An old lady's life

The scorching heat is sad, but no matter how sad it is, the time will slip away like this. In a blink of an eye, August [-]th has passed, and Sheng Jia is about to return to Beijing, but it rained heavily that night.

At night, big raindrops fell, as if someone poured pot after pot of water from the clouds. The flowers, plants and trees that had been thirsty for a long time drank the water happily, and the branches and leaves that had been sunburned before were also rejuvenated. vitality.

But the rain stopped before dawn. People who got up early in the morning pushed open the door, and their vision was fresh. A gust of wind blew away the clouds and mist, and the sun jumped out. Although the sun was still hot, people felt that it was not so hot.

Shengjia returned to Beijing, and around half an afternoon, the mighty team returned to the capital.

As soon as the prince returned to the East Palace and sat down to drink some herbal tea, his subordinates ran in anxiously.After a day in the sun, Shengjia walked slowly. By noon, the moisture brought by the rain last night had evaporated, and the road was still very hot.

"Your Highness, it's not good." The visitor just said a few words out of breath, but was interrupted impatiently by the prince, "Presumptuous, I'm very good!"

The man had a bitter expression on his face: "Yes, Your Highness, you are naturally very well." He waited for his breath to calm down, and then said: "Your Highness, something happened to Qi Frame."

The prince stood up in surprise, and the man hurriedly said: "No, no, it's not that the place was discovered, it's because something happened to Qi frame, Qi frame was drinking and having fun with a few friends at noon, and suddenly he fell to the ground with foam at the mouth. Save manpower."

The prince breathed a sigh of relief, Qi frame was just a small person, if he hadn't made meritorious service this time, he wouldn't remember him at all.

"What's the situation? What did the doctor say?"

The subordinate wiped the sweat off his face: "The doctor said Qi Frame had a stroke, which was caused by excessive drinking."

The prince tapped his fingers on the table, and said without much thought: "That's it, it's fine with the frame alignment, you find a new person in charge at that place, and as for the frame alignment, find a way to make him shut up."

The subordinate grinned: "Don't worry, Your Highness, there is no need for your subordinates to do anything. Qi Frame's mouth and eyes are crooked, his hands and feet are weak, he can't speak at all, and he can't write. Qi Frame is a coward. He dare not tell others. of."

The subordinate took the order to leave, that place has been in contact with Qi Zhuang for a month, and Qi Zhuang is the middleman, but when something happened to Qi Zhuan, he re-found Qi Zhuang's friends, presumably they are also willing to serve His Royal Highness directly.

In the Qi family, Jia Siyao was sitting on the stool in front of the bed, and Qi framed by a stroke was lying on the bed. He was already awake and knew his situation. His eyes were lifeless. He stared at Jia Siyao, but his eyes were out of focus, and the corners of his mouth Leaning to the left, a trace of saliva flowed down the crooked corner of the mouth.

Jia Siyao was expressionless, wiped the corners of Qi Frame's mouth with a handkerchief, and sighed after a while: "Don't even think about it, the doctor said that it might not be impossible to get better in the future."

The sudden sound awakened Qi Hua's mind, and he blinked vigorously at Jia Siyao, but Jia Siyao couldn't understand what he meant.

"Don't bother, I don't understand what you mean." She smiled, "I've said it many times, so don't waste your time, you are not born to be a butcher for officials, look at God. Help you. I advised you to be quiet and don’t jump up and down. Do you know how ugly you are in the eyes of others? It’s all over now. If you become like this, the noble people you have bothered to curry favor with will not want you anymore. Alright, let's live in peace and contentment, and when Brother Yue grows up and passes the imperial examination to become an official, maybe you can't be a second-rank official in this life, but you can be the father of a second-rank official."

Qi Frame started to wink at Jia Siyao vigorously again. He was dejected and thinking about his future before, but after his wife reminded him, he immediately remembered another thing. His Royal Highness may be suspected by the emperor, but he is a father and son, so at least he will not lose his life. An irrelevant person like him is a scapegoat who was pushed out.

Is the prince thinking about how to silence him now?He was relieved to die like this, but he couldn't let something happen to his son.Unfortunately, he couldn't say anything. After working hard for a long time, his wife couldn't understand what he meant, and Qi Frame was very discouraged.

