Luo Kaichao took the letter and the box from He Ningxin's hand, and asked He Ningxin politely with a smile: "Does Madame have anything else to say to Grandpa Guo?" ”

He Ningxin glanced at the big maids Fu Feng and Fu Liu on the side, and when they came out of the inner courtyard, they all discussed it.

Seeing Madame's eyes, Fufeng hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Madam, it's time to take medicine." ”

Luo Kaichao's face changed slightly, and he asked, "Madame, is she sick?" ”

He Ningxin didn't speak, took the bowl of black and slimy decoction handed over by Fuliu, drank it all with a bitter face, handed the bowl back to Fuliu, and said to Luo Kaichao a little embarrassedly: "Let you see the smile." ”

Luo Kaichao asked again, "Madame, is she sick?" ”

He Ningxin smiled all over her face and said busily: "No! No! - I'm fine. As he spoke, he got up from his chair and staggered and almost fell.

Fufeng and Fuliu hurriedly rushed up to help He Ningxin.

Seeing that He Ningxin's face was pale, much thinner than the last time he saw him, Luo Kaichao was secretly frightened, but he didn't dare to ask.

He Ningxin held the hands of the two maids, stood up straight, and said to Luo Kaichao apologetically: "It's just a small problem, it makes you laugh." - Don't tell our grandfather. He also instructed Fufeng to send Luo Kaichao out.

Luo Kaichao followed Fufeng out of the second door, and couldn't help but ask: "Madame's illness is really okay?" ”

Fufeng's eyes immediately turned red, wiped his tears, and sobbed: "...... No problem. As soon as Miss Zheng's marriage is over, our wife will go to the small village at the foot of the West Mountain to raise her. ”

Luo Kaichao was a little stunned. Looking at Fufeng's appearance, it didn't look like a fake, and he couldn't figure out why the Duchess of Zhenguo had to pretend to be sick. Then he cautiously asked, "If you need any medicine, tell my wife." She can take you to Luo's Pharmacy to find medicine. It's not that I'm boasting. Our Luojia pharmacy, people from outside can't get in. "It's not a pharmacy that opens its doors to do business.

Fu Feng clasped his hands on his left waist, solemnly thanked Luo Kaichao, and said, "You must go to the house to disturb you." ”

Luo Kaichao asked tentatively again: "Madame's ...... illness?" ”

Fu Feng looked left and right, and whispered to Luo Kaichao: "Madame won't let us say it, for fear of worrying Grandpa Guo." - Madame's illness is dangerous. Now he is just gritting his teeth and holding on to the past of Miss Zheng's marriage. Luo Ye also asked for forbearance, don't hide it from Grandpa Guo. ”

Luo Kaichao remained silent and arched his hand: "Don't worry, girl." I care. Then he left the Zhenguo Mansion.

Leaving the Zhenguo Mansion, Luo Kaichao went to live in an inn in the capital. changed his clothes, took Xie Yun's token, and went to Liu Menghan's mansion in the capital to ask for a meeting.

Liu Menghan waited for Xie Yun to send someone over. Since I got the letter, I ordered Aunt Jiang to wait in that big house.

Xie Yun came to Liu Menghan's mansion, handed Xie Yun's letter to Aunt Jiang, and said, "Our master said that if Mrs. is sincere, we will be the only lady to look forward to." ”

Aunt Jiang said "um". said: "Your lord must also be sincere." Then he said sideways: "What does our lady have in her hand?" It's not that you lords don't know. If you provoke our wife, everyone will break up, and no one will be able to please them. ”

This kind of talk. When Luo Kaichao was mixing on the road, he didn't know how many times he said it, half-truths and half-falsehoods, bluffing people into a fog.

Hearing Aunt Jiang's words, Luo Kaichao's face sank and said, "Our master said that we want to see if that thing is true or false." If it is true, it is natural to listen to the orders of the lady. If it's fake......" he chuckled a few times.

Aunt Jiang also pursed her lips and ridiculed Luo Kaichao: "Even if I show you, you can't tell the truth from the fake." ”

"What then?" Luo Kaichao also sneered, "Our master will not go to Beijing." Can your wife go to Cheng'an Mansion? ”

Aunt Jiang snorted, handed Luo Kaichao a letter with red paint, and said, "Give this to your master, he will naturally know the truth and falsehood." ”

Luo Kaichao put the letter in his sleeve pocket, and said to Aunt Jiang: "Then wait for the master to read it, and then make a decision." ”

Aunt Jiang nodded, stretched out her hand and said, "It's good to go, don't send it." ”

Luo Kaichao turned around and left Liu Menghan's mansion in the capital and went to the inn. He rested in the inn for another day. The next day was the day when Miss Zheng E of the Zhenguo Mansion got married. Luo Kaichao stood in front of the window of the inn room where he lived, watched the sedan chair of the Zhenguo Mansion pass by the street downstairs of the inn, then packed his luggage, went downstairs to settle the account, and came to the edge of the Qingjiang River with the send-off team of the Zhenguo Mansion, and got on the same big boat again, and went to the southeast road opposite.

