C-77
"That …" "I just want to ask, sister-in-law, do you know what Big Brother Yixuan usually likes to eat? Does he have any special hobbies? "
Ah Qiu thought, since sister-in-law says their family only has five people, then it means that Su Yixuan is not married yet.
"About that, I am not very clear about it, but I can help you ask the Brother Wen."
Shen Zhu was stunned. After all, she didn't know much about Su Yixuan's taste.
"No need, I was just casually asking."
Ah Qiu saw that he did not manage to get anything out of Shen Zhu, and a look of disappointment flashed across his face. Hearing that Shen Zhu wanted to ask Su Zongwen, he immediately burst into laughter, "Um … Sister-in-law, busy yourself first, I, I'll go and see Ruanruan."
"Huh?" Shen Zhu was about to say something, but Ah Qiu ran out like a wisp of smoke, as if he was afraid that she would discover something.
Shen Zhu helplessly stopped talking, and as she cut the vegetables, she began to think. Today's Ah Qiu did indeed seem to be a little unusual, she had previously asked him about Su Yixuan's family situation, and now she was asking about his preferences, there was no way …
As Shen Zhu thought about it, he recalled that on New Year's Eve, she had asked Ah Qiu what kind of man he liked.
Shen Zhu thought for a while, and remembered the Ah Qiu's reply at the time, 'My dream was to marry the man with a strong body, without showing any signs of vulgarity, with clear eyes and a righteous aura. This is the man I want to marry.'
Thinking about it carefully, Shen Zhu realized that these points were exactly the same as his. There was no need to mention how strong and strong Su Yixuan was, his facial features were handsome and his personality was upright. His Su Family was also considered to be in the later ranks of the famous sects, and even his son Su Family was a decent man.
Shen Zhu was ecstatic. Could it be that Ah Qiu had set his eyes on Su Yixuan?
If that was the case, it would be a pretty good marriage.
As Shen Zhu thought about this, her mood inexplicably became somewhat happy, and even a bit excited. She seemed as if she was going to marry her own daughter, and thus, after lunch, she impatiently went to Aunt Liu to inquire about the situation.
She Shen Zhu first told the situation of Su Zhiyan's family to the Aunt Liu, and also mentioned that Su Yixuan had arranged for a marriage with her. It was just that the matter had long ago turned yellow, and was just that it was a little hard to listen to.
The only problem was that Su Yixuan was a little too old, but if Ah Qiu liked it, then he would be able to accept it.
"I heard that the marriage was between a child and a child. Afterwards, the Fang family did not want to admit it, so the matter was put on hold, and it was not a serious matter. It was just that the older cousin was older than the Ah Qiu, I wonder what Ah Qiu would think."
Shen Zhu then explained the situation of Su Zhiyan's family and expressed the doubts in his heart.
Aunt Liu knew that his daughter had gone for a young lad with great difficulty, and was extremely happy. Although he felt that Su Yixuan was young, listening to Shen Zhu's words, his character should be pretty good.
The main thing was that her girl liked it.
Just as she was about to say that she was going to scout out of Ah Qiu's mouth, she heard Ah Qiu, who was listening from the corner of the room, jump in as she anxiously said: "I don't mind, I don't mind it."
Hearing that, two pairs of eyes turned to look at Ah Qiu, whose face immediately flushed red, knowing that he was too anxious, covering his face and not daring to look at the two.
"Girl, if you want to hear it, then just say it. You are not allowed to enter, why are you still squatting outside and eavesdropping?" The Aunt Liu looked at Ah Qiu in amusement, he came down from the brick bed and pulled her over, "You don't feel cold squatting outside?"
Ah Qiu put down her hand that was covering her face, and pinched the corner of her clothes nervously as she looked at Shen Zhu, her face as red as an apple, "Sister-in-law, I don't mind Big Brother Yixuan being older than me by a few years, but I know how to hurt others when I'm older."
Ah Qiu's face turned red as he tried to defend himself. After he finished speaking, he hurriedly lowered his head and whispered, "Sister-in-law, you are not allowed to laugh at me.
"Who wants to laugh at you? This is a good thing. Why would sister-in-law laugh at you? " Shen Zhu hurriedly said.
Ah Qiu had been by her side for a long time, and had become much bolder. For matters like this, other than people like Zhuer who were shameless enough to say a few words without panicking, normal women would ultimately have a much thinner face, and would not dare to talk about their beloved man in front of others. Even if it was a man they liked, most of them would not dare to say it out loud.
Seeing that the Ah Qiu really liked it, the Aunt Liu said that if she had the chance to meet him, she wouldn't care about the matters of Su Family, and at least agreed to this marriage.
Seeing that, Shen Zhu immediately laughed: "Since that's the case, when Brother Wen and I return to the village in a few days, I will ask around at the Su Family, and tie the strings for the two of you."
Just as Shen Zhu finished speaking, he heard someone shout from outside.
"Is the Lady Shen here?"
