Chapter 201: Riding the Tide

After giving the two girls red envelopes, Cheng Jinzhi took the gift slip written on the red silk letterhead and read it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

This gift list has expanded compared to the previous number, and Cheng Jinzhi roughly went through it again.

This year, the Yasukuni Mansion sent a pair of blue glazed peony celestial ball bottles, even a layman like Cheng Jinzhi can see that this pair of bottles belongs to the top grade of porcelain in terms of color, material and pattern, and it is estimated that Cheng Yan should have put some thought into it.

But after thinking about it, Cheng Yan still thinks that his position is still perfectly hidden, and he has always stood in line with Gao Heng in front of outsiders, so he naturally can't be careless in gift-giving, so as not to be different from his usual words and deeds.

In addition, Cheng Xiuning and Cheng Yu were also rescued by Gao Heng before, even if he was grateful, he couldn't slack off on this New Year's gift.

It's just that because she is not interested in these, she took two glances and put them aside, preparing to wait for the beginning of spring later, and use them to be placed in the side hall to plant the newly opened Xifu begonias in the garden.

As her gaze slowly moved downward, as she approached the end of the gift list, she noticed Gu Hanqing's name.

"Nine Xuan Hundred Herbs Treasure Pill. What is this? Is it a medicinal herb?"

She muttered this somewhat complicated name in her mouth, and let Taxue rummage through the gifts in front of her for a while, and soon brought a rectangular ultramarine-colored satin gift box to Cheng Jinzhi.

Cheng Jinzhi opened the lid of the box and saw three vials similar to medicine bottles placed inside.

She took one of the bottles, opened the red cork, put it on the tip of her nose and sniffed, and indeed smelled a smell of traditional Chinese medicine, fortunately, it was not pungent, on the contrary, it was mixed with a faint fragrance.

She narrowed one eye and glanced at the narrow mouth of the bottles, and found that there were only two round brown-red pills in each bottle.

"Oh, I heard this medicine slave girl talk about it from the older generation when I was a child. At this time, Xunmei on the side suddenly interjected with some excitement, "It is said that it is refined from ten of the most precious medicinal materials, and it can be eaten without invading a hundred poisons, and it can also be detoxified. This Gu family is really wealthy, and his shot is generous. ā€

"Bringing the dead back to life? No wonder it's called Zhenxi Pill, so it looks really rare. ā€

The Gu family is running a medicinal herb business, and with the relationship between Gu Hanqing and Gao Heng, it is understandable to send some precious medicinal materials.

However, hearing Xunmei's words, Cheng Jinzhi suddenly felt that Gu Hanqing's gift was indeed valuable, and it was much more thoughtful than those sycophants who used gold, silver and jewelry to envelop people at every turn.

Cheng Jinzhi secretly sighed, put the cork back to the mouth of the bottle, carried a bottle on his body, and told Xunmei to put it away, thinking that he would eat it another day, even if it was highly poisonous one day, he was not afraid of dying without an antidote.

After a cup of tea, she saw the little maid in the house report that Gao Heng had returned to the house, and the carriage outside the house had been prepared, so she had to reluctantly put down the gift list, went back to the house to take a look in the mirror, and entered the palace with Gao Heng.

Today's Zhaoyang Palace is more majestic than before, because of the rendering of the New Year's atmosphere, the cold and steep cornices have become a lot brighter and softer.

However, what made Cheng Jinzhi a little disappointed was that even though Gao Heng beside him was dressed brighter than usual in terms of clothing, he still had an expressionless face that owed him money all over the world, as if no matter what kind of good day it was to celebrate, it had nothing to do with him, at least from his face, there was no hint of New Year's joy.

This is the first time Gao Heng has appeared in the palace after he was injured in the palace.

As for the fact that he said to Cheng Jinzhi yesterday that he had something important to enter the palace, it was actually a white lie deliberately made up in order for her and Gu Hanqing to reunite after a long time and be able to speak alone.

At this time of the year, Emperor Zhou would first go to the royal altar on the west side of Zhaoyang Palace, and hold a ceremony to worship the heavens with hundreds of civil and military officials and royal relatives of the clan, praying for good weather and peace in the coming year.

After the festival is over, they will go to Cining Palace to greet the elderly Empress Dowager, and finally return to Lin'an Hall to start the New Year's banquet with the concubines, princes and clansmen.

Because the New Year's banquet would not start until the evening, Cheng Jinzhi and Gao Heng went to Guangling Palace to visit Concubine Hui first.

Concubine Hui is still as beautiful and elegant as the plain today, with a little powder, and there is not much decoration, but she chose two rouge-colored hairpins on the headdress as a foil, which looks pink peach blossoms and a moving complexion.

At this moment, Guangling Palace is quieter and more elegant than in the past, and it is really much more lively. In addition to the Lingrong County Lord I saw last time, Gao Xun and his biological mother Concubine Yi are also there.

Cheng Jinzhi was the biological mother who met Gao Xun for the first time.

Since the two brothers Gao Xun and Gao Heng have a close relationship, presumably the mothers of these two will naturally not be far behind.

This is a middle-aged woman with a slightly chubby body and a good face, with a kind smile on her pink face, who seems to see everything lightly, and from her face, she knows that she is a kind and easy person to get along with.

This is probably the so-called wide heart and fat body, right?

It is indeed commendable that the harem that is deceitful and deceitful here, step by step, can have such a good mentality.

Gao Xun was originally sitting next to Concubine Yi and talking fluently, but when he saw Cheng Jinzhi, he immediately stood up from the chair, and the county lord of Xianling Rong ran to Cheng Jinzhi in one step and looked at her, grinning.

"Jin Zhi, you look so good in this dress today, like a little fairy, did the third brother praise you?"

"Really? His Royal Highness King Jin can speak, which makes people feel comfortable listening to it. ā€

Cheng Jinzhi winked at Gao Xun with a smile, spun around in place, and then glanced at Gao Heng beside him with disgust.

"Alas, unlike some people, I haven't heard him praise a good word so far, and it's not flattering at all. ā€

At this moment, Concubine Yi also walked up with a smile on her face, and Cheng Jinzhi hurriedly put away her funny expression when she saw this, and took it as a courtesy.

I saw Concubine Yi looking at her and slapping her hands and laughing: "Oh, it turns out that you are Heng'er's little wife, and you are really beautiful." I always listen to Xun'er whispering in my ear, saying how good you are, how much you take care of him, and when I saw him today, it was really a likable girl. The Nanchu Duke that Xun'er wants to marry is mainly half as good as you, so I can rest assured. ā€

"Concubine Yi, you have won the prize. ā€

Cheng Jinzhi was praised lightly by Concubine Yi, and subconsciously glanced at Gao Heng beside him with the afterglow of his eyes, but saw him leaning close to him and whispered:

"It's just polite words, you don't have to take them too seriously. ā€

It's just that before Gao Heng finished speaking, he was already attacked by Cheng Jinzhi's fierce eyes, and he waved his fist fiercely.

"Mother, don't mention that Nanchu princess, I get angry when I think about it. If it hadn't been for Jin Zhi's persuasion at the beginning, I wouldn't have been in the mood for this year. ā€

Gao Xun muttered with a displeased face, and when he turned around and saw that Cheng Jinzhi and Gao Heng were flirting, he had to flatten his mouth and smile far-fetched, and shrugged his shoulders pretending to be disapproving.