Chapter 301 Fright
Within two days, Chu Fei had investigated the matter thoroughly.
"The master stopped the decoction for Aunt Zhang. The third girl was worried that her status would be affected after Aunt Zhang gave birth to an heir, so she secretly bought safflower powder and bribed the little girl who was responsible for delivering meals to Aunt Zhang to put the safflower powder on her. In Aunt Zhang’s food.”
Today at noon, the little maid was carrying the meal, as usual, and when she saw no one wanted to give the powder, Chu Fei flicked a pebble over her, and she screamed, her hand hurt, and the powder fell to the ground.
The servants who were nearby heard the cry and followed the sound. Seeing that the little maid looked sneaky and flustered, with suspicious medicine spread on the ground at her feet, she hurriedly reported it to the steward.
The matter got serious, and finally the steward reported it to Aunt Zhang.
At noon today, Xia Shiming happened to be having dinner at Aunt Zhang's place. No, Xia Shiming also knew about it.
After learning that the maid had put unknown medicinal powder in Aunt Zhang's food, Xia Shiming arrested the little maid, interrogated her severely, and then asked Xia Ziying.
"Where's Xu?" Xia Zihan asked.
"The little maids were all recruited. She took the powder in the hands of the third girl. The master called the third girl. At first, the third girl just kept crying. Later, the master became angry and arrested the maid next to the third girl for interrogation. , and didn’t ask anything.”
"The maid was beaten ten times and confessed nothing. In the end, Guo An found out that the third girl had invited a doctor for my wife a few days ago. When the old doctor left, it was the concierge who escorted her out."
"Guo An went to the medical clinic where he practiced medicine to help people, and found out that the third girl personally bought the safflower powder from the medicine boy at the medical clinic."
Safflower powder, even a little maid who doesn't know anything knows what it is used for.
The third girl fed Aunt Zhang all day long to eat safflower powder, the purpose of which was simply to prevent Aunt Zhang from being pregnant with Xia Shiming's child.
At such a young age, he is so ruthless in his attacks.
His heart can be killed.
After Aunt Zhang found out, she didn't cry or make trouble, didn't argue or beg, she just wept silently on the sidelines. She looked like she had suffered all kinds of grievances, with pear blossoms and rain, and a charming look, which made people feel heartbroken.
"The master grounded the third girl and ordered her to be starved twice."
At that time, the third girl cried and said that the master was partial. She was his legitimate daughter, but in his heart, she was not as high as a concubine.
He actually wanted to punish her for a worthless concubine.
"The third girl cried and said that she still wanted to write a letter to tell Mrs. Xia. She also complained about her mother. The angry master asked the mother-in-law to block the third girl's mouth."
After a conspiracy was exposed, Xia Ziying was just banned and Danju was beaten to the top of ten, and that was the end.
It seems that Xia Shiming would rather wrong Aunt Zhang than make things worse. Is he worried about the Xia family's reputation?
The grievances of a concubine are nothing compared to the reputation of the Xia family.
"Master, when I left Xia's house, I happened to see two carriages parked in front of Xia's house. A lady and several girls got out of the carriage. I asked the concierge, and the concierge said that it was the wife's eldest sister who was visiting."
Mrs. Cao has arrived?
So, Cao Zian should be here too, right?
Xia Zihan's hands clenched subconsciously, her face was clouded, and her heartbeat was beating like a drum.
In his previous life, Cao Zian seemed to be working with Mrs. Cao at this time. He once served as Mrs. Cao's coachman, and later took charge of Mrs. Cao's general affairs and climbed into the position of a minor steward.
"Master, shall I go to the Xia family first to find out about Mrs. Cao?" Chu Fei saw that Xia Zihan's face looked strange, as if she had a grudge against Mrs. Cao, so she decided to get to know her enemy first.
It is said that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle.
"Go ahead and ask Xiaokui to be smart and keep an eye on Mrs. Cao. I want to know every move she makes."
Xia Zihan's face was gloomy, and everything he said came out through gritted teeth.
Chu Fei didn't know what kind of hatred there was between her young master and Mrs. Cao, but the aura of sadness, anger and resentment exuding from her master was strong and rich, and she definitely felt it right.
Before anyone saw her, Chu Fei's impression of Mrs. Cao was from the perspective of an enemy.
After she went to Xia's house, she first went to Xiaokui and gave her instructions, and then went to Aunt Zhang openly.
In short, after placing a lot of spies around Mrs. Cao and finding out everything about Mrs. Cao, Chu Fei returned to the Chu residence with satisfaction.
"It was Mrs. Xu who asked the third girl to secretly write a letter to Mrs. Cao, and Mrs. Cao came. The master met with Mrs. Cao, but didn't say anything."
"It was Manager Han who came forward to arrange the guest house for Mrs. Cao. Mrs. Cao also brought two cousins."
Manager Han was a manager trained by Aunt Zhang and was also Aunt Zhang's right-hand man. Previously, after Mrs. Xu came from Jiangning, she took over the management of the middle school in the mansion and deliberately made a small mistake in Manager Han and drove her away.
Later, the Xu family was banned. After Aunt Zhang took over Zhongwei, she came forward to invite Manager Han back.
Although Aunt Zhang is in charge of the palace, she is still Xia Shiming's aunt to the outside world. Her status is not public, so she cannot go out to receive Mrs. Cao.
