Divine Doctor's Daughter: The Imperial Concubine

Chapter 23: Someone from the palace, Li Wei

The next day, someone came to the palace. Nanny Cui, who was beside Empress Xia, was standing in the hall with two or three little maidservants. Chu Lie and Mrs. Ye hurried to the front yard when they heard the visitor. For the two of them, Nanny Cui saluted and said, "This old servant has met General Chu and Mrs. Chu."

"Mother Cui, please sit down!" Mrs. Ye signaled the surrounding maidservants to bring stools, and then said.

"Thank you Mrs. Chu for your kindness. This old slave was just ordered to come and see Miss Chu's injuries. Yesterday, Miss Chu was shocked. The Empress felt very sorry, so I asked this old slave to come here." The old people around Empress Xia are proud of being favored, but they abide by the rules anyway.

"Naturally, Madam Cui, please." Madam Ye smiled unnaturally, and walked ahead to show the way.

"Miss, Madam Cui, madam and the general are all here." Gu Yu stood in front of the soft couch and said in a slightly flustered tone.

Chu Ruoying nodded lightly when she heard the words, "Go and take out the thin quilt that was issued a few days ago."

Gu Yu stepped forward as promised, took out the thin quilt, and said puzzledly: "What do you want this thin quilt for?"

"Do you remember what happened when you received the supplies a few days ago?" Chu Ruoying asked softly.

"Remember!" Gu Yu immediately became angry when he thought about this matter, "The butler has been perfunctory, and even gave the young lady a thin quilt in this winter."

"Yes, it's time to get it back now." Chu Ruoying said calmly, went to the bed and lay down, covered her body with the thin quilt that Gu Yu took out, closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

"My servant has seen the general, madam, Nanny Cui." Li Xia stood outside the door, his respectful voice came from outside, Gu Yu looked at Chu Ruoying who was lying on the bed pretending to have never heard of it, and walked out of the door slowly.

Not seeing Chu Ruoying coming out, Chu Lie's face was a little displeased, and he asked, "Where's Missy?"

"Back to the general, Missy fell asleep half an hour ago when she was a little tired, and she hasn't woken up yet." Gu Yu lowered her head and replied softly.

Seeing that Chu Lie's face didn't improve, Madam Ye also stepped forward and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "Ying'er is too ignorant." Then she looked at Gu Yu and said sharply: "Don't go and wake up Missy! "

"No need." Cui Mama has been in the palace for many years and has never seen anything. Seeing this, she also knows that Miss Chu is not favored. Wouldn't it be against the empress' orders for Miss to rest?"

"What Cui Mama said is true." Mrs. Ye's complexion changed slightly when she heard this, and she said with a stiff smile.

"The old slave will return to the palace."

Mrs. Ye and Chu Lie sent people to the door, and after watching Nanny Tian left, Chu Lie went to Sheng Junior Courtyard again with a dark face, ignored Li Xia and Gu Yu's words, pushed open the door and walked in.

Immediately, the strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine came over his face, Chu Lie was taken aback, frowned and looked at Chu Ruoying who was lying on the bed, only to see that her face was pale and bloodless, she was covered with a thin quilt, and the room was still burning with light. The scent of the incense made the medicine smell in the house more and more intense.

Madam Ye followed closely, seeing Chu Lie angrily pushed open the door, she thought that something would happen to Chu Ruoying, but she didn't want Chu Lie to stop moving after entering the house, her heart tightened, and she followed into the house.

"Cough cough." A suppressed cough came, Chu Ruoying covered her lips, slid down the bed weakly, walked to the table and took a shallow sip from the teacup.

"Why does it smell so strong?" Mrs. Ye entered the room, covered her mouth and nose with a frown, and said with some disgust.

Hearing the sound, Chu Ruoying raised her head and looked towards the door, her pupils widened suddenly, only then did she realize that there were two of them, and she stood up weakly, "Why are father and wife here? .”

"What nonsense!" Chu Lie frowned at her, and said in a deep voice, "Li Xia, Gu Yu, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you help the eldest lady to the bed and lie down!"

"Yes, I obey!" Li Xia and Gu Yu quickly stepped forward, carefully helped Chu Ruoying to the bed, and let her lie down.

Li Xiahong focused on diverting the bo quilt to Chu Ruoying, then turned around and knelt down towards Chu Lie, "General, please save my lady!"

Chu Lie's expression darkened when he heard this, he looked at Li Xia and said, "What's wrong with your lady? Tell me!"

