In the west wing of the main courtyard, a little maid was sitting at the door of the small hall, doing needlework by the faint light of the candles on the table, it was when she was sleepy, there was a sound of walking outside the door, and a little maid who was also wearing blue clothes quietly opened the door, smiled and winked, and said, "Orchid, let's go, the table is all set, just waiting for you." ”

Orchid was a little embarrassed, turned around and knocked on the door behind her, and whispered, "Sister Lihua, you can play, I can't leave, the old lady can't leave here to serve." ”

Hearing this, Pear Blossom flashed in dexterously, and while snatching the needlework in her hand into the needlework basket, she whispered, "You stupid, why don't you have a brain, who doesn't know in this yard, the old lady raises the old lady as a pig, where do you still treat him as a person, I wish he died earlier, just you are a fool, and you still serve him as a master all day long, in case the old lady sees it, even you hate it, I think you will do it when you are married in the future?" ”

Orchid was so frightened by her that her hands trembled a little, but she still insisted on refusing to go out with her, and whispered, "Sister Lihua, I know that you are for my good, but I feel bad when I leave the old lady to play secretly, he is already very sick, so pitiful..."

Seeing that she refused to leave, Lihua was also annoyed, shook off the embroidered brace in her hand, and said hatefully, "Okay, okay, the entire Zhao family is loyal to you, you continue to guard, let's play by ourselves." She slammed the door and left.

Orchid wanted to step forward to explain a few words, but in the end she sighed, and went to the big stove to eat tomorrow morning, for fear that she would be ridiculed again, but the old lady was lying in that room, no matter how sick she was, she would not live in a few days, and that was also the master, how could she leave the master and have fun by herself?

She sighed, and someone in the room said coldly, "Very good, the Zhao family still has a loyal one." ”

The orchid was so shocked that she opened her mouth and was about to shout, but the next moment someone covered her mouth from behind, and the man whispered, "Don't make a sound, I'm the eldest young master." ”

Gentleman? The old lady and the second young master have died in their mouths!

Orchid trembled even more, kicking desperately with her hands and feet, Zhao Fengnian was helpless, for fear that she would cause a disturbance and attract outsiders, so he reached out and pointed at her acupoint, then he ripped off the cloth towel on his face and turned to Orchid, Orchid looked at this man in black clothes and black pants, and sure enough, he had a face exactly the same as his own eldest young master, his eyes almost fell out, and his eyes were full of doubts, shock and joy!

Zhao Fengnian smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand to untie her acupoint, and the little maid immediately knelt on the ground and asked in a low voice, "You are really... Is it really a big young master? ”

Zhao Fengnian nodded, "Naturally, there is no second Zhao Fengnian in this world." ”

The little maid immediately cried, knelt down and kowtowed, "The eldest young master, you are still alive, it's really good, the old lady stared out of the window all day, the slave guessed that the old lady was looking forward to the eldest young master, the old lady and the second young master both said that the eldest young master was dead, the old lady ate less and less, and became thinner and thinner, I went to tell the old lady, and the old lady refused to ask the doctor..."

The more Zhao Fengnian listened, his face became more and more pale, and he turned around and opened the door and entered the inner room, which was even darker, only lit a candle on the table under the window, and could barely see that there was a person lying on the bed hidden by the curtain in the corner of the house.

Zhao Fengnian strode over, lifted the curtain, only glanced at the person on the bed, tears crackled and fell like raindrops, puff knelt beside the bed, and called in a low voice, "Dad, Dad, unfilial son is back, son is back!" ”

Old man Zhao obviously feels that his qi and blood are losing rapidly these days, he is afraid that his life will be short, he is resentful all the time in his heart, not cursing, but unfortunately he is even less awake, this night is groggy, and he saw the woman he loved in a dream, or the white dress, pure and beautiful, standing by the river, smiling sadly, and jumping down.

He shouted loudly, wanting to step forward to stop him, but he couldn't move at all, just when he was heartbroken, he suddenly heard a cry in his ears, like his amazing and handsome voice, he suddenly opened his eyes, and turned his head with all his strength to see that it was really his son who was lying beside him!

"Oh, oh" sounded in his throat, but he couldn't say a complete sentence, only holding back tears.

Zhao Fengnian looked up and saw his father wake up, and his tears fell more urgently, "Dad, my son is not filial, so I came back to save my father, my son is not filial." ”

Old Man Zhao suddenly remembered the vicious mother and son, and immediately shook his head, wanting to signal his son to look at the dark grid where the things were put in, but he couldn't speak, his head moved limitedly, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, his eyes were red, and he didn't explain it.

Zhao Fengnian guessed what he meant, quickly wiped his tears, and said, "Dad, don't worry, those land deed silver tickets are all in my hands, and they are fake in the dark." ”

After he finished speaking, he asked Orchid to pour a glass of warm water, turned the antidote to the old man, and said, "Dad takes the antidote, and he is not afraid of continuing to lose qi and blood, and when his son takes over the position of the master of the family, he will find a doctor to treat his father for this paralysis." ”

Old Man Zhao stared at his son's face, his eyes full of relief.

Zhao Fengnian knelt down and kowtowed again, then got up, and asked the old man a few more words, and then withdrew from the house with the orchid.

