The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 17

Although she suffered a little bit, the biggest worry for a while was finally removed. In addition, because Song Chen missed her fever, he would help her pull the quilt from time to time, in case she would catch cold again. He was extremely caring, and Chu Xue slept all night very stable.

Because she was ill, Xu Jinhe specially said in front of Song Chen last night that she should take a good rest for the next few days, and she would not have to go to Danwei Garden to ask for breakfast until she recovered, so she planned to serve Song Chen after getting up the next day. She should take a good rest. She was not feeling well a few days ago, and it was really exhausting. She should rest in peace and recuperate for a few days.

Song Chen was concerned about her body, and originally didn't want her to serve her, but she insisted on it. The man protected her like this, and she was willing to serve her personally.But seeing that her body temperature had returned to normal, Song Chen agreed.To be honest, he also likes her to serve him personally. Just seeing her gently dressing himself in pajamas with long hair hanging down in the morning, it seems that he has strength after a busy day.

While slowly tidying up for the man, Yanling's voice came from the door outside, "My lord, Lord Xing Feng is waiting for you outside the courtyard for half an hour."

"Huh?" Song Chen looked at Chu Xue.Xing Feng came here probably because yesterday's investigation had come to fruition. Since it was an argument for her, she should naturally let her listen to it.

"Tell him to come in." Song Chen ordered.

"Yes." Yan Ling responded.

After a while, the young and rigorous guards in black entered the courtyard.There was a female family member of the master inside, and Xing Feng understood what Song Chen meant by "come in", so he stood outside the door and reported, "My lord, the peach blossoms were indeed found in the dishes delivered to Wantang Garden in the dining room yesterday. powder, and the rest of the hospital did not find out because the leftovers have been processed."

"Ah."

Song Chen didn't have any extra words, and motioned him to continue talking.

"The people in the dining room said that this is because a cook accidentally mixed the rice flour used to make peach blossom cakes for several other wives into the commonly used gorgon powder, which caused Mrs. Xue to eat it by mistake."

After waiting for a while, Song Chenfang said, "This is the end? Where is the person?"

Xing Feng paused for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Go back to your lord, that cook... I finished it myself last night."

Chu Xue was giving his buttoned hands a pause, and looked up at Song Chen in surprise.

Song Chen had no expression on his face, as if he hadn't heard that someone died in the mansion this morning.

"Yesterday's manager was dismissed, and the manager of the dining room was fined half a year and a month. Let's go down." Song Chen ordered lightly.

"Yes."

Xing Feng exited the courtyard gate.

The room was quiet for a while, Chu Xue seemed to have forgotten that Song Chen's coat had not been put on yet, and just stood there in a daze.

She didn't expect to be able to find out who was behind the scenes clearly. After all, she planned this time, and the main goal was Xu Jinhe's sterilization soup, but she really didn't want to let people die like this.

Besides, that cook must be just a scapegoat, isn't that too cruel?
She was instantly overwhelmed by a sense of guilt.

"What's the matter? I haven't put on my clothes yet, why are you in a daze?" Song Chen looked at her with a smile.

She came back to her senses upon hearing the sound, and stammered: "My lord, yes, someone died..."

Song Chen was not emotional, "Death is more than a crime."

She continued to stutter, "I just have a rash on my body, and it will be cured in two or three days. I really don't want to cause others to lose their lives!"

"Why did you get involved?" Song Chen was puzzled, and his voice sank, "Even a simple errand can go wrong. What happens today is peach pollen, but what will happen if you put arsenic tomorrow?"

Seeing that her clear eyes were full of surprise, he paused for a while and then softened his voice, "Since you have taken on an errand, you should do your part well. If you can't do it well, he will be to blame for this kind of fate. This matter is not your business." It’s irrelevant, don’t think too much, just recover from illness with peace of mind.”

She was stunned for a while, then nodded, and continued to dress him.

I almost forgot that he is a prince with supreme power, especially in his own fief, where he holds the power of life and death for countless people.Ten years ago when he first arrived in Yanzhou, he personally conquered Beihu, which had repeatedly invaded, and led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to wipe out [-] enemies. He was a veritable iron-blooded prince...

After everything was settled, he hugged her upstairs and bid farewell gently, "I'm leaving, I'm so busy today that I might not be able to come here during the day, you should have a good rest, take your medicine on time, I'll come back early at night, and wait for me to have dinner together meal?"

"Yeah." She nodded obediently and smiled softly.

He kissed her on the forehead before leaving Wantang Garden.

After Song Chen's figure disappeared outside the courtyard gate, Yanling and Ruyue, who were waiting to see him off at the gate, entered the room, and closed the door while waiting for her to wash up.

