After Dongqing failed in murdering Mother Lu, the old lady was angry with Song Wanru and asked her to go to the Xuanzang Courtyard every day to ask for the rules. On the morning of the second day of May, after serving the old lady after dinner, Song Wanru stood beside the old lady and handed her a cup of fragrant tea. , chuckled and said: "Previously, Dr. Zhang checked her pulse and said that my mother's kidney qi was insufficient. My daughter-in-law heard that her mother just coughed. Please drink a cup of tea to relieve her pain."
The old lady took the tea, took a sip, and put the cup on the table. Her throat felt uncomfortable and she coughed again.
Song Wanru hurriedly walked up behind her, patted the old lady's back with her hand, and said urgently: "Fan Xing, go buy some pears quickly, add rock sugar and stew a cup of pears soup to relieve mother's cough."
The eldest maid Fan Xing's eyes narrowed slightly, and a flash of light flashed, "Yes, madam, I will go right now." She knelt down and made a blessing ceremony, turned around and retreated.
Fan Xing came out of the main room and looked around. Lu Guiju and Lu's mother lived in the west courtyard. The little girl who served her was called Xiaochan, who was the sister of the eldest maid Xia Chan.
After breakfast, Xiao Chan was about to return the lunch box to the big kitchen. She calculated that it was almost time. Fan Xing walked slowly when she heard a burst of cheerful footsteps from behind. A smile appeared on her face and she looked back. If not Xiaochan, who is it? He smiled and asked: "Xiaochan, where are you going if you are not waiting on Mother Lu in the yard so early?"
Xiao Chan was young, only ten years old, and it was not her turn to work as an errand in the old lady's Xuanzang courtyard. Because Dongqing instigated the maid to murder Mother Lu, the prince asked Xia Chan to find a reliable person to serve her. Xia Chan did not trust others. , although my sister Xiaochan is younger, she is the most trustworthy and cannot be bribed by anyone, so Xiaochan is arranged to come in.
Xiaochan stopped and walked, bowed, and replied crisply: "Hello, Sister Fanxing, I'm going to the big kitchen to deliver lunch boxes. Why isn't Sister waiting beside the old lady?"
Fan Xing had a sad look on his face, "Well, the old lady's health has never been very good. She just coughed a few times. Our lady is filial and asked me to buy some pears to make soup to relieve the old lady's cough and reduce phlegm."
A trace of anxiety flashed across Xiao Chan's face. Mother Lu was afraid that she would not be able to deal with the illness properly and did not dare to serve the old lady. However, she inquired about the old lady's health every day. Sister Xia Chan always said that the old lady was not healthy. Kang Jian is here, but he didn't expect to have a cough today. He should tell Mother Lu.
The two walked together for a while and then separated. Xiao Chan went to the big kitchen and Fan Xing went to the backyard. The woman guarding the back corner door was Yin Ling's biological aunt. In the past, because Yin Ling was waiting for Xuexuan, she and her whole family were in the house. There is some decency in it. Ever since Yin Ling and her family were driven to Zhuangzi, her aunt felt that she was half a head shorter in front of others. She saw Fan Xing, the eldest girl from Ruyi Courtyard, approaching from a distance, and greeted her with a smile on her face, "Greetings to Miss Fan Xing, you You are so busy, why do you have time to come to the backyard?"
Fan Xing walked forward with a smile on his handsome face, "Why are my aunt so polite to me? Yin Ling and I went to the mansion as errands. We were young at the time, and my aunt took great care of me. Fan Xing always remembers you in her heart." That's good, but you don't want to be a heretic with me."
She had been cautious for half a year, but she did not expect that the maid in front of the madam would be so kind to her. The old lady wiped her tears excitedly and said, "Miss Fan Xing, you are kind-hearted and nostalgic. You still remember our Yin Ling!"
Fan Xing looked sympathetic and said: "I thought Yin Ling was the most promising among our batch of maids! The old lady and our madam had already secretly planned to make her a concubine. Who would have thought that she would offend the prince? ”
The mother-in-law raised her voice and said: "Miss Mingjian! Yin Ling is wronged! She didn't make any mistakes in her career!"
The voice was too high. Fan Xing frowned and immediately smiled and said: "It's useless for my aunt and I to complain and complain. In the courtyard of the Crown Prince, it is the old lady who has the final say on who to take as a concubine." Fan Xing walked to the door. He urged: "Auntie, please open the door for me quickly. Madam asked me to buy pear stew. I will talk to my aunt another day."
The mother-in-law opened the door and asked, "Miss Fan Xing, do you really want the old lady and your wife to be the prince's concubine with a silver bell?"
Fan Xing smiled and said: "It's true, I heard it with my own ears. The woody fragrance of Xuexuan is now called Jinling. Why did it change its name? Please tell me."
The mother-in-law said happily: "You mean, the prince missed our Yin Ling and specially changed her name?"
Fan Xing said sternly: "Aunt, I didn't say that. I don't know if you miss Yin Ling." The old lady said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, it's all my old lady's guess." She was delighted. She opened the corner door.
Fan Xing smiled softly, brushed her mouth with a handkerchief and left quickly.
Besides, Xiao Chan handed the food box to the big kitchen, thinking about what Fan Xing had just said, and did not stay outside to play, and walked quickly back to the West Cross Courtyard. Mother Lu was making a coat for the old lady, and she raised her head and asked her, "What's the matter?" I haven’t played with my sisters for a while, so I don’t need you to serve me.”
Xiaochan walked up to her and said hesitantly: "Mom, I just met Miss Fan Xing. She said that the old lady had a cough."
Mother Lu kept moving and asked with a smile: "Did she tell you specifically? Haha, you must have come up with another trick!"
Xiaochan shook her head, "She didn't tell me specifically. She was walking in front. When she turned around and saw it was me, she stopped and said a few words. She just said that she wanted to buy pear stewed cough and phlegm soup for the old lady to drink." After thinking about it, Added another sentence, "She didn't ask me about her mother either."
Mother Lu said "Oh" and stopped sewing. After thinking for a while, she told Xiao Chan: "Help me change clothes and let's go see the old lady." She took off her shoes and put the things in the cupboard for the old lady. They put on a big coat, wiped one's forehead, turned out a vest, and wrapped it in silk cloth. The two of them put on their clothes again and hurried to the main courtyard.
