Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 322
Jia Rui was confused by the fuss, but then his heart tightened, as if something had happened to his baby bump.

"What's wrong with Jia Xuan? Are you sick?" Jiarui became a little anxious.

You must know that it is not easy for a child to grow up in ancient times. He may lose his life at any time due to a small cold.

Seeing Jia Rui's nervous look, Xue Baochai smiled softly in her heart. Although her husband usually didn't talk about it, he still missed his son in his heart.

"It's nothing serious. Yesterday afternoon, Princess Zhongshun took our son to the palace to accompany his little wife."

Jia Rui breathed a sigh of relief, as long as his son was not sick, it would be fine.

After that, Jia Rui blinked, pulled Xue Baochai into his arms, and whispered in her ear: "While this clingy little egg is not around, let's give him a younger brother or younger sister."

A hint of blush appeared on Xue Baochai's face, and she buried her face lower.

When Jia Rui saw that Xue Baochai had no objection, he immediately pushed her onto the bed, and everything happened after that.

The next day, Xue Baochai got up early as usual, and first went to see Mrs. Wang to say hello.

After that, he asked Mrs. Wang for more than a dozen Ginseng Yangrong Pills.

After leaving Mrs. Wang's place, he did not go back to his own yard, but went directly to Lin Daiyu's place.

At this time, Lin Daiyu hadn't gotten up yet, but she didn't sleep well either, often waking up from coughing.

When Xue Baochai arrived, she was lying on the bed coughing non-stop. Zijuan next to her was so anxious that she almost shed tears.

Xue Baochai entered the room and saw Zijuan patting Lin Daiyu's back constantly, trying to ease her discomfort.

Xue Baochai quickly handed the box in his hand to his maid Ying'er. She quickly walked forward to Lin Daiyu's side and whispered:

"Why are you coughing like this? I didn't see it so bad yesterday?"

Lin Daiyu stopped coughing for a moment, then raised her head and said apologetically: "Maybe I just moved to a different place and I'm not used to it, so I cough a little bit more."

When Xue Baochai saw that Lin Daiyu was already so ill, she was still afraid of causing trouble for herself. Her cautious appearance made Xue Baochai feel sad for a while.

"You can rest assured while you are here. If you are short, just ask the maids to ask for it. My place is different from Rongguo Mansion. The three melons and two dates you eat are nothing." Xue Baochai comforted, Lin Daiyu said.

Lin Daiyu forced a smile and nodded.

After hearing this, Zijuan said quickly: "The doctor said that we girls should eat bird's nest often to replenish our health."

"Zijuan, what are you talking about?" Lin Daiyu quickly scolded Zijuan.

Xue Baochai smiled, then patted Lin Daiyu's shoulder and comforted: "What did I think it was? It turned out to be a bird's nest? This thing is not uncommon in our house. Not only me, but also the aunts in the house make bird's nests every day." The one who serves the meal.”

After saying this, Xue Baochai said to Ying'er on the side: "I tell the kitchen to send the best bird's nests to Sister Lin three times every morning, noon and evening."

"Yes."

Zi Juan, who was standing next to her, saw that Xue Baochai was so talkative and immediately said, "I heard that blood bird's nest is the most nourishing. We girls often ate it when we were in the mansion."

Xue Baochai was stunned for a moment after hearing this. How come she hadn't heard of this?
"What is the blood bird's nest you are talking about? What does it look like?" Xue Baochai believes that no matter how valuable this thing is, as long as it really exists in the world, they can find it in Dingxihou Mansion.

Lin Daiyu heard this from the side and wanted to stop it immediately, but maybe she got anxious and started coughing violently again.

Xue Baochai and Zijuan worked hard for a long time, and finally made Lin Daiyu's cough stop again.

"Go and call Mother Wang." Xue Baochai ordered another maid, Brother Ying, who was following him.

Brother Ying agreed and went out immediately.

After regaining her composure, Lin Daiyu scolded Zijuan: "What nonsense are you talking about? If you keep talking nonsense, you will leave me."

Zijuan was too frightened to speak, but there was concern in her eyes.

Xue Baochai sighed, Lin Daiyu was really lucky to meet Zijuan, a maid.

Not long after, Brother Ying walked in with a grandma in her forties.

"Grandma, do you have any orders?" the woman who came in asked cautiously.

This person is the steward in charge of the large kitchen of Dingxihou Mansion. She arranges the daily meals of several masters in Dingxihou Mansion.

"I heard that there is something called blood bird's nest. Why have we never seen it in our house?" Xue Baochai asked.

Mother Wang was startled and said in her heart, who is this blind person who put eye drops on my eyes in front of grandma? Wait until I find out and see how I deal with you.

She was thinking so in her heart, but she didn't stop saying, "To answer grandma, don't listen to the nonsense of people outside. There is no such thing as blood bird's nest in the world."

