Chapter 5 Chaos in the Prime Minister's Mansion
Xiangyunlou is the largest restaurant in Yueqi Kingdom's capital. At this moment, in the private room on the second floor, Yunli watched the waiter put the dishes on the table one after another, and her mouth was full of saliva unconsciously. She was really hungry now. She hadn't had a drop of water all morning.
"Cherry, why are you standing there in a daze? Come on, sit down and eat!"
"Miss, no, this is unacceptable! I am a maid, how can I eat at the same table with you?"
Yun Li couldn't wait to pick up a piece of crispy chicken and stuffed it into her mouth, saying impatiently: "Since I'm a lady, then you just listen to me. I told you to sit down and eat, so just eat! Hurry up!"
After that, he pulled a big chicken drumstick and put it in the cherry bowl.
Cherry sat down and watched her young lady's bold way of eating. Not only was she amazed, but she also felt that the young lady seemed to have become a different person overnight.
How to say it, her personality became more cheerful, and she exuded confidence and sunshine. If the woman in front of her did not look exactly like her daughter, and had the same scars on her face, she would have doubted whether she was her daughter.
After all, for more than ten years, her mistress had never let her eat at the same table... She even changed her name... and didn't let her call herself a slave...
But since the young lady's appearance was destroyed and Zhao Momo fell ill, she has become silent and taciturn in the past few years. She doesn't go out and often sits in a daze for a whole day.
But now it's better. Her young lady finally goes out and talks more. Compared with the current young lady, she likes her better!
Yun Li watched Yingtao stare at her for a long time, grinning foolishly as she did so, her eyes sparkling. If it weren't for the scar on her face, she would have thought this girl was interested in her...
Wanting to tease the little girl, he waved his hand in front of her.
"Why are you grinning like an idiot? Your saliva is falling into the bowl..."
Cherry was stunned for a moment, then quickly picked up her sleeve to wipe her mouth: "Miss, you are making fun of me...where is the saliva?"
Yun Li raised an eyebrow: "You're talking about slaves again! I punish you by making you eat this chicken clean!"
Then he put the remaining half chicken on the cherry plate.
Cherry felt a pang of sadness, yet also felt very warm and touched.
"Miss, we can't finish all these dishes... Also, I didn't realize you ordered so many dishes today. Xiangyunlou's food is not cheap, and I'm afraid I don't have enough money..."
"Don't worry, eat, miss, I have money!"
"Ah? Miss, where did you get the money? Zhao Momo was afraid that Miss would be cheated by the eldest lady, so she left all the banknotes with me."
Yun Li frowned. The original owner's memories didn't include her mother. This Zhao Momo was her mother's wet nurse. The original owner could be said to have been raised by Zhao Momo... She had a vague impression of Zhao Momo when she was a child, but after growing up, especially in recent years, she had always followed Yun Ran around...
As she was recollecting it carefully, she finally remembered something. Zhao Momo seemed to be ill and had been bedridden for more than three years. The original owner rarely visited her...
Yun Li didn't answer Yingtao's question about the silver, but instead asked, "Yingtao, how is Zhao Momo's illness?"
"It's still the same. She sleeps most of the time and wakes up occasionally. But she has been awake less and less in the past year. Miss, you haven't visited Zhao Momo for a long time. Every time Zhao Momo wakes up, she asks, Miss, do you want to go see her?
By the way, we happened to be out today, so I went to get some medicine for Zhao Momo, she’s almost finished her medicine…”
"Well, I'll go see Zhao Momo when I get back. What disease did Zhao Momo have? How did she get sick?"
Cherry was surprised: "Miss, have you forgotten? Three years ago, Zhao Momo jumped into the lake in winter to save you. Since then, she has been bedridden. I invited many doctors to see Zhao Momo, but none of them could cure her. The doctor said she had tuberculosis. Then the Prime Minister's wife was afraid that Zhao Momo would infect other people in the mansion, so she sent Zhao Momo to the Qionghua Courtyard and sealed the yard, not allowing anyone to enter.
