Qilan was shocked and knelt down with a "plop". The sound shocked the three people outside.
Qilan is usually a bit indifferent and reticent, but she is still very good to Lianxiang.
When Lianxiang heard the sound, she immediately wanted to rush into the house, but Yi Cui grabbed her arm.
"No, my slave. I grew up with my mistress and gave birth to a son from the Ning family. Let alone entering the palace, even if my master asks me to throw myself into a well, I will not hesitate at all."
Ning Yuzhen looked at Qilan, whose eyes were already dim with tears, with mixed feelings in her heart.
Not to mention a harem, it is an ordinary official family. If a woman marries into a family and becomes pregnant, in order to keep her husband, she will take the initiative to carry the maid who is serving her as a marriage partner.
If the husband likes her, she will be promoted to aunt.
It sounds nice to me that he is half a master, and he can still be cared for by someone, but to put it harshly, he is still a slave.
If the owner doesn't like it, he can sell it to his parents at any time.
The number of servants in an official's home must be based on grade and cannot be exceeded, so she has only had Qilan as her personal maid since she was a child.
Ning Yuzhen naturally does not want Qilan to be a concubine. As the saying goes, it is better to be a poor man's wife than a rich family's concubine.
And now she has become a palace maid, and a palace maid has only three ways out.
Or when she reaches twenty-five, the master will be merciful and let her out of the palace. When she is old, what good family can she marry?
Either she would stay in the palace and be the aunt in charge, and have no children in her life. If the master made a mistake, she would suffer as well.
Finally, she was recommended to the emperor as a concubine, and a concubine was not an easy position to sit in.
Ning Yuzhen was full of tangles. If she had known now, she would have sent Qilan back to Ning Mansion before entering the palace. She was so blinded by hatred that she couldn't remember anything.
After a while, she sighed softly and said: "In the past, when you were in Ning Mansion, you had a calm temperament, but you also often joked with me. Now that you have entered the palace, I see that you have become more and more silent. If you don't want to be in the palace, I think If I think of a way to send you out, it doesn't mean I'm losing your loyalty."
Qilan raised her hand to wipe away the tears swirling in her eyes, and shook her head firmly.
"I don't speak because I'm afraid that walls have ears. If I say something wrong, my mistress will be embarrassed. I don't want to leave the palace."
When she thought of something, she burst into tears and smiled. She knelt down and took two steps forward, "If the young master thinks that this slave is stupid, I must be thick-skinned and chase Aunt Yicui every day. I will always learn from it. I will never give it to the young master." Holding back.”
These words made Ning Yuzhen burst into tears. She knelt down and hugged the person she had been with for twelve years.
"Silly girl, how could I not want you? I was afraid of wronging you."
"My servant is not aggrieved. If you follow my master, even if you swallow the knife alive, it will be as sweet as honey."
The two hugged each other for a while, then Ning Yuzhen let go of her hand and glanced at Qilan's bun. A wooden hairpin in her hair caught her attention.
The materials used for the hairpin are average, but the orchids carved are quite elegant, and the quilt reflects light, so the owner of the hairpin often plays with it.
"When did you buy this hairpin? I have never seen you wearing it."
Hearing this, Qilan raised her hand and touched the orchid on the wooden hairpin, with a smile mixed with a hint of shyness, and said: "I saw orchids carved on the street, so I bought it casually. I was afraid that the wooden hairpin was too plain and I would lose it. The young master’s face has never been worn.”
Although Ning Yuzhen still had some doubts, she didn't take it to heart. She nodded and ignored the matter.
The two people outside the house were silent, and then they walked into the house.
Yicui was about to speak when she heard Ning Yuzhen cough slightly.
"Could it be that the young master really caught a cold?" Yi Cui hurriedly stepped forward and poured a cup of hot tea. She originally thought that staying in Yangxin Hall would attract everyone's attention to her, so she told Lian Xiang to play the green head card, but she didn't It's a fantasy, it's true.
Ning Yuzhen took a sip of hot tea to feel that the coldness in her body had dissipated.
"The wind from last night got into the brocade quilt. I did feel a little dizzy when I woke up in the morning. I didn't feel that much when I was chatting with the two sisters earlier. There are only a few people in the room, and I feel a little chilly."
Qilan said: "I will ask the imperial doctor to come and take a look at my little master."
Ning Yuzhen stopped her, "Don't worry, put the paper, ink, pen and inkstone on the table first. When I finish the work, it won't be too late to call the imperial doctor."
Naturally, the three of them did not dare to refute their master's intention and immediately turned around to do it.
Ning Yuzhen sat at the table, while Qilan was polishing ink at the side.
I started writing, and a moment later, lines of small regular script with hairpins appeared on the paper.
Qilan glanced out of the corner of her eye and felt that what the little master wrote looked very familiar.
After all the writing was done, Ning Yuzhen blew on the ink. When it was all dry, she folded it and put it in the sachet she had embroidered a few days ago and handed it to Lianxiang.
He ordered: "Give this sachet to Xiao Anzi and ask him to send it to Eunuch Fulu."
Then she said to Qilan: "Wait until Xiao Anzi comes back, then call the imperial doctor."
Lianxiang heard this sentence after delivering the sachet, and couldn't help but curiously asked, "Why did the young master wait for Xiao Anzi to come back before calling the imperial doctor? Shouldn't treatment be the most important thing?"
Qilan figured something out, and with Ning Yuzhen's encouraging eyes, she answered: "I guess that because Ji promised her father to help with the disaster, the emperor will summon her tonight, but the young master also has to do something. , even if you don’t go to bed, you can still make the emperor remember it.”
Ning Yuzhen nodded appreciatively. Qilan was indeed smart and half of her guesses were correct.
Since she wanted to compete with Yi Guiren, she naturally couldn't let the emperor forget her.
The sachet is embroidered with mandarin ducks, but the real symbol of loyalty is the wild goose. This will not only anger the queen, but also let the emperor know her feelings.
What is contained in the sachet is the formula of soothing incense. It is common for the emperor to work hard for state affairs and not sleep well at night. When you smell this fragrance, you will think of yourself.
"As for why we need to send the sachet first and then call the imperial doctor..." Qilan frowned and thought for a while, then turned to look at Ning Yuzhen, "This slave is stupid and cannot understand clearly. Please tell me, little master. explain."
Ning Yuzhen said: "Send the sachet first so that the emperor can set his sights on me. When he hears the news about our doctor, even if he doesn't call me tonight, he will probably remember me in his heart."
Lian Xiang suddenly understood, and Yi Cui raised her hand and knocked her on the head, "Learn more, so as not to have to pester the little master to ask if anything happens."
"I know this. Auntie, please stop knocking me on the head. I was not smart to begin with, but now I am even more stupid."
Lian Xiang looked at Yi Cui with a sad face and rubbed the place where she was beaten.
The little girl's coquettish look made Ning Yuzhen cover her lips and chuckle.
She echoed: "Yicui, you can't hit Lianxiang on the head again. If she keeps asking in the future, if you talk about her again, be careful that she blackmails you."
Yicui smiled and scolded: "What a slutty monkey, you dare to talk nonsense in front of the master."
