Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

When Xichun woke up, it was dark. She was lying on the bed with a severe headache. She looked around, but she couldn't recognize where she was.

The servant girl serving at the side immediately noticed that Xichun had woken up, and shouted happily: "Miss Si is awake, Miss Si is awake!"

Xichun originally had a headache, but it was even more uncomfortable when this maid quarreled, and she couldn't help scolding: "Shut up!"

The voice is pitifully small.

The maid even leaned forward, "What does Fourth Miss want to say? But do you want to drink water?" As she spoke, she turned around to pour water.

Xichun: ...

People outside also ran in when they heard the commotion, and Mother Jiang and Ruhua ran in the front.

As soon as Ruhua saw Xichun woke up, he cried and lay down beside the bed, "Miss Si!"

Mother Jiang also had tears in her eyes.

Xichun shook Ruhua's hand, then looked up at Jiang's mother.

Mother Jiang immediately understood what Xichun meant, "Don't worry, Miss Si, we are now in Ningguo Mansion."

Ningguo Mansion?Wasn't she taken to the Taoist temple by Jiao Da?

Jiang's mother continued: "Jiao Da has been taken down, and it is the mansion where the master brought Miss Fourth back."

The mansion where the master took her back?

After understanding the meaning of this sentence, Xichun couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Jiang's mother looked at Xichun's dazed look and laughed, "Miss Si, Master is back home!"

Jia Jing is back home!

Xichun laughed.

At this time, the servant girl came over with water again, "Mom, give Miss Fourth some water."

Jiang's mother also nodded, took the water glass, saw her in the painting, and immediately gave up her seat. Jiang's mother squatted beside the bed, and a maid helped Xichun up, and asked Jiang's mother to feed Xichun.

Xichun drank the water and felt her throat feel better before avoiding it. When Jiang's mother saw her, she took back the teacup.

Jiang's mother stood up, handed the teacup to the maid beside her, and took out her handkerchief to wipe Xichun's mouth.

Only then did Xichun notice Jiang's mother's awkward posture and the injury on her forehead.

Xichun asked, "What's wrong with Mom?"

Jiang's mother followed Xichun's gaze and touched her forehead, "Miss Si is not afraid, my mother knocked it accidentally."

Xichun didn't speak, just looked at Jiang's mother like that, and seeing that Jiang's mother refused to say anything, she turned to look at Ruhua again, "Ruhua!"

But Ruhua's complexion is also a little bad, and there is still a little sweat on his forehead.

"Miss Si." Jiang's mother sighed, "That's really what my mother knocked on accidentally."

"It's just that it's not good for us to take care of the fourth lady. If the fourth lady suffers so much, she will always be punished."

Seeing that Xichun's complexion was not good, Jiang's mother hurriedly coaxed: "Miss Si, don't be afraid, they are just pretending, they are not trying hard, look, aren't we standing here properly?"

Ru Hua also nodded aside, "Really, Miss Fourth, it doesn't hurt! He even brought us medicine!"

Xichun felt uncomfortable with the blockage in her throat, so she reached out to Ruhua and Jiang's mother, holding their hands tightly.

After a while, Jiang's mother patted Xichun, "Okay, Miss Fourth, don't be afraid, we are all here."

Xichun let them go, only to find that there were several unfamiliar maids in the room.

Jiang's mother explained to her, "These are all sent by the master to serve Miss Fourth."

There are seven maids in total, four of them look like twelve or thirteen years old, and three look like seven or eight years old.

They lined up in a row and knelt down towards Xichun, "Slaves Baizhi/Baiwei/Baizhi/Bletilla striata/Qingyu/Xiaozhuo/Bihe please greet Fourth Miss!"

Xichun was startled, so many people?But his face was still calm, "Get up."

The seven of them couldn't stand it, "Please Miss Fourth give me your name."

Xichun blinked, and gave her a name?

Is this giving her these servant girls?

With so many servant girls serving her, does Jia Jing not plan to let her go back to Rongguo Mansion?

Xichun thought for a while and said, "Get up." Then he added, "Father named me."

Now the seven servant girls stood up, "Miss Xie Fourth." The smiles on their faces became much more sincere.

If Jia Jing gave them names, their identities would be even higher!

A maid outside raised the curtain, "The seventh lady is here."

Xichun couldn't help but look outside the door, there are still outside?

Hearing the arrival of the seventh lady, the maids in the house immediately got busy, packing up things, pouring tea and holding fruits, and Jiang's mother even greeted them personally.

It was an old woman who came in, her face was full of wrinkles, her expression was indifferent, her silver hair was tied into a bun hanging behind her head, she didn't have any jewelry on her body, her clothes were half old but clean and tidy, she was obviously bent slightly when she walked Yes, but it makes people feel that her back is straight.

Seventh Possession entered the house, and Mother Jiang stepped forward to salute, "Seventh Possession."

The seventh lady nodded, "The master asked me to see Miss Fourth."

When the seventh lady walked to the bed, a maidservant with quick hands and feet hurriedly moved the embroidered pier over.

The seventh lady didn't sit down, but bowed to Xichun, "May the Fourth Miss be well."

Xichun said, "Seventh lady, please get up." Pointing to Xiudun, she said, "Sit down."

The seventh lady thanked her, and then she sat down, but she only sat on half of the embroidery pier. After she sat down firmly, she stretched out her hand to Xichun, "Please reach out to Miss Fourth, and this servant will take your pulse."

Xichun stretched out her hand obediently, Qi Po felt her pulse, looked at Xichun's tongue and throat, and touched her back.

After finishing all this, Qi Po said: "Miss Si is fine, as long as you pay more attention and take two more medicines, you will be fine."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The seventh lady stood up and said goodbye, "The servant girl will leave first."

