Early the next morning, Qi Xiangsi left the He house and went to Zhang's house, bought some things in the shop along the way, and waited in the front hall for a while before Dr. Zhang came.

Maybe it was because of the previous incident, Mrs. Zhang had some doubts about Qi Xiangsi in her heart, and when she took her to Zhang Jing's courtyard, she asked about her all the way: "Where is the girl, and how long has she been with Mrs. He?" ”

"The master wants me to come over, madam, don't worry." Qi Xiangsi looked at the courtyard in front of him, "This is it?" ”

Mrs. Zhang nodded, still worried about the cause of her son's abdominal pain: "It hurt again yesterday, and Imperial Doctor He didn't say what the problem was, since we are here today, we have to have a bottom in our hearts." ”

Qi Xiangsi was silent, and after entering the house, he looked around, the wealthy Zhang family was no worse than those official families, and the old man and his wife were such a son, and it hurt in the palm of their hands, so all kinds of furnishings in the house were also the best.

There are a lot of books on the shelves in the small study, and the room where he sleeps is very clean, Qi Xiangsi walked to the edge of the windowsill and looked out, and his eyes fell on the two pots of green bonsai: "This orchid grass is really good." ”

Mrs. Zhang didn't know what she meant, so she smiled and said, "He is in the academy on weekdays, and he is taken care of here." ”

Qi Xiangsi turned to look at the curved stool placed not far from the bed, and there was a delicate small incense burner on the stool: "Ling Gongzi's habit of being a little fragrant?" ”

"Yes, this child had a serious illness when he was young, and he often didn't sleep well after he got better, and he was also instructed to get this soothing incense, and he has used it for many years." Mrs. Zhang saw that she had been looking at the incense burner, and she was a little worried, "Is there something wrong with this incense?" ”

As everyone knows, what Qi Xiangsi cares about is her sentence "I had a serious illness", and after coming back to her senses, Qi Xiangsi looked at the room where she was sleeping, and asked Mrs. Zhang for the incense ashes in the incense burner.

"The maid took it early in the morning and poured it." Mrs. Zhang understood what she meant, and hurriedly sent someone to fetch the box where the incense was placed, Qi Xiangsi waved her hand, "These are useless." "If there is really a problem with incense, how can you do it in the box knowing that you are going back to the academy today.

"Mother." At this time, Zhang Jing's voice came from the door, Mrs. Zhang turned around, saw her son at the door, her face changed slightly, and she only asked him in a low voice, "I didn't let you read in the attic, why did you come here." ”

"She's coming to see me, I'm supposed to come." Before Qi Xiangsi came, Mrs. Zhang had told her son to stay in the attic obediently and not to come, but Zhang Jing just wanted to see this sister.

Qi Xiangsi felt Mrs. Zhang's wariness of herself, and asked him to sit down with a smile: "I just have some questions I want to ask you." ”

Just like yesterday when He Yan checked his pulse, after the abdominal pain, he couldn't sleep at night and was a little weak in qi and blood, but there were no other symptoms, let alone the poisoning that Mrs. Zhang was worried about.

"How many times did you say you committed it when you were in the academy, when did you do it?"

"I had four times before I came back, and it hurt in the middle of the night."

Qi Xiangsi withdrew her hand and raised her head and asked Mrs. Zhang: "I can't sleep at night, is there an incense burner in the academy?" ”

Mrs. Zhang nodded, it seems that ordinary academies have several students living in one room, Xunshan Academy is very high, and it is good to arrange student accommodation, Zhang Jing has one room, Mrs. Zhang has added everything, I am afraid that there is something missing.

Qi Xiangsi asked again: "How many times?" ”

"I hurt once before I came back, and three times it was during the examination in the academy last month, and I don't know if it was even before, and sometimes my stomach hurts when I eat badly." Zhang Jing raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, quite embarrassed by Qi Xiangxi's smiling eyes, "Actually, it's nothing, it hurts a few times, just sleep." ”

Hearing him say this, Qi Xiangsi unconsciously thought of the past, when he was just over a year old, naughty very, not to jump up and down but also let the mother and the people who served a headache, once he fell in the corridor, the person next to him was anxious, asked him if it hurt, he also took care of himself to move to the threshold and sat down, rubbed his knees with his little hands, and comforted them with a few words that he only knew: "I'm good." ”

