By the time I left the main courtyard, it was already dark, and it was raining lightly.

Mei Xue suddenly remembered Li Jinzhi and wanted to see how he was.

But it was late at night, and Zhizhuyuan didn't send anyone to invite her, so it was not convenient for her to go over.

Jiu'er opened an umbrella, and the master and servant walked all the way to the guest house.

The rain fell, the bamboo shadows swayed, and the spring night became more and more silent.

Li Jinzhi sat in front of the window reading a book, occasionally picking up a pen to make one or two annotations on the book, he was still thin, but his face was much better.

Peng Liang lifted the curtain and entered the room, walked to the table and whispered:

"Master, Miss Mei said you can't stay up late, why don't you rest early?"

Li Jinzhi closed the book in his hand, turned his face and looked out the window for a while, then looked at Peng Liang again and said:

"Bring me a thick cloak."

As he spoke, Li Jinzhi had already gotten up and walked out.

Peng Liang hurriedly found a navy blue fine cotton cloak to chase Li Jinzhi, and persuaded him in a low voice:

"Master, the rainy night is cold, if you have anything to tell your subordinates to do, just do it."

Li Jinzhi smiled, took the cloak in Peng Liang's hand and put it on, and only after holding the umbrella did he say to him gently:

"I'll go out and take a walk, you don't have to follow me."

Why are you upset?

Li Jinzhi in the rain smiled silently as he walked, he was used to seeing her three or four times a day, but today he hadn't seen her all day.

The guest house in the inner house was not close to Zhizhuyuan, and Li Jinzhi was already quite tired when he walked nearby.

But the heart rejoices!

The joy of anticipation has not been felt in years.

The palace lamp on the ground emitted a dim halo in the rainy night, and seeing the familiar figure that appeared not far away, Li Jinzhi bent the corners of his mouth, took a few steps back and stood under the flower tree.

The flowers are dense and wobbly around the edge of the bamboo umbrella.

Just stood quietly, through the thin rain and mist, watching her gradually approach and slowly move away.

The slightly dry heart slowly settled down.

Mei Xue and Jiu'er entered the guest house, and the mother-in-law who guarded the door followed closely behind and closed the door.

Still a little cold, Li Jinzhi coughed lightly, and was about to leave, when a few weird chuckles suddenly came from behind.

Li Jinzhi turned around and saw Li Jinhuan sneering.

He did not hold an umbrella and wore only a thin black brocade robe.

His clothes and hair were soaked, his face was dripping with rain, and his eyes were weird and crazy.

"Second brother, this is not the place for you to come."

Li Jinzhi's voice was still gentle, and he even had the usual smile on his face.

But Li Jinhuan just felt different, looking at his eldest brother like this scared him more than ever.

But he didn't want to lose again tonight, because he finally grabbed Li Jinzhi's handle:

"My good big brother, I really can't imagine that you actually like a lowly medicine girl.

No wonder you interfered with my marriage in the first place, it seems that you were born to like these lowly things.

Hahahaha, you say, if I tell my father about this, what will he think? ”

Li Jinzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, smiled lightly and said:

"Second brother, I explained to you that it was not my idea for you to marry the girl of the Huang family, why don't you believe it?"

As he spoke, Li Jinzhi took two steps forward, stared at Li Jinhuan's eyes and said:

"Father is doing this for your own good, so that you can be stable and rich all your life, not to earn your life in the field of life and death.

If you don't believe me, don't you even believe my father? ”

Li Jinhuan laughed, his face was as hideous as a ghost, but before he could speak, Gao Yuan, who quietly appeared behind him, raised his fist.

Seeing Li Jinhuan faint on the ground, the smile on Li Jinzhi's face faded, and he said to Gao Yuan:

"You send the second brother back, and teach him what to say and what not to say before dawn."

Gao Yuan nodded in response, and watched Li Jinzhi turn around and leave, so he picked up Li Jinhuan and walked in the opposite direction.

Peng Liang waited anxiously at the door of Zhizhuyuan, took Li Jinzhi back to the room, and hurriedly poured him a cup of hot tea to ward off the cold.

Li Jinzhi sat on the edge of the bed with hot tea, and after Peng Liang changed him into a pair of dry green cloth shoes, he said:

"Tomorrow, you go and tell Steward Feng that the people serving in the courtyard of the second son are too slack, and they let the master go out alone to get drenched in the rain at night.

