Cheng Enbo Mansion has only had another concubine pregnant over the years, so naturally she can't wait to offer it, and the palace people sent by the Queen Mother are guarding day and night, and she can't wait to eat and drink Lazar every day to have a ruler to measure. But it was like such a jewel, and she still had a miscarriage at seven months, and she was born a stillborn child, and she didn't even fit the proverb that seven lives and eight don't live.

The news was covered up for a while, but eventually it spread, and Momoka was packing up the clothes to be worn during the hunt, while listening to Kikyo'er's report: "It is said that the Queen Mother was furious and wanted to find out if anyone had done anything wrong, but after a long time of trouble, nothing was found, and finally the aunt who took care of her was not effective and was punished." ”

Taohua snorted lightly: "Blame the person who took care of what to do." was originally a person sent by the Queen Mother, how dare he be careless? Rouge's fetus couldn't have survived, and the fetus that could sit until seven months was already very well cared for. ”

Kikyo blinked and said, "Why? ”

Mint hated her: "Where did you come from so much, my brother is still here." ”

Taohua watched Jiang Baihua concentrate on flipping through those literacy cards, and didn't pay attention to what they said, so she couldn't help but smile: "Actually, it's nothing." Just like planting the ground, if the seeds are not good, no matter how much you water and fertilize, there will be no harvest. Yu Sirui's sperm is obviously very poor, no matter how many wives and concubines he has, it is difficult to conceive, and he can't develop well after being pregnant, and the final result is either miscarriage or stillbirth, anyway, it's the same.

Kikyo didn't understand it, but said, "You deserve it, let her want to bully the girl!" This is what evil is called evil retribution. ”

Evil may have evil retribution, but Yu Sirui stayed in the flowers and washed his body, so he had this result, and it can be regarded as planting melons and getting melons, and planting beans and getting beans.

Kikyo gloated when she heard the news, and now she felt even more refreshed after scolding, so she said something else: "The fifth girl heard that the girl could follow the emperor to Nanyuan to hunt, and she cried again at the eldest lady's place." "Now there are few things in Jiang's mansion that she can't inquire about.

"She's a fool, ignore her." Taohua nodded her head, "It's not necessarily a good thing to drive with you, so don't talk about it outside." ”

"The slaves didn't say a word." Kikyo hurriedly confessed. Although she is inquisitive, her mouth is quite tight, which is why mint has been skewered by her in the house.

Taohua smiled: "How are Mrs. and Yanhua now?" ”

"I do needlework all day, and I don't go out much."

That's it. Taohua thought about seeing a new dress on Jiang Xi's body yesterday, which seemed to be Cao's needlework, and her heart felt a little more comfortable. As long as she knows how to take care of Jiang Xi, other things are fine, at least when she drives to Nanyuan, she can rest assured about the affairs of the family.

"The fourth girl has been probing her brain at the door of our yard these days, but she hasn't come in." Kikyo reported again.

Mint also poked her head: "You can't say anything about probing your brain, that's a girl." "You can't use that kind of word to your master.

"She doesn't come in, and she doesn't have to say hello." Taohua couldn't figure out what Jiang Xinghua was thinking in her head, and she really didn't have the energy to deal with her.

Kikyo wanted to say something more, but she heard a faint movement outside, and the little girl immediately said, "Slave go and take a look." He turned around and disappeared.

Momoka and Mint glanced at each other helplessly and continued to pack their things. The palace in Nanyuan is not big, and in the past like Taohua, of course, Er will not have any particularly good treatment, so he has to consider everything himself.

For example, the palace is located in the mountains, and there will be no shortage of insects, so you should bring a few more sachets to repel insects. For example, since it is a hunting and it is indispensable to move around, the Queen Mother will definitely not prepare a sedan chair for her, so she needs comfortable little boots and clothes and jewelry that are convenient for movement.

In short, there are a lot of things, not at all like Jiang Danhua imagined, in the past, he just dressed up in a fancy way. Fortunately, the medicinal materials to be given to the Northwest Army have all been drawn up, and they only need to be purchased according to the number.