Qi Xiangsi resisted the urge to rub him: "I have a few things here, you smell them." ”

Qi Xiangsi took out three small boxes from the medicine box, opened one of them for him to smell, Zhang Jing frowned when he got closer: "It stinks!" ”

The second one didn't smell anything, and after a while, Qi Xiangsi asked him to smell the third, and Zhang Jing's brows were about to knot: "What does this smell so bad." ”

This look didn't last long, after an hour of incense, Zhang Jing's abdomen suddenly twitched, like a spasm, and then he felt that his cheeks were hot, and his head was still a little dizzy, as if he had a stomach ache at night, and the whole person wanted to curl up together, which was very uncomfortable.

Qi Xiangsi put the medicinal powder in the cup and mixed it with water for him to drink: "Does it hurt so much?" ”

After a while, his symptoms gradually eased, and he nodded: "It hurts longer than this, but it won't be a headache." ”

Mrs. Zhang saw that she deliberately smelled these for her son, and her face was a little unkind: "What is this he smelling?" ”

"Something else was added to the incense, because the amount is light, it doesn't hurt to smell before falling asleep, and after the middle of the night, I fell asleep and accumulated more and began to have abdominal pain, and after the incense burned in the second half of the night, the symptoms passed naturally, and during the day, it was the same as usual, and I couldn't find anything different." Qi Xiangsi turned over the small incense burner, there was still some dust at the bottom, and he could distinguish one or two by smelling it carefully, but in the huge room, these smells were not obvious after they spread, and there was a soothing incense itself covered, but this amount was a bit like a prank.

"It doesn't make any difference." Mrs. Zhang didn't think it was too serious when she heard it, and she didn't know what to do, "Where did you do it?" ”

"It's fine." It affects that he can't sleep at night, can't take exams well, and can't sleep well when he gets home, so if he really wants his life, it won't be such a small fight, "Mrs. Zhang, when I came here just now, I saw that the house seems to like to plant mandala flowers very much. ”

"That's what the third brother and sister liked, and they planted some, all in her own yard, and put a few plants in the outer yard when they bloomed a while ago."

Qi Xiangsi put all the boxes in and looked up at Mrs. Zhang: "That Mrs. Zhang's heart is really big enough, such a poison is left in the house, and she is not afraid that anyone will eat it by mistake and die." ”

Mrs. Zhang was shocked, the flowers were poisonous, she naturally knew that there were a few oleanders planted in the outer courtyard, but when she said this, she always felt that something was faintly wrong in her heart: "This is the ginseng in the incense?" ”

"If you are not mistaken, but the dosage is very shallow, so Ling Gongzi only has abdominal pain in the middle of the night, if the amount is too much, it is possible for Gongzi to faint and not wake up." She doesn't know how the Zhang family gets along, but the Zhang Mansion in charge of this eldest lady Zhang makes people feel that there are loopholes that can be exploited, "As for who did it, please ask Mrs. Zhang to find out by herself." ”

Qi Xiangsi looked at Mrs. Zhang's reaction, no matter how cowardly she is, she will stand up for the life of her husband and children, and the poisoning of Master Zhang should also be investigated.

"One more thing." Qi Xiangsi wrote down a prescription, "Always relying on soothing incense is not a long-term solution, although this thing is harmless to the body, it cannot be commonly used, so that Gongzi can't sleep this night is he unable to sleep or what?" ”

Mrs. Zhang glanced at her son, others didn't know, but she knew what the reason was, the child had been crying since she was hugged, and she was not close to them after a serious illness, Mrs. Zhang thought of all kinds of methods to no avail, and finally the soothing incense had some effect, and over time it was also a little dependent, and it was harmless to the body, and it has become a habit over the years.

Mrs. Zhang's eyes showed love: "I can't sleep steadily, I always dream a lot at night, I don't sleep well, and I wake up crying in the middle of the night." ”

Qi Xiangsi's hand resting on the table moved slightly, looked down at Zhang Jing, and said in a soft voice: "What did you dream about?" ”

"Always dreaming of rain." Zhang Jing didn't think about it for a long time before he spoke, this is the scene he has dreamed most often since he can remember, the majestic rain, the sky is dark, he can't see anywhere, he is cold and hungry, and he is particularly helpless.

