But just as the two of them walked around the corridor and before they were out of the Jinyu Courtyard, they saw a little girl running towards them in a hurry. When she saw Jin Zhen, she breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed, "Luckily we caught up." Then she glanced at Nanny Sun and pulled Jin Zhen to the side.
If Nanny Sun had been present when the bowl of medicine was delivered to Liu Garden, she would have recognized that this was the maid who served the guest doctors in the guest house, and it was she who personally brought the bowl of strong aphrodisiac to Liu Garden.
Jin Zhen was no stranger to this girl. Seeing her rushing over to look for him, he felt a pang in his heart. "What happened?"
The girl turned sideways to block Nanny Sun's sight, then took something out of her bosom and handed it to Jin Zhen: "Someone just put this thing in front of Doctor Xu's door, and Doctor Xu asked me to bring it to you, young lady. Please help me identify it, make sure there is nothing wrong."
Jin Zhen took it in her hand. Although the thing was still wrapped in white cotton cloth, her heart was beating fast, thinking that something bad might happen.
He quickly opened the cloth wrapped around her and took a look. His head exploded with a buzz - it was her shoes.
Only one!
"Who sent it?" Her voice trembled when she asked this question. Her face, which had originally been rosy and radiant, turned pale in an instant. Her two hands holding the shoes were clasped together so tightly that the joints turned white.
"I don't know." The little girl shook her head. "It was placed in front of Mr. Xu's door, but we asked all the servants and no one saw a stranger come in."
Jin Zhen took two deep breaths, stuffed the shoe into her sleeve, and patted the little girl, "Go back quickly and tell Doctor Xu that I know, and tell him not to worry." Then she turned around and took Nanny Sun's hand. Her words were urgent, but her attitude was much kinder: "Nanny, let's go quickly, don't let the second young lady wait anxiously."
Nanny Sun didn't know what was going on, and she saw the little girl who came to talk to her run away, while Jin Zhen was almost jogging all the way to Liuyuan. She wanted to ask her to slow down several times, saying that her old bones couldn't stand running like that. But Jin Zhen was like a rage, and ignored her completely.
Finally they arrived at the Willow Garden. Nanny Sun leaned against the gate and panted heavily! Jin Zhen lifted her skirt and rushed in directly. She didn't stop until she reached the door of Feng Yuheng's room. She hurriedly shouted, "Second Miss! Your servant Jin Zhen wants to see the Second Miss!"
There was no movement inside for a long time.
Jin Zhen knocked on the door twice more but still saw no response, so she quickly turned around and ran to the other main house.
That was the room where Feng Zirui lived. When Jin Zhen went in, she saw an empty bowl on the table with some medicine residue left in it.
She was stunned for a moment, staring at the bowl, then looking at Feng Zirui lying on the bed, and she felt her calves cramping.
"Hey!" Huang Quan, who was serving Zi Rui, turned around and looked at Jin Zhen teasingly, "Isn't this Miss Jin Zhen who was beside the Madam? Why is she standing there?"
Jin Zhen felt her heart was about to jump out of her throat, and asked in a shrill voice, "Where is the second young lady?"
"The young lady is tired from taking care of the young master and is resting in her room."
"I'll go find her." Jin Zhen didn't have time to talk to Huang Quan. She turned around and went back to Feng Yuheng's door. After thinking for a while, she simply knelt down and knocked on the door while saying anxiously: "Second Miss, please see Jin Zhen. The second young master sent the wrong bowl of medicine, it was really sent to the wrong place!"
The door creaked open, and behind Wang Chuan, Feng Yuheng moved lightly and stood in front of Jin Zhen. He frowned and asked curiously, "Huh? The medicine was prepared by Doctor Xu himself, how could it be wrong? Besides, if it was wrong, it should be the maid who delivered the medicine to the guest house who came to apologize. What are you doing, Miss Jin Zhen? Get up quickly, the ground is so cold."
She stretched out her hand and gave him a light support, and Jin Zhen was stunned.
Yes! She was too anxious. As soon as she saw the pair of shoes, she thought that what happened that night must have been exposed. Especially since the shoes appeared in front of Doctor Xu at this critical moment, it must have been exposed in the hands of the second young lady.
Ever since she lost her shoes that night, she has never let go of them, always wondering when and where the shoes would appear in someone's hands. Now that she finally has some clues, it is the result she least wants to see. What's more...the other person only returned one of her shoes.
But how should I answer now? She didn't give me the medicine, but she was the one who rushed to admit the crime. Jin Zhen knelt in front of Feng Yuheng, dumbfounded for a moment.
Feng Yuheng raised her lips and sneered. This is called being in a state of panic when encountering trouble. She was just trying to trick Jin Zhen into panicking.
The shoes were sent to Doctor Xu, and Doctor Xu was guilty of his crime, so he would definitely think of what happened today. Even if Aunt Han didn't say it in the note, she knew that it was impossible for Shen to talk directly to the doctor, so Jin Zhen was just a bridge. Doctor Xu's shoes would definitely fall into Jin Zhen's hands. Jin Zhen was afraid that her affair with Li Zhu would be exposed, so she had to come to her to take back the bowl of tampered medicine in order to ask for forgiveness.
"The maid under Doctor Xu was really careless." Feng Yuheng helped her to smooth over the words, "But since mother asked Miss Jin Zhen to keep an eye on the prescriptions here, it naturally means that she wants Miss Jin Zhen to pay more attention to the second young master's illness. Miss Jin Zhen can't do her job well if she can't even send the wrong medicine."
Jin Zhen lowered her head and confessed with a trembling voice: "It was my negligence. I didn't go to the guest house to watch. I wonder... did the second young master take the medicine?"