Jiang Zhu helped a lot in this matter. The Jing family's business network is all over the place, and even the Jiang family has practiced medicine for generations, and it is not as convenient as them to buy medicine. Although Jiang Zhu also wanted to advance to the army when he donated medicine, he also had some admiration for the officers and men in the army, and he was willing to contribute to the Northwest Army.

What's more, Taohua has a good relationship with Jiang Lianhua, and helped Jing's to cure Cui Xiuwan's illness, which made Jing's face a little more in front of Mrs. Cui. The only scruple is that he is afraid that the emperor will be displeased, which will affect Jiang Zhu's future, but because Shen Shu has done a good job outside, everyone knows that the Jiang family was forced, and Jiang Zhu has a little less scruples.

Speaking of the Cui family, Mint whispered, "Miss Cui's business-"

In this matter, Taohua just asked Sanqi to pretend to be inadvertently pretending to be a positive premise in Wu. First, she has very few opportunities to meet Shen Shu now, and after Jiang Xi received the matter of purchasing medicinal materials, she was afraid that her daughter would be tired, so she simply took care of the matter of going out to meet Shen Shu to discuss, so that now Taohua only had the opportunity to meet Shen Shu when she entered the palace to ask the Queen Mother for her pulse, but she had no chance to speak.

Second, Taohua really felt that she couldn't talk to Shen Shu, so it was better to tell Sù Wu Zheng. Anyway, seeing that person is a shrewd person and a subordinate that Shen Shu relies on, let them solve something internally, lest he, an outsider, seem to want to intervene.

"Let's leave it alone." Now in the capital, the eunuchs are more well-informed about the palace, and the recent talk is probably about Taohua's medical skills, while the common people are talking about the marriage of King Anjun. At least from now on, the wedding date has been set, and the Cui family is also preparing to marry a daughter, so it is estimated that nothing will happen, right? However, if Cui Xiuwan really has a heart, Shen Shu is really ...... It's a pity.

Taohua was a little distracted, and Kikyo ran back: "Girl, the third young master has won the show!" The one who announces the good news is out for a reward! ”

"Oh, congratulations to the eldest aunt." Taohua said a word before she reacted, "What about the second brother?" ”

Kikyo shook her head with a broken face. She has always had a better impression of Jiang Songhua, so she also feels that it is a pity: "The second young master did not win." When the slave ran back just now, she saw the second young master go to the study by herself, and looked strange and pitiful......"

The younger brother only got off the field this year, so he passed three levels in a row and won the show, and Jiang Songhua, who was the elder brother, stopped at Tongsheng last year, and he still didn't pass the single examination this year, so he will not be in a good mood. But this kind of thing outsiders can't help, Taohua can only sigh: "Let's go, go and say hello to the eldest aunt first." ”

Everyone gathered in the main courtyard again, Xiao Shi smiled happily, and Jiang Yuhua was also in high spirits. Fourteen-year-old Xiucai can't say that there is no one before or after, but it is also rare. I only heard him laugh and said: "Speaking of which, those tricks that Brother Liu said are really useful, and I have used almost all of them." ”

Xiao Shi smiled: "Is that Liu Zhijing Liu Hanlin?" In this case, he should be thanked. ”

Jiang Yuhua smiled: "This is nature. Mother, I would like to invite him to my house in the next post, how about it? ”

With a snap, the teacup in Jiang Xinghua's hand fell to the ground, and the tea splashed all over her skirt, and even a few drops on Jiang Danhua's shoes next to her.

Jiang Danhua was not very happy, but now that he was splashed with tea, he immediately had a seizure: "Fourth sister, what are you doing?" Is it because he didn't like it when he saw the third brother hit Xiucai, so he dropped the cup? ”

If it was usual, Jiang Xinghua would have to explain immediately, but at this moment, her face turned pale, as if she hadn't heard Jiang Danhua's words at all-Liu Zhijing, Jiang Yuhua actually wanted to invite Liu Zhijing to her home! In her previous life, did she meet Liu Zhijing at this time in her previous life? Is this going to be the same way again?

"The fourth sister is suffering from some heat stroke, right?"

Of course, Taohua could see that Jiang Xinghua was not suffering from heat stroke, but seemed to be frightened by something, but Jiang Danhua's hat was too uninformed, so she couldn't help but relieve Jiang Xinghua by the way: "Go out and breathe." He casually pulled Jiang Xinghua out of the house.

