After sending Duan Xiaolou away, Meng Shan hurried to the inner hall to see his wife, and when the maid returned, he said that his wife had woken up, but when Meng Shan came to see it, his wife was still in a coma.

Meng Shan looked at He Angelica, who was serving the decoction at the bedside, and the latter smiled faintly and explained: "Just now, my mother-in-law woke up, and my daughter-in-law thought that my father-in-law might have something to tell my mother-in-law, so I asked Zong Hong to invite my father-in-law. Who knew that my father-in-law was just half a moment late, and my mother-in-law ...... And he fell asleep again. Don't worry, my mother-in-law's heart is stable and there is no major problem. ”

The maid named Zong Hong, Rourou Yifu, lowered her head and testified: "The slave maid also saw that the lady woke up, and called the master's name. ”

Meng Shan walked to the side of the bed to look at Mrs. Su, He Angelica retreated without a trace, and before she could retreat to the door, Meng Shan suddenly looked back and stopped her: "Don't be busy, I still have a few words to ask you." He Angelica had no choice but to stand still and listen to the teachings with his hands down. Meng Shan said to a few girls in the room and in the soup pharmacy next door, "You go to the courtyard to serve, don't make loud noises." "The girls are all blessed, and they all go down.

For a while, there were only three people left inside and outside the room, Mrs. Su was still in a coma, and only Meng Shan and He Angelica were awake.

He Angelica was a little drumming in her heart, she frowned, and only concentrated on studying the red fluff on the tips of her embroidered shoes, guessing whether it was rabbit hair or wolf hair. In this room, where breath was clearly audible, her sixth sense was more sensitive than ever, and she clearly felt the two rays of light flattening on her face, staring at her for a long time. She had to admit that the deterrence of Meng Shan, a veteran on the battlefield, pressed her to the point that she even began to have difficulty breathing at this moment.

I don't know how long it took, when she felt that Meng Shan finally stopped staring at her, she breathed a sigh of relief, the wind outside the window swayed in, blowing on her body, and a chill hit her back, and it turned out that a layer of cold sweat had already appeared.

"Girl, how old are you?" Meng Shan opened his mouth coldly.

"Fourteen." He Angelica twisted his handkerchief and replied softly.

"How many years did you study medicine?" Meng Shan asked again.

He Angelica recounted his own experience: "I farmed on the farm when I was a child, and I have been exposed to medical science since I was able to understand the speech of adults, and I have been studying for ten years. ”

Meng Shan bowed: "No wonder, it is really a creative and gifted child." It's a shame to say that the old man lost his true anger for his wife for a night, which can only slightly reduce her illness, and her pulse is very weak, and the old man is helpless about it. Girl, you only came in and took a look, and now when you feel the pulse again, it is already strong and powerful. ”

He Angelica said humbly: "There is a specialization in the art industry, and my daughter-in-law is a person who studies medicine and specializes in helping people relieve their pain. My father-in-law is a general and the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, so how can I have the leisure to understand the medical Tao that does not enter the stream. This is incomparable. ”

Meng Shan looked at her carefully for the first time, looking at her head and feet more carefully than looking at her own daughter.

She used a silver hairpin to hold her jet-black hair, coiled it into a delicate bun of shutters, and pinned a magnolia, which looked very fresh, beautiful and elegant. The eyebrows are light, and the cherry lip flaps are unstained and red, like a budding hibiscus, and the dust is not stained. A simple plain white long brocade skirt was on her, and the peach silk thread embroidered with blossoms and plums, extending from the skirt to the waist, outlining her slender figure.

She didn't have a piece of jewelry with gold and jade beads and hairpins on her body, but she had her own bearing, which couldn't be underestimated. Meng Shan has seen many daughters of princes and beauties in the city, but he has never seen a woman who can dress so plainly and wear such a noble and noble temperament. It is rare that she is young and has shallow experience, but her bearing is very calm, and she is a woman who can go on the stage and see big battles. Could it be that this is what Duan Xiaolou values her?

He Angelica looked at his nose and nose and heart, let Meng Shan look at it carefully, and secretly hypnotized himself in his heart, he is not a tiger, he does not eat people; He's not a python, he doesn't bite......

In the final analysis, she was still a little nervous in the face of Meng Shan. The reason is that she heard all the words that Duan Xiaolou said in the outer hall just now. Her ear power has always been good, and she has the heart to listen to the conversation between Duan Xiaolou and Meng Shan, so these words that are not humane to outsiders all fell in her ears.

