Mrs. Xiao sat alone, several times the maid invited the prince, the prince did not come, it seemed that she should use the most trick, she got up, walked to the door, and said to the maid who wiped the table outside; "Looking at people" closed the door, walked to the dresser, took out the jewelry box, opened it, reached out and took out a small paper bag from the bottom of the box, held it in his hand, looked at it for a while, as if he had made up his mind, and held the paper bag in the palm of his hand.

Suddenly, her maid's voice came from outside the door, "slave maid to participate in the princess" The maid's voice deliberately raised an octave, to inform Mrs. Xiao in the house, Mrs. Xiao's hand shook, the paper bag in the palm of her hand almost fell to the ground, busy stabilizing her mind, put things in the makeup box, closed the box, did not wait for her to lie on the kang, the lattice door was pushed open, Shen Wanzhen came in, saw her standing on the dresser, and said angrily: "How did my sister go to the ground, I heard the prince say that my sister is seriously ill, and the prince is anxious, and I also talked about my sister's house last night." ”

Shen Wanzhen deliberately said this, she didn't want Mrs. Xiao to get better from her illness, she was afraid that she wouldn't pretend to go down and take out the prince as bait.

When Mrs. Xiao heard that the prince was going to see her, she was overjoyed, she held her forehead with one hand and leaned on the table with the other, pretending to be crumbling.

turned around and scolded Mrs. Xiao's two maids behind him, "How do you wait for the master?" The master is sick like this, and he only cares about playing, if I find that I neglect my master, I don't have to do the errand of the master's personal big girl. ”

The two maids took it seriously, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to ask for sin, "The slave and maid don't dare anymore, please forgive the princess." ”

"For your master's sake, I'll bypass you first, and don't hurry up to serve your master."

The two maids were so frightened that they hurriedly got up and stepped forward to support Mrs. Xiao, who was still struggling to salute Shen Wanzhen, and Shen Wanzhen hurriedly spoke; "Sister, don't use these false courtesies, lie down quickly"

Mrs. Xiao's two personal maids helped her to the kang, and Mrs. Xiao pretended to lie down weakly, at this time, the maid shouted outside, "The doctor is here"

Mrs. Xiao was startled, Xiuju hurriedly put down the bed net, and Shen Wanzhen said, "Please come in."

The doctor was an old man, with a gray beard, who looked like a man of high moral character, and paused outside the door, and waited for the inside to say please before entering.

First to meet the princess, Shen Wanzhen said: "As soon as the winter comes, Mrs. relapses from her old illness, and she says that she is weak, dizzy and can't get off the ground, and she needs someone to support her before she can barely walk two steps. ”

Mrs. Xiao didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Shen Wanzhen's gourd, and she looked like she was terminally ill, old and frail, and she really seemed to be dying soon.

Mrs. Xiao couldn't help it, she sighed secretly, regretting that she should have started earlier, she was a step late, who knew that Shen Wanzhen actually returned home, fell behind, and was at her mercy.

Lao Langzhong took the pulse very seriously, tossed it back and forth several times, and after the last moment, he slowly got up, his face was solemn, and he fell to the ground, "Please borrow a step from the princess to speak"

Mrs. Xiao was in the tent, she listened to the old man's deep voice, and wondered in her heart, what was going on with this Langzhong, she didn't have anything serious, and she knew why he wanted the princess to take a step to speak, it was to expose her, saying that she was pretending to be sick, and couldn't help but be nervous, so she listened to Shen Wanzhen and said: "The doctor said that it is okay, the condition is serious, the patient is prepared, it is not in the way, although the doctor tells the truth." ”

The old man groaned for a moment and sighed, "It's a pity that this lady is young, and she will..." coughed again, as if he couldn't bear it.

Mrs. Xiao was a little confused, what does this mean, it means that she is very sick.

"Doctor, please say outside," Shen Wanzhen said, and went out of the house, and Lao Langzhong also went out.