At this moment, Qi Yue, who had heard the news in Rong Mansion, came back. When Qi Frame saw him, he raised his right hand and pointed at Jia Siyao and Qi Yue, and then pointed in the direction of the door.

Jia Siyao's face darkened: "You have become like this, and you still want to drive us away?"

Qi Yue had the urge to cry, "Mother, how is Dad? What did the doctor say?"

Qi Frame shook his head with difficulty, Jia Siyao frowned: "Didn't you drive us away? Wake up, don't bother, I can't understand what you mean."

Qi Frame stared at Jia Siyao tightly, cursing in his heart, stupid woman, hurry up and take your son away, the crown prince will not let him go!

Qi Yue held his father's hand, and Jia Siyao stroked his head: "Don't worry, Yueer, your father's life is not in danger. The doctor said that it looks serious now, but with good care, the symptoms will be relieved in a few years, and it may not be impossible to recover."

Seeing that his father was drooling again, Qi Yue took a handkerchief beside him and wiped it off for him, "Father, don't worry, it will get better, and my son won't leave you alone."

Qi Frame's eyes were full of despair, his crooked mouth squirmed, but he just couldn't utter a word.

Jia Siyao left her son to accompany Qi Frame, she went to arrange things, after she left, two concubines and three concubines in the backyard came to visit the master (father).

At the time of You, the housekeeper came to report that the elder uncle and the second uncle were visiting. Jia Siyao hurriedly came out from the backyard to greet the two younger brothers. The servant and concubine have left.

At this time, an hour had passed since Jia She and Jia Zheng received the news. The two brothers went home to report to their mother, and they came to Qi's house after finding two good-year medicinal materials from the storeroom.

The butler withdrew from the bedroom, and they were the only ones in the room.

Qi Yue saluted to the two uncles, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng touched their nephew's little head, and then set their eyes on Qi frame.

Jia She pursed her lips: "I wanted to laugh at you when you fell to this point, but it seems that my character is very low, but I still want to say a word, I am really happy to see that you can't go out and make trouble. of."

Jia Zheng coughed and said, "Sister, what did the doctor say?"

Jia Siyao repeated the doctor's words, and Jia Zheng nodded, "That's fine, at least he's still here. Take care of the elder brother-in-law, and he'll get better."

Qi Frame can't control other things now, he moves his mouth and hands together, just to let the two brothers-in-law understand his meaning, take his wife and son back to Rongguo Mansion, it's dangerous to stay by his side.

It's a pity that Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng didn't understand his body language.

"Okay, don't move around, I don't understand what you mean. From now on, you can take care of yourself at home. As for your official position, you can no longer be an official. Anyway, you will be assessed next month. Don't worry about the emperor." Jia She raised his eyebrows and said.

This kind of schadenfreude would have made him half-pissed off in the past, but now he could do nothing, staring at Jia She also hoped that Jia She could understand what he meant.

Jia Zheng coughed, looked at Jia Siyao and said, "Elder Sister, let someone come back and tell me what is missing at home." Then he stroked Qi Yue's head, "Brother Yue, don't worry too much, your father's life is not in danger, take care Just keep it up, you just study hard, and I will ask my servants to bring your things back to you later, and you can stay at home and accompany your parents well during this time."

Qi Yue nodded, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng didn't stay at Qi's house for long and left soon.When the two brothers returned to Rongfu, the sky had not yet darkened, but the light had already begun to dim.

Hongye listened to Jia Shen's recount of what he saw about Qi Frame, and thought to herself, she broke into Qi's house last night to feed this pill to Qi Frame, but she didn't want it to take effect so soon. It's really like what Ai Cao said, doctor Didn't check it out at all.

"That's good too. I think I can stay at home peacefully." As for the prince's silence, Hongye has also considered it. The prince will not take any risks when he is silent and unable to move his hands. As for Jia Siyao With Qi Yue, the crown prince will not take action lightly, after all, Rongguo Mansion is involved, no matter how incompetent Rongguo Mansion is, it is a government of a country anyway, and the crown prince will not easily make the decision to destroy the whole family of Qi.