"Miss, someone is dead!" Yanling whispered, and looked at her together with Kisaragi.

What Xing Feng stood outside the door to report just now, of course the two servant girls who were also waiting outside the door heard clearly.

And the two of them were equally shocked.

"Yes, I heard." Chu Xue frowned, and replied weakly.

"But, the mastermind is definitely not the cook. Why did he want to kill us for no reason? Does the prince believe it like this? Does the cook feel a little wronged?" Yan Ling whispered anxiously.

Kisaragi didn't speak all the time, but her eyes were full of confusion at this moment.

She sighed, "Everyone is dead, and we haven't suffered any big losses, my lord... probably doesn't want to make things big."

Right now when he is busy, accidents in the backyard will of course bother him, with such a punishment, I hope that those who are not cunning can live in peace.

Yan Ling also frowned and nodded, then raised her head again and asked, "But we still don't know who did this."

She smiled, "We've only just arrived, so it's not bad to do things this way. Besides, now that we have taken care of ourselves and are free from foreign poisons, it's nothing but a headache. As for the rest... we can only take our time, the three of us We will have to be more cautious in the future.”

"Yes." The two maids nodded in unison.

After talking about the serious business, the two began to serve her to wash and wash. She sat in front of the mirror and let them take care of her hair while she thought about it. If she didn't go to Danwei Garden to pay her respects today, Li Jiaoyun and Xia Wanyin would definitely know about her illness. Xu Jinhe had already died yesterday. I've been here, and the two of them will come today too. Then we have to observe these two people carefully, and maybe we will gain something.

Today I got up early with Song Chen, and I didn't have to go to say hello, so I suddenly had a lot of free time in the morning, and it was only half past half hour after breakfast. Remembering the piano score that I turned over last night, she asked Yan Ling to fetch it from the capital. the piano.

After adjusting Jiaowei, she was caressing a piece of "The Resentment of the Concubine Xiang", when she heard an immature voice from outside the door, she was pleasantly surprised that it was Song Ning, so she stopped playing the piano and walked to the door to meet the little girl .

In the yard, the little girl in the peach red shirt followed behind Li Jiaoyun, and came into the house obediently. When she saw her, she immediately called sweetly: "Auntie..."

She couldn't help smiling, and leaned over to greet her, "Ningning, come quickly, Auntie misses you."

As the mother and daughter approached, Chu Xue gave Li Jiaoyun a gift, "Why is sister here?"

"Please get up quickly! My sister doesn't need to salute to me every time..." Li Jiaoyun hurriedly helped her up, and said with concern: "I went to pay my respects to the princess this morning, and I heard that my sister was ill, so I brought Ningning over to see her. gone?"

Chu Xue let the two of them into the room and replied, "I'm much better today, so it's nothing serious, but I just ate something by mistake yesterday, and I feel a little uncomfortable." After speaking, she looked at Li Jiaoyun with a smile.

Li Jiaoyun's expression was the same, she still nodded and cared for her, "I've also heard that the people in this dining room are really careless. We people have thick mouths, and we can't eat them normally. If you didn't find out such a person due to your illness, We don’t know what we have eaten in the past! It’s fine to punish us.”

Chu Xue paused, it seems that it should be normal for a servant to die in this palace, so that Li Jiaoyun, who has been in the mansion for seven or eight years, can't make any troubles. In comparison, she is indeed a little tender.

She looked at Song Ning, then remembered something, and said embarrassedly to Li Jiaoyun: "I heard that Ning Ning is weak, and I'm still sick. My sister brought her here, so I won't be afraid that I will get sick..."

"What kind of sickness does peach blossom ringworm have?" Li Jiaoyun smiled and stroked his hand, "I didn't want to bring her here, you were still sick, and I was worried that she would disturb you, but when she heard that she was here, she insisted If you want to follow me, now I ask my sister to forgive me!"

The two laughed together and looked at Song Ning in front of her. When Song Ning heard that they mentioned her, she hurriedly looked back and came over to ask her, "Is aunt sick?"

She nodded, pretending to be very uncomfortable, and looked at the little person in front of her.

The little man frowned, and said seriously: "Then auntie must drink the medicine obediently, and she will recover after drinking the medicine. Ningning is very obedient and not afraid of hardship! Auntie must be as brave as Ningning."

She smiled, "Well, my aunt must learn from Ningning, take the medicine seriously, and get better soon."

The little man was very satisfied with her statement, and a smile appeared on his little face immediately.

