Chapter Seventy-Four: After the False Accusation
When Xia Ling heard that it was indeed sent by Xiao Qiming, the defensive psychology in her heart instantly let go. This must have been Xiao Qiming's lesson to himself yesterday, and today he felt that he had said something heavier, and he felt sorry for himself, so he sent himself ginseng soup.
Xia Ling was overjoyed and stretched out her hand to pick up the ginseng soup. That ginseng soup Chu Lanxi instructed to use the best medicinal materials in the house to boil, at this moment, the soup is clear and bright, the medicinal fragrance is tangy, Xia Ling has never drunk ginseng soup in his life, and at this time, he couldn't wait to drink it all at once.
At noon, Xia Ling, who had been resting on the couch, began to feel unwell, and her skin was itchy and unbearable. She thought that she was not paying attention these days and had some skin epilepsy, so she only took some ointment and asked the maid to help her apply it, and she didn't take it seriously.
But at night, Xia Ling's body began to itch a lot, and when she took off her clothes, she saw that her whole body was covered with red rashes.
When the maids saw it, they all hid far away, thinking that Xia Ling had some infectious disease, so they didn't dare to come up to her.
"What do you mean by that? I am now the concubine of His Royal Highness, your master, I let you do things, how dare you not listen to me? Xia Ling couldn't help but scold when she saw that this group of maids were greedy for life and afraid of death.
The maids had no choice but to muster up the courage to walk into Xia Ling and apply medicine to the red rash on her body. Fortunately, Xiao Qiming was not in the mansion this day, so there was no need to worry about going to bed, otherwise Xiao Qiming would definitely dislike her, losing her grace is a trivial matter, thinking that she has some serious skin infectious disease, and it will be terrible to drive her out of the palace.
Xia Ling was unwilling to lose her grace, and she didn't want to be kicked out of the palace, so she didn't let the maid tell others about his current condition, and only dared to secretly stay in the room and apply the ointment that the house had, bareback, and try not to lean anywhere.
"Princess, the medicine you gave has already worked, and Xia Ling doesn't dare to go out anymore, it is estimated that her whole body is covered with red rashes." After Chun Tao went to Xia Ling's residence to inquire about the situation, she immediately reported it to Chu Lanxi.
"That's good. Huh, dare to fight me? Look at how you still seduce Your Highness this time, just wait to be thrown out of the house. After listening to Chun Tao's report, Chu Lanxi was very satisfied, and even began to imagine that after Xiao Qiming came back, he saw Xia Ling who was festering all over his body, with a look of disgust and disgust, and then asked the attendant to throw Xia Ling out of the mansion and leave him to fend for himself.
"You have shown me Xia Ling's yard, if I find out who helps her, who will wait to die." Chu Lanxi threatened the maids.
All the maids looked at each other, now that Xiao Qiming is not in the mansion, Chu Lanxi is the real master of the mansion, this master has spoken, who else dares to risk losing his head to help Xia Ling? Besides, since Xia Ling became a concubine, she has been arrogant every day, beating and scolding her sisters who were also maids in the past, and holding the posture of the master everywhere, and the maids have no sympathy for her.
Xia Ling thought that it would get better soon, at least it would alleviate some symptoms, but she didn't expect that after two days, the rash on Xia Ling's body not only did not decrease, but became more and more itchy, and the rash also had a tendency to spread to her face.
"My face, my face is disfigured!" Xia Ling looked at her face in the bronze mirror, like her body, covered with red rashes, how could she still have the beautiful face she once had? Not to mention competing for favor, it is unknown whether or not he can continue to stay in the mansion.
And those red rashes are not only frighteningly red, but the most important thing is that the itching is unbearable, Xia Ling really couldn't help scratching with her hands, and as a result, those red rashes broke as soon as they scratched, and the broken place met the air, which made it even more itchy. During the repeated scratching, there were already many places where blood began to bleed, making Xia Ling's whole person look particularly scary.
"Don't catch it, my aunt bear with it, if you catch it again, you will really break the phase." A maid serving Xia Ling hurriedly stopped Xia Ling's movements, but Xia Ling had nothing in her heart at this time, only the itching of the wound.
"But I'm itching!" Of course, Xia Ling also knew that if she scratched again, she would definitely break her appearance, but she couldn't help it.
"Tie me up, quick, I can't control myself!" Xia Ling instructed the maid. She tried her best to restrain her scratching movements, but how could she bear it, she had to make this decision, as long as his hands were tied, he would not continue to scratch, and the wound would not be broken, maybe he would be able to get better slowly.
When the maid heard this, she thought that this was also a method. So they found a chair, and several people pressed Xia Ling to sit on the stool, and then found a thick hemp rope and wrapped Xia Ling's hands around the back of the chair.
At this time, although Xia Ling wanted to cooperate with them in her heart, the physical itching made her struggle constantly, and several maids worked together to successfully tie Xia Ling.
"Go get me a doctor! Just go! Although Xia Ling, who was tied up, was temporarily restrained, it was not a long-term solution after all, and at this moment, she didn't care about Chu Lanxi knowing her embarrassed appearance at the moment, so she just asked for a doctor to help her cure the red rash on her face and body and restore her original appearance.
When the maid Qiu Cicada heard this, she hurriedly went to find the doctor in the house to treat Xia Ling. But the maid ran to the place where the doctor lived, but there was no one.
"This sister, where did the imperial doctor go?" Qiu Cicada grabbed a passing maid and asked.
