Chapter 3: Called for Water Twice
"Just wipe off the water." Shen Lingshu was tired, so she simply wiped off the water, pulled the quilt over her, closed her eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion.
Qiutang Courtyard.
Concubine Fang held the medicine, drank it in one gulp without changing her expression, and heard the voice of Nanny Gui in her ears.
"Concubine, this Concubine Shen is too ungrateful! As soon as she returned to the courtyard, she asked someone to prepare water for bathing."
Aunt Gui said angrily. She handed over the candied fruit and said, "Do you want it..." Her eyes were fierce.
"There's nothing wrong with being stupid."
Concubine Fang pushed the candied fruit away, letting the bitterness of the medicine spread in her mouth. She wanted to remember this taste, and no one would ever think of harming her child in the future!
Concubine Fang asked, "Has Nanny Hua, who was sent from the palace, been settled?"
Nanny Gui whispered back, "Don't worry, Concubine. Nanny Hua checked the bath water and found nothing unusual."
"Um."
Concubine Fang's eyes flickered slightly as she said, "Tomorrow, move a few pots of double-petaled jasmine to the Shen family's courtyard."
"Yes." Aunt Gui replied. Outside, a worried voice came: "Oh no, oh no, Aunt Hai has a rash all over her body, it's itchy."
"Go, ask the doctor to take a good look at it." Concubine Fang raised her eyes and emphasized the pronunciation of the word "well".
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"Doctor Lin, you must treat the patient well. If you delay the continuation of the prince's offspring, I will kill you!" Concubine Fang looked like she was going to stand up for Hai Jiaren.
"In reply to Concubine, it will take at least five or six days for Aunt Hai's rash to subside. If you want to avoid scarring, you'll have to rest for another half a month!"
Half a month?
The daylily is cold!
Hai Jiaren wanted to catch him but didn't dare to. When she thought about not being able to serve him in the emperor's bed, she felt that her future was bleak.
Hai Jiaren, who was anxious in her heart, did not hesitate to throw the dirty water on Shen Lingshu: "It must be Shen Lingshu who tampered with my bathtub."
"Oh? Is this true?"
Concubine Fang said, "Come here, go and invite Aunt Shen."
"Concubine, the prince just went to Youlan Courtyard and returned to the study." Nanny Gui whispered softly in Concubine Fang's ear.
Concubine Fang raised her eyes, and Nanny Gui whispered back, "I called for water twice."
"Bitch!"
Concubine Fang clenched her hands, her nails digging into her flesh. She said in a cold voice, "Give the order. Anyone who dares to talk about this will be beaten to death!"
"Yes." Nanny Gui responded and went to deal with it immediately.
Concubine Fang had a gloomy face. If outsiders knew that the prince had committed adultery in broad daylight and was reprimanded by the emperor, it would be her fault!
Youlan Courtyard.
"Auntie, wake up quickly. Cao Lu, who is beside Concubine Fang, asked you to go to Meixiangyuan. I heard that Auntie Hai has a rash all over her body." Zhu Xin gently shook Shen Lingshu and hurriedly put clothes on her.
"A rash?"
Shen Lingshu briefly sorted out the situation. Hai Shi suffered the consequences of her own actions and harmed others and herself, so she would definitely throw the dirty water on her.
How should she cope?
As soon as she got out of bed, Shen Lingshu's legs softened for a moment, and Zhu Xin asked worriedly, "Auntie, are you okay?"
"no problem."
Shen Lingshu took a deep breath, washed and dressed, then put on the jasmine-scented clothes and went out. She didn't take a shower and was really worried that others would smell the charming smell behind her.
Rushing all the way to Meixiangyuan, Shen Lingshu heard Hai Yiniang's crying voice before she even entered the house: "Concubine, you must make the decision for me, it must be Yiniang Shen who wants to harm me!"
"Mrs. Shen, pay your respects to Concubine Fang." Shen Lingshu entered the room and paid her respects directly to Concubine Fang.
“…”
Concubine Fang looked at her silently. After enjoying the pleasure, Shen Lingshu's eyes and eyebrows showed more feminine charm, and her whole body was as pink and tender as a delicate flower just picked in the early morning.
"Aunt Shen, it's you, it's you who hurt me and caused me to get a rash!"
