Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Baptism

On the fifteenth day, the sun rose early.

It's just that after the cold dew, it is almost winter, and the sun shines on the people with a faint layer of cold, and the warmth can't enter the clothes.

Lu Tong arrived at the Junwang Mansion very early, and the children's washing meeting had not officially started. Yin Zheng didn't follow, and Lu Tong asked her to stay in the hospital to help. Pei Yunshu's personal maid Fangzi saw Lu Tong and pulled her into the courtyard with a smile: "Doctor Lu came just in time, the little lady has just woken up, you go and take a look." ”

Since Lu Tong successfully induced labor for Pei Yunshu's mother and daughter last time, the people in Pei Yunshu's courtyard have been extremely respectful to Lu Tong. Lu Tong followed Fangzi into the hospital, and as soon as he entered the house, he heard the loud cry of the baby girl.

Pei Yunshu was picking up the baby girl from the cradle, and when she saw Lu Tong approaching, she handed the baby girl to Lu Tong and said with a smile: "Doctor Lu also hugs the jewel." ”

Lu Tong took the swaddling clothes and looked down. When she was born, the little girl was like a sick kitten, and her crying voice was also thin, and after a month, she was much more round and full, and she had some weight in her arms, not as weak as when she was born.

Pei Yunshu named the little girl Baozhu, taking the pearl of the palm and the treasure of the heart, this little girl is not easy to come by, and she was very dangerous when she was born, this name is a good match.

Qiong Ying whispered: "Doctor Lu, the little lady's poisonous ......"

Lu Tong probed the situation of the orb, carried the orb back to the cradle, and said, "It's much better than before." ”

A few people in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

These days, the medical officers of the Hanlin Medical Hospital have also come a lot, and they all said that Baozhu is healthy, and the more this is the case, the more uneasy Pei Yunshu feels in his heart. Now she no longer trusts the palace doctor, but believes in Lu Tong's words. Now that I heard Lu Tong say that it was okay, I was a little relieved.

There were some golden fruits and rhino jade from the washing party on the table, Lu Tong took out a congratulatory bag from his sleeve and handed it to Pei Yunshu, and said, "Princess, this is the intention of the people's daughter." ”

Pei Yunshu was stunned.

Xu is pregnant and has just given birth, her thoughts are not as clear as in the past, and the people around her have forgotten to remind her that the people who come to watch the "Washing Meeting" are either rich or expensive, and there is no lack of rhino jade pearl treasures in the congratulatory bag, and Lu Tong sits in the hospital hall in the day, and gives gifts with her moon silver, which is really difficult for some strong people.

She was hesitating when she heard Lu Tong say: "The congratulatory gift is shabby, it's just a string of lottery money, and I hope the princess won't dislike it." ”

The color coin is a copper coin wrapped in gold and silver thread, Pei Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief, so she took it generously and said with a smile: "I thank Dr. Lu for a piece of heart for the treasure bead." ”

Lu Tong smiled slightly.

Because the auspicious time has not arrived, the washing party will start to wait a little longer, and the distinguished guests who came to watch the ceremony have not yet appeared, Pei Yunshu invited Lu Tong to sit first, and asked Fangzi to make tea.

Lu Tong sat down in front of the small table, and saw Pei Yunshu looking radiant, and because of today's washing party, he deliberately changed into a rose and purple makeup gown, and his sideburns were lightly pulled, which made the whole person ruddy and soft, and he was much more energetic than when he first met.

I think it's been a good month.

