Chapter 24: Recognize Xingyao in disguise
Xingyao woke up in a daze the next day.
She opened her eyes for a moment, felt the cracked beams above her head shake a little, and she closed her eyes in exhaustion.
Outside the window, there was the sound of mallets hitting clothes, and the sound of rushing water. Occasionally, there would be the sound of scolding, the crunch of whips, and the cry of pain, mixed with the chirping of birds.
Gradually, the birdsong detached from the other sounds.
It was as if she saw these birds, who could not understand the suffering of the world, happily flapping their wings and flying into the orange grove like a green sea.
She and her mother were there peek-a-boo. The mother hid behind an orange tree, the round canopy of which obscured her face.
She always finds her mother quickly. The mother smiled and held out her hand.
She giggled, half-green and half-yellow oranges nodding heavily on the branches with her laughter.
She stretched out her hand, but it was empty, and her mother's shadow dissipated like mist, and she vaguely saw the blackened wood pressing against the top of her head.
Her mouth was dry and she wanted to drink water.
"Father-in-law, this can't be helped." She heard someone whisper.
"God knows, you know, I know, don't say it. Let's take a look at the summer cicada and leave. A teenager's voice said.
Then came the sound of the creaky door being pushed open.
She closed her eyes heavily.
Zhu Qi, disguised as a eunuch, stood in front of the huge earthen kang.
There are more than a dozen quilts stacked on top of each other on the kang.
There was a girl lying on the very edge, looking lonely.
He looked at her face closely, a look of surprise on his face, but quickly turned to worry.
It's really Xingyao, the Xingyao he misses day and night.
"How are you?" He asked excitedly.
"Water." Her voice didn't seem to speak of herself, coming from far away, weak.
Huzi hurriedly poured a bowl of water and brought it over. Zhu Qi put his arm around her neck, his hand trembled, and said in a panic: "It's so hot!" Huzi, pass on the doctor! ”
Huzi ran out quickly.
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This is something that has never happened before, and there is actually an imperial doctor who came to the Huanyi Bureau.
Huzi led him into Xingyao's room.
The overseer forgot to keep an eye and peeked out of the window with a whip.
"The wound is infected. Be sure to let her recuperate, or the whole leg will be useless. After the imperial doctor's examination, he applied medicine to her and said while prescribing medicine.
"Father-in-law Quan," Huzi turned to the eunuch in charge and said sternly, "Xia Chan was specially instructed by the prince, there can be no mistakes, if something happens again, you are the only one who asks!" ”
"Yes!" Grandpa Quan replied with a smiling face, "I must be waiting for my life." ”
After he finished speaking, he glanced at the other eunuch beside Huzi. The eunuch was dressed in a black cloak and a deep cap on his head, which covered most of his face, and he was facing him sideways, so that he could not see his face clearly.
Seeing that he was looking at Zhu Qi, Huzi blocked his sight and ordered, "I will send the medicine, and you give it to her on time every day." ”
After saying that, he and the eunuch left with the imperial doctor.
Father-in-law Quan frowned, this Xia Cicada is not only in charge of Prince Sheng, but even the crown prince is in charge, who is she?
He quietly walked to the bedside to observe Xingyao, thinking in his heart that it was indeed a face of national beauty and heavenly fragrance, and he had to be served well, and he couldn't be offended.
"Lord Kwon. Go and see, someone is dying! "The overseer who whipped Xingyao that day ran over to report.
"No, it won't work, do we still need to make a fuss about this kind of thing in our Huanyi Bureau? Go, call Jing Niang over! ”
Not long after, the old palace maid who was watching under the vines came. Gonggong Quan gave her the task of taking care of Xingyao.
"How can I take care of so many people living here? Let her move in with me, lest the others look blushing. Jing Niang said with a shelf.
So Gonggong Quan asked someone to carry Xingyao to Jingniang's thatched house.
In another room, on the big kang lay the palace maid who put a snake to bite Xingyao.
Her face was already purple, her mouth was full of bursting skin, her eyes were open and she was moaning, and her mouth kept saying "help me, help me." ”
The overseer who ran to report to Father-in-law came to see her, and said helplessly: I tried my best, but I can't save you. ”
"I'm not reconciled." She said bitterly.
She tried hard to survive here, found this overseer to be her backer, and fought for food, but in the end, why couldn't she survive?
"If you get here, no matter how hard you try, you'll die, don't struggle!" The overseer gave her a disgusted look and turned away with a nonchalant expression.