Chapter V: Taking advantage of the situation to protect oneself
Er Yuan just helped Bai Jinghao to lie down, knelt at the head of the bed in fear when she heard the words, looked at Bai Jinghao and asked for help: "The slave and maid are not going anywhere, the slave and maid are going to serve the eldest lady here." ”
Of course, she knew what would happen if she was taken away.
Bai Jing glanced at Imperial Doctor Lu, who was opening the medicine box with his back to them, and also said with a smile: "You girl is talking stupidly again, how can you not go if Madam wants to ask?" ”
Er Kite was shocked, his eyes full of disbelief.
Seeing that she was anxious and afraid, Bai Jinghao continued: "It's just Mother Qin, the guests are not dispersed at the moment, and my mother has no time to see her, and I still need her to serve by my side." Why don't you go back first, and wait for Imperial Doctor Lu to take care of my illness, and I want to go to my mother to say goodbye, so I'll let Er Kite lead the way for Imperial Doctor, how about it? ”
Mother Qin thought about it, but after delaying for a while, she was not afraid that Er Kite would run away, so she did not refuse in front of the imperial doctor.
Seeing her leaving, Er Kite sat down on the ground, didn't the secret path still can't hide?
Imperial Physician Lu took the pulse pillow and came over, stood a few steps away from the bed, first shouted "girl" to Er Kite in surprise, and then looked at Bai Jinghao on the bed.
Bai Jinghao's face was as usual, and he instructed Er Yuan to bring a stool for the imperial doctor, and said politely: "I'm tired." ”
Dr. Lu approached the head, put the pulse pillow under his wrist, covered it with a square handkerchief, and sat down to squint his eyes to carefully examine the pulse.
After a while, he opened his eyes with a slightly condensed face, and asked in words: "The eldest lady has a weak physique, and she seems to have a deficiency disease, but she has been taking medicine all year round to recuperate?" ”
"It's a great doctor, I really haven't been in good health since I was a child, my mother gave birth to me prematurely and had a difficult birth, and my grandfather found someone to carefully regulate it for me for many years before it was raised. But in the past two years, I have always been sick and sick in the summer and cold in winter, and I have been taking medicine since I invited Lang Zhong in the house, but I have not improved after taking it for so long. Look at Imperial Doctor Lu's face, what incurable disease do I have? Bai Jinghao asked with a mournful sigh.
Imperial Physician Lu hurriedly waved his hand, "Miss, I misunderstood, how could you get such a stubborn disease at such a young age?" I diagnose that Miss's body is still good, I think it is due to the proper conditioning of childhood, but the medicine I am taking now does not seem to be symptomatic, I don't know who prescribed it to Miss? ”
Bai Jinghao replied: "It's Song Langzhong who was invited by the eldest lady." ”
Imperial Physician Lu wanted to speak and stopped.
In fact, he didn't say that Bai Jinghao also understood that Qin Rou was the sister of the crown princess, and since he was from the East Palace, he naturally didn't dare to say it clearly.
After a long illness, she also knows a thing or two about pharmacology. After her grandfather passed away, Dr. Jiang, who was stationed in the house to see her doctor, was dismissed and replaced by Song Langzhong from Jirentang.
She used to avoid the maid and drink a bowl without a bowl, after all, only when she was sick and did not appear in front of everyone, could Qin Rou let her live.
Bai Jing understood Imperial Physician Lu's difficulties, smiled lightly and said gently: "It's my own body that is not angry, or it may be that Song Lang's traditional Chinese medicine skills are not good, you are the imperial doctor in the palace, and you have good natural medical skills." Today, by the grace of His Royal Highness the Imperial Highness, I personally instructed you to come and see a doctor for me, and I am sure that I will be cured soon. ”
After she finished speaking, she called Er Kite to go to the study to get a pen and paper and ask him to prescribe medicine.
Er Kite was afraid to meet the eldest lady later, standing there absent-mindedly, Bai Jinghao shouted twice in a row before going out.
After she left, Bai Jinghao asked, "Imperial Physician Lu, I don't know if you are on an errand in the East Palace, or are you serving in the Taisun Mansion?" ”
The East Palace is where the emperor's grandson lives, and she asked it well.
The imperial doctors are mixed in the palace, and the best thing is to observe words and colors.
He thought about it carefully and understood that the girl in front of him was personally taken care of by His Royal Highness Taisun. Thinking of His Royal Highness's concern and nervousness about her, Imperial Physician Lu didn't dare to be ambiguous, and hurriedly replied: "Xiaguan originally practiced medicine in Jiangnan, and His Royal Highness Taisun fell on a horse in the thirty years of Chenghua, and Princess Heshun saw that His Royal Highness's leg injury had not healed for a long time, so she specially ordered someone to pick up Xiaguan from Jiangnan and send him to the East Palace for treatment for His Highness. ”
"It turns out that Imperial Physician Lu was recommended by Princess Heshun, so my illness will be Imperial Physician Lao."
When Er Kite came in with the four treasures of the study, Imperial Physician Lu replied, "The lower official should treat the young lady with all his heart" and prepared to prescribe medicine at the round table.