Shen Zhu and Aunt Liu went out to see Xia Zhi standing in front of the Aunt Liu's door.
Xia Zhi, it seemed like he had already been to Shen Zhu's courtyard, and heard from Su Zongwen that she was here, so he found her.
"Lady Shen, the wangfei has something to invite you over." When Xia Zhi saw Shen Zhu, he politely opened his mouth.
"Alright, I'll go with you." Shen Zhu exchanged a few words with the Aunt Liu mother and daughter before he hurriedly followed Xia Zhi away.
Xia Zhi brought her to the main courtyard. Inside the room, not only was Madame Ye, but also Ming Yuchen.
"Greetings to wangfei and second young master." Shen Zhu bowed respectfully.
"No need for formalities, Yue Niang, come over quickly and sit beside me." The Madame Ye cordially greeted her.
Shen Zhu walked over and sat beside the princess in a proper manner.
"The reason why I called you here today is to ask you if you have the chance to properly treat my poor grandson's illness with medicinal food." Madame Ye sighed.
He had previously instructed Shen Zhu to help him recuperate, but in the past few days, it didn't seem to be working …
When she came over this morning, her big grandson was even coughing up blood!
"Grandmother, your grandson isn't miserable. It's just that your grandson's body isn't well enough to be filial in front of your grandmother, and Grandmother has to worry about your grandson all day." Ming Yuchen covered her lips and coughed a few times.
He didn't want to love his grandmother about all this.
"Grandmother doesn't blame you. As long as you can take care of your body, then that would be the greatest act of filial piety for Grandmother." The Madame Ye sighed, looking at Ming Yuchen's pale face, he felt extremely pained.
Ming Yuchen lowered his head and replied: "Grandmother."
He was very clear that he was simply deceiving himself. His illness had not improved in so many years, and he was afraid that he would not live much longer.
"Second Young Master is blessed. He will definitely be able to recover from this illness." Shen Zhu frowned and comforted her, "The person who sent the message is not the same as you, Consort Wang. I need to understand more."
The person who had sent the message told him that the Second Young Master's body was weak, which was why he looked so sickly. She had specially gone to investigate the medicinal food in the space and had the ability to replenish Qi and blood.
Now that she heard the words of the princess consort, it was clear that her body had been weakened since she was young, and that the poison had come from her mother's womb. That meant that her body had been deeply injured.
There was a huge difference between a fundamental injury and a weak body from a young age!
Upon hearing this, a fierce look quickly flashed across Madame Ye's eyes. When he looked at Shen Zhu again, he had already returned to normal, and spoke: "Many famous doctors have seen Chen'er's illnesses, and the imperial doctors in the palace have also treated him, but these doctors' words are all exactly the same. They all say that he is a type of fetal poison, and that it is extremely difficult to cure him, and that he can only be nourished this way, with a slight chance of survival."
Sighing, he continued, "The doctor said that this poison was transmitted from the mother to the fetus because the mother was poisoned when she was pregnant. This poison will slowly corrode the Chen'er's bone marrow and eventually invade the heart … …"
As Shen Zhu listened to the Madame Ye's explanation, she suddenly remembered that in the pill cultivating room amidst the clouds and water, she heard Boo mentioned that a furnace could refine Bone Ablutionary Dan Beads or something like that.
~ Could this thing be used on Ming Yuchen's body to cure his poison?
C-78
"Go back to your wife and I'll try my best."
Shen Zhu said.
She wasn't sure about the medicinal effects of the Bone Ablutionary Dan Bead and the detoxification pill, so she didn't dare to speak so clearly.
"Alright, it's been hard on you." The Madame Ye nodded, then pulled Shen Zhu to talk a lot more.
Seeing that it was getting late, Madame Ye let Shen Zhu go back.
Unknowingly, Shen Zhu's conversation with the Madame Ye had spread throughout the manor. There were even more rumors that Shen Zhu had ways to completely cure Young Master's long term illness.
As soon as the news came out, some people from the East District could no longer sit still.
Initially, Meier thought that she didn't like what she said to the Duke and his wife. He had clearly understood that Mu had said that they could at least listen for a bit, but he hadn't thought that the Duke would be so angry.
And now, Shen Zhu had said that he could cure Ming Yuchen's illness …
This was very disadvantageous for her right now!
Meier sat in front of the dressing table and combed his hair and called Xiao Li over.
"Xiao Li, how are the things that I instructed you to do two days ago?"
Meier sized up her beautiful face in the copper mirror and suddenly remembered something else.
"Reporting to Aunt, according to your instructions, I've specially observed her for the past two days. Recently, the First Wife has always preferred sour food and always called her 'tired'." Xiao Li reported in a low voice.
Hearing that, Meier frowned, she was suspicious — Could it be that Madame Jiang was pregnant?
"Come, let's go to her room and take a look." Meier slapped the wooden brush onto the dressing table, and his half-closed eyes revealed a trace of a dangerous aura.
In the past two days, she had already noticed that there was something unusual about Madame Jiang. Madame Jiang was originally not picky about food, but recently, she had paid extra attention to food, and she didn't even want to smell it.
