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Mrs. Pei was ill, and when she got up in the morning, she had a headache, a stuffy nose, and a faint tightness in her chest.

Mrs. Pei thought it was because of the wind last night, so she didn't take it seriously, but asked Qiu Hen to ask the doctor to take two doses of medicine.

Who knew that after taking two doses of medicine, it didn't get better, but it became more and more serious.

After four or five days, I couldn't even eat anymore, and I lost weight visibly.

Qiu Hen was a little anxious at first, so he found another doctor to see him, but he drank a lot of medicine, but he was still not well.

With the arrival of mid-spring, more and more people come to visit the lake to enjoy the flowers in Lindu, and the price of the inn is one day.

In addition, Pei's illness has been bad for a few days, the innkeeper was afraid of causing trouble, so he sent his staff to persuade them to leave intentionally or unintentionally.

When Mrs. Pei got angry, the pain in her heart became more serious.

Chang Luoyao is an inexperienced person, so besides knowing that crying is crying.

Seeing that she didn't have any plans, Mrs. Pei had to call Qiu Hen to tell her: "We didn't bring much money when we came here, so we won't be able to last for many days if we go on like this. You can go to the princess of the county and see if you can take Yao'er over. , you and I will return to Qingzhou tomorrow."

Seeing that she was seriously ill, Qiu Hen thought that the journey was far away, in case something bad happened on the way, but he couldn't figure it out, who would he turn to?

But since Mrs. Pei had already ordered, she had no choice but to obey.After all, Lindu is worthy of being a capital city, and living in it is not easy.They are already struggling to live in the store for the past few days and to get medicine for the wife.

After coming out of the inn, Qiu Hen went to Yongchanghou's Mansion, and when he arrived at the door, Qiu Hen explained his purpose, and the concierge went in to inform.

Lindu in April is full of flowers and willows. Yongchanghou is located on the most prosperous Wenhui Street. The vermilion lacquered red door is very grand, and the copper rivets on the door are shining brightly in the sun.

Qiu Hen found a place to stand in the shade, and as soon as he stood still, a steed came trampling over. The purple-clothed young man on the horse had a powdered face and peach blossom eyes, very handsome.

He walked past Qiu Hen, reined in the horse's head and turned back, standing in front of Qiu Hen.

Qiu Hen lowered his knees, bowed and said: "Qiu Hen has seen Shi Zi'an."

"Why are you here?" Zhou Wei looked mad, "Could it be that Miss Chang Wu is here to apologize again?"

Qiu Hen saluted again, and said neither humble nor overbearing, "This servant is asking to see the princess of the county today because our lady is seriously ill."

"Are you seriously ill?" Zhou Wei rode a horse back and forth in front of her twice, "Are you going to die?"

Qiu Hen choked, raised his head and said: "My son is serious, our lady is just suffering from the cold."

On the way from Qingzhou to Lindu, Zhou Wei had seen that the Pei family was poor and productive. He curled his lips, "Since I just suffered from a little cold, I can just go to the doctor, why come to my aunt."

Qiuhen knew that he was deliberately embarrassing her, so he stopped talking.

Zhou Wei glanced at her and said with a sneer: "I just kindly remind you, don't wait here. Early this morning, my queen's aunt called the princess's aunt into the palace. You waited for nothing."

Qiu Hen raised his head and asked anxiously, "Does the prince know when the princess will come back?"

When she came out today, the last bit of money in her baggage was also paid to the inn. If she couldn't wait for the princess, they would be kicked out of the inn tomorrow.

Not to mention whether it is shameful or not, one of the lady and the girl is sick, and the other is very weak. If they are really kicked out of the inn, what should they do?

The princess of the county has become the only straw that Qiuhen can grasp at this time.

Zhou Wei turned his horse's head, "That's not necessarily the case. I haven't seen my queen aunt and princess aunt for more than ten years, and the mother-in-law of the princess aunt is also in the palace. If you want to keep her for two days, It's also possible."

After Zhou Wei finished speaking, he patted his horse and went to Yongchanghou's mansion.

Qiu Hen opened her mouth, she really wanted to borrow some money from Zhou Shizi, but she still didn't have the courage to say it.

Sure enough, the concierge replied after a while, saying that the princess of the county had gone into the palace, and asked her to leave a message when she came back.

Qiu Hen walked back disappointedly.She was really afraid of facing the complaints from Mrs. Pei and Miss Chang Wu.

But what if things have come to this?The meaning of the fourth girl's words that day seems to have discovered something, if she really knows the truth.

Qiu Hen shivered, his whole body was cold.

At noon, seeing that Qiu Hen hadn't come back, Mrs. Pei scolded: "This slave is really worshiping the high and stepping down, and has no conscience. Let her go to the Yongchang Hou Mansion, and she has been dawdling until now.

No matter how well you treat her on weekdays, if you don't stare at her for a while, it's not just hiding and being lazy. "

Chang Luoyao frowned, A Niang was becoming more and more disrespectful.Even though he was sick, he couldn't allow himself to be like a shrew, unkempt and only swearing.

She sat at the table, resting her chin on her hands, frowning, pretending not to hear.

"Yao'er, bring some water for Auntie." Mrs. Pei was dizzy and flustered, sat on the bed for several times, but did not reach the teacup on the small table beside the bed.

Sure enough, after scolding people, they began to make people.Chang Luoyao reluctantly walked over, and handed the teacup to Pei's hand.

Pei took a sip, frowned and said, "This water is cold, how can I drink it?"

Chang Luoyao said lightly, "There is no hot water in this room, so Auntie just has to take a sip."

Mrs. Pei was already ill, seeing her daughter like this, she felt so wronged, gasped for breath and tears welled up in her eyes, "The doctor said that I have a cold and I want to eat hot food, go and get me some hot water, I can't drink this cold water."

Although Chang Luoyao was unwilling, she had no choice but to take the pot and go outside to find hot water.

As soon as she went out, she bumped into the inn clerk, Chang Luoyao said with a smile, "Xiaoer, help me get some hot water."

The store clerk looked at her and smiled meaningfully, "Girl, you still owe the inn yesterday's rent. The shopkeeper said that you should settle the rent and I'll bring you hot water."

Chang Luoyao said angrily, "It's just a little rent, who would lose you?"

"That's hard to say, girl, you'd better go back and pay the rent, otherwise, you will have to do what you want tonight."

Chang Luoyao was speechless angrily, and she went back to the room angrily.

Seeing her come back angrily, Mrs. Pei thought that she didn't know where to get hot water, so she said, "Didn't you find any hot water? You go to the front and tell the shopkeeper to ask the shopkeeper to get hot water." Just send it over."

Chang Luoyao put the pot heavily on the table, "What kind of hot water do you want? The shopkeeper said that the shopkeeper will pay yesterday's rent, or else let us do what we want."

Mrs. Pei cursed angrily, "This shopkeeper is really deceiving people, when did we pay less than his rent for the few days we stayed here?
You go and get the purse from the baggage inside, and then go throw the money in front of him, and save yourself from looking at their disgusting faces. "

Chang Luoyao took out the purse from the bundle inside and handed it to Pei Shi. Pei Shi opened the purse and was dumbfounded.

This purse has always been in the care of Qiu Hen, and she didn't check it from time to time.Yesterday night, in a daze, I only heard Qiu Hen mention that there was not much money left, how could I know that there was only such a little money, and even the rent was not enough.