Lihoumen

Chapter 55 Who did the Madam meet?
Early the next morning, Shen Han got up a moment early on purpose. He did not disturb Qingqing, but put on his clothes and left the inner room.

"Master, you got up very early today." Lingzhi was busy in the outer room. When she saw Shen Han coming out, she greeted him crisply and said hurriedly, "I will tell the kitchen to set the table early."

Shen Han called Lingzhi and asked, "Did Madam meet anyone yesterday?"

Lingzhi's little head turned, and she immediately remembered that Qingqing ran into Hao'er yesterday, and Lin Ruoqing came to her house.

What the child said yesterday was really hurtful. Although children's words are innocent, if the adults around them had not instigated them like this on a daily basis, how could a little child say such words? And Lin Ruoqing was even more infuriating. She came to apologize openly, but who couldn't hear the provocation in her words?

Thinking of this, Lingzhi was filled with anger.

Seeing her master asking about it, the little girl took a deep breath and told Shen Han everything about how Lin Ruoqing and her son treated Qingqing yesterday, adding fuel to the fire.

"Hao'er showed no courtesy when he met Madam, and even said that the position of the young master's wife should have belonged to his mother, saying that our Madam had usurped the throne, and that the young master cared about his mother in his heart."

"My cousin said she came to apologize, but she kept talking about your past with her, and said that you still have her in your heart."

The more Shen Han listened, the uglier his expression became. Lingzhi glanced at Shen Han's face, feeling proud in her heart, but not showing it on her face: "Our Madam went through such a thing yesterday, she was so upset that she didn't even have lunch. When she came back, she sent us all out and stayed alone in the room. I watched quietly and saw that Madam was quietly wiping away tears."

At the end, Lingzhi even wiped away tears of grievance.

The two of them had a conversation last night, and Shen Han dragged her along and made a fuss until late at night, until Qingqing finally couldn't bear it anymore and begged for mercy, and Shen Han reluctantly gave up.

Because she had exhausted too much physical energy, Qingqing was completely unaware when Shen Han got up this morning. When she opened her eyes, there was no one beside her.

Today is a double-day, and she has to go and pay her respects to the old lady. Although Qingqing is tired, she might as well stay in bed. Glancing at the remaining beauty on the bed, Qingqing tidied herself up first. After she was almost done, Lingzhi pushed the door in.

The little girl smiled and asked Qingqing how she was, then went to the closet to choose clothes: "This scarlet skirt that was just cut is really beautiful, Madam, you can wear this today."

As she spoke, she came to the bedside holding the dress, put it aside, and then helped Qingqing change her clothes.

Qingqing was worried that the little girl would see the marks left on her body by Shen Han during last night's pleasure, so she waved her hands and said, "I can do it myself."

Lingzhi understood and picked up the clothes again, holding them in front of Qingqing with an unconcealable smile on her face.

"What good news happened so early in the morning? It makes you so happy." Qingqing glanced at her.

Lingzhi was still happy about the fact that she and Shen Han had reported Lin Ruoqing to each other early in the morning. When Qingqing asked her about it, she naturally would not say it out loud and hurriedly made up an excuse to get away with it.

Qingqing packed up and went out. When she arrived at Chunxi Hall, before she went in, she saw the maids and old women in the yard busy in a mess. Even the maid guarding the door was nowhere to be seen.

Lingzhi stopped a little maid and asked her, only to find out that the old lady had accidentally fallen this morning.

She walked into the house lightly. In the inner room, the old lady was screaming hysterically. From the sound of pain, she knew she had fallen hard. "Hey, Third Madam, you're here." Aunt Xu saw Qingqing, asked her how she was, and told her what had happened: "This morning, after breakfast, the old lady saw that the autumn chrysanthemums in the yard were blooming well. She was so excited that she went out of the house and was about to pick a few flowers to put in the decoration. But the dew was heavy in the early morning, and she slipped and fell down the steps under the corridor."

Nanny Xu briefly explained the cause of the accident and quietly exchanged glances with Qingqing, saying, "This time, the fall was quite severe. The first lady has already sent for a doctor. Third lady, please sit here and wait for a while. When the doctor comes, you can go in and visit the old lady."

The old lady doesn't like Qingqing, and now she broke her leg, so she must be in a bad mood. If you go in at this time, you might get into trouble.

Qingqing understood Aunt Xu's intention, smiled at her, and said gently: "Since my sister-in-law is serving inside, I won't go in. Too many people will make it chaotic."

After a while, Liu Ruyue and Wang Zhenzhen also rushed over. Before Wang Zhenzhen even entered the house, she yelled at the top of her voice: "How did my aunt fall? How did the people around her serve her? Oh my!"

As soon as Wang Zhenzhen stepped into the house, she went into the inner room crying and went to visit the old lady.

Liu Ruyue stood outside and asked a few questions, then sat down on the armchair like Qingqing, waiting for the doctor to come.

From the inner room came the old lady's moaning sounds, mixed with strange complaints from time to time.

Liu Ruyue knew that Li was inside, and a slight look of gloating appeared on her face.

After the steward finally invited the doctor in, Qingqing stood up and went into the inner room with the doctor. Liu Ruyue also followed in, twisting her handkerchief.

The old lady was covering half of her face with a handkerchief, half leaning on the bed. Qingqing did not go forward, but took a glance from a distance and saw that the handkerchief was stained with blood and her ankle was swollen. The skin injury on her face was not serious, but the ankle was definitely injured, and the injury was serious.

When the old lady saw the doctor, she turned around and questioned Li beside her: "Didn't I ask you to ask the Chinese doctor in the south of the city?"

Without waiting for Li's reaction, the doctor looked embarrassed.

Li cast a questioning look at the housekeeper, who hurried forward and replied, "Madam, the Hua Yixian has been out on tour these days and is not in the inn." Then he glanced at the doctor who was invited and said to the old lady, "This Doctor Zhang is also a master and is best at treating injuries. You can rest assured and let him treat you."

"Where did you get Doctor Zhang? I'm so badly injured right now, but you can't even get a good doctor. You always say you want to be filial to me, but it's obvious that you're just bluffing."

This statement is a complaint about Li's incompetence.

Li's face froze, but seeing her mother-in-law's injury, she could not care about anything else and could only persuade her to make peace with herself: "Mother is right, but the Hua doctor is not here today, and mother's injury is serious, why not let Doctor Zhang take a look first, at least put some ointment on it to stop the pain first."

The pain from the broken bones was unbearable. Unable to bear the pain, the old lady reluctantly let Doctor Zhang come forward.

Only Li was left in the inner room to take care of it, while the rest of the people left the inner room.

(End of this chapter)