concubines are respected

Chapter 46
The old lady practiced Buddhism for many years and was full of compassion. After getting Suxian's report, she didn't have any objection. On the contrary, she praised Suxian's compassionate thoughts.Swallow's going and staying got the approval of the old lady, so it came to an end.

These days, Swallow has also been very competitive. Although she was born thin and thin, she never complained about the heavy work of chopping firewood and carrying water.Suxian often asks Xiangcao to go to the front yard to check, and she is also very satisfied with the hardworking Yanzi.But Mama Chen, who is in charge of the front yard, is not friendly to Yanzi, especially knowing that Suxian has taken her into the house. Mama Chen even regards Yanzi as a thorn in her side and a thorn in her flesh, and spreads all her complaints about Suxian on Yanzi.On weekdays, not only is she assigned heavy work, but she is also skimped on meals in every possible way. Although the maids and women in the front yard see it, but due to Mama Chen's prestige, most of them turn a blind eye to it. Eyes, just don't see it.

"Second miss, Mother Chen is too much. There is a huge pile of firewood piled up in the miscellaneous room. She insists on letting Yanzi chop it out before noon, otherwise she will not be allowed to eat. Think about it, Yanzi's small body , how can I eat to get rid of this heavy work." Xiang Cao came back from the front yard, and spoke angrily as soon as she entered the room.

"I understand that Mother Chen is here for me. Although Yanzi is just a rough servant girl, I stayed in the mansion after all. In the eyes of others, she is mine. If you are angry with me, Naturally, it was sprinkled on Yanzi." Suxian picked up the lotus seed soup presented by Xi'er, took a sip and said in a low voice.

"This is pitiful for Yanzi." Xiangcao couldn't bear it, and then said tentatively to Suxian, "Second Miss, it has been half a month since Yanzi entered the mansion, but Cui Ya's feet have never been loose, and the people in the yard have a hand. There are indeed some shortcomings. I heard that when the eldest lady was talking with the old lady today, I mentioned the matter of assigning you a maid. According to the servant, it is better to ask the swallow than to let the eldest lady arrange people to come in. It will save Let others take advantage of the loophole."

"Hey, Cui Ya's burn has been treated for several days, and it's not a big deal. It's really worrying to see the pine." Mentioning Cui Ya's injury, Suxian said worriedly, "You can go to the hospital later. The front yard asked Swallow to come here, and she said it was my intention, and she didn't dare to talk too much about Chen's mother. Cuiya's place, let her have a good life, and don't care about other things." Suxian finally made up her mind, He put the lotus seed soup in his hand on the side table heavily, raised his head and said to Vanilla,
When Vanilla got the words, she immediately blessed Su Xian and walked outside.As soon as he walked out of the room, Xi'er walked towards her with an anxious face, "Sister Xiangcao, Sister Cui Ya's wound is red and swollen and has already suppurated. At this time, the pain is severe, and she is crying on the bed. I don't know what to do. What to do."

"Hey, what's the matter, hurry up, get some salt water to clean the wound, and then take the powder from the small blue porcelain bottle in the medicine box and sprinkle it on." Xiang Cao hurriedly ordered Xi'er, but Xi'er was full of timidity. She replied grimly, "Sister Cui Ya's wound is so scary, the servants are so clumsy that they dare not move rashly."

"This. This." Xiangcao thought for a while, and could only say to Xi'er, "I'm going to clean Cui Ya's wound, you go to the front yard and bring Xi'er back from Mama Chen, and say that it's the second lady's fault." It means that there is a shortage of manpower in Yixiang Pavilion, and Xi'er will serve in Yixiang Pavilion from now on."

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away." Hearing this, Xi'er immediately nodded and walked quickly to the front yard.

Vanilla didn't dare to procrastinate, so she turned and walked to Cui Ya's room.

Not long after, Xi'er led Yanzi back to the main room, Yanzi saw Suxian as if she had seen a relative, strode forward and knelt down beside her feet, "My servant has seen the second young lady."

"Swallow, I heard that Mother Chen treats you very harshly. She must have suffered a lot these days." Suxian looked at the wood chips on Yanzi's clothes and the dusty coarse cloth uppers, and said with self-blame road.She thought to herself, if she had less doubts and left the poor child in Yixiang Pavilion, she wouldn't have to suffer these hardships.

"Miss Er, you are serious. This poor servant can bear it. Compared with the days when I slept in the open air, now the servant has a tile to cover her head, which is a great blessing." Yanzi blinked her black eyes, her face revealing An innocent smile.

"Go and wash, let Xi'er find clean clothes for you to change into." Suxian told Yanzi to back down, and at this moment, Xiangcao rushed over sweating profusely, "Second miss, Cuiya's wound is festering badly, The medicines used on weekdays have no effect at all, if you don’t ask the doctor to take a look, I’m worried that Cui Ya’s feet will be disabled.” Speaking of this, Xiang Cao’s voice became a little choked, Cui Ya and her have been together since the second wife was alive. Working together, the relationship between the two is no less than that of sisters. Now that Cui Ya's injury is getting more serious, there is no reason for Vanilla not to worry.

"It's useless. It was only the epidermis that was burned, how could it be so serious." Suxian also became nervous, "Xi'er, go and ask the doctor to take a look."

"But. The mansion's servants are sick, they just pick up some medicine and take it. There is no precedent for seeing a doctor." Xi'er said hesitantly.

This is true. The sickness of the servants in the mansion is comparable to the fact that the master can invite the doctor to come to see the doctor in person. Most of them are dispensed by the woman in charge. Some of the standing medicines are used. It's been fine for the past few days.