It was July at this time, the weather was extremely hot, and it was far away from Jiang Xinghua's yard, so it was reasonable to say that he was suffering from heat stroke. And Xiao's family was immersed in the joy of the young son's examination, and he had no time to take care of the concubines, so he naturally went with them.

Jiang Xinghua sat under the corridor for a moment before coming back to her senses, and involuntarily tightened Taohua's hand: "Third sister-" Who can save her? I'm afraid it's only Taohua. Although her current situation seems to be a little different from her previous life, she can still enter and leave the palace, and she has a reputation for excellent medical skills, which is not bad.

"What's wrong with you?" Taohua thought about it for a while, and it seemed that when Jiang Yuhua mentioned that Liu Hanlin, Jiang Xinghua accidentally turned over the teaglass.

"Fang Cai, the Liu Hanlin that the third brother said ......" Jiang Xinghua didn't know what to say. If you say it, I'm afraid that you won't be able to stand Taohua's questioning, if you don't say it, how can you ask Taohua for help?

"What's wrong with Liu Hanlin, do you recognize him?"

"I've heard of it. I heard that he had a wife at home, but later he was admitted to the Jinshi, so he divorced his wife and went back to her parents' house. He's not a good guy! ”

"Really?" Taohua didn't care how Jiang Xinghua knew about this, but she didn't question what she said, Jiang Xinghua rarely said people behind her back, let alone slandered a stranger for no reason, "In this way, this person has a bad character." That's it, anyway, the third brother is just asking him for advice and ignoring him. ”

"But--the third brother will have to take the exam in the future, and he will definitely have a deeper relationship with him......"

"Are you afraid that the third brother will be influenced by him?" Taohua was a little inexplicable, "It's not the third brother's own decision to divorce his wife, right?" "Divorce is a big deal, speaking of which, it is easy for these poor students to have a noble wife or something after they suddenly have a fame, if it is an official eunuch's family, marrying a wife is originally the right one, and the mother's family also has some strength, you can divorce a wife casually, that is, you want to make a feud, first weigh your own weight and then speak.

"No-" Jiang Xinghua's face was swollen red, and finally whispered, "I heard that he hasn't married a wife yet, in case he ......" She suddenly had an idea, and actually came up with an excuse, "He can teach the third brother, and my father may want to win him over, in case he wants to marry him, third sister, you and the second sister are both ...... age."

Taohua looked at her incredulously: "How did you think of this......"

Jiang Xinghua's ears were even red: "Third sister, you don't know your father - if you can win over a Hanlin, he, he will definitely be willing......"

It's a bit rebellious to say this in this era, the daughter openly criticizes her father, even if she just thinks about it in her heart, it will be considered unfilial, Jiang Xinghua is already full of courage today. If she hadn't been stimulated by Liu Zhijing's coming to be a guest, she wouldn't have dared to announce it at all.

However, Momoka agrees with her idea. Jiang Jun is a person who is keen on his career at first glance. Even his concubine can be sent to the palace, and he will definitely be able to do it with his niece to win over a Hanlin, and I'm afraid that in his heart, he still thinks that he has found a good family affair for his niece.

"You don't have to worry about us, the eldest uncle can't be our master." It's not that I don't have a father. Marriage is a major event, the order of parents, grandparents still have to stand back, let alone uncles.

"I, I just think a lot in my heart......" The red tide on Jiang Xinghua's face faded a little, and it became pale again, "Third sister, in short, this person is not a good person, it would be good if he didn't come to our house." ”

"We can't do this kind of thing." Taohua patted her hand, "But he is only in the outer courtyard when he comes, and it has nothing to do with us." Seeing that your face is so bad, let's go back and rest. ”

broke up with Jiang Xinghua, Mint looked around at no one, and then whispered: "Girl, what do you think, what do you think, what the fourth girl just said...... Something is not quite right? ”

Taohua nodded: "It's not quite right." "If it was for her and Jiang Lianhua, Jiang Xinghua would not be scared like that. To put it mildly, they are not so sisterly.

"The slave is suspicious - the fourth girl is afraid of herself...... "After all, Jiang Jun can call the shots, and she is still her own daughter."

