62. Harem
"I said Grandpa Huang, I'm not a three-year-old childβ" the boy couldn't help but laugh, "but I'm walking in the garden, are you still afraid that I will fall?" β
Huang Neishou smiled: "My second son, didn't it rain last night, and the slave was afraid of slippery roads?" Don't say you fell, you twisted your foot, and the queen mother also had to pick the skin of the slave. β
The young man smiled: "Then you're not afraid that I will tell the Queen Mother that you are annoying me?" Let's see if the Queen Mother will pick your skin. β
Huang Nei pretended to be scared: "Ouch, the second son spared the slave and maid, with your words, the slave's skin will definitely not be saved." β
The young man laughed, raised his feet and stepped out of the palace gate, but at a glance he saw Taohua standing outside, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, revealing surprise: "Miss Jiang? β
With a sudden, the eyes of the attendants near the palace gate fell on Taohua, Taohua sighed secretly, but she could only salute stubbornly: "Second Prince Jiang." "This young man who is at ease in Shouxian Palace as if he is in his own home is Jiang Heng. From this point of view, the person who spoke with the Queen Mother in Shouxian Palace must be the lord of Nanhua?
"Why did Miss Jiang come to the palace?" Jiang Heng was a little regretful when he left Wuxi last year, and thought that he would never have the opportunity to see the eldest girl of the Jiang family again after that, but he really didn't expect to meet again in the palace.
"Follow the eldest aunt to visit the eldest sister. First of all, I will salute the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother. Taohua half-bowed her head and replied in a formal manner, and she could feel that the eyes of the yellow chamberlain had swept over her face.
"Oh, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are both inside." Jiang Heng often followed the lord of Nanhua into the palace when he was a child, and after the age of twelve, in order to avoid suspicion, he came less, and he also knew a little about some of the doorways in the palace, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "Father-in-law Huang, let someone pass it on to Mrs. Jiang......"
Before he finished speaking, the girl beside Mrs. Yuan had already shaken her body and stood up dangerously again. Jiang Heng couldn't help but glance at her as well, frowned and said, "Gonggong Huang, let's pass it on to this lady as well......"
"Yes." Huang Neishou is the queen mother's confidant, so he naturally knows the queen mother's love for Jiang Heng. The two families have been standing for a long time, and the queen mother is willing to sell Jiang Heng's face, "The slave will go." β
In the Shouxian Palace, the Queen Mother leaned on the pillow and listened to the Lord of Nanhua. In addition to the palace maids, there is only the queen in the palace, and both of them are their nieces, so they don't need to put up any shelves.
The lord of Nanhua came to the palace to visit the queen mother, and the second was to borrow a doctor to guard the house, Wen's is about to give birth, although he invited a very experienced Wen Po, the lord of Nanhua is still not at ease, after all, it is the first child.
The Queen Mother naturally agreed casually, and assigned the most skilled gynecology doctor in the Tai Hospital, anyway, there are no pregnant women in the palace now, so there is no need for him.
"This kid is dishonest, the eldest daughter-in-law is still vomiting to this day, and she is so thin that she has a handful of bones." In fact, it is true that Wen's morning sickness lasts for a long time, but there is no Cheng DΓΉ who has lost weight to a handful of bones, but in the eyes of the lord of Nanhua, it is not normal for her to be fat and fat, what if the child in her belly does not grow well.
The Queen Mother knew that the Lord of Nanhua was exaggerating, and she didn't think so: "Didn't the former imperial doctor say that the fetus is still stable?" That's okay. "She has nothing to do, the lord of Nanhua has been raised by her side since she was a child, and she also has some feelings, every time the doctor goes to check the pulse, she also has to ask, according to the doctor, although Wen's pregnancy reaction is big, but the fetus still sits very steadily, and it is not as scary as the lord of Nanhua said.
The lord of Nanhua was about to answer, but Huang Neishou had already walked in: "Queen Mother, the second son is outside-I seem to know that Miss Jiang, and I asked the slave to pass it on to Mrs. Jiang......"
"Huh?" The Queen Mother raised her eyelids slightly, "Is it the sister of the Jiang family?" "Xiao's family has entered the palace several times, and although the Queen Mother hasn't seen her much, she knows everything about the people she brought in.