Pei Yunshu teased the baby bead in the swaddling clothes, and said to Lu Tong: "The affairs in the house were complicated before, and I was worried about the jewel's illness, so I didn't have time to thank Dr. Lu properly. I wanted to ask Ah Yao to send some thank-you gifts to the door, but he hadn't returned from the city the day before, so it was delayed. ”

Lu Tong lowered his head and took the hot tea handed by Fangzi, "It is the duty of a doctor to treat the sick and save people, and the princess does not need to thank him." ”

Pei Yunshu looked at her with a smile: "You and Ah Yi are friends, wouldn't it be good to call me princess, you can call me sister." ”

Lu Tong's hand holding the tea tightened, and after a while, she said, "Sister Yun Shu." ”

Pei Yunshu didn't care, only looked at her curiously: "Speaking of which, I didn't know that Dr. Lu was Ah Yi's friend before. According to Ah Yao, Dr. Lu came to Shengjing from other places half a year ago...... Where is Dr. Lu from? ”

Lu Tong replied: "I am from southern Jiangsu. ”

"Sunan?" Pei Yunshu silently recited it, "Ah Yi also went to Sunan a few years ago," she looked at Lu Tong, as if she had discovered some secret, and suddenly said, "You met in Sunan?" ”

Lu Tong was slightly stunned, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Then you ......"

"Not long after I came to Shengjing, I encountered someone making trouble on the road, and Master Pei helped me once."

She said it lightly, but Pei Yunshu laughed when she heard it, "So it's so fateful." ”

Lu Tong didn't quite understand what Pei Yunshu's "fate" meant, so he listened to Pei Yunshu continue to ask: "I see that Dr. Lu is still young, and his medical skills are already above the medical officers of the Hanlin Medical Academy...... How old are you this year? ”

"It's seventeen years old."

Pei Yunshu's eyes lit up, and she muttered: "Little Ah Yao is four years old...... she looked at Lu Tong again, and asked with a smile, "I don't know if Dr. Lu has a family?" ”

Lu Tong: "......"

She was a little speechless. This princess of Wenjun now looks not as steady and elegant as when she first met, but she is so enthusiastic and familiar that people can't resist it.

After a pause, Lu Tong said, "Yes." ”

Pei Yunshu smiled for a moment.

"I already have a fiancΓ©." She said.

The smile on Pei Yunshu's face suddenly became shy, and after a while, he spoke as if to ease the atmosphere, "Also, Doctor Lu is so kind-hearted, there must be a lot of people who propose marriage." ”

She wanted to ask again, but Lu Tong interrupted her in a loud voice: "I take the liberty of asking, can the princess find the person who poisoned the little lady?" ”

Pei Yunshu was stunned.

Lu Tong looked at her seriously.

The "child's sorrow" caused Pei Yunshu's mother and daughter to be poisoned for a long time, and Lu Tong had no choice but to find a way to temporarily induce labor. I heard Pei Yunshu say at that time that this Mojura was given to her by King Wenjun.

Even if Mu Sheng no longer likes his princess, there is no reason to harm his own flesh and blood. But these days, there doesn't seem to be any major news in the county king's mansion.

Pei Yunshu's face became a little uncomfortable, and she only smiled bitterly and shook her head: "No." ”

The county king's mansion is so big, if you really want to find someone who is poisoned, you may not be able to find it, Pei Yunshu said this, there must be some hardship.

Lu Tong thought for a while, and then asked, "What about the side concubine?" On the same day, I induced labor for the princess and collided with the side concubine......"

What she said was tactful, at that time, Meng Xiyan transferred to the palace to escort her, and she came to Lu Tong's life, if it wasn't for Pei Yunyi's arrival, no one knew what the consequences would be. Today, Lu Tong didn't see Meng Xiyan's shadow nearby, and I don't know if it was her delusion, the subordinates of the county king's mansion were much more respectful to Pei Yunshu.

Pei Yunshu's smile faded and said, "She, she's grounded, you don't have to worry." ”

Lu Tong's heart moved.

Pei Yunyao escorted Meng Xiyan away that day, and now Meng Xiyan is still in the house, just grounded, it seems that King Wenjun still protected Meng Xiyan.

This side concubine is really favored.

Pei Yunshu came back to her senses, shook her head and said, "Don't talk about that, I think the auspicious time is coming, Doctor Lu, you can accompany me to prepare for it." ”

……

The "washing party" is always lively.

