After Chen Zhirong entered the Zhao Mansion, she changed her name and became Zhang Yu'er. She won Zhao Junchen's "trust" by relying on some chips in her hand, and was soon sent by Zhao Junchen to take charge of certain plans in South Zhili.
However, not long after entering Zhili territory, Zhang Yuer developed cramping symptoms in her abdomen. It was mild at first, only occurring once in a while, but soon became more frequent and more intense, and in the end it felt like a knife.
It's like cutting and stabbing, day and night, getting more and more intense.
In addition, after Zhang Yu'er arrived in Nanzhili, she was bent on proving her ability and value to Zhao Junchen. She devoted all her thoughts to Zhao Junchen's several plans. Not only did she ignore her own condition, she also failed to get enough medical treatment.
After resting and waiting until the abdominal cramps became unbearable, Zhang Yuer finally reacted and realized that her condition was much more serious than imagined, but the condition was no longer under control. Zhang Yuer invited all the people in Nanzhili to
Famous doctors cannot alleviate the pain at all, and they cannot even identify the cause of the disease.
In the end, in just over half a month, Zhang Yu'er was tortured by abdominal cramps and was reduced to a human figure. Her once beautiful appearance became gray and haggard, and there were even blood stains when she went to the toilet.
By now, the situation has become very serious.
That night, after Zhang Yu'er dragged her sick body and handled several tasks with abdominal pain, she could no longer hold on and returned to her room to rest.
However, the severe abdominal pain made it impossible for Zhang Yu'er to sleep no matter what, but she had a strong willpower and was never willing to show her weak side to others. Even if the pain was unbearable, she would grit her teeth and hold on, but
Occasionally, when it is really unbearable, he will let out a soft moan of pain.
And just when Zhang Yuer was tossing and turning due to severe abdominal pain, someone suddenly opened the door and entered the room.
Zhang Yu'er tried her best to look up, but saw that the person who entered the room was a middle-aged woman with an ordinary appearance and a slightly gloomy expression. This person's name was Li Qing, and she was a very senior woman in the Zhao family. Because Zhang Yu'er entered the Zhao family
At that time, he only had one trusted maid, Hong Xiu, with him, so Zhao Junchen asked Fang Ru to select some capable, loyal and reliable maids and old ladies in the Zhao Mansion and sent them to serve Zhang Yuer, and Li Qing was one of them.
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Li Qing walked lightly to Zhang Yu'er's side. After seeing Zhang Yu'er's pale face and sweating all over, he held a bowl of hot bone soup in both hands and handed it to Zhang Yu'er's mouth and said: "Miss Yu'er, is your stomach starting to grow again?"
Does it hurt? Drink a bowl of hot soup, maybe it will make you feel better."
Zhang Yu'er nodded lightly, and was supported by Li Qing to push herself up from the bed, sipping the hot soup in small sips.
On the other side, while Li Qing was serving Zhang Yu'er to drink soup, his expression was a little changeable, as if he was hesitating about something.
After Zhang Yu'er took a few sips of the hot soup, she saw the change in Li Qing's expression in a blink of an eye, but suddenly said: "Just tell me if you have anything to do."
When speaking, Zhang Yuer's voice was weak, but her tone still revealed a shrewdness and strength that people couldn't ignore.
Hearing Zhang Yu'er's inquiry, Li Qing's body trembled slightly, and he lowered his head and said: "Miss Yu'er, you have searched all the famous doctors in Nanzhili during this period, but your body still does not improve, but it has become more serious... The following is
Everyone says, everyone says..."
Halfway through his words, Li Qing did not dare to continue speaking.
Zhang Yuer's tone increased slightly and asked: "What did you say?"
Li Qing's head lowered further and he said: "Everyone is guessing...Miss Yu'er, have you been poisoned..."
Hearing what Li Qing said, Zhang Yuer's delicate body, which had become thinner and thinner during this period, trembled slightly subconsciously.
In fact, the onset of this illness was very strange. Zhang Yuer's physical condition has always been very good, and there is absolutely no chance that such a serious illness would occur for no reason!
The most important thing is that Zhang Yu'er's current illness condition and onset process are very similar to Zhao Shancai, who suddenly "died" of illness some time ago!
When Zhang Yu'er worked for Chen You, Duke of Jing, she had always been responsible for intelligence matters. She also deduced from various clues that Zhao Shancai's death was probably due to someone poisoning him!
Therefore, there was no need for Li Qing to remind Zhang Yu'er that she had the same inference in her mind - she was probably poisoned!
Moreover, based on the time of Zhao Shancai's death, Zhang Yuer speculated that if she allowed the abdominal pain symptoms to develop, she would probably not survive more than a month!
