In recent years, Chu Yao has done a good job of hiding her problem of dizziness when seeing blood. Even Zhi Ye didn't know she had such a problem.
She only fainted three times in the Lu family.
One time it was Lu Shaohuai, no, we should call him Pei Zhan now. When we were husband and wife, they were very awkward when they had sex for the first time. His anxiety and recklessness hurt her. She accidentally saw the red kerchief and raised her head. Then he fainted.
It's just that Pei Zhan didn't notice it at the time, and he probably felt that he was very powerful. Later on, he was very fond of this matter.
The second time was when she was giving birth to Brother Ming. The child's loud cries made her couldn't help but look at him. Unavoidably, she saw a little blood on his body, and she fainted again.
At that time, no one noticed anything strange about her, they just thought she was so tired after giving birth.
The third time was the day when the real Lu Shaohuai came back. She fainted in front of the hall, but everyone thought she had been greatly stimulated.
Unexpectedly, today on the street of Wasi, she was splashed head-on with a pot of pig blood. Although Jiang Qingci blocked her in time, she inevitably fainted after seeing it.
She woke up once in a rickety carriage. As soon as she opened her eyes, Jiang Qingci eagerly looked over at her and asked her why she fainted suddenly. Is it better?
His fair and handsome face was full of concern, but the blood on his back soaked through his collar and faintly showed through...
Really are……
well……
When she woke up again, she was already in the hospital. Fortunately, she didn't see Jiang Qingci at first glance. It was an old doctor who was checking her pulse. When he saw her waking up, he stroked his beard and said, "It's nothing serious. Just rest for a while." Enough."
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Jiang Qingci walking towards her. Chu Yao hurriedly covered her eyes: "I'm sorry, but I can't see the blood. Please don't come over."
The other party immediately stopped and said after a moment: "So the lady fainted twice because she saw blood?"
"yes."
Jiang Qingci was very surprised: "There is such a strange disease?"
It was also the first time that the doctor saw such a disease. He restored Chu Yao's pulse and confirmed that Chu Yao was in good health. Then he asked: "Is this disease of yours born? Or when did you get this symptom?"
"I only got it when I was nine years old."
"How did you find out?"
Chu Yao recalled the past, and said in a daze for a moment: "My father had an accident that year. When he was brought home, he was covered in blood. I saw it at the time. Maybe he was frightened. Since then, he has had such symptoms. .”
The doctor thought for a while and said: "In this way, this is not a physical disease, but a disease in your heart. It's a pity that my medical skills are limited and I don't know how to cure it."
Chu Yao sat up, still covering her eyes with her hands so as not to catch a glimpse of Jiang Qingci out of the corner of her eye, and said to the doctor: "Sir, don't worry, my problem is nothing. You can avoid it by being more careful."
Jiang Qingci could not help but feel guilty: "It is because of me that Mrs. Chu suffered this unreasonable disaster today. I have asked people to prepare clean clothes. There is a guest house nearby. Mrs. Chu went in to change clothes and freshen up. Bar."
Chu Yao turned to her side and thanked him: "Thank you Jiang Yanei."
Jiang Qingci temporarily borrowed two pieces of clothing from the medical clinic, and he and Chu Yao put them on one by one to cover their bodies, and then the two of them walked out one after the other.
Chu Yao walked in front, and Jiang Qingci walked behind her to avoid her seeing, still thinking about what she just said to the doctor.
She actually lost her father when she was nine years old. No wonder not only is there no squeamishness in her body, but she also seems to have a certain tenacity. It seems that she suffered hardships as a child and endured it with gritted teeth, so she developed such a nonchalant attitude. The nature of the matter.
It actually made him a little impressed.
The two of them walked into the guest house. Jiang Qingci asked for two rooms and some hot water, and asked Chu Yao to go upstairs first, and the clothes would be sent up later.
Chu Yao gathered her clothes and went upstairs. Jiang Qingci and the shopkeeper first settled part of the room fee and then went up.
