Huang Yan is one of the confidants and eunuchs of Emperor Hongwu, who often goes out to carry out the emperor's orders, arrests the demon sect and rebels against the party, sticks the emperor's list to recruit talented women in Jiangnan into the palace as female officials, etc.

Li Taoniang is cold and hard by nature, and has always despised Huang Yan's sleek temperament, but Huang Yan always comes up to talk to her, but this time it is Daoxi, so Li Taoniang rarely gave a good face, "Thank you Huang Gonggong for telling me." I'm going to change my clothes and go to Kunning Palace to kowtow to the queen mother to thank you, so I won't tell you more. ”

Huang Yan smiled and said, "Go ahead, remember to say a few kind words for me in front of my mother." ”

I don't know how to boast about myself and give you kind words? Li Taoniang was very annoyed by Huang Yan, nodded perfunctorily, walked two steps, turned her head and asked: "Huang Gonggong, the few female officials you went to Jiangnan to elect, is there a Suzhou man named Hu Shanwei?" ”

Huang Yan nodded, "Yes, Hu Shanwei was assigned to the Shangshi Bureau, and he did the history of the eight-grade woman, and he is a clever person." ”

Li Taoniang secretly thought that this Hu Shanwei was Yao Miaoyi's neighborhood, so she could ask her first, Hu Shanwei was living in the palace, and she shouldn't dare to deceive me, the six-rank secretary.

Li Taoniang took people to Suzhou in a hurry, and Yao Miaoyi of Baihetang also ushered in the long-awaited Suzhou hometown - Wang Ning.

Often encountered an arrow in the spring, died in the Liuhe River. Wang Ning was not angered by Emperor Hongwu or the Chang family, on the contrary, he was also appreciated, and Chang Yuchun's third son, Chang Sen, had the opportunity to accompany the princes to listen to the lectures of the great Confucian scholars in the main hall of the palace.

Yao Miaoyi came back from the consultation with the medicine box on her back, and heard Song Xiu'er say that Wang Ning was here to help work in the backyard, so she hurriedly went over to say hello, and said with a smile: "Why bother the adults of thousands of households to do it." ”

The second Northern Expeditionary Army returned to the dynasty with a victorious class, although the commander fell, but the soldiers were rewarded for their meritorious deeds, Wang Ning was only eighteen years old and was promoted to four thousand households, which is really a hot young talent in Jinling.

But Wang Ning is not as proud of the spring breeze as Yao Miaoyi imagined. In the golden autumn of September, the sun was shining, and the sun could not dispel the haze under his eyes, he was wearing a plain Taoist robe, wearing a net scarf, and drying Coptis chinensis in the backyard with his hands and feet.

"I used to do it in Yao Ji Pharmacy, and I couldn't be idle." Wang Ning's rough big hand picked out a moldy coptis and threw it away, "Baihetang's business is too calm, I have some silver taels in my hand, how about lending it to you first, and going to Jubaomen Street to find a good shop to reopen?" ”

Yao Miaoyi looked at Wang Ning, who had grown into a man who had grown into a man who stood on top of the sky, although his mind was deep, but his kind and gentle heart still did not change, she smiled, "It doesn't matter, business takes its time, it's quieter here, I don't want to make any big money, it's enough for me to eat, wear, and feed Xiu'er Afu and them." ”

Yao Miaoyi handed a bag of tea to Song Xiu'er, "This is freshly fried autumn tea, it was given to me by a patient, it tastes good, take it and brew it to entertain Wang Ning." ”

Yao Miaoyi and Wang Ning were talking in the study, and Song Xiuer served the freshly brewed autumn tea. Wang Ning took out two large and small bags, the big one was a dim sum box, in which there were more than a dozen inner-made butter snails, and the small one was a bag of loose silver and a letter.