After the birth of a mother in Shengjing, she must invite relatives and friends to participate in the newborn "washing party". Rich and noble people often decoction with spices of hot water, together with fruits, color, money, onions, garlic, gold, silver, rhino jade, etc., poured into the basin, the outside of the basin with several zhang of colored silk wrapping it, the name is called "around the basin". Stirring the soup with a hairpin is called "stirring the pot". Viewers have sprinkled money into the water, which is called "adding a basin".

After the baby has finished bathing and shaved off the fetal hair, the fetal hair is put into a gold and silver box, and then knotted with colored silk threads. In the end, I hugged the baby and thanked all the relatives and sat in the room, which is called "moving the cave".

Princess Wenjun had a sudden sudden birth when she was about to give birth, but fortunately, the mother and daughter were safe in the end. As the concubine of Princess Wenjun, this "Washing Meeting" invited the noble eunuchs in Beijing, after all, in addition to the county prince's mansion, the face of Zhaoning Gong also has to be given.

The laughter of the guests passed through the courtyard, and the courtyard that had always been deserted was also a little crowded, and the noise was transmitted through the wall to the eaves on the other side.

In the vase on the table, the golden cinnamon has completely withered, leaving only clusters of shriveled branches and leaves rigidly inserted in the vase, struggling to support a little freshness.

Meng Xiyan sat on the couch, without applying fat powder, her originally beautiful face showed a little haggard.

She glanced at the inscription on the table and asked in a low voice, "The washing party has begun?" ”

The servant beside him cautiously replied, "Yes." ”

Meng Xiyan coldly pulled the corners of her mouth.

On August 15, Pei Yunyao asked the guards to take her away, and after a few days of suffering, King Wenjun took her back.

I don't know what King Wenjun said to Pei Yunyao, but Pei Yunyao finally let her go. No matter how arrogant he is, without evidence, the prince of Zhaoning can't take away the side concubines of the county king's mansion at will.

It's just that she is picked up and brought back, but King Wenjun treats her as pityless as before.

Meng Xiyan knew in her heart that King Wenjun was disgusted with her, because she tried to harm the heirs of the royal family.

Mo Luo was dedicated to Mu Sheng by Meng Xiyan, only said that he obtained it by chance, and saw that the clay puppet was cute, which meant auspicious, and he was afraid that Pei Yunshu would not like her refusal, so he asked Mu Sheng to send it to Pei Yunshu's courtyard in the name of Mu Sheng. And after Pei Yunshu gave birth to a baby girl, Mu Sheng learned that Mo Yuluo was poisonous, and although he picked her up, his eyes on her changed.

Meng Xiyan knelt in front of King Wenjun and cried with pear blossoms, "King Mingjian, even if the concubine has ten guts, she doesn't dare to harm the princess." What 'little sorrow', the concubine has never heard of it. This clay puppet was bought by the maid in a clay puppet shop on Chengnan Street, and the concubine thought that the princess was about to give birth, so she left this thing to pray for the princess to give birth to a son. ”

The maid who bought the clay puppets "committed suicide in fear of sin" as early as the day of the incident, and King Wenjun couldn't find out anything, thinking of their loving past, he didn't continue to pursue it, and only let her be grounded in the house.

As for Pei Yunshu's poisoning, this matter has not been publicized to the public, and the Zhaoning Mansion does not know about it, it is related to the face of the county prince's mansion, and Mu Sheng protects Meng Xiyan, that is, to protect himself.

Meng Xiyan was originally worried that the commander of the palace would not be relenting, but he didn't expect that after these days, Pei Yunyi didn't make any moves, and gradually put his mind at ease. In the final analysis, the county king's mansion is in holy favor, and Pei Yunyi still has to take into account the name of King Wen Jun in the end.