"Not really." Huang Nei hurriedly said, "The slave maid has never seen this girl, I heard that it is Jiang Jieyu's cousin in the next room, from Jiangnan." β
The lord of Nanhua was very attentive to any woman who approached his son, and immediately asked, "From Jiangnan?" Is it from the Jiang family in Wuxi? Isn't it called Peacha? β
Huang Neishou knew all these things, and replied: "The name reported is Jiang Taohua." β
"Hey." The county lord of Nanhua frowned slightly, "Niangniang, this is what I said about the Jiang family girl who saw that the eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant." Otherwise, send them away. "One is that she is still a personal favor, and the other is that she will not be in front of Jiang Heng's eyes.
The Queen Mother nodded casually: "Even the people of the Yuan family will send it together." β
The queen didn't speak much, and then said hatefully: "Auntie, the Yuan family wants to send people into the palace!" "Don't think she doesn't know who Mrs. Yuan brought into the palace today, it is a niece of the Yuan family, and her identity is not enough to participate in the draft.
The Queen Mother waved her hand: "The Yuan family is nothing. "I was overwhelmed by the Yu clan's suppression, did I think it would work to send another daughter to the palace?
The queen also knew, but she couldn't swallow this breath: "Yesterday, the emperor went to Zhongxiu Palace again!" "There are more than a dozen newcomers in the palace in one go, but Concubine Yuan Shu can still take advantage of the emperor's favor, how can she not be annoyed.
The Queen Mother frowned. The queen is also too jealous, this is not like the style of the master of the harem, no matter how she teaches, she can't teach it.
"If your mother's family can't be successful, it's useless to be spoiled by her, what are you anxious about."
The queen said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that she will give birth to a prince-"
The Queen Mother's brows furrowed even tighter, and she swallowed back the words when they came to her mouth. After Jiang Meihua became pregnant, she once signaled to the queen to let Jiang Meihua give birth to a prince, and then hold it in her palace to raise her. As a result, the queen pretended to be deaf and dumb in front of her, and turned her back to do her hands and feet.
Now that the emperor has been on the throne for ten years, he is nearly thirty years old but he does not even have an heir, and everyone is talking about it outside, but the queen is still here afraid of Mr. Yuan Shufei - I remember that she was still obedient when she first entered the palace, why is she now older and has a long temper, but her heart and eyes are not long at all?
"Instead of worrying about her, think about yourself." In the end, it was her niece, and the queen mother didn't want to make the queen lose face in front of the lord of Nanhua, so she turned the topic to the lord of Nanhua after just saying a word, "Speaking of which, Heng'er is not too young, and his family affairs should also be covered up, right?" β
This matter is exactly what the lord of Nanhua is thinking about, and he hurriedly said: "I still want to ask the queen mother to give me a palm...... and then told the queen mother one by one about the girls that he has been paying attention to in the past few years.
Just as he was talking happily, a smell of medicine came from the door, and a palace maid came in with a silver cup: "Queen Mother, it's time to use medicine." β
The county lord of Nanhua hurriedly got up and went to pick it up, and held it to the queen mother with his own hand: "The queen mother used this medicine, can she feel better?" β
In the past year, the Queen Mother has always felt that her eyes are a little dazzling, and recently she finally developed to the point where she could see clearly at night and cry during the day, so she had to call the imperial doctor to use medicine.
"Imperial Physician Lu has some skills, and I feel better after using this medicine, but it's too unpleasant." The Queen Mother has never liked to take medicine, but this time her eyes are really uncomfortable, listening to the meaning of Imperial Doctor Lu, if she drags it on, she will be blind, the Queen Mother was frightened, so she had to take medicine on time with a bowl of left and a bowl of right.
