In Sanli City, after Li Zian and Shen Tianshu arrived at the top of the mountain in a carriage, they did not see Mrs. Chen immediately. Instead, they were taken to a flower hall by servants for them to rest for a while.
Soon another maid came up with someone carrying a food box and bringing food.
Shen Tianshu was quite puzzled by this and asked Li Zian in a low voice: "Didn't you say that Mrs. Chen is very ill? Why do the servants of the Chen family not seem to be worried at all?"
"Perhaps the Chen family hired a good doctor on the way here, and Mrs. Chen's condition has improved?" Li Zian guessed.
"That is indeed possible. After all, we have been walking this way for more than ten days." Xin
Shen Tianshu felt that what Li Zian said made sense, and the two of them had been on the road after eating in the morning, and they were indeed hungry at this time.
But after eating, the Chen family still had no intention of taking them to see Mrs. Chen.
The maid who had just brought people to deliver food came over again and even began to arrange accommodation for the two of them.
"You two have come a long way. Let's take a rest first. We will arrange for you to meet my old lady tomorrow."
Seeing this situation, even Li Zian became suspicious.
"We have something to come here to see Mrs. Chen. Why haven't we been allowed to see her?"
But the maid said in a soft voice: "Please be patient, my old lady is ill. She only feels a little energetic when she gets up in the morning, and she doesn't see any visitors in the afternoon.
"So my cousin told my servant to arrange for you two to rest first, and then tomorrow morning, when my old lady is able to see guests, I will invite you two in to see each other."
"What cousin?" Li Zian frowned, "The letter I just gave to your servant, is the person reading the letter your old lady or this so-called cousin?"
"These are the Chen family's own affairs, so guests should not ask any more questions."
When she said this, although the maid's attitude was still polite, her tone was already a bit distant.
Obviously he was very dissatisfied with Li Zian's "offense".
Li Zian didn't expect that the Chen family had reached such a state, and he became more and more worried about Mrs. Chen's situation.
I don’t know whether she was really too ill to see guests, or whether she was put under house arrest by the cousin girl who appeared out of nowhere.
But now that he was in the Chen family, Li Zian did not dare to act too rashly, so he could only say: "I came all the way this time because I heard that Mrs. Chen was sick, so I specially escorted Mrs. Tong to see her.
"Even if you don't know who I am, you should have heard of Lady Tong, right?
"The last time Mrs. Chen was a guest at Prince Rui's Mansion, the Dowager Empress asked Mrs. Tong to diagnose Mrs. Chen's pulse and prescribe a prescription.
"When Mrs. Chen was living in the palace, her condition improved greatly after taking medicine. Before she left, Madam Tong gave her a follow-up visit and reopened the house.
"After coming back, Mrs. Chen should continue to take medicine for a while."
When Li Zian mentioned this matter, the maid actually remembered it.
After taking the medicine prescribed by Mrs. Tong, the old lady did not have her old habits for a long time.
The maid frowned and looked at Shen Tianshu, and asked with some disbelief: "Is this Mrs. Tong?"
"For safety on the road, we disguised ourselves.
"I have written the specific situation in great detail in the letter. As long as Mrs. Chen has read the contents of the letter, there is no way she will not see us.
"Think about it, if we hadn't come from Prince Rui's Mansion, how would we have learned that Mrs. Chen was seriously ill?
"Besides, this is the territory of the Chen family. There are so many people up and down. If the two of us really have any evil intentions, we can't just break in like this alone. Otherwise, wouldn't we be asking for death?"
As he spoke, Li Zian took out a somewhat gray and old amulet from his arms, handed it to the maid and said, "Mrs. Chen gave this to me back then. Please give this amulet to Mrs. Chen for inspection."
"If Mrs. Chen still refuses to meet, then we will leave everything to your arrangements and there will be no
Two words. "
Li Zian's words came to this point. Instead of accepting the amulet handed over by Li Zian, the maid took a step back.
She looked embarrassed and said: "I'm just a maid, please don't embarrass me.
"It's just a night's rest. I'll definitely see my old lady tomorrow."
"Aren't sisters Panxia and Yingqiu here? If you can't make the decision, just invite one of them out and I'll tell them personally."
The maid didn't expect that Li Zian even knew the personal maid next to Mrs. Chen. Just when she was about to say something to him, she heard a delicate voice coming from outside the door.
"Cai Lan, you are serious. Just because Zhi He beside me has something to do, I asked you to come out to entertain the guests temporarily. Look at what you have to do!"
"Cousin." Cailan was startled by the sudden appearance of the person. She swallowed the words she almost said before, hurriedly saluted and stepped aside.
Li Zian didn't know this cousin who started scolding the Chen family's maid as soon as she walked in.
After her cousin had finished training Cailan, she turned to look at Li Zian and Shen Tianshu.
"I just passed by outside and overheard a few words of your chat, so I came in specially to explain to you two.
"It's not that I'm preventing you from seeing your great-aunt, but because the doctor has told you that your great-aunt is in poor health and needs absolute rest.
"Now that my great-aunt is mentally ill, I have to take care of the family affairs."
While she was sizing up the two of them, Li Zian and Shen Tianshu were also sizing up the cousin.
This cousin girl looks to be sixteen or seventeen years old. Looking closely at her appearance, she does look somewhat similar to Mrs. Chen.
However, the overly mature makeup and dress made her face not have the innocence and childishness of a girl at all, but instead she looked a little shrewd and sophisticated.
Since she calls Mrs. Chen her great-aunt, she should be her grand-niece from her natal family.
I just don't know whether what she is doing now is due to Mrs. Chen's instruction or the Chen family's selfish motives.
The cousin girl looked at the two people's clothes and already felt contempt.
However, her eyes lingered on Li Zian for a moment longer.
This man was tall and straight. Even if he wore coarse clothes, he could not hide his strong figure. He even had good facial features.
It's such a shame to have such a large birthmark on my face, it's really a shame.
Li Zian felt goosebumps appear on his skin when he saw her. He couldn't help but stepped forward and demanded forcefully: "I don't care whether you are a cousin or a nanny, I must see Mrs. Chen today!"
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I have something to do at home today, so there is only one update. I will continue to update tomorrow.