I heard the sound of the outer room very small, but a few words still floated to Mrs. Xiao's ears, it was the slightly sympathetic, old voice of the Langzhong, "This lady is terminally ill, she still wants to open something, and she can eat whatever she wants." ”

Mrs. Xiao suspected that her ears were wrong, so she heard Shen Wanzhen sobbing twice, and her throat was blocked: "How many days does she have left?" ”

The old man groaned slightly, "Madame's lifespan has arrived, and it is estimated that the old man will not be able to pass this year." ”

Mrs. Xiao was lying in the tent, and she was stupid, what did she mean? How is this possible?

Another thought, it must be Shen Wanzhen's trick, she knows her own illness, but she wants to see what this Shen wants to do?

Shen Wanzhen took out a handkerchief and dipped it in the corner of her eyes, and said sadly: "I beg the doctor to think about it, as long as I can cure my sister, I am willing to spend money, I don't feel distressed about how much money I have, my sister is still so young, why can't she live long?" ”

Shen Wanzhen said sadly, "My sister only said that she didn't live long, I didn't believe it at first, and the people said that I scolded them for saying it, but I didn't expect it to be true." ”

Say it, woo, woo woo hide his face and sob, the old man looked embarrassed, and said: "This lady doesn't have many days left, and the result is the same whether she takes medicine or not."

"Doctor, it's better to prescribe a prescription, and a dead horse should be treated as a live horse doctor." Shen Wanzhen stopped her low relatives.

Mrs. Xiao was depressed in her heart, so she let this old thing make up a mess, frustrated, saying that she would not live long, where did she see that her life was up, he said that he couldn't live this year, he lied, where did Shen Wanzhen find such a man, don't be a liar, there is someone who specializes in defrauding big families of money.

The doctor prescribed a prescription indiscriminately, it turned out that this Langzhong informal medical practice, there was a headache and brain fever nearby, barely coping, Qian Kuan found him, promised him benefits, he didn't dare at first, couldn't stand the mother-in-law at home saw Qian Kuan's generous hand, snowflakes and silver, a letter of five taels, there were four letters, and he was alive, anyway, it was not to harm people, he could earn so much silver by saying something, so he should follow Qian Kuan to the palace.

Lao Langzhong left, through the tulle tent, Xiao Shi saw Shen Wanzhen approaching, sad tone, and said: "Sister don't worry, I will cure my sister, this doctor can't succeed, change another doctor is"

"Don't bother, princess, the concubine's life is thin, the concubine thanks the princess for her grace, and when the concubine is well, go to the room and thank the princess." Let's say, Mrs. Xiao sobbed, she was difficult to ride a tiger, saying that she was not seriously ill, that was a slap on herself, the princess stood up, she could only climb up.

Shen Wanzhen also took a handkerchief and nodded the corner of her eyes, "Sister rest, Sister Ming'er will come to see you again"

Mrs. Xiao vaguely saw Shen Wanzhen covering her mouth through the tent, as if she was very sad, and did not dare to show it in front of her, Mrs. Xiao removed the handkerchief from her face, stared at her back suspiciously, and listened to Shen Wanzhen tell Qiao Shan outside: "Go and tell the big kitchen, but Mrs. Xiao wants to eat and do, if there is no food in the house, you have to get it by any means, Mrs. Xiao's time is short, and the doctor can't say this year, this is still a long time, a short one, maybe it's just a matter of three or five days."

Mrs. Xiao's heart was shocked, saying that her time was short, and it would only be three or five days if she didn't talk about it, why did she make her illness worse, she suddenly had an ominous premonition, she was paralyzed, and she really couldn't get up.

Out of Mrs. Xiao's door, Shen Wanzhen and Mrs. Yan glanced at each other, and Mrs. Yan nodded approvingly, as if praising her acting skills.

