"Lonicera, there is no one in the world that I can rely on forever." Shichu couldn't help but want to expose her naive thoughts, "Even my parents who gave birth to me sold me for money, how can they expect nothing from me?" How can a man who is not related by blood be my support? Haven’t you seen poor women who were beaten or even sold by their husbands?”
Rendong was immediately choked by her words and was speechless. After a while, she realized what she said and said quickly: "Our master is the Crown Princess, she will support us, and our husband's family will not dare to Offend the master..."
Shichu chuckled and said: "You are right, the master will indeed support us, but she can support us once, twice or even three times, but can she support us for the rest of her life? Even if she can, then Are you embarrassed to trouble the master again and again with your own family affairs?"
Lonicera was left speechless by her retort again.
Shi Chu took advantage of the victory and continued: "Moreover, think about it, can a marriage that requires the support of the master really be happy? Even if the husband dare not treat you badly because he is afraid of the master, he is willing to treat you well and is forced to treat you with complaints. Hello, what do you think is true happiness?"
At that time, these words were like a bolt from the blue, giving Lonicera a blow to the head, making her mind sober as she had never been before. She suddenly said as if she was enlightened: "Du Xiang, you are right, because you are afraid of the master, you can't wait to be nice to me. This Good planting is false and I don’t care about it.”
Ling Dong was lost in thought by Shi Chu's words, and no longer cared about whether Shi Chu would marry or not.
In the days that followed, Gui Yunlai continued to be harassed by Mrs. Anding Hou, who asked her to take concubines for her husband. However, Gui Yunlai withstood the pressure. After Zhang Qishan learned that his wife was being embarrassed by the wooden tools, he ran to quarrel with his mother angrily. After a fight, Mrs. Anding Hou was so angry that she repeatedly called Gui Yunlai a vixen, and scolded Zhang Qishan for marrying a daughter-in-law and forgetting his mother. But no matter what, after Zhang Qishan's trouble, Gui Yunlai finally had a chance to breathe and was no longer forced. So urgent.
Of course, she herself also hoped to give birth to a child for her husband as soon as possible, so that her position in the Anding Marquis Mansion would be more stable, so she began to seek medical advice everywhere, hoping to take good care of her body and get pregnant as soon as possible.
She had been a maid for a period of time at the beginning. Although the work was not onerous and the master treated her well, she was not someone who was willing to be a slave, so she never gave up looking for an opportunity to leave the prince's mansion and redeem herself. civilian.
Soon, the opportunity she had been waiting for came.
A strange disease suddenly appeared in the capital. People who got the disease would first have fever and headache, and then abscesses would appear on their faces and bodies. After four or five days, the abscesses would burst, and then they would scar and heal quickly, but after healing, the abscesses would appear on their bodies. It will leave very obvious scars and is almost impossible to cure. This means that once you contract this disease, even if you survive, your face will be disfigured.
No matter men, women, old or young, as long as they are human, they will not care about their appearance. Therefore, even if the fatality rate of this epidemic is not high, because of the disfigurement, people in the capital will change their color when they hear the disease, avoid it like snakes and scorpions, and want to follow them. It is best for people who are sick to stay far away from each other.
Unfortunately, although the fatality rate of this epidemic is not high, it spreads very quickly. In just seven or eight days, hundreds of people have shown symptoms, and the number of sick people is still increasing, making people in the capital panic. Some people People from wealthy families left Beijing urgently to avoid the epidemic.
The dignitaries who had to stay in the capital wished they had a doctor. The palace even ordered the imperial doctors to run around, ordering them to find a cure quickly.
This weird epidemic had never happened before. Even if the imperial doctors worked tirelessly on research, they could not develop a cure in just a few days. Therefore, soon more people were sick in the capital, and even the heavily guarded Sick people appeared in the houses of dignitaries.
The Marquis Anding's Mansion was no exception. Even though Mrs. Anding and the Crown Princess had repeatedly asked the servants in the mansion not to interact with outsiders unless necessary, they still failed to prevent the emergence of immune diseases in the Marquis Anding's Mansion despite all precautions.
A maid who was doing shopping in the kitchen first developed a fever and a headache, and soon began to develop abscesses on her face and body. When everyone saw it, wasn't this the epidemic? As a result, everyone in the mansion was immediately panicked, fearing that they would be infected if they didn't give up.
In the end, Marquis Anding ordered the patients to be transferred to a village in the suburbs to recuperate, and those who might be infected were also sent away.
As for the master's yard, the guarding is even stricter. After all, this disease can disfigure the face. For ordinary people, although the disfigurement is unsightly, as long as it does not affect their daily lives, they don't need to worry too much.
But for the masters of wealthy families, disfigurement is a very serious matter. If the male master is disfigured, his official career will be cut off. The emperor will not want a disfigured minister; if the female master is disfigured, it will be even worse. She is destined to be If you fall out of favor with your husband, if you are an unmarried girl, your life-long events will also be ruined, and you will never be able to marry a good husband in this life.
After Shichu learned about the epidemic, she immediately realized that she could use the epidemic to escape from the Anding Marquis Mansion, especially since some servants in the Anding Marquis Mansion were also infected. She seized the time and specially prepared a medicine for herself. A medicine with similar symptoms to the epidemic was given, and he took it without hesitation.
"First Evolution"
So when he started to have a fever, Shichu said to Lonicera in panic: "Lonicera, I seem to have a fever. Do you think I may also be infected with the disease?"
Lonicera was startled, and her face suddenly turned pale. She wanted to touch Shi Chu's forehead and take her temperature. Shi Chu quickly avoided her hand and said in fear: "Lonicera, don't touch me. Is it really an epidemic? I can't infect you, so you should stay away from me..."
Lonicera's eyes turned red: "It's impossible. You haven't left the house, and you haven't interacted with the infected people in the house. How could you be infected with that kind of disease? Don't worry, maybe your fever is just an ordinary cold. ?”
Shichu smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "Lonicera, please stop comforting me. I'm sick and can't be near the master anymore. Please tell the master that I want to take leave to recuperate in the village. If I'm lucky in the future, I can I have recovered and the master does not dislike me. Then I will come back and continue to serve the master. If I am really disfigured, I will not come back to stain the master's eyes. I hope the master will be merciful and let me redeem myself and leave the house. …”
What Shi Chu said was true and sincere. If she wanted to leave the Hou Mansion without leaving any excuses and justifiably, she had to do a good job in appearance.
Sure enough, after hearing her words, Ling Dong immediately started to wail and burst into tears: "Du Xiang! No, you must be fine. We have agreed that we will serve the master together for the rest of our lives..."
