Ci Jinzhi

5 In front of you
Xinyou wiped the medicinal juice on the corners of her lips, and asked calmly, "Who boiled today's medicine?"

"The servant girl boiled it, and then let Jiangshuang guard it—" Xiaolian's expression changed, "Is there something wrong with this medicine?"

Xinyou shook her head: "I don't know if there is any problem, but the taste is a bit different."

Aunt Xia served her mother's meals, and she cooked good dishes, which made her tongue tricky.The difference in taste does not necessarily mean that there is a problem with the medicine, but in the murderous Shaoqing Mansion, she had to be more cautious.

"Is the dregs still there?"

"Yesterday's medicine dregs caused Jiangshuang to fall on the flowers at the base of the wall, and today's medicine has not been cleaned up." Xiao Lian's expression became more and more nervous, and she had already decided that there was something wrong with the medicine.

Xin You thought for a while and asked, "Miss Kou, do you have any savings?"

"some."

Xin You whispered: "Secretly cleaned up the medicine residues, and used the pretext of buying candied fruit for me to go to a small medical clinic far away from Shaoqing's mansion, and take some money to ask the doctor to palm my eyes..."

Xiao Lian nodded as she listened, she processed the medicinal juice first, and then arranged errands for the servants of Wanqingju, took advantage of these people's busy time to collect the medicinal residues, and went outside the mansion.

Not long after Xiaolian went out, the little maid came to report that the second wife brought the fourth girl.

"Is Qingqing feeling better today?" Compared to yesterday's low-key in the old lady's house, today Zhu's lips are smiling, a little more amiable.

The fourth girl, Duan Yunyan, stood beside her mother. Since entering the room, she only called out to Cousin Qing and then remained silent.

Xinyou's heart skipped a beat.

Duan Yunyan is only ten years old, a lively and talkative age, but he is so unfamiliar with his cousin who has lived in Shaoqing's mansion for four years.I don't know if it's because of the age difference that we can't play together, or because of the adults' advice.

"Aunt Lao is worried, I just took the medicine and feel much better."

"That's good. Eat and take medicine on time, and you'll be fine soon..." Zhu Shi warmly instructed, sat down for a while, and took her daughter away.

Xinyou signaled the little maid to open the gift brought by Mrs. Zhu. Apart from a few common supplements, there was actually an old wild ginseng.

To put it bluntly, the scholarly family of Shaoqing's mansion is not rich enough, and the second wife, Zhu Shi, as a concubine's daughter-in-law, can't touch the housekeeper's door, so this visit gift can be described as precious.

Due to the growth environment, Xinyou originally lived a free and easy life, but at this time she had to think more.

Then the old lady and the eldest lady came to visit one after another, and Xiaolian came back around noon.

"How?" When she asked this question, Xinyou already had an idea in mind.

With no one else around, Xiao Lian no longer concealed her panic, and said in a trembling voice: "Girl, there is something wrong with the medicine!"

"Drink some water and speak slowly."

Xiao Lian grabbed the cup and drank a few sips of water, shaking her fingertips uncontrollably: "The doctor checked the medicine dregs, and today there is too much medicine in the medicine. Although it also has the effect of relieving pain, it has nothing to do with this medicine that regulates qi and nourishes blood." Prescriptions are incompatible with each other, and the weak will suffer from abdominal pain and vomiting when taking it, and coma and death in severe cases..."

After Xinyou listened silently, her expression didn't change much: "Call everyone from Wanqingju."

"Girl—" Xiaolian's face was puzzled, but also resentful.

Someone in Shaoqing's mansion really wanted to harm the girl!

"Go."

Facing those dark eyes, Xiao Lian's mind cleared up, and she bent her knees: "Yes."

Not long after, two servants and two little maids appeared in front of Xin You.

"You should all have heard that I fell off a cliff and hit my head. I can't remember some things for a while. I didn't take care of it when I came back yesterday. Let me introduce myself today." Xin You first looked at the little maid named Jiangshuang.