"This is what Hu Shanwei asked me to bring to you." Wang Ning explained: "She was elected as a female official, and after entering the palace, she was assigned to the Shangshi Bureau, and she did the history of the eight-grade women, knowing that you like to eat butter pickled snails the most, and the ones you buy outside are not as delicious as those made inside, so she got some fresh ones for you." ”

Yao Miaoyi's heart swelled with warmth, and the ghee bubble snail melted in her mouth, and it was sweet until her heart, "I'll keep what I eat, but I can't ask for this silver, she just entered the palace, and she also needs human affection to take care of relationships, and silver money is indispensable." ”

"Well, I'll admit that I have my silver in it too." Wang Ning sighed, "You and Shanwei thought of going together, she said that you have just arrived, your business is cold, and you have been losing money, and I am afraid that you will not be able to hold on, so I will take out Yulu to help you support it, and it will be good to have repeat customers slowly." You don't have to excuse yourself, the three of us grew up together, it is right to help each other, and when the business is good in the future, it is not too late to repay the money. ”

"Do you remember what I said before? Gou is rich and noble, and does not forget each other. I, Wang Ning, am not a person who forgets righteousness. I have no father or mother, Shanwei and you are my friends and relatives. I am now studying in the main hall, I am a thousand households with no real power, I am currently living in Kaiping Palace, if there is anything I need help, I will do my best. ”

Chang Yuchun's eldest son Chang Mao inherited the title of Duke Zheng Guo, but because Chang Yuchun posthumously crowned the king of Kaiping after his death, he was buried with the rites of the prince and deserved to enjoy the Taimiao. Usually people refer to Changfu as Kaiping Wangfu rather than Zhengguo Mansion, and its regulation is higher than that of Xu Da's Wei Mansion.

Yao Miaoyi silently accepted the letter and the silver tael, and refilled the tea for Wang Ning.

Wang Ning looked at Yao Miaoyi, "Shanwei said that yesterday there was a six-grade female official named Li Taoniang who asked her about her origin and asked about your origin. Li Taoniang is the oldest female official in the palace and has won the trust of the emperor and queen. Miaoyi, Li Taoniang won't ask an ordinary doctor for no reason, is your life experience eyebrow-raising? I used to think that you were not the daughter of an ordinary family. ”

Li Taoniang is the oldest female official in the palace? In this way, she should have seen my mother and aunt before! No wonder when I buried Xingniang the day before yesterday, she always knocked on the side to ask about my life experience! It turned out that she noticed that I looked a little similar to my mother!

Worst! Will she poke this out?

Yao Miaoyi's heart is full of alarm bells! Since stepping into Jinling City, things have become more and more complicated, gradually out of her control, wrapping her in the middle like a mess, is it to break out of the cocoon into a butterfly, or to be cocooned and trapped in it?

Yao Miaoyi tried her best to keep calm and said: "As you all know, my father-in-law picked me up at the gate of Miaozhi Temple back then, I had a high fever and my brain was already confused, thanks to the Yao family's pharmacy, snatched me out of the Hades Palace. ”

"I was young, I don't remember much, and after a serious illness, I forgot my name and surname, and I don't have any jade letters around me to testify to. The Yao family treats me well, and I have no idea of looking for relatives for a long time. ”

Yao Miaoyi explained, the suspicion in Wang Ning's eyes was still there, he looked at his childhood friend Yao Miaoyi with a man's gaze for the first time, seventeen-year-old Yao Miaoyi had grown up, and was no longer the shriveled and naughty, tomboy-like girl she used to be.

Wang Ning studied in the main hall of the palace, and there were all kinds of beauties in Yanhuan in the palace, and the Kaiping palace where he temporarily lived was also mostly beautiful and beautiful.

But in terms of physiognomy and outline, Yao Miaoyi is definitely a superior person. She wore a paddy field coat and a plain horse-faced skirt with square fabrics of various colors, and she did not have a decent piece of jewelry on her body, but she still did not hide her beauty.

"Hey! What do you want to do? Look at me like this again, and be careful that I gouge out your eyes! Yao Miaoyi's face immediately changed, fierce, and her eyes were ruthless.

