Lady Zhao

Chapter 73

Ye strongly supported the sick body to send Zhao Yuanjin, and howled again. When the cold wind blew, he passed out on the spot. After drinking soup and medicine for several days, his complexion was pale, as if Huner had followed Zhao Yuanjin away. .Zhao's mother watched anxiously, and asked the well-behaved and sensible Zhao Wenxue to watch over the bed, comforting and reassuring her over and over again, which made Ye's slight improvement.

Early this morning, Ms. Zhao went to the chore room to get the share of Shaonianyuan's expenses. Bao was stunned for a moment, then frowned dissatisfiedly, "Did Manager Huang forget something?"

"It's all here." The middle-aged man with a big belly raised his eyelids, glanced at Mother Zhao, and said in a cool tone.

Zhao's mother looked at his attitude, and she felt a little confused. It was nothing more than a snobbish thing. She knew what happened a few days ago, and she didn't want to give her any favors. Fen said with a smile, "It's because the nobleman forgets a lot about Huang Guanshi. I believe what I asked my mother-in-law half a month ago. I will bring your little niece to have a look after a while. If my wife is satisfied, I will accept it."

"Thank you Mama Zhao for your kindness, but I'm afraid I will become the second Mr. Zhao. My little niece has found another job, so I don't need Mama Zhao to worry about it." Guanshi Huang grinned his yellow teeth and smiled. Dao said that she has long been dissatisfied with this old woman who bullies others, so it is naturally very happy to add insult to injury.

"You..." When Zhao's mother heard him mention Zhao Sheng, she bared her teeth and stared at him as if she had poked her sore foot, but she couldn't do anything about him. When he came to the door, he cursed something snobby and left angrily.

As soon as he stepped into Shao Nian Yuan, he saw the servant girl Mu Chun running over in a hurry, and immediately reprimanded her, "I'm in a panic, I don't know how to walk properly."

Mu Chun came to look for someone at the order of Manager Li, and wanted to remind her, but she didn't want to say more after being scolded, so she just said in a muffled voice that Manager Li asked her mother to come over.

Mother Zhao's heart fluttered inexplicably when she heard the words, and she couldn't think of anything to do, so she handed over the things in her hand to Mu Chun, and went to the lower courtyard by herself.Women of some status naturally live better than maids and servants. The small courtyard near the Chuihua Gate is small, but it has all internal organs.

As soon as she got closer, she saw a lot of people looking around outside. Zhao's mother frowned and stepped forward. Someone saw it with sharp eyes and made way for it, with an undisguised expression of watching the show on her face.

"You stinky bitch who has been paid a thousand knives, you give me back my child!" The woman who was in front of Li Guanshi suddenly rushed out, grabbed Mama Zhao who came in and shook her like she was going to fight for her life.

Zhao's mother was caught off guard, staring at her, and after listening to the familiar voice for a while, she found her own voice and said, "Why are you here?"

"You kept me in the dark if I didn't come. My son is a filial son. You come back to see us every few months. I feel something is wrong before I see you when this month comes. You let someone tell you that you are appreciated by the fourth master." I took it with me to other places, and I don’t know when I’ll come back, okay, you dare to hide such a big thing as Zhao Sheng being dispatched to Bianzhou to serve as an army, but it’s a single lineage of the Zhao family, why are you so cruel!” The peasant woman's eyes were red, and she poked Mother Zhao's shoulder blades fiercely with her fingers and scolded. If someone hadn't come to inform her later, she would never have imagined that this vicious woman would dare to deceive her like this!

"I'm not afraid that you guys will be sad..." Zhao's mother also changed her face. She didn't expect that the couple would come to Beijing to find her. She glanced at Guanshi Li's heavy eyes beside her, not knowing what else she said before she came.

