Chapter 47: Secret Tribulation (3)
On this side, Su Qing quickly stepped forward and bowed to all the young ladies. Before Qi Jie'er could speak, Meng Juan stood up from her embroidery stool, walked up to Zhou Yingning and said with a smile, "Look, Third Miss, this Su Qing is the beloved maid of Fourth Sister. She tells stories to her specially. Normally, Third Sister and I don't have the chance to listen. Today, I am lucky enough to sit here because of all of you."
Meng Qi heard Meng Juan say this, and stepped forward angrily, "Who said you shouldn't listen? If you don't go to my courtyard, do you want my maid Baba to go to you and show her courtesy?"
Meng Juan didn't say anything, turned around and sat back on her stool, smiling and saying, "Fourth sister is a child, and she really can't change her nature. She took a joke seriously and is really serious about it, haha."
"Meng Juan, you..." Seeing that Meng Qi was about to say something else, Mother Liu stepped forward and bent over and said, "Fourth Miss, let Su Qing start talking now?"
Meng Qi was interrupted by Liu's mother and swallowed back what she wanted to say. Fortunately, she said to Su Qing, "What are you standing there for? Why don't you start talking?"
Everyone in the pavilion looked at Su Qing, and each had a different expression.
"Yes." Countless crows flew over Su Qing's head, and the idea of not wanting to stay with Meng Qi became stronger. She was a typical idiot. Meng Juan could make her angry with just a few words, and this in front of her future sister-in-law.
The young ladies had always thought that listening to stories was nothing more than those in the storybooks, or the stories in the playbooks were just told again. But when Su Qing was halfway through telling the story of Chang'e flying to the moon, everyone's attention was drawn to it.
Su Qing spoke slowly and clearly, with perfect intonation and a crisp voice that was very pleasant to the ear. Soon all the ladies came over, and there was no whispering. Even the servants waiting outside the pavilion did not make a sound. When they heard that Chang'e was going to fly to the moon, they all cried out in unison.
After telling the two stories, Su Qing cleared her throat and was thinking about whether to tell the third one. Suddenly, she felt a pain in her stomach. She raised her hands and put them on her stomach.
"I will tell you again... again... all the ladies..." Her stomach was hurting more and more. She could even hear the growling sound, and she had a strong urge to relieve herself.
Su Qing felt as if she was placed in an enclosed space, and felt as if a force of air was about to burst out from below, but she dared not and tried her best to hold it in.
"How is it? Does it sound good? Do you want to listen to it?" Meng Qi said proudly.
"Your servant, your servant..." Before Su Qing could finish her words, the anger below could no longer be contained and burst out incisively and vividly.
Su Qing's face flushed red, and just as she was about to speak, she felt that the feeling of convenience was getting stronger and stronger, and she couldn't wait at all.
Jiaohong noticed that something was wrong with Su Qing, and hurried forward to say, "Fourth Miss, I'm afraid the banquet is about to start. Why don't you continue listening after dinner?"
Meng Qi and the others were sitting in the pavilion, quite far away from Su Qing. Seeing that Su Qing looked strange, they were about to say something, but when they saw Jiaohong winking at them, they waved their hands.
Seeing this, Su Qing hurriedly bowed, turned around and ran towards the guest room in the garden.
Meng Qi opened his mouth wide as he looked at Su Qing, who ran faster than a rabbit. Meng Juan was stunned at first, but after listening to the whispers of her personal maid, she burst out laughing.
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Sitting on the toilet, Su Qing bit her tongue. You were greedy in the morning. Qing Rui asked the little girl to give her the glutinous rice cake yesterday. There were two pieces left. There were no refrigerators in this era, and things could not be stored. But she liked to eat this kind of glutinous food since she was a child. She smelled it and felt that it had no taste, so she ate it. Now it was so embarrassing.
Su Qing felt better, cleaned up and stood up. It was still unknown what the pavilion looked like. With the disposition of the fourth young lady, she would not be happy to see such a big person disappear. I was afraid that Qing Rui would also be affected.
Just as Su Qing walked to the door, her stomach started to hurt again. She turned around and went back in. This happened three times. Su Qing felt that it was definitely not the glutinous rice cake that was the problem.
She stood up for the third time, but she didn't go outside. There was a small room outside the guest room, which was usually used for the cleaners to rest or for the maids in the garden to take shelter from the rain. Su Qing sat on a small stool, leaning against the wall, and didn't care about the expression of the fourth lady. She thought carefully.
"Su Qing, are you in there?" It was Chuan'er's voice.
"I'm here." Su Qing felt his voice was hoarse.
Chuan'er walked in, "Why did it take so long? Sister Jiaohong asked me to come and see..." He saw Su Qing's pale face, sitting weakly on a small stool, with his back against the wall.
"Hey, what happened to you?" Ying'er didn't care about anything else and hurried over. "What happened?"
"It's okay, maybe I have an upset stomach. Dear sister, can you help me get a glass of water?"
Ying'er turned around and took a rough teacup from the table. There was half a cup of water in it. Su Qing didn't care about anything else and drank it from her hand. As soon as the water went down his throat, Su Qing pushed Ying'er away and ran to the back.
When she came out again, she saw Chuan'er holding the cup with a worried look on her face. In a flash, she remembered the water that the little girl brought her.
Su Qing took Chuan'er's hand and said, "Chuan'er, did you ask a little girl to bring me the jar?"
Chuan'er shook his head. Today, there was an autumn banquet at the Huainan Marquis' Mansion. People of Chuan'er's rank were not qualified to serve in the front, so he was arranged by the Baocheng family to guard the door in the back room.
"What jar? Is that the porcelain jar you usually use to drink water?" Chuan'er knew Su Qing's habits. They all drank tea from cups, but she drank water from a large porcelain jar.
Su Qing's heart sank when he saw Chuan'er shaking his head, and he asked, "Have you been in the yard the whole time?"
Chuan'er nodded, "I've been in the house since you left."
Su Qing said anxiously, "Think about it again, has anyone entered? Maybe you didn't notice it?"
Chuan Er frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Some time ago I went to the warehouse to feed the turtles. Maybe someone came at that time?"
Su Qing nodded and said, "It must be someone who put drugs in my jar to embarrass me." At this point, Su Qing suddenly thought of something and ran to the pavilion in a hurry, holding his stomach.
There was no one in the pavilion at this time, only a few little girls were packing up.
"Have you seen my tank?" Su Qing asked.
The little girl looked at Su Qing, thinking about what had just happened, and shook her head while holding back her laughter.
Su Qing went to look at the place where she drank water, but she didn't see her jar. She turned back to look at the maids who were cleaning, but the one who had just brought her the jar was not there.
Who is it? Who wants to harm him? Su Qing was at a loss for a moment.
Chuan'er followed and asked, "Did you find it?"
"No, I don't know where it went. I should have put the jar away first." Su Qing said in annoyance.
"You were in that state just now, how could you care about it? Well, don't think too much, it's already happened, think about how to explain it to the fourth lady, and go back first."
Su Qing was supported by Chuan'er and went back to the room. She lay on the bed and thought carefully about the whole story.