Jia She scratched his head and couldn't figure it out: "Mother, why do I feel a little strange! In short, there is something wrong. Mother, what did you let Old Zhou Cha's Qi Frame do outside last time? What was he doing? No. Someone did it, right?"

Hongye thought secretly, if someone did it, it would be your mother!

"The Zhuangzi is heavily guarded, and Lao Zhou and the others can't find out. Since the Qi frame has become like this, then forget it. Knowing too much is sometimes not a good thing."

Jia Amnesty nodded ignorantly. Jia Zheng didn't care much about what Qi Frame was doing. He was now concentrating on reviewing his homework. The bookstore had gradually developed. Forty or fifty people were reading or copying books in the library every day. , The daily profit of the bookstore is several hundred taels. Excluding costs, it is close to 100 taels in good times, and four to fifty taels in bad times, which is much better than originally expected.

The brothers leave together, but Jia She comes back after a while.

Holding the teacup, Hongye blew on the tender green tea leaves floating on the water, and asked, "Is there anything else She can do?"

Jia She looked around, leaned closer to his mother, and asked curiously: "Mother, why do I think you know what's going on in that village, and what's going on with the frame? Do you also know the inside story?"

Hongye raised her eyebrows, and glanced at Jia She with a half-smile, "Why do you think so? I'm at the house all day, what can I do?"

Jia Amnesty nodded, the expression on his face was very tangled, he was silent for a moment, sat on the chair with gravity, and said: "I am just an intuition, and it is not an intuition. Let me just analyze it like this. Qi Frame has been an official for so many years. Whether you are high or low, you don't make friends with anyone, and you don't offend anyone. It seems that there is no one else but us who don't want him to go out, but I didn't do this. I don't even know what he is doing. I know. Mother, you are at home all day long, and you have not left the house, so it is impossible..." Jia She was short of breath. After his father passed away, his mother suddenly became angry and knew the world without going out. What if the mother did something secretly? , is not impossible.

Hongye glanced at Jia She again. This guy has no achievements in civil and military affairs, but his mind is quite clear. If he is carefully cultivated, he can become the treasure of the Jia family in the future.

"Your analysis is very reasonable. Originally, I didn't want to tell you, because the more I know about it, the less beneficial it is. Since you can talk about this, I will tell you, but this matter can be big or small, you But you must hold back, even if you face the emperor's inquiries in the future, you must not miss the bottom line, and if you can do it, your mother will tell you."

Jia Amnesty was dumbfounded. Did the mother admit that the Qi frame stroke was caused by her?And what can the frame do?His heart is higher than the sky, but his ability is limited. Even if he wants to do something, it is impossible.

Hearing his mother say that the matter was a bit serious, he swallowed the secretions in his mouth, smashed his mouth for a while before nodding heavily: "Don't worry, mother, I can hold on!"

Hongye whispered a few words in his ear, and Jia She's heart beat faster, "Brother-in-law, no, Qi Frame really dares to do it. Isn't he courting death?" There is no need for them and their group to exist, because after the crown prince ascends the throne, the previous black mud will inevitably be cleared away; and if the crown prince does not ascend the throne, the new emperor will not let them go, so they are actually dead left and right.

Hongye patted him on the head and said, "Don't let any clues out when you're outside. This matter will be exposed sooner or later, but whoever exposes it is fine, but our family cannot be contaminated."

Jia Amnesty took another deep breath and nodded heavily: "Mother, don't worry, the son knows the seriousness."

With one foot deep and one foot shallow, Jia She's footsteps were a bit vain, and he returned to the east courtyard and collapsed on the couch, regretting endlessly in his heart. Mother was right, it is better to not know than to know!

Mrs. Zhang came in with Jia Lian in her arms, saw his tired and paralyzed appearance, and asked amusedly, "Master, what's the matter? Is brother-in-law's condition serious?"

Jia She rolled his eyes and waved his hands: "Don't mention that bastard Qi Frame to me, you are not allowed to mention him in the future!"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head, knowing the conflict between him and her eldest brother-in-law, she turned around and saw Jia Hu came back, put Jia Lian into Jia She's arms, and went to care about her eldest son.

