suddenly, and the back of her white and tender hand was instantly exposed. Although she was angry, anxious, and annoyed in her heart, she had to admit that although Fauber's words were cruel, they were very reasonable. She half-hung her head, deep in thought.

After a long time, I listened to Zhong Ziyuan's instructions: "Fu Bo, let's go to Mrs. Liu's mansion." ”

"Yes." Fu Bo heard that Zhong Ziyuan was no longer clamoring to go back, and he was also relieved. He pulled his horse's head and headed towards Dongcheng District. I faintly heard Zhong Ziyuan muttering to herself in the carriage: "Now Sister Liu is my only hope." ”

Cardamom immediately echoed: "Miss Liu is so good with Miss Liu on weekdays, she will definitely help with this favor." ”

Even Qing Dai said: "Yes, yes, Miss, don't worry!" As long as Miss Liu begs Master Taifu to say a few kind words in front of the emperor, the master will definitely be fine. ”

Is it really that easy? Fauber shook his head secretly, I'm afraid it's not that simple!

Zhong Ziyuan wrote a post in the carriage with his own hands and asked Menzi to send it in. The four of their masters and servants were just outside the gate of the Taifu Mansion. But most of the hour passed quickly, and the door of Taifu Liu's mansion with vermilion lacquer inlaid with twenty-four huge copper rivets was still tightly closed.

Zhong Ziyuan originally came to Liu Yuqing for help with a fiery heart, but seeing this situation, he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart. Could it be that even Sister Liu has to avoid it?

Another half an hour passed, and just when Zhong Ziyuan was full of despair, the corner door of Taifu's mansion suddenly opened, and Caixia walked out with a small burden and looked around. Cardamom was overjoyed and waved at her, and Caixia walked over quickly. Zhong Ziyuan opened the door curtain, revealing her little blue and white face, and asked anxiously, "What did Sister Liu say?" ”

Caixia glanced around and said cautiously, "Miss Zhong, can you let me get in the car and talk to you alone?" ”

"Quick, come up."

Qingdai and Cardamom got out of the carriage with interest, and Caixia climbed in. After lowering the curtain and separating the surrounding sights, Caixia took out a letter from the baggage she took out and handed it to Zhong Ziyuan, and then said, "This is what Miss asked me to pass on to you." ”

Zhong Ziyuan opened the envelope and read it carefully. The letter is very long, and some places have been stained with water, but it does not affect the general content of Zhong Ziyuan's letter, which is that she already knows about Zhong Ziyuan's father, and she will definitely ask Mrs. Liu to intercede for Zhong Jinchuan, and ask Zhong Ziyuan not to do stupid things. But now that the emperor is angry, I'm afraid he will have to think about it in the long run.

Seeing that Zhong Ziyuan finished reading the letter, her face was a little dazed, and Caixia hurriedly said: "Miss Zhong, don't blame my young lady, she originally wanted to come out to see you in person, but she was stopped by the master." She was afraid that you would misunderstand and that you would be sad, so she hurriedly wrote this letter for me to send. And these" Caixia handed the burden into Zhong Ziyuan's hands and said: "Miss said, if something happened to Lord Zhong, you must have a lot of money up and down, and she asked me to transfer this to you." ”

Zhong Ziyuan subconsciously opened the burden in his hand, and saw that the bread was actually a bunch of jewelry and a few silver tickets. The silver tickets add up to two or three hundred taels, and those jewelry Zhong Ziyuan is very familiar with, because she often sees it on Liu Yuqing's head. One of them is the jasper hairpin that Liu Yuqing wore on the day of the Shangyuan Festival.

Zhong Ziyuan looked at the bag of jewelry, and stroked the dripping traces on the letter, she felt that her cold heart seemed to be a lot warmer. She sighed faintly: "Sister Liu still wants me not to be sad, she is afraid that she will cry badly!" As he spoke, a line of tears slipped down again. Caixia lowered her head, her lips squirmed a few times, and she didn't speak after all.

After a long time, Zhong Ziyuan cheered up, she wiped the tears off her face, rewrapped the bag of jewelry, stuffed it into Caixia's arms, and said: "These must be all of Sister Liu's body, I can't ask for it, you take it back." ”

Caixia was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly excused herself: "Miss said, please be sure to hold these things." ”

Zhong Ziyuan smiled reluctantly and said, "You just tell Sister Liu that I don't lack silver at present." When I really don't have any money, I'll come back to her and ask for it. Let her rest assured, I treat her as the best sister in my life, and I will definitely not be polite to her. Also, Sister Liu has always been weak, you want her not to worry too much about my family's affairs, and don't be angry with Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Taifu for my family's affairs, they also have their difficulties. Caixia felt more and more sad when she heard this.

Zhong Ziyuan didn't want Liu Yuqing to be embarrassed, so she didn't ask for her jewelry, so she got into the carriage and left. Caixia had to take the burden and hurried back to the inner courtyard. Far away, she heard the hoarse cry of her young lady: "Mother, mother, you let my father let me out." Sister Zhong didn't see me, she would be sad. Mother, mother, open the door"

Caixia was shocked, how long had she been out, and why was the young lady's voice hoarse. She hurriedly quickened her pace, and when she walked outside the young lady's boudoir, she saw her lady standing by the closed door and comforted her distressedly: "Qing'er, you are good, don't make trouble." Didn't my mother tell you! Today, the emperor was so angry that he had already let his words out, and if anyone helped the Zhongyuan envoy to intercede, he would be punished for the same crime. Who let that concubine and the dragon fetus in her womb be the emperor's heart, and now that something has happened, don't you want to find someone to be angry! We can't just hit it head-on! ”

Liu Yuqing in the room was quiet for a while, as if he was thinking about Mrs. Taifu's words. Mrs. Taifu was overjoyed, so she heard Liu Yuqing shouting inside: "In this case, let's take Sister Zhong into the mansion to live, and wait until the emperor is angry, and then help her plead with the emperor." Otherwise, she is a girl's house, and her home has been raided again, where will she go to settle down? Liu Yuqing seemed to think that her idea was very good, so she began to "snap" the door again, and shouted again: "Mother, open the door quickly, I will go to find Sister Zhong and let her live in." She must have been terrified, too. ”

Liu Yuqing's words made Mrs. Taifu speechless and had a headache. At this time, she saw Caixia hurriedly coming over, and her eyes suddenly lit up. Busy said to Liu Yuqing, who was locked up: "Qing'er, Caixia is back." If you don't make trouble, I'll let her in. If you make any more trouble, I'll send her away. ”

Liu Yuqing immediately quieted down, and Mrs. Taifu asked someone to take the key to open the door and let Caixia in. Liu Yuqing saw Caixia take the burden back again, and asked anxiously, "Didn't you see Sister Zhong?" ”

Caixia hurriedly said: "See, see." She relayed Zhong Ziyuan's words again. Liu Yuqing's tears fell instantly, and she choked up and said, "Sister Zhong is gone, does she blame me?" Blame me for not going out to see her, not helping her when she was in trouble? ”

"No, no." Caixia hurriedly said: "Didn't Miss Zhong say it! She's always treated you as her best sister, and if she can't get by, she'll come to you for help. She also said that the old lady also has their difficulties, and asked you not to embarrass them too much, and don't embarrass yourself. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yuqing's heart became more and more unbearable, she couldn't help but throw herself on the bed and cry again. Mrs. Taifu, who had been standing outside the door and listening, sighed secretly, and her eyes moistened