Cui Ya was injured this time, the old lady asked Lin Butler to go to the pharmacy in the city to prescribe some scald ointment, which is already a kindness. It is indeed against the rules.

"It's not a precedent, please go and invite me, maybe I just watched Cui Ya's legs become useless like this!" Suxian roared angrily. The rule that servants should be regarded as human beings should have been abolished in the first place.

"Yes, yes, servant girl is going now!" Seeing that Suxian was annoyed, Xi'er didn't dare to say anything, and hurried out.

At this time, Yanzi on the side spoke, "Second Miss, that sister named Cui Ya, was she injured in the fire in the Denglou a few days ago?"

"How do you know?" Suxian asked back.

"Hehe, on the third day of the first lunar month, there was a fire in the lantern building. The second lady and her maid almost died in the lantern building. This matter is not a secret in Kangzhou City. Of course the slaves know about it." Swallow smiled, and then said in doubt, "However, nearly a month has passed now, sister Cuiya's injury should have healed, how could it get worse?"

"Hey, don't mention it, am I worrying about this? Cuiya's burns were not considered serious in the first place. If she had been treated by a doctor from the beginning, she must have recovered. I am also to blame for this matter. Rules are dead, people are Living, how could Cui Ya's injury be missed because of the rules in the house. If Cui Ya's leg is really crippled, I will never forgive myself for the rest of my life." Su Xian said extremely annoyed.

"Second Miss, don't worry. The servant's hometown is good at growing herbs. Although the servant is stupid, she is also savvy about medicine. The doctor can't make it for a while. Why don't you ask the servant to show it to Sister Cuiya? I can help you." Seeing that Suxian was in a hurry, Yan'er said quickly.

"Really! Come on, follow me to have a look." Suxian was very pleasantly surprised when she heard this, and hurriedly led Yanzi to Cuiya's room.

Several masters and servants came to the side room where Cui Ya lived, and before entering the door, they heard Cui Ya's painful groans, and Suxian's heart tightened when she heard it.

The room was filled with a faint fishy smell. Cui Ya was lying on the bed, her right foot was exposed, the wound on her ankle was red and swollen, and red and yellow viscous pus was oozing out. A blood-stained cotton cloth, which must have been used to clean the wound.

"Cui Ya, don't worry, hold on, Second Miss has already told Xi'er to get a doctor." Xiang Cao sat on the side of the bed and said sadly.

"How could this be? Didn't you just wash the wound, why is it still oozing pus and blood!" Suxian looked at the shocking wound and said in amazement.

"Second Miss, I'm afraid the injury of this servant will never heal. It doesn't matter if this servant dies, but this servant just doesn't want to part with Second Miss, woooooo." The sick person is the most vulnerable, Cui Ya immediately felt sad when she saw Suxian coming to visit her sobbed.

"You're talking nonsense again. Don't worry, I will definitely ask the doctor to cure you." Suxian suppressed her grief and spoke seriously. Suddenly, she remembered the swallow who was following her, and hurriedly turned her head He said, "Yanzi, please take a look for Cuiya, but something is wrong."

Swallow didn't say a word, striding forward with not too greasy pus stains, carefully observed Cui Ya's injury, after a long time he murmured, "Sister Cui Ya, do you apply medicine to your wound on time every day?"

Cuiya didn't recognize Yanzi, she raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and looked at Suxian suspiciously.

"Oh, she is a new girl in the hospital, she knows a little about medicine, I specially asked her to take a look at it for you first, and then ask the doctor to prescribe medicine when the doctor comes later." Suxian explained.

"So that's how it is." Cuiya said in relief after hearing the words, and then answered Yanzi's question, "Since I was injured, I have been using the scald ointment prescribed by Lin Butler from the medical clinic. I apply it once a day in the morning and evening. Uninterrupted. But it doesn't get better, and it has become more serious in recent days, and the wound has spread even bigger."

"Scald ointment? Can you show me?" Yanzi said while picking up the white cotton cloth on the side table, dipped some salt water in the porcelain bowl, and carefully wiped the wound. Cui Ya tightened her eyebrows in pain, The shoulders also trembled slightly.

"Here, a full box, more than half of it has been used these days." Xiang Cao immediately handed a palm-sized box on the bedside table to Yanzi.

Unscrew the lid of the box, a deep depression has been dug out of the white paste, a faint fragrance floats out from the box, Swallow leaned closer to the box and sniffed, a pair of beautiful willow-leaf eyebrows immediately frowned, "The medicine is really good Good medicine, but there is always something wrong with the smell."

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this medicine?" Suxian asked nervously.

"This scald ointment is made from aloe vera, high camellia oil, borneol, viola, honeysuckle, Huangling and other high-quality medicinal materials. It is reasonable to say that if it is applied in the morning and evening, it will last in at least seven days and at least half a month." The scab has healed. But Sister Cuiya’s injury is not only not getting better, but it is getting worse, presumably because someone added a lot of medicine to it.” After speaking, Yanzi picked up a small piece of ointment with her fingertips and gently applied it on On the back of his own hand, "Just now, the servant sniffed the slightly invisible sour smell in the medicine. If the servant's guess is correct, it must be the medicine that shouldn't be there."

After hearing Yanzi's words, Suxian's face became more serious, "Is it possible that someone wants to harm Cuiya? But she is just a maid, so what's the point of trying to harm her so much?"

Before Suxian finished speaking, Vanilla exclaimed, "Second Miss, look at Yanzi's hand!"

Suxian looked intently, and saw that the place on the back of Yanzi's hand where the ointment had just been applied was red and swollen as if bitten by a mosquito, and a spot the size of a copper coin protruded.

(End of this chapter)