CHAPTER XVIII
After dinner, Su Jinan walked around the yard with her mother for a while, and when she returned to her house, it was already late.
Su Jin'an put down the hand stove he was holding and said to Xia Qu, who was making the bed: "Let's rest early today, and wake me up early tomorrow." ”
"Okay, miss", Xia Qu was afraid that Su Jin'an would be cold at night, so she put an extra soup woman in her quilt.
Su Jin'an rarely fell asleep early, the quilt was warm, she quickly fell asleep, and in the silent night, large snowflakes quietly fell, gradually dyeing the earth white.
Su Jinan was woken up in her sleep by the sound of tying ropes, she slept a little shallowly, and she would wake up with some slight sounds, frowning and reluctant to wake up, and then faintly heard a male voice, Su Jinan couldn't help but wake up in an instant, and asked while dressing: "Xia Qu, who is it?" ”
"Miss, it's Ye Xiu beside the second prince", Xia Qu came back and said with some seriousness while serving Su Jin'an: "There are purple beads outside." ”
Su Jin'an was at first relieved, but then frowned again, she thought that something had happened to Su Muqing, since it was not Su Muqing, Su Jinan was relieved. However, how could Rong Chengyi's people come to her yard at night, and they could break into her grandfather's house in the middle of the night on the second day of the Lunar New Year to find her, something big must have happened, otherwise Rong Chengyi's temperament would definitely not be so reckless.
"What time is it?" Su Jin'an asked Xia Qu.
"It's halfway there, miss, do we want to see him?" Xia Qu replied.
"You go and have a look," Su Jinan instructed Xia Qu.
As soon as Xia Qu walked out of the inner room, she ran into Zizhu who pushed the door outside, and she was still holding a small black bag in her hand, so she asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Let's go, let's go in." Zizhu and Xia Qu returned to the inner room together to talk back to Su Jin'an.
"Miss" Zizhu blessed Su Jin'an, and then said: "It was the second prince who asked Ye Xiu to invite Miss, saying that Concubine Rong was a little bad, please go to the palace, the second prince also came, he went to the master's side, this is what the second prince prepared for you." Zizhu handed over the burden to Su Jin'an.
Concubine Rong in the palace is the biological mother of the second prince.
Su Jinan opened the burden in his hand, and inside was a set of gray men's clothes, which looked like they should be the clothes of his entourage or subordinates, and Su Jin'an frowned even tighter.
"It doesn't seem to be good", Su Jinan took out his clothes and continued, "Help me change them."
"Miss, are we really going to enter the palace?" Xia Qu was a little worried.
"Xia Qu, we don't have a choice", Su Jin'an's face was not emotional, and he explained while changing clothes, "Yu Gong, he is the prince, we are ministers, we should listen to his orders; Yu private, he is my friend, how can I stand by and watch my friend's mother have an accident? He went directly to his father, and asked Ye Xiu to come to me, because he was sure that I would go to the palace with him, so he went to see his father, just to save time, it seems that Concubine Rong's situation is not optimistic. ”
The lights were on in the main room of Fangru Courtyard in Meifu, and there were only two people in the room at the moment, Rong Chengyi and Su Mu, neither of them was sitting, Rong Chengyi had already explained his intention, Su Mu did not speak, and frowned together.
After a while, Su Mu knelt down to Rong Chengyi and bowed: "Second prince, the mother is in trouble, and the minister's family is willing to be driven, and it is my duty." Thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince's trust in the little girl's medical skills, but the little girl is young and far less experienced than the imperial doctor in the palace. ”
"Deputy Envoy Su rest assured, since I brought her into the palace, I will definitely keep her safe, and I will send my daughter back to you intact." Rong Chengyi helped up Su Mu on the ground and assured.
"Master, Miss Su has arrived." Ye Xiu said to Rong Chengyi through the door.
Su Jin'an pushed the door in the dusty little girl, Su Mu looked at Rong Chengyi, who had been prepared, and didn't make a sound, but just looked at her daughter's slender figure and only felt extremely distressed.