The lord of Nanhua also knew about the queen mother's problem, and couldn't help laughing: "The medicine is bitter, and the queen mother should bear with it." Get the preserves. Hey, this sweet and greasy thing sometimes makes the mouth more bitter, but it is better to have a sour taste, sweet and sour is more bitter. Ming'er, I'll send some pickled plums to the queen mother, although that thing is sour, it tastes good. β
The Queen Mother listened with great interest, nodded casually, and asked, "Speaking of which, how is Junma now, and he still lives in Xingjiao Temple?" β
When the lord of Nanhua County heard this, his face pulled down a little: "Yes, I have lived for almost a month, and I think I can't think about it." β
The Queen Mother coughed lightly: "Junma is also for healing." Are your legs better now? β
Speaking of this, the Lord of Nanhua was happy again: "This is really strange. Once upon a time, he was a good drinker, and he always drank several glasses a day, who would have thought that this disease actually came from wine? This time I lived in the temple, and every day I was full of cabbage, tofu and water, and people were much more energetic. In the past, those doctors were useless, and they only said that they were suffering from wind, cold, and dampness, and they had to go to the south every year to spend the winter, which was still not good. Now that he is conditioned like this, he looks at him and says that his legs are relaxed. β
At the beginning, she chose Jiang Junma by herself, although the husband and wife were a little cold after marriage, but after all, they are still the people they care about, and they have been tormented by rheumatism for more than 20 years, and now they have suddenly improved, and they are naturally happy in their hearts: "It's a pity that I can't find the person who pointed out the county horse at the beginning, otherwise I really want to reward her!" β
"I'm afraid it's a coincidence?" The queen also heard the lord of Nanhua say this, "A teenage girl, where can you tell what rheumatism is......
"Gout." The Lord of Nanhua is already familiar with this word, "I was surprised when I first heard it. But what Junma said clearly was what a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl said. β
The Queen Mother waved her hand and didn't let them argue for such a trivial matter: "The folk Lang also have their own strengths, and there are many home remedies and strange prescriptions. Although she is a little girl, maybe the ancestral medical skills of the family specialize in this, and you will know it if you see more. Anyway, it's good to be cured. β
The lord of Nanhua said happily: "Not really. In the past, it was harder than anything else to persuade him to drink less. Now I don't need to say it, I quit drinking. For this reason, if I see her, I will appreciate her well. β
The queen doesn't like the lord of Nanhua very much. One is that she always feels that the Queen Mother is more fond of the Lord of Nanhua, and the other is that she feels that the life of the Lord of Nanhua is more comfortable than her, so every time they meet, they can't help but say goodbye. At this moment, seeing that the county lord of Nanhua was so happy, his mouth did not listen to the call, and he opened his mouth and said: "I always think that it is not such a coincidence, and someone knows the identity of the county horse, so he deliberately came up?" Reward and reward, don't reward people to your house. Don't think that teenage girls have no scheming, and now these girls are so shrewd. β
As she spoke, she touched her heart, and she couldn't help but be angry: "Make some foxy looks one by one, sing today, cook tea tomorrow, just coax the emperor." You should also be careful, don't ask these people to coax Heng'er away. β
The Queen Mother listened to her more and more unseemly, and couldn't help frowning: "What are you talking about?" This is in the palace, who will coax Heng'er. "Jiang Heng is the heart of the lord of Nanhua, and the queen said that whoever is not good, she wants to pull Jiang Heng in.
The queen pointed out unconvinced: "Then there are two outside." β
This sentence reminded the lord of Nanhua, and he hurriedly said: "Go out and take a look, what is Heng'er doing?" A few women just spoke, and Jiang Heng was impatient while sitting, so he said that he wanted to go to the yard to see the flowers.
The little chamberlain hurriedly came in and replied: "The second son is enjoying the flowers." He added cleverly, "The two ladies went away with the people." β
The lord of Nanhua asked, "Has the second son talked to the girl of the Jiang family?" β
The little waiter bowed his head and said: "After saying a few words, the slave maid listened to what he was talking about walking the three bridges, and he made tea with flowers." β
The county lord of Nanhua still didn't feel at ease after thinking about it: "What did the girl of the Jiang family say?" What does she look like to the second son? β
These palace attendants are all more clever than monkeys, and when they heard the words, they knew what the Nanhua County Lord wanted to ask, and hurriedly said: "The girl of the Jiang family has been keeping her head down, and she didn't look at the second son much when she replied. β
The Lord of Nanhua sighed: "It's okay. It's still a person who knows how to measure. β
When the county lord of Nanhua interrogated the little chamberlain in Shouxian Palace, Taohua had already followed Xiaoshi to Jiang Meihua's residence. The maid Agarwood that Jiang Meihua brought into the palace was waiting at the door, and when she saw Xiao's family, she happily greeted her: "Madame is finally here, and the mother is in a hurry." As he spoke, he looked at Taohua with some doubts, "Madam, didn't Niangniang say ......" Didn't you say that you should bring all the girls in the family to come, why only one came?"
