Liu Zhijing's words, Mrs. Liu understood. However, she didn't care much about the Yu family, she cared more about her son: "So you don't go to see Yu Ge Lao?" ”

Liu Zhijing raised his head: "There is no shortage of me in the Yu family, and only by following the emperor can I come out." "There are too many people who are attached to the party to the elder of the pavilion, he is just a poor student with no roots and no foundation, what is there to make the elder Yu Ge look up to? But here is the emperor, there is still a chance to get ahead.

Mrs. Liu looked sad: "But now it's ......"

At the mention of the moment, Liu Zhijing was also silent.

He was a man of ambition and planning. As early as when he was only selected for the promotion, he had already thought about the future road many times, and finally chose the way to be a lonely minister from a poor family and loyal to the emperor. At present, his image as a poor student has been maintained very well, but unfortunately there are too many people in the Hanlin Academy, and he has not yet been able to enter the eyes of the emperor.

The so-called human calculation is as difficult as heaven's calculation, which is the case. If everything is as Liu Zhijing planned, he can get the emperor's blue eyes during his time as a Shujishi, then there is no need to worry about the shortage today. However, the world is not as good as it should be, and three years have passed in a flash, and he can't afford to wait.

"I'll go for a walk in the academy......" Liu Zhijing finally raised his head, as if he had made up his mind.

"Huh?" Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment before she understood what her son meant, "But the daughter of the Jiang family, I heard that the second master Jiang also has a daughter, and the second master Jiang is already an official, and the second wife's family is a big tea merchant...... "Why not choose this one?"

Liu Zhijing shook his head. As soon as Jiang Zhu is already in an official position, he may not be able to look down on him as a poor Hanlin. Second, I heard that Master Jiang and Second Master Jiang are not very harmonious, if he asks to marry Jiang Zhu's daughter, then Jiang Jun is afraid that he will have a part. The third is to marry a rich official daughter, which does not conform to the image of a poor and self-reliant minister who does not admire power and power that he will manage in front of the emperor in the future, this is the most important.

It is said that a woman obeys her father at home, her husband when she marries, and her father obeys her son when she dies. Although Mrs. Liu has not read any books, she has adhered to the "three congregations" to the extreme. Since her son still wants to marry the girl from the Jiang family who went to see a man for a doctor, Mrs. Liu stopped talking, but after seeing her son go out, she was a little worried-if she really wanted to marry such a daughter-in-law to the family, would she be able to settle down?

Momoka, who was suspected of being restless, was sitting in the carriage entering the palace at the moment, and the carriage almost crashed into a person while crossing a street.

"Don't you have eyes!" The inner supervisor sitting on the wheel of the car scolded, snapped his whip, "Don't get out of here!" If he hadn't been in a hurry to bring the people in the carriage into the palace, he would have given the woman a few blows now—and suddenly she came out of an alley, and crashed into it as if she hadn't seen the carriage at all, and almost startled the horse! If something happens to the people in the car, how can he go back to the palace to make an errand?

The man who fell in front of the car did not seem to be injured, and without saying a word, he got up from the ground, staggered to the side, and leaned against a tree.

Momoka lifted the curtain when the carriage came to a sudden stop, and saw a woman wearing an old felt hat passing by the car. The felt hat was crooked, and the corner of her skirt was torn, but the woman didn't seem to notice it, her eyes were straight and she was holding on to the tree, and her dejected face seemed to be a little familiar.

It can be seen from the woman's walking posture that she only fell and did not suffer any injuries. This is mainly because the horses in the palace are extremely tame, and the internal supervision skills of driving the car are also good, and the woman just hung on the wheel and was not trampled by the horse.

Taohua lowered the curtains, but couldn't help but wonder - where had she seen this woman? Speaking of coming from the capital, she didn't go to many places, although this woman was dressed in old clothes, but her cheeks were fair, and she walked with small steps that tended to be silent, like a girl from a big family.

"Yinzhu!" Taohua blurted out and hurriedly lifted the curtains again, but the person under the tree was gone.

"What's the matter with Miss Jiang?" The little waiter who was accompanying the car was startled by her sudden movement and hurriedly asked.

"Oh-nothing......" Momoka looked back, making sure that no one was found, so she had to lower the curtains.

