Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 378 Smallpox ([-])

"You're right!" Mrs. Xiao finally nodded reluctantly, "Kan'er, then be careful, don't stay too long, and come back after a few words!"

"I know!" Shen Quan nodded and got up to go.

Mrs. Xiao was restless, restless, her heart rose to her throat, and since she sank out, she couldn't sit still anymore.

When Li's mother saw her, she had to persuade her with kind words.

Shen Quan stepped into the west courtyard, came to the window of Yao Cunhui's wing room, stared blankly for a moment, sighed softly, stepped forward and knocked on the window lightly, "Hui'er! Hui'er! It's me, I'm here ! Huier!"

There was a slight noise in the room, and then footsteps approached the window, "Ning Yuan, is that you!"

Listening to her weak and panting voice, Shen Quan could imagine what she has become now.He felt a pain in his heart, "Hui'er, it's me!"

Shen Quan's tongue immediately became knotted, and there were thousands of words in his heart to tell her and comfort her. He wanted to tell her how worried he was about her and his thoughts, but the words only lingered in his heart and turned to The mouth of the throat and the bottom of the tongue can't turn it out!He stood there in a daze, like a wooden sculpture made of clay.

Yao Cunhui leaned against the window, all supported by buckwheat.Her head was still dizzy and hot, her whole body was weak and weak, her cheeks were flushed abnormally, and her eyes were watery and bright.

There was a moment of silence outside, but the expression on Yao Cunhui's face became gentle, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised, evoking a gentle smile.

"Princess, you should go back and lie down! Has the prince already gone back?" Buckwheat whispered worriedly.

Shen Quan outside the window came back to her senses in shock, and hurriedly said loudly: "Hui'er, you go back and lie down and rest! I will wait for you to come out! Don't worry!"

"Yeah." Yao Cunhui nodded, and smiled softly: "You never disappointed me before, and I won't disappoint you either! Ning Yuan, don't worry!"

Shen Quan felt warm in his heart, nodded and said "Okay!"

He knew what she was talking about.He went far away to the Western Regions, and after going there for three years, she waited for him in the capital for three years; now, she is inside, he is outside, and he is waiting for her!

He didn't disappoint her, he believed that she would also come back safely!

When she was waiting for him, he only knew the pain of lovesickness; but he didn't know that he was on the battlefield thousands of miles away, what kind of worries and concerns she should have besides lovesickness!Just like how he feels now!
Shen Quan's face was full of self-blame and distress, and he raised his hand and knocked on his forehead twice.He kept saying to protect her and give her happiness, but since she knew him, what he has done!
"Go back quickly!" Shen Quan was still regretting and blaming herself in pain, Yao Cunhui had already said with a gentle smile: "Ning Yuan, the Xihe Hall can no longer be messed up, don't worry about me, and don't come here again! Please advise my mother , so she doesn’t have to worry about me! Also, I’ve handed over Xihetang to you!”

Shen Quan unconsciously smiled slightly, with a soft heart, "You treat your illness well, don't worry about other things, my mother and I know what to do! Don't worry, I will find out whoever hurt you! She will pay for her life !"

Yao Cunhui's eyes darkened, and he sighed silently.

"If there is progress, can you bring me a letter?" Yao Cunhui asked quietly.She didn't know if she could make it through, at least, if she died, let her die clearly, who was it and how did it hurt her!
"Okay, I'll write it in a letter and ask Buckwheat to bring it to you." Shen Quan nodded.If it wasn't for the scruples about buckwheat, he could have talked to her right now.

Shen Quan talked to her a few more words, fearing that she would not be able to bear it physically, he asked her to go back and lie down, and reluctantly left.

Seeing Shen Quan coming out, Mrs. Xiao let go of her heart, subconsciously patted her chest, and hurriedly said: "Now you should feel at ease! It's getting late, I asked someone to prepare hot water , take a bath and rest quickly! How is Huier doing?"

"She's okay!" Shen Quan nodded: "I'm going to bed right now, mother, you should go to bed early too!"

Mrs. Xiao kept urging him to take a bath quickly, not because she wanted him to quickly change the clothes on his body. Although he was slightly unhappy, he could understand his mother's worry.

Shen Quan was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Li's mother who seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he stopped and asked, "Does Li's mother want to say something?"

At this time, any sentence that may seem unintentional will play an unexpected role, and any clues will not be let go.

"It's nothing serious," Li's mother said with a smile, "I heard that the lord just asked Sister-in-law Rong who has been to Xihe Hall these days. In fact, the Fourth Madam also came here a few days ago."

"Fourth aunt?" Shen Quan's expression darkened, "Even if Rong's mother is old and has a bad memory, how come so many people don't remember it!"

