Chapter 282 What to do when you wake up
When she woke up, why were there so many people standing in front of her bed? Some of them she didn't recognize. Su Ruojin was so scared that she sat up and felt dizzy.
Zhao Lan sat beside her like the wind and hugged her. No one knew how he had spent the past three days. He hugged the little girl he had protected with his life tightly, "Ajin..."
What's wrong?
The man's warm chest made Su Ruojin feel at ease. She reached out and hugged him, resting her chin on his shoulder, and said coquettishly, "Autumn is here, and it's still quite cold on the hillside. Fortunately, we have Brother Jin." He acted as her hot pack.
The young lady acted coquettishly and leaned on his shoulder, which finally made Zhao Lan feel relieved. He unconsciously tightened his arms around her.
Su Ruojin relaxed in Zhao Lan's arms: "Brother Jin, is the mushroom hotpot for lunch okay?"
Her memory stopped at noon three days ago.
Zhao Lan: …
He loosened his grip and stood up, facing her.
"What's wrong?" Su Ruojin was shocked to see the warm Zhao Lan suddenly become serious.
"Hey!" Zhao Lan sighed and hugged the young lady again, "Ajin, that was two and a half days ago."
"Two and a half days ago?" Su Ruojin's mind suddenly flashed back to the moment before she fainted, "I..." She seemed to remember, "I fell to the ground, and then..." She knew nothing.
Zhao Lan nodded.
"I got poisoned by eating mushrooms?" Su Ruojin asked, "What about you, Brother Jin? You just woke up too?"
Oh my God, no way!
It's incredible.
Zhao Lan shook his head and laughed, "How do you feel? Do you want to eat something?"
For three days, apart from the antidote, only the maids and old women gave her lip moisturizer and body rub, and she hadn't even had saliva in her mouth.
It would have been better if she didn't say it. As soon as she said it, Su Ruojin's stomach rumbled.
Zhao Lan picked her up like a princess and said, "Let's go and have dinner."
After not having any food or water for three days, the cook cooked some rice porridge for Su Ruojin to get used to first. Then he could eat it after an hour or so. Only after he had finished eating and his energy was replenished did he stop feeling dizzy.
Only then did I realize that there was a stranger sitting in the lobby. He looked like a palace eunuch in his clothes. Is the farmhouse so famous now? In addition to Mr. Ning Qi, even the palace eunuchs came.
When Eunuch Tu saw that Su Ruojin was completely fine, he bowed and said goodbye, "Since Miss Su is fine, then I will go to the palace to report to His Majesty, Prince Zhao, General Ning, I will go first.
Zhao Lan returned the favor: "I don't need to thank you for your kindness. I will remember your kindness. If you need anything from me in the future, please feel free to ask."
This is a huge favor.
Eunuch Tu smiled and said, "You are too polite, young prince."
The group went out and sent Eunuch Tu to the foot of the mountain. They watched him ride away on horseback before returning to the farmhouse.
"Brother Jin, what's going on?"
Zhao Lan held Su Ruojin tightly and said, "You were poisoned by the mushroom soup pot. I asked the eunuch Tu who is good at poison in the palace to come and detoxify you."
"Oh." Su Ruojin subconsciously looked at Zhao Lan's military doctor, but he avoided her gaze.
Isn't this a simple matter? She looked at Miss Zhong and the rescued young lady vigilantly, but she deliberately walked around every corner of the farmhouse and didn't see the young lady named Yunyan.
She was the one who poisoned her, and then it was discovered by Zhao Lan. Then Zhao Lan found someone to detoxify her in the past three days.
After Zhao Lan, who had been busy all the time, went to rest, Su Ruojin secretly asked Mao Ya, but Mao Ya stood on Zhao Lan's side this time and said the same thing as Zhao Lan. No matter how Su Ruojin guided and questioned her, she couldn't get any answer.
"Forget it, if you don't want to tell me, just leave it." She didn't make things difficult for Sister Ya.
The next day, Zhao Lan still didn't leave. He wanted to stay with Su Ruojin.
Young Master Ning Qi returns to Beijing.
Su Ruojin stopped him and said, "Take your niece away."
Ning Qi: ...It's not that he didn't want to take her with him, but this girl refused to eat or drink in the capital and almost starved to death. The Zhong and Ning families couldn't bear to let a mentally retarded girl like her commit suicide.
He pursed his lips and said, "Miss Su, Ah Hui is simple-minded and likes to stay in the farmhouse. Just let her stay here. Don't worry, neither the Zhong family nor the Ning family will... let your family force her to marry. You... just treat her as a sister."
As long as their niece can grow up simply and happily, the Zhong Ning family no longer demands anything else.
Su Ruojin: ...She was dumbfounded. This child obviously likes...