"What are you looking for a doctor? He went to the courtyard of the concubine to see if she was sick. You go to the courtyard of the concubine and look for it. Of course, the maids passing by knew what Qiu Chan's purpose was to find the imperial doctor, but Chu Lanxi had already told Chun Tao to convey the words to the maids of the whole palace, and everyone who helped Xia Ling had to die. However, after telling Qiu Cicada where the imperial doctor is, how can Qiu Cicada successfully invite the imperial doctor to treat Xia Ling?
Sure enough, when Qiu Cicada trotted all the way to the courtyard of Chu Lanxi, before entering the courtyard gate, he was stopped by the maid guarding the door: "What are you doing here?" ”
"I'm coming to the doctor, sister, please let me in!" Autumn Cicada pleaded bitterly.
"The doctor is giving the princess a pulse, even if you go in, you have nothing to do." The maid guarding the door said indifferently.
Seeing that she didn't eat oil and salt, soft and hard, Qiu Cicada could only retreat to the side and observe quietly.
Seeing this, the doorkeeper couldn't bear it in his heart, but he was afraid that he would be blamed by Chu Lanxi for letting him in. She thought about it, pretended to be in a daze, and left a big gap in the courtyard door.
Qiu Chan saw that the maid guarding the door was in a daze, and she didn't pay attention to herself, so she seized the opportunity to follow the gap and enter the courtyard of Chulan River.
"How did you break in? Come on, catch her! The maid guarding the door seemed to have just found out, and immediately slowed down to chase the autumn cicada, while shouting for someone to come over, so that no one would suspect that the autumn cicada was put in by her.
Qiu Cicada ran into Chu Lanxi's courtyard, but he didn't dare to break into the room, so he could only "plop" and kneel on the hard masonry ground, constantly kowtowing.
"Ask the princess to save Aunt Xia! Ask the princess to save her! Qiu Cicada couldn't stop snorting her head and begging for help, and blood had already come out of her forehead, but Chu Lanxi still didn't come out.
"What's the sound outside?" Chu Lanxi, who stretched out his hand to give the doctor's pulse, vaguely heard someone shouting something outside, and asked Chun Tao on the side.
"Back to the princess, it's the maid Qiu Cicada who is waiting for Xia Ling who has come to beg you to save Xia Ling." Chun Tao replied.
"Let this princess save her? How do I save her? I'm not a doctor. After hearing this, Chu Lanxi spoke expressionlessly.
"You're not a doctor, but you're detaining a doctor here." Chun Tao said secretly in her heart.
"Chun Tao, go and kick her out, it's a twitter, it's a headache for me." Chu Lanxi closed her eyes, supported her head with her right hand, and waited for the doctor to diagnose her pulse.
"Yes, Princess."
Chun Tao walked out and came to the side of Qiu Cicada, who was kneeling outside the house and kept kowtowing.
When Qiu Chan, who kowtowed, saw Chun Tao, she thought that Chu Lanxi had changed her mind: "Sister Chun Tao, is the princess willing to save Aunt Xia?" ”
"Hurry up and get out of the princess's courtyard, if you don't leave, I'll find someone to blow you out." Chun Tao sighed and said to Qiu Cicada.
"Sister Chun Tao, save him, didn't we have a good relationship before?" Qiu Cicada continued to plead without giving up.
"Come on, get her out." Chun Tao didn't continue to answer, just turned around and instructed the guards guarding around.
The guards immediately blasted out the autumn cicada: "Girl, don't embarrass us, we all do things according to orders, and it's not easy for everyone." ”
Qiu Chan knew that as long as Chu Lanxi was there, it would be absolutely impossible to ask the imperial doctor in the house. But thinking that Xia Ling was still tied to the chair and waiting for her good news, she thought of another way.
Qiu Cicada returned to Xia Ling's yard, but she didn't enter the door to see Xia Ling's miserable situation, only heard Xia Ling's unstoppable screams and the incessant advice of other maids.
Qiu Cicada came to the place where Xia Ling put her jewelry, where there was the jewelry that Xiao Qiming had given her since Xia Ling had been favored these days. Qiu Cicada took a few things and ran to the door of the house.
The guards at the gate of the mansion are heavily guarded, and it is absolutely impossible for the maid to leave the mansion without the order of the master. And now this mansion gate is likely to be controlled by Chu Lanxi, and Xia Ling's maid will definitely not be able to get out.
The autumn cicada looked and hid aside, waiting for the gap to slip out.
The two guards stood guard for a moment, looking at each other.
"Hey, there's no one anyway, how about we rest for a while?" Guard Armor suggested.
"Good. We're standing here so that someone can go out and find out. Guard B agreed.
The two guards then stood together and gossiped. Seeing that the guards were not so strict, Qiu Cicada found this time and immediately rushed out.
"You! What for? Stop me! The guard immediately spotted the slipping autumn cicada and shouted loudly.
The other guards were also attracted by the sound of the guard armor, and it was easy for a few men with three or five thick men to catch a little maid. Before Qiu Cicada had run far, he was immediately caught back, twisted his hands, and sent to the courtyard of Chu Lanxi.
"Princess, when we were guarding the door outside the mansion, we saw this maid sneaking out of the mansion while we were not paying attention, and no matter how much we asked, we refused to tell the reason for leaving the mansion." Guard A said to Chu Lanxi.
"Sneaking out?" Chu Lanxi looked at Qiu Cicada and sneered, "Chun Tao, search her body for me, I want to see what she took out of the house." ”
Chun Tao walked to Qiu Cicada's side, searched the clothes on Qiu Cicada's body layer by layer, and finally searched out all the Xia Ling's jewelry carried by Qiu Cicada.
"Princess, find these things." Chun Tao handed over all the jewelry she had searched out to Chu Lanxi.