Chapter 74

Seeing the wet lotus with a pale face, Xu Xiaofu felt his head pounding, his body was a little unsteady and he fell backwards, fortunately he was supported by Mrs. Meng behind.Meng Shi was also startled when he saw such a lotus, "What's wrong with the lotus? Camellia, Dujuan, hurry up and send the lotus into the room. Nanny, go to the kitchen and boil some hot water, hurry up!"

Qin Da replied: "The lady I found in the deserted pond in the North Garden of Xie Mansion..."

Xu Xiaofu also knew that now was not the time to panic, so he pulled himself together and followed Camellia to pick up the lotus, asked Du Juan to bring a basin of snow outside, and asked the cook to invite the doctor.

Let Qin Da wait outside first, Xu Xiaofu, Shan Cha entered the room with the lotus in his arms, Meng Shi also followed, took Xie Qi and Xie Rui to the next room, and let them play in the next room.Xie Rui is already five or six years old and understands some things. Seeing He Hua's appearance, he was also quite frightened, so he took Meng Shi's hand and said, "Mother, what's wrong with Sister He Hua?"

Meng patted her son's head, "Sister He Hua is fine, Rui'er don't worry, Rui'er is here to take care of her younger brother, mother will go and help, okay?"

Xie Rui glanced at Xie Qi who was still a little ignorant, nodded, and took Xie Qi's hand, "Don't worry, mother, with Ruier here, I will take good care of my brother."

Meng shi bowed her head and kissed the foreheads of the two children before going back to the next room.Rhododendron has come in with a basin of snow.In the room, all the wet clothes on He Hua's body were taken off, Xu Xiaofu was pressing hard on He Hua's chest, after pressing for a while, He Hua immediately spit out a few mouthfuls of water.Although I spit out the water in my stomach, I don't know how long I stayed in the icy pond in such a cold day, and my body turned blue from the cold.Xu Xiaofu bit his lip, picked up a lot of snow and rubbed it on the lotus body, and even asked the camellia beside him to help.Shan Cha hesitated, but listened to Xu Xiaofu's words and began to help.

Mrs. Meng wanted to stop it. After all, the lotus in this cold weather was already freezing, so rubbing it with snow would make things worse?But sister-in-law has always been a person with ideas, and Meng's heart is beating, so she can only stand by.

I don't know how long after rubbing, the body of the lotus flower began to heat up, until the lotus flower let out a soft moan, Xu Xiaofu stopped, and then someone sent ginseng slices for the lotus flower to hold in his mouth, and then helped her Wear warm clothes.

But Shi Langzhong also invited over, and the doctor took the pulse for Hehua, and said: "I have a cold, but the pulse condition has stabilized, and there is no danger. I will give a few injections and then prescribe some medicine. In the future, I will give birth to a healthy baby. But don’t let it freeze.”

The doctor gave the lotus a few needles and prescribed a prescription, and then he went back.

Although the doctor said nothing happened, He Hua still didn't wake up and fell into a coma.Xu Xiaofu clenched her fists, she knew that this was definitely not an accident for Hehua, Hehua is usually extremely careful, even if she paints, she would stay away from the edge of the pond, it should be artificial, but who in the mansion would have trouble with Hehua?It has been four years since He Hua followed her into Xie's mansion, she must not be from Xie's mansion, she should be someone who entered the mansion later, and the only ones who entered the mansion later were Tian Xiang and Chen Shi'er.

Xu Xiaofu's eyes sank, he saw the lotus on the bed and strode out, Qin Da was still waiting outside, Xu Xiaofu suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "Chief Qin, what's going on? How could you Found a lotus in the abandoned pond in the North Garden? Did you see who did it?" She would never believe that the lotus fell by itself.

Xu Xiaofu remembered that there was a deserted courtyard in the north of Xie Mansion and there was a back door, but this back door was useless a long time ago and was locked for a long time.

Qin Da replied: "Today, my subordinates were patrolling the mansion and heard someone calling for help. When they rushed over, they found Miss sinking in the pond..."