Today, Pei Yunshu held a "children's washing party" for her daughter and invited her relatives, but she was grounded and not allowed to go out. Those nobles have always had long tongues, and they don't know how to arrange her behind their backs. Besides, since she entered the gate of the palace, she has not attended any feast, and now she is deliberately snubbed, as if she is slapping her in the face.

Thinking of the washing meeting, Meng Xiyan's face turned pale.

She asked the maidservant girl beside her, "Who are the distinguished guests who are here today?" ”

The maid lowered her head and replied in a low voice: "There are Mrs. Dong of the Taifu Temple's Qing Mansion, the Jixian Palace's University Scholar's Mansion, and the ...... of the Three Divisions' Envoys' Mansion." ”

"Lu Tong?"

Meng Xiyan's face changed.

In Xunfangyuan that day, she didn't take this female doctor in her eyes, but she just wanted the other party to be a scapegoat. Who knew that it was planted in the hands of this woman.

If it weren't for Lu Tong's discovery of the "little child's sorrow" in Mo'erluo, if it wasn't for Lu Tong's induction of labor for Pei Yunshu, if it weren't for Lu Tong's joining forces with Pei Yunhui in full view......

Why did she do this?

Now that he is grounded in the courtyard, he has no face, and he is separated from the king of Wenjun, all thanks to this woman.

Meng Xiyan sneered: "A doctor sitting in the hall was also invited as a guest of the palace, and he really thought that he had climbed a high branch?" ”

The handmaid did not dare to speak.

There was a banquet outside, and the laughter could not hide the harshness through the wall.

Meng Xiyan walked to the table, and the withered golden cinnamon on the table was inserted in the vase, showing a kind of majestic and struggling dead air.

She reached out and stroked the wilted branches.

The surnamed Lu relied on saving Pei Yunshu's mother and daughter to climb up, but she couldn't go anywhere because the surname Lu was locked in the room. Obviously there is only one step away, but the success is failing, how can you be willing? This vicious breath was stuck in Meng Xiyan's heart, and he couldn't swallow it.

She can't do anything with Pei Yunyao, she can't do anything with Pei Yunshu, and she can't do anything with King Wenjun.

But Lu Tong is just a civilian medical woman, powerless, and lowly status, so can't she move?

If you want to wade in this dripping water in a big household, you have to see if you have that life.

There was a slight crisp sound, and the guizhi under his hand was pinched in two. Meng Xiyan withdrew her hand, hooked the corners of her lips, turned around and walked to the room to sit down again.

"Go, call someone to me."

She raised her eyebrows, and the two drops of red coral in her ears were so bright that they were dripping blood: "I have something important to command." ”

……

It's getting late.

The "Washing Party" ended at noon, and after the luncheon, Lu Tong stayed in the Junwang Mansion, re-signaled Baozhu and Pei Yunshu, and changed the prescription, and after teaching Fangzi to decoct the new medicine, it was already evening.

Pei Yunshu asked the palace carriage to send her to the door of the medical hall before leaving, and there were people in the neighborhood on West Street who recognized the county prince's carriage, and when they boarded, they looked at Lu Tong's eyes differently.

used to be Taifu Siqing, and now it is the county king's mansion, and the big names recruited by the Renxin Medical Center are more powerful than the other, which shows that the female doctor of the Renxin Medical Center is indeed a little clever.

Du Changqing lay in front of the counter table, looked straight at the carriage of the Junwangfu out of West Street before retracting it, glanced at Lu Tong, and said lazily: "Yes, the carriage is all on board." ”

Ah Cheng walked out with a lantern, with a proud look on his face, "That's nature, Doctor Lu is the life-saving benefactor of the princess of the county!" ”

"Life-saving benefactor," Du Changqing snorted, and flicked a finger on the young man's head, "I really think that life-saving benefactor is so good, I see thieves eating meat all day long, and when you see thieves being beaten." Who knows there won't be any trouble behind. ”

Ah Cheng covered his head and was aggrieved: "What trouble can there be." ”

"That's a lot...... Forget it, you don't understand it. Du Changqing took the lantern and held it in his hand, it was late, the hospital was about to close, he walked to the door, thought of something, and turned back to Lu Tong: "Look at ......"