Liu Menghan's follower of Luo Kaichao saw that he went straight from the inn to the boat dock, and he had not contacted anyone between them, so he turned back to the mansion with confidence and reported the tracking situation to Aunt Jiang.

Aunt Jiang was satisfied, rewarded the man with a few taels of silver, and went back to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion.

Liu Menghan has been waiting for a reply these days.

Aunt Jiang's return made Liu Menghan feel relieved.

"Aunt Jiang, can you put that thing away?" Liu Menghan lowered his head and rummaged through his makeup box.

Liu Menghan's makeup box is one level higher than the average jewelry box. The top lid opens and props up a diamond glass. There are two small drawers underneath, the first of which holds her hairpins, flowers, distractions, and sideburns. On the second floor, there are all kinds of bracelets, including mutton fat jade, sugar white jade, white jade, jadeite, agate, tourmaline and red gold, as well as several rings, plus eyebrows. Brilliant and verdant, and so on. If you don't open the second layer and take out all the jewelry in the second layer, you won't be able to see that there is another layer underneath, and the open mechanism is also hidden in an inconspicuous corner.

Aunt Jiang saw Liu Menghan pulling in the makeup box for a long time, and hurriedly asked, "What is my aunt looking for?" Do you want a slave to help you find it? ”

Liu Menghan shook his head with a smile, closed the makeup box, and said, "Find a hairpin." I didn't see it inside, probably let Hua Zhu take it. "It's Liu Menghan's daughter.

Aunt Jiang smiled, and then answered Liu Menghan's question just now: "Put that thing back in the mansion." He walked up to Liu Menghan again, leaned close to her ear and whispered, "The craftsman who makes things." It was also solved by the slave and maid herself. - But my aunt thinks that this can be hidden from Xie Yun? ”

Liu Menghan's hand habitually beat on the makeup box. said to Aunt Jiang: "None of them have seen this thing." Now that this fake is exactly the same as the real one, do you think they will believe it? - Besides, as long as you don't say it, they won't think that we have stolen the beams and changed the pillars. ”

Aunt Jiang's heart chuckled, and she was about to speak, when a maid came in outside to speak: "Aunt Liu, the prince and the townsman are back." He was instructing people to prepare the car, saying that they would go to the Zhenguo Mansion to see their Yimu. ”

Liu Menghan's hand trembled. Pushing the makeup box aside, he asked the maid, "What's the matter with the Zhenguo Mansion?" ”

The maid shook her head and said, "The slave doesn't know. ”

Liu Menghan thought for a while, got up and said to Aunt Jiang: "You go to serve Mrs. Tai, and I'll go and see if there is anything to help from the prince and the countryman." ”

Aunt Jiang understood, bowed and retreated.

Liu Menghan followed the maid to Chu Qianyi's house, and asked him with a smile: "The prince is going to travel, I don't know how long he will go?" The Duchess of Zhenguo, do you want to bring some gifts over? - Although he is a relative of the prince and the countryman. It's always bad to come to the door empty-handed. ”

Chu Qianyi looked out the window with a cold face. Didn't speak.

Chu Qianyi's personal mother, Mother Zhou, curtsy with a smile and bowed, and said to Liu Menghan: "Thank you Aunt Liu for taking care of you." We went for half a day and came back soon. - Duchess Zhenguo is feeling a little unwell. The prince and the countryman went to do their filial piety. ”

Hearing that He Ningxin was sick, Liu Menghan's face showed a hint of joy slightly, and he said to Chu Qianyi: "In this case, the prince will bring some snow clams and blood swallows over." The best way to nourish a woman's body. ”

Chu Qianyi tilted his head, looked at Liu Menghan with a smile, and said, "Aunt Liu, if you want to open the warehouse to get something, you have to talk to Aunt Fen." ”

Liu Menghan smiled: "It's okay." If there is a problem with the lady, the son of the world should not embarrass the lady, just come to me and get it. Just a few days ago, I asked people to go to the big pharmacy outside to buy eight taels of snow clams and five catties of blood swallows. If the prince doesn't dislike it, I'll go back and have someone wrap it up and bring it over to make a gift for the son. ”

Chu Qianyi shook his head and said arrogantly, "No need. Let's go and ask Aunt Fen if she wants to go. With that, he walked out of the house leisurely and went to Zhonglan Courtyard.

In Zhonglan Hospital, Pei Shufen has been bedridden to raise the fetus, and the affairs of the inner courtyard have been assigned to Aunt Qi and Aunt Fang.

Aunt Qi is now busy watching her daughter Chu Wenlin's in-laws, and she is so busy that her feet don't touch the ground, so most of the affairs in the inner courtyard are Aunt Fang's ideas.

Pei Shufen looked at it coldly for a while, and saw that Aunt Fang was knowledgeable and interesting, and did not take the opportunity to be powerful, so she handed over most of the affairs to Aunt Fang's shoulders.