After Shen Wanzhen left, it didn't take much effort, so the big kitchen sent a mother-in-law to come and asked cautiously when she entered the door: "Madame, is there anything you want to eat when she is sick?" ”

Mrs. Xiao ordered Yue'er to roll up the tent, breathe, and her heart was depressed, but it was really like she was seriously ill, and she was ordered to help her up, when the mother-in-law came, she was leaning weakly on the maid's body, this said that her life was not long, and she suddenly lost her spirit, and she was a little worried, if it wasn't for Shen Wanzhen's badness, it would be difficult for her to really get a serious illness, that old man didn't look like a treacherous person, like a respected old man who had practiced medicine for many years, and his heart was bottomless.

The mother-in-law who came from the big kitchen peeked at her with pity while asking, and accompanied her carefully, for fear of saying the wrong thing and stimulating her.

"I don't have anything special to eat, just follow the usual rules, don't bother" Mrs. Xiao is unwilling to eat the rotten porridge sent in the past few days, and it is difficult to say.

The mother-in-law smiled and said: "Madame is considerate, but the princess has instructed, if you snub the patient according to the usual meal, Madame's life will ......" The mother-in-law stopped her words and changed her words: "Madame wants to eat that mouthful, and the ideas that are not in the house can be taken away, anyway, it won't be troublesome for a few days." ”

Mrs. Xiao almost didn't come up in one breath, this mother-in-law can't speak, she doesn't even seem to have the strength to speak, she waved her hand and motioned for the mother-in-law to go down.

Waiting for the big kitchen to bring dinner, this time she really has no appetite, since ancient times she suspected that there was a dark ghost, so she was short of energy, closed her eyes and took a nap, half confused and half awake, and couldn't sleep well, so she listened to the two little maids outside secretly talking, as if she couldn't count on it, so she quickly found a way to make up for the gap and went to the room.

Mrs. Xiao was too lazy to open her eyes, thinking, Shen Wanzhen's move, I am afraid that the whole house knows that she will not live long, how can the doctor say that she can't tell the year, she pinched her fingers and calculated, she was taken aback, now she is almost the end of the year, then say more than one month, less than three or five days, Mrs. Xiao's breath is uneven, this is Shen Wanzhen deliberately created a momentum, as if the death date is approaching, Mrs. Xiao is inexplicably afraid.

In the evening, it was dark early in winter, and the house rested an hour earlier than in summer, Shen Wanzhen chatted with each other, and Zhao Shijiao remembered to ask: "Your mother-in-law was poisoned, how is it?" Has the poisoner been found? ”

"A few days ago, I sent someone to my mother's house to ask, saying that my wife was much better, and the person who poisoned me was found to be eyebrow-raising, and the queen mother was sick for a while, and I didn't have time to ask."

"You don't have anything to do tomorrow and go back to your parents' house to see, the queen mother's illness is better, you don't have to worry about it"

Shen Wanzhen nodded, thinking that she should go back to her parents' house to have a look.

"I heard that Mrs. Xiao is seriously ill and her time is short, is this true?"

Shen Wanzhen held her mouth, wanted to laugh, but held back, "The doctor is willing to say more seriously, if he is cured, he seems to be a good doctor, and if he can't be cured, he will respond to the previous assertion." ”

"I'll ask the doctor to show her tomorrow," Shen Wanzhen said.

As she spoke, she turned her head sideways, propped up half of her body, and met Zhao Shijiao's face from close range from above, and said in a delicate voice, "The prince is worried about her?" ”

The tent was dim, and Zhao Shijiao saw Shen Xuanzhen's big black eyes in the dark, staring at him, reaching out to press her head on his chest, his chin against the top of her head, rubbing her hair, "Little jealous woman, look at me and don't ......"

The next day, Mrs. Xiao didn't sleep well last night, she got up early in the morning, she was not energetic, she walked two steps, the soles of her feet were like stepping on cotton, fluttering, she barely ate half a bowl of porridge, and ordered to take it down.

As soon as he lay down, the door of the hall rang, the sound of chaotic footsteps, and Shen Wanzhen's clear voice sounded, "I'm coming to see my sister better?"