Jiang's mother wanted to stay for a while, "Qi Po, take a rest, let's go after drinking tea."

The seventh lady shook her head, "I still have to report the situation of Miss Fourth to the master."

Hearing this, Mother Jiang no longer kept Qi Po, but she still sent Qi Po to leave in person.

After sending off the seventh wife, Jiang's mother came back to stay by Xichun's bed, and Xichun asked, "Who is the seventh wife?"

"The seventh lady is an old man in the mansion. She usually guards the Songtao courtyard. This time, the fourth lady is sick. If she can't find a doctor, she invites the seventh lady to see a doctor."

"Songtao Courtyard?"

"That's the courtyard where the old man lived in when he was recuperating in his later years."

Xichun nodded, and thought of another question, how could the dignified Ningguo Mansion fail to invite a doctor?

Xichun immediately realized that something happened outside.

Jiang's mother said to her: "Sister Xi, please be obedient during this time, don't run around, and take care of your illness. It's not something we brought, so please don't touch it, okay?"

Afraid that Xichun wouldn't understand, Jiang's mother said it several times.

Xichun asked again: "Why?"

Mother Jiang thought for a while, and said to Xichun: "A lot of people outside are sick. When they are sick, they can't see their family members. Sister Xi doesn't want to lose sight of her father, right? So sister Xi is good, let's be careful. won't get sick."

Xichun nodded, "Then what's wrong with them? Have they seen a doctor? When will they recover?"

Mother Jiang's complexion changed slightly, but she still said to Xichun, "They have smallpox." As for whether anyone will see a doctor for them, and whether they will recover, Mother Jiang refused to say.

But just this little thing made Xichun understand the situation outside.

smallpox...

Xichun's heart suddenly sank.

Bai Zhi and Bai Wei came forward with medicine and food respectively, "Mom, it's time for Fourth Miss to take medicine."

Mother Jiang took the bowl and fed Xichun the medicine.

Xichun drank two spoonfuls, then twisted her body and refused to drink, Jiang's mother coaxed: "Sister Xi, be good, we will take the medicine and the disease will be cured."

Xichun had a bitter face, "Bitter."

Mother Jiang pointed to the candied fruit on the side, "It won't be bitter after eating candy later."

Xichun looked at the bowl of medicine and sighed, "I drink it myself."

Mother Jiang was taken aback, but she still said: "Okay, let's drink it by myself."

Xichun finished drinking the medicine in a few sips with Jiang's mother's hand, and quickly stuffed a candied fruit into her mouth to suppress the bitter taste in her mouth before she felt better.

After eating candied fruit, Jiang's mother fed Xichun again.

After dinner, Jiang's mother coaxed Xichun to sleep again.

Xichun lay on the bed with her eyes closed, but she was thinking about smallpox in her mind.

The seventh lady stood in front of Jia Jing, "Miss Si is fine, she will recover after a few more days of recuperation, but..."

"Just what?"

Seventh Po's eyes drooped, "It's just that Miss Si was born with deficiencies, and she didn't make up for it the day after tomorrow. She was ill a few times before and hurt her foundation. This time she is ill again. If she doesn't take good care of her, in the future... it may affect her lifespan."

Jia Jing's writing hand stopped suddenly, and a drop of ink fell on the paper, staining the paper in an instant.

Seeing this, Jia Jing simply put the pen aside.

"Qi Po, how much do you know about your wife back then?"

The seventh woman replied: "At that time, my wife felt unwell a few months before she gave birth, and she asked the imperial doctor to see it. At that time, the imperial doctor said that the wife was old, and this pregnancy was dangerous. Let the wife be prepared and be careful." Take care of your body."

"But my wife worked day and night, and her health was getting worse and worse. When she was about to give birth, she felt even more uncomfortable. I invited my servants to check the pulse, and only then did I find out that someone had used the secret medicine from the previous palace on my wife."

Jia Jing closed his eyes and tried hard to recall what happened at that time. With Jiang's prudence, if someone took the medicine, it proved that there was something wrong with the people around him.

In this way, Mrs. Jiang had a reason to let Jiang Yun be Xichun's nurse, because Mrs. Jiang had no choice at that time.

Jia Jing opened his eyes again, "Where are those people who followed your wife back then?"

The seventh woman replied: "The Jiang Xue family who were with the wife at the beginning returned to Jinling to guard the tomb for the wife after the wife left. Jiang Yue's family was sent to the village in the north, and Jiang Xing's family went to the south. On the Zhuangzi, the rest have been sold and no one is left."

Jia Jing asked again: "Who is taking care of the wife's dowry now?"

The seventh lady raised her head and looked at Jia Jing, her eyes were full of meaning, "The wife's dowry has been sealed up, and Grandma Zhen will take care of it. As for those Zhuangzi shops, they are managed by Grandpa Zhen, and there are a few more shops. Uncle Rong is gone, and now the young mistress is in charge."

Qin Keqing is in charge?

Jia Jing glanced at Qi Po, "How did the investigation of the wife's matter go?"

Qipo replied: "I didn't gain much, I only know that someone in the mansion intervened, but who has not been found out yet, and the slaves suspect that apart from the forces outside the mansion, the Rongguo mansion also intervened."

Jia Jing's finger that lightly tapped the table stopped, paused, and said pleadingly: "Qi Po, I want to ask you something."

"I would like to ask you to stay with sister Xi for a few years."

Seventh Po was a little surprised, but still agreed, "Yes."

Qi Po retreated, and Jia Yi came out from the shadows, "Master."

Jia Jing said directly: "Find out the whereabouts of the servants around my wife, and find out why they were sold."

Jia Yi: "Yes!"

Jia Jing thought for a while, and then said: "There is also the Rongguo Mansion, let's check it too."

Jia Yi looked more serious, "Yes!"