"What are you trying to do!" The cousin took a few steps back, looking worried about Li Zian's attack. "This is the Chen Mansion. If you dare to act rashly, I will immediately ask someone to throw you off the cliff!" "
Li Zian was so angry that he clenched his fists.
Shen Tianshu stepped forward and persuaded: "In this case, it is better for us to just follow the host.
"This girl should also be thinking about us and wants us to have a rest before meeting Mrs. Chen."
"This lady is sensible." Seeing that Li Zian was persuaded by Shen Tianshu, the cousin smiled again and said, "Zhihe will take you down to rest."
When they arrived at the guest room, after Zhihe left, Li Zian finally looked worried and said, "What happened to the Chen family? Could it be that so many people were manipulated by some cousin girl?"
"I don't know what the situation is yet," Shen Tianshu said. "I think that girl Cai Lan didn't have time to say something. It's better to wait and see if she comes here."
The two of them waited until dark.
Li Zi'an wanted to climb over the wall and break into Mrs. Chen's residence, but finally there were two very light knocks on the door.
When I opened the door, I saw that it was Cai Lan.
She stepped into the house warily and quickly closed the door.
"Miss Cailan, you are finally here, we have been waiting for you for a long time." Shen Tianshu said.
Cailan seemed a little worried and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Mrs. Tong. I am entrusted by Princess Fengrong to come to Sanli City to treat Mrs. Chen."
Cai Lan nodded, then turned to look at Li Zian. After comparing everything with what Pan Xia said, he cautiously asked, "Excuse me, are you the eldest son of Prince Rui?"
"Exactly." Li Zian did not hide it this time and nodded, "Did Panxia and Yingqiu tell you?"
"Yes!" After Cai Lan confirmed, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Please Master Shi and Madam Tong, please help my old lady!"
"Tell us first what's going on." Shen Tianshu stepped forward, pulled Cai Lan into the room, sat down, and asked in detail.
"Two months ago, the old lady suddenly started coughing. The cough was very severe. She couldn't rest well during the day, and it got worse at night. She couldn't even sleep for a whole night.
"At the beginning, the old lady only said that she had an old illness, and asked someone to grab some medicine from the pharmacy that Mrs. Tong opened before.
“But instead of getting better after eating it for a few days, it seems to be getting worse.
"The old lady thought it was something wrong, so she didn't dare to continue taking it.
"Then I went everywhere to seek medical advice and found three or four doctors.
"Doctors have different opinions, but neither acupuncture nor medicine has any effect. On the contrary, the old lady's body is getting worse day by day.
"Then I couldn't even lift my spirits all day long, and I didn't even have the energy to take care of family affairs..."
"Where did this cousin girl come from?" Li Zian couldn't help but ask, "Even if the old lady has no energy, she shouldn't leave a stall as big as the Chen family's in the hands of an outsider, right?"
Cailan sighed and said: "The prince doesn't know something. As the old lady gets older, she becomes more and more nostalgic. In recent years, she has become more and more willing to help her mother's family.
"This cousin's name is Xue Shanya, she is the eldest granddaughter of the old lady's natal brother's family.
"Ever since I was taken to Sanli City to live in the summer, I haven't gone back.
"There are rumors in the city that the old lady wants her cousin to marry into the Chen family and become her granddaughter-in-law, so she keeps her with her and refuses to go home.
"This time the old lady is seriously ill, and my cousin has been taking care of her at her bedside with warm welcome.
“Whatever the old lady’s orders were, she would pass them on to my cousin.
“As time went by, I don’t know why, but it became what it is now.
"To be honest, this servant was originally the second-class maid in the old lady's room, but now I haven't seen the old lady for several days.
"If you can still see Pan often,
Sister Xia, Sister Yingqiu, and the servants are all worried about whether it is the old lady..."
When Cai Lan said this, he stopped.
"Then how can Xue Shanya be allowed to control Sanli City? She even has to listen to her whether to see Mrs. Chen or not?"
Cailan shook his head when he heard this, and then explained: "The prince has misunderstood. In fact, the fact that the old lady is seriously ill is also hidden from everyone below in the city.
"The old lady had given instructions before when the situation was not very serious. Now that the third master is still fighting the enemy on the front line, the news of her illness must not be spread. I am worried that once the news reaches the ears of the third master, it will affect him. Mood.
"During that time, my cousin has been sending messages to the old lady, and the people below are used to it.
"So after the old lady's condition became more and more serious, no one took care of the cousin.
"In addition, the two nuns in the old lady's room who were brought over from her parents' home are also on the cousin's side, and it is difficult for the two sisters Panxia and Yingqiu to disobey.
"So they can only take care of the old lady wholeheartedly first, and hope that the old lady's health will improve as soon as possible, so that someone can suppress the cousin girl."