When Chu Qianyi came over and said that he was going to visit Yi's mother, he was taken to see Aunt Fang.

Aunt Fang has always been kind to Chu Qianyi and Chu Qianqian, and when she heard this, she immediately said, "It should be." Don't worry, I will immediately ask people to prepare rulers and purses, and let the prince take them to the Zhenguo Mansion. "The ruler is a gift to He Ningxin, but the purse is used to reward the subordinates of the Zhenguo Mansion.

Chu Qianyi listened to Aunt Fang's words, hesitated for a while, and asked, "I heard that snow clams and blood swallows are beneficial to women's bodies, I want to ......"

Aunt Fang glanced at Chu Qianyi and explained to him with a smile: "It's not appropriate to send food. Besides, in the Zhenguo Mansion, these things are not piled up and reclaimed, where do you need others to send them? ”

Chu Qianyi muttered: "Mother Yi has, it is Mother Yi's." What I sent was a piece of my sister and me's heart. ”

Aunt Fang nodded and said, "The son of the world is pure and filial, and he is good." I don't know why the prince remembered to send snow clams and blood swallows to the Duchess of Zhenguo? ”

Chu Qianyi looked up at Aunt Fang and said, "It's Aunt Liu who said it." With a little smile, he said, "Aunt Liu also said that if Aunt Fen refuses, she will go to her to get it." She had just asked someone to buy snow clams and blood swallows. ”

When Aunt Fang saw Chu Qianyi's appearance, she just looked at him and smiled, and said, "The prince remembers my words, even if you send a prescription to replenish your body, don't send food." ”

Chu Qianyi was a little dissatisfied, and said, "I'm not an outsider, and I won't hurt my mother." ”

Aunt Fang nodded heavily and said, "It is precisely because the prince is not an outsider and will not have the intention to deliberately harm the Duchess of Zhenguo, so he should be more cautious." If he is used by others and harms the Duchess of Zhenguo through the hands of the prince, not only the prince will feel guilty, but the Duchess of Zhenguo will also be difficult to do. ”

Chu Qianyi hadn't thought of this layer yet. After listening to Aunt Fang's words, he suddenly opened his eyes, gave Aunt Fang a solemn salute, and said, "Thank you Aunt Fang for mentioning something." ”

Aunt Fang hurriedly let go, returned the half salute, and said, "The prince is serious." When Mrs. Xian was alive, she took care of me a lot, and I just returned Mrs. Xian's favor to the son. ”

Chu Qianyi listened to Aunt Fang's words, and said with some emotion: "Aunt Fang's kindness, Qianyi understands it. With that, he turned around and walked out of Zhonglan Courtyard, returned to Cining Courtyard, and took Chu Qianqian with him to the outer courtyard to take a car.

Pei Shufen was in her inner room, listening to Aunt Fang's report on today's events, especially about Chu Qianyi and Chu Qianqian's visit to the Duchess of Zhenguo.

Pei Shufen groaned: "Aunt Liu's side is not enough, you send more people to serve in the courtyard over there." There is also Mrs. Tai's Cining Courtyard, and more people should be sent. Mrs. Tai's house cannot be broken. ”

Aunt Fang responded, and went down to send more people to serve in Aunt Liu and Mrs. Tai's courtyard.

Tongyun came in with a decoction from outside, and said to Pei Shufen, "Madam, it's time to take the medicine." ”

Pei Shufen sighed, touched his belly, which had not yet bulged, reached out to take the medicine bowl, and asked Tongyun: "You watched it, right?" ”

Tongyun nodded: "The slave didn't even blink her eyes." ”

Pei Shufen picked up the medicine bowl and sniffed it, tasted it again, and saw that it was no different from the medicine he had drunk before, so he drank it in one go. As soon as she put down the bowl, Pei Shufen threw herself on the side of the bed again and spit into a small copper basin placed on the footrest.

Tongyun hurriedly came over to help Pei Shufen calm down, and sighed: "Madam, why is this difficult? If you vomit after drinking this medicine, why drink it again? ”

Pei Shufen spit out the medicine she had just drunk, and she was also a little regretful, so she rinsed her mouth with Tongyun's hand and said to her, "Even if you vomit, you have to drink it." There are always some medicines that will work if you drink them. ”

Tongyun didn't speak, packed up the small copper basin and went out.

Here, Luo Kaichao returned to Cheng'an Mansion in Southeast Dao, showed Liu Menghan's secret letter to Jian Feiyang, and asked him, "Do you want to see the letter from Master Jian?" "Completely ignore the red lacquer seal of the letter.

Jian Feiyang smiled and said, "Do you have a way to open the letter?" ”

Luo Kaichao used the skills he had learned in Taoism against Jian Feiyang, and the red paint on the envelope was not moved, and the letter had already been opened.

Jian Feiyang took the envelope, took out the letter from it, only glanced at it, then immediately put it back, and said to Luo Kaichao: "Hurry up and seal it." We didn't see anything. ”

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