At an angle they couldn't see, Qi Xiangsi blinked his eyes and swallowed the sourness back.

The memory of a one-year-old child is very short, but the situation when he was left at the door of Zhang's house on that rainy night, even if he doesn't remember, there is still a shadow in the deepest part.

"Have you had these dreams all these years?"

"Less than before." Zhang Jing always had some vague memories in the depths of his mind, making him feel that he had forgotten something, and it had nothing to do with the Zhang family, but he didn't know who it had to do with him.

"Alright, Jing'er." Mrs. Zhang didn't want her son to mention this, and reminded him with a smile, "If you don't go back to the academy this morning, you'll miss a class, so why don't you go to the attic to study well, so as not to forget what Mr. taught." ”

Zhang Jing nodded, looking towards Qi Xiangsi, in fact, he was quite happy to see her at the place where the imperial doctor was yesterday, originally he wanted to thank her and the elder brother: "Sister, what should I call you?" ”

Qi Xiangsi obviously felt that Mrs. Zhang was looking at her, so she smiled and patted his forehead: "Is it okay for you to call me Sister Qi?" ”

Zhang Jing read silently, and Mrs. Zhang motioned to the maid to take him out quickly, and when only Qi Xiangsi and her were left in the house, Mrs. Zhang asked her what to do.

Qi Xiangsi packed up the medicine box: "It's better for my master to take a look at this problem of Ling Gongzi." ”

In the end, there was a suspicion about Qi Xiangsi's identity, Mrs. Zhang always felt that this girl appeared a little strange, and seemed to know a lot about the affairs of the Zhang family, so she said with a smile: "I still didn't believe it when I saw Miss Qi that day, I thought it was because I was clumsy, Miss Qi was able to apprentice under Doctor He, and whether she also practiced medicine at home." ”

Qi Xiangsi nodded, and Mrs. Zhang asked again: "Does Miss Qi have brothers and sisters, are they all in Kyoto City?" ”

"I also have a younger brother, and none of the elders in the family are in Kyoto City."

Mrs. Zhang nodded and sent her to the door: "I take the liberty of asking, there should be many people like Miss Qi who come to the door to propose marriage, can you allow a family affair?" ”

Qi Xiangsi looked at her, with a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, polite and distant: "Thank you Mrs. Zhang for your concern." ”

A touch of embarrassment flashed in Mrs. Zhang's eyes, and she ordered someone to take the consultation fee and put it in Qi Xiangsi's hand, "I still hope that Miss Qi will accept it, yesterday's incident was really abrupt, we will visit Doctor He another day." ”

Qi Xiangsi unceremoniously accepted the consultation fee, stepped out of the gate of Zhang's house, thought of something, turned to look at Mrs. Zhang and chuckled: "Mrs. Zhang, take the liberty of asking, is Ling Gongzi really born to you and Master Zhang?" ”

Mrs. Zhang's body shook slightly, and her face immediately darkened: "Miss Qi, what do you mean by asking this." ”

"Although I am a bystander, I can also see what kind of attitude the rest of the Zhang family has towards Ling Gongzi, if the gossip is not eliminated, he will be more suspicious of his identity when he grows up in the future." What the eldest son of the Zhang family said that day is still vivid, Zhi'er is already eight years old, and when he is gradually sensible, when he can mature to distinguish between right and wrong, where will he be coaxed by Mrs. Zhang to believe it like now, and when he goes to get to the bottom of it, who can stop him.

"Of course, I'm just an outsider, and it doesn't hurt that Mrs. Zhang has heard these words."

Without looking at Mrs. Zhang's face, Qi Xiangsi turned around and walked out of the gate of Zhang's house, and after walking for a short time, Lu Li appeared beside her: "Why didn't the girl tell her directly." ”

"I can't just think about myself." She didn't want to make it clear to Mrs. Zhang directly, and she also wanted to recognize Zhi'er, but she had to consider the consequences, what she wanted was that he could stay in the Zhang family safely and securely if something happened to her, and she didn't have to carry such a heavy burden.

