On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 379 Accident
Mrs. Li now feels that Miss Zhou is a hot potato and wants to send her away.

She became a widow at a young age. Logically, even if she returned home, she should stay at home and not go out. How could she come out to visit others?
Even if you are here as a guest, you can't just stay at the general's mansion and then not go back, right?

Besides, the old woman who assassinated her today was obviously targeting her.

Who knows what kind of trouble she got into outside?
Therefore, Mrs. Li was eager to send her away, but she couldn't let the Zhou family know that she disliked Miss Zhou, so she racked her brains to think of a solution.

After she had finally thought it through and written the letter, she was about to ask the maid to deliver it when she saw the chief steward of the mansion rushing in in a panic. Before she could open her mouth to scold him, the chief steward hurriedly said, "Madam, the chief steward of the palace is here, and he has brought the doctor with him."

It is said that the prime minister is a seventh-rank official, and the chief steward of the royal palace, although he is only a sixth-rank official, is the prince's close associate.

It can be said that even the princess and the prince have to give the steward some face.

"Ah?" Madam Li stood up and asked anxiously, "Then go and ask the master to come over?"

The chief steward said quickly, "Madam, don't worry. I have already sent someone to invite him."

Mrs. Li was relieved then. She straightened her clothes and hairpins and hurried to the front.

Generally speaking, male guests are received in the front yard.

Mrs. Li was too excited and forgot about this. When she rushed to the front yard, she saw her husband and Li Yan chatting with the chief steward.

Madam Li also smiled and said, "No wonder the magpies are calling in the yard today. It turns out that the chief steward has come. He is a rare guest. Please stay and have two glasses of vegetarian wine."

The chief steward was not arrogant and stood up and said, "Greetings, Madam. I will come to your house another day to ask for a glass of wine. I came here today because I heard that your eldest lady was injured. The prince specially asked me to bring a doctor to see her."

Hearing what he said, all the Li family members present were stunned.

The prince is busy with affairs, how could he pay attention to the eldest daughter-in-law of the general's mansion?

They looked at each other and thought that the prince was showing favor to the Xiao family out of consideration for General Li.

Therefore, they exchanged a few polite words before accompanying the chief steward and the two doctors who followed.

To be honest, General Li was a little flattered when he saw this scene.

In the past, even if he and his eldest son were injured on the battlefield, the prince would not be so polite as to ask two doctors to come to the house together, right?

When they came over, Miss Zhou was still with Xiao Xiao.

The chubby butler smiled when he saw her and said with concern, "Young lady is here too. I heard that you also encountered an assassin? Why don't we ask the doctor to check your pulse?"

Miss Zhou smiled and said, "Thank you, Chief Steward."

One of the doctors came over and took her pulse carefully, and finally said vaguely: "Miss, your blood and energy are not sufficient, you need to replenish them well."

"It's good that you are alright." The chief steward smiled until his eyes narrowed: "The Crown Prince's wife is very concerned about you?"

Even Xiao Xiao felt something was wrong when she heard this.

It is said that a new emperor appoints his own ministers. The deceased princess's surname was Zhou, but the crown prince's wife's surname was Wen.

Even between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in ordinary families, there would be conflicts, let alone in the royal palace?

Now that the princess has passed away, the prince is truly sad, and the princess may also be sad, but she is also secretly happy.

Without the pressure of her mother-in-law, the Crown Princess will be the boss of the inner house of the palace. She must be thinking about how to hold her mother-in-law's funeral in a decent manner.

In her spare time, she would think about her family or her son, so how could she have the time to think about the eldest daughter of the Zhou family? Madam Li also quickly glanced at them, as if she didn't hear anything, and instead cared about Xiao Xiao.

This gives them time to talk.

But Miss Zhou said, "I will go to burn incense for my aunt tomorrow."

After saying this, he bowed to everyone and left.

The chief steward didn't say anything more. Instead, he waited for the doctor to take Xiao Xiao's pulse and prescribe medicine. After a few polite greetings, he stood up and said goodbye with the doctors.

General Li asked his eldest son to send the chief steward away for him, and he and Madam Li returned to the living room.

"What the butler said is not right." Madam Li walked around in the living room: "Does the Xiao family seem to be an excuse?"

"He should be here for the eldest daughter of the Zhou family, right?"

General Li was not really a reckless man. After sitting there and thinking about what had happened, he had a lot of guesses. He frowned and said, "Be polite to the eldest daughter of the Zhou family."

"I will interrogate the assassin myself."

If I interrogate him thoroughly, if the prince asks, I will be able to give him a satisfactory explanation.

When the princess was alive, she was indeed considered a good wife to the prince. Although they were not very loving as a couple, they were still given enough respect.

But the prince was ambitious and his mind was not on the inner palace.

Why do you treat a grown-up girl differently now?
Is it to show that the prince will not treat the princess's family members badly just because he is about to ascend the throne?
Or is it because of the previous changes in the capital city that the prince’s control over the capital city has become stricter?

As soon as something happens in the general's mansion, the prince will receive the news.

Anyway, they had no ulterior motives, and it was certainly a good thing that the prince was well-informed, but it also made him more vigilant.

Regardless of whether his guess was right or not, the Zhou family now held a great position in the prince's heart, so they had better be polite.

He also knew that his wife was a bit picky sometimes. She had complained to him several times that the Zhou family was too unrefined. How could a widowed girl live in her brother-in-law's house?
He didn't care about it at the time, and said that the Zhou sisters were close, and the eldest girl took the opportunity to spend more time with her younger sister.

Now I am thankful that my wife cares about her reputation and won't do anything to chase me away.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li was very glad that she had not asked anyone to send the letter to the Zhou family. It was really the blessing of the Bodhisattva.

No, it should be the princess' spirit in heaven blessing her.

Madam Li secretly made up her mind that she would work harder and never be lazy again when she went to the palace to mourn tomorrow.

On the other hand, Xiao Xiao's imagination was a little wild, mainly because she had watched some movies and TV in her previous life, and she had seen cases of uncles marrying their cousins.

After all, there are even more outrageous things.

Wait for her to tell Li Yanyi her guess when he came back from seeing the guests off.

Li Yan was frightened: "What are you thinking about? How is this possible? This is absolutely impossible. Don't tell this to anyone else."

Seeing his nervous look, Xiao Xiao chuckled, "I see. You are my husband, and we are the closest people. That's why I can tell you everything, right?"

But the more she thought about it, the more she felt that her guess was possible.

When Xiao Zhou came back from her parents' home and heard the news that her elder sister was almost in trouble, she hurried to visit her elder sister, and then went to thank Xiao Xiao.