"Sad?! My child is obviously a scapegoat for you. I entrust you to take care of the child, and you have taken things from our house, but that's how you take care of it! I have no idea about giving birth. I just do what you say. This time such a big event must have been your idea, why did you let your son go to the army!" The peasant woman tightly grabbed Mama Zhao by the collar and refused to let go, and sprayed her face with saliva, she was just a spoiled child in the countryside A master of juggling, against the lazy mother Zhao, it was a rhythm of tearing apart every minute.

Mrs. Zhao's brain was throbbing when she heard her noise. This Mr. Zhao was also optimistic. The children of the family were promising, and they were more or less concerned about them. If they wanted to protect them, they could do so. She was so determined that she wanted to talk too much and even involved herself, so she said stiffly, "Everything is my idea, don't you want to spit blood, it is obviously what he did by himself, but Don't rely on me for anything!"

The thick man who was squatting at the side suddenly stood up and walked in front of Zhao's mother, raised his hand and slapped her, and said in a trembling voice, "Yes, Mr. Zhao came to work in the Duke's mansion in front of you. Our family accepts your love. We have rushed to deliver all the good things these years, for the sake of having a baby. Now you have made him go to Bianzhou. Is that place reserved for people? If you don’t come back, you can return it. It's hard to say, you have cut off the lifeblood of our Zhao family!"

Mother Zhao's ears were buzzing from the slap, and her teeth were loose. She sucked the corner of her mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood. "An old woman who bullied me is here, Zhao Laosan, are you still a man!"

Naturally, the peasant woman refused to rest, grabbed Mama Zhao, pinched her hands vigorously, and kept saying that you should hit my man, and the scene fell into chaos for a while.Li Guanshi had a headache when he saw it, so he finally called the nursing home to pull the people away. The jacket that Zhao mother was wearing was scratched and the buttons were scratched, and there were a few bloodstains on her face from scratching her nails. She always combed her hair meticulously. It's messy and scattered, like a crazy woman, so embarrassed, one-on-two didn't take advantage of it at all.

On the contrary, the peasant woman was originally from the countryside, and she sat down on the ground in spite of her face, wanting the Dingguo Mansion to give an explanation and return her son, even crying and scolding.

Zhao's mother looked at it coldly, thinking that it was a life-and-death thing, and she would be kicked out of the mansion for such a disturbance, she wiped the blood on the corner of her mouth with her sleeve, and sneered.

Only this smile was seen by Zhao Shengniang, who was lying on the ground, and she jumped up immediately, and wanted to beat Zhao's mother again. The nursing home was still there, so naturally she would not let her succeed. I fell down several steps, if it wasn't for a maid who helped me, I would have fallen.

Zhao Shengniang glanced at the maid and she looked familiar, she was somewhat similar to the person who came to her house that day, but the girl just smiled at her, as if she was afraid of mother Zhao's cannibalistic eyes, she hid After hiding, Zhao Shengniang suddenly had a flash of inspiration, turned around and faced Mother Zhao, stroked the hair on her temples, and took out the notebook given by "that person" from her arms, "You said I wronged you, hum Well, I must have never thought that I still have evidence in my hand. You asked Zhao Sheng to dispose of the spoils for you, but you couldn’t believe it, and you wrote down everything in one stroke. There is still a day, and this book is in my hand now, why? , do you want to do a pen-to-pen comparison?"

"What... Swag?" Zhao's mother's complexion changed instantly, and she said with a flushed mouth.

"The big red man in front of Mrs. Guogong, it's not enough for someone to be filial. His claws are stretched out and he grabs things everywhere, so he should have expected today!" Zhao Shengniang said, looking around in the crowd, and found Li Guanshi, who had always been sullen, patted the empty dust on the notebook and handed it over respectfully, "You are the steward, let me see."

Mother Zhao stood not far away, she subconsciously wanted to reach for it, but Guanshi Li gave it a stare, and the nursing home immediately stopped her.Li Guanshi's eyes fell back to the notebook again, and he turned the pages, his brows became tighter and tighter. There were quite a few pages, and when he turned to the last page, he closed it with a calm expression.

"Just based on his scribbles, he can still falsely accuse me. Li Guanshi, you have to make the decision for me!" Zhao's mother was in a state of turmoil, and she bit her bullet and shouted.