Shen Quan couldn't help feeling a little angry.Mother Rong can forget that the fourth aunt has been here, and it is impossible to guarantee that no one else has come and ignored it!It seems that Xihetang's rules are about to be reiterated. After all, I and Hui'er are too lenient!
"My lord, you have misunderstood!" Li's mother hurriedly smiled and said, "It's no wonder they, they might not have any impression of this matter! This old slave remembers that at noon when I came back from outside with the princess, I met the fourth lady on the road. Madam said to come and watch the purple magnolia in our yard! After entering the Xihe Hall, she went to the garden without entering the house! Mama Rong didn’t come to her. Accompany her to go there, when the concubine finished her affairs and was about to go, the little girl who followed her errands came back and reported that the fourth lady had left!"

"So that's the case!" Shen Quan nodded, looked at Mrs. Xiao, and then told Mama Li, "Maybe this kind of situation still exists, you and Mama Rong will check carefully again tomorrow, and put Xihe in the hall together." Ask everyone one by one. This matter must be meticulous!"

"Yes, I know!" Li's mother quickly agreed.

Mrs. Xiao also told him to rest assured that with her in charge, he couldn't go wrong!Shen Quan just left.

Whether it was Mrs. Xiao, Shen Quan or Mama Li, it was enough to hear about it, and they didn't arouse any ideas.After all, the Duan family has never been a person who fights for power and profit, and Dafang and Sifang have always been inseparable, and they have never even had a quarrel.

Duan had no reason or motive for murdering Yao Cunhui.What's more, this kind of sinister, vicious and secretive method is not something that people like Duan can think of!

The next day, Yao Cunhui's condition began to deteriorate, with more and more rashes and herpes on her body, headache and fatigue, and high fever that did not subside!Buckwheat waited for her to drink medicine and wipe her body, soaked a towel in ice water and wrung it to cool her down. She didn't feel tired or troublesome at all, but kept talking to her, encouraging and comforting her.

Yao Cunhui was moved, but his mood improved a lot.When he is in good spirits and has strength, he also jokes with her.

After reading the letter sent by Shen Quan called Qiaomai, Yao Cunhui was shocked and angry, and then also annoyed.

She clearly felt something was wrong with something so close to her underwear, so she didn't check it carefully!Even if you don't check it, it's good to change it!

Thinking that she had worn that thing all day, even though she had already contracted smallpox, she still felt horrified, and a layer of goosebumps appeared all over her body.

Like Shen Quan, Yao Cunhui was the first to think of Lu Ying.The source of smallpox is not easy to get, but Lu Ying can definitely get it.Moreover, only she and her are incompatible, aren't they?
However, she was also puzzled, how did Lu Ying do it!
Shen Quan wrote a very long letter, including how to investigate yesterday and what the results were.According to Yao Cunhui's own thinking, it should be the same way to check!But in the end, it turned out that the entire servants of Xihetang were suspected!It's really—

To put it in a dejected word, there is no clue at all.

After another two days, Yao Cunhui's condition became worse and worse!The macules and herpes tended to become larger and redder, and the limbs were still weak, with constant fever and high temperature, and even fell into a coma for a while.The fed concoction also vomited non-stop, and it flowed all over the bed.

Physician Hu couldn't help but also panicked, and asked Buckwheat to wipe her body to cool down. If she was unconscious for a long time, he would pinch her Renzhong or prick her Zhongchong and Neiguan acupoints with needles to wake her up and continue drink medicine.

The concoction in the small kitchen never stopped, and it was sent to the side room at any time.

Yao Cunhui also knew that the situation was critical, and the desire to survive was overwhelming, so she gritted her teeth and held on.She swallowed the medicine offered by Buckwheat bit by bit.

The already gloomy atmosphere in Xihe Hall became even more gloomy, everyone's faces were sad, and Rong Ma, Hong Liao, Xiao Xing and others cried countless times.Mrs. Xiao burned incense and knelt before the Buddha every day, and Shen Jialin also wept secretly in her room.

Shen Quan went to work in the yamen as usual every day, but he came back much earlier than usual. Every time he came back, he stood at the gate of the Xikua courtyard and looked there for a long time before leaving in silence.Then he still urged to investigate the matter.

"Mother, I just came back and saw many maidservants gathering at the second gate carrying luggage, who is going out?" Shen Quan asked Mrs. Xiao when he came back that day.

Now he remembers all the troubles in the house.

Moreover, looking at the situation at that time, it was not small.At this time, the female family members of the family went out with great fanfare, no matter how you looked at it, it was a bit awkward.

Mrs. Xiao sighed softly when she heard him ask, "It's your third aunt!"

"Third Aunt?" Shen Quan was even more surprised, "Isn't Third Aunt going to give birth soon? What are you going to do when you leave the house?"

Could it be that she was still afraid that his Hui'er would bump into her?Shen Quan felt annoyed in his heart.

"Yesterday, your fourth aunt told the ancestors to invite a master of Taoism to come to the house to exorcise evil spirits. Today, they invited the Taoist priest from Changchun Temple! The Taoist priest said that the child in your third aunt's womb bumped into Hui. Er, with her in the mansion, Huier might not be able to survive this catastrophe!"

"So, the ancestor let her go out of the house?"

(End of this chapter)