She looked at Master Shangguan unconsciously.
The autumn air was chilly on the mountain. Shangguan Yu was frail, so he had already put on a cloak. Standing in the clear autumn morning, he was wearing a simple, flowing, elegant light green robe. He exuded the air of a scholar like a floating cloud and a hidden crane.
this……
Shangguan Yu didn't pay any attention to Su Erniang's gaze at all. They were all staying in a farmhouse, and he participated in seeing off Master Ning Qi purely out of politeness.
Ning Qilang never expected that his niece would have feelings for a weak scholar, so after asking Su Erniang for help, he rode back to the capital.
Su Ruojin: ...
She wanted to pretend she didn't know, but the farm house was her territory. What would she do if something happened on her territory?
Su Ruojin couldn't help but tell Zhao Lan the simple girl's thoughts. He was also surprised, "Even a young lady with low intelligence understands..." How can she like him?
"Nonsense, this is human instinct." She wanted to use cats and dogs as examples, but she also felt sorry for the young lady. It was not her idea that her brain was burnt out, so she decided to be more polite.
The two of them went for a walk in the corridor and saw Miss Zhong practicing calligraphy in the corridor. On the other side of the corridor column, Shangguan Yu was sitting on a bamboo chair reading a book. Occasionally he would stand up and come over to give her some pointers. If she wrote well, he would praise her with a gentle smile. If she wrote poorly, he would do the same and tell her not to be anxious and to take her time.
Like a father, like a brother... but without a lover.
But the girl always responded with a shy smile, and when she lowered her head to write, she looked so sweet, just like a girl in love!
"What should I do, Brother Jin?" Miss Zhong is a noble lady, she can't afford to offend her.
Zhao Lan patted her hands and said, "Don't panic, just let her go." He took care of everything.
September was approaching, and Zhao Lan couldn't stay at the farmhouse any longer. He had to go back to prepare for the engagement. "Ajin, go back to the county first, and then go to Beijing with the teacher."
"The engagement is on September 16th, there are still more than 20 days, and my father has a lot of things to do in the government office."
"Then you go back to Beijing first." Zhao Lan was worried about leaving the young lady at the farmhouse.
Engagement is a major event in life. Su Ruojin thought about it and said, "Okay, I will go back to Beijing with my mother first."
Zhao Lan then smiled and whispered in her ear, "If you go back to the county, then Master Shangguan will also go back to the county. By then, the young lady from the Zhong family will definitely follow you to the private school. By then, both the Zhong and Ning families will definitely know about it."
Su Ruojin glanced at the corridor in the distance. She couldn't imagine what would happen to the Zhong Ning family and Shangguan Yu after they knew the young lady's thoughts.
"Young Master Shangguan..." His fate was already bitter enough, and she didn't know what was waiting for him.
Eunuch Tu returned to the capital and reported to the emperor that Miss Su had been cured of the poison.
The emperor nodded and said, "Thank you for your help."
"It is a blessing for the servant to relieve His Majesty's worries."
Emperor Jingyuan sat behind the dragon throne with a complicated expression, "Zi Jin is beautiful, it's not surprising that the ladies like him, but he likes him so much that he poisoned his fiancée. If I punish General Ning, will it chill his heart?"
"Your Majesty?" Eunuch Tu was shocked. Those who could get close to the emperor were not blind. He had his own information channel. He already knew that the real person who poisoned was not the Ning family, but...
He knelt down quickly and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't have the antidote this time. I was able to save Madam Su Er only because I caught the person who poisoned her. Prince Zhao has been sent to the Dali Temple according to the procedures. It is estimated that the person behind this will be found out soon."
Emperor Jingyuan looked at Eunuch Tu with complicated eyes, "Is that so?"
This rhetorical question made Eunuch Tu tremble with fear. It was true that serving the emperor was like serving a tiger. This was no longer the mediocre Prince of Yan. He had been on the throne for less than a year, but his majesty was so awe-inspiring that people dared not breathe.
When Ning Qilang returned home, the first thing he did was to see his father, Duke Ning.
"father--"
"Is Zhao Lan's fiancée okay?"
"Yes, Dad." Ning Qilang asked, "The woman who poisoned has been sent to the Dali Temple."
After he finished speaking, Duke Ningguo did not respond to his youngest son's words.
In the huge study room, you could hear a pin drop.
Neither the father nor the son said anything.
After a long time, Ning Qilang was ready to go out, "Dad, are you still going to restrict A-mei's feet?"
Duke Ningguo raised his eyelids and said, "Continue."
Ning Qilang paused and asked again, "What about my marriage..."
"Let my mother find a daughter of a minor official in the capital."
"Okay." Ning Qillang knew that after helping the emperor ascend the throne last year, Lord Ning had made great contributions to the emperor's career and his power had reached the point of being at the peak of his powers. It was time for him to restrain his brilliance. Marrying into a powerless family could lower the emperor's vigilance.
