CHAPTER XV

Zhou Qingzhi looked at her figure, his eyes burned, he shook the hand behind his back, and laughed softly: "This time, I will tell you seriously, I like to eat alone." ”

And Aunt Jing in Rouqing Yuan is lying on the bed in a light plain undershirt, but in recent days it has been a little difficult to sleep, Mo Tao has been out of the house for ten days since the last time, and every time she used to go was to return on the second day, this time she was gone for so long, the things in her house were still there, but the people who sent it came back and said that her brother was gone, this is impossible, if his brother is not free, it must not be good, she has used this thing to threaten the two brothers and sisters all these years, when she just entered the Hou Mansion, she fell out with her father, So there is no one around who can be used, once when I went out, I met this brother and sister and then street performers, see that the two of them will have some martial arts, she let her personal maid find someone to trick his brother into dying Xiaoyaosan, this Xiaoyaosan or she begged her aunt to let her relatives over there get it, now the two are gone, she is faintly uneasy in her heart, and ordered someone to light some soothing incense, before barely falling asleep.

And Zhou Yunxia of Xia Feiyuan also tried hard to open her eyes wide and didn't dare to sleep, if she fell asleep, she would dream that Cao Jiao's swollen and blue face rushed towards her, and her hands were holding her neck to ask for her life, but in the end she was still unable to resist sleep, full of sleep, and the incense burner in the house emitted wisps of green smoke.

I don't know how long it took, Zhou Yunxia, who was entangled by Cao Jiao in the dream, woke up violently, rubbed her slightly aching head, got up and sat on the bed, and called out the door, "Someone." There was silence outside the house, and Zhou Yunxia raised her voice again, but there was still no sound outside the door.

The silence around is so quiet that it can be heard clearly as if a needle has landed, the silence is frightening, the candle flame in the house has long been extinguished, the cold moonlight shines in from the window, Zhou Yunxia called a few times or no one, frightened to curl up and shake her body in the quilt, after a while, there was a slight sound in the room, she thought it was a maid who came in, so she had the courage to gently remove the quilt covering her head, but suddenly saw a person standing next to her bed, wearing a wet and dripping pink clothes, she lifted her stiff neck and slowly looked up, saw that under the water-soaked hair was Cao Jiao's pale and bloodless little face.

"Give me my life!" I saw Cao Jiao raise her hands mechanically, and her cold hands grabbed her neck, and her voice was gloomy and hoarse, like a demon who had just crawled out of hell.

Zhou Yunxia, who was a little deprived of oxygen in an instant, intuitively felt that her brain was blank, crying and patting the hand that was stuck in her neck, and said intermittently, "You.. Leave me alone... I'm not... Intentional killing... Yours. ”

The hands tightened suddenly, Zhou Yunxia rolled her eyes slightly, the slapping action in her hands became more urgent, and she shouted in her mouth, "Who told you to rob Changjun with me, I am your handkerchief and you are going to rob my fiancé, so you damn it, you must die." ”

Suddenly, a whistle sounded outside the window, Cao Jiao, who was pinching her neck, suddenly let go of her hand, retreated and flew out of the door, Zhou Yunxia, who was loosened her neck, fell off the bed, coughing violently, Cuiliu, who was holding a candle lamp outside the house, looked at the wide open door suspiciously, walked into the house and saw her young lady lying on the ground coughing violently, hurriedly walked a few steps, put down the candlelight, helped up the lady who was already paralyzed on the ground, and said, "What's wrong with Miss, why did you lie on the ground." ”

helped Zhou Yunxia to the bed, saw that she was coughing badly, poured a cup of herbal tea, handed it to her, and said, "Miss, drink some." ”

Zhou Yunxia trembled, and it took a while to come back to her senses, she drank a cup of tea with her hand, grabbed Cuiliu's wrist tightly with one hand, and said with a pale face, "What did you see when you came in just now?" ”

Cuiliu, who was scratched, gasped slightly, and said, "The slave didn't see anything, I saw the door open, and the slave came in, and saw the young lady sitting on the ground." ”

"Really didn't see anything?" Zhou Yunxia stared at her with red eyes

Cuiliu raised her hand to break away the hand that suddenly became so strong that it seemed to crush her bones, and said, "There really isn't." ”

Zhou Yunxia let go of her hand, lay down and muttered on the bed, "It's a dream, it's definitely a dream." ”

Cuiliu covered the quilt for her, and just as she was about to get up, she was grabbed by Zhou Yunxia on the bed, only to hear her own young lady's slightly hoarse voice say, "Where did you go just now?" ”

"The slave went to the toilet."

Zhou Yunxia grabbed her hand and said, "You stay by my bedside tonight, and you are not allowed to go anywhere." ”

Looking at her own young lady Cuiliu, who had some magic barriers, she had to say softly, "Okay, the slave is not going anywhere." After saying that, he sat on the ground, but suddenly babble, "How can there be a beach of water here?" ”

Zhou Yunxia, who was about to close her eyes, widened her eyes, her eyes were full of fear, her face was as pale as paper, Cuiliu wiped the water stains with a handkerchief, and sat on the ground with her young lady open her eyes until dawn.