"Don't get me wrong." Wang Ning hurriedly retracted his gaze, "I just guessed your background." Since it has attracted the attention of a female official like Aunt Li, I am afraid that it is not an ordinary family. ”

Yao Miaoyi said nonchalantly: "Don't speculate, maybe because of solving the mystery of Xingniang's death, Aunt Li is curious about me." Do you think that the children of the rich and noble families in this world have all been met by you like Chang Sen? ”

It seems unlikely that this is such a coincidence. Wang Ning thought for a while and said, "Anyway, Shanwei and I will secretly help you inquire about it and see what kind of medicine Aunt Li sells in her gourd." If you really help you find your relatives, recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors, and become the daughter of a rich and noble family, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, you don't have to open a pharmacy to make a living like now. ”

Yao Miaoyi smiled faintly, "I think it's good now, is it possible that the daughter of a rich family must be carefree?" Not necessarily, I'm a doctor, and the ** in the mansion is dirtier than the market. For example, the female official Xingniang died badly enough. ”

Xingniang's death was too strange and tragic, her husband was killed by a thousand knives, and even the Zheng commander of the pro-army Governor's Mansion was implicated and demoted from Jinling.

Wang Ning felt that what Yao Miaoyi said made sense, but still shook his head and persuaded: "You are different from Xingniang, you are a return to your ancestors, and a rich and noble family will never treat a daughter who has been lost for many years - I see that the princesses in the palace, as well as the ladies in the Zheng Guogong Mansion, are living like immortals, and a group of people are waiting behind them, so they don't have to worry about anything." ”

Yao Miaoyi teased and said: "Wow, it's a princess again, and it's Miss Guogongfu, you have a lot of knowledge, have you taken a fancy to that girl?" ”

Wang Ning blushed suddenly, "Don't talk nonsense, what is their identity, what is my identity." ”

Yao Miaoyi said with a smile: "You are a dignified four-grade thousand-household adult, and you are also the sworn brother of the third master of Zheng Guogong's family, and a young talent who accompanies the prince to study in the main hall, with good conduct and good looks, why are you not worthy?" ”

Wang Ning's face was solemn, and he said: "I gave the funeral to King Kaiping as a half-son, and vowed to keep filial piety for three years, and I can't talk about marriage within three years." ”

The woman's beauty is fleeting, and she must not be able to wait for Wang Ning for three years. Yao Miaoyi didn't expect Wang Ning to have such a deep reverence for Chang Yuchun, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry." ”

Wang Ning said: "It doesn't matter. Now the emperor is going to recuperate, start peace talks, and suspend the expedition. I studied in the main hall, learned the art of war, and when the second Northern Expedition came, I would take the initiative to ask for battle, drive out the Tartars, and avenge the king of Kaiping. ”

Speaking of revenge, Wang Ning's fist tightened suddenly, then let go, and sighed: "You also know that the battlefield has no eyes, and no one dares to guarantee that I will come back alive. ”

Wang Ning is a kind-hearted person, once he identifies the other party, he will be kind to others, and think about others everywhere. Yao Miaoyi secretly thought, whose girl is blessed to marry him.

Wang Ning smelled the fragrance of medicine in the room, and his expression was a little dazed, "Miaoyi, you have excellent medical skills, if you follow the Northern Expeditionary Army of King Kaiping, maybe you can turn the tide and save King Kaiping's life." ”

Yao Miaoyi knew that Wang Ning had been blaming herself for the death of King Kaiping, and comforted: "King Kaiping is accompanied by a doctor, and my little kung fu is not qualified to treat the commander of the first army." If the star falls, who can change his life against the sky? Don't think about it, study hard in the main hall. ”

Wang Ning showed a sad and angry look on his face, "Miaoyi, do you really believe that King Kaiping was killed by an arrow?" ”

Yao Miaoyi was stunned, "Isn't it?" ”

Wang Ning's temperament changed suddenly, and he was surrounded by a fierce aura in an instant, which was sharp and sharp, as if it was accidentally released after being suppressed for a long time, "I suspect that King Kaiping died of murder, but I have no evidence, and I have no right to ask, Miaoyi, it would be good if you were there at that time." ”