Chapter 023: Disfigurement
The early morning sun shone obliquely through the lattice window, and the trees sprinkled on the pot of succulents on the jade table, the leaves that should have been bright green in all seasons had already withered and withered, and there was a brown liquid with a strong medicinal smell on the leaves of the plants that was slowly dripping into the soil in the pot.
The liquid was put on top of a delicate hand, and Shen Mei was pouring the medicine brought by Lianxin into it, and after pouring most of the medicinal juice, she stopped putting it to her mouth and drank a few sips.
"Girl, what is this for?" Lianxin, who was caused by her to go out, happened to come back and saw this scene, and asked reproachfully.
Shen Mei was taken aback, and finally invited her out, but she still saw it, why did she carry it like this.
"It's so bitter!" Shen Mei had to find an ordinary reason, anyway, she hadn't drunk it before because it was too bitter, so she wouldn't doubt it.
Lianxin walked over, frowned, Liu Ye's eyebrows were wrinkled together without tenderness, she took the bowl from Shen Mei's hand, accompanied her to the bed, and blamed her in the tone of an elder, "Good medicine is good for illness, and the girl can't think of it." β
Shen Mei smiled, this girl looked smaller than herself, and what she said was better than herself, it is estimated that because she has been in the palace for a long time, this palace is really not a good place.
She was just about to speak, when a calm voice said, "What's wrong?" The door was pushed open, and Mama Luo walked in.
Shen Mei hurriedly tugged on Lianxin's sleeve, Lianxin looked back at Shen Mei and winked at herself, immediately understood, bowed very respectfully to Mama Luo, and then said that it was okay.
Shen Mei was relieved, a stone fell to the ground, she didn't want anyone else to know.
Mama Luo nodded, stepped forward to tidy up the quilt corner for Shen Mei, just wanted to ask her how she was, the tip of her nose smelled a smell of medicine, she looked back at the source of the smell, Lianxin hurriedly blocked her sight, Mama's sharp eyes were about to walk over, Shen Mei reached out to grab her clothes, Mama pulled her hand off without replying.
Mama Luo walked to the white jade table, Lianxin stubbornly refused to get out of the way, she pushed her away and saw the plant.
Shen Mei wanted to cry without tears, now it's okay, everyone knows.
"Girl, haven't you already promised the third prince, this is your own body and not someone else's!" Mama spoke bitterly and began to talk about the truth, Shen Mei closed her eyes, how could she be nagging like her mother.
"It's not easy in the palace, fortunately, there are three princes who care about you, and you don't know how blessed you are!" Mama had a feeling of hating iron but not steel, she walked up to Shen Mei and began to tell her about the scene when she first met Mu Jinyu.
That time was still in the East Palace, Mu Lingxuan was teaching the palace maid, and she happened to be there.
Because the palace maid is young and not steady enough, when she brought the best teacup to Mu Lingxuan, she accidentally touched Mu Lingxuan's sleeve, and the hot tea wet the cuffs, and he was talking to Mu Jinyu and suddenly lost interest, glanced at the palace maid lightly, and was about to break one of her hands.
And Mu Jinyu stopped with a smile, took one of the young palace maid's jade hands, and narrowed her peach blossom eyes, "It's a pity that such a beautiful hand is so beautiful, why don't you reward me." β
"The third prince looks very romantic, but he is very kind in his heart." After Mama finished speaking, Lianxin also followed up, and there were faint tears in her eyes, "Thanks to him, I didn't lose this hand." β
Mama nodded at Shen Mei, she suddenly realized, no wonder Lianxin always said that he was good, so it was so, it was indeed time for her.
"I used to live in the East Palace, but then you came, and the third prince came to ask me to take care of you." Mama looked at Shen Mei, and her steady and old face seemed to be soothed, "Now the East Palace can't go back, fortunately, there are still three princes." β
Shen Mei rolled her eyes, Mu Jinyu, you did it on purpose, arrange them to your side, and say good things about you from time to time.
"Girl, drink the medicine quickly, don't let down the three princes." Mama asked her to remake the medicine, brought it to her, and persuaded her.
Shen Mei swallowed her saliva, looked at the eyes of the grandmother in front of her, and had no choice but to take the medicine and drink it all.
As soon as he wiped the bitter medicinal juice from the corner of his mouth, the door creaked and was opened again, "Are you better today?" A gentle voice and a warm spring breeze.
As soon as she heard and asked her if she was okay, Shen Meina thought that she would not come to mention her parents to her again, "It's not good." Shen Mei lay back on the quilt and covered her head with the quilt, and the voice came from inside.
When Mama Luo and Lianxin saw Mu Jinyu coming, they leaned over and quietly retreated, closing the door.
"Could it be that there is something wrong with the medicine of those imperial doctors?" Mu Jinyu sat on the side of her bed, and couldn't help but wonder, after so many days, it hasn't gotten better, is the old man in the palace raised for nothing, does he need to give them some color to see that.
"It's not." Shen Mei came out of the quilt, revealing her little head, like a cute young bird sticking her head out of the nest.
Mu Jinyu touched her smooth hair, squinted at the person in front of her with a pair of peach blossom eyes that fascinated the girl in the palace, and asked with interest, how did she know that it was not a problem with medicine, did she deliberately not want to be good, "Why is that, you know?" β
"I didn't drink it, it's too bitter." Shen Mei pursed her lips and used the reason for lying to them just now, she had no way to tell him the truth, she was not sure that he would believe her, so she could only hide it and deceive as long as she could.
Mu Jinyu laughed silently, pretending to be angry and patted her head, "Didn't you promise me, then I will drink with you in the future, and we will suffer together." Otherwise, let the old immortals make it a little sweeter. Otherwise, they will be cut down. The slightly raised appearance of the corners of his mouth was like a touch of warm sunshine in the winter solstice, which warmed Shen Mei's heart.
He tilted his head to look at her a little childishly, obviously an adult and like a child who would never grow up.
Shen Mei chuckled unconsciously, how could this person be so naΓ―ve, fortunately he didn't let him be the prince, otherwise Mu Guo would have to be destroyed in his hands.
However, she felt that compared to Mu Lingxuan's cautiousness, she couldn't do whatever she wanted, and she still liked Mu Jinyu's free and easy.
"By the way, Lord Shen will come over tomorrow, maybe you can get better and faster. I'll arrange it. Mu Jinyu thought of something and said to her excitedly, he got up and left without waiting for Shen Mei to say anything.
Shen Mei held the sentence in her throat Wait a minute, swallowed it again, and suddenly felt like crying without tears, now she is going to be completely finished, what should I do.
She only knows now that her father is a petty official in the capital, Shen Huainan, but it is the same as modern times, but in that era that is far away from this time, her father was a public security officer, which is pretty much the same.
Mother Jiang Ying, her name has not changed because she is in Muguo, but she doesn't know if her appearance will change.