"Second prince, father" Su Jinan saluted Rong Chengyi and Su Mu.
Su Mu helped Su Jin'an up and stroked her shoulders: "An'an, don't be nervous, do everything you can."
"Father, don't worry, I know", Su Jinan showed a reassuring smile to Su Mu.
"Don't worry, I will keep you safe, let's go, talk as we go." Rong Chengyi said to Su Jin.
Walking to the door, Su Jinan took the medicine box in Zizhu's hand: "Go back, take care of the house with Xia Qu." ”
"Miss ......" Zizhu wanted to speak and stopped, she wanted to go with Miss, but Ye Xiu's dead fish face said that the second prince ordered to take Miss alone, although she also knew that it was useless for her to go, but she didn't want Miss to go alone, and in the end, Su Jinan still followed Rong Chengyi out of the Mei Mansion alone.
Rong Chengyi took Su Jin'an out of the back door of the Mei Mansion quietly, although the situation was urgent, but Rong Chengyi was still very thoughtful, he didn't make any movement in the Mei Mansion, only took the secret guard from the back door of the Su Mansion to the courtyard where Su Mu's family was, during which he only knocked out a few people, he believed that Su Mu would deal with it, and it didn't take two quarters of an hour from his appearance to leaving.
The night was very quiet, the snow was still falling, the sky was flushed red against the snow, the night was not dark at all, Su Jinan looked at Rong Chengyi's somewhat haggard face and asked, "How is your mother's situation?" ”
"It's not good, the imperial doctor said that the poison has entered the blood and has been temporarily suppressed, but the poison has not been removed." Rong Chengyi's voice was hoarse, and he hadn't rested for a long time.
Ye Xiu untied the horse tied not far away, Su Jin'an and Rong Chengyi put on their hoods and turned over, running in the direction of the palace gate.
Halfway through the journey, a man in a gray cloak joined the group behind them, and Su Jin'an couldn't see his face clearly because he was wearing a hood.
"He is my person, his name is Xie Huai, he will be the miracle doctor I invited, and you are his apprentice, you will treat my mother and concubine together, so that your identity will not be exposed for the time being, no matter what, I will let you out of the palace safely." Rong Chengyi explained.
"Thank you, Rong Cheng", Su Jinan is really grateful to him for being able to think so much about her in this situation.
"Say thank you, I have a request for you, what is it to do this." Rong Chengyi's tone was a little sad.
"When was your mother poisoned, how did you get it, do you know what poison it is?" Su Jin'an's voice was a little faint in the cold wind, but Rong Chengyi still understood it.
"I don't know when I was poisoned, and I don't know what kind of poison it was, but I know that it was yesterday night." Rong Chengyi's voice was cold and depressed.
Su Jin was a little relieved, I don't know when the poison was, I don't know what the poison is, Concubine Rong's situation is even worse than imagined, if something like this happens in the palace, it will definitely cause a lot of turmoil, but now is not the time to think about this, Concubine Rong's poison is the most important.
On the other side, Meifuli.
In Fangru's courtyard, Su Mu was comforting Mei Ru: "Madam, An An will be fine, she just went to treat Concubine Rong, the second prince has some dealings with the children, and he has promised to send An Er back intact." ”
"How can you say anything about this palace? An'er is still a child, she even came to the capital for the first time, where have she seen the open and secret battles in the deep palace? How can I not be worried? Mei is still worried.
"An'er entered the palace as a man, which shows that the second prince doesn't want An'er's identity to be known by others, and An'er has always been smart, can't we still see how the medical skills are after so many years? Madame doesn't have to worry too much, An'er is not an ordinary woman, her ability is not lost to men at all, Madame might as well think about the benefits, maybe there will be unexpected gains this time? "Su Mu is very confident in Su Jin'an.
"I don't expect anything from her, I just want her to be safe." Mei sighed.
