Queen's Development

Chapter 39
Hu Yingzhi looked at Yuzhi, and that inexplicable sense of familiarity was always lingering in his heart—the first time he saw Yuzhi, he had an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had seen this person before, or as if the scene in front of him had never been seen before. happened before.

He has always been a pragmatist. Useless people don't want to be perfunctory at all, but for some reason, for Lin Jia, a maid, he always wants to stay with her for a while and see her bright smile more...

Yuzhi stopped saluting, stepped aside, and waited for Hu Yingzhi to pass by, but Hu Yingzhi stood there, looking at her without blinking.

Just as Yu Zhi was about to speak to remind her, Lin Jia opened the curtain and came out.

He looked at Hu Yingzhi and Yuzhi standing outside the door, his eyes fell on Yuzhi, and he said lightly: "Yuzhi, go in!"

While speaking, Lin Jia's hands were still lifting the thick curtain.

Yuzhi answered "yes" softly, then entered the study room with her head down as Lin Jia raised the curtain.

Hu Yingzhi looked at Yuzhi's back, a trace of disappointment flashed in Hei Lingling's eyes, and soon a pleasant smile appeared: "My lord, this is—"

Lin Jia pursed her moon-facing lips, and gave Hu Yingzhi a meaningful look with her long and beautiful eyes.

Hu Yingzhi is a smart person, and immediately received the message from Lin Jia - this girl is Lin Jia's maid!

For some reason, his heart stabbed instantly, and it was even difficult to breathe.

Hu Yingzhi didn't say any more, just said goodbye and left.

Lin Jia watched Hu Yingzhi's back wrapped in fox fur go away slowly, and a sentence could not help appearing in his mind-"Qingben is a beautiful woman, how can I be a thief"!
Yu Zhi was flipping through the books on the bookshelf in the outer study, when she saw Lin Jia coming in, she smiled and bowed her knees, "Your servant has seen you!"

Seeing Yuzhi smiling obsequiously, Lin Jia couldn't help feeling vigilant: what is she trying to do?If I fell in love with that Hu Yingzhi, I would never give her to Hu Yingzhi!
Because there is a curtain on the door, the light in the study is a bit dark, so the chandelier is lit, and the whole room is as bright as day. The light shines on Lin Jia's face, making him look more and more handsome, but there is always a smile on his face. A pensive expression.

Seeing Lin Jia's pensive expression, Yuzhi pointed to the food box on the kang table next to him and said with a smile, "Young master, the servant has brought you lunch. Shall I serve it now?"

Lin Jia nodded.

Hollyhock waited on Lin Jia to clean her hands with soap before going to set the meal.

Lin Jia sat down on the brocade couch, watching the hollyhock neatly laying out the meal.

Lin Jia's lunch was cooked by Yu Zhi and Mrs. Xu Erniang, a total of four dishes including two meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes, and a vegetarian assorted casserole.

After waiting for Lin Jia to finish her lunch, Yuzhi knelt down across from Lin Jia, packed up the cups, plates and chopsticks, and was about to leave when she heard Lin Jia from the opposite side say, "Yuzhi, I'm still not feeling well..."

Hearing this, Yuzhi raised her head and looked over, her beautiful eyes were dazzling.

Lin Jia couldn't help feeling a little guilty, lowered her eyes and said, "I'm still a little sick... I always want to retch..."

Yuzhi was very worried when she heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "Is it just nausea and retching? Do you feel cold?"

While she was speaking, Bai Nen's warm hands stretched out and landed on Lin Jia's forehead.

Lin Jia froze there.

Yu Zhi put her hand on Lin Jia's forehead for a moment, and found that Lin Jia's forehead seemed to have a normal temperature, so she glanced at Lin Jia and thought, "If you want to see if a child has a fever, the best way is to test the temperature of the other's forehead with your lips." .

She looked at Lin Jia, and felt that although Lin Jia did behave like a child, she really looked like a handsome young man, and her method seemed inappropriate for Lin Jia.

Lin Jia felt numb all over from Yuzhi's touch, as if electrified, the hairs all over her body stood on end, she wished that Yuzhi could touch her for a while, a little longer.

Yuzhi withdrew her hand and said: "I can't feel it with my hands, since that's the case, I'll go to Xinglin Medical Center and ask Mr. Meng to come over and ask him to check your pulse again!"

