Chapter 078: A turtle in a jar (2 / 2)

The old madam raised her hand and beckoned from the grandmother, signaling her to bring the candied fruit, but was stopped by Mu Zi Yan, “Grandmother, this candied fruit cannot be eaten right now, it needs to be slowed down for a while.”

The old lady is really mute, there is no way to say, this is her life has eaten the most bitter medicine, that mouth full of bitterness, and now down the throat through the organs, she felt the whole body is flooded with bitterness, that kind of taste, really can only be experienced by themselves.

Sister from the side of the dry anxious, several times to hand over the candied fruit, but was Mu Zi Yan stopped, had to stand aside and lowered his head did not dare to make a sound.

The old lady for a good half a moment to slow down, this can really think that went half of the old life, was about to open his mouth, but felt dry throat, hoarse voice, actually can not speak.

Mu Zi Yan was instantly startled, and hurriedly turned to look at Sister Cong, “What kind of medicine is this, don’t quickly invite Doctor Zhang here.”

“Yes, the old slave will go now.” From where did Sister ever think that the medicine that was cooked randomly was just to calm the spirit, how could it make the old lady speechless?

She secretly regretted, but did not dare to delay, and hurriedly called on the magpies to go and ask Dr. Zhang to come.

At this time because the old lady could not speak, straight rolled her eyes, but also do not want to lose face in front of Mu Zi Yan, so just twisted his head and leaned on the soft couch.

Mu Zi Yan heart happy flowers, turned her eyes to look at Sister Lu still kneeling at a loss for words, she also did not take the initiative to call Sister Lu up, just now the two are still talking to each other, at the moment it is out of sight.

Mu Zi Yan raised her hand and gently smoothed the old lady’s air, barely squeezing out a few worried tears, she is not like Mu Zi Ruoxi, shedding tears is just like a regular meal, and she can shed them when she says so.

“Grandmother, what’s wrong with you you can’t be in trouble ah” Mu Zi Yan cried very sadly, but also could not stop wiping the corner of her eyes those few drops of precious tears.

The old madam was so angry that she was trembling, this girl is bent on disgusting her not this crying and wiping tears, is it in the curse of her death?

Mu Zi Yan was saying this, even if she couldn’t die today, Mu Zi Yan would still add to the old madam’s problems.

When the magpies led Dr. Zhang to come, they saw Mu Zi Yan lying on the old lady’s body crying sadly, dry howling mostly, few tears.

Seeing Dr. Zhang come, she quickly looked at Dr. Zhang, “Dr. Zhang, please take a look, what’s wrong with Grandmother?”

Dr. Zhang answered with downcast eyes, then stepped forward and carefully took the old lady’s pulse, then said, “Internal fire is attacking the heart, has the old lady taken anything?”

“Just now, the old madam was not feeling well, so the old slave boiled up some tonics to calm her nerves, but who knew that the old madam,” returned anxiously from the side of the maidservant.

Dr. Zhang looked at it, and then said, “There is no harm in that, prescribe some fire-reducing medicine and eat it, and you will be able to speak tomorrow.”

When the old lady heard that she would not be able to speak until tomorrow, her eyes looked coldly at Sister Cong, and then she lowered her eyes.

This time Mu Zi Yan also made enough noise, counting has passed an hour, so pretended to be relieved look, look to the old lady, “Since grandmother is not in the way, smoke will be relieved, smoke will not disturb grandmother rest, smoke farewell.”

After Mu Zi Yan said that, she slightly blessed herself, knowing that the old lady could not speak, so she suddenly turned around, crossed from Sister Lu’s side, and immediately stepped out of the Long Pine Courtyard.

Yunxiang and Bi Yun waited outside the courtyard, and when Mu Ziyan came out, the two of them followed her and left together.

Sister Lu secretly grumbled and raised her eyes to Old Madam carefully, but she did not dare to make a sound.

After Dr. Zhang wrote the prescription, he instructed Magpie to go and prescribe the medicine, while he left in silence.

From Sister knelt on the ground, “Old Lady, it’s the old slave’s ignorance.”

The old madam “snapped”, slapped on a short table, coldly grunted, coldly stared at Sister Lu, raised her hand and waved it forcefully twice.

How could Sister Lu dare to stay any longer, and with the old madam’s intention, she hurriedly bowed, and then hurriedly retreated.

From Sister carefully stood beside the old madam, “Old madam, the Third Master is still in the secret passage.”

“En.” The old lady raised her eyes to pass a look from the Sister.