At that time, Meier was suspicious of her, so he let Xiao Li observe her for a few days to see if she discovered anything else.
"Yes, Aunt." Xiao Li responded as he helped Meier up.
Before going out, Meier made Xiao Li prepare a set of pastries, and even specially instructed that the pastries must be made with hawthorn. When Meier brought Xiao Li to the Madame Jiang's room.
Madame Jiang was in the room embroidering a handkerchief, and only a servant girl was by his side.
"Meier greets elder sister." Meier made a fake bow towards Madame Jiang, and before anyone could say anything, he walked forward and sat beside her.
"Meier? You, why are you here? "
Glimmers danced in the Madame Jiang's eyes as she put down the embroidery in her hands in a panic.
"Elder sister is the official wife of Mu Lang, and I am a concubine. I should pay my respects to elder sister." Meier smirked and replied, "It's just that Mu Lang is very considerate of this concubine, so you don't have to pay your respects to me every day."
Meier said, he waved and called Xiao Li over, and took out the pastries out from the food box, "Even so, I am sorry, but today I am free, so I came here to see elder sister."
"Thanks for your concern, little sister." Madame Jiang lowered his eyebrows, his hands tightly holding onto the handkerchief that he had just embroidered halfway.
"Elder sister's words are foreign. We are all family, it is only right for little sister to care for elder sister." Meier laughed as he placed the pastries on the table, and said: "I heard that elder sister's appetite was not very good, so I asked the kitchen to make some hawthorn cakes, do you want to try it?"
Meier's eyes were fixated on Madame Jiang, the smile on his face did not reach his eyes at all, "This hawthorn cake is good for the stomach, if I eat more, my appetite might increase."
Hearing that, Madame Jiang's heart thumped, a wave of fear following along.
Hawthorn is a living blood, pregnancy at the early stage of the fetal image is not stable, this kind of thing is not to be touched, otherwise it is extremely likely to lead to miscarriage.
"I, I …" Madame Jiang looked at the pastries on the plate, "I'm not hungry." She pursed her red lips, her face somewhat pale.
"What is it? "Elder sister, are you worried that I would poison this hawthorn cake?" Meier squinted, his words carrying a trace of threat.
Carefully speaking, if Madame Jiang was really pregnant, then this hawthorn cake was extremely poisonous to Madame Jiang. Although it would not take her life, but it would cause the child in her to die.
"Sister can relax, there's no poison in this pastry." Meier smiled sweetly: "Look, didn't I eat it too?"
She picked up a piece of cake from the plate and put it in her mouth.
Meier asked. "If Big Sister doesn't want to eat, could it be that there is something that you have hidden from your little sister?"
"No, no." The Madame Jiang was shocked and quickly took a piece of hawthorn cake and took a small bite.
Seeing Meier staring at her, she had no choice but to bite a few more times.
"How does sister feel about the taste?" Meier smiled and asked, but to Madame Jiang, his smile was extremely dazzling.
"It tastes good. Thank you for your concern, sister." Madame Jiang laughed stiffly.
"That's good." Seeing that she had eaten an entire hawthorn cake, the worry in Meier's heart was finally dispelled, and he did not plan to stay any longer.
"If elder sister likes it, please eat more. I am relieved to see that elder sister is fine. I will return first." Meier stood up and walked out of the house with an imposing manner.
However, she didn't return to her room. Instead, she went to the study room.
Inside the house —
When Madame Jiang saw Meier leaving, he immediately spat out the hawthorn cake in his mouth. Although he more or less ate it, but this bit should not be a problem.
Meier naturally did not know about these things, she saw that Madame Jiang had eaten the hawthorn cake and was sure that Madame Jiang was only feeling unwell.
study door
After she was scolded by Ming Chengyan two days ago, she no longer came to Meier's room these two days. She knew that Mu had some resentment towards her, but … As a man, he still had to be coaxed when the time came.
"Mu Lang ~" Meier opened the door to the study and shouted as she entered.
He understood that Mu was practicing calligraphy by the side of the table. However, he could tell that he was feeling extremely agitated. There were piles of paper scattered all over the floor.
"Why did you come here instead of staying in the room?" Mu raised his eyes and looked at Meier, his expression not as passionate as before.
"Mulang, I know you've been scolded, and I was unhappy. I was careless, and caused you to receive a scolding from the prince. If you want to blame me, then blame me, Mulang, but don't ruin your own body." Meier bit his lower lip.
"How could I blame you? I know you did it for my own good."
He clearly understood the guilty tone of the woman, and his tone softened — — He would never be too angry towards Meier.
However, he thought for his father and mother out of good intentions. He never expected that his father would be enraged.
These two days, he had not held himself back in the study room to reflect on his emotions, but to vent.
It was naturally impossible for him to be angry at Meier. As long as he saw Meier's face and heard that delicate voice, all of his anger would immediately dissipate.
He just couldn't swallow his anger!