Lin Jia gave a soft "hmm", seeing that Yuzhi was about to leave, she couldn't help waking up from a dream, and hurriedly said: "You don't have to go, just let Ah Lan go!"

Yuzhi agreed and left with the food box.

Hu Yingzhi only ate a small bowl of porridge for lunch, his body was really unbearable, so he fell asleep in the inner room of the county magistrate's office.

He couldn't sleep well, and lay down in a daze for half a day, then got up and started working again.

When it was dark, Kunpeng came back: "My lord, the young man named A Lan next to the magistrate went to the Xinglin Medical Center and invited Dr. Meng to the county government house. The daughter of Mr. Meng, Miss Meng, also went there!"

Hu Yingzhi looked over lazily: "Miss Meng? Is it Meng Wanru?"

Kunpeng said: "It's Miss Meng Wanru!"

Hu Yingzhi asked gently: "When did the Meng family go out?"

There are two doctors in Xinglin Medical Center. The father, Meng Qinglong, has good medical skills and good reputation; the daughter, Meng Wanru, is a female doctor who only treats women and children, and her medical skills are not so good.

Lin Jia invited the Meng family's mother and daughter over. Could it be that someone in the inner house is sick?Is it the girl I've seen several times?
It was because Lin Jia was not feeling well, so she invited Dr. Meng over. There was nothing wrong with Meng Wanru, but Meng Wanru wanted to get close to the young magistrate, so she rushed there too...

Xiongying laughed loudly at the side: "This Miss Meng, every time she sees us adults, she smiles like a flower, and she even makes us adults—"

He was talking happily, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Hu Yingzhi squinting his eyes and looking at him, his eyes were cold, and he froze immediately, and hurriedly kept quiet—my lord hates gossips the most!

After thinking for a while, Hu Yingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and said softly: "Kunpeng, you go to the shop to get some good rouge and gouache, and we will leave for Xinglin Medical Center in an hour."

Dr. Meng is old in the world, so he will not be easily fooled by him. This matter has to start with Meng Wanru.

Kunpeng agreed and went to make arrangements.

It was already dark outside, and the bright room was brightly lit.

Lin Jiaduan was sitting on the arhat bed in the bright room, and Dr. Meng was sitting on the brocade stool, feeling Lin Jia's pulse.

Yuzhi stood by and watched intently.

Meng Wanru was sitting on a huanghuali wooden armchair against the east wall, and she could just see Lin Jia's face.

She first carefully appreciated Lin Jia's face, and found that although the young magistrate was a little thin and thin, he was really handsome.

After seeing Lin Jia's face, Meng Wanru's eyes fell on Lin Jia's clothes again.

Lin Jia was wearing a half-worn blue round-neck brocade gown. The material looked ordinary, but it was a high-quality snow-mountain brocade, which was worth more than gold!
Meng Wanru's heartbeat was a little fast, she wandered around, looking at the furnishings in the open room, and found that the open room looked simple and elegant, but the furniture was all made of high-quality yellow rosewood; the vases placed were also made of high-quality green porcelain !

Her gaze shifted to Yuzhi who was standing beside her, and she thought to herself: Such a beautiful and elegant maid is worth four to fifty taels of silver?If you have some talent, you may not be able to buy it for two or three hundred taels of silver...

Looking at it now, this young county magistrate is not only handsome, but also wealthy, but he doesn't know if he has a wife at home...

Meng Wanru rolled her eyes, beckoned Yuzhi to come over, and said softly with a smile: "Sister, I want to make things easier for you, please lead the way!"

Yuzhi led Meng Wanru out of the bright room and went to the clean room.

After coming out of the clean room, Meng Wanru washed her hands with fragrant soap, took off the chrysanthemum-patterned silver bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it to Yuzhi: "It's a small thing, it's worthless, sister, let's play with it!"

Yuzhi is not rewarded for doing nothing, so how could she take things from her?Then she smiled and resolutely pushed it over: "Girl, please say something, it's unnecessary!"

Meng Wanru backed down a few times, seeing Yuzhi's resolute attitude, it seemed that she really didn't dare to accept it, so she took the opportunity to put the silver bracelet back on, held Yuzhi's hand affectionately, and said with a smile, "What's your name, sister?"

Yu Zhi said with a smile: "The servant girl's name is Yu Zhi."

Meng Wanru held Yuzhi's hand and said: "Yuzhi, you are really good-looking. Even in Zhao County, it is rare to have a maid with your appearance. I liked you very much the moment I saw you!"