"Zhao Sheng's things are all in the yard, and you can find them out after a search. This book says that a red jadeite will be released in the near future. I remember that it has not been released, which means that the things are still there. I remember the eldest lady mentioned throwing it away. It is this object, come and search in Mother Zhao's house."

"Yes!"

"What red jade—"

The two voices sounded at the same time, Zhao's mother was stunned, her expression was not far from confession, she was annoyed in her heart, she shouldn't be greedy for money and pick up things in the house, and when she thought that it belonged to the young lady, she couldn't help but feel a kind of With an ominous premonition, when he thought of the way that man dealt with Mrs. Ye, he suddenly became cold.

Li Guanshi looked at her with steady steps when he heard the sound, and he confirmed most of it in his heart. The face is shiny and moist.

"Do you know that this thing was given to the eldest lady by the empress dowager. You dare to hide what the empress dowager gave to the young lady in the palace. You are so courageous. I'm afraid even the madam will not be able to protect you this time."

"Both the stolen goods and the stolen goods, Ms. Zhao, do you have something to say!" Li Guanshi asked in a cold voice.

Mother Zhao no longer had the previous momentum, she hung her head listlessly, she knew that she was a god, and Mrs. Ye didn't know about her private money making, let alone that she was still lying on the bed, and she couldn't help it. , the fact is, if she said that she didn't take the red jade tin, who would believe it, if she dared to buy and sell things rewarded by the royal family without permission, it would be a serious crime to deceive the emperor.

Manager Li asked someone to arrest Mother Zhao and deal with it according to the rules of the mansion, so she couldn't stay in the mansion.Looking at this scene, Zhao Shengniang and his wife felt happy, but thought of their son who was sent into exile. Zhao Shengniang wanted to make trouble, but after being warned by Li Guanshi, he stopped and pulled Zhao Laosan Qi Qiran left the mansion, listening to the two of them muttering as if they were going to Bianzhou.

In the courtyard, the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed due to the departure of the parties involved. When Manager Li saw Jin Ling in the crowd, he gave her the bag and asked her to take it to Miss Zhao.Jin Ling took it, obediently agreed, and then added, "This item is extremely important to the young lady. After losing it, the young lady didn't think about tea and food for several days. It's good to find it now, but the thief really Damn it, Guanshi Li has to vent his anger on Miss."

As he said that, he stuffed a brocade bag prepared in advance into Guanshi Li's hand, "It's getting cold, and Guanshi Li is working hard on the affairs of the house, so it's good to buy some winter clothes."

The latter weighed the weight in his hand and reckoned the number. It was not much, but it was within the range she could bear, so he accepted it and pocketed it. "Thank you for taking care of me, miss."

Seeing that she was willing to accept, Jin Ling knew that Guanshi Li was a sensible person, so she secretly heaved a sigh of relief, smiled and went back to Xiangzhu Garden to return to life.

It was snowing in winter, and Zhao Wenwan heard that the old lady coughed again. When she slept at night, there was a cold wind, and she coughed occasionally while talking.Dr. Yuan made a diagnosis, and it was a symptom of qi deficiency and yang deficiency. Taking the prescribed medicine, it only cured the symptoms, not the root cause.

Zhao Wenwan has heard an old recipe, asking Bailing to cook Su Zi and barley Poria porridge, Bai Su can reduce qi and reduce phlegm, barley can relieve water and reduce swelling, and at the same time it can nourish the lungs and strengthen the spleen. In the past, the old lady next door Just cook it like this for her old man, it can relieve a lot.

Then take some almonds, peel and grind them into powder, add a proper amount of brown sugar, mix well and sprinkle on the cake surface, wash a few pieces of fresh perilla leaves, cover them, put them in a pot and steam them until cooked.Almonds are bitter and warm to relieve cough, and Su Ye is pungent and fragrant, dispelling wind and cold.Xingsu cake is sweet and delicious, and it is best to drink it with porridge.