When Zijuan heard someone retort, she was very dissatisfied and said first: "When we were in Rongguo Mansion, we girls often ate it, how can you say we didn't?" When Wang's mother heard Zijuan's claim, she also understood that it was this girl. I put some eye drops on myself.

At the same time, she was relieved in her heart. It seemed that it was not her competitors who were stumbling upon her. This was an outsider, so it would be no big deal.

Mother Wang first took a peek at Xue Baochai. When she saw her sullen face and looking at her seriously, she quickly smiled and said:
"Grandma, girl, you don't know that the so-called blood bird's nest is the dyed adult bird's nest. Eating this kind of thing is not only not good for people, but will make you sick. Even if I have a hundred courages, I don't dare to eat it. This is for the masters to eat.”

Xue Baochai was surprised after hearing this, and then turned to look at Lin Daiyu, who was also stunned.

Zijuan also didn't believe it. She asked hurriedly: "Isn't it possible? I heard that blood bird's nest is more expensive than ordinary bird's nest."

Mother Wang glanced at Zijuan disdainfully, and then said: "This is all a lie to outsiders. Who among the real people in the industry will eat that food? That food is very dirty."

Zijuan stopped talking this time.

Xue Baochai frowned. Rongguo Mansion is also the home of Zhongming Dingshi, and the family also has a lot of background. How come no one knows the harmful effects of blood bird's nest?
Then a dark thought flashed through Xue Baochai's mind, but Xue Baochai quickly threw the idea into the back of her mind because she didn't dare to think about it anymore.

When Xue Baochai came to his senses, he looked at Lin Daiyu and saw that her face was even paler.

Lin Daiyu's intelligence is no less than that of Xue Baochai. She can think of things that only Xue Baochai can think of.

At this time, she saw Xue Baochai looking to this side, with a bitter smile on his lips: "I didn't expect the servants in the house to be so corrupt. I must tell the old lady to rectify them when I go back."

Xue Baochai also sighed, and then said: "Even so, just stop eating bird's nest when you go back."

Then Xue Baochai waved to Ying'er, who quickly handed the box in front of Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai pushed the box towards Lin Daiyu, and then said: "The old lady in our house is also taking Ginseng Yangrong Pills. She heard that you also took this medicine, so she sent over a dozen pills, saying that these are the Change the medicine in your hand and see how effective the medicine from your Rongguo Mansion is."

This time, Lin Daiyu didn't think about anything else. She forced a smile and gestured to Zi Juan next to her.

Zijuan understood immediately, then took out a small wooden box from the cabinet next to her, and brought the small wooden box to Xue Baochai.

"Grandma Rui, this is the medicine our girl takes."

Xue Baochai opened the box, looked at it, and then smelled a gentle fragrance.

"Oh, I'd better use your medicine. It just smells better than ours." Xue Baochai said as he handed the box to Brother Ying who was standing next to him.

After that, Xue Baochai said some words to Lin Daiyu, then said goodbye and left.

After Xue Baochai left, Lin Daiyu finally shed tears that she had been holding back for a long time.

And the more she cried, the more aggrieved Lin Daiyu felt. In the end, her silent tears turned into sobbing.

There was a coughing sound among the cries. Zijuan beside her stamped her feet anxiously, but there was nothing she could do.

Besides, Jia Rui went to the cabinet as usual. After approving the memorial sent by the college students yesterday, he ordered it to be sent to the Emperor. After nothing happened in the afternoon, he skipped work.

After leaving Jia Rui, he took a detour to the Imperial Hospital not far from the palace.

The people at Taiyuan Hospital are very familiar with Jia Rui, because although Taiyuan Hospital is an independent department, he is mainly responsible for the health of the masters in the palace, so he has close contacts with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

And Jia Rui, the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is a person that Taiyuan Hospital often comes into contact with.

Therefore, as soon as Jia Rui entered the imperial hospital, three or four imperial doctors on duty immediately surrounded him.

"Master Jia, why do you have time to come to us today?"

"Master Jia, I just got a ginseng here. Please help me find out what year it is."

Jia Rui came to the imperial hospital for something today. He had no time to chat with these imperial doctors, so he casually said a few words and asked:
"Is the Master in charge here?"

"Master Jia, it's unfortunate that you're here. The master is treating an important concubine in the palace?" an imperial doctor said fawningly.

Jia Rui had no choice but to ask: "Which person in the hospital is good at treating coughs?"

When the imperial doctors heard this, they immediately said nonchalantly: "Of course it's Mr. Wang."

Jia Rui, the Mr. Wang they were talking about, also knew that he was an old imperial doctor. He usually kept his eyes open and seldom moved forward when the time came.

Judging from his age, he should be able to retire and go home in a year or two, but he didn't expect to have such skills.

"Oh, is Mr. Wang here?"

"Mr. Wang is in the Taiyuan Hospital. I will go and fetch you." After the man finished speaking, he hurried inside without waiting for Jia Rui's consent.

(End of this chapter)