From Sister will understand, and then will walk to the inner room, push open the stone door of the compartment, after opening the door of the secret passage, a smell of vinegar, smoked her almost back to the air, looked down and saw a dark and heavy piece of the secret passage has been flooded with vinegar, there is also a person floating on the top of it, from the Sister from the great shock, quickly climbed down, when he saw clearly is the third master, and then reached out to use all the strength to fish him up.

The old lady heard the commotion, then went into the inner room, now the whole inner room is filled with a strong smell of vinegar, the old lady because of the just now that some bitter medicine, now smell this smoky vinegar flavor, then a stagger, almost fell.

She stabilized her mind and stepped forward quickly, and then she saw Mu Qing Lin, who had been soaked in vinegar for an hour and then fainted alive, lying beside her from Sister lying on the side.

When Sister From saw the old lady coming, she took a big breath, and then said, “Old lady, this secret passage is full of vinegar.”

The old madam lowered her eyes and looked at it, and immediately understood that this was Mu Zi Yan’s ghost, so furious that with a wave of her hand, she slammed the white jade and blue glaze and porcelain vase on the side, and then handed a murderous look from the Sister.

From Sister hurriedly closed the secret passageway, while then looking at Mu Qinglin, she softly called, “Third Master, Third Master”

The old lady saw Mu Qinglin’s body was swollen with vinegar, and her face was frozen with a layer of frost, immediately pushed away from the grandmother, half squatted on the ground, and raised her hand to hit Mu Qinglin’s face with a “slap”.

After dozens of blows, Mu Qinglin only woke up, not caring about the fiery pain on his face, but desperately coughing, spitting out all the vinegar he drank, only to feel a pungent sour smell all over his body.

He was in a sorry state now, looking down at his acid-soaked robes, he raised his eyes to look at from Sister, “Go prepare hot water and bring a hurry up dress.”

From Sister raised her eyes to the old madam, and only after receiving her order did she get up and go forward to give her orders.

The old madam looked at Mu Qing Lin angrily, then raised her hand and twisted his ear, Mu Qing Lin wanted to scream in pain but didn’t dare to, he just looked at the old madam aggrievedly, “Mother, can’t you be a little lighter”

“You still know that it hurts,” the old madam wanted to open her mouth, but she forgot that she couldn’t speak nowadays, and the words that came out of her heart were just babbling sounds, and she was so angry that she glared fiercely at Mu Qing Lin again.

When Mu Qinglin saw that the old madam was unable to speak, he instantly came to his senses and hurriedly sat up, looking worriedly at the old madam, “Mother, what’s wrong with you”

The old lady waved her hand, and then lowered her head to look up and down at him, seeing that he was not seriously hurt, and only then raised her hand to point at his forehead, as if to say that he was too careless, how could he have exposed his whereabouts.

Mu Qinglin obviously can from the old lady’s color in the peep one or two, and then the corner of the mouth a skim, now has passed the age of standing, this nature is like a child who has not grown up, and the simple and honest three old masters are simply like two people.

He looked at the old madam and muttered in a low voice, “How was I to know that that girl had such skills, that she was able to find out my whereabouts and gave me such a great gift for meeting me.”

The old lady saw that he was still in the mood to joke at this time, suddenly angry dry eyes, but that between the eyebrows but with a few points of favor, compared to the look at Mu Qing Ran’s color is different, it can be imagined that, in the old lady’s heart, the most favored and loved is Mu Qing Lin, rather than Mu Qing Ran.

Sister Cong came in hurriedly, Mu Qinglin was smiling and laughing at the old lady, but when he looked at Sister Cong, he became cold and gloomy, “Why can’t the old lady speak?”

“Back to Third Elder, this is all the fault of the old slave.” From Sister hurriedly knelt down and replied in a low voice.

“You,” Mu Qinglin’s eyes flashed with murderous intent low, clearly moving to kill from Sister.

The old madam saw Mu Qinglin like this, quite comforting, since she knew that her son was protective of her, since she could not afford to let her suffer half a bit of wrongdoing, she hastened to grab Mu Qinglin’s ears, interrupting Mu Qinglin’s thoughts.

Mu Qinglin bared his teeth and grunted, turning his head to look at the old madam, “Mother, please be gentle, my ears are about to be sore, I’m afraid they’ll break if you twist them.”

The old madam grunted, but let go, and then looked at him and winked, Mu Qinglin turned his eyes to look at Sister Cong, “I’ll spare you this day.”

“Thank you for Third Elder’s grace.” From Sister hurriedly opened her mouth and put down the clean robes before retreating again.