Xiao Shi didn't care about answering Agarwood, and walked inside, asking her as he walked, "Didn't you live in Xiangyan Palace before?" How did you change places? Just now she followed the attendant who led the way, and she saw that it was not the way to Xiangyan Palace, so she raised it in her heart, lest her daughter be sent to some remote place or even a cold palace. Now seeing that this palace is small but neatly cleaned up, my heart is a little lower, but I still can't help but ask.
Agarwood hurriedly said: "Madame, don't worry. The emperor said that Niangniang's body was weak after giving birth, and the Xiangyan Palace was narrow and narrow, so it was not suitable for recuperation, so she moved to Yuhui Pavilion. This place is more spacious, and the mother is in charge. β
Xiao Shi suddenly exhaled: "I'm relieved to do this." "When Jiang Meihua lived in Xiangyan Palace, she was saddened several times by Yu Zhaorong, who was the lord of Xiangyan Palace, and after the miscarriage, Yu Zhaorong was even more gloating. The emperor is moving Jiang Meihua out now, obviously dissatisfied with Zhaorong's attitude, and it is also a kind of compensation and consideration for Jiang Meihua.
The Yuhui Pavilion is not big, and the Xiaoshi walked fast, and entered the inner hall in a few steps, and then called: "Sister Mei-" There was a faint choked voice in her voice.
Momoka raised her eyes and looked over, startled. Although there is no clear impression, Jiang Meihua is a slender beauty with a bit of ice sculpture in her memory, since she can give people the feeling of ice sculpture, her skin should be very fair and transparent. But now the woman who got up from the chair was basically not as slender as she was, and her face was even more yellow, with obvious melasma, and she no longer had the appearance of ice muscles and jade bones at all.
Xiao Shi was sad when he saw his daughter's appearance, took his daughter's hand and asked, and complained that the imperial doctor was not useful. Jiang Meihua replied a little absent-mindedly, and when she calmed down a little, she said, "Mother, why didn't my sisters come, this isβ"
Xiao Shi wiped his tears, and then remembered Taohua: "This is the third sister of your third uncle's family, Taohua." Your grandfather said that the girls in the family are not young anymore, and it is not suitable to enter the palace. Taohua will diagnose the pulse, let her come to diagnose your pulse, go out and talk to your grandfather, so as to prescribe a prescription for the symptoms, lest these doctors fool you! "In the past, there were some things that I didn't dare to say in Xiangyan Palace, but now Jiang Meihua lives alone, and it is convenient to speak.
Jiang Meihua looked at Taohua, her expression was a little complicated, and when she heard that Mrs. Jiang did not allow the girls in the family to enter the palace, her brows jumped imperceptibly,
Taohua saluted her and smiled: "I know a little bit about fur, I can see the pulse." Uncle and grandfather were worried about the eldest sister, so he knew the pulse of the eldest sister, so he could consider the prescription. My eldest sister asked me to check my pulse. β
Jiang Meihua brought two maids into the palace, one agarwood and one sandalwood. At this moment, Sandalwood was making tea, and when Agarwood saw Jiang Meihua nodding, she hurriedly took a pillow and asked Jiang Meihua to take her hand, and moved the seat for Taohua.
Jiang Meihua's wrists looked plump, but Taohua looked at her face and knew that it was fat. After re-examining the pulses in her hands, I already understood most of them in my heart. After Jiang Meihua had a miscarriage, the injury was still one of them, and the most important thing was that she held her breath in her heart, and she was seriously depressed in her heart, so that her liver and spleen were restless, her blood and qi were not smooth, and these melasma spots appeared on her face.
"What kind of prescription did the imperial doctor prescribe in front of you, do you still have it here, big sister?"
"Agarwood to fetch." Jiang Meihua commanded casually, her eyes were still looking at Taohua, "Is the third sister fourteen this year?" β
"It's past my fourteenth birthday."