Looking at the innocent little girl in front of her, Chu Xue felt warm in her heart, but also distressed in her heart. The little girl is weak and will get sick at every turn. It has only been more than three years since she was born, and half of her days will be sick. Adults can't stand drinking bitter medicine, let alone a child, but this little girl is surprisingly strong. I heard that drinking bitter medicine never made her mother worry about it.

For a moment, she thought of the little cousin who died young, the real Chu Xue.

She was very upset, but she couldn't show it, so she restrained her thoughts and ordered the maids to pour tea.Xiao Song Ning was strolling around the house, and saw the piano she was playing just now, so she came to pester her, "Auntie played the piano for Ning Ning, Ning Ning wants to listen."

"Ning Ning, your aunt is not feeling well, let her have a good rest, and you will come to listen to her when your aunt is well, okay?" Li Jiaoyun called her daughter.

"It's okay, sister." Chu Xue smiled, "I was playing it before you entered the door. Since Ning Ning wants to hear it, I'll finish playing the song just now."

"Great! I can listen to my aunt playing the piano!" The little girl cheered happily.

She came to Jiaowei and sat down again, and Song Ning hurriedly stood aside seriously.

The sound of the piano lingers around the beams, curling up like smoke, and when the song is over, even the three-year-old girl is quiet.Li Jiaoyun smiled and praised, "My sister's piano skills are really good! Such a good age, such a good appearance, and such a good talent, my sister is a little jealous of you, no wonder the prince likes you."

Chu Xue's heart skipped a beat, could Li Jiaoyun say such a thing honestly, would she still use clumsy methods to harm herself?

She blushed, "My sister won the prize, it's nothing more than playing tricks, my sister heard that my sister can play the piano very well when she was in the capital!"

Li Jiaoyun also came from a scholarly family, so she is naturally a lady who is proficient in all aspects of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I heard that she was also very fond of Song Chen back then.

Li Jiaoyun sighed when he heard the words, "That was back then, since I gave birth to Qi'er... and then I had Ning Ning, who was born with a weak body. I have spent all my thoughts on her these past few years, so I don't have any leisure to talk to her." Those polite things?"

Hearing that she mentioned Song Qi, Chu Xue tentatively asked, "Sister, my sister has always been a little confused, but she has never dared to speak...Qi'er was born by you, why did she keep her by the princess' side? The princess herself is not Already have two sons?"

This question is actually quite normal. Usually, other families will adopt the children of concubines only when the main wife has nothing to do. As Chu Xue just said, Xu Jinhe had already given birth to two sons before Li Jiaoyun entered the house. There was no reason at all. He adopted Song Qi.

In fact, she has always been curious about this matter, but since she had just entered the door not long ago, it was not easy for her to inquire about the palaces on both sides, but today the person involved mentioned it herself, so she simply asked in person.

As soon as these words came out, Li Jiaoyun was silent for a while, and then sighed: "Speaking of which, it's my fate. I had a good body, but when I gave birth to Qi'er, it was difficult to give birth. After finally giving birth, my body became so weak. , lying on the bed for half a year, and didn't have the energy to take care of Qi'er at all, the prince felt sorry for Qi'er, so he asked the princess to take care of her."

She paused for a while, and then said in a trance: "Probably because of that dystocia, the root cause of the disease fell to the body, and Ningning was also born with a weak body because of her congenital deficiencies..."

Finally, a question was clarified, but the person involved sighed. Chu Xue felt a little guilty, and apologized, "I blame my sister for talking too much, for making her unhappy."

"How can I blame you!" Li Jiaoyun smiled, and said calmly: "It's all old things, there's nothing to be unhappy about... Besides, it might be better for Qi'er to be there than for me to bring it myself."

Li Jiaoyun comforted her, but it made her feel even more mixed.She smiled, not knowing what to say.

"Sister," Li Jiaoyun looked around and saw that there was no one else in the room except her maid and Yanling, she suddenly said softly, "In the future, you should be careful with the things you enter. Well...you can still trust your own people!"

Chu Xue was taken aback, and nodded quickly, "Thank you sister for reminding me, I will be more careful in the future."

After chatting for a while, and playing with Song Ning for a while, because they were worried about disturbing her rest, Li Jiaoyun's mother and daughter left.

After the visitor left, Chu Xue thought about it for a long time, and felt that Li Jiaoyun really didn't seem like someone who wanted to harm her. Isn't her reminder alone enough to prove it?
And Li Jiaoyun and Xu Jinhe shouldn't be together.

For a moment, she thought of the dystocia Li Jiaoyun said and the government doctor Liao Zhong, and she became even more suspicious.

(End of this chapter)