Thinking that there was a little greedy cat beside the old lady, he asked Bailing to pinch a few small pastries in the shape of animals, steamed them together and brought them over.

In Mingxu Garden, there was a coughing sound from far away, Zhao Wenwan was led in by the servant girl, and saw Mrs. Zhao holding her handkerchief holding back her cough and smiling, and seeing Xueyan carrying her hand behind her. Wearing a big food box, the smile became more obvious, "What delicious food did you make to honor the old lady... Heck cough."

When Rui Geer heard Zhao Wenwan's arrival, he ran out of the side room in a hurry, looked at the snack grapes on the table and smiled narrowly, and first offered the old lady a cup of honey tea to refresh her mouth. While giving the old lady a soft and chubby little paw, "Grandmother needs to get better soon, Brother Rui wants to sleep with grandma." Because the old lady coughed and was afraid of disturbing him at night, she asked Mama Yang to take her with her. Rui Geer was not used to living in the house.

Zhao Wenwan watched, Rui Geer was taught better and better, "The porridge and snacks cooked have the effect of dispelling phlegm and relieving cough. I will write down the recipe, and Mama Yang will keep it. Let the cook follow suit."

Mother Yang took the paper with beautiful handwriting from Zhao Wenwan, pursed her lips and smiled gratifiedly, "Missy has a heart, and the old lady is saying that she has no appetite, but I will definitely be able to eat what Missy sent."

Xueyan served a bowl of porridge for the old lady and put it on the kang table. Rui Geer took a bite of a piglet stuffed with red bean paste and said with satisfaction, "Grandmother, Bai Linger's cooking is delicious. !"

Mrs. Zhao saw that he was eating with gusto, and she was also aroused a bit of appetite. While eating, she heard a gentle voice calling for her grandmother.The maid following behind Zhao Wenxi, who came in from the outside, also carried a food box in her hand. Looking at the scene in the room, she called out to her sister with an undiminished smile.

"Fortunately, I just made sweet soup and didn't bump into my sister. I heard that my grandmother was coughing. I boiled this Sydney white lotus root juice myself. The taste is not very sweet. Grandma can drink it for tea." Zhao Wenxi took out a cup from the food box. The soup cup wrapped in a thick cotton cloth pocket is obviously thoughtful.

"Be good, be good, you know how to love me, old lady."

"The two ladies are so sensible and well-behaved, the old lady is lucky." Mama Yang also complimented.

Zhao Wenwan looked at Zhao Wenxi who was sitting on his side with a smile, a thought flashed in her eyes, and it seemed that something was different.The corners of his lips curled up with his drooping eyes, and he took Zhao Wenxi's cold hand, noticing the slight unease that the latter quickly flashed, the smile on the corners of his lips spread more and more.

Putting a jar of plaster in her hand, she said with concern. "At first, I wanted to go to my sister's place to have a sit and sit. I just happened to come across this snow oyster ointment to wipe my sister Wenxi's hands. I do needlework and play the piano in winter, and my fingers are not flexible. Applying this can promote blood circulation and relieve menstruation."

Zhao Wenxi looked at the exquisite and small pot, and naturally saw that it was not an ordinary thing. A dark light slipped through his eyes, holding the pot, he smiled more affectionately at Zhao Wenwan, "Sister Wan loves me, I want to go with me It's over." As he spoke, he took the jar from Luyun's hand and opened it, exuding a faint scent of gardenia.

"It's dry and cold, use this balm to wipe your face, it will moisturize the whole day."

Zhao Wenwan accepted it with a smile, "Sister Xi is really considerate, such a can can last this winter."

Mrs. Zhao kept squinting and smiling at the interaction between the two little ones, and the original worry was completely dissipated. Wenxi's temperament was honed in the mansion, and she became more generous and sensible. It was much better before, and I am very pleased.

