The little girl who applied medicine to Yuzhu was called Linglong. She was a newcomer to the Yiren Pavilion. Like Yuzhu, she was also a housekeeper.
After Yuzhu complained, Linglong applied the medicine more carefully: "My mother usually hurts sister Yuzhu the most. Why does she fall out so easily and beat her like this..."
Yuzhu didn't answer the call. He was indeed responsible for the whole thing. He had no choice but to admit defeat when things got into this situation.
Seeing that Yuzhu was silent, Linglong calmed down and concentrated on applying the medicine.
After a while, after applying the medicine, Linglong put the ointment on the table and turned around to help Yuzhu put on her lower body clothes.
Suddenly, Linglong remembered something and said, "Sister Yuzhu, do you still remember Mr. Xia who used to come to you often?"
Yuzhu asked: "Are you talking about Mr. Xia from the family of the Minister of Industry?"
Linglong nodded: "Yes, that's him... Sister, you don't know, right? Mr. Xia's father was promoted not long ago, and is now the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the second rank!"
"Yeah..." Yuzhu's face seemed calm, but he was very surprised in his heart.
Speaking of which, Mr. Xia often came to see Yuzhu before, and once said that he would redeem Yuzhu's life and take her as his concubine.
But Yuzhu felt that the other party did not understand music and had no common language with him, so he alienated him with various excuses and methods. As time went by, Mr. Xia stopped coming to Yiren Hall very often.
"Isn't that true..." Linglong said with a regretful tone: "Sister Yuzhu, you said it would be great if you promised Mr. Xia to redeem your life, but now you are the concubine of Mr. Shangshu's family."
Yuzhu immediately became unhappy: "I don't care about nonsense!"
Saying this, Yuzhu felt a little bit regretful in his heart. He regretted that he was too straightforward at that time and did not know how to hang on to Young Master Xia.
Linglong didn't say anything, so she went to the table and poured a glass of water, handed it to Yuzhu and said, "Sister Yuzhu, you should have a good rest. Linglong went back to the house first..."
After saying that, Linglong turned around and left.
Yuzhu asked hurriedly: "Linglong, who did you hear the news about Mr. Xia's family?"
Linglong turned around and said, "I heard what Mr. Chen said... Oh, it's Mr. Chen from the family of the Minister of Rites. He is good friends with Mr. Xia. He told me when Mr. Chen came last time."
"Does Mr. Chen come to see you often?" Yuzhu asked again.
Linglong shook her head first, then nodded, and said: "I didn't come here very often before, but recently the ones who come here are very diligent, and they seem to come once every two or three days...Sister Yuzhu, what are you doing?"
Are you asking about this?"
Yuzhu stood up and went to the table to put down the water glass, then walked over and took Linglong's hand, saying softly: "Linglong, sister wants to ask you for a favor..."
"Help?" Linglong looked at Yuzhu in confusion, and Yuzhu nodded with a serious expression.
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On the second day, while Chai Yan was leisurely and contented in the Yi Ren Pavilion, Zhao Li had already arrived outside the palace by car early.
Accompanied by Xu Mao, Zhao Li passed the palace gate, then came to Tai'an Palace, and met the Queen in the side hall.
The queen sat on the couch, covering the stove and asked: "The princess came here early in the morning, what's the matter?"
Zhao Li said: "Empress, my daughter-in-law came here today...to deal with the man from Anping County..."
"A man from Anping County?" The queen was slightly startled, and after thinking for a moment, she said to the maids and eunuchs in the palace: "You all go down..."
After all the maids and eunuchs left, the queen asked: "Crown Princess, can you say it now..."
Zhao Li said: "Empress, my daughter-in-law, according to your wishes, sent someone to observe the man from Chaixian County and found that he... he has been... lately..."
"Princess, tell me what you have to say. What happened to the men in Chaixian County recently?" Zhao Li suddenly started hesitating as he spoke, making the queen a little anxious.
Zhao Li lowered his head slightly and said: "Empress, the man from Chaixian County has taken leave these days and has never gone home..."
"Didn't he go home?" The queen suddenly wondered and asked: "If he didn't go home, where did he go?"
Zhao Li said: "Back to the Queen, my daughter-in-law came here just to talk about this matter. The man from Chaixian County has been staying in a brothel on Dahulu Street these days when he went out on leave..."
"What, he actually stayed in a brothel?" The queen was very surprised, and then said: "Princess, please tell me more clearly, what did he do in the brothel..."
Chai Yan was Funing's designated consort, so how could he stay in a brothel all day long?
Zhao Liguai said in embarrassment: "Empress, in the place of brothels and fireworks, a man can go there, what else can he do..."
The queen was stunned and said yes, why did she ask such a stupid question? What other purpose could a man have for going to that place?
Next, Zhao Li told the Empress about Chai Yan's stay in Yiren's Pavilion until now.
After hearing this, the queen became angry and repeatedly reprimanded Chai Yan for his bad conduct and lust for women, making him unworthy of being Funing's consort.
After Zhao Li stated the matter, she stopped talking and just waited quietly by the Queen's side. She knew that the Queen would make her own decision!
Sure enough, after the queen took a deep breath, she sighed: "Well, Funing is still young after all, so we should wait a few years to choose the prince-in-law..."
Zhao Li remained calm and did not express any opinions or opinions.
"Crown Princess, thank you for your hard work..." the queen frowned.
"The Queen, it is related to Princess Funing's lifelong happiness. This is what a daughter-in-law should do..." Zhao Li was modest.
The queen frowned and nodded, then raised her hand and waved lightly, indicating that Zhao Li could retreat.
Zhao Li had just left Tai'an Palace, and the Queen went to Xuanyi Palace.
The queen felt that she must tell Funing these things immediately and expose Chai Yan's true face as a womanizer and misbehavior.
Funing had just gotten up and was still eating breakfast when he suddenly saw his mother walking in with a solemn look on her face. She put down her chopsticks out of curiosity.
"Queen Mother, why are you here so early?" Funing asked.
The queen didn't answer, and directly pulled Funing into the room inside to whisper.
When Funing heard that Chai Yan was still staying at the Yiren Pavilion at this moment, the anger in his heart could not be suppressed and he cursed "shameless" three times in a row!
The queen said angrily: "Fu Ning, look who is this person you like? He spends his days looking for flowers and sleeping in Goulan brothels. This kind of man is not qualified to be your consort. You are still young and don't know people well.
Mother, I don’t blame you, but you have to stop this thought as soon as possible, and you are not allowed to see this person again in the future! Do you understand?"
After saying these words, the queen left Xuanyi Palace.
After a while, the anxiety in Funing's heart gradually disappeared, but she still frowned, not knowing what she was secretly thinking about...