"There is a dead person on Wangchun Mountain, and the murderer has not been found now, and we two weak women have no power to protect themselves, so be careful of being targeted."

Without waiting for Du Changqing to finish speaking, Yinzheng took over his words and said with a smile: "Knowing that Du is in charge, we will be careful and will not run blind." ”

Du Changqing stretched out his finger and finally said, "...... It's good to know. "I left with Ah Cheng.

Yin Zheng and Lu Tong fastened the door bolt of the medical hall and entered the small courtyard.

When Lu Tong came back from the county king's mansion, he also brought a basket of joy distributed to all the guests at the "Washing Party", which contained some jujube cinnamon colored silk symbolizing auspiciousness. Yinzheng picked out the preserved fruits, and arranged the colored silks separately, washed them with water, and planned to pick a few suitable colors for Lu Tong to make silk flowers.

"Did the girl see any big people in the county king's mansion today?" Yin Zheng squatted on the stone platform and asked Lu Tong while washing the colored silk.

Lu Tong took a pestle and stuffed it behind her, shaking his head: "No." ”

She knew the meaning of Yinzheng's words, but among the guests at the banquet in the Junwang Mansion today, there were no people from the Taishi Mansion.

She originally participated in the "Children's Washing Party", just thinking that the county king's mansion would invite VIPs, and perhaps there were relatives among them. It would be nice if I could get closer to each other.

But at the moment, it seems that the Junwang Mansion has little to do with the Taishi Mansion, and this road seems to be impassable.

Seeing that Lu Tong was silent, Yinzheng twisted a handful of wet cloths, smiled and sighed with relief: "Girl, rest assured, now because of 'Spring Water Birth' and 'Slender Fiber', our medical hall has gradually gained a status in the medical industry, and today's carriage from the Junwangfu Mansion will send you off, plus the previous Taifu Siqing, your fame will only grow." At that time, whether it is those officials or rich families, the big people will still hold a post and beg you to go to the doctor for them, so don't worry about it. ”

Lu Tong nodded: "Hmm." ”

The silk was quickly washed, and the silver kite hung the cloth on the thick thread in the courtyard one by one, carefully smoothing out the folds on the head.

"Tuk-tuk-"

There was a hurried knock on the door outside, and it was clear in the night.

Yin Zheng Qi said: "It's so late, who is knocking on the door?" ”

"Probably a patient coming to see a doctor." Lu Tong said. As the Renxin Medical Center became more famous, Xinglin Hall, another medical center on West Street, was not rich in income, and it closed early every day, and patients could only knock on the door of Renxin Medical Center for treatment.

Lu Tong said: "I'll take a look." ”

Not far from the west street is the restaurant, there are guards of the military shop every night to patrol, Lu Tong walked to the door, the knock on the door quieted down, she held a lamp in one hand, and opened the wooden door of the medical hall.

There was no one at the door.

The light of the pale red lanterns under the eaves was swayed by the wind, and the cool breeze blew down the long street at night, and a layer of tiny goosebumps immediately rose into the sleeves of people's clothes. There was no one on the west street, so quiet that you could hear a pin on the ground.

Yinzheng came from behind, wiped his hands and asked, "Girl, who is it?" ”

Lu Tong turned his head and was about to speak, when a white sword light stabbed from his side.

Silver Kite's eyes widened and she screamed in fright.

Lu Tong stood at the door of the medical hall, there was nothing else around him, and he saw that he had no time to dodge, so he was about to be hit by this knife-

It was too late to say that, only to hear a "bang", another sword shadow rushed from the oblique stab, blocking the tip of the knife that stabbed Lu Tong's heart.

Someone fell from the sky and flew in front of her.

"The ...... of the Washing Society" - "Tokyo Menghualu"