Chapter 70: Eyeliner
Shi Qing has been sick in bed for a few days, and the people in the main hospital have not been interrupted.
Although the people in the second and third rooms were politely persuaded by Shi Yuan to go back, the people who went out to the big room, even Zuo Shinian and the fifth princess ran to the Hou Mansion all day long. Especially the fifth princess, the tonic medicine sent was almost full of the treasury of the main courtyard. Shi was afraid that they disturbed Shi Qingqian to rest, so that the two of them would not come too often.
She had already noticed that she hadn't seen Xue Ying's shadow for a few days, and vaguely guessed that she was implicated in the matter of falling into the water, so she naturally asked Shi Yuan, but every time Shi Yuan would have a cold face, she just told her to be healthy and sick, and not to care about people's affairs.
On the sixth day, after Shi Qingqian's illness was almost cured, he was finally able to be alone with Xiaolian, so he grabbed Xiaolian and asked, "Xiaolian, where did Ying'er go?" Did my father kick her out of the house? ”
Seeing that she was in such a hurry, Xiaolian had to smile bitterly and comfort, "No, Miss, Sister Ying'er, she ...... Because of the lack of care of the young lady, I was punished by the master to clean the Buddhist hall, and I had to take a whole month to the Buddhist hall before I could come back. ”
When Shi Qingqian heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, Daddy was thinking about her in his heart, if an ordinary person made such a mistake, driving him out of the house would already be the lightest punishment. Shi Yuan's punishment for letting Xue Ying clean the Buddhist hall this time is really nothing, so it is definitely for the sake of Shi Qingqian's face that Xue Ying will be dealt with lightly.
"It scared me to death, I thought Ying'er was going to start wandering again." Shi Qingqian patted his chest, suddenly didn't know what he remembered, and showed a sly smile at Xiaolian, "Xiaolian...... Let's secretly go to the Buddha Hall to see Ying'er, right? ”
Xue Ying must be worried about her at this time, so she has to tell her in person about her illness.
"No way!" Unexpectedly, Xiaolian refused with righteous words, her expression was as serious as Shi Ke, "Miss, your illness is just right, without the permission of the eldest lady and the second young master, the slave dares to take you out without permission, but you will be punished by the family law!" ”
Shi Qingqian sighed aggrievedly: "Alas, I have only been sick for three or four days, and my little Lian'er is about to become my brother's!" ”
Xiaolian was stunned, her face was blue and white, "Miss, what do you mean by this!" ”
"Hmph, I don't listen to Miss Ben anymore, I know how to turn out with my elbow!" As he spoke, Shi Qingqian made a big grimace at her tongue, pretending to be angry, and deliberately didn't turn his head to look at her.
Xiaolian saw that she seemed to be really angry, and hurriedly explained: "Miss! Xiaolian is loyal! Xiaolian didn't let Miss go out because Miss's illness was just right, and her body was still weak! If you get sick again, the slave won't be able to afford it......"
Seeing Xiaolian aggrieved, Shi Qingqian couldn't help but laugh all of a sudden, and under the angry gaze of Xiaolian who realized that he had been tricked, he reached out and gently pinched her face, "Okay, okay, okay, I won't go, let's go together in a few days." ”
Although he said this, Shi Qingqian's ghostly eyes turned a few times, looking at the window in front of him, restless and careful thoughts rose in his heart.
In the evening of the same day, Shi Qingqian said that he was too tired and wanted to go to bed early, so he drove all the people out of the house. As soon as the person left, she rolled over and got out of bed, draped a robe haphazardly, and carefully climbed out of the small window.
As soon as she left the house, she trotted all the way, avoiding the passing people, and ran to the front yard of the Buddhist hall.