Li Zian was really angry and funny when he heard this.
But when I think about it carefully, I can’t help but feel a little sad.
Mrs. Chen gave birth to three sons and one daughter.
Both the eldest son and the second son died in battle, leaving no trace of their blood.
The only daughter married away from the capital. It sounded like marrying into the clan, but in fact it was just a small trick to prevent the Chen family.
The only remaining son has been stationed in the northwest and is rarely seen every few years.
The Chen family has such a large business and has so many people, and it is usually all managed by Mrs. Chen alone.
Now that she fell, there was no one in the family to take charge, which allowed this cousin to take advantage of the situation.
In fact, the Xue family’s ideas are easy to understand.
When they got married, the two families were considered well-matched.
But in the following decades, the Chen family has been on the rise, while the Xue family has gradually declined.
Now when the two are compared together, they are like the sky and the earth.
Even Cailan said that Mrs. Chen has been subsidizing her parents' family in recent years.
But after all, she is getting older and her health is not good. Once she dies due to illness, it will be difficult for the Xue family to continue to enjoy this kind of care.
Even if General Chen could care about his mother-in-law a little for Mrs. Chen's sake, there is no way he could compare with when Mrs. Chen was alive.
So it's understandable that they sent Xue Shanya here to marry her to General Chen's youngest son.
The purpose is to continue this in-law relationship so that the Xue family can continue to suck blood from the Chen family.
But these are other people's family affairs. As long as Xue Shanya doesn't get in the way, Li Zian doesn't care what her plans are.
So he asked Cailan, "Can you take us to see Mrs. Chen?"
"Sister Panxia said that in order not to make too much noise, it's best to wait until my cousin and the two nuns go to rest before going." Cailan seemed to be worried about Li Zian's anger, and looked at his face as he spoke. The speed of his speech gradually increased, "When Sister Panxia sends someone out to deliver the message, I will bring the prince and Lady Tong in."
Li Zi'an laughed angrily at these words. He really wanted to say, it seems that Mrs. Chen's illness is not serious. You still have the energy to worry about this and that, and go back again and again. drag.
But I’ve been waiting for such a long time, and it’s not too late!
Shen Tianshu prepared his medicine box and placed it on the table, and the three of them waited in the room.
Li Zian and Shen Tianshu could still whisper a few words from time to time.
Cailan stood aside, neither daring to interrupt nor leaving, so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do.
I don’t know how long it took, but her feet were almost numb when she stood, and finally there were several lifelike bird calls coming from outside the door.
Cai Lan's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Master, Madam Tong, please come with me."
Li Zian was so beaten that he lost his temper right now.
, and took a long breath after standing up.
Shen Tianshu knew that with his temperament, facing such a situation, he would definitely feel depressed, so he raised his hand and patted his back to comfort him.
Li Zian looked back at Shen Tianshu and felt a little better. He reached out to pick up the medicine box on the table and went out with Shen Tianshu.
The two Cordon Bleu pickers took a small path, climbed up the stairs, passed through several bushes of flowers and trees, and somehow turned around and went straight into the mountain.
After walking for a while in the mountains and then crawling out, you were already in the backyard of Mrs. Chen's residence.
Li Zian looked up and saw Panxia and Yingqiu standing not far away.
The two of them were also very excited when they saw Li Zian. They hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said in unison:
"My slave, please pay your respects to the Crown Prince.
"My servant has met Madam Tong."
Li Zian, on the other hand, changed from his usual politeness and did not give them a good look.
Pan Xia had expected this, and bowed slightly and said, "Master, there is something else going on in this matter. Please come in first, and I will tell you more in detail!"
After hearing this, Li Zian softened his expression slightly, nodded, and entered the house with Shen Tianshu.
After entering the house, he sat down and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"
However, Pan Xia and Ying Qiu both knelt down first, kowtowed to Li Zian and Shen Tianshu and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Prince and Mrs. Tong for coming to save my old lady!"
"Okay, time is tight and so much has been wasted. Tell me what's going on!"
"The old lady suspected that someone other than her daughter-in-law was responsible. She was just pretending to be sick and wanted to find out this person. Unexpectedly, she actually fell ill later.
"All the famous doctors around have been invited to see it, but there is still no improvement.
"The slave is also in a dilemma. He is afraid of letting his daughter-in-law go, and he is also afraid that something will really happen to the old lady, so he can only write to the palace for help.
"As for the cousin, she is just a target that the old lady set up for outsiders to see. The prince does not need to pay attention to her."
After listening to Panxia's explanation, Li Zian's previous anger finally dissipated.
Seeing that they were busy talking, Shen Tianshu reminded: "Is Mrs. Chen asleep now? Can I go in and check on her condition?"
"Of course, Madam Tong, please come here."