Xu Xiaofu said: "Did you see anyone nearby?"

Qin Dao: "This subordinate didn't see anyone else when he rushed over, but don't worry, Madam, this matter will be thoroughly investigated by this subordinate."

After Xu Xiaofu dismissed Qin Da, he went back to his room to accompany He Hua, while Meng Shi didn't bother her, and went to the next room to accompany the children.Not long after, people from various courtyards in the mansion came to visit and brought things over, Xu Xiaofu asked Du Juan to receive them.After a while, Du Juan came in and said that Shen Shi'er had come.

Xu Xiaofu thought for a while and asked someone to let Shen Shi'er in. Shen Shi'er carried the food box into the room, saw the lotus on the bed, and said softly: "My servant heard that Miss Hehua accidentally fell into the pond, so I boiled it on purpose. Some ginseng chicken soup is here to nourish the young lady, and I hope the lady will not dislike it."

Xu Xiaofu looked up at Shen Shi'er, Shen Shi'er's face was as gentle as ever, and she looked at the lotus on the bed with pity.Xu Xiaofu said: "Thank you Aunt Shen, just put the soup on the table, and I will let her drink it when the lotus wakes up."

Shen Shi'er smiled and said: "Ma'am, Miss He Hua has a cold, so she should drink it while it's hot."

Xu Xiaofu looked up at Shen Shi'er abruptly, "What? Aunt Shen hopes so much that my daughter will drink the chicken soup right now? Could it be that there is something in the chicken soup?"

Shen Shi'er looked at Xu Xiaofu in astonishment, "Ma'am, what do you mean by this? Are you suspicious of the servant? Since Madam doesn't believe it, the servant can just show her." As she spoke, she wanted to undo the lid of the food box.Xu Xiaofu scolded: "Enough is enough, my daughter needs to rest, Aunt Shen please go back!"

Shen Shi'er hesitated for a while, looked at the lotus on the bed, and finally went out.As soon as Shen Shi'er left, Xu Xiaofu asked Shan Cha to throw away the ginseng soup she brought, and asked Qin Da to watch Shen Shi'er in secret, and if he wanted to leave the house, he must stop it!

At night, it was inconvenient for Mrs. Meng to stay longer, so she took Xie Rui back. Xu Xiaofu ate dinner absent-mindedly. Just as he was about to go, he saw Shan Cha rushing over, "Ma'am, Ma'am, Miss is awake."

Xu Xiaofu was startled, he quickly stood up and walked into the room, when he returned to the room, Hehua really woke up, leaning against the bedside and looking at the oil lamp on the table in a daze.

"Lotus, you're awake, you're scaring my mother to death." Seeing Hehua's still pale face, Xu Xiaofu felt extremely uncomfortable, and stepped forward to hug the girl in his arms.

He Hua also hugged Xu Xiaofu with her backhand, "Woooooo, mother, He Hua is so scared, He Hua thought she would never see her mother and younger brother again."

Xu Xiaofu patted He Hua's back lightly until her mood stabilized, then let her lie down, covered her with the quilt, and asked Shan Cha to bring in the boiled ginseng soup to feed to He Hua After drinking, he asked: "Can Lotus tell mother what happened?"

The lotus began to speak sobbingly.

Lotus has become obsessed with painting these days. Early in the morning when the snow stopped, she wanted to find a place to paint in the mansion.Although the North Garden of Xie Mansion was deserted, the dilapidated scenery was even more charming. The lotus flower hid behind a gazebo and began to paint.While painting, she seemed to hear someone talking at the abandoned back door, so she couldn't help but go out to have a look, and found that it was Aunt Shen. Aunt Shen opened the back door, talking to a man, and finally handed it to the man. one thing.He Hua is also eight or nine years old, she knows the difference between men and women, and Shen Shi'er is still her grandfather's aunt, so contacting other men like this must be outrageous.Lotus was also worried that they would hurt her if they found out, and was about to retreat carefully, but she didn't want to step on the snow, so she let out a creak, and then she was discovered.