Although Hai Jiaren didn't know that Shen Lingshu had served the prince, she was jealous and crazy when she saw her beautiful face after bathing!
"Aunt Hai, be careful with your words!"
Facing Hai Jiaren's accusation, Shen Lingshu calmly refuted: "I didn't get close to the bathtub at all. After undressing, I couldn't hide anything on my body. If Hai Yi Niang was really tampered with, wouldn't it be implying that the concubine harmed you?"
“Bang!”
Shen Lingshu stepped forward, slapped Hai Jiaren, and angrily scolded: "Who are you? How dare you suspect that the concubine is going to harm you? We entered the palace with only one purpose, which is to help the prince have children. The concubine has worked hard for the prince and shared his worries. How dare you question the concubine!"
Shen Lingshu took the initiative to kneel down and admit her mistake: "Concubine, I'm sorry, I was too emotional just now, but I can't tolerate others framing Concubine."
From beating people, to questioning, and finally admitting mistakes, the speed was so fast that others couldn't react.
Hai Jiaren was stunned by the beating. She covered her slapped face and stared at her and asked, "Then why did you insist on changing my bathtub?" Did you know that she was using drugs?
"You like roses, so I gave you the rose bucket. Did I give it to you wrongly?"
Shen Lingshu answered smoothly, and suddenly, as if she had just understood something, she said excitedly: "Could it be that you wanted to attack me, but I accidentally hit you?"
"Doctor, please take a look and see if there is any medicine in this rose bathtub?" Shen Lingshu looked at Doctor Lin pleadingly.
Doctor Lin looked at the water that had not yet been poured out and said, "The culprit that caused Madam Hai's rash is ragweed pollen."
"You are so good, Aunt Hai, you actually want to harm me!"
Shen Lingshu seemed to have just reacted. She knelt on the ground, looking at Concubine Fang with a look of shock and fear, like a delicate flower with no one to rely on: "Please ask Concubine Fang to make the decision."
She used to be a movie queen and was very good at acting, but now, in front of the concubine, she is just a vase with only a pretty face and no ambition.
"I didn't. I didn't poison you." Hai Jiaren denied in panic.
"Someone, check!"
Concubine Fang helped Shen Lingshu up and said, “Don’t worry, Aunt Shen, I am in charge of the palace and will not tolerate these cruel calculations!”
Soon, the maid came out to testify that Hai Jiaren's plan to plot against Concubine Shen failed, but instead harmed herself, and she also wanted to throw dirty water on Shen Lingshu.
Concubine Fang said, "Come here, Aunt Hai is not feeling well. She should recuperate in Meixiang Courtyard and not go out."
House arrest!
Hai Jiaren felt extremely itchy all over, and when she heard the news, she was so excited that she fainted.
"The concubine is a good person. In the future, Lingshu will definitely repay her well." Shen Lingshu thanked her without any ulterior motives.
Concubine Fang smiled and said, "Serving the prince well and getting pregnant is the best reward."
Her gaze fell on Shen Lingshu's lower abdomen, and a vicious look in her eyes flashed by so quickly that it was impossible to catch.
"Concubine."
Shen Lingshu lowered her head shyly, and after bidding farewell to the concubine, the smile on her face instantly disappeared.
Concubine Fang, who just had a miscarriage, is afraid that none of them will be able to have children?
Concubine Fang was the most vicious and cruel person in the early days. She was good at mixing perfume and poison. Princess Lin died of dystocia. There was not a single child in the backyard of Prince Lin's mansion. It was all her doing.
Today, she bathed in the rose bath tub, first using the water that Concubine Fang had added cold stone powder to, and then she was poisoned by the sea ragweed, which caused rashes all over her body and injured her body. She had to recuperate for a long time. As an unfavored and infertile concubine in the palace, her life was worse than that of a dog.
Shen Lingshu took a deep breath. She would definitely not follow the old path in the script. She would be treated worse than pigs and dogs, and even the maids could step on her. She didn't want to experience the days of eating cold and rotten rice!
After returning to Youlan Courtyard, Shen Lingshu fell asleep.
study.
"Your Highness, the concubine has brought sweet soup." Qingwu reported, his eyes falling on Prince Lin who was writing quickly.
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