Zhang Yuer naturally cannot sit still and wait for death. She has been secretly exploring who poisoned her for a while, but she does not know that her abdominal pain is caused by taking a large amount of diamond powder - diamond powder itself is not toxic.
, it just sticks to the inside of the intestines and stomach and is constantly worn and damaged, eventually causing gastric ulcers and gastrointestinal bleeding, so Zhang Yuer's secret exploration has not made any progress.
At this time, hearing Li Qing's words once again touched Zhang Yuer's tense heartstrings, and her expression could not help but change slightly.
Then, Zhang Yuer's eyes, which were originally dull due to illness, suddenly flashed with a glimmer of light. She turned to look at Li Qing again and asked: "You have always done your job and never mentioned the gossip of the people below.
Xianyu, why did you suddenly mention this matter? I'm afraid there is some reason? "
Zhang Yuer's tone was gentle, but anyone could hear the questioning in it.
Li Qing's expression was a little nervous, and he stumbled back: "This afternoon... I, when I went to the vegetable market to buy bones for the girl to make soup, I was suddenly stopped by someone. The man looked ferocious and tall.
After threatening me a few words, he said that he knew exactly how you were poisoned, girl, and claimed that he had a way to detoxify the girl... Then he handed me a letter and asked me to give it to the girl in private.
Let others see..."
After speaking, Li Qing took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to Zhang Yu'er.
Zhang Yu'er reached out to take the secret letter and opened it to check, and found that there were only four words written in the letter - "Return to the shore"!
In addition to these four words, there is a secret mark on the edge of the letter - Zhang Yu'er is also very familiar with this secret mark. It is a secret mark commonly used by the seventh prince Zhu Hejian when he communicates secretly with others.
After seeing the contents of the letter, Zhang Yuer's expression suddenly darkened.
But there is still a hint of relaxation in it!
Ever since Zhang Yuer realized that her abdominal pain symptoms were likely to be caused by poisoning, she had secretly speculated on who the mastermind behind the scenes might be! Zhang Yuer's poisoning symptoms were completely consistent with Zhao Shancai's original situation, so the difference between these two incidents was
The mastermind behind the scenes is very likely to be the same person!
Among the hundreds of officials in the dynasty, only two people had reasons and the ability to poison Zhao Shancai to death.
One is the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, and the other is Zhao Junchen!
Both of them are the mortal enemies of Crown Prince Zhu Heyu. The last thing they want to see is for Zhu Heyu to successfully ascend the throne and become the new emperor. They also have a deep understanding of Zhao Shancai's true ability. They understand that as long as Zhao Shancai continues to assist Crown Prince Zhu Heyu,
Prince Zhu and Yu's status in the court would be as stable as Mount Tai, so both of them had reasons to poison Zhao Shancai to death, and with their personalities, they would not have any hesitation in doing such a thing.
At the same time, both of them also had reasons to poison Zhang Yuer to death!
For the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, Zhang Yuer was both a traitor and a threat. Naturally, he had every reason to poison Zhang Yuer as a means of revenge; for Zhao Junchen, he did not take Zhang Yuer into the Zhao family as a concubine out of his own heart, but because of Zhang Yuer.
The use of extremely shameful means left him with no choice. Although Zhang Yuer quickly took out his bargaining chips after entering the Zhao Mansion and reflected his own value, for Zhao Junchen, Zhang Yuer was an unstable factor after all, so Zhao
Junchen also has a reason to act secretly!
Among these two possibilities, Zhang Yuer is more inclined to the former, but the latter is not completely impossible!
Zhang Yuer is not particularly afraid that the seventh prince Zhu Hejian will poison her. After all, Zhang Yuer has had such awareness and psychological preparation since the moment she betrayed Zhu Hejian. Such a situation can always be found to resolve! But deep in Zhang Yuer's heart
But she was very afraid that the person behind the poisoning and assassination would be Zhao Junchen! - If Zhao Junchen really couldn't tolerate her, then she would have nowhere to go!
This kind of worry has been secretly tormenting Zhang Yu'er for this period of time. The pain and anxiety in her heart are even worse than the abdominal cramps and death threats.
Of course, on the surface, Zhang Yuer never showed any signs.
But now, after seeing this secret letter, and the sender's claim that he had a way to detoxify Zhang Yu'er, Zhang Yu'er finally confirmed that the person who poisoned her was not Zhao Junchen, but the seventh prince Zhu Hejian!
Moreover, the four words "turning back and making peace" in the letter clearly meant that the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail Zhang Yu'er into continuing to work for him!