Manager Han came forward and arranged Mrs. Cao’s residence
The eldest girl Cao and the second girl Cao were also arranged to live in the same courtyard as Mrs. Cao.
Xia Zihan understood.
It turns out that Mrs. Cao came to the capital early this time because of Xu, not because of Mr. Cao's transfer.
Xia Zihan's eyes flashed, "Did Mrs. Cao say that she would stay here for a long time, or would she just come here for a visit and then go back?"
"I didn't say that."
Xia Zihan tapped her fingers on the table a few times, thought for a while, and then asked Chu Fei to go down, "Keep watching. If Mrs. Cao makes any move, report it immediately." "Yes, Master."
Chu Fei was blessed and quietly retreated.
The next day, Xia Zihan was discussing with Manager Lu. She and her grandmother planned to go to Baoxiang Temple to perform a ritual for her grandfather on the Qingming Festival. The concierge came to report, "It is said that Mrs. Greetings, old lady.”
"Tell her that the old lady is in poor health and refuses to see visitors." Xia Zihan refused to let Mrs. Cao in without even thinking about it.
Whenever she hears Mrs. Cao's name, she will think of the word Cao Zian, and when she thinks of Cao Zian, she will think of those five years of inhuman torture.
Cao Zian abused her like a pig or a dog. He was not worthy of entering the pure land of Chu House.
The concierge went out.
Soon, the concierge came again, "Mrs. Cao said she wanted to see the county lord."
"No." Xia Zihan's pretty face turned cold, and a chill emanated from her whole body. The concierge was frightened and took a few steps back. Then she heard her say again, "Go tell Mrs. Cao that the Chu family has nothing to do with the Cao family. Please invite Mrs. Cao." Don’t come to visit us all the time, we Chu family don’t care.”
"Yes...yes, slave, get down right now."
The concierge's expression changed drastically, he was so frightened that he bowed repeatedly, then turned around and ran away.
Outside the door, after receiving the letter from the concierge, Mrs. Cao's face turned blue, white, and red, just like the five-color palette, the colors were wonderful.
"Auntie, why don't we go back first? We are slowly making plans to meet Mrs. Chu and County Master Chu Yu."
A young man next to Mrs. Cao looked at the closed door with a vague expression on his face, but there was a glimmer of light in his eyes, full of calculations.
Mrs. Cao just hummed and got into the carriage.
A few days later, two carriages from the Chu family and twenty horsemen escorted them to Baoxiang Temple.
In the carriage, Mrs. Zeng's face remained gloomy and her brows were frowning.
Xia Zihan knew that she missed her grandfather.
Her eyes flashed, and she mentioned Zhuo, "Is a woman's belly so big when pregnant? It looks like it will burst. If I touch it, the baby inside will still move."
Deliberately diverted Zeng's mind.
"My aunt said that this is her second pregnancy. Although they are twins, they are lighter than the first."
Because she was at Chu's house when she was pregnant with her first child, and she had a sinister mother-in-law who would deliberately make things difficult for her. At that time, it was strange that she would be light-hearted.
As for this baby, with Zeng and Xia Zihan taking care of her like a queen, she would certainly feel relaxed.
It’s good to be calm.
Sure enough, Mrs. Zeng changed her mind and said, "We will stay in Baoxiang Temple for two days and then go back. I am worried about your aunt being alone in the house."
Xia Zihan said, "There are a lot of maids and women waiting at home, and my aunt will be fine."
Mrs. Zeng still said, "A woman must be careful when pregnant." After a pause, she added, "As for the midwives, we need to hire two more skilled midwives to keep them at home, just in case."
When Mrs. Zhuo was five months pregnant, Mrs. Zeng asked Mother Su to find two midwives outside and move them into the house to prepare.
But for Zhuo's twins, and these two midwives happened to have never delivered twins, Zeng was a little dissatisfied with them, and always thought about asking Mother Su to invite a few more midwives with experience in delivering twins. .
However, there were very few twins in the Dasheng Dynasty. There were only a few pairs in the entire capital, and there were even fewer midwives who had delivered twins. Mother Su went out to look for them several times, but she could not find them.
"Yes, I will ask Mother Cui to inquire again some other time. Otherwise, we can invite several famous midwives in the capital."
Anyway, she doesn’t need that few silver dollars.
"Silly girl, do you think it's so easy to hire a midwife?" Zeng gave her a funny look, "We've all invited a midwife, but what if someone else's daughter-in-law is pregnant?"
"Aren't I worried about grandma?" Xia Zihan said with a smile.
Just when the grandfather and grandson were chatting happily, suddenly, there was a creaking sound, and the carriage shook forward violently, and then stopped.
"Grandma, be careful."
Xia Zihan reacted quickly and took action even faster. He protected Zeng at the first opportunity, thus preventing Zeng from being carried forward and causing her to collide with Gao Ji.
"Grandma, how are you?"
After the carriage stopped, Xia Zihan urgently pinched Zeng's pulse.
Mrs. Zeng exhaled and held her hand, "Grandma is fine, don't be afraid."
Yes, Xia Zihan was scared.
Just now, when she was protecting Zeng, the fear and panic in her eyes made Zeng look at her.
(End of chapter)