"General, this winter is getting colder and colder, but the supplies in the mansion have not come down. The servants have asked many times, but the stewards of the mansion have perfunctorily returned the servants. Now the young lady is sick, but this young lady of the Nuosheng Junior Court has only With this thin quilt, there is not even a charcoal fire in the room, seeing the young lady getting weaker and weaker, there is really nothing I can do about it!" Li Xia said in a sad voice with his head lowered and tears in the corners of his eyes.

Chu Lie suddenly became angry when he heard the words, and said angrily: "Bring the butler here!"

The butler hurried over and saw Chu Lie standing in the Sheng Junior Courtyard with a face full of anger. Thinking of what he did a few days ago, his heart suddenly tightened, and he lowered his head and said, "I have seen the general!"

Chu Lie looked at him sharply, and threw the thin quilt just now to the ground, "This is the winter quilt you prepared for the eldest lady?"

Hearing this, the housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "General, I'm afraid that the other stewards made a mistake, and the servants will reprimand those stewards in a short while. I don't know how their heads grow, and they have mistaken the eldest lady's winter. "

After saying that, he winked at a servant beside him, telling him to report the news to the steward and bring over the newly prepared winter quilt.

Li Xia, who had been paying attention to him at the side, gave Gu Yu a quick wink, and Gu Yu immediately and silently came to the boy, blocking his way.

Li Xia walked up to the butler with a sneer, and said angrily: "The young lady's recent supplies have been mistaken? The eldest lady sent me to ask many times, but the butler was perfunctory every time. It's really old that he doesn't even care about these trivial things." Can't do well!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Xia snorted coldly and retreated.The butler looked at Li Xia viciously in front of him.

"Housekeeper, you are so courageous! How dare you take off Missy's clothes!" Chu Lie's face became more and more gloomy, and he looked at the butler in front of him fiercely. Dare to speak out.

"General, the slave never took the young lady's clothes. It must be the fault of the other stewards. This matter has nothing to do with the slave. The general is very clear about it!" Married is the time not to be offended, if the news gets out, saying that the evil slaves of the Chu family are deceiving the master, in order to stop Youyou's mouth, Chu Lie will definitely have him executed.It's better to push this matter to others, and at most he will be charged with ineffective supervision.

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more condensed, Madam Ye couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Master, it looks like you scared the butler, it was just a momentary mistake, just change it."

Only then did Chu Lie turn around to look at Madam Ye, and said angrily: "I will hand over the entire backyard to you, and you will manage it. Yinger has only been back for a few days, and the servants dare to be disrespectful. , spread the word, where will I put my face!"

"My lord, I'm sorry, it's my concubine's responsibility." Mrs. Ye knew that defending at this time would only make Chu Lie more angry, so she directly admitted her mistake and said with a look of shame on her face.

Madam Ye lowered her head slightly, and gave the steward a wink, the steward immediately understood, and said in fear: "General, the steward must have lost his head because of the busy work, and the servant tied up the steward who was in charge of the clothes and gave it to Mr. Apologize, miss!"

Seeing that Madam Ye bowed his head and admitted his mistake without any excuse, Chu Lie's expression softened a little. Hearing this, he looked at the butler kneeling on the ground again, and said coldly, "The butler is not good at work. Give me twenty blows as a warning!"

As soon as the words fell, the housekeeper's face turned pale, trembling all over, he kowtowed to Chu Lie and said, "General, please forgive me!"

Madam Ye's face was also very ugly, but she also knew that the matter was a foregone conclusion, so she stood where she was and did not speak again.

The screams kept ringing out. Chu Lie stood in front of the primary courtyard of Sheng, watching the butler being forcibly pressed on the two benches. Two guards pressed down on the butler's struggling body. The thick boards fell heavily one after another, hitting the flesh, and the housekeeper kept screaming in pain.

Twenty boards beat the housekeeper to pieces. He still had the strength to struggle at first, but he couldn't even move slowly.

The maids in and out of the courtyard looked at the housekeeper's blood-soaked clothes, and stood there with pale faces.

A guard put his finger under the butler's nose, stood up after a while and respectfully said, "General, the butler has passed out!"

Chu Lie nodded lightly, "That's all for today, let's go."

All the servants were pale and retreated in fear.

In the following days, Mrs. Ye never came to Sheng Junior Courtyard again, and everyone in the mansion kept themselves safe, and the mansion became quite quiet for a while.

(End of this chapter)