Hearing that Duan Xiaolou hadn't given up yet, she only felt as if she had suddenly stepped into the cold water, and the chill was all over her body. She didn't know what else to do to make Duan Xiaolou let go, dry her own shoes and socks, and get out of the entanglement of cutting and untidying.

Duan Xiaolou promised Meng Shan his future plan to withdraw from the government and the opposition and return to the mountains and forests, whether it was true or not, she could not accompany him, because she didn't love this man, and she couldn't see her future in his future. Moreover, Duan Xiaolou's intention to directly "exchange" with Meng Shan also made her a little confused, even suspicious.

No matter what the chips in Duan Xiaolou's hand were, he was so straightforward, and came to the door to ask for a woman who had already become the daughter-in-law of the Meng family, wasn't he afraid of angering the Marquis of Baoding, and without saying a word, the Marquis of Baoding secretly executed her first to protect the reputation of the Meng family? After all, she is not a little-known concubine, but a woman in the main room who is married by the Meng family and recorded in the family tree, and Meng Xuan is the most relied on son of the Marquis of Baoding. Now it is easy to cheat her to death, although it is easy to let her out, but in the future, once she shows up in front of the world and transforms herself into Duan Xiaolou's woman, won't Meng Xuan become the laughing stock of the world?

It's not that she spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but her intuition and experience tell her that Duan Xiaolou didn't come to Meng Shan for the purpose he said; Meng Shan would never easily obey Duan Xiaolou's wishes because of just one thing. Therefore, overhearing Duan Xiaolou's words similar to "confession", not only did she not feel a trace of shame and happiness, but also a chill spread in her heart.

A sensitive nose with a faint smell of conspiracy. Is it an illusion or what? Should she let herself go and think in the worst direction for Duan Xiaolou? Will he really become the kind of person who hates out of love and does whatever it takes?

He Angelica sighed lightly, and his heart was inexplicable.

Meng Shan frowned at her sigh, as if he could read people's hearts, his eyes locked on her like torch and lightning, and asked in a deep voice, "Did you hear that?" ”

If Angelica didn't hear anything, then she shouldn't even understand what "you heard", and her first reaction should be full of confusion. But under Meng Shan's gaze, He Angelica had a kind of panic that could not be hidden, and every movement and expression was very difficult. In the end, she couldn't make a confused look, so she simply didn't pretend, raised her eyes to look directly at the other party's tiger eyes, and said calmly: "That's right, I have internal strength, and my ears are very good, so I heard it if I didn't pay attention." Then he affirmed his position, "I am Meng Xuan's wife, and I can't bear the wrong love of Lord Duan, and I can only spend the rest of my life in this mansion." In other words, when she left this courtyard, she only wanted to die.

Meng Shan paused, and only said: "That conversation, don't spread it, don't even tell Xiao Qi, otherwise, according to his temperament, he will have to reason with An Ninghou." ”

He Angelica hung his head, I don't know if Meng Shan completely dispelled the idea of answering Duan Xiaolou, or used illusions to appease and confuse her. In order to make herself more valuable and valuable than a key, she said Mrs. Su's condition: "My mother-in-law was poisoned, but the antidote in the bottle is not made of a complete formula, taking one pill can relieve the symptoms and suppress the toxicity, but it will recur after three years." Twice as toxic as it is today. I just used a silver needle to block her heart, and I have to ask my father-in-law, should I give this antidote to my mother-in-law? ”

In fact, she didn't want Duan Xiaolou to talk to Meng Shan for longer, so she quietly pierced Mrs. Su's sore point to make her regain some sanity. Mrs. Su called out Meng Shan's name in a coma, and He Angelica turned around and said to the eldest maid Zonghong, mother-in-law, she woke up and was calling her father-in-law, so she went and shouted, and the time to wake up was very short. Zong Hong also heard Mrs. Su's call, and didn't dare to delay her work, so she didn't come forward to check, so she went back to Meng Shan. In the end, Meng Shan's conversation could not continue.

