flstandardbreds Chapter 113 Visiting Lu Yunqing
Chapter 113 Visiting Lu Yunqing
"I feel alright?"
Seeing this, Su He picked up the cup and took a sip, savoring the taste on his tongue. He didn't find it unpalatable.
"Madam is really amazing." Lu Huaihe hadn't come to his senses yet. Just seeing her drinking made the root of his tongue feel sour and bitter.
Su He felt puzzled. She suddenly remembered that she didn't like sour food before. She even never kept sour vinegar in her small kitchen. What happened this time?
The next day, the autumn sun was shining brightly, and the sunlight poured into the windowsill. When Su He got up, Lu Huaihe was nowhere to be seen.
He is about to leave Beijing and has many things to prepare. He must be very busy.
The Taoist priest that Su He had ordered Pei Xia to find yesterday has been found, and they have agreed to meet at a place. Su He is about to go and take a look.
In order to avoid being discovered, she and Pei Xia disguised themselves as men and came to the agreed place.
In the tea room, the Taoist priest looked at the two young boys opposite him, wondering what they wanted him to do. But when he saw one of the standing boys took out a silver bill as high as a brick, his eyes widened and glowed with gold.
"This, this is?"
Even if it was to buy one's life, no one had ever spent so much money.
The Taoist priest saw that the two young men looked unfamiliar and wanted to ask more questions, but was intimidated by the eyes of one of the noble-looking young men.
"I will pay for the work, and you will receive the money for the work. After the work is done, leave the capital. These banknotes will be enough for your son and daughter to live a carefree life."
The Taoist priest explained: "I am a Taoist and have vowed not to have children in this lifetime."
Su He said, "Really? Then I'll take back some of the banknotes?"
"No, no, no! Even if I don't have children, I still have to spend the money myself! I see that you look very noble and don't seem like a poor person. Since the price has been set, how can you have the nerve to take it back..." Afraid that the financial sponsor in front of him would be angry, the Taoist's voice became smaller and smaller, and he couldn't help pushing the banknotes towards himself.
Look at this genuine silver note, it feels really good.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do? I can't kill people, but I can consider setting fires."
Pei Xia frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? Does my master look like someone who would kill for money?"
The Taoist priest was puzzled: "Then...what do you want me to do?"
Su He lowered her head and took out a piece of paper with her birth date written on it. She pushed the paper forward and said calmly, "I have asked a master to calculate this birth date. The flesh and blood can nourish His Majesty. If necessary, it can be made into a decoction to ensure His Majesty's longevity and peace in the world."
The Taoist took the note and examined it carefully, but found nothing miraculous, nor any effect in curing the disease.
He was about to refute, but when he saw Su He's scrutinizing gaze, he suddenly understood. He smiled and carefully put the note and banknotes into his arms.
"Don't worry, I will do the job after I get the money."
"My people will monitor you until you succeed and stay away from the capital. If you try to play any tricks..." Su He's eyes were cold, and he took out a dagger and put it on the table, "I don't mind skinning you alive and then digging up your ancestral grave."
When the Taoist heard this, he was confused and said, "It is the rule of the Tao to charge for work. I will not do it carelessly. The employer can rest assured."
Su He said in a cold tone: "Okay."
After coming out of the teahouse, Su He did not return to Li Garden, but bought a lot of gifts and went to Li Mansion to visit Lu Yunqing.
Since the difficult delivery, her body had lost too much weight and was extremely weak. In addition, her child died prematurely and she fell into a coma due to heavy bleeding during delivery. She had never even seen her child. She was very depressed and could not let it go, and was always unhappy.
When he saw Su He coming, he didn't even raise his dim eyes.
"Aunt Lu, Madam Lu is here to visit you." Taohong placed the gift on the table, poured tea, and then left.
Su He came to the bedside and saw Lu Yunqing wearing plain clothes, her face was pale and bloodless.
She sat on a low stool nearby and asked softly, "Yunqing, are you feeling better?"
Lu Yunqing laughed mockingly: "Even you laugh at me?"
Pei Xia couldn't help but speak up, "My wife is thinking of the friendship between us, so she came to visit you, Aunt Lu, with supplements regardless of past grudges. Aunt Lu had a gloomy face, but why did she say such irritating words?"
"Oh, really? I thought you were here to laugh at me like those maids in the Li Mansion."
Lu Yunqing pointed at the objects around her. The chairs, basins, and screens were all brand new. There were fresh fruits and cakes on the table, and even the maids and servants serving her were much more numerous than before.
When she was in Qingxinju before, she would never have dared to imagine such a scene.
Chen was just feeling pity for Li Qi after seeing him return and having just lost her child. Otherwise, why would she give her a new courtyard to live in and provide her with good food and drink?
"I was passing by and came to see you."
Lu Yunqing glanced at her, leaned back weakly, and leaned on the pillow, feeling a little more comfortable. "It's hard for you to be so kind and not bear a grudge against me."
Su He picked up an orange from the fruit plate and asked Pei Xia to bake it over the fire. After it was hot, she peeled it and handed it to her: "You are not blessed with that child. You have cried enough. What you need to do now is to take good care of your body and make up for the loss. General Li loves you, and you will have children in the future."
Lu Yunqing wiped her tears, took the hot orange and put it in her mouth, and her tears could not be stopped.
"Even my grandmother didn't send anyone to visit me, so... why did you come to see me?"
Su He wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, suppressed her disgust, and said with a gentle smile: "After all, you and I have been friends for several years. For Madam Zhang's sake, I should come to visit you."
When mentioning her deceased mother, Lu Yunqing was extremely sad and speechless for a moment.
"When you recover, the baby will naturally go back to your belly. Although you are easily persuaded by others, you are not a bad person at heart. After you have children, I believe you can teach them very well." Su He lowered his head and sounded a little disappointed. "To be honest, I have prayed to the Buddha in my dreams to have obedient children like Yi'er and Jiao'er."
When it came to the emotional part, Su He turned sideways and pretended to casually wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Seeing this, Lu Yunqing supported herself and sat up. Thinking of the cruel words she had said to Su He before, and how she had befriended Liu Qiuqiu behind her back and treated her children as her own, how Su He must have felt at that time?
If it were her in the past, she wouldn't have thought about these things at all.
But after experiencing a pregnancy and an unforgettable childbirth, Lu Yunqing had to face up to the woman's innate maternal instinct.
She wanted to comfort Su He, but didn't know how to start.