After some gossip, the two sisters offered to leave together when they saw that the old lady had fallen asleep after taking the medicine.The two walked out of Mingxu Garden side by side. Zhao Wenxi saw that Zhao Wenwan was fully armed, even wearing a special cashmere bag on his hands. He pursed his lips and said with a smile, "So my sister is so afraid of the cold."

Then he confessed to Xueyan who was following Zhao Wenwan, "Go back and make some ginger tea to get rid of the cold."

"Thank you Second Miss for reminding me, I've made a note of it." Xueyan responded, watching Zhao Wenxi's master and servant leave, with deep meaning in her eyes, "Second Miss to Miss..."

"Well, I've become smarter." Zhao Wenwan looked away, and the corners of his mouth curled up. What he was thinking was that after kicking out Zhao Wenxuan, the pig teammate, the heroine's IQ returned?

It seems to be more difficult...

Xueyan doesn't comment on this, people have to adapt to the environment, and the second lady's change seems to be a matter of course.

"Should Mama Zhao be sent away today?" Zhao Wenwan asked casually as she walked.

"Well, Jin Ling went to see it yesterday. Outsiders couldn't see Guanshi Li's secret hands, but it was so painful that he screamed all night. Sending him to Zhuangzi at such an age will not do well."

Zhao Wenwan hooked her lips in satisfaction. Zhao Sheng's account book was sent by a close friend in the same yard, so he deliberately threw away the red jadeite. She was sure that she would take it because of her greedy temperament, and then asked Jin Ling's second uncle to come over. In the county and township, the things that Zhao's mother wanted to hide were brought to Zhao Sheng's parents, and the two of them came to fight, and these things naturally couldn't be solved.As Ye's dog-headed military adviser, Mother Zhao must be eliminated.

In Xiangzhuyuan, not long after Zhao Wenwan entered the door, Baochan came in and told Aunt Rong to come again, but told her to go away because the lady had some symptoms of typhoid fever.Zhao Wenwan nodded, thinking that her 'typhoid' might not get better for a while.

A few broken leaves hung alone on the dead branches, and when the wind blew, they fell to the ground in curls. In Shaonian Court, the maid walked in with the soup, and after a while, there was a crackling sound. Accompanied by the maidservant's exclamation, Mrs. Ye yelled with exhausted strength, causing everyone to get out.

The figure of a woman entered the garden at this time, carrying a small basket of things covered with a cloth, and entered the house.

The medicine that was overturned in the room was still spread on the floor, and the smell of the medicine was strong. The mother-in-law put down the basket after entering the door, and took the broom and dustpan left by the maid to clean it up, saying, "Ma'am, good medicine tastes bad, take this medicine." You have to go, the disease will recover quickly."

Mrs. Ye was about to see who wouldn't listen and dare to keep it, when she saw the person coming, she was stunned, and the two plum blossom-shaped plasters that were still sticking to her forehead wrinkled, "Why are you here? "

"Follow the master's order to come and visit, and send some nourishing food along the way." The woman replied, and poured another cup of hot tea for Mrs. Ye. own body."

Zhao Sheng and Zhao's mother left one after another, which offended the old lady and the master. If they were not ill, they would have to be punished.Right now, Mrs. Ye is leaning on the bed, looking sick and weak, like a tiger whose teeth have been pulled out, showing weakness.

"That little slut Zhao Wenwan forced me into this situation, how can you tell me to swallow this breath!" Ye Shi tightly clenched the teacup in her hand, her face twisted slightly, "She came here for me, she wanted to my life!"

The mother-in-law sighed, "The madam has also seen the tricks of the young lady. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it if I meet you at this time. You might as well take good care of your body and wait for the limelight to pass."

Mrs. Ye felt a little sad when she heard the words, and knew her situation, "This limelight is not so good."

"Ma'am, don't worry, there are many people in the house and there are many things going on, maybe something is wrong in one room, and you will be able to expose this matter." The old woman said quite meaningfully.

"Expose it..." Seeing the old woman chewing those words, Mrs. Ye was surprised.

"Ma'am, please take care of me at ease."

(End of this chapter)