Orchid saw Zhao Fengnian sitting on the chair, not moving or speaking, and was a little apprehensive in her heart, so she stepped forward and said, "Young Master, do you want the slave to tell me about the old lady and the second young master?" ”

Zhao Fengnian shook his head, glanced at her, and said, "What's your name?" ”

"Back to the eldest young master, the slave maid is called Orchid."

"Orchids?" Zhao Fengnian's eyes narrowed slightly, his fingers tapped on the table, and he nodded and said, "Okay, I remember you, take care of the old man these days, if someone wants to be unfavorable to the old man, or if there is anything abnormal, remember to go to the Bai Family Courtyard in the east of the city to report the news." When the matter of the head of the family is decided, you will be the steward of the inner courtyard of the Zhao family. But if today's events leak out half a sentence, or if the old lady has a good one, your fate..."

Orchid hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and promised repeatedly, "Don't worry, the slave and maid's family fled here due to the disaster, and only the slave and maid survived, the old lady walked over and looked at the slave and the maid pitiful, and bought the slave and maid back, the old lady treats the slave and the maid with the grace of life, and the slave and the maid are too late to repay the favor, how can they betray the old lady?" The slave must take good care of the old lady and must be tight-lipped. ”

"That's good, get up, don't show your feet when you act and speak, just like ever."

"Yes, young master." Orchid got up in response, immediately walked to the door, listened carefully, and opened the door again and pretended to be fine, then turned around and let Zhao Fengnian go out, seeing him jump on the courtyard wall, and disappeared in a few clicks, she felt that her legs were weak, and she finally walked back to her seat, wiping her sweat, but her heart was full of joy, what about the housekeeper of the inner courtyard, if she really became a housekeeper, she would not be married to a small servant casually, maybe she could still pick her own husband...

She was thinking about it, when the door of the house was suddenly opened again, Mrs. Zhao walked in with the old lady with a cold face, glanced at the little maid, and asked in a cold voice, "How are the old men these days?" ”

Orchid thought that the eldest young master had come here and was discovered, and it was so frightened that his heartbeat stopped, and when he heard this, he was a little relieved, hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed, and replied in a low voice, "Return... Back to Mrs., the old man was still the same as usual, but he ate less. ”

Mrs. Zhao raised her eyebrows slightly, turned around and walked into the house, and when she saw that there was nothing the same, her brows furrowed even deeper.

Just now when she was about to rest, for some reason, she suddenly felt her heart beating, as if there was some danger she didn't know was approaching, fidgeting, thinking about it carefully, her son's dark disease, taking countless tonics, all of which were ineffective, and she also had a stomachache, headache, lethargy, and even slipped and sprained her waist, everything was strange and bizarre, so she became more and more uneasy.

I put on my clothes and got up, and I saw that there were still lights in the West Chamber, so I turned around to take a look, but there was nothing abnormal, could it be that I really rushed to some evil gods recently, and I must go to the temple to worship tomorrow, and ask for a Guanyin statue to come back and worship.

Thinking like this, she instructed a few more words, went out and walked to her son's yard, the orchid was so frightened that her back was soaked with cold sweat, where did she dare to do needlework, she hurriedly blew out the candle, curled up on the ground and lay down, and said thousands of times in her heart, the eldest young master must become the head of the house soon.

Mrs. Zhao walked all the way through the corridor and through the door, and as soon as she walked to the door of her son's courtyard, she heard a clear crackling sound from inside, accompanied by angry scolding and low crying from time to time, she felt more pain in her head, and reached out and rubbed her head twice, causing the old woman to hurry to stop her, "Madame, does your head hurt again, let's go back and rest early, right?" ”

Mrs. Zhao pointed to the gate of the courtyard and said angrily, "This loser looks like this, how can I rest?" ”

The old woman still wanted to persuade, but she didn't know how to exit, so Mrs. Zhao asked her to knock on the door, and after a long time, a little maid opened the door and let them in, and the old woman gave the little maid a slap and scolded, "You are all asleep, let the master wait for so long." ”

The little maid knelt and kowtowed, feeling aggrieved, the second young master was like a wolf and a tiger, and she had to be arrested and tortured if she was a mother, she didn't hide farther, she was poisoned, who knew that the old lady was so late, and she would come to visit her son.

Mrs. Zhao was just about to open her mouth to ask, but there was another "bang" in the house not far away, followed by a woman's scream, which frightened the little maid who opened the door, and immediately fell down tremblingly.

Mrs. Zhao and the old woman didn't have the time to scold her anymore, they raised their feet and went up the steps, as soon as they opened the door, they saw that there were seven or eight candles lit in the whole room, illuminating the surroundings as if it were day, Zhao De only wore a pair of white silk trousers, standing barefoot in front of the bed, staring at him viciously, there were two maids kneeling in the place, both of them were beaten on their faces and bodies were red, swollen and bruised, very miserable, one of them even had blood on his forehead, and there were scattered porcelain pieces next to him...

There is no need to guess, just looking at the appearance in this house, Mrs. Zhao knows that this son must have failed to "act" again, and she was angry with the maids, but she had to suppress her anger and told the old woman to take the two maids who were almost frightened and sluggish.