Jiang Shuang bowed her knees: "The servant girl is called Jiang Shuang, and she is usually responsible for cleaning the house and doing some chores ordered by Sister Xiaolian."

Another little servant girl said: "My servant's name is Hanxue, and she runs errands for the girl."

The younger servant woman said: "The old slave is in charge of cleaning the courtyard. The girl used to be called the old slave Wang's mother."

The servant woman who spoke last was in her fifties, with a cautious expression, looking at her honesty and duty: "The old servant's family name is Li, and he does rough work in the yard."

Xinyou's eyes were fixed, and she said in a gentle voice, "Madam Li is not young, so isn't it hard to do rough work?"

Nanny Li hurriedly said: "Miss, this old slave is annoying, these tasks are what this old slave is used to, as long as Miss doesn't think this old slave is clumsy."

"How could it be?" Xin You glanced at Xiao Lian, "Xiao Lian, bring that silver ring."

Xiao Lian was taken aback, walked quickly to the side of the cabinet and opened the cage, hesitated for a while and took a plain silver ring from a dozen rings of different materials and sizes.

"Mother Li has worked hard."

Nanny Li looked shocked: "Girl, you can't do it, you can't do it—"

Although Xiao Lian didn't understand Xinyou's different treatment of Nanny Li, she moved neatly and took Li Nanny's hand to put it on for her herself: "Since it's a reward from the girl, don't refuse it, try it quickly." The trial fit didn't fit."

"Well, how does this make—" Nanny Li still refused, looking at a loss.

Xin You looked on coldly, not to mention the two little maids, Mama Wang stared at Madam Li with obvious envy.

When the four of them retreated, Xiao Lian asked puzzledly, "Why does the girl only reward Nanny Li?"

Even if you want to win people's hearts, it's not worth dealing with a rough envoy.

"I just think that Nanny Li's hands are suitable for wearing rings." Xin You stroked her fingers.

The girl's fingers are like spring onions, fair and slender, but empty without any accessories.Xiao Lian thought about Nanny Li's fat fingers again, and couldn't help showing an indescribable expression.

Xinyou felt in a good mood.

The owner of those hands turned out to be far away in the sky, but close in front of us.

"Girl, how do you know you have a silver ring?" Xiao Lian asked another question.

She had always had the key to those boxes and cages containing gold and silver jewellery.

Xin You smiled when she heard this, "I think Miss Kou doesn't even have a silver ring."

Xiao Lian was dumbfounded, and struggled a few times in her heart. First, she carried the box on the dressing table, and then brought two boxes from the cabinet, and opened them one by one.

Inside the box are some exquisite ornaments suitable for girls to wear, and the hairpin and jade ornaments in the cage are very valuable at first glance.

"These belong to the girl." Xiao Lian couldn't hide her complacency, "There are also several boxes of good materials, all of which are kept in the Westinghouse."

There are always people who think that the girl of her family lives in someone else's house, but in fact, the girl's family is much richer than the girls in the family.

After a moment of silence, Xin You asked, "Is that all?"

Xiao Lian couldn't help being stunned, looking at the box full of treasures hesitantly: "Are these... very few?"

"You once said that Ms. Kou's grandfather accumulated tens of thousands of wealth in business in troubled times, but he had only one son. Ms. Kou's father studied and became an official and became a magistrate, and there was only Ms. Kou and her daughter. Miss Kou went to Beijing, where did the wealth of the two generations of the Kou family go?"

Xiao Lian was stunned, her expression gradually turned from bewildered to horrified, and she murmured: "I, I don't know..."

Seeing this, Xin You couldn't help sighing.

Xiao Lian, who accompanied Kou Qingqing to Beijing four years ago, was only 11 years old, so it's not surprising that she didn't know anything about these things.

However, there are always people who know.

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