Mu Xiang opened the curtain, revealing Ruan Yuyi's figure inside. She was sleeping peacefully. Mu Xiang's hand paused and suddenly stopped her voice - she did not dare to call again, she was so afraid of not getting a response.
In the winter, when the charcoal fire burned too brightly because of the desire for warmth, it was not an exception for people to die in their sleep. But she knew that the young lady would be fine.
She calmed down and ordered the maid on the side to ask for Dr. Ning.
The little palace maid did not dare to neglect and left in a hurry.
Mu Xiang wiped her eyes hard twice, stood up, and said softly, "My young master, I will prepare some things for you to wash your clothes." She walked slowly for a few steps, her face as usual, but the trembling of her fingertips revealed her state of mind.
Suddenly, several weak coughs came from behind, "Muxiang, wait for me to change my clothes first."
Mu Xiang froze at her feet, turned around, her eyes were red, "Miss——" She called out with concern, Ruan Yuyi's heart tightened slightly, she stood up and hugged her.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying so early in the morning?" Ruan Yuyi said warmly. Before she could finish her words, she frowned and held her head, gasping slightly, "I have a severe headache today."
There was a sharp pain in her head, as if something was stirring inside her.
Mu Xiangguai herself had more random thoughts than Mu Ling, so she secretly spat at herself. She straightened her expression and said hurriedly, "Mr. Ning will be here in a moment. My master, please lie down for a while."
"Go and close the window." She hid in the brocade quilt.
Mu Xiang did not do as she was told, but knelt down and lowered her head, speaking firmly, "Please punish me, Miss. I was not aware of it. There were too many charcoal fires yesterday and there was not enough ventilation -" Before she could finish her words, she suddenly paused.
.
No, she clearly remembered to lighten the fire before going out.
Ruan Yuyi leaned out and helped her, "I know you are always attentive. Did anyone else come in yesterday?"
Mu Xiang raised her eyelids, her eyes moved, and she immediately stood up to check the window in the inner room. She looked repeatedly, but found no signs of prying. She looked back and shook her head at Ruan Yuyi.
"It's outside."
The main room and the inner room are separated by a soft curtain, so there is no need to check. Mu Xiang really found inexplicable scratches on the outside door. It seemed that a long and thin object like a hairpin was stretched in and the door shaft was lifted.
trace.
With a sullen face, she walked into the inner room with her head lowered and told Ruan Yuyi about the matter.
After hearing this, she was silent for a few moments and said, "Let me report this matter to Your Majesty." It would be most appropriate for him to deal with it directly. Firstly, she would not need to worry about it, and secondly, it would be easier to find out the person behind it.
It would be easier for her to do it herself.
"Your Majesty returned to the palace yesterday," Mu Xiang paused, "Miss, something happened to Concubine Shu."
She was startled and asked urgently, "What do you mean?" Concubine Shu held a high position and held great power, and her mother's family was from the Zhongding family. She could not be easily shaken. What could happen, and who would dare to harm her?
Thinking like this, her heart suddenly sank. No one else could touch Concubine Shu - what if it was him?
Mu Xiang called the little maid next to Shu Concubine in. The little maid had wiped away her tears now, looked well-groomed, kowtowed and said, "I have seen the little master, please save our queen!"
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She recounted what she had said to Mu Xiang.
As Ruan Yuyi listened, her bare hands on the brocade quilt tightened more and more, and her fingertips turned white. She said in a deep voice, "We are also going back to the palace." She lifted the quilt, found out a pair of feet as white as jade, and asked
Stay.
As soon as she touched the ground, she felt darkness fell before her eyes, and the surroundings were silent for a moment. She didn't know who put her arm on someone's arm, and she recovered after a while.
Slowly opening her eyes, Mu Xiang's anxious voice also reached her ears, "Mr. Ning, please come and take a look." A coat was wrapped around her body.
The slender man's face was indifferent, but he stepped forward three steps at a time. He asked about the situation in detail and did not dare to neglect.
After the consultation and pulse examination, she smiled slightly, feeling a little embarrassed. For Dr. Ning to do this, his work should have been easier than that of those junior medical officers, but these days, I am afraid that most of them are just working for her.
Ning He also felt pity for Ruan Jieyu who was always ill. He wanted to sigh, but when he thought about it, he swallowed it back in front of his master and said some comforting words.
He then ordered, "Too many medicines are harmful to the body, so I will not prescribe them randomly. The girl will make a bowl of carrot soup for your mistress, and she will recover in a few days."
"That's it?" Mu Xiang asked doubtfully.
"yes."
She breathed a sigh of relief, and successfully sent Dr. Ning out of the courtyard, and then helped the young lady wash and change clothes. Ruan Yuyi didn't bother to dress up, so she just tied her hair casually and ordered her horse to be prepared.
Her thoughts were seen by the maid in the palace, who thanked her with tears of gratitude.
The carriage was light and the horse was fast, and it didn't take long for Ruan Yuyi and others to return to the palace.
She originally wanted to go directly to Chonghua Palace to explore the situation, but Muxiang insisted that she go back to Mei Xuan to rest and drink carrot soup before going.
"Concubine Shu treats my little master well, and all the servants see it. But the mistress is my master. I am more worried about your health than Concubine Shu." She did not hide her selfishness, with a frown between her eyebrows. worry.
Ruan Yuyi didn't want to confront her and looked in the direction of Chonghua Palace, waiting to say something.
The young palace maid pursed her lips and advised, "There should be no fear of life on your side for the time being, and my mistress must not fail to cherish your own body. That is definitely not what your Majesty wants to see."
Only then did she relax.
When they arrived at Luo Mei Xuan, they arranged her to sit down, and Mu Xiang went to make soup again without stopping.
She sipped the warm tea to shake off the cold air, holding a sleeve stove in her sleeves, but her thoughts wandered far away.
There was a knock on the door, three light and one heavy, very orderly. She glanced at the door and called out to let people in. But she was wondering in her heart, when did this girl Mu Ling become so steady?
The person who was supposed to be waiting closely in turn was nowhere to be seen. What came with his head lowered was an upright-looking eunuch, wearing brocade clothes and walking calmly and calmly.
He bowed respectfully and said, "Ruan Jieyu, Jin An, and servant Cen Li are sent by your Majesty to serve the young master."
Her hand on the sleeve burner tightened slightly, "I'm calling the wood spirit." She lowered her eyes with some repulsion. She knew that these were the eyes and ears he had clearly placed beside her.
Cen Li explained quietly, "Your Majesty ordered the removal of the eldest maid beside the young master, and replaced him with a slave."
This was just superficial talk. He accidentally heard that there was something wrong with that maid. His Majesty was thinking of the friendship between her and this Ruan Jieyu in the past and transferred her away directly. He was afraid that Ruan Jieyu would not be willing, so he did not touch her and opened his eyes. Close one eye.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" There was frost and snow between her brows, and her fingertips were dug into the hollow patterns on the stove cover, and she did not feel the heat on her fingertips.
Naturally, Cen Li couldn't tell her what she heard, so he only said, "The hierarchy in the palace is very strict. With the position of the young master, there can only be two people waiting close by. The young master does not need to be patient, and the slaves are not considered slaves at all." man."
He seemed to be saying that if she wanted the wood spirit to come back, she should know how to do it.
There are many eunuchs in the palace who are waiting for the concubines to change and bathe, which is not unusual.
He was like a puppet. He would answer Ruan Yuyi's questions.