27. Troublemaking
All the way back to her home, Taohua was still stunned by the news that Lu Ying was going to enter the Beijing draft.
"Sister Lu is going to the palace?" Jiang Yanhua looked surprised, and with a little envy, "If you can be selected, you will be a mother like a big sister." "
"What's so good about that." Taohua didn't have a good breath and said, "There are three thousand beauties in the harem, and you can't be favored when you enter the palace, and you can't see the emperor for many months as an adult, what's the use of being a mother?" "There are countless widows in the harem. Although there are many officials in the Lu family, Lu Ying's father died early, and if such an identity enters the palace, I am afraid that the position will not be high. What's more, Lu Ying's temperament, where does it seem that he can go to the harem to compete for favor? If it is a family that loves her daughter, she will never sign up for it.
"That's a mother, too." The Cao family was also shocked, and muttered, "What kind of place is in the palace, can enter the palace, and the family has a light on their faces when they talk about it." "
"Even if my daughter dies in the palace, will there be light on her face?" Taohua is on fire. Lu Ying is father is gone, so he is at the mercy of his uncles. There is a sister in the palace, it is the heir who has a bright face, if he is not favored, only Lu Ying will suffer.
Cao Shi jumped up in fright: "Sister Tao, you can't say this!" "
Taohua also felt that she was a little speechless. This is not her era of free speech, and even if everyone knows some things, they can only rot in their stomachs and cannot say them.
"I'm a little tired, so I'll go back and rest first. My wife and sister should rest too. "Tomorrow, I will go to the temple to offer incense and pray that Lu Ying will not be chosen. However, as far as the Lu family's current attitude towards Lu Ying's mother and daughter, if they don't win this time, they don't know what kind of husband they will arrange for Lu Ying in the future, and it is better to be trapped in the deep palace if they don't get it right.
Momoka didn't sleep well all night, and when she woke up the next morning, she heard the sound of rain outside. The rain is not heavy, but with the coolness of autumn, it seems to drill straight into the bones when it hits the face.
Taohua put on the rain and hired a carriage to send Lu Ying.
The Lu family's attitude this time is really a big change. The people who came to pick up Lu Ying were just a maid and a mother-in-law by her mother's side, plus a coachman and a servant. This time, there were two carriages alone, and there were no people Taohua had seen before among the maids who came, but they were all delicate and decently dressed, and finally looked like they had come to pick up the young lady at home.
Lu Ying's face was so stiff that she could scrape off a layer of frost, and when she saw Taohua's eyes, her eyes finally turned red, and she couldn't help but feel aggrieved: "Taohua—"
Momoka clenched her hand speechlessly, and said for a long time, "You pay attention to your body." In any case, good health is the most important thing. "In this world, the monarch of heaven and earth, under the king is the family, Lu Ying's surname is Lu, and the elders of the Lu family can manipulate her life.
"I know." Lu Ying seemed to have grown up several years old overnight, "Lu Sanjia said, my mother is not in good health these days, she, she refuses to sue me for ......"
Lu's mother was already a little frail, her husband died and had no children, her brother and sister-in-law were not sympathetic, and her heirs were not satisfied, she was depressed all day long, how could her body be good. Thinking about Lu Ying's election this time, there were probably no less conflicts with the clan, and most of them fell ill like this. She refused to write to her daughter and said that she must also hope that Lu Ying could stay in the Tan family for a few more days, after all, only in the Tan family can she be happy.
"If you have to be good, your mother will be good......" Taohua could only say so, "Besides, maybe you won't be selected this time." "
Lu Ying was born well, but she is not a beauty who has captivated the country and the city, and her family background is not very obvious.
"You're right." Lu Ying's eyes lit up, "Maybe it's just a trip to the palace." "
Thinking of this, Lu Ying suddenly seemed to come alive, took Taohua's hand and said, "When I go to the capital, I will write to you." "
"Next year, our family will also go to the capital." Seeing Lu Ying like this, Taohua didn't have some words to say, so she just said, "Maybe I can still play with you when I go." "
The two parted hands at the city gate, and the Lu family's carriage drove in the direction of Jinling in the drizzle, and Taohua watched for a while, until the carriage had become an indistinguishable little dot, and then asked the coachman to turn around and go home.
Because of the rain, there are not many pedestrians on the streets today, only hawkers carrying water chestnut lotus root or fish and shrimp are active, and those goods are wet by the rain, and the skin is shining, which looks fresh and attractive.
Taohua was about to buy some water chestnuts to go back, so she heard the mess in front of her, and when she looked up, she saw that there seemed to be a lot of people gathered in one place, blocking the street, and she couldn't help frowning: "What's the matter?" "
The coachman got up from the wheel, craned his neck and looked at it for a while, saying, "There should be a rejuvenation hall ahead, as if someone is making trouble there." "
Huichun Hall is the largest medicine hall in Wuxi, and all of the people in it have excellent medical skills, and they have not heard of any misdiagnosis or anything like that over the years, and of course, no one has ever made trouble.