Mu Qinglin waited from the Sister to leave and looked at the old madam and said, “Mother, this girl is really quirky, I’m worried about your plans in case she destroys them instead it would be better if my son directly gave her to”

As Mu Qinglin said that, he gestured a killing motion, and those eyes shot out coldly murderous intent.

The old madam shook her head, and then looked at Mu Qinglin, as if to say, “Now you can’t move her, once something happens to her, it will alarm Mu Qingyuan and Mu Lingxuan, the State Duke’s Office will not be willing to stop, now the time has not yet come.”

“After this incident, to be on the safe side, it is better for my son to return to his post.” Mu Qinglin pondered for a moment and said in a low voice.

The old lady pointed at him, “This place is done.”

“Mother can rest assured, my son’s work is secure, you don’t need to worry.” Mu Qinglin complacently responded, and then he saw from Sister enter.

“Third Master, the fragrant soup is ready.” From Sister said with her head hanging down.

“En.” Mu Qinglin then stood up from the floor, and after helping the old lady to sit on the square couch, he stepped on his wet vinegar-smelling shoes and went out of the inner room, and then went to the bathroom from the side passage.

Mu Zi Yan returned to Smokefall Courtyard, the corner of her mouth always with a smile, raising her eyes to look at Yunxiang, “Send someone to keep an eye on Sister Lu.”

“Yes.” Rue Xiang answered, and then went out again.

The corner of Bi Yun’s mouth couldn’t hide her smile, and she looked at Mu Zi Yan with a smirk, “Missy, this Third Master has been soaked in a river of vinegar this day, and this vinegar is not too big.”

Mu Zi Yan mouth corner of the smile more and more bright, but then remembered Zhong Hui to, the mood is heavy for a few points, the corner of the smile gradually convergence, raised his eyes through the gauze window to look out, “but a wave has not yet leveled off a wave of just.”

“Eldest Miss, Eldest Young Grandmother here, is this matter to be reported to madam” Bi Yun carefully inquired.

Mu Zi Yan shook her head, “At this juncture nowadays, it is better not to let Mother worry excessively, I have my own opinions on this matter.”

“Yes.” Biyun then said no more.

After Yunxiang came back, Mu Ziyan also made some arrangements, intending to leave for Nanlu early tomorrow morning.

As for Sister Lu at this time, she came out of the Long Pine Courtyard and went straight to the ancestral hall, but unfortunately, she was stopped by the guards outside the door.

“I want to go in to see the Second Mistress.” Sister Lu had been arrogant in the Marquis Mu Mansion along with Zhang Clan for all these years, and now that she saw that these guards dared to give her a face, it was inevitable that she would be uncomfortable, and at that moment, she coldly said.

“If you want to see the Second Mistress, you need to have Butler Lu’s permission to do so.” The guards were not ambiguous, and returned in a cold voice.

Sister Lu knew that breaking in would not work, so she turned around and went to look for Lu Zhong, but Lu Zhong is not in the residence now, so she could not go to the old lady again, so she went back to Zhang’s courtyard.

To be into the courtyard, they feel very cold and desolate inside, the maid of the day, now see her but also look faint, obviously not the same as in the past.

Sister Lu is not happy, but now there is no help, only hope that the second lady can get well earlier, the second house can have hope.

Mu Zi Yan learned that Sister Lu ate a closed door, the corner of the mouth hooked up a touch of evil, “The old lady is now no time to care about the second aunt, the third house that will not make too much noise, you and tell the Lu steward, do not let Sister Lu close to the second aunt that is, everything wait for me to come back to make a decision.”

“Yes, Eldest Miss.” Yunxiang knew that things had been arranged in the mansion nowadays, so she followed suit and put down her waking up.

Inside the Long Pine Courtyard, Mu Qinglin walked out in dry robes after bathing, compared to Mu Qingran’s warm and elegantly handsome appearance, Mu Qinglin seemed to appear a bit mute and rather bookish, but this was only on the surface, and in front of the old madam, he didn’t hide his flamboyant and casual nature.

He really stretched his arms, and then sat on the side of the old lady, but also disregarded those rules and etiquette, and poured tea, lightly sip a few mouths, which sighed comfortably, eyes slightly narrowed, so cozy.

Seeing him like this, the old madam smiled lovingly, it was a different kind of love than the one she showed to outsiders in the past, it was a mother’s true love for her child.

Mu Qinglin put down his cup and raised his eyes to look at the old madam, “Mother, I will not accompany you, when the matter is accomplished, I will return.”