After Choi so-wan's funeral, the coffin was sent back to the Choi family's hometown. Although Taohua had never been to Cui's house, Jing's had been, and after coming back, he mentioned that Cui Xiuwan's two personal maids had followed the coffin south. But now, she saw Yinzhu in the capital, and it was definitely not dazzling!

But how did Yinzhu end up here? Could it be that she became a fugitive slave? That's too bold.

Soon after Taohua arrived in this world, she found that although it was not like the world she lived in, it was also quite meticulous in terms of identification. For example, after a person is born, he must go to the yamen to register for the household registration, and then he needs this thing for marriage, funeral, marriage, and even study. If you go far away, you must have a document from the government, which indicates where you are from and where you are going.

Such as Yinzhu, her identity is registered as a slave in the Cui family's household registration, unless the Cui family takes her deed to the yamen to cancel her registration, otherwise she will always be a slave, and she can't marry an ordinary person, because the law clearly stipulates that the good and the poor will not marry, and when they get married, they must go to the government to get a marriage certificate, and the identity of both men and women must be written on it.

If Yinzhu wants to go out alone, someone from the Cui family will have to go to her to do the paperwork, and she can't do it herself. If she had fled, she would have become a black household, and she would have been arrested and returned to the Cui family if she was discovered, unless she fled to a remote village or in the mountains, where the requirements for household registration might be more lenient.

All in all, Yinzhu should never have been in this place, let alone dressed like this—she was dressed like a woman in the market, obviously not wanting to be recognized. Why is that?

Taohua's questions obviously couldn't be answered, and she hadn't had time to think about it for a long time before she had already arrived at the gate of the palace.

It's a coincidence that when Taohua got off the bus, the carriage from Chengenbo Mansion also happened to arrive. Yu Sirui was helped down from the carriage with difficulty, and when he raised his eyes and saw Taohua, he immediately laughed: "Miss Jiang." ”

His complexion is obviously better, and he is no longer the original sallow color, but in obvious contrast, he has lost a lot of weight, and his cheekbones are highlighted, so it is a little weird to laugh.

Taohua glanced at it and felt quite satisfied with the effect, so she also blessed her body: "Cheng Enbo can walk around on the ground." ”

"yes. Thanks to Miss Jiang's wonderful hands to rejuvenate. Yu Sirui's tone was a little strange, and his eyes scanned back and forth on Taohua.

In fact, he really wants to hold the girl in front of him in his hand and squeeze it a few times. After a month of taking the medicine, he vomited so hard that sometimes he would hope that the medicine would not work, and then he could severely punish the Jiang family. However, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and although he had to vomit twice after eating, his body was getting better.

Yu Sirui is still inconvenient to walk, and the palace has arranged a soft sedan chair for him, but Taohua does not have this treatment, so he can only walk in. So when she arrived at Shouxian Palace, there were already a lot of people inside.

Yu Sirui sat on the chair under the Queen Mother, obviously he had already walked a few steps in front of the Queen Mother, because the Queen Mother was holding his hand with red eyes and talking, it was nothing more than what scared people to death this time, and such a thing was not allowed in the future.

The emperor sat on the other side of the Queen Mother, and persuaded with a smile: "Cheng Enbo has improved, and the queen mother can rest assured, there has been no good food these days, and now that I have seen Cheng Enbo with my own eyes, the queen mother should also take care of her body." ”

As soon as it came to eating, the Queen Mother inevitably had a strange expression on her face, but she immediately hid it, turned her head to look at Taohua, and her tone was rarely much gentler: "This is all your credit." Come on, reward! ”

The palace people next to him had already prepared, and immediately took out two plates of gold and silver ingots like flowing water, and a pair of sandalwood inlaid jade Ruyi, a pair of emerald heads. The Queen Mother looked at Taohua with a smile: "What medicine should Cheng Enbo use next?" When Cheng Enbo is well, I will reward you. ”

Taohua blessed her body and said calmly: "Thank you for the Empress Dowager." However, Cheng Enbo did not have to take any more medicine. It is a three-point poison, not to mention that this medicine is dangerous, and it should not be used again after 30 days. ”

"I know, so what's next?" The Queen Mother asked eagerly, and even Yu Sirui leaned forward unconsciously, waiting for Taohua's answer.

