Chapter 35: The Child Is Gone
At night, the subordinates of each courtyard put the chores into the finishing work, and they could not walk around the garden at will after the lights were turned off. A little maid hurriedly ran out of the Youlan Courtyard, her face full of panic.
The housekeeper was directing the guards to drop the door pin, but was hurriedly stopped by the girl: "Aunt Liu is unwell, hurry up and ask for a doctor!" "My aunt is also half a master, and now she is pregnant and the gold is very expensive, and when she heard that she was unwell, the housekeeper did not dare to delay, so she immediately sent someone to ask for a doctor.
The people in all the courtyards were staring at Aunt Liu's belly, and the news of her physical discomfort also reached the ears of the masters as soon as possible.
Pregnant women may feel a little uncomfortable, but they need to be aware of it from time to time. I thought that Aunt Liu was simply uncomfortable, and she could just ask the doctor to prescribe a side medicine to raise the fetus, but she didn't expect to see popularity.
General Su's Mansion, which had been silent, suddenly became noisy again, Su Xiangsi just lay down and heard the chaos outside and got up again, and Rosin came in with a calm face: "Aunt Liu is red, and the old lady has passed." ”
Su Xiangsi nodded, got up and didn't dress up, and casually put on a wide-sleeved shirt and went to his mother's house, such a big thing can't rest well in the entire mansion tonight.
As soon as I arrived outside Youlan Courtyard, I saw the maid and the mother-in-law busy in and out with hot water and rags, and the clear water had been dyed into blood.
Lifting the curtain and entering, the outhouse was already full of people from all courtyards, and Mrs. Su and General Su were sitting at the head, with a gloomy face. Su Xiangsi and Li Qinse bowed slightly and waited aside.
I don't know what's going on inside, I can only smell the strong smell of blood, and I can't open the window, and I can't hear Aunt Liu's voice, so I should be in a coma. Only the small sobs of the woman were heard.
Song followed anxiously with the handkerchief, and she couldn't get out of it if something happened in her yard. Su Hong paced back and forth impatiently, wanting to open the curtain and rush in, but was stopped by Zhang's mother. The people in the room all looked worried, the flickering candlelight was dangling on everyone's faces, and Su Xiangsi sat in the corner and took everyone's expressions into their eyes. Without a trace, he glanced at General Su and nodded slightly.
The eyes of the eldest lady Zhao are full of sarcasm, tonight is to make a few families happy and no one to worry. With so much blood, how could it be saved?
The doctor came out of the curtain and wiped his forehead with his sleeve. Song and Su Mian hurriedly greeted them and said in unison, "How are the people in the doctor?" ”
"The fetus can't be saved, and the lives of adults are fine, so I can prescribe side drugs to slowly recuperate." After listening to the doctor's words, even if I was prepared, I still couldn't accept it. Su Mian's face was pale and he staggered back a few steps, and the Song family hurriedly supported him with a sad face. and stroked his chest with one hand.
The others looked at each other, and a good child was gone.
Mrs. Su's face was tense, and her voice was a little hoarse: "Doctor, can you find out why you have a miscarriage?" ”
"Judging from the pulse, it is eaten to make a big supplement, which leads to uneven qi and blood and affects the fetus." The doctor does not hide privately, and the deep house compound will see unsavory means, and whether he says it or not, he will investigate it thoroughly.
The old man's hand was tightly clenched on the handle of the circle chair, and he said in a deep voice: "Aunt Liu's food today has been cut off for the doctor to check." "The maid was ordered to go down and put on Aunt Liu's food from morning to night today.
The doctor first checked the residue and confirmed that it was okay. At the end of the ginseng, the doctor smelled it carefully a few times, pulled out a little root and put it on the recent slow chewing and repeated confirmation, and then put down the reply: "Back to the old lady, this ginseng is sprinkled with beneficial grass powder, which is a blood tonic, and ginseng is eaten together to make a great tonic, and pregnant people should use it with caution." If you add a little at a time, you won't be noticed, but my aunt's weak body has always been a warm supplement, and she won't be able to stand the effect of the medicine for a while. ”
Everyone was taken aback after hearing the doctor's words, and actually ate it by mistake.
After hearing this, Mrs. Su rubbed her forehead with a headache: "I'm tired of the doctor, come here, send the doctor out of the house." ”
The doctor packed up the medicine box and followed the maid out, and if you think about the rest of the things, you can know what's going on, he's just an outsider.
The room was silent, and the smell of blood had dissipated a little, but it was still pungent. General Su gave the entourage on the side a look, and the man understood and quietly went out.
General Su slapped his big palm on the table on the side, "Serving the master is careless, and he will fight fifty times and throw it to Goolan Courtyard." ”
Several maids suddenly cried and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to spare their lives: "The old general is wronged, the master is pregnant and does not dare to slack off, and the ginseng eaten today was sent by the third lady." ”
These words shocked everyone present to focus on her, Su Xiangsi's face turned red and pointed angrily at the maid on the ground: "What do you mean by this?" Dare to slander Miss Ben! ”
"Make it clear, if you dare to fabricate the master's little life, you don't want it." Mrs. Su closed her eyes tiredly, when did the house calm down?