Less than a little embarrassed. Taohua's birthday was in March, but she forgot about it and didn't even prepare a bowl of longevity noodles for Taohua. Fortunately, the Jiang family doesn't attach so much importance to birthdays, otherwise based on this alone, it would be unsatisfactory for her, the housewife.
"Fourteen......," Jiang Meihua muttered, "In this way, the second sister is almost over, right?" "Jiang Lianhua is born in June, and this year is Jilu.
Xiao Shi didn't know why she asked this, so she agreed casually, and saw that Agarwood had taken the prescription from the previous few times, and hurriedly said: "Sister Tao, take a look, but what's wrong?" β
Taohua looked at a few prescriptions, in fact, they were all the same, except that blood replenishment was qi replenishment, nothing special: "The prescription is also decent." β
The impact of people's mood on health is really not small, Jiang Meihua is like this now, and it can't be said that the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor in front of her is wrong, but she is depressed in her heart, and her body is always difficult to improve. Moreover, these imperial doctors are indeed not very attentive, only to make up for people, but do not take into account other aspects - for example, how to restore Jiang Meihua's slender figure before pregnancy, how to eliminate the pigmentation on her face due to pregnancy - of course, it is also very likely that some people just don't want her to return to her former appearance.
So this matter has become a vicious circle: Jiang Meihua is not good, so she always has to take these medicines, but if she makes up too much, the person will be fat, and the more fat she is, the more she will feel bad......
"Big sister should be more active, now that the weather is warm, it is good to walk in the garden for at least half an hour every morning and evening."
Agarwood said on the side: "Niangniang is weak now, this qi and blood have never been replenished, I am tired and panicked when I go to the queen's mother's place to ask for An, how can I walk for so long." "Is this third girl reliable?
"The qi and blood are not connected, and the deficiency is not replenished, the big sister must be active, so that the qi and blood are unblocked, and the medicine is useful. Otherwise, don't say anything else, big sister's waist-" Taohua glanced at Jiang Meihua's waist and stomach, and Jiang Meihua subconsciously raised her hand to cover it.
She naturally knew that she was as fat now as she used to be. Since the small birth, the emperor has also come to comfort her several times, but she has never been pampered again. Of course, the apparent reason is that her body has not yet recovered, but she knows in her heart that she is the way she is now...... Not to mention that there are a lot of beauties in the emperor's harem, even ordinary people, I'm afraid they will be a little disgusted.
This time, the queen allowed her family to visit the palace, and she asked her mother to bring several younger sisters from the family, in fact, she wanted to choose one of them to help. Jiang Danhua is still young, but the second sister Jiang Lianhua was born handsome when she was young, and she is almost old enough, so she should be useful. It's just that I didn't expect that this idea was blocked by Mrs. Jiang.
The faces of agarwood and sandalwood, along with those of Xiaoshi, were all black at once. They were all trembling and didn't dare to mention this stubble, but they didn't expect Taohua to say it clearly.
Taohua understands very well what this eye knife means, but it is the most important thing to avoid medical treatment, and the former doctor does not say it, because the friendship is not good, and it is just perfunctory. But when she entered the palace this time, even if she didn't look at Jiang Meihua's face, she had to do her best in the face of Mrs. Jiang, if she hid it like this, what was the point?
"The pulse of the eldest sister, I went back to tell my uncle and grandfather, and naturally there was a suitable recipe to open over. But the big sister herself must also cooperate. Some things are not easy for doctors to say, my eldest sister and I are our own family, if you don't say it, you will be deceiving, there are disadvantages and no benefits. β
"You say." Of course, Jiang Meihua still hopes that she can recover and be favored by herself, who wants to rely on others in this kind of thing?
"All diseases in the human body come from the blockage of qi and blood. The big sister looks at this teapot, she always has to remove the lid to fill it with water, if the lid is firmly covered, let you take a bucket of water to pour it, the inside is still empty. The eldest sister is now weak, but the qi and blood are not smooth, so the deficiency is not replenished, and these tonics have no effect, so they must be active, so that the qi and blood run smoothly, and then use the medicine to get twice the result with half the effort. β