As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Xue Ying sweeping the ground with a sad face next to the rockery, forced the joy in her heart and ran over, and slapped her on the shoulder, "Ying'er!" ”
Xue Ying, who was originally listless, was startled, and when he saw that it was Shi Qingqian, he was surprised and delighted and pulled her to the back of the rockery, "Miss! Why are you here? Are you cured? ”
"Alright!" Shi Qingqian thought that Xue Ying was afraid that he would be discovered by his subordinates, so he also suppressed his voice and said, "Ying'er, are you working hard here?" ”
"It's not hard, it's not hard," Xue Ying was full of smiles, pulling Shi Qingqian up and down, with a little complaint in his tone, "This Buddha Hall is really too clean, Miss, no one has sent me a message when you get better, I've been worried about death for the past few days!" ”
She paused and smiled embarrassedly, "Alas, I originally wanted to sneak back to see Miss, but I was afraid that the master would find out, so I would be punished for another month...... Hehe, I didn't dare to leave here. ”
Shi Qingqian looked at Xue Ying's funny little expression, and laughed unconsciously, "Ying'er, don't worry, I'll go to my father tomorrow and ask him to transfer you back to me." ”
I thought that Xue Ying would be very happy to hear this, but I didn't expect her to interrupt in a hurry and shake her head vigorously, "No, no, no, miss, it's best for Ying'er to stay here!" ”
"Why?" Shi Qing asked puzzled.
Xue Ying lowered his voice, peeked back, and suddenly found something, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the Buddhist hall.
Shi Qingqian followed the direction of Xue Ying's finger and looked over, and saw Shi Peng, who was dressed in plain clothes, coming out of the Buddhist hall, seemingly preparing to go back to the courtyard to rest, "Shi Peng? Only then did she remember that the second aunt said that day that Shi Peng had been reciting scriptures in the Buddhist hall recently.
After Shi Peng left the Buddhist hall, Xue Ying breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes! I've seen her every day since I came here, and she didn't recognize me...... Miss, do you know what I see? ”
Shi Qing was puzzled, but listening to Xue Ying's tone, she also knew that Shi Peng must not be well-intentioned, which also confirmed what she had always thought.
"She has indeed been chanting Buddha every day these days, but I once accidentally saw her talking to a man in black in private...... Twice! Xue Ying's face was serious, "The time for each exchange is very short, but I really saw the man's appearance clearly, and he is definitely not a little guy in our house!" ”
Shi Qingqian held her chin and thought about it, Shi Peng's change of nature was really fake, but she didn't know what she was planning, but she could feel that Shi Peng's conspiracy must be aimed at her.
Seeing Shi Qing's puzzled face, Xue Ying hurriedly said: "Miss, so it's okay for Ying'er to stay in the Buddha Hall for the time being, anyway, that Shi Peng...... Well, the fourth lady doesn't recognize Ying'er's face, and I can just monitor her. As long as I find out her little abacus, I will tell Miss as soon as possible! ”
Shi Qingqian felt that Xue Ying's words were reasonable, since she had discovered that Shi Peng had a bad heart, it was impossible for her to sit still and do nothing, "It's just that I'm a little worried about your safety." ”
"Miss, you forgot that Ying'er is good at martial arts!" In order to reassure her, Xue Ying also showed off the muscles on her arms that were not obvious, "Besides, if something happens, Ying'er will immediately go to find Miss, with Miss here, she won't dare to do anything to me." ”
The people around her are the most clever Xue Ying, and when she thinks about it, there is really no more suitable person than her. Shi Qingqian patted Xue Ying's shoulder and said earnestly: "Ying'er, you remember that your safety must come first!" ”
Xue Ying was burdened with a heavy responsibility at this time, so he naturally had an extra sense of mission and nodded heavily.
On the way out, Shi Qingqian kept frowning, thinking about it.
She has never been afraid of being found in trouble, but she doesn't know why, she feels from the bottom of her heart that she can come up with the method of using a silver needle to poison last time, and she is willing to endure humiliation and worship the Buddha for nearly two months, which is not something that Shi Peng's fierce son can do.
She remembered that Xue Ying said a long time ago that two days before Shi Peng secretly placed silver needles in her cloak, she had only met with her second aunt and Shi Shuning.
History ......
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