After a while, the family of four packed up and went to Rongxi Hall to have dinner with the whole family.

The Lin family has already had dinner, and when Jia Min talked about Qi Frame, she actually wanted to ask Lin Hai and Ai Cao for advice. She planned to go to Qi's house to see her elder brother-in-law tomorrow.

No, she can't enter her brother-in-law's bedroom, she can only talk to her elder sister.

Lin Hai nodded: "Okay, you go first, I will stay in the yamen for a while, and after meeting the emperor in the afternoon, I will go to visit my eldest brother-in-law alone."

When Lin Nuan heard her sister-in-law say that her eldest brother-in-law had a stroke from drinking, her eyes widened, and she couldn't help but look at her aunt. How did her sister-in-law's eldest brother-in-law offend her aunt?

Ai Cao shook her head at Lin Nuan, looked at Jia Min and Lin Hai and said with a smile, "Min'er just go."

After Lin Hai knew that Qi Frame had suffered a stroke, the first thought in his heart was that it was actually a good thing for Rongfu and them. It's good.

After Lin Hai and Jia Min left, Lin Nuan leaned over to his aunt and asked curiously, "Aunt, why did sister-in-law's eldest brother-in-law offend you? Although they are related to our family, it doesn't matter much."

Ai Cao rubbed Lin Nuan's head: "Don't think too much, in fact, doing this is equivalent to saving his life, and you will know in the future, within five years. If your sister-in-law asks you to see a doctor for him, you can't cure him." Well, let’s just say take good care of him, and he might be able to get out of bed in three to five years, the prescription can only be health-care medicine, and it can’t have too good effect.”

Lin Nuan nodded, "Okay, Auntie, do whatever you want."

Ai Cao stroked her niece's little head: "You prepare your pharmacy carefully, if you don't know anything, ask Butler Lin, and tell your sister-in-law what is missing."

When it comes to pharmacies, Lin Nuanke is very happy, she will soon have her own pharmacy.

At night, Hongye was worried and planned to go to Qi's house again, but she didn't want to see two men in black looking over the door wall of Qi's house just after arriving at Qi's house. Seeing their skilled appearance, they were obviously veterans.

Following them, I saw them entering the bedroom of the same frame.

Qi Frame didn't live with Jia Siyao, he always lived in his own yard, which was very close to the front yard.

They came to Qi Frame's bed, lifted the bed veil, showed a gleaming dagger, reached out and slapped Qi Frame's face hard, and Qi Frame was woken up.

Qi Frame who was woken up looked at the dagger dangling in front of him, his eyes were full of fear, his crooked mouth kept drooling in horror, and the two frowned in disgust.

"You should be relieved now?" A masked man whispered something, and the other man nodded: "Let's leave it at that for now."

He stared at Qi frame with a pair of sharp eyes, and said sinisterly: "Qi frame, you must know what is good or bad, you can't do anything like this now, but the boss is not at ease, so he sent us to take a look, you have to know Seriously, there are certain things that should not be said indiscriminately!"

Qi frame blinked desperately, what did he say?He is a useless person now!

The man stretched out his hand and patted Qi Frame's cheek, "Seeing that you are so witty, everyone is easy to get on with, but remember, we will always send someone to watch you, otherwise your only son will not be able to speak."

Qi Frame was trembling in his heart, but he couldn't express anything, the two people were relieved to see him in such a miserable state, and soon left Qi's house the same way.

Hong Ye didn't show up, so she also left, followed behind the two, and saw the two of them cross half of the capital city to a somewhat dilapidated house deep in an alleyway in the outer city.

Hong Ye was not surprised at all, the person who met those two people was a good friend who was called brother and brother with Qi Frame not long ago. At that time, they were still dreaming of being the princes of the country!

Hongye listened carefully, not without surprises, it was the people above who ordered them to test Qi Frame, these people climbed directly to the crown prince, not to mention how happy they are, as if the position of the Duke of the Kingdom is not long, and the dream is about to come true Really, what is the same frame?

The superior person is naturally a person from the prince's side, not the prince himself but also a very close and trusted subordinate of the prince.

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