Lu Li was silent: "The girl plans to hide it from him all the time?" ”

Qi Xiangsi smiled and shook his head: "Let's go, can I find the person I asked you to find?" ”

"I found it, this person claims to be a know-it-all over there in Nanhuai, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"In town?" Qi Xiangsi looked up at the sky, now it's over, and it's too late to go back to Qi Mansion in the afternoon.

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It was almost evening when Qi Xiangsi returned to Qi Mansion and went to Biqiu Courtyard to greet Mrs. Qi, and found that everyone was there, Qi Xiangsi greeted them one by one and sat down next to Qi Minqing.

"Since the fifth girl went to the Tai Hospital, the days of seeing it are numbered, and it has been two months since the sixth girl got married, and the kung fu person who blinked an eye is so big." Mrs. Qi said happily, the whole person is more and more good-looking, for her is now more comfortable, several granddaughters are married so well, the daughter-in-law is in charge of the feed, and the two sons are thriving.

"Yes, don't talk about you, I always feel like it's too big in the blink of an eye, especially Minying, who was still a little girl when I first met her a few years ago." Wang covered his mouth and smiled, and turned his head to look at Gu, "My younger brother and sister are really blessed, several daughters have been raised, Min Lan is already married, and Min Yan is about to go." ”

"What is the second sister-in-law anxious about, Minshu's marriage is almost discussed." Gu Shi smiled faintly, "The little son of the Cao family is also a dragon and phoenix among people, and he is very promising. ”

When it comes to the marriage that was chosen for his daughter, Wang couldn't help but show satisfaction no matter how much he wanted to hide it: "Then I have to wait for two more years, Minshu is still young." ”

When I came last time, I hadn't heard that Qi Minshu's marriage had been decided, but this time it had already been talked about to a similar extent, Qi Xiangsi looked at the Wang family, the Cao family, it was really a big family.

"It's time for her to stay at home and learn the rules." Mrs. Qi said that after all, she was not half stern, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles, she was as satisfied with her granddaughter's marriage as her daughter-in-law, "The third girl often enters the palace and knows many people, I think it is better to let her help recommend a palace grandmother to come over and teach." ”

"Speaking of which, there is going to be a banquet in Yueyang Palace." Wang thought about the day, "It was mid-August." ”

"The post has been sent, the first time the six girls married to run the banquet, you all went over." Old Madam Qi looked at so many people in the house, and then instructed the Gu family, "You bring Min Yan and Min Ying with you, sisters in the family." ”

His eyes came from Gu's place, as if he was asking what Qi Xiangsi meant, but before Qi Xiangsi could speak, Wang said first: "Minying has always worked hard in the Tai Hospital, the master has mentioned it, and several imperial doctors who have taught her are full of praise, so it doesn't matter if you take a day or two off." ”

"Yes." Old Madam Qi was concerned about Qi Minlan's life in Yueyang Palace, "Speaking of which, I went to the north of the county not long after I got married, so it's better not to be separated for too long." ”

"Mother, that's also good, I'm not pregnant right now, it's time to cultivate a relationship with my two children." It is difficult to be a stepmother, if you enter the door and become pregnant, your attention and focus are on your children, where will there be a better chance to get acquainted with the two children in the future.

This chat went from Yueyang Wangfu to the Ten Emperors' Mansion, and when it was getting dark when he left Biqiu Courtyard, Qi Minqing and Qi Xiangsi walked together, and they didn't seem to be in a high mood, and when they were about to reach the fork, they asked her: "Fifth sister, are you busy, why don't I go to your place and sit." ”

"Yes." Qi Xiangsi took her back to Siyi Courtyard, and when Yushi saw that the eighth girl was also here, she asked Lilac to prepare more double bowls and chopsticks.

Qi Minqing looked at the table of Han's mother's dishes for Qi Xiangxi, and her mood was still not high, she lowered her head and drank the soup, and waited until she was almost at the bottom before she said quietly: "Fifth sister, what do you say I should do in the future." ”

Qi Minqing was only six years old when she arrived at Qi's house three years ago, and now she is only nine years old, the little girl's face is really a little disobedient, Qi Xiangsi put down her chopsticks and looked at her for a while: "What should I do?" ”

"The eldest sister married well, the third sister entered the palace, the sixth sister went to the Yueyang Palace, although the fourth sister is not as good as these, but the third aunt also tried her best to choose it." Qi Minqing raised her head, tears in her eyes, and she was aggrieved, "But what about the second sister, there has been no news since entering the palace, and I don't know what will happen in the future." ”

"According to your calculations, entering the palace can be regarded as glory and wealth."