“En.” The old lady nodded, her eyes flashing.

Between the old madam and Mu Qinglin, only when mother and son were alone could they county show this mother and son affection, if it was in the presence of bystanders, the old madam was extremely cold towards Mu Qinglin.

Mu Qinglin got up with a smile, then turned around and did not leave through the secret passage, but from another through door, directly to the third house Cui’s courtyard, and then drilled into the secret passage and quickly left.

That night, Mu Qinglin left the capital and returned to his post.

Mu Zi Yan also got the news very quickly, she faintly raised her eyebrows and already understood many things.

It seems that the old lady really love is not the second uncle, but this day looks simple and honest, silent third uncle, only in her previous life she died too early, did not see the end of the second house of Mu Houfu and the third house of the real end, she died after being integrated into the dragon and phoenix candles within the, then began to roam around, but never learned what happened after death.

Mu Zi Yan felt that there must have been something else that happened after her death, however, now it was unknown, now she only needed to be clear that no matter what their plot was, she would not let them succeed.

Early the next morning, Mu Zi Yan first went to the Jiyue Courtyard to say goodbye to Qiao Clan, and then led Yunxiang and Bi Yun to sneak out of the Marquis Mu residence.

What they didn’t realize was that a quarter of an hour after they left, Zhong Hui also secretly trailed away.

Mu Zi Yan is now dressed in a man’s robe, looking like a white-faced scholar, red lips and teeth, clear eyebrows.

Biyun and Yunxiang is also made male dress, master and servant three people in the hidden one under the protection of the secret, hidden from view left the capital, will ride early ready to travel thousands of miles of good horse rushed to the southern foothills.

Inside the Jiyue courtyard, Qiao’s forehead leaning on the soft couch, look a little weary, raised her eyes to look at Cui Maa, “Smoke that girl why to go to the Divine Doctor’s door in advance”

“Eldest Miss said that if you go earlier, you can also come back earlier.” Sister Cui held the ginseng soup and handed it to Qiao, saying in a low voice.

“Only blame me for this body is not competitive, otherwise, there is no need for smoke child to work so hard.” Qiao more or less guessed something, raised her eyes to look at Cui Maa, “You and go to Hui Yatou’s place to see how the body is”

“Yes.” Sister Cui answered, but her heart sighed quietly, but now she could not tell the truth to Madam.

After serving Qiao’s rest, Sister Cui went to Zhong Hui’s courtyard in person. Ling’er saw Sister Cui coming from afar and hurriedly greeted her, “Sister Cui, what brings you here?”

“Mistress was uneasy about young granny’s body, so she asked the old slave to come and take a look.” Sister Cui said on one side, then followed Ling’er into the house.

To lift the tent in the inner room, looked at the figure lying on the bed couch through the curtains, turned his eyes and asked carefully, “But have you taken the medicine.”

“Earlier ate a time, the doctor said to quietly recuperate is.” Ling’er also whispered back, and then put down the tent, invited Cui Ma’am out of the house, traveling to the ear room to sit down.

Sister Cui raised her eyes and glanced at her, then said to Ling’er, “If that’s the case, Madam will also feel relieved, you can serve well, and if there are any shortages, come and find me.”

“Yes, Ling’er sends Sister Cui.” With that, Ling’er got up and blessed herself towards Sister Cui.

Seeing that this Ling’er was a resourceful one, Sister Cui nodded her head slightly, turned around and left the courtyard.

As Ling’er watched Sister Cui leave, the corner of her mouth curled into a cold smile and she turned around and entered the house.

The person lying in the head of the room, the appearance and voice are exactly the same as Zhong Hui, she was relieved at the moment, “Rather scared me out of a cold sweat.”

“Well, when have you ever enjoyed yourself like this, why don’t you take advantage of these few days to enjoy yourself.” Ling’er said and handed over the fine ginseng tea.

The fake Zhong Hui took it, “This is not enjoyment, it’s a living hell.”

“You shouldn’t complain either, if it’s revealed, you and I will both die.” After Ling’er said that, she sat on the side and did needlework on her own.

“It really is true that a slave’s life is worthless.” The fake Zhong Hui tilted her head back and drank that ginseng tea in one gulp, and then put the bowl aside, and then she just lay down, turned her eyes to look at Ling’er, and then closed her eyes to fake sleep.

Cui mama went back to the Ji Yue courtyard, will Zhong Hui’s situation said with Qiao, Qiao only then put down his heart, “so good, and well nourished, she is still young, there will always be in the future, just Xuaner back, but I do not know how to say with him, ai”

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