Chapter 143 Princess Xinyi Fainted Accidentally
Visit her home?
"What do you want to do in my Zhang Mansion?"
The Chen and Zhang families are political enemies. How could she have the nerve to bring this up?
Seeing Zhang Mengdie's defensive look, Liu Yu secretly thought that this was not good, as it had aroused Zhang Mengdie's vigilance.
She smiled and said indifferently:
"If this is difficult for you, then change the conditions!" She touched her chin, looked Zhang Mengdie up and down for a moment, and said something that Zhang Mengdie could not accept at all:
"Where's the money? I don't need it. How about this? You can be my maid for a hundred days! I won't make it difficult for you. Just serve tea and pour water. It's very simple, isn't it?"
The one who humiliates people without using a single dirty word is Liu Yu.
This condition may be the easiest for others, but it is the most difficult for Zhang Mengdie.
Who is Zhang Mengdie? She is the granddaughter of Zhang Lianci, the most talented woman in the capital, and she has been taught by great scholars since she was a child. Now she is a maid? Isn't this just trampling on her face?
Zhang Mengdie's maid was furious: "Who are you? How dare you let my daughter be your maid..."
Before he finished his words, with a "bang", Zhang Mengdie's maid was kicked far away by Master Chen San and fell heavily to the ground.
Mr. Chen San said coldly:
"My Chen Mansion is not a place where a maid like you can shout and yell." He looked at Zhang Mengdie and said word by word:
"Miss Zhang, if you don't want to admit it, that's fine. I'll go ask your grandfather for it. I believe that with Prime Minister Zhang's character, he won't owe my wife a small condition. What do you think?"
Zhang Mengdie panicked.
……
Two hours ago.
Just when everyone's attention was focused on the competition in Xiangheyuan, an old woman in linen clothes came into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, only a child of seven or eight years old was left to watch the fire.
"Come here." The old woman waved to the little boy.
The child didn't understand what was going on, but he still obediently put down the palm-leaf fan in his hand and came to the old woman.
This person was none other than Mrs. Wang, who was beside the Second Madam.
"Grandma, you called me?"
Mrs. Wang grabbed a handful of candy from her pocket, gave it to the child, and said with a smile:
"Second Madam, I want to have a bowl of spring water mushroom soup. Can you send it to Second Madam on behalf of Mother-in-law?"
"What about you?" the child asked innocently while eating candy.
"I..." Mrs. Wang looked around the kitchen and made up an excuse:
"I also want to make a roast pork for the second lady."
"Then you can wait until everything is ready before sending it over! I still need to watch the fire." The little boy did not buy Wang Po's account.
"You little kid, why are you so talkative? I'm just delivering something and will be back soon. As for watching the fire, I'm still here!"
There was a gleam of viciousness in Mrs. Wang's eyes as she looked at the little boy.
Fortunately, the innocent child thought what Mrs. Wang said made sense, so he nodded his head:
"That's fine! Remember to help me watch the fire!"
Mrs. Wang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, put away the knife hidden in her sleeve, and hurriedly brought a bowl of spring water mushroom soup to the child.
After seeing the figure of the child disappear at the end, Mrs. Wang did not waste any more time. She quickly took out two porcelain jars from her bosom and walked to the row of stoves with a clear goal. The spring water mushroom soup was warming on the stove. Without any hesitation, she opened the jars and poured the soup into one of the bowls. She seemed to think that giving it to only one person might not achieve the desired effect, so she opened five more bowls of spring water mushroom soup and added the ingredients in the jars to all of them.
Finally, he took a soup spoon and stirred it until there was no more taste. Then he packed up his things, pretended to go to the stove at the innermost part, picked up the iron pot and started to cook the pork.
The little boy came back at this time and looked at the meat in Wang Po's pot with greedy eyes. Wang Po thought for a while, gave him a piece, and left the kitchen.
Up to this point, no one noticed anything unusual. Someone from Xiangheyuan came from the back, took away the dishes, and took away the spring water mushroom soup.
……
Let's go back to Xiangheyuan two hours later.
Zhang Mengdie was afraid that her grandfather would find out about this. When the Feng family was in trouble, her grandfather scolded Feng Huan for being extremely stupid. But what was the difference between her now and Feng Huan at that time? She wanted to cause trouble for Chen Xiyao, but ended up getting herself involved.
However, the mistake has been made, and she can only resolve it at the lowest cost.
After weighing the pros and cons, she decisively agreed to the condition first proposed by Liu Yu and asked Liu Yu to visit Zhang's house.
We are just inviting Liu Yu to be a guest, not inviting Mr. Chen San. There shouldn't be any big problems if we have someone to watch over it!
This is how Zhang Mengdie comforted herself.
Just as the two sides agreed on the time, hurried footsteps were heard outside:
"Old Madam, Third Master, something is wrong."
Master Chen San frowned, and strode out of the house with the old lady. Looking at the old housekeeper kneeling on the ground, he asked in a deep voice:
"What happened?"
"Reporting to the old lady and the third master, Princess Xinyi's guard of honor has returned. Princess Xinyi has fallen into a coma for some unknown reason." The old butler reported the situation in the front yard truthfully.
"What?" The old lady was shocked and asked quickly:
"Did anyone tell me how the princess fainted?" As she said this, the old lady had already led everyone to the front yard.
However, before they left Xianghe Garden, three of the noble ladies who had followed behind them to join in the fun suddenly turned pale and fell to the ground, holding their stomachs.
The old lady and Mr. Chen San looked at each other and saw that the other thought this matter was unusual.
The old lady calmly instructed Aunt Feng beside her:
"Go in and take a look. Apart from the three ladies, are there any other people who look strange?"
After receiving the order, Nanny Feng immediately returned to Xiangheyuan.
Mr. Chen San said something to the old lady and took the butler to the front yard. Someone needed to take care of the matter with Princess Xinyi.
Before leaving Xiangheyuan, Mr. Chen San asked Feng Xiao to block the news in the courtyard. Before the matter was figured out, it must not be spread out.
After Mr. Chen San went out, after waiting for about half a quarter of an hour, the court doctor was brought to Xiangheyuan by the servants from the front yard.
"How is Princess Xinyi? Have you found out what caused her coma?" While examining the three ladies, the old lady called the servant in the front yard aside to ask.
The servant told the old lady everything that Mr. Chen San had said:
"The third master said that our food might have been tampered with."
The old lady looked at Wu.
Liu Yu was shocked. She knew that the old lady thought that the first lady was in charge of the kitchen, but in fact, she was in charge of the whole process.
Although she was reluctant to get involved in this matter, she couldn't let the eldest lady take the blame for her.
She then said, "Madam, I am in charge of all the matters in the kitchen. Please give me some time and I will give you an explanation." Then she turned and went to the kitchen.
Wu didn't expect Liu Yu to be so responsible. She said:
"Mother, I believe Aunt Liu. This matter must not be caused by her."
The old lady nodded and appreciated Liu Yu's actions:
"You can also go to the kitchen and see if there is anything you can do to help her."