Nan Ke was too frightened to move, and looked at the bowl of ginseng soup in surprise.

Xu Zhilan collected his thoughts and comforted: "It's nothing, it's not poison." ”

Seeing that her mood calmed down a little, Xu Zhilan asked tentatively, "Is someone deliberately trying to harm you?" ”

Nan Ke was very confused, saying that she drank this medicine privately to replenish her body.

The answer faintly emerged in Xu Zhilan's heart.

Someone who is afraid that someone will be favored and rob her place, who else but Nangong Qin.

It's just that there is no evidence now, and she can't speak easily.

Nanke didn't get obsessed with this, but just asked her if she could still get pregnant.

And Nan Ke's body is seriously injured, and it seems that he has been drinking medicine for a long time, and it is difficult to conceive anymore.

The truth is cruel, but it's better than giving people unrealistic hopes.

Nan Ke immediately felt very depressed when he heard this, and Xu Zhilan comforted him before leaving.

When she returned to Xianglan Courtyard, she saw a girl boiling medicine, and she was shocked.

Why was someone inserted not long after he left?

Xu Zhilan hurriedly stepped forward and pushed the maid away, looking at her with a wary face.

The maid Xiaohua was very aggrieved and said, "Miss doesn't remember the slave?" The slave is the personal maid you used to be, and since you brought that little girl back, you have never used the slave and the maid. ”

Xu Zhilan still looked at her in disbelief, there was no way, she was really miserable by Nangong Qin's mother and daughter.

Xiaohua saw that her words had no effect, so she knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said with grievances: "Miss, you can do it, if you don't want slaves, slaves and maids have no place in the house, I'm afraid they will be kicked out." ”

"There is still an old mother who is sick in bed in the slave's house, and if she doesn't have this errand, the slave's mother will definitely not survive."

When it comes to sadness, Xiaohua can't help but burst into tears.

Xu Zhilan didn't look like she was lying, and she seemed to have such a person, but for the sake of caution, she still asked, "Then how did you get here?" ”

"The slave maid used to do some rough work in the big kitchen, but the monthly silver was not much every month, and she had to be deducted by the old man who worked in the kitchen, and seeing that she couldn't even afford her mother's medicine, she had to come to the young lady as a last resort."

Xu Zhilan sighed secretly, it turned out that the maid who served the young lady could only go to the big kitchen to do some rough work, and most of them were also affected by themselves.

So she personally stepped forward to help Xiaohua and said apologetically: "I also caused you to be tired, since you are still willing to recognize me, stay here and do things." ”

The girl got up happily, quickly wiped away her tears, and said, "Thank you, Miss, thank you for your life!" ”

"Don't say that, I misunderstood you just now."

Xiaohua shook her head quickly, "Miss is magnanimous, and if she doesn't drive the slave out, the slave and the maid will be grateful." ”

"By the way, the decoction is still on the stove, and the slave will go and watch."

After she finished speaking, she diligently boiled medicine for Xiaomei.

Someone helped, and he was also free, so Xu Zhilan pushed open the door and entered the house.

She checked Xiaomei's pulse as usual, and her condition was good, and her injuries were gradually recovering.

She untied the strip of cloth on Xiaomei's body, rubbed the plaster on her, and re-bandaged it with a clean strip of cloth.

During this period, Xiaomei couldn't help but ask: "Miss, did something happen outside just now?" ”

"Oh, it's okay, it's the maid who served me before, and now she's coming to me. Now she's helping me with the medicine, but she's helped me a lot. ”

Xu Zhilan's movements were very gentle, for fear of touching Xiaomei's injury.

The little girl blinked her eyes and became a little uncomfortable, "It's all useless to me, I want Miss to take care of me all the time, obviously I should be able to help Miss do things." ”

"Silly girl, as long as you take care of your injuries, you will do me the greatest favor. Also, don't think about it anymore. ”

Xiao Meisheng replied in a low voice.

"If you're depressed, I'm going to deduct your snacks!"

As soon as the little girl heard that she was going to deduct the snack, her attention was successfully diverted, and she hurriedly promised that she would never think about it again.

"By the way, the people in the palace sent an invitation, saying that the Queen Mother's birthday is coming, and I won't be in the house at that time, you have to take care of yourself, huh?"

Xiaomei responded, and said with some yearning: "The birthday of the Queen Mother must be very grand." ”

"As long as your injuries are healed, I will take you with me wherever I go." Xu Zhilan promised.

"Thank you, Miss!" Just a promise made Xiaomei very happy.

"The congratulatory gift for the Queen Mother, have you thought about it, Miss?"

This time I really asked her, and Xu Zhilan, who didn't plan to prepare for it, almost forgot about this stubble.

"Not yet, but fortunately there is still time, I can think again."

"Since it's for the Queen Mother, isn't it as expensive as possible?" Xiaomei asked innocently.

"Of course, the Queen Mother has seen all kinds of valuable things, and if she wants to give her a congratulatory gift that satisfies her, then she has to think about it carefully."

At this time, Xiaohua also came in with the boiled decoction.

After Xu Zhilan fed the decoction, he didn't forget to stuff a candied fruit in her mouth.

The time has passed, and after covering the quilt for Xiaomei, he said "good night", and Xu Zhilan planned to go back to his room.

Before leaving, she left an oil lamp for Xiaomei.

Because since she was tortured in the darkroom, she has become very afraid of the dark, and she can sleep peacefully at night.

When she returned to her room, she couldn't help but think about the Queen Mother's birthday, and she had to think carefully about what gifts she wanted to prepare.

Xiaohua worked very diligently, brought in the warm water for washing her face, and served Xu Zhilan to wash.

When Xu Zhilan was wide-dressed, she asked casually: "What do you think is the right gift for the Queen Mother's birthday?" ”

She felt that Xiaohua was a person of this era and should know more or less the preferences of the royal family.

It's just that the girl's status is low, how can she know the preferences of the Queen Mother, she just said some folk preferences.

"I heard that the Queen Mother believes in Buddhism very much, and she is usually very frugal and does not like extravagance. If you want to give a gift, you might as well consider what kind of Buddhist bead bracelet to give? ”

Xu Zhilan nodded and told her to step down.

Since the maid can know this, presumably other people will definitely spend effort in this regard, and when the time comes, they will give gifts that are not new, but I am afraid that the queen mother will feel unhappy because of this.

There are still a few days left, so it's never too late to think about it.

In the next few days, Xiaomei's body has improved a lot, and she no longer needs to wrap cloth strips.

With Xiaohua's help, Xu Zhilan is really a lot easier.

Thinking about it again, since the last goodbye, I haven't been to "Kenshin" for a while, so I immediately brought two roast geese to see him.

What I didn't expect was that Yu Huiyi happened to be in the shop, and this time he came alone, and he didn't follow Rufeng around him.