The servant who was guarding the yard had a family death and couldn't afford a coffin, so Zhao Momo gave him ten taels of silver to bury his father, so he had received Zhao Momo's favor. I boiled the medicine every day and sent it to him at night. Every three days, he let me sneak in to see Zhao Momo.
I usually make some nourishing soup from time to time and send it to that servant, and ask him to give some to Zhao Momo..."
Yun Li listened to Yingtao's words and thought thoughtfully that Zhao Momo's illness might not be that simple...and why didn't the original owner go to see Zhao Momo in the past three years?
Something must have happened here, but she couldn't remember it for the moment...
Forget it, I'll go back to see Zhao Momo at night. Maybe when Zhao Momo wakes up, she'll know everything.
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After dinner, Yunli and Yingtao went to the pharmacy. In addition to the medicine she got for Zhao Momo, she also bought a lot of herbs for herself. Of the 500,000 taels of silver notes she stole from Yun Ran, 300,000 taels went on medicine! The medical room in the space mostly sold Western medicine. Although there were some Chinese medicines as well, most modern Chinese medicines were cultivated, and their medicinal properties couldn't compare to the pure, natural wild ones from ancient times!
Hey~ When I have the chance, I will go to the mountains to dig some medicinal herbs and plant them in the space!
And she bought so many medicines in order to prepare more poisons for self-defense. In ancient times, the backyards of officials were no less rife with conflicts than the emperor's harem. There were many evil spirits and monsters everywhere. If you weren't careful, you would be assassinated...
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Unlike the leisurely life of the two outside, the Prime Minister's Mansion is bustling with activity.
"Great! Madam has woken up. Go tell the master..."
A woman in her thirties or forties, with green hair, although pale, but her appearance is well maintained, without a single wrinkle on her face, was helped up by the maid beside the bed and leaned against the bed.
"How is Ran'er? Help me to go see Ran'er." He was about to get out of bed.
"Ma'am, don't worry. The doctor said she was frightened and angry, and she couldn't bear it all at once, so she fainted. I've already given her medicine, and I think she'll wake up soon."
"Master, do you know everything?"
The maid nodded. "Yes, the master was furious when he came back from court. He ordered the man's body to be burned in the back hills, and then ordered a search for the thief in all the courtyards of the mansion..."
"Cui'er, help me change my clothes quickly and help me go to Fangfei Pavilion."
In Fangfei Pavilion, Yun Ran woke up on the bed. Looking at the fragrant gauze curtains on the bed, she remembered what happened before she fainted. She couldn't help but sit up from the bed and shouted!
"ah……"
The maids who were guarding the room rushed over
"Miss, Miss, what's wrong with you? Are you not feeling well?"
"Change this bed for me! Burn it! Quick!"
After saying that, he immediately got out of bed and looked at the empty bedroom. Yun Ran gnashed his teeth and shouted
"Madam Liu! Get in here and die!"
Upon hearing the voice, Aunt Liu came in tremblingly, kneeling on the ground and not daring to look up. "Miss, this old servant is here..."
This morning she saw that the beggar on the eldest lady's bed was the one she asked her to send to the third lady last night... She was puzzled. She had seen him sent to the third lady's room with her own eyes, and she had locked the door herself, so how did this beggar end up on the eldest lady's bed... She couldn't figure it out.
Yun Ran slapped Liu Momo's face with all her strength, and blood immediately came out from the corner of Liu Momo's mouth.
"How do you do things for me?"
Just after asking, before Aunt Liu answered, Prime Minister Yun Qingshan walked in angrily and said
“Snap, snap, snap…”
Three slaps hit Yun Ran's face, and half of Yun Ran's face was swollen like a pig's head.
"Rebellious girl! Look at what ridiculous things you have done!"
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