He just took the pen, and Bai Jinghao said meaningfully: "Imperial Doctor, I have been sick for a long time, and the days of wanting to trouble you are still long." If you help me like this, I will remember this kindness, and he will repay the doctor one day. ”
Imperial Physician Lu's expression was slightly sluggish, and he immediately understood the meaning of his words, and turned around and responded: "Miss, don't worry, the lower official will truthfully explain your condition to His Royal Highness the Grand Sun when he goes back. ”
Bai Jinghao leaned on the soft pillow and smiled: "Then there will be Dr. Lao." ”
Thinking back to being in Orchid Garden, even if Bai Jinyao came out of the bedroom, Liu Mao didn't look at the past, and was still nervously concerned about himself.
Bai Jinghao concluded that the crown prince and the crown princess were not of the same heart, and often came to the mansion just to obey his mother's orders, and he did not want to marry Bai Jinyao. In this case, now that he has the opportunity to get news of himself from time to time, how can he let it go?
Bai Jinghao raised the corners of her lips, as long as His Royal Highness Taisun came to visit the mansion from time to time, even if Qin Rou's mother and daughter hated what they did today, they would not dare to touch her easily.
At present, she is short of a person to do things.
Looking sideways, I saw that Er Kite was still standing there in a trance. Bai Jing pondered for a while, there was a debtor and a master, Er Kite, as a slave of the Bai family, the life of the whole family was in their hands, and she really didn't dare to refuse Bai Jinyao's orders.
A wise man does not hold a grudge against a knife without a mind.
Bai Jing closed her eyelids, opened her lips and said, "Erkite, you go to find the third lady, and say that the eldest lady is tired of entertaining the guests today, and ask her and Aunt Yu to serve." ”
Er Yuan felt inexplicable, she couldn't understand her meaning at all, and said in a muffled voice with a puzzled face: "Master, how could the third lady and Aunt Yu listen to me as a slave?" ”
Bai Jinghao asked again: "Don't you remember that you will send Imperial Doctor Lu to Rongfu Hall to see the eldest lady later?" ”
Of course, Er Kite didn't forget, and he was hesitating and flustering in his heart.
Seeing that their master and servant seemed to have something to say, Imperial Physician Lu said that he would go to the pharmacy in the house to grab the medicine first.
Bai Jing thanked him and summoned a maid who was looking at her head to accompany Imperial Doctor Lu.
After Imperial Physician Lu left, Er Kite knelt down and begged, "Miss, you promised to protect the slave maid before. The second lady must be suspicious of me now, the eldest lady asks the slave and maid, and the slave and maid are afraid that they will have to go and have no return......"
"Am I not giving you advice?"
Bai Jinghao said clearly: "The lord has favored Aunt Yu the most over the years, and it is not unheard of for her to be pampered and arrogant to go against her wife." You go and tell the third lady that the reason why you were delayed on the way to the pond is because you bumped into her behind the rockery of the Qingfeng Trail, and if Mrs. and the second miss ask later, you don't know whether you should answer truthfully, she will go over with Aunt Yu to help you. ”
Er Kite will be suspicious, Aunt Yu's mother and daughter have no friendship with the eldest lady, how could they run to Mrs. to relieve themselves because of these two sentences? But seeing that the master looked determined, he could only believe her, and he got up with two points of hope and went out of Mei Xuan.
Alone in the boudoir, Bai Jinghao looked around at the familiar Chen Lie in the room. When she comes back, she will not be kicked out again, grandfather, rest assured, I can take care of myself without your protection......
She lay on the cool ice mat and closed her eyes, and gradually fell asleep.
I woke up because Er Kite ran into the house happily, and even woke her up without Bai Jing falling asleep and kowtowed to thank her: "Slave thank you Miss, you are really a god!" The third lady and Aunt Yu really went to Rongfutang to say good things for the slave maid, but it happened that the old man was present at that time, and the lady had to follow Aunt Yu's intention to praise the slave maid for the savior's merit, and also rewarded the slave and maid with silver ingots. ”
She happily took out a silver ingot and gave Bai Jing a good look, smiling.
"It's good to get past this, but you'll have to be careful in the future."
Erkite looked at her curiously.
Bai Jinghao asked her, "Didn't the third young lady say something to you?" ”
Er Kite recalled it and replied truthfully: "The third lady warned me not to disclose it to others, but the slave didn't quite understand what she meant......"
Bai Jinghao explained to her that she understood, "The third lady thought that you had bumped into her secret, and used this to coerce her and Aunt Yu to go to the eldest lady to help you lie." Er Kite, you know what kind of character the third miss is, it is not easier to deal with than the second miss, you can be careful from now on. ”
Er Kite realized it later, and suddenly said: "Miss, are you calculating slaves?" The slave didn't know any of the third lady's secrets. ”
Bai Jing had just woken up, lazy, and her winkling eyes looked very pure, and she gently reminded her: "Don't be confused, I saved you, but you can't be indistinguishable." ”
After thinking about it, Er Yuan sat on the ground, looked at Bai Jinghao in fear, and muttered: "Today, the slave maid offended the second young lady, and made the third young lady hold a grudge, if you want to survive in the Shangshu Mansion in the future, you can only rely on you, the eldest lady." ”
Bai Jing smiled slyly, "It's good that you understand." ”