Chapter 7: Zhizhu Garden

Xiao Yan and Shen Qingyang stood behind the King of Shu, and the three of them all looked at Mei Xue with solemn expressions.

The gold silk was repeatedly scalded in hot water and hot wine, and the white silkworm ice silk was finely and densely wrapped around the gold wire, and then wrapped in a white cloth and put into the steaming drawer to steam, and when it was taken out again, the two things had been perfectly fused.

Mei Xue still had a pale face, did not speak, lowered her eyes, and repeatedly scrubbed her hands in the hot water until her hands became red.

After carefully wiping her hands with soju a few more times, Mei Xue stretched her arms and waited for her hands to dry naturally before picking up the gold thread that had turned white.

The gold silk is extremely thin, and it is still so thin that it trembles and shakes after being wrapped around the silkworm ice silk.

Mei Xue bent a very small hook at the top of the golden wire, and then looked up at the King of Shu and the others and said:

"No matter what happens for a while, you are not allowed to disturb me quietly, I will not call you, and you will never come and help me."

At this moment, even the King of Shu ignored Mei Xue's disrespect, he immediately nodded and responded silently.

Using two pieces of stacked cotton cloth to open Li Jinzhi's mouth, Mei Xue slowly put the gold wire in her hand into it.

The gold thread moves forward so slowly that it seems to be stagnant all the time.

The woman was dressed in white and tied her hair, and she didn't even wear the only silver lilac earrings.

She knelt on the brocade cushion beside the bed, her eyes didn't look at her hands at all, and she only stared at Li Jinzhi intently.

From the mouth to the throat to the chest, the eyes of the King of Shu and the others moved with Mei Xue's eyes.

Time seemed to stand still, Xiao Yan felt that he was so nervous that he was about to suffocate, but he still didn't even dare to gasp for breath, for fear of alarming Mei Xue.

It was getting dark, Xiao Yan's lips trembled and he quietly looked at the darkened window, he was afraid that Mei Xue would not be able to see, he wanted to go and light the light immediately, but he didn't dare to move, his legs were as heavy as lead.

Shen Qingyang was silent, but quietly turned around and lit the two palace lamps in the corner of the house.

The light shone on Mei Xue's face, and dense beads of sweat were slowly sliding down her cheeks.

Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly turned red.

The golden silk was finally slowly pulled out of Li Jinzhi's mouth, and a bloody mass of flesh and blood at the top was placed on the plate on the low table.

Mei Xue sat down on the ground and barely stood up on the edge of the bed for a long time.

The King of Shu and the others came back to their senses, the King of Shu immediately stood up, and Xiao Yan hurriedly ran to Mei Xue's side and asked her with concern if she was okay.

The King of Shu had already rushed to the bed, and when he saw that there were blood stains flowing out of the corners of Li Jinzhi's mouth, he turned white again.

Mei Xue followed the sight of the King of Shu and looked at Li Jinzhi, bent down and put a white cloth towel on Li Jinzhi's neck, and said in a hoarse voice:

"He's got a lot of blood in his lungs, and it's good that it's coming out now."

The King of Shu obviously couldn't fully believe it, but he still gritted his teeth and nodded.

Shen Qingyang had already turned on all the lights in the room, he walked to the bed, looked at Li Jinzhi silently for a while, and then walked out of the house.

Xiao Yan was so surprised that he almost cried.

The face of the King of Shu was tired that could not be concealed, but in less than two hours, he seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden.

He looked at his eldest son, who was still asleep, closed his eyes vigorously and asked Mei Xue:

"Miss Mei, do you have anything else to tell this king?"

Mei Xue raised her head and quietly looked at the side face of the King of Shu for a while before saying:

"Childe started to get sick after his fifth birthday, and it is impossible for a child of that age to swallow such a big and tasseled Nanzhu, so someone must have forced him to even rub something lubricating on the beads."

The King of Shu fell silent again, but Mei Xue could see that his lips were trembling violently.

