Chapter 266: The Handmaiden's Curse
"Young Master Nan does have a prescription to alleviate his condition, but there are not enough medicinal materials, and the palace sent people to search around the country and failed to find the amount of medicine that can be used by these people in the palace."
"There is no medicine, even Young Master Nan's prescription is useless, so I have to replace it with medicinal materials with similar properties, but it is not genuine after all, it only alleviates the progress of the disease."
Xiaolan said this, silent for a while, Hua Mian knew that this child had been in the palace for almost two years, and she didn't know when it would be her turn to become ill, and just wanted to say something comforting, the other party opened her mouth again.
"But the palace people privately said that this is not a disease, it is a curse, and someone has done something to cause everyone to be cursed", the expression on Xiaolan's face became more and more mysterious when she said these words.
"Cursed?" As a standard science student, Huamian has never believed in things like curses that can't be explained by code, so he naturally showed a skeptical tone when he spoke.
"Sister Huamian, don't believe it, there are really sick people who say that they won't feel pain after going to the church's main hall to pray."
Huamian wanted to tell her that this feeling was probably due to self-comfort, but it was too troublesome to explain after thinking about it.
"But not everyone gets that disease, does it?" , If I remember correctly, the few female officials around Concubine Jing don't look like they are new to the palace, and these people who can sit in the position of female officials have been with Concubine Jing for at least many years.
“… Yes... Only the lowest-level maids will get sick, and if they can be promoted to the intermediate stage before they get sick, they will not show symptoms of illness", Xiaolan's voice gradually lowered: "That's why everyone will spread that it was a low-level maid who died in the palace many years ago who cursed..."
Hua Mian pursed her lips, isn't this a rumor? Exploit people's fears to spread such rumors, causing them to subconsciously approve of them, "Why should a low-level maid curse a low-level maid?" Shouldn't we be jealous of the female officials of the higher ranks? ”
"Because she didn't become a female official until she died, she cursed the same low-level maid as her, so that everyone could never become a longed-for female official like her"
If things are really like what Xiaolan said, that maid is really willful, and Hua Mian really doesn't know how to deal with this kind of psychology.
While the two were chatting, they had already stepped out of the shadow of the high wall, and the afternoon sun was still bright, and the sudden light pierced the two of them and couldn't help but squint.
After his eyes adjusted to the light around him, Hua Mian looked at the area he was in now, and he had already walked out of the harem area of several concubines, and there was an open water in front of him.
"After here, that palace is the living area of the lower-ranking concubines," Xiaolan said, pointing to a building not far to the right.
"Then there is a large courtyard in front of us, near the northwest corner, where the maids who are sick until the beginning of autumn and summer are ready to send them home."
"Those who are more seriously ill and can't do the work will be sent over, and if Sister Rose is still sick like now, she will soon be sent in..."
Listening to Xiaolan's words, Hua Mian was angry and inexplicably indignant in her heart, such an act is simply treating people as consumables!
Especially Huamian, who was still facing unemployment half a year ago, is even more unacceptable to such an approach: "Let's go, go over and see"