He Hua was still a child, so he couldn't resist the strength of the two of them and was arrested. The man seemed to say that he wanted to kill He Hua directly.

Shen Shi'er said: "An accident with the lotus will definitely arouse others' suspicion. When the matter comes to light, the master will definitely blame us. There is an abandoned pond over there, and she can't survive if she is thrown into it in this cold weather. There will be no doubt."

In the end, the lotus was carried by the man and thrown into the pond. She even called for help, but was pushed into the water by the man, and she was a little unclear about what happened after that.

Sure enough, it was Shen Shi'er, Xu Xiaofu's hands shook again and again, in the end he couldn't hold it back and was afraid of scaring the lotus, so he let Shan Cha come in to watch, and she went out by herself to call Qin Da.

As soon as Qin Da's name was called twice, Qin Da appeared, Xu Xiaofu told Qin Da what He Hua said, asked him to test Shen Shi'er, and then asked: "What did Shen Shi'er do in the afternoon?" reaction?"

Qin Dao: "As Madam expected, Shen Shi'er wanted to go out, but I had already told the gatekeeper, and I didn't let her out. She's staying in the yard right now."

Xu Xiaofu nodded, "Send someone to watch her secretly, don't let her have contact with outsiders, and clean up after we find out her details."

Xu Xiaofu faintly felt that Shen Shi'er's appearance must not be easy, the master she was talking about might be some prince, after all, Shen Shi'er appeared during that time.

Three days later, Shen Shi'er's details were thoroughly investigated. As expected by Xu Xiaofu, Shen Shi'er belonged to the eldest prince.Xu Xiaofu guessed that the eldest prince should know that he could not be made a prince, so he sent someone to sneak into Xie's residence, the main purpose should be to investigate Xie Duanyu's movements.After all, Xie Duanyu is the most powerful general in the Western Qin Kingdom, and in the future he will only serve people whom the Holy Majesty personally acknowledges. With information about Xie Fu in hand, the First Prince can take precautions earlier.

Xu Xiaofu looked at the letter in his hand and remained silent.

Qin Dao: "Ma'am, how to solve this matter? Shen Shi'er wanted to leave the house these days, but they were stopped."

Xu Xiaofu thought for a while, then recalled the pale face of the lotus, and said: "Just let someone beat you to death..." No matter what, they will definitely not let Shen Shi'er out of the house, so the First Prince should know Shen Shi'er's identity If they found out, then there would be no need to keep her.

Qin Da got the order, and immediately arrested Shen Shi'er and ordered others to beat her to death with clubs.

In the evening, Xie Yizhong came back and found out that his concubine had let his daughter-in-law be beaten to death with a random club, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and he didn't care about the etiquette and went directly to Xu Xiaofu's yard to confront Xu Xiaofu.

Looking at Xie Yizhong who was furious, Xu Xiaofu saluted and said: "My daughter-in-law pays my respects to my father, and my father is well."

Xie Yizhong said angrily: "What the hell! Tell me how you are a daughter-in-law? How dare you even kill my concubine at will? You... Do you believe that I will let you pay for my life."

Xu Xiaofu said: "Please calm down, Daddy. Aunt Shen has a vicious heart and murdered our lotus. Naturally, such a person cannot be kept. My daughter-in-law will deal with it for you. She is nothing more than a slave. I hope Daddy will not be angry."

Xie Yi trembled in anger, pointed at Xu Xiaofu and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Shi'er has such a kind heart, and she brings you food every day. Why do you have the heart to kill her? You... you go to the government with me , I...I want you...someone, come here, hurry up and arrest this woman and send me to the government!"

Xie Yizhong seemed very angry, and his speech was a little incoherent.

After yelling for a long time, Qin Da and Qin Er were called out, Xie Yizhong knew from the way they were dressed that they were his son's secret guards, pointed at Xu Xiaofu and said, "Hurry up, hurry up and arrest this woman Get up and send to the officer!"

Qin Dao: "Returning to the master, when the general left, he told us that the Xie mansion only listens to the old general and his wife's orders."

(End of this chapter)

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