Zhou Yunxue got up a little late today, and when she listened to Fengyuan, Zhou Yunshuang and Zhou Yunyu had already arrived, and asked the old lady to say goodbye, and the old lady said with a smile, "Why is it later than usual today, but you are snooze?" ”

Zhou Yunxue took a sip of tea, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "I read a little late yesterday and slept late." After a pause, he said, "Why didn't you see the eldest sister today?" ”

The old lady said, "Just now, Aunt Jing sent a maid over, saying that the eldest sister is sick, so I will let people into the palace to ask for a doctor, and it should be there later." ”

Zhou Yunxue's brows furrowed slightly, and she said, "Why is it sick, the eldest sister is about to get married in less than a month." ”

The old lady said, "Who knows, it's cool at night, the window is blowing." ”

"Third sister, let's go see the eldest sister later." Zhou Yunyu said

"Okay."

The three of them chatted with the old lady again, and the imperial doctor Zhang in the palace arrived, and the old lady asked the three of them to take them over.

In Xia Fei Yuan, Aunt Jing sat in front of the bed, took the maid and handed it over to Doctor Zhang. After speaking, he saluted Zhou Yunxue and the others.

After the cold water handkerchief, Zhou Yunxia's forehead had become warm, and when she heard the maid say that the eldest lady was leading Imperial Doctor Zhang to come, Aunt Jing got up and gave way to Zhou Yunxue and Imperial Doctor Zhang.

Zhou Yunxue said to Imperial Doctor Zhang, "There is Imperial Doctor Zhang." ”

"Don't dare." Doctor Zhang said

Wait to sit in front of the bed to check the pulse, and after a while, he got up and said, "The eldest lady is just not sleepy and contracted some wind cold, which is not serious, the old minister prescribes a prescription to drive away the wind and cold, and then prescribes some calming medicine, two pairs a day, and it can be cured after three days." ”

Zhou Yunxue said: "Thank you, Imperial Doctor Zhang." ”

"The county lord is polite."

Imperial Physician Zhang was led down by the little maid to write a prescription, Zhou Yunxue glanced at the pale person on the bed, and sighed lightly to Aunt Jing, "Aunt Lao has taken care of the eldest sister, and my grandmother said that if she needs something, she will send someone to tell her." ”

Aunt Jing bent her legs and saluted her, "The slave family thanked the old lady and the third lady. ”

"We'll come back when the eldest sister is better."

After speaking, she led Zhou Yunshuang and Zhou Yunyu out, Aunt Jing looked at the cyan back, her eyes flashed a trace of gloom, she only stayed in her yard on weekdays and rarely went out, but she knew everything that happened outside, everyone said that the third lady's temperament changed Originally, she didn't care, and the stupid person didn't go anywhere even if she changed, but when she saw it today, I was afraid that she had to be more careful.

At this time, Aunt Shen sat in the house and listened to her niece Xia Er tell everything last night, her face was calm but her eyes were extremely gloomy, she looked at her younger brother standing behind her niece, and her voice was as cold as winter snow, "Is it arranged?" ”

"It's all arranged, just wait for that day to arrive." Shen Qingdao

"Okay, let's wait."

Aunt Jing has been in Xia Feiyuan for the past three days, Zhou Yunxia woke up and told her what happened that night, and begged her to ask the Taoist priest to come over to exorcise ghosts.

Zhou Yunxue just smiled when she heard the news, got up and walked out of the courtyard gate, and led the two maids to Tingfeng Garden. ”

Zhou Yunxue sat down with a smile, stretched out her hand and pinched a piece of the entrance, and said, "Well, it's delicious, Mama's craftsmanship is getting better and better." ”

Mama Feng, who was standing aside, smiled and said, "Thank you, Miss, for your compliment." ”

After eating three or four slices, Zhou Yunxue stopped, took a sip of the tea offered by the little maid, and then said, "Grandmother, in two months, there will be filial piety, and the Hou Mansion should also have a housewife." ”

The old lady and Mama Feng raised their eyes to look at her with some differences, the old lady had a cold face, and said in a deep voice, "Did someone say something to you?" "It must have been the cheap hoof that instigated again,

Seeing that the old lady had a cold face, Zhou Yunxue hurriedly said, "No, grandmother don't worry, but it's almost out of filial piety, the Hou Mansion can't always be without a mastermother, and grandmother should also look at each other." ”

asked her to look at each other, indicating that it was not the meaning of the hooves, so the old lady eased her face and said, "Actually, grandmother has already seen each other again, but I don't dare to tell you, for fear that you will lose your temper again." ”

Zhou Yunxue was a little embarrassed to cover her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "Xue'er used to be ignorant, so my grandmother was worried." ”

The old lady smiled and said, "Now that you are sensible, bring it up yourself, and grandmother will tell you about the two families you like." ”

Zhou Yunxue nodded and said, "Okay." ”

"Grandmother picks and chooses, only these two are slightly satisfied, the first one is the sister of the co-organizer of the university, who is eighteen years old, and the other is the young lady who leads the big house of the cabinet minister, who is seventeen years old, is also a grandson."

Zhou Yunxue thought for a while, and said, "The prince and the prince will hold a birthday banquet in a few days, and the two families will definitely receive posts at that time, see which one is suitable, and the grandmother will ventilate with their elders to see, if there is no such intention, we can't force others to not." ”

The old lady took the handkerchief, wiped it and said, "Which of them marries into the Hou Mansion is Gao Pan, but grandmother also has to let your father see that he is not satisfied." ”

Zhou Yunxue handed her tea and said, "No, my father's satisfaction is the most important thing." ”

Oh, his father will definitely be satisfied, who doesn't like a young and beautiful girl, even if Aunt Jing is more favored now, she is already in her twenties, and she has a child, how can she compare to a young girl, without her help in this life, can she still sit firmly in the position of the main mother.

After leaving Fengyuan, Zhou Yunxue went to Zhou Qingzhi's courtyard.