"Then she must be too suspicious." Momoka felt strange, "How old is she?" ”

"Girl, the fourth girl is only one year younger than you, and she can talk about family affairs."

Taohua was taken aback: "How can it be so fast!" "But think about it, hasn't Jiang Xi already started looking for a marriage partner for herself?

"But what kind of Hanlin, since he has married a wife and was admitted to the Jinshi a few years ago, he must be not young, right?" At least, it should be over twenty, which must be at least six or seven years older than Jiang Xinghua.

Mint pouted: "It's not the slave who said - the big master doesn't care about this." I have to say, this is the truth.

"However, the fourth girl is afraid herself, why do you want to get involved with the girl?" Mint was a little displeased, "The slave always thinks that the four girls are really strange." ”

Taohua also felt that Jiang Xinghua was very strange, but she couldn't control Jiang Xinghua: "Let her go." ”

Mint muttered: "But the slave maid thinks that the fourth girl seems to be currying favor with the girl, doesn't she think that the girl is now famous, and wants to use the girl to climb a good family?" ”

It's no wonder that peppermint thinks so. For women, marriage is the second reincarnation, Jiang Xinghua is already like this in the Jiang family, and if she wants to change her situation, the only way to marry into a proper family is to change her situation. But she can't do this by herself.

"What can I do?" Taohua shook her head disagreeingly, "What's more, when she did this and that for Bai Ge'er, I hadn't entered the palace at all." ”

Mint thought about it, and couldn't help but be even more confused: "I really don't know what the fourth girl means...... If she really wants to be married, she should be as the girl said, to honor the old lady......"

Taohua could only shake her head: "Let her go." In short, Jiang Xinghua most of the time is asking for something, if she can help, she will help, if she can't help, there will be no way. Who let the person who can make decisions for Jiang Xinghua, she just doesn't get close.

Jiang Yuhua was admitted to Xiucai, and the Jiang family was happy, but after Jiang Jun came back, he was happy and angry, and I heard that Jiang Songhua was scolded again in the study that night, and decided to immediately feast Liu Zhijing to express his gratitude, if he could still ask him to continue to guide Jiang Yuhua, it would be better.

Liu Zhijing is a foreign man, even if the banquet is in the outer courtyard, and has nothing to do with the ladies in the backyard, so except for the long room, the rest of the people don't care.

Jing Shi took the account of purchasing medicinal materials and reconciled it with Taohua, while gossiping: "Miss Cui is now very good, and now the wedding date is set, and the family is busy with something." "Although Cui Xiuwan was sick before, those procedures such as Nacai have been gone through one after another, and now as long as the wedding dress is finalized, you can wait to get married.

"It's a great event." Taohua responded casually and put away the account book, "The second aunt's account remembers the most clearly, so I won't copy it, just take it to the county king's mansion in the afternoon." ”

Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "You go to the county king's mansion to report the account?" ”

"yes. My dad wouldn't take care of the accounts. Taohua couldn't help but smile when she thought about it, "Dad has a headache when he touches the number of words, he used to manage the accounts at home for a period of time, and he has a headache, and then he refuses to touch his hands." "It was the days after Li's death, and she was in charge of the accounts later, Jiang Xi was happy to let go, and she never turned over the account books again in the past few years.

Jing smiled a little, and still said: "Sister Tao, your mother went early, Cao's - well, maybe the customs in Wuxi are different from those in the capital, but you are a girl who has not been out of the cabinet, it is really not suitable for you to show your head in the capital like this, and you still frequently talk to- Hey, the king of Anjun is always a foreign man." You see, your eldest uncle invited that Liu Hanlin to a banquet today, and he couldn't even enter the inner courtyard......"

Taohua smiled: "Thank you Second Aunt, I know." However, this medicinal material matter is different from others, the housekeepers who understand medicinal materials at home are all in Wuxi, and it doesn't work for other people to go. But it's almost busy, and I think at most two more reconciliations can be closed. ”

Jing's face was entangled, and finally said: "Sister Tao, the king of Anjun has set a marriage date with the girl of the Cui family, and you frequently run to the county king's mansion at this time, which is not good for your reputation and easy to misunderstand......" She said while looking at Taohua with flickering eyes, as if observing her expression, "Although the county king's mansion is a good place, if you have no name and no share, life may not be easy......"