The maid was frightened and her tears were not dry, and she stumbled in her speech: "The ginseng was sent by the third lady yesterday, and the aunt didn't want to brush off the kindness of the third lady, so she ordered the slave to stew the soup at noon today, and the aunt said that her stomach was uncomfortable, so she asked the doctor to come...... It was a miscarriage. ”
After hearing this, Su Xiangsi knelt straight in front of the second elder: "Grandfather and grandmother." The granddaughter has no reason to harm Aunt Liu. Li Qinse sat on the side and lowered her eyes, unable to see what she was thinking.
"What's going on with this herb powder? How many people's hands has this person visited? The fierceness in his eyes swept towards the two people on the ground, and Su Xiangsi was so shocked by this look that he buried his body lower.
Liu Wu stepped forward and bowed, the first time he saw this kind of occasion, his voice and body were shaking: "Back to the old lady's words, ginseng is over the hands of slaves." The slave swore that she would never do anything with ginseng. ”
When Mrs. Su heard this, the teacup in her hand fell to Su Xiangsi, the teacup shattered, and the tea splashed Su Xiangsi's sleeves.
"Is this big mansion haunted? If someone takes the initiative to admit it, they will be lightly punished, if no one admits that they don't sleep tonight, they will be interrogated one by one, and if they are found to have something unseemly, don't blame them for not giving them a chance. General Su was full of anger and his voice was full of anger and came out of the hospital. The atmosphere in the room was low and breathless, and I didn't dare to make a sound at will to cause trouble.
A girl beside Su Qing couldn't resist the pressure and knelt on the ground, her eyes were full of panic: "Slave maid...... The slave maid went to the courtyard of the third lady every day these days, and overheard it...... I heard the third lady say that she was jealous of the child in Aunt Liu's belly and was loved by the old lady......"
The ladies gasped, looking at Su Xiangsi's unpredictable eyes. Su Qing scolded sharply: "Bold! Dare to arrange the three sisters here! ”
Su Hong couldn't believe that his usually unknown niece would do such a thing. Old Mrs. Su was angry, pointing at Su Xiangsi's hand and trembling uncontrollably: "I have loved you so much these days, but I didn't expect you to do such a thing." ”
The maid seemed to be willing to die, and knocked on her head a few times: "The slave swears that every word is true and will not be deceitful." ”
This time the spearhead is all aimed at Su Xiangsi.
Su Xiangsi raised her head slowly, her originally clean little face was already soaked with tears, and she looked embarrassed before she had just freshened up: "Grandfather, granddaughter didn't say these words, let alone granddaughter did it." After speaking, he sniffed hard, Chu Chu was pitiful.
Li Qinse calmly got up and bent his legs and saluted: "I believe in Si'er's deeds, and I implore the old general to find out the truth and return Si'er's innocence." ”
Old General Su nodded and motioned for her to get up first, the matter was not completely decided.
"Anything the slave did must have been instructed by the master, and it is possible that the third lady was framed. Who would use such an easy-to-find method? The eldest lady Zhao leaned back on the chair and slowly spit out a sentence, and everyone didn't understand that she was agreeable.
The sadness in the eyes of the second lady Song had not subsided, and her chest rose and fell in anger when she heard this: "What do you mean by this?" Suspect us of what we are doing? When have I ever treated Aunt Liu badly? I think it's because you Qingmei Yuan can't get used to our many children fabricating the third miss, if this child can be born safely, lovesickness should be married in a few years, why do you want to hate this child? ”
The eldest lady wanted to refute sharply, but was scolded by General Su: "What are you arguing about?" Do you look like a lady in charge? ”
As he spoke, he saw his entourage come back and said flatly: "My subordinates didn't find the herb powder in Tingzhuyuan. ”
I didn't expect General Su to do it so quickly, and he didn't find it quietly, and it was even more impossible to find it if he went openly.
The evidence was not found, and each has its own explanation. Now it's too late and there are no clues to investigate, so the matter is frozen.
"Grandfather, I believe that the third sister will not do such a thing." Su Qing stepped forward and bowed, begging for a thorough investigation into the matter.
"Acacia, you can't escape this matter until you find out. Tomorrow you will leave for Puluo Monastery to spend time with your deceased grandson, and you will come back when you find out. General Su made this decision, and the old lady didn't dare to refute it, and it was fortunate that she didn't blame her.
Su Xiangsi said yes, got up and stood aside and bowed his head without making a sound, everyone didn't expect this result.
At this time, I heard a slight noise from the back room, and Aunt Liu woke up. Su Mian quickly walked to the side of the bed, held Aunt Liu's hands, and asked softly if there was any discomfort.
Song saw it in his eyes, like a needle in his heart that could no longer be pulled out.
Knowing that the child was gone, Aunt Liu couldn't cry, and Su Mian was heartbroken, so she could only comfort softly that there would be children in the future. The other people in the house didn't stay well for too long, and Mrs. Su comforted her with a few words of relief and let her rest well, and the general's mansion would give justice before leaving Youlan Courtyard.
Even if this matter is full of doubts, it can only be put to an end for the time being.