Chapter 18: Wave after Wave
"Oh, yes, yes."
Imperial Physician Zhang calmed down his expression while holding the medicine bottle and instructed:
"Actually, the county lord's sprain was not too serious before, and it would have healed on its own in two days, but you struggled to run to make the injury worse. I hope this pain will give you a warning. ”
Danyang knew it in his heart, but he still nodded and was taught, and asked Zizhu to send off the guest on her behalf, and after preparing the consultation fee, he said politely:
"There is Lao Zhang's worry and busyness, and the foot injury is easy to leave roots, maybe I will ask you to come to the house for a follow-up visit another day."
Zizhu knew that the government extended the doctor to ask for medicine, and they all went to the public account.
This is not only the three masters, but also the servants who serve in the princess's mansion.
Therefore, although she was glad that the county lord knew that she would pay for medical treatment, she also had to correct herself:
"County Lord, before Mama Zhou went to invite the imperial doctor, she had already reported to the chief manager's room, you don't have to worry much about the medical fee, there are old examples."
Wandering around the mansions, the well-informed Imperial Physician Zhang heard this, his eyes lowered for a moment, and he sighed secretly in his heart.
How can this little county lord not understand the inside story? This is clearly giving him hush money.
Danyang didn't say much, only smiled and joked with Zizhu, and then asked her to run an errand as instructed.
And the consultation fee he casually gave was exactly twice as much as normal.
Zizhu couldn't, so she had to do what she was told.
It's just that the two of them stepped out of Danyang's bedroom, not wanting to meet another wave of uninvited servants from Qi Shuangge.
The only difference is that the "messenger" who came back to offer condolences also brought a brocade box and other things to show his sincerity.
But it's a pity that Zizhu directly mistook this battle for the consistent style of the eldest princess of Qinghe - secretly and silently loved her own county lord.
And because of this-
"Thank you for your hard work. Send the things directly to the West Wing, and I'll come back to the meeting to register in a while. If you don't have any other errands in a hurry, and go to the back of the house to drink a bowl of sweet water. ”
Zizhu greeted him warmly, and was ready to turn around and continue to send people away.
Who knows, before she could turn around, the leading daughter-in-law had already hurriedly taken a step forward, and the expectant Ai Ai said with an embarrassed smile on her face:
"Eldest sister, don't be in a hurry to leave. Well, you're just afraid you're misunderstood. Let me ask first, you are the big girl Zizhu next to the county lord? ”
Hearing this, Zizhu realized that she had forgotten to see if it was someone from Mingxiaju.
And fixed his eyes again and swept back and forth, not only did he not see the maid who Mingxiaju was familiar with, but he didn't even have a maid with a familiar face in the inner courtyard!
“…… Uh, that's right. ”
Wondering in his heart, Zizhu's response couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.
"I am indeed Zizhu, are you?"
As she spoke, she looked at the daughter-in-law in front of her, who was chubby, sturdy but well-dressed, and looked quite pleasing.
This person is really quite faced, as if he has never seen it in the inner courtyard?
Zizhu has been a big girl in Danyang since she was a child, and her master is a person who doesn't care about everything. Therefore, she has been secretly taught by Mama Zhou since she was a child, how to remember the stranger's appearance, name, life experience, etc. as quickly as possible, so as to assist the master at any time.
Therefore, for the servants in the inner courtyard of the princess's mansion, even if she doesn't deliberately recognize these people who don't look up and don't look down, she is confident that she can remember more than ninety percent.
But I have no impression of this person.
But if she wasn't on an errand in the inner courtyard, how could she take this long list of people and things straight into Qishuang Pavilion?
It's not peaceful today, don't you have another moth, right?
Because of the rare suspicion in his heart, and the safety of Qi Shuangge and the county lord, Zizhu almost blinked an eye, and all these thoughts had already turned in his mind.
Although the smile of the chubby round-faced daughter-in-law is embarrassing, it is also kind. But Zizhu suddenly stared at him with a thief-like look, and the kindness in the embarrassed smile was quickly replaced by stiffness.
Suddenly encountering this "humiliation", the round-faced daughter-in-law didn't bother to talk any more nonsense, and secretly glanced at the imperial doctor beside Zizhu, then her face sank, and she said bluntly:
"Miss Zizhu, don't worry, I am the niece of Sun Tingzhong, the housekeeper of Sun. On weekdays, he works as an errand in the outer courtyard, and rarely passes the second door. Look at me, that's a normal thing. ”
When Steward Sun's niece revealed her identity, she raised her chin proudly, and the momentum released invisibly for a moment seemed to say, 'Keep your eyes open, don't look down on people with dog eyes!' ’
And this scene really made Zizhu stay for a moment.
This person didn't say anything about changing his face before and after, where did he get his sense of superiority to show off his might like this in front of her? Just because she is a relative of Steward Sun's daughter-in-law? It's unreasonable!
But who knows, the jaw drop that is even more shocking is still to come.
The niece mistakenly thought that Zizhu's stunned was suppressed by her identity, and was worried about her rudeness just now. And in order to make the errand given by her uncle go smoothly, she opened her mouth almost without hesitation:
"Steward Sun was worried about the county lord's injury and sent me to greet him. There are good medicines to soothe the meridians and activate the meridians, and there are also gadgets for the county lord to relieve boredom. A piece of heart, I hope that the county lord can not hesitate to smile. ”
After finishing according to the explanation, she then said to Zizhu with half a request and half an order:
"If Miss Zizhu is not in a hurry, why don't you go and report to the county lord for me?"
She heard that the county lord of Danyang is extremely arrogant and willful, but he is very tolerant of the people around him. Rather than trying hard for herself to coax such a difficult half-sized girl, wouldn't it be better to use the mouth of this big girl to say a few nice words for her?
What's more, now she is still holding on to this big girl's pigtails, wouldn't it be wasted if she didn't need to?
Zizhu was completely speechless at this time, how could there be such a person in the princess's mansion?
But just when she was so angry that she didn't know what to say, and was about to drink her own people in the courtyard to sweep this line out of the house, Imperial Doctor Zhang beside her raised his hand, stopped her, and persuaded in a low voice:
"As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person when you reach out. They are here to give gifts, if you just drive people away, aren't you afraid that your lord's reputation will be damaged? Shouldn't you ask the county lord and ask her to decide? ”
In fact, he said more than half of this. It's all from the bottom of my heart.
As he said, nowadays, all the high-ranking families in Beijing, or the daughters of the big families of the gate lords, cherish their feathers very much, and refuse to let themselves spread a trace of notoriety.
Therefore, even at home, most of them are cautious for fear of leaving a little bit of evil. Or rather, the more you are in your own mansion, the more afraid you are of doing something wrong, so that your notoriety will spread far and wide.
And how could a rare child with outstanding perseverance, whom he had only admired so much before, be allowed to be criticized by the world for such a trivial matter?
At the same time, Imperial Physician Zhang was also curious, wondering how to solve this situation by using both soft and hard measures to scare away the maid who looked down on her in the first few words.
If this gift is accepted, it will inevitably be looked down upon; But if she doesn't accept it, and drives people away in order to save face, I'm afraid that notoriety will also be poured on her like sewage......
At this time, although Zizhu didn't think about it so much, he also thought that his own county lord would learn to be in charge of the family. At this juncture, if you have a fair relationship with Steward Sun, the gains outweigh the losses.
Especially now, as if they are not taking advantage of it.
After thinking about it like this, Zizhu immediately listened to the persuasion.
Confessed to Imperial Doctor Zhang and asked him to wait here, then turned around and went in to report it.