After Zhang Yu'er was sent to Nanzhili by Zhao Junchen, she has been responsible for several important plans of Zhao Junchen, such as the "United Shipping Company", the court's preliminary preparations for the Six Ministries of Nanjing, and the use of "literary disasters" to bribe scholars
Lin's plan, these plans are all extremely important. Once the seventh prince Zhu Hejian uses Zhang Yu'er to do something secretly, it will be enough to cause changes in the entire government and opposition!
I'm afraid that Zhu Hejian originally just wanted to poison Zhang Yu'er to avoid future troubles, but after seeing Zhang Yu'er's value, he changed his mind and wanted to turn Zhang Yu'er into his spy agent who was ambushing Zhao Junchen.
After thinking about this, Zhang Yuer's mood became gloomy, but she also secretly felt a little relaxed - this meant that Zhao Junchen did not tolerate her, and Zhu Hejian would not kill her immediately. For Zhang Yuer, it can be said that
This is the best result so far.
After seeing Zhang Yuer's expression change for a moment, she raised her head again and asked Li Qing: "Besides giving you this secret letter, what else did that person say?"
Li Qing quickly replied: "The man said that if you, Miss Yu'er, are willing to look back, you can hang a red lantern outside the door of the mansion, and then he will try to contact you again!"
This time, Zhang Yu'er was silent for a long time, then slowly closed her eyes and said softly: "At this point, there is no choice... Send someone to hang up red lanterns outside! Haha... It's better to turn around..."
In any case, Zhang Yuer's life is in the hands of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian.
For Zhang Yu'er, the most important thing in the current situation is to ensure her own life.
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"Miss! Miss! Wake up, we are almost at the Zhao Mansion!"
In the capital, a carriage was driving towards Zhao Junchen's mansion.
Inside the carriage, Zhang Yu'er slowly opened her eyes from her sleep under the soft call of her trusted maid Hongxiu.
After obtaining the detoxification method and more than a month of recuperation and treatment, Zhang Yu'er's physical condition has recovered more than half. Her appearance is still a little haggard and lifeless, and her body is still a little thin and weak, but she has roughly restored her original beauty.
There is even more of an endearing and touching look in the way she raises her hands and feet.
However, Zhang Yuer's face didn't look very good after she woke up, and she seemed to be in a bad mood.
As Zhang Yuer's trusted maid, Hong Xiu was naturally the first to notice Zhang Yuer's change in mood, but she asked cautiously: "Miss, we are going back to the Zhao Mansion soon, but I see that you seem a little unhappy, miss?"
Zhang Yuer shook her head slightly, her eyes twinkling slightly, and said, "I just dreamed about something that happened a month ago... I really feel a little unhappy..."
Hongxiu opened her mouth to speak, but seemed to suddenly think of something taboo, and finally remained silent.
In the silence between the master and the servant, the carriage slowly drove into the Zhao Mansion from the side door.
Then, Hongxiu helped Zhang Yuer get out of the carriage.
After Zhang Yu'er got out of the carriage, she looked up and saw Fang Ru leading several Zhao family stewards to greet her with a smile on her face.
Walking up to Zhang Yuer, Fang Ru took Zhang Yuer's plain hands affectionately and said: "Sister Yu'er, you are finally back! You don't know, Master, he has been waiting since he knew that you were unwell in Nanzhili.
We are extremely worried and will immediately send someone to take you back for medical treatment. Sister, I am also very anxious. Now that I see you are fine, sister, I feel relieved!"
Zhang Yu'er also had a close look on her face and said with a smile: "My sister is working in Nanzhili these days, and she misses Mr. Zhao and Sister Ruyi very much."
As they talked, the two of them seemed like sisters.
But then, the original harmonious atmosphere took a turn for the worse.
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ps: Generally speaking, there are only two ways of writing online novels. One is "characters drive the plot", and the other is "the plot drives the characters." Chongzi's writing method has always been biased towards the former, and he will put himself into it when writing.
When you assume the role of a main character, you will never change the character's personality, thoughts, and IQ for the sake of plot development.
Zhang Yuer's character is somewhat similar to Fang Ru, but her personality is more independent, and her style is more self-contained. Unlike Fang Ru, who is usually just an "accessory" to Zhao Junchen, her role in promoting the plot is obvious, but she is also
It is not easy to control, and it is easy to breed many unnecessary plots. In short, it is a double-edged sword, so Chongzi has been hesitating about how to deal with this character. Should he make her "a beautiful girl with a bad life" neatly? Or give her
More room for her to develop?
After hesitating for a long time, Chongzi finally decided to give her more room to play. This will make the book more difficult to write, and the completion plan will be delayed by about 100,000 words, but it will also make the subsequent content more substantial.