The emperor had a vague premonition. Sure enough, the next moment, Taohua replied: "The folk girl just said that Cheng Enbo doesn't need to take medicine anymore." The next step is to take the tonic step by step, and walk every day, step by step, and you will be able to walk around on your own in about three months. ”

This sounds like a good thing, but the Queen Mother's expression is a little wrong, and she said in a deep voice: "In this way, Cheng Enbo can recover as before?" ”

Taohua naturally asked: "What the Queen Mother said is as before, which one is it like before?" ”

The Queen Mother's lips moved, and she still said, "Naturally, it is said that before the illness." In front of the emperor and empress, she was really embarrassed to ask Yu Sirui directly if she could still have sex with someone.

Taohua thought sideways: "If the Queen Mother said before the onset of the palace, then it's okay." In the future, as long as you abstain from sexual intercourse, you will have at least 20 years to live. ”

"What!" The Queen Mother's face darkened, "What is this?" What I want is for him to be restored like an ordinary person! ”

"That's unlikely." Taohua's expression did not move, "Cheng Enbo Yang has been empty for a long time, and he should have quit sexual affairs a long time ago." If it is said that it is necessary to restore it to ordinary people, the people have not yet seen Cheng Enbo as an ordinary person, but according to what she saw in Xingjiao Temple, it is inferred that Cheng Enbo should have taken care of his body five or six years ago. ”

"Nonsense!" The Queen Mother was anxious, "At that time, Cheng Enbo was obviously in good spirits, how could there be any symptoms!" ”

Taohua pondered for a moment: "Has the Queen Mother ever seen a florist urging flowers?" Sulfur and other substances are placed on the roots of the flowers to urge the flowers to open even in the cold. Cheng Enbo is just like this flower, because of the use of medicine, he looks very healthy, but in fact, it is because the yang energy in his body is urged to release outward, which hides the emptiness inside. ”

Comparing Yu Sirui to a flower, this analogy is a bit funny. However, at this time, no one bothered to laugh, and they were all listening attentively to Taohua's words.

"After the flower blooms, the roots are burned by the sulfur, and the flower dies. Just as the yang energy in Cheng Enbo's body is urged by the power of medicine, and after it is consumed, he will become ill. Thanks to the envoy of the courtyard who used the single ginseng soup to hang the last trace of yang energy, he was able to save Cheng Enbo's life, and the folk girl could also be cured with medicine, but after all, it was fundamentally bad, if you want to restore it to ordinary people, you can only do it if you have the heavenly elixir to be reborn, right? ”

Yu Sirui's face turned as pale as the Queen Mother's. These days, he eats, vomits, and eats, and it is harder than that of a pregnant woman, but he feels that he has gradually gained strength in his body, and he can't help but be full of hope. Now someone told him that he was completely bad, and that he no longer wanted to be like an ordinary person, and that he only had about twenty years left to live, which was like being hit head-on, and he could hardly even sit still.

The Queen Mother can't accept it even more than him - Yu Sirui has no heirs yet!

The queen pouted beside her: "That's a strange thing to say. The flower roots are burned out, and there are still those that can be planted, you are so skilled in medicine, why can't you cure Cheng Enbo? ”

After entering the Shouxian Palace from the emperor, the queen was displeased. Where did the emperor come to see Cheng Enbo, obviously because he was worried about the Jiang family! There are already two Jiang girls in the palace, and the emperor still can't forget this one!

Although the queen was selfish, these words reached the queen mother's heart, so she didn't speak, but only stared at Taohua with her eyes. Taohua still looked unmoved, and only said: "Although flowers are metaphorical, flowers and people are different after all." The florist only needs to break off the bud that sprouts at the root of the flower and plant another flower, and another flower can grow. But if you cut off a man's arm, you can't conjure up another person. ”

Taohua secretly thought as she spoke: Actually, it is also possible, for example□□......

But obviously, it is impossible for everyone here to understand the deep meaning of her words. The queen stopped talking, the queen mother's face turned pale, and she squeezed out a few words from between her teeth: "Call the imperial doctor!" ”

Summoning the Imperial Doctor, this is not believing Taohua's words. Momoka didn't speak, but stood silently to the side.

The imperial doctors came after a while, and there was also a person - Shen Shu.

