After Mrs. Guo took the prescription prescribed by Yuan's Medicine, her condition improved greatly. But Xiaocui has two hearts.

This Xiaocui is Guo Qianqian's biological mother Duan's death, Guo's new girl. Steward Zhang originally arranged for her to make a fire in the firewood room, but I don't know what Xiaocui did, so she went to Guo Qianqian's side to serve. Since then, Guo Qianqian's resentment towards Guo Xiaoxiao has become deeper and deeper.

Xiaocui learned the news of Mrs. Guo's illness and hurriedly told Guo Qianqian.

Guo Qianqian said while eating grapes: "The eldest lady is unwell, what does it have to do with me?" I didn't make it. ”

Xiao Cui stepped forward and said softly: "This matter has nothing to do with you, but it has something to do with the eldest lady." ”

Guo Qianqian raised her eyebrows and said, "You make your words clearer." ”

"Now the eldest lady is taken care of by the eldest lady, if the lady's condition relapses, it is the eldest lady who is not taking good care of her."

Guo Qianqian put the grapes back on the plate: "You go on." ”

"Isn't it rumored that the eldest lady is steady and virtuous? If the eldest lady can't even take care of her mother, it is unfilial piety, and she will live up to her reputation as virtuous. Do you think, if her reputation is bad, will the Han family still want this daughter-in-law? ”

Guo Qianqian's eyes rolled and said: "Also, this man chooses a daughter-in-law, and he has always valued filial piety the most. But how? ”

Xiaocui is very clever: "Isn't the eldest lady taboo recently?" As long as we let her break the taboo, we can make her condition worse. ”

Guo Qianqian took a breath, smiled, gave Xiaocui a look, and ordered her to do it.

Guo Xiaoxiao only instructed the maid to boil medicine every day, because she was not good at cooking, Mrs. Guo's meals were naturally handed over to the cook. The old chef did not move to Yangzhou with the Guo family, and the current chef is new.

It didn't take long for Mrs. Guo's condition to relapse, Guo Xiaoxiao interrogated the girls and maids who served Mrs. Guo, and the girls all said that they did it in strict accordance with the instructions of the eldest lady, and every time they watched Mrs. Guo take medicine before leaving. Guo Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered that the doctor said that he should avoid eating, so he interrogated the girl and the little girl again.

Guo Xiaoxiao said: "Baby, you serve the eldest lady on weekdays, what do you say?" ”

The girl called the baby baby bowed her head and said, "The slave and maid have carefully checked the lady's food every time, and only after confirming that it is no different will the slave and maid dare to let the lady move the chopsticks." ”

Guo Xiaoxiao asked again: "You also did the work of sending the food from the kitchen?" ”

The baby baby trembled and said, "Yes, but the slave promises that the meal is indeed fine." ”

Guo Xiaoxiao said: "Call the cook." ”

Xiaolan immediately went to pass the cook.

The cook bowed his head and said, "Hello Miss." ”

"You are Chef Li, who is responsible for cooking for the eldest lady?"

"The villain is exactly."

"The things that the eldest lady is afraid of, I said it before, you know it all, right?"

"Yes, the eldest lady instructed it, and the villain remembered it. You said that the eldest lady can't eat fish, shrimp, eggs and spicy things, and the villain is very careful and doesn't dare to put it in the dish. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao didn't speak, stared at Chef Li for a few seconds, then glanced at the others, and then spoke: "I know that some of you are lying, if you recruit yourself, I won't pursue it too much; If you hide it, or hide it for others, and I know it, don't blame me for being unkind to him. ”

Several slaves and servants said in unison: "What the slaves say is the truth. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao wanted to continue to ask, but Steward Zhang suddenly came to report: "Miss, the eldest lady has a terrible itch, and the eldest lady is passing over." ”

Guo Xiaoxiao exclaimed: "What? Didn't my mother already take the medicine? ”

"The old slave did ask the eldest lady to take medicine, but for some reason, the lady's condition worsened."

Guo Xiaoxiao hurriedly got up: "I'll take a look." ”

After just a few steps, he turned to Xiaolan and said, "Xiaolan, you stay here." ”

After speaking, he ran to Mrs. Guo's room.

At this time, Mrs. Guo not only had a rash on her body, but also on her face, although she looked quite energetic, but the dark circles in her eyes knew that Mrs. Guo had not slept well in the past few days.