Momoka didn't care at first. She is used to being in charge of things in Wuxi, and she doesn't feel anything wrong. And she always has to go back to Wuxi, that is, what someone in the capital says has little impact on her, but when she heard Jing's words, she couldn't help but stop: "What does the second aunt mean by this?" ”

Jing sighed and reached out to pull Taohua's hand: "Sister Tao, if your mother is still alive, she will definitely not let you go out like this." Cao's is a stepmother after all, where does she really care about you? Now, everyone in the capital now thinks that you want to enter the Anjun Palace. But the king of the county is one concubine and one side concubine according to the system, and the rest of the concubines are nameless, and if they really go in, they are not allowed to be rubbed and flattened......"

Taohua withdrew her hand: "These words were said by the second aunt of the Cui family, right?" Didn't everyone in the capital think that the Cui family thought so, right? "Shen Shu carefully created momentum, and everyone in the capital should now think that the Jiang family is pitifully oppressed. What's more, Jiang Xi and Wu Zheng have met recently, but now that it involves a stage of accounts, she is going to the county king's mansion, where will there be such rumors?

Jing's face was full of embarrassment: "Sister Tao, Miss Cui will be the concubine of the county king in the future-"

Taohua stood up and said coldly: "Please let the second aunt bring a message to the Cui family, our family does not have a hobby of sending a daughter as a concubine, she doesn't have to worry, just prepare for the Cui eldest girl to get married." ”

"Hey-" Jing Shi hurriedly grabbed her again, "Sister Tao, don't be so excited. The second aunt means that the eldest girl Cui is the main concubine, and even the side concubine has to live under her, not to mention the concubine. If King Anjun likes you, you should be more reserved, at least after he gets married, he will go in in a famous way, no matter how you saved Miss Cui, she will always treat you too badly. But if it was before the big wedding - one of you lost your identity, and the other also slapped the Cui family in the face, but you fell into the truth, if Miss Cui is not good to you in the future, you will have a reason......"

Momoka couldn't laugh or cry. She could see that Jing's words were sincere, if she was an outsider, Jing's would never be so deep and "realistic", but the problem is that she seems to be sincere and sincerely thinks that if she goes to Anjun Wangfu to be a concubine, it will also be a good thing......

"Second aunt." Taohua could only pull her hand out again, "You think too much-no, it's the Cui family who thinks too much." Didn't I just say that I won't be a concubine, whether it's the king of the county or whatever. We will go back to Wuxi in a few days, and my father will naturally find a family affair for me. "Don't deal with the Cui family anymore.

Jing's was a little anxious: "Sister Tao, you are serious--but how can I listen to the Cui family, King Anjun is to you-"

"What does the Cui family know!" Taohua was a little annoyed, "If they know, why don't they help King Anjun?" Governor Cui is an official in the southeast, if he is willing to come forward, wouldn't it be more convenient to buy medicinal materials in that area, so why bother to come to our house? "Isn't it more convenient to ask for your future Yue's family than to ask for an "enemy"?

"I want to come to the Cui family to avoid suspicion, after all, I haven't married yet......" Jing's heart was divided, and there was a pity in his expression.

Momoka sneered slightly. Jiang Xi, who was outspoken about this matter, really asked Wu Zheng, according to Jiang Xi's honest understanding, it was because the Cui family didn't understand what kind of medicinal materials the Northwest Army needed. But the clever Sanqi repeated the original words to Taohua, and Taohua thought that what Wu Zheng actually wanted to express was that the Cui family's mother and daughter didn't care about the Northwest Army at all, and they couldn't understand Shen Shu's actions at all, let alone help.

Speaking of this, Taohua felt that Shen Shu was quite pitiful. Marrying a wife has neither affection nor a common language. But then again, marriage in this era does not pay attention to love, and the family is interested in sharing the benefits, which is the most important thing. At the beginning, the first emperor decided the Cui family's family affairs for Shen Shu, and he didn't think that his son would like the Cui family's daughter. In times like this, it is always difficult for individuals to be exceptional.