The Queen Mother was not angry when she saw him: "Why are you here?" said that he would keep Cui's for a year, although he didn't pass through the door, it was better to move around less. ”

Wife filial piety is different from its filial piety, and there is no time to go out to visit guests during the filial piety period, not to mention that Cui Xiuwan still has not passed the door, Shen Shu's so-called keep, but it is no longer married within a year. However, the Queen Mother's attitude is also commonplace, and Shen Shu only said: "Even if you don't move around, you can't come by mistake to greet the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother had nothing to say. It's not uncommon for her to come to say goodbye, especially at this time. However, Shen Shu has a filial piety, and she can't say that she doesn't need him. Fortunately, the imperial doctors also came in together, and the queen mother found the bottom of the steps: "You all give Cheng Enbo a pulse diagnosis!" ”

The imperial doctors who can come to Shouxian Palace are naturally counted in the Tai Hospital, and there are four people led by the hospital envoy, and they all showed surprise after diagnosing Yu Sirui's pulse, and the hospital envoy stepped forward and said: "Cheng Enbo's body is recovering very well, and Miss Jiang is taking medicine, which I can't wait." ”

This is not what the Queen Mother wants to hear: "Now that the Jiang family said that it can only be ruled for Cheng'en Bozhi to such a journey, do you still have a way?" ”

The four of them looked at each other, and after a while, the envoy said: "Cheng Enbo's illness is too serious this time, and if he can be cured so far, he is already a holy hand...... implying that they could not be cured better.

The Queen Mother's face became even more gloomy. The reward she had brought out with great interest just now was still in the hands of several palace people, piercing her eyes brightly. She always felt that Jiang could treat Yu Sirui better, but she couldn't find any reason or evidence.

Yu Sirui walked several steps today, sat on the chair for another half a day, and was obviously tired. The emperor saw that his body was sliding straight down, and coughed lightly: "Queen Mother, Cheng Enbo has just recovered from a serious illness, so let's send him back to rest as soon as possible." Illness comes like a mountain, illness goes like a thread, and there is no urgency. ”

Taohua bent her knees at the right time: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, the people have a medicinal diet recipe for nourishing here, and Cheng Enbo uses it every other day, which is good for the body." ”

The Queen Mother had a gloomy face: "Bring a pen and paper!" ”

"No need." Taohua took out a folded piece of paper from her purse, "The people's girl originally asked someone to send this recipe to Chengenbo Mansion today, and it has already been written." ”

The Queen Mother choked on her chest in one breath. The emperor said happily: "You have a heart." Immediately, an attendant went over to take the prescription and brought it to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother almost gritted her teeth and opened the recipe, secretly swearing that if there was any more sand and sand here, she would - but the recipe was decent, nothing more than ginseng, astragalus, ganoderma and the like, the dosage was accurately marked, and she couldn't find the slightest fault.

"Sure enough, I have a heart." The Queen Mother squeezed out a few words from between her teeth, handed the paper to the palace people who took care of Yu Sirui, and "Send Cheng Enbo back." ”

Since Yu Sirui is gone, Taohua should of course retire. The emperor looked at the Queen Mother's face with concern and said, "The Queen Mother should also rest for a while." The queen served her mother, and her son came to greet her mother in the evening. ”

The queen saw that the emperor took Shen Shu and Taohua out, and her face turned white with anger: "Look, Queen Mother! Your Majesty, this is clearly just-"

"Enough!" The Queen Mother had a splitting headache, yelled at her angrily, and turned around and went to the dormitory.

The queen was angry, but she had to follow up and serve, until the queen mother rested, and then returned to Fengyi Palace. A small palace man was mopping the floor under the corridor, a puddle of water stains had not yet dried, the queen stepped on it, only to feel that her feet were slipping, and she suddenly became angry: "Do you want to slip and fall me?" Pull down and fight! ”

The little palace people were immediately gagged and pulled down, and Li Neijian, who had already come out, hurriedly lay down, took out a handkerchief to wipe the water on the queen's shoes, and quickly got up and helped the queen into the inner hall.