The King of Shu didn't speak again, but only pointed to the plate where Nanzhu was placed, motioning for Xiao Yan to get up and go with him.

Peng Liang entered the house and respectfully saluted Mei Xue and said:

"Miss Mei, if you have anything to do, just tell me."

Mei Xue nodded, and Peng Liang stood at the door of the bedroom with his hands down.

The room had been cleaned up, and someone brought food in, and Mei Xue sat down at the table after cleaning her hands and face.

A few plates of refreshing side dishes, a bowl of japonica rice porridge, and a plate of chicken fat rolls.

The person preparing the meal seemed to understand Mei Xue's mind very well, and knew that she couldn't eat anything greasy at the moment.

Seeing that Mei Xue didn't move her chopsticks, the next person thought that she was dissatisfied with the meal, so she hurriedly bowed and explained:

"This is what Lord Shen ordered, if the girl doesn't like it, the slave will change it immediately."

Mei Xue was slightly surprised, and even Peng Liang, who was standing at the door, raised his head in surprise, completely unable to believe that this was something Shen Qingyang would do.

"I'm just craving something light, and that's good." Mei Xue comforted the panicked mother-in-law and picked up the porridge in a small white porcelain bowl.

Shen Qingyang never came back, but Xiao Yan came back in the middle of the night with a depressed face.

Mei Xue was sitting on the edge of the bed reading a book, and Li Jinzhi was still asleep.

When Xiao Yan entered the door, Peng Liang saluted him, and he didn't even look at it, so he walked to Mei Xue and sat down.

Mei Xue looked up, glanced at Xiao Yan's haggard face, and lowered her head to look at her book.

"Miss Mei, thank you for saving my cousin, you are the benefactor of my Xiao Yan and our Xiao family, no matter what happens in the future, as long as you speak, I will never refuse."

Xiao Yan's voice was full of tiredness and sadness, Mei Xue closed the book in her hand, got up and changed a new cloth towel for Li Jinzhi to put under her neck.

"Xiao Gongzi doesn't have to be so polite, since this is a disease that I can cure, no matter what the identity of the patient is, I will do my best."

As Mei Xue spoke, she poured a glass of water and handed it to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan held the water cup motionlessly, stopped for a while, and suddenly choked up and said:

"That Nanzhu was the dowry when Concubine Lin married into the palace, but she said that she was wronged, saying that her aunt stole her jewelry and framed her, and when she lost this jewelry, she told her uncle.

The aunt said that Mama Qian was placed by Concubine Lin's side, and Concubine Lin was afraid that her conspiracy would be revealed after Miss Mei saved her cousin, so she asked Mama Qian to kill Miss Mei and at the same time pull her into the water. ”

Xiao Yan was obviously hit hard by today's farce, and his eyes were already red when he said this:

"I don't believe that my aunt will hurt my cousin, she is better to my cousin than to my cousin Feng."

Mei Xue looked at the young man in the candlelight, and only felt speechless.

Naturally, she couldn't judge who was the real murderer between Princess Shu and Concubine Lin, or whether the real murderer was not among the two at all.

The Xiao family can produce two princesses of Shu, and the current princess is still a concubine, so it must be a high-ranking family in the capital, but Xiao Yan has developed such a sensitive and simple temperament, so, what about Li Jinzhi's biological mother? Is it the same as Xiao Yan?

Mei Xue glanced at the sleeping Li Jinzhi, and lowered her eyes silently.

She wants to try her best to make Li Jinzhi get better quickly, and then follow him to the capital to see Mama Mei.

For her, this should be the best and safest way to go.

Xiao Yan sat on the side of Li Jinzhi's bed until it was dark, and he couldn't stand it and fell asleep on the edge of the bed.

Li Jinzhi was sleeping heavily in the candlelight, Mei Xue sat next to him with her head down, occasionally turning a page of a book, and the two of them seemed to have known each other for a long time.