Qi Minqing was even more aggrieved: "The saint is so old, it's useless for the second sister to look for death and life, she doesn't have to go." ”

Qi Xiangsi couldn't cry or laugh, she meant that if the saint was young, it would not be bad to enter the palace.

"Mother did her best to pick the Cao family for the seventh sister, fifth sister, do you know how much dowry you have to prepare to marry into the Cao family." A flash of indignation flashed in Qi Minqing's eyes, "I'm a concubine, and I'm afraid that in the end, I won't even be as good as the second sister." "Talking and sad again, what should she do?

"The Cao family has a big business, so I naturally know it." The Cao family is low-key and has a profound heritage, although it is not as eye-catching as those important ministers in the court, but in the past hundred years, the Cao family has produced several important ministers in the court, and they are quite valued by the royal family, even if the change in the court pattern in the future will not affect the Cao family.

Qi Henian really loves this daughter.

"Fifth sister, haven't you thought about this?"

Receiving her indignant eyes that suddenly came over, Qi Xiangsi was stunned, and then understood that she felt that they were both concubines and sympathetic to each other.

"The sixth sister is married, but no one in your family mentions your marriage, fifth sister, doesn't the third uncle want you to get married?" Qi Minqing wiped a handful of tears, "Aren't you worried about the future?" ”

Qi Xiangsi smiled and comforted her, "How old are you now, aren't you disturbing yourself thinking about these now?" ”

"It'll be the same in a few years, if you don't want to be the same as the second sister, you have to rely on yourself." Qi Minqing clenched his fists, "You can't sit still like the sixth sister." ”

The mood that was still sad just now rose, and Qi Xiangsi asked Lilac to hand her a cloth towel to wipe her face: "Yueyang Wangfu is not good. ”

"That's a serious princess, the head mother of the Ming family, I think it's better than the third sister, although there are two children, but as long as you grasp the heart of King Yueyang, the sixth sister will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in the palace." Qi Minqing's eyes showed a hint of expectation, which was since Qi Minlan's marriage was decided, and it was the same as a concubine, and she could do what she could do.

"Mrs. Ming is healthy, the palace is still in charge of the middle feed, the two children are twelve years old, the younger sister is also ten years old, and when the governor is old, he also asked for a son, as far as I know, the son is very smart, Mrs. Ming and King Yueyang have high hopes for him, in other words, no matter how many boys and girls Minlan gives birth to in the future, it will not be her children who will inherit the Ming family."

"That's not necessarily, what if King Yue Yang likes the sixth sister's children a little more."

"Unless the eldest son is dead."

Qi Minqing looked at her with wide eyes: "How do you know." ”

Qi Xiangsi smiled and said nothing, from disagreeing to the last nod, there is naturally a deal in it, Qi Xiangsi learned from the little prince, King Yueyang promised Mrs. Ming, unless the eldest son dies, otherwise the position of the son of this world, all the Ming family can only have the eldest son to inherit, and the first three years of marriage, there must be no pregnancy.

"Fifth sister, did you say this because the sixth sister married well and her marriage was not settled?" Seeing that she didn't speak, Qi Minqing guessed to herself, because of Aunt Tong's relationship, the relationship between the fifth sister and the sixth sister has always been bad.

"It has nothing to do with me whether she marries well or not." Qi Xiangsi turned her head to look at the already dark sky outside the window, and when she looked back, she looked unbelieving, and sighed softly.

Qi Minqing thought that she was mindful of this matter: "Fifth sister, I don't think you have to worry too much, they are all sisters, and they will go to Yueyang Palace's Mansion together next month." Without saying a word, her personal maid walked in, "Girl, auntie, please go back." ”

Qi Minqing pursed her lips and wanted to say, but she thought of something else, so she got up and said goodbye: "Aunt is looking for me, then I'll go back first." ”

Qi Xiangsi sent her to the door, until she disappeared at the gate of the courtyard, and Jade came over with a snack: "The seventh girl has often visited the Yueyang Palace. 166 Reading Network