The Salted Fish Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

116-120

Chapter 116

When the fourth master heard the cough, his face immediately dropped, and the chopsticks fell halfway, and were gently placed on the bowl.

He glanced at her, and Su Peisheng on the side responded, then covered the nurse's mouth and dragged her out.

Geng Qingning's heart jumped, and she turned her head to look at the children, only to see that both of them were buried in the small bowls in front of them, and didn't notice what was happening around them.

She slowly exhaled, just because she didn't scare them.

Aunt Xu knelt silently beside her, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and Geng Qingning suspected that if she didn't stop her, she would inevitably get a concussion.

The fourth master waved his hand, "Get out and get ten strokes."

Although she was going to be beaten, Madam Xu knelt down and retreated as if she had been pardoned.

Geng Qingning picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it on the plate in front of him, "What's going on?"

The fourth master picked up the lotus root slices to show his respect, "You don't know how to live or die. You dare to serve the master when you are not feeling well."

The delicate little life might be gone if it encounters a gust of wind, a few drops of rain, or if the quilt is not covered properly at night. If a close person is infected with a disease, he must not serve the master.

Geng Qingning immediately thought of the incident in the Old Summer Palace. The little prince who just died only coughed twice at first.

She also became alert in her heart. She hurriedly got up to touch the forehead of the fifth prince. She felt a piece of warmth in her hand and was relieved.

The Fifth Prince didn't know what happened, and showed his mother a toothless smile. There were a few white spots on his gums, which meant he was about to grow teeth. His saliva was so abundant that it dripped down the spoon he was biting onto his body.

"Little sloppy boy," Geng Qingning couldn't help but pinch his chubby little face. Seeing his pouty and aggrieved look, he let go and asked someone to carry him down to change clothes.

Ning Chuge, who was standing next to him, was also carried down to wash his hands and face. Without the children, the room suddenly became eerily quiet. Outside, Madam Xu took the board and limped in to thank En.

The Fourth Prince picked up the tea for rinsing his mouth and said in a deep voice, "If the little prince loses a hair, I will kill your whole family."

This is not an empty talk. When Honghui died, everyone in the courtyard followed him downstairs to serve him. When Song Gege's little prince died, the two wet nurses and several maids beside him also followed him.

Madam Xu felt bitter. She was sent by the fourth master to take care of Master Geng and the young master. However, she had been following the second princess for several years. When she was not careful, she was pecked in the eye by a sparrow.

"I will never fail the master's orders", Madam Xu wanted to pat her chest and guarantee. After these years of leisurely life, others really thought she, Xu Xiaoyan, was a vegetarian.

Madam Xu responded as she stepped out, then turned around and carried the Fifth Prince to Ning Chuge's room. At this time, she was more at ease to keep him under her watch. As for the others, they were locked in their respective rooms and interrogated in turn.

As for the wet nurse who coughed, Madam Xu personally led people to search her room inside and outside, sorting out her clothes, fabrics, jewelry, and silver, and checking one by one to see if they were gifts from the master. She was then dragged out and given ten strokes of the board, and then dragged in for questioning.