There is no need to impose heavy penalties, just replace the few who serve closely. ”

Peng Liang's eyes tightened, he had already guessed a rough idea in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down to respond.

Shen Qingyang started to have a high fever the next morning, and Chen Yiling knew that this was an inevitable phenomenon, but he still sent a sergeant to inform Mei Xue.

As soon as Mei Xue prepared Li Jinzhi's lunch, she asked Jiu'er to send the food box to Zhizhuyuan, and she went all the way to the courtyard where Shen Qingyang lived.

Shen Qingyang burned all over his body, and Chen Yiling stood aside and said to Mei Xue:

"Miss Mei, I just have some things to do, so I'll bother you to do it for me for a while."

Mei Xue nodded in response, and Chen Yiling left quickly, and even the sergeant who had been guarding Shen Qingyang went out.

Mei Xue was a little surprised, but still sat down on the edge of the bed.

There was a prescription prescribed by Chen Yiling on the table, Mei Xue picked it up and looked at it, and there was nothing wrong with it.

After a while, Shen Qingyang, who was in a coma, suddenly opened his hands and grabbed them in the air, and said two words repeatedly in a daze:

"Mother...... Mother, I miss you...... You don't want to go...... Mei Xue, Mei Xue...... You don't go, you don't go, Mei Xue ......"

Mei Xue was stunned for a moment, and finally understood why Chen Yiling and the sergeant left together.

Shen Qingyang's face was flushed, but his lips were pale and there was a layer of blistering.

Mei Xue looked at him and suddenly felt sad.

She knew that with Shen Qingyang's physical condition and willpower, he would definitely be able to survive this hurdle.

But she didn't know what cruel past he had gone through, and she never wanted to be involved in his future.

Not just Shen Qingyang, but anyone.

Her life is destined to be difficult for a long time, why should she add to her troubles?

Mei Xue got up and took a few steps back, silently and quietly watching Shen Qingyang struggle for a while before gradually falling asleep.

Closing her eyes and suppressing the sourness in her heart, Mei Xue covered Shen Qingyang with a brocade quilt, and wiped her lips with a wet cloth towel, and then turned around and walked out as usual.

Chen Yiling "coincidentally" came out of the wing, walked with Mei Xue, and nodded at her.

Mei Xue saluted Chen Yiling:

"Thank you for your kindness."

Let her know Shen Qingyang's intentions, so that she can have the initiative to choose in her future actions.

Mei Xue chose to believe in the kindness of the senior in front of her.

Chen Yiling smiled and said:

"Miss Mei doesn't have to be polite, except for me, the rest of the people in this courtyard are all subordinates of Lord Shen, you can rest assured."

Mei Xue nodded and was about to leave, when Chen Yiling suddenly stopped her again and said:

"Miss Mei, I have taken care of the eldest prince for more than ten years, and I thought that I would die blindly, but I didn't expect you to appear.

So, I thank you. ”

Mei Xue looked at Chen Yiling, who had half-white hair, and the sourness in her heart surged again.

Neither of them spoke again, saluted each other, and said goodbye in silence.

Jiu'er came to the outer courtyard to pick up Mei Xue, and the two met at the second gate and returned to the guest house together.

The serving mother-in-law set up lunch, Jiu'er was used to eating with Mei Xue, and she was not polite, and she herself sat down opposite after setting the dishes and chopsticks for Mei Xue.

While eating, Mei Xue asked Jiu'er slowly:

"Your father and mother are both old men from the palace, and they came from the capital, so have you ever heard them talk about Lord Shen?"

Jiu'er paused for a moment, and immediately said:

"Of course I've heard of it, who in this palace doesn't know about those things in Lord Shen's family? It's just that you've just arrived, girl, and others don't dare to break your mouth in front of you. ”

Mei Xue smiled and said to Jiu'er:

"Well, I'm going to give you a special chance to break your mouth in front of me today."

Jiu'er also laughed, and after laughing, she pursed her lips and said:

"Although Lord Shen is notorious, he can be regarded as a poor person."

Mei Xue ate slowly, listening to Jiu'er talk about the rumors about the Shen family.