She raised her head and looked at Feng Yuheng expectantly, hoping that the empty bowl in the next room was not filled with all the medicine!
"I didn't drink it." Feng Yuheng really gave her hope. Seeing Jin Zhen let out a long sigh, he immediately said, "The medicine is still there. Miss Jin Zhen, please send it to your father quickly."
"Ah?" Jin Zhen was confused again, "Give it to, to whom?"
Feng Yuheng pretended to be surprised, "Of course it's for my father!" Then her pretty face blushed, "I also know medicine. This medicine must be what my mother asked Doctor Xu to make for my father. Go and deliver it quickly, young lady."
"No, no, no, it's not." Jin Zhen shook her head repeatedly, "It's not for the master."
Feng Yuheng was even more surprised: "How is it possible? You girl, stop talking nonsense. If this medicine is not for father, then who else in our house can drink it?"
Jin Zhen felt her legs tremble as she knelt on the ground. She felt that no matter how she answered, it would be a trap. After thinking for a while, she gritted her teeth and said, "The doctor must have made it himself."
Feng Yuheng raised his eyebrows and pulled Wang Chuan out: "Then I want to ask Doctor Xu why he boiled this kind of medicine in the mansion. What exactly does he want to do?"
"You can't ask! Second Miss, please stay!" Jin Zhen turned around, crawled two steps on her knees, and grabbed Feng Yuheng's skirt, "Second Miss, please stay!" Feng Yuheng couldn't be allowed to ask. Once asked, Doctor Xu would definitely give her away. Although the matter was ordered by the eldest lady, she was always the one who passed the message to Doctor Xu. The eldest lady would never come forward to confess. Even if she did, she is the mistress. What can the Feng family do to her? In the end, they will have to vent their anger on themselves. Jin Zhen thought about it for a while, rolled her eyes a few times, and finally said again: "I'll deliver it! This medicine is indeed for the master, but it was sent to the second young master by mistake. Please forgive me, Second Miss. I'll bring the medicine to the master to drink."
After Jin Zhen finished speaking, he stood up and wanted to take the medicine that Wang Chuan was holding in his hand.
As long as the medicine gets into her hands, it will be overturned halfway.
Unfortunately, Wangchuan could not do what she wanted. Jin Zhen did not even see when the person opposite her moved, and Wangchuan was already five steps away from her.
"Miss Jin Zhen, I'll go with you! You are the first-class maidservant beside the eldest lady. The road to Liuyuan is long, so it's better for me to do the work of serving dishes."
Jin Zhen panicked: "No, no, I can carry it myself."
"Let Wangchuan go with us." Feng Yuheng said, "Father's medicine is extremely precious, and I am indeed worried." After she finished speaking, she didn't even look at Jin Zhen, she swung her clothes, and turned back to her room.
Jin Zhen heard the door slam shut and her heart almost jumped out.
"Miss Jin Zhen, please." Wang Chuan glanced at Jin Zhen and walked forward. Jin Zhen had no choice but to follow him obediently.
Along the way, Jin Zhen didn't know how many times she had thought about knocking over the bowl of medicine, but unfortunately, Wangchuan's feet seemed to be greased. Many times she thought she had touched the corner of Wangchuan's clothes, but when she was distracted, he was already several steps ahead.
Feng Jinyuan had just returned home at this hour and was in Songyuan. This was what Wangchuan had learned from the servants along the way. He also asked about the route to Songyuan and successfully stopped Jinzhen from taking her to a side road.
When they arrived at Song Garden, Jin Zhen almost collapsed, hesitating at the door and refusing to go in no matter what.
After a while, a servant came out. When he saw Wangchuan, he felt unfamiliar, but when he saw Jinzhen, he immediately reacted: "Oh, isn't this Miss Jinzhen? Does the Madam want to talk to the Master about something?"
Wang Chuan took the initiative to speak and answered for Jin Zhen: "The eldest lady cooked some tonic for the master to drink, and Miss Jin Zhen and I brought it over."
The servant didn't notice anything else, because it was not the first time that the lady and the concubines had sent supplements to Song Garden, so they had to come at least twice a day.
He stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation, letting the two of them into the pine garden, and then led them to the door of the study where Feng Jinyuan was.
"Wait a moment, young lady. I will go in and report to the master first."
The servant entered the study and came back after a while. With a gesture of invitation, he invited Wangchuan and Jinzhen in, while he stayed outside to guard the door.
Feng Jinyuan originally heard from the servant that someone from the Madam's room had been sent to deliver supplements, so he was not surprised to see Jin Zhen. However, when he saw Wang Chuan, his eyebrows knitted together.
He remembered very clearly that this was one of the two maids that Prince Yu's Mansion sent to Feng Yuheng yesterday. Why did the people from Liuyuan walk with Jin Zhen?
Wang Chuan was born in the Prince Yu's Mansion, so she naturally knew the rules and etiquette. The first time she met the master of the Feng Mansion, she knelt down, and no matter how she complained in her heart, she still said respectfully: "Your servant Wang Chuan greets the master."
Feng Jinyuan nodded, "Your name is Wangchuan?" What a unique name.
"Yes, sir."
"Yes." Feng Jinyuan didn't know how to talk to Wangchuan. Feng Yuheng alone was enough to overwhelm him. Now there was a maid from Prince Yu's Mansion. Who knew what this girl would be taught by the willful Ninth Prince.
Seeing that he had nothing to say, Wang Chuan took the initiative to speak: "Master, this is the tonic that the eldest lady stewed for you."
Feng Jinyuan felt that he finally had something to say: "Why did you bring the tonic that Madam cooked?" He glanced at Jin Zhen again, "What's going on?"
Jin Zhen felt her tongue was stiff and she didn't even dare to look up at Feng Jinyuan.
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