Yuzhi smiled slightly: "Miss Meng is so beautiful!"

This Miss Meng was born with a small head, small face, small eyes, small nose, and small mouth. She is small and exquisite, and she is pretty when put together, but she has a shrewd face, which shows a little shrewdness. She treats everyone else as a fool, thinking that she is the only shrewd person in the world. .

Meng Wanru picked up the free flattery and talked a lot before she got to the point, pretending to be nonchalant and said, "Yuzhi, Mrs. Lin, the county magistrate, looks really young and promising. I wonder if there is... a family at home?"

Yuzhi said mischievously: "My son naturally has a family!"

While she was talking, her pair of crystal clear eyes observed Meng Wanru and watched Meng Wanru's reaction.

Meng Wanru's face remained the same, she still smiled and said: "Really? Master Lin is a man who does great things, he is a big shot, big shots naturally married their wives early, but I don't know how many little stars does Master Lin have?"

Yuzhi has figured it out, this Miss Meng's goal is not to become Mrs. Lin, but to become Auntie!

She smiled and said: "Miss Meng, I'm just kidding with you, our adults are only 16 years old this year, how can we have a wife!"

This girl Meng looks to be seventeen or eighteen years old. If she said that, would she retreat in spite of the difficulties?

Meng Wanru's smile was even sweeter: "There is a saying in Zhaoxian County, which is 'A third-year girl holds a gold brick'. If Mrs. Lin is young, she needs to find an older and caring person to take care of him!"

Yuzhi smiled slyly and said, "Huh? Is our young master calling for someone?"

As she spoke, she lifted her foot into the bright room.

Meng Wanru also went in.

Doctor Meng prescribes medicine for the convenience of leaving.

Lin Jia got up and sent to the corridor.

Although Meng Wanru walked out with her father, her bright eyes seemed to be glued to Lin Jia's body. Before she left, she glanced at Lin Jia tenderly and said "Farewell, slave", and then followed Dr. Meng left.

Qingcha looked at it, and couldn't help curling her lips—this Miss Meng is really a toad who wants to eat swan meat!
But she thought about it again, and said in her heart: If Miss Meng sees the young master once or twice, she will definitely be left indifferent, so Yuzhi can bear the young master's boring and gloomy...

As soon as Ah Lan took the medicine back, it started to rain outside.

Yuzhi was reading and playing with a copy of "Historical Mirror" while boiling medicine in the warm pavilion under the corridor of the main house.

The rain outside is getting heavier, and the sound of "papapapapa" is endless, and the chill seems to be everywhere.

Yuzhi listened to the sound of raindrops hitting the eaves and the blue brick floor, feeling a little desolate in her heart, so she put her chin on one hand and listened.

After the medicine was boiled, Yu Zhi put it in a green porcelain bowl and iced it with cold water. When the temperature was right, she prepared some mints, and carried the medicine bowl on a tray into the bedroom.

Lin Jia looked at the medicine bowl in Yuzhi's hand with a troubled expression, not showing any intention of taking it.

Yuzhi smiled slightly, took out a translucent green mint candy from her purse, held it between her slender and tender fingers, and handed it to Lin Jia's lips.

Subconsciously, Lin Jia was about to hold Yuzhi's hand, but Yuzhi dodged it mischievously.

She triumphantly put the mint candy into her mouth, said with the mint in her mouth, "My lord, you drink the medicine, and I'll feed you mint candy again!"

Seeing Yuzhi coaxing herself like a child, Lin Jia was amused in her heart, but kept her face calm, took the medicine bowl obediently, and drank it all in one go.

Seeing this, Yuzhi hurriedly took out a mint candy and stuffed it into Lin Jia's mouth, then quickly retracted, smiled and said with a mint in her mouth, "I like mint candy the most, and the mint smell the most, do you like it, my lord?"

Lin Jia looked at Yu Zhi with a complicated expression, and suddenly said in a low voice, "Yu Zhi, I'm still a little uncomfortable..."

Hearing this, Yuzhi hurriedly said, "Then what should I do? Or I—"

Lin Jia glanced at her, lowered her eyes and said, "You should still sleep on the brocade couch tonight, it's convenient for me to ask for tea and water at night; besides, if there's anything wrong with me at night, it's convenient for you... ..."

(End of this chapter)