Lu Mingshu, the third wife of the Lu family, and Lu Mingfu, the fourth wife of the Lu family, had just walked out of the silver building. They had added new jewelry to their ears and wrists. They were still planning to visit a perfume shop, but their eyes suddenly caught sight of a familiar face. figure.
"Third sister, look, is that person Chu Yao?" Lu Mingfu pulled Lu Mingshu's sleeve and hurriedly pointed it out to her.
Lu Mingshu took a closer look: isn't that her former second sister-in-law, Chu Yao, who just moved away from the Lu family a few days ago? That girl Zhiye is still with her.
I saw her wearing ill-fitting clothes and entering the guest house one after another with a man. Although he looked unfamiliar, the man was also wearing clothes. He didn't know whether it was to protect him from the sun or for some other reason. In short, Lu Mingshu thought the two of them were weird.
She took Lu Mingfu's hand and hurried over to find out. Outside the door, she heard the man say to Chu Yao: "Go upstairs first..."
Then the man and the shopkeeper paid the deposit for the room and quickly went upstairs.
Lu Mingshu took her sister and turned around and entered the tea shop opposite the guest house. She ordered two cups of mung bean cold water and looked at the opposite side from time to time while cooling off.
Lu Mingfu recalled the surprising glimpse just now and said to Lu Mingshu: "Third sister, the husband just now is really good-looking. I think he has a good temperament. He must be rich or noble in his family."
However, Lu Mingshu snorted disdainfully: "How can he be so good-looking? I see that he is oily and pink-faced. He doesn't look like he is rich or noble, but more like a pretty boy who eats soft food. Besides, the guest house he and Chu Yao Qingtian sneaked into during the day, Are you afraid that you are not going to do something shameful?"
Although Lu Mingfu has not yet had haircuts, she is still fourteen years old and does not know much about men and women. However, this does not prevent her from following Lu Mingshu's words and thinking about it. She blushed at first: "Then Chu Yao and the Crown Prince Your Highness has just been divorced for a few days, so he shouldn’t be with another man so soon, right?”
"Silly sister, what if she had an affair with this man before he and Li left?"
Lu Mingfu was surprised: "No way, she doesn't look like that kind of woman?"
Lu Mingshu's face showed sarcasm: "You are an honest person on the outside, but who knows what's going on behind the scenes? In the past three years, she and His Highness the Crown Prince spent less and less time together. If not, she would have been unfaithful to His Highness the Crown Prince a long time ago. Otherwise, how could she have been so easy to get?" You don’t want the world’s riches and honors, but you insist on being divorced?”
Lu Mingfu was simple-minded and had no independent opinions. She easily believed these words and was immediately angry: "She's gone too far! It's a shame that His Highness the Crown Prince was so kind to her and gave her so much money. Now she has to use it all to support her." Pretty boy!"
After drinking the cold mung bean water and eating some iced fruits, the two of them stayed in the tea shop for about half an hour before they saw Chu Yao walking out with the man.
It was obvious that they had changed their clothes and had even taken a shower; their hair was still wet.
They did not avoid others and headed east side by side.
"Shameless!" Lu Mingshu cursed in a low voice.
"That's right!" Lu Mingfu echoed, "Why is she living so well?"
Lu Mingshu pulled her up and said, "Come on, let's tell the Crown Prince to come down!"
It was noon, the sun was scorching, Pei Zhan came back from the military training school, and his silver armor was also burned by the sun.
Stepping into the room, it feels as cool as late autumn. There is an ice sculpture in each corner of the room, with thick icebergs on it, making the temperature in the room contrast sharply with the scorching heat outside.
In the past few days, in order to please him, Suizhou's officials, big and small, had spared no effort in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and gifts of goodwill were sent to him like a stream of water.
Seeing the pile of brocade boxes and wooden boxes on the table, the guard introduced them to him one by one.
"This is from Qian Zhizhou, this is from Governor Xun, this is from Zhou Military Supervisor, and this painting is from Jiang Tongpan, which is said to be the "Five Horses" by Mr. Li of the previous dynasty. …”
Pei Zhan initially dismissed these things, but when he heard the "Five Horses Picture", he still looked sideways for a moment. Seeing his interest, the guard hurriedly unfolded the picture scroll to show him...
