Early the next morning, Chen Shu, who had already received Ling Ruo's instructions, came to the side room, greeted Yilan, who was still sitting in the chair wearing the same clothes as yesterday, and said respectfully: "I am sending the second lady home on the order of my master.
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Yilan stood up, glanced at him coldly, said nothing, and walked straight out. This made Chen Shu, who originally thought this matter would be difficult to handle, secretly relieved.
Just when he was sending Yilan back, Ling Ruo remembered the instructions he had given Xiao Luzi that day and hurriedly summoned him to ask. He learned that just after he followed Nian to the Lunar Cloud Kaiyue Pavilion, Chen Shu had been sneaking around
Have left.
"So, maybe Chen Shu is the traitor?" After the Iron Snake incident, Ling Ruo had been vaguely feeling that someone around him was betraying him. Xiao Luzi and Shui Xiu had always served him, and they would not betray him if they wanted to.
Until now, there are only two new arrivals, Chen Shu and An'er.
On that day, she persuaded Nian to take her away from Jingsiju. If there was a traitor in Jingsiju, they would rush to report it, so she asked Xiaoluzi to keep an eye on these two people secretly.
"That should be it." Xiao Luzi thought about it and said with slightly bright eyes: "Master, do you still remember who was responsible for keeping vigil the night the wire snake appeared?"
"Chen Shu!" Ling Ruo said these two words coldly through the gap between his teeth. That night, he asked him if he had heard the whistle. At that time, he said that his ears were not good and he had never heard it. But now that he thought about it, he couldn't hear it.
It's a word of pushback.
"I asked Brother Mao to check it out. Chen Shu had a house outside and kept a housekeeper who was redeemed from a brothel. He spent two hundred taels at that time. Coincidentally, the day when he redeemed the housekeeper happened to be
It was the third day that the wire snake appeared in our courtyard." With the connections the Mao brothers have now, it is easy to find out such a thing.
"No need to ask, it must be this guy who cheated and helped his direct descendant Fujin to harm his master. Otherwise, with the money he earned as a servant, he wouldn't be able to save two hundred taels of silver even if he didn't eat or drink." Shui Yueyi
He said with contempt.
"It's not unusual for a master to betray me for profit, but the price is a bit low. I'm willing to risk my life just for a house and a prostitute. Oh, I'm really willing to give it up." Ling Ruo sneered, with a look on her face.
There was a chill in the forest.
"Master, what do you want to do with him?" Xiao Luzi asked. After Chen Shu did such a thing, it was impossible to keep him here any longer.
Ling Ruo thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Since we already know about this matter, we should try our best to guard against him in the future and don't deal with it in a hurry. Maybe he can do me a big favor." After that, she glanced at all the people.
Humanity said: "Remember, when Chen Shu comes back later, don't show any flaws in front of him."
In this way, everything was concealed. Chen Shu just pretended that his identity had not been exposed and continued to work in Jingsi Center. Little did he know that his every move was already under the watchful eye of others.
In the fragrance of osmanthus that filled the house, Yinzhen's health was getting better day by day, and he could occasionally walk for a while. Doctor Qi estimated that he would be fine after a few more days of rest.
In addition, after confirming that the prescription was effective, Kangxi immediately ordered people to purchase a large amount of medicine according to the prescription, boil it into a decoction and distribute it to the people suffering from the epidemic for free. All expenses were borne by the court, and the people did not need to pay a penny.
This move by Kangxi made the people grateful and praised him as a sage and benevolent king.
Although this medicine is not 100% effective, there are still people who die due to individual differences, but compared with the number of people who are saved, they are almost negligible.
The epidemic that had caused the imperial court a headache for more than a month was finally eliminated. In order to further appease people's hearts, Kangxi issued an imperial edict that in addition to free medicines, all those who lost relatives in the epidemic could receive twenty taels of silver as a pension.
On this day, there was a light rain in the sky. When I came back from the Luoyun Kaiyue Pavilion, even though I was holding an umbrella, Ling Ruo's skirt was still a little wet. After changing her clothes, An'er brought me some anti-fetal medicine. This medicine was two times a day.
After each dose, Ling Ruo would feel a little sleepy. Ling Ruo was ready to take a nap as usual, but she never thought that just after lying down for a while, Xiao Luzi knocked on the door and said that Fu Cha's family was here.
Although Ling Ruo was surprised that Mrs. Fucha chose a rainy time to come here, she was still very happy and quickly put on her clothes and ordered someone to invite her in.
"My wife, please give my regards to Ling Fujin!" Mrs. Fucha bowed politely after entering.
"You don't need to be polite." Ling Ruo quickly helped her up. The place where she started was wet and cold. After a closer look, she found that there were many signs of getting wet on Fucha's body. She hurriedly said to Shuixiu who was standing aside: "Go quickly.
Bring a clean handkerchief and wipe it with Madam."
"No need to bother." Mrs. Fucha grabbed her and said with a complicated expression: "Eniang has something to say to you today. Please let them all go out."
Ling Ruo also felt that something was wrong with the Fucha family today, so she immediately agreed, waved everyone away, and then said in a serious voice: "Mother, what happened at home?"
Mrs. Fucha seemed a little unsure of how to speak. After a while, she looked up at Ling Ruo and said, "It's about your sister..."
"Yilan? What's wrong with her?" She has not seen Yilan since she sent her home that time. Instead, she has been asking about the talented young people in the court who are not yet married.
When Mrs. Fucha heard this, her eyes turned red, fearing she would shed tears. She quickly pressed the corners of her eyes with a piece of paper, and then said: "This child has been depressed since she came back a few days ago. Ask her why, but she won't tell her.
Until yesterday, I asked her to pack her things
Xi, was preparing to enter the palace to stand for election; she actually told me that she said that she was unclean and would not enter the palace even if she died. I asked for a long time, and then she told me that the last time she spent the night at the palace, she had an affair with Prince Yong.
Ruo'er, you know about skin-to-skin contact, right?"
Ling Ruo lowered her eyes and said calmly: "Yes, but I have asked Yilan to forget about it. Besides, strictly speaking, she has never lost her integrity, and no one else knows about it."
Mrs. Fucha nodded with tears in her eyes, "Yes, you are right. From our point of view, Lan'er did not lose her integrity, but she doesn't know it herself. Ruo'er, you also know your sister's temper. Once she recognizes
Whatever happened, she couldn't pull back ten cows, and since then, she hasn't spoken a single word to me, hasn't had a morsel of food or a sip of water, and she won't listen to any advice."
Ling Ruo didn't expect Yilan to be so stubborn, and didn't know what to do for a while. After a while, she held Fucha's hands that were shaking slightly due to panic and comforted her: "Eniang, why don't you go back and try to persuade Lan'er?"
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"Eniang tried to persuade her all she could, but she just refused to listen. Ruo'er..." Mrs. Fucha looked at her in embarrassment, "Eniang has something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not?"
"It doesn't matter if you say it, mother," she said, but there was a slight resistance in her heart to Fucha's next words.