"Madame, don't worry, An'er will be fine, I'll go out and walk around as soon as it dawns to see if there is any news in the palace."
Su Mu got up and prepared to help the Mei family take the back room, and the mother-in-law came to say: "Master, madam, the hundred grasses around the eldest son are here, and the second son is also here." ”
"They must have heard something, and I'll go and tell them, Madame, go and rest first, and you'll have to explain it to your mother tomorrow."
"Okay, there you go." Saying that, Mei went back to the back room by himself.
Su Muyang was shocked to learn from his father that Su Jin'an was brought into the palace by the second prince, he just fell asleep, and woke up to find that his sister had been taken away from his home, and he actually knew now that although it was not a bad person who took away his sister, it was with the consent of his parents, but he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"Mu Yang, this matter can't be spread outside, this kind of limelight can't be out of our family, let alone An'er, so our family must cover this matter, you go and tell your eldest brother and your fourth brother in person, I can't trust others." Su Mu's words pulled Su Muyang's thoughts back.
"Okay, Dad, I'll go." Su Muyang nodded gloomily.
Su Mu didn't take the time to enlighten his son's strange emotions, he tapped his son's shoulder as encouragement, and then went to deal with the aftermath.
Su Muyang glanced at the time when he was about to arrive, and walked out to Baicao under the corridor and said: "It's not early, go back and tell the eldest brother, let him rest well, don't worry, it's no big deal, I'll go to him early tomorrow morning." ”
"Yes, the little one will go to the eldest son."
Watching Baicao walk out of the courtyard, Su Muyang walked in the direction where Su Mu had just left.
At this time, Su Jinan had already followed Rong Chengyi and her "master" to the palace where Concubine Rong was. Concubine Rong is in the Qionghua Palace, now the hall is brightly lit, from time to time there are palace people walking by, Su Jinan carried the medicine box and followed the "master" step by step, from the cobblestone path to Concubine Rong's dormitory.
Under the leadership of Rong Chengyi, Su Jin'an and the "master" came to Concubine Rong's bedroom all the way unimpeded, and the imperial doctor, medicine attendant and palace maid knelt on the ground at the door, looking at the snowflakes on their shoulders, it was estimated that they had been kneeling for a while. There was a little palace maid who saluted Rong Chengyi, and then the heavy curtain that was erected for a few people, a wave of heat came to his face, and when he entered the house, Su Jinan felt that his frozen hands and feet had some sensation.
It's almost time, the hall is very quiet, there are not many people, there are two richly dressed women sitting on the side, they should also be palace concubines, Su Jinan didn't look at it much, always staring at the heels of his "master", he walked she left, he stopped she stopped, he knelt and she knelt.
"I've seen Concubine De Niangniang, Concubine Yun Niangniang" Rong Chengyi's voice sounded in the silent room.
"The second prince is back, come in quickly, don't worry about us, your mother is important."
The woman's voice was gentle and dignified, Su Jinan didn't look up, she could only see an emerald green skirt with delicate Su embroidery on it, and she felt that it was the concubine who spoke.
After entering the inner room, Rong Chengyi sent away the palace people, leaving only an imperial doctor in his thirties, who should be someone he trusted.
Rong Chengyi took Su Jin'an to Concubine Rong's couch, the woman on the bed was in a coma at the moment, her face was pale, there was a serious dark blue under her eyes, and her lips were also blue, like a straw that was about to be blown away by the wind, without a trace of life.
"Jin'an, help me, I don't want to lose her", Rong Chengyi's hoarse voice sounded in Su Jin'an's ears again, and there was a thick sadness in it.
Su Jinan has never seen Rong Chengyi like this, she has always thought that he is a smiling fox, seemingly gentle and elegant, but in fact full of scheming and cunning. But looking at Rong Chengyi, who is now asking her for help with red eyes for the sake of her relatives, she feels that she still prefers Rong Chengyi, who often shows a fox smile.
"Don't worry, I'll do my best." Su Jinan said to Rong Chengyi.