Meng Shanyan was taken aback, he thought that Mrs. Su's long breath was because she was taking an antidote, but she hadn't taken medicine yet, just acupuncture?

opened the medicine bottle next to the pillow and took a look, there were really a lot of pills, and Meng Shan was also in trouble: "I didn't expect Luo Chuanwu to be so vicious, and he also moved his hands and feet in the antidote, and now he is secretly detained and ordered to redo the antidote, what do you think?" ”

Father-in-law is not ashamed to ask her opinion? He Angelica showed a frightened look, and replied respectfully: "The daughter-in-law thinks like this, if the first time is fake, it may be the second and third time, even if Luo Chuanwu is asked to remake the antidote, he will still be a ghost." When the time comes, when the antidote is in my mouth, I can't help but mumble in my heart. ”

Meng Shan looked at the cautious beautiful girl standing in front of her, a little smile flashed on her face, and asked, "You are also from the Luo family, and you are a medical wizard, can't you distinguish the truth from the fake?" ”

He Angelica replied carefully: "First, the Luo family has never circulated a family medicine similar to 'poison and detoxification', not to mention that I am 'in the middle of the guest', even Luo Taijun and the third old man Luo Duheng have no such ability." Making drugs is purely Luo Chuanwu's personal hobby, and my medical skills are learned from a blind uncle in the countryside, and the two are incompatible. Second, I have heard people say that when poisons are combined, there are thousands of changes, and several non-poisonous medicinal materials are superimposed, and it is possible to derive new poisons. I haven't focused on this, so I don't dare to pretend to be an expert to identify the truth of the antidote for my mother-in-law. ”

Meng Shan listened to her spit out words like beads, with a pleasant tongue-wrapping sound, her tone was very quiet, there was no panic and embarrassment caused by Duan Xiaolou's incident, and her straightforward answer was obviously confident in Mrs. Su's detoxification. On the other hand, she also proved with her actions that she had no intention of Duan Xiaolou, and all Duan Xiaolou's words and deeds were just his wishful thinking.

Meng Shan's beard curled, and this time he really smiled: "Luo Chuanwu's antidote can't be believed, girl, you can't tell the truth of the antidote, so what's the use of me keeping you?" It's better to send you to the Anning Marquis Mansion. ”

If the daughter-in-law can't cure her mother-in-law's illness, she is a useless person, so she has to be tied up and sent away? What kind of reasoning is this?

He Angelica was not shocked or angry when he heard this, he raised his eyes and sleeved his hands, and continued: "Didn't my father-in-law just praise me for being a 'medical wizard'? Although I am not very proficient in poisons now, as long as I am given six months, I can be sure that I can make an antidote that can completely remove toxins, during which time I will first use the method of sealing the acupoints with silver needles to suppress the toxicity in my mother-in-law's body. As long as my mother-in-law keeps her diet light and happy, and asks me to apply injections every three days to strengthen it, she can wait for the most reliable antidote to come out without worry. "In six months, Meng Xuan should also come back, right? Will he agree to take her to exchange for a Xuanwu key?

Only then did Meng Shan understand the detour in this little girl's words: she was showing that she was not an insignificant person, whether Mrs. Su could detoxify and live a long life, all pointing at her.

He Angelica said again: "Of course, the world's detoxification masters are like the sand of the Ganges, and they don't necessarily have to be me." The reason why I recommended myself to detoxify my mother-in-law is because I am the daughter-in-law of my mother-in-law, and I have to serve my parents-in-law for decades. If you want to know whether the poison is really solved, you have to observe it for decades. "The implication is that other people give the antidote, pat their butts and say goodbye, can you believe it? I am a person who lives at home, I can't run a monk and can't run a temple, my antidote is worthy of your trust!

Meng Shan curled his beard and chuckled: "Girl, you underestimate the Meng family too much, and you also underestimate the old man." As long as you are still Xiao Qi's wife, no one can take you away from the Meng Mansion for any reason. The old man wants to try your mind, and if you have the idea, the old man will respect your wishes. ”

He Angelica lowered his head and smiled slightly at his embroidered shoes: "My father-in-law also underestimated me, what is my will, from the moment I got on the sedan chair of the Meng family, it couldn't be clearer." ”

"In that case, you go back to the garden to pack up and live in Xiangyun Garden for a while." Meng Shan smiled and said, "Your mother-in-law is sick like this, there is a lack of a woman in the family who presides over the feed, and the eldest daughter-in-law is also sick, so she can't help, so she has to work hard for you for a while." It's heavily guarded, and it's hard to get through inside and out. ”

He Angelica is a blessing: "Obey." ”

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When I returned to the bamboo garden, it was already dark, and Mint came out from afar, and whispered back: "Miss, there is a lady who has come to visit you, it is the mother of the two Peng Gongzi, the aunt and wife of Luofu in the capital. ”

"Yes...... Mrs. Peng, Luo Chuanbei? ”

"Yes, she has been waiting for you for a long time, saying that she has something important to discuss, and she has been waiting until now, and the slave and maid will not persuade her to leave."