"Mother, how are you?" Guo Xiaoxiao asked as soon as he entered the door.

"Xiaoxiao," Mrs. Guo held Guo Xiaoxiao's hand and said, "Mother is fine." ”

"What's okay?" Guo Xiaoxiao frowned, "You are all haggard, why do you even have a long face." Steward Zhang ordered someone to boil water to make potion for his wife. ”

Steward Zhang said: "Yes, the old slave will order the baby to do it." ”

"Don't let her do it, let Xiaolan go." After this incident, Guo Xiaoxiao didn't trust them very much.

What's more, not long after Netting Baby first came to Guo's Mansion, he probably didn't know how to serve people. In the past, Aunt Zhu was very good at serving Mrs. Guo, but when Aunt Zhu heard that the Guo family was leaving Shu, Aunt Zhu asked to return to her hometown. Aunt Zhu has served Mrs. Guo for more than ten years, and there is no merit and hard work, so Mrs. Guo agreed.

"Mother," Guo Xiaoxiao held Mrs. Guo's hand tightly, "Don't worry, soak in the water of mugwort leaves first, and I'll go to the pharmacy to find a doctor." ”

Without waiting for Mrs. Guo to speak, Guo Xiaoxiao went to the street. When she came to the "Yuan's Pharmacy", Da Zhe recognized her at a glance.

Da Zhe smiled: "Why is the girl here?" Is Madame's illness better? ”

"It's not good, it's not good," Guo Xiaoxiao said anxiously, "What about the son that day?" ”

"You mean my young master? He's in the middle. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao rushed into the inner room, and Young Master Yuan was reconciling the accounts. Guo Xiaoxiao: "I took the liberty to disturb Young Master Yuan, but my mother was in critical condition, and I asked Young Master Yuan to move to the cold house to see a doctor for my mother." ”

Young Master Yuan closed the account book and said, "I never come to see people. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao hurriedly said: "I am willing to pay double the consultation fee." ”

"It's not a matter of silver taels."

Guo Xiaoxiao frowned and said, "Why is that?" ”

Young Master Yuan said lightly: "No, why? It's just Yuan's rules. ”

As he spoke, he walked to the medicine cabinet outside, took out a random medicine and put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it carefully.

Guo Xiaoxiao followed him out: "My mother is really sick. After taking Young Master Yuan's medicine before, his condition has indeed improved, but I don't know why, he has become more seriously ill in recent days. ”

"Yes, you have to follow the doctor's instructions."

"I follow it strictly."

"What are the symptoms?"

"The rash has grown to the point where it is connected, and the color of the original body has changed from red to purple."

Young Master Yuan put the medicine back in the cabinet and said to Guo Xiaoxiao, "Can you take the medicine you prescribed before?" ”

"Yes, but it doesn't work."

Young Master Yuan frowned, and said after a while: "If this disease has just been suffered, it is indeed not a serious disease, but if it is incomplete and recurs, it will be difficult to find the corresponding medicine to treat it." I'm afraid I don't have the medicine the girl is looking for. ”

"How is that possible? How much do you want, I'll pay three times the price for it. ”

Young Master Yuan didn't answer Guo Xiaoxiao's words, and continued: "This medicine is called Na Zheng, the plant is short, the leaves are slender, the rhizome is thorny, and it has small purple flowers. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao felt that Young Master Yuan was afraid that this medicine was expensive and scarce, so he refused to sell it to her. Guo Xiaoxiao only said: "I'm sorry." Then he left Yuan's pharmacy.

She didn't believe that she would be able to find the medicine. She ran to other pharmacies on the street, but she didn't find the basket of flowers that Young Master Yuan said.

Guo Xiaoxiao guessed that it was not Young Master Yuan who deliberately tricked her into playing, but according to the evaluation of the Yuan family by the people of Yangzhou, it would not be like this!

Everyone said that the Yuan family hung pots to help the world, especially Yuan Shaocheng, the young master of Yuan, who often gave people free medical treatment, but the medicine in Yuan's pharmacy was a little more expensive. If it is just a general medicine, it is not much different from other pharmacies, but the scarce medicine is more expensive.

Guo Xiaoxiao thought, scarcity is expensive, and there is nothing wrong with selling it more expensive.