It is undoubtedly authentic.
There is only this one in the world, and he brought it back when he went to Zoucheng.
A few days ago, she asked someone to ask him if he still wanted the things left behind by the Lu family.
Very good, he said no, she turned around and sold these things.
Quite decisive.
Yesterday he saw her waiting for someone at the gate of the state government office. He originally thought she was waiting for him. He originally wanted to hang her out, but then he thought again that she was just a little woman who knew how to act petty. He was a man alone with her. What are you angry about? It's not appropriate for her to sit in the car for a long time on such a hot day. Just say a few words to her and tell her to go back first.
So he asked the guard to stop first. He turned back to look for her, but saw a young man standing in front of the car, saying a few words to her, and then riding away with her.
"Who is that person?" he blurted.
The guard beside him immediately responded: "I'll ask you now!"
He raised his hand to stop again: "No need!"
Someone who can enter and exit the state government office and is so young must be the son of an official.
He didn't know that Chu Yao knew such a person. Her natal family was poor and weak, and there had never been anyone who was an official. This person must not be her relative.
Therefore, it is self-evident what kind of relationship they will have with the person who can make her wait here for a long time.
Why should he ask more questions?
He led the troops away, but his heart was unavoidably irritable, and the image of her talking and laughing with others always appeared in his mind.
Today I saw this old painting sent by Jiang Tongpan again, and yesterday's sullen anger was aroused again.
At this time, another guard came to announce that two young ladies came outside the Yamen, claiming to be from the Lu family, saying that they had important things to talk to him.
Pei Zhan was upset and didn't want to see anyone, but he accepted the Lu family's love and couldn't bear to lose the other person's face, so he asked someone to bring them in.
Lu Mingshu and Lu Mingfu stood outside the door for a while before getting permission to go in.
It was the hottest time of the day, and the government office was huge. When they arrived at Pei Zhan's courtyard, the two of them were already dripping with sweat. The guard opened the door and invited the two of them in. The cool air coming from the shop floor relieved the heat. When Lu Mingshu saw the people in the room, she and Lu Mingfu saluted together, and then called sweetly: "Brother, Prince, you It’s so cool in this room…”
Lu Mingfu was timid and did not dare to call him like this with her third sister, so she only said respectfully, "Your Highness."
Pei Zhan didn't care about the difference between the two titles. He was busy with everything at the moment and was upset because of Chu Yao. He really didn't have the time to care about anything else. He asked directly: "What do you want to say to me?"
Lu Mingshu originally wanted to chat with him to show her closeness. After all, he had been her "second brother" for three years, so it was okay to chat with him about daily life, but when she saw that he seemed to be in a bad mood, his words were cold. , Lu Mingfu didn't say much, and directly stated her purpose: "Brother, Prince, it's like this. My fourth sister and I were hanging out today, but we accidentally bumped into something terrible..."
She paused for a moment, and looked at each other with Lu Mingfu, adding a bit of suspense to the matter, and then continued: "We saw Chu Yao, and she was with a handsome young man. He secretly entered a guest house and came out after more than half an hour. He also changed his clothes and seemed to have taken a shower..."
As she spoke, she looked at Pei Zhan's face, and sure enough she saw that his face was livid, and there were faint signs of anger between his brows.
She couldn't help but gloat in her heart, feeling that Chu Yao deserved to be unlucky.
But immediately, she heard Pei Zhan's quiet and cold voice: "I understand, do you have anything else?"
"Brother Prince," she couldn't believe that he could still be so calm after hearing this, "Aren't you angry? Chu Yao betrayed you..."
"Now that we have reconciled, she has nothing to do with me anymore. If you have nothing else to do, go back."
Lu Mingshu refused to give up and asked: "What if she had an affair with someone before the reconciliation? Brother, won't you pursue it?"
Pei Zhan looked at her suddenly: "Do you have evidence?"
Lu Mingshu was a little frightened and muttered: "Not yet, not yet..."
Pei Zhan waved his sleeves and said: "I don't have time to listen to your gossip, go back!"