Before leaving, he couldn't help but ask, "What about my sister..."
Ningning used to like the handsome Prince Zhao. Now Minister Fan’s youngest son Fan Yanjia is interested in A-mei. Although A-mei didn’t say anything explicitly, she didn’t refuse either. After all, Fan Yanjia is also very handsome.
He knew that his sister didn't like their status, she only picked good-looking men, but these two good-looking men happened to have high family backgrounds, so he was afraid...
Duke Ning raised his eyes again, "Same as you."
As expected... Ning Qilang felt helpless, bowed and walked out.
Since learning that Hong Gu and Yun Yan were captured by Zhao Lan, Xie Qingyu hardly slept for three days and three nights, and became visibly thinner.
She was frightened.
"Has Prince Zhao returned to the capital?"
"Is he back?"
"Are you back?"
…
During these three days, she kept asking Zhao Lan whether he had returned to Beijing like crazy.
On the second day, the servant told her, "Yunyan was secretly taken to the Dali Temple by Ning Qilang."
Dali Temple?
It’s over... it’s over... The emperor must know it. If the emperor knows it, my aunt will know it. She will no longer be the dignified and virtuous eldest daughter of the Xie family in my aunt’s eyes.
What to do…what to do…her aunt must have given up on her, what to do…she is finished!
Xie Qingyu was not afraid of whether the emperor would kill her or not, and was still fantasizing about the queen's support. What a train of thought...
On the third day, he came down to tell her, "The young prince Zhao has returned to the capital."
Xie Qingyu was startled, like a frightened bird, "He...he...why is he back..."
It was as if if Zhao Lan never came back, she would never have to face this matter again.
Day 4
Day 5…
Xie Qingyu never received any news, and the sword hanging over her head never fell. She was almost driving herself crazy.
"How could this happen?" She muttered to herself nervously, "Could it be that Yunyan withstood the torture, so..." Is she safe now?
No, no... The young prince had confronted her face to face, and also captured Hong Gu and got the antidote from her. Even if Yun Yan resisted, how could the young prince Zhao let him go...
Everything seemed to be going as she expected, and she was fine now.
how so?
Suddenly, Xie Qingyu stopped being crazy and delirious. She laughed out loud, "Ha, ha, I know why." She laughed so hard that she fell backwards. "Haha...haha...why didn't I think of that? I'm the empress's niece, the emperor's in-laws. They have to give face to the Buddha if they don't want to."
She raised her chin proudly, "I am a royal relative."
Zhao Lan returned to the Prince of Jin's mansion and caused such a big mess. The Prince of Jin did not blame his youngest son at all, and even sat with him in the study to analyze, "Because of this incident, in the eyes of the emperor, your relationship with the Ning family has become rifty, and the military power in your hands can be secure."
Zhao Lan said nothing.
Prince Jin sighed, "Su Erniang helped you solve a difficult problem before she even entered Prince Jin's mansion. She can be considered your lucky star."
Zhao Lan sneered, "I'd rather not have my life as a lucky star."
Prince Jin was about to say something, but after thinking about it he just sighed and said, forget it, everyone has been young. After the period of romantic love after marriage, every couple will still respect each other like guests.
"You must be tired. Go and rest first."
Zhao Lan stood up and said, "I'll go see how the engagement preparations are going."
Prince of Jin: ...Whether it's myself or my other sons' engagement and marriage, as a man, I seldom get involved in these trivial matters. But it's different for my youngest son. He personally handles his own marriage, right from asking for a matchmaker. Is this the difference between love and parental orders?
The children in the family are growing up.
Su Ruojin did not have a fear of marriage, but Cheng Yingzhen suffered from pre-engagement syndrome.
"What? I'll go to Beijing with you first?" Seeing that her daughter's engagement date was approaching, she had actually been anxious and had no idea what to do. But when she heard that she would go to Beijing with her daughter first, she wondered how could it be so soon? She would be alone, what should she do? She was so nervous!
Su Ruochu was helpless, "Mom, it's not you who's getting engaged, it's me, why are you so nervous?"
"I..." Cheng Yingzhen was choked by her daughter, "What nonsense are you talking about, you damn bitch."
To be honest, Su Yanli was also nervous, but he could cover it up by saying he was busy with work. However, he couldn't bear to see his wife anxious like a headless fly, so he reached out and held her hand, "Ah Zhen, I have already written to Madam Fan, she will help you, and the maids around A Jin are all experienced maids found by Zi Jin, don't worry."
"Sir, please come with me." With the man by her side, her heart was at peace.
Su Yanli sighed, "I can't take such a long vacation!" This is the inconvenience of being away from home.
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