The palace people who were waiting for him hurriedly took the shoes, and Eunuch Li personally knelt down to change the shoes for the queen to step on the water, and then said in a low voice: "Niangniang has been working hard to serve the queen mother these days, don't be angry with those foolish people, and hurt your body." ”

Since the corruption turmoil of the Dragon Boat Festival, the queen has not been very angry with Li Neijian, and when she saw him at this moment, she became angry again: "I still say that others are confused!" You've lost my face! ”

Li Neijian only made a sound, first slapped himself twice, and saw that the queen's face softened a little, and then knelt forward and climbed two steps to beat the queen's legs and pinched her feet.

He also had a bell doctor in his family, and although he changed his profession later, he passed down the method of one-handed massage, and he also came out in front of the queen with this. Today, the queen has served the queen mother for a while, and she feels that her legs and feet are sore, and she is much more comfortable to be kneaded by him, and the anger in her heart involuntarily disappears.

Eunuch Li is very good at looking at the eyes, and only then did he say: "Niangniang's legs are a little swollen today, I think I am tired in the Queen Mother's Palace." The slave waited for a long time, thinking that the mother should have come back a long time ago, but somehow it was so late......"

"It's not for the sake of Cheng Enbo." The queen said angrily, and suddenly remembered Taohua again, "And that Jiang family!" As soon as the Queen Mother said that she was coming, the emperor ran over, who couldn't see it! ”

"You don't have to be angry with her. The emperor has accepted two Jiang family daughters, and it is impossible to accept a third one. "According to Li Nei's supervision, when the emperor named Jiang Xinghua as a maid, it was equivalent to giving up on letting Jiang Taohua enter the palace. If the Jiang family has a third girl who enters the palace, it will be too unruly, and the emperor will not do it.

The queen didn't think so: "Since Imperial Daughter Jiang entered the palace, the emperor has not summoned her, and it must not be the emperor who chose her to enter the palace." It must be Jiang Jieyu's means! This slut now has an idea. ”

Eunuch Li secretly thought that Jiang Jieyu's method was cutting off Jiang Taohua's way to enter the palace, which was a good thing for the queen. But he knew that since Jiang Meihua was pregnant, the queen regarded her as a thorn in her eyes, so she didn't dare to say these words, but said: "The rules are there, Niangniang really doesn't have to worry about these things." ”

"What rules!" As soon as he mentioned the rules, the queen became even more annoyed, "If there are rules, and the concubine is not born, how dare those sluts get pregnant!" ”

Supervisor Li secretly complained. The queen has become more and more moody in recent years, and now she can talk about the heirs with a word. But a place like the royal family is not only the most important, but also the least important. What's more, the queen has no children for ten years, even if she is placed in an ordinary family, she has to let the concubine have a son, right?

However, he didn't dare to say these words, let alone mention that the queen couldn't give birth to herself, so he had to echo: "What Niangniang said is." ”

"What is it!" The queen raised her leg and kicked him, "A few days ago, Madame entered the palace and told me that she wanted to let those slut gentlemen and sons be brought to my palace to raise." Bah! Why should I raise a son for them! Who is she, a step-room, who dares to come to me and point fingers! ”

Li Neijian lay on the ground and did not dare to speak.

In fact, even he knew that this idea was Yu Ge Lao's, and Mrs. Ge Lao was just here to spread the word. However, the queen must be angry with her stepmother, what dare he say?

What's more, the old lady's luck is really not very good. He is the best at figuring out the queen's thoughts, and he has already seen that the queen was gradually persuaded by the queen mother a few days ago, and he also plans to pick one of the new concubines in the palace to give birth to a son. They had a low status, so they gave birth to a son and couldn't raise it themselves, so they just carried it to the middle palace. In this way, there is no need to give any name for the time being, and if the queen gives birth to a son herself in the future, she can return it at any time.

The queen originally planned to pick Wu Cairen, but it was so coincidental that Wu Cairen was summoned by the emperor to wait for her in Nanyuan, so her position in the queen's heart was immediately lowered to the eighteenth layer of hell, where would she be willing to give birth to a child.

At this time, the old lady came to pass on the words again. Yu Ge Lao naturally felt that his daughter was not sensible, so although Mrs. Ge tried her best to speak tactfully, her words still inevitably revealed reproach, and the queen's anger became more and more vigorous.

The queen has fire, but she has to find someone to vent it, and Li Neijian's status is not as good as before, and she has to think about how to protect herself from being angry, so she has an idea: "Niangniang, the slave has an idea......