The brocade curtain in the inner room was opened, Shen Wanzhen's bright and smiling face appeared, Mrs. Xiao was about to get up, Shen Wanzhen stepped forward and held her down a few steps, and said considerately: "Sister lie down, I have found another doctor with excellent medical skills today, please come and see my sister's illness."

Mrs. Xiao looked at Shen Wanzhen without blinking, she didn't believe that the princess cared so much about her, she repeatedly took advantage of her absence to seduce the prince, she didn't believe that she didn't know what to do, she didn't mind at all, the princess was treating her like this now, but it made her afraid, and the princess didn't know what tricks to play to deal with her.

"Back to the princess, the doctor has arrived"

Shen Wanzhen saw that her clothes were scattered, and she specially straightened her clothes, and said: "You don't need to put down the curtain" The implication is that she is sick like this, so there is no need to avoid it.

A man in the outhouse coughed lightly, obviously wanting to enter the door, first to inform the lady, there is a boudoir lady in the inner house who is inconvenient to see a strange man, so as to avoid it early.

Mrs. Xiao looked towards the door, and an elegant middle-aged man was followed by a little boy with a medicine box on his shoulder.

The middle-aged doctor entered the door to meet the princess first, the princess gave her a seat, the doctor confessed, sat down and asked the patient for a pulse.

This middle-aged Lang Zhong seems to be very serious, carefully ask for the pulse, this time the tent was not put down, she glanced at the middle-aged man's expression is a little wrong, Mrs. Xiao looked at the doctor several times, all of them asked for the pulse first, many times, she knew how much she knew the point, and other doctors were focused when they asked for the pulse, but this Lang Zhong, his eyes slipped away several times, seemed serious, and each hand touched it a few times, but Mrs. Xiao noticed something unusual, this man did not look like a serious doctor.

She was intrigued, and Langzhong stood up and bowed to the princess, "Princess, please take a step to speak."

Mrs. Xiao watched the princess and Na Langzhong go to the outer room, Mrs. Xiao listened carefully, and a weak voice came in, "Forgive Xiaomin for being incompetent, Mrs. is terminally ill, just these three or five days, the princess is preparing for the future, if you can use it, you can use it, if you don't use it, you can only use it, just think it is a joy"

Mrs. Xiao's whole portrait lost her soul, and the voice in the outer room was quiet, muttering quietly, and she couldn't hear clearly.

After a long time, Mrs. Xiao slowly sobered up, and pondered, this Langzhong is obviously a fake, why did Shen find a fake Langzhong to say this? Even if the two doctors were asked to say the same thing, no one could help but believe it, and now the palace is boiling and everyone knows that she is about to die, could it be that the princess wants to ...... As soon as she thought about it, her hands and feet were cold.

At this time, Shen Wanzhen came in and said to the maid waiting in front of the couch: "Go down, I want to say a few words to my wife."

Everyone in the house went out, and the door was shut.

Shen Wanzhen walked towards the bed, with a slight smile on the corner of her lips, walked to the couch, leaned over and said in a very gentle voice, "My sister heard it, three or five days"

Shen Wanzhen looked at her face carefully, straightened her waist, sighed lightly, and said, "It's a pity that such a wonderful person is so beautiful, and the fragrance is lost." ”

"What are you going to do?" Mrs. Xiao asked in surprise.

Shen Wanzhen chuckled lightly, and said in a low voice: "Doesn't my sister still understand, the whole house knows that my sister will die soon, if my sister is gone, will no one suspect anything?" What's more, my sister was weak before. ”

Mrs. Xiao was stunned, Shen Wanzhen's eyes were cold, and her voice was gentle to the bone, "For the sake of your service to me, I will give you two choices, whether you invite yourself to leave the house, or I will send you." ”

Let's say, Shen Wanzhen smiled at her charmingly, turned around, walked slowly out, walked to the door, turned around, "Remember, three or five days"