The coachman's eyes were really sharp, and he suddenly said: "Ouch, a few people came out, all with guys in their hands, they are really here to make trouble!" actually made trouble in the Rejuvenation Hall, what's going on? "
"Brother Lao, go take a look?" They are all peers, the rabbit is dead and the fox is still sad, not to mention that Huichun Tang is a tiger in the pharmaceutical industry in Wuxi City, and Taohua can't help but want to know the situation.
The coachman himself is also a person who likes to join in the fun, so he can't wait for Taohua's voice, so he hurriedly went. However, he ran back after a while, and said in a panic: "It was the county lord who smashed the counter of Wu Laolang in the Rejuvenation Hall, saying that he was a quack." Miss Jiang, let's hurry up. "The county lord can't afford to provoke him, didn't you look at the excitement in front of you, and most of the people scattered.
"Wu Laolang is a quack?" Momoka was unbelievable. Wu Laolang is sixty years old, known as famous, and there have been many people who have sent a miracle rejuvenation plaque over the years, saying that he is a quack doctor, which is too much of a joke.
What the hell is going on, it didn't take long for Taohua to know that it was Jiang Xi who brought the news back.
"The lord of Nanhua County had some diarrhea a few days ago, and asked Wu Lao Langzhong to check the pulse, saying that he was not suitable for water and soil, and he prescribed a few pairs of medicines. Who knew that a few days ago, it was diarrhea again, and it was worse to eat according to the old recipe of Wu Laolang, so he smashed the signboard of Wu Laolangzhong. "
"This simply makes no sense! If it is diarrhea again, you should ask Wu Lao Langzhong to diagnose the pulse again, where can I eat the old prescription by myself? If there is a change in the condition, how can you blame Lang Zhong for taking medicine indiscriminately! "
"yes." Jiang Xi sighed heavily, "But that's the county lord." What can Huichun Hall say, he can only send Zhao Langzhong to the county master to diagnose the pulse and prescribe a prescription, and the shopkeeper also went to ask for guilt in person. "
Cao said timidly: "The county lord looks, he doesn't look like such an unreasonable person...... Sister Tao only took care of the young lady, and the county lord rewarded our family with a lot of things. "
Jiang Xi wanted to say something, but felt that he had nothing to say, so he had to say: "You don't understand." These high-ranking people are impermanent in their moods and moods. In fact, diarrhea is not a serious illness, and it is unique to smash people's signs for this reason. "
It's all smashed, the people are county lords, royal blood, and noble status, what can the small people do? So Taohua only discussed a few words with Jiang Xi, and secretly congratulated herself that she was lucky in Huishan Temple that day, and the Wen family was really pregnant, otherwise I am afraid that the Jiang Family Medicine Hall will also suffer. When you encounter such people in the future, you must not act impulsively with good intentions.
At this moment, in the post house, the lord of Nanhua is losing his temper. Wen stood on the side and persuaded her in a low voice: "Mother, this is a new recipe, mother can eat a few pairs and take a look." The shopkeeper of the Rejuvenation Hall said that Zhao Langzhong had this disease, and he said that he would be fine if he couldn't eat it for a few days. "
The lord of Nanhua was very irritable. She had diarrhea for a few days, and her face was not good, but at the moment, she didn't apply the fat powder, and her face became more and more gloomy: "At that time, the surnamed Wu also said that he was a good hand, and it was not useless!" "
Wen Shi whispered softly: "I think there is any conflict with that prescription in the diet these days, this is a newly diagnosed and open prescription, it will definitely be useful." In fact, she also felt that the Nanhua County Lord's anger was unreasonable. When the lord of Nanhua had some diarrhea that day, she decocted the medicine according to the old prescription, because she was raising a fetus in the room, she did not know, if she knew, she would definitely stop it. It's been a few days, and then diarrhea may not be unadaptable, so how can you directly use the old recipe? But the temper of the county lord of Nanhua said that she would smash other people's medicine halls, and she couldn't stop her.
The lord of Nanhua took a slick of the teacup in his hand and splashed a lot of tea: "I've eaten enough of that bitter medicine soup!" At that time, the surnamed Wu himself said that if he didn't have any effect after taking three pairs of medicines, he would take two more pairs. What to say now? Is there something wrong with me smashing his signboard? "
Wen had nothing to say. Wu Langzhong did say so at the time, but the lord of Nanhua County got better after taking three pairs of medicines, and now he has diarrhea again after seven or eight days, so it may not be that he is not adaptable?
It's just that she can't say this, so she can only persuade the lord of Nanhua to use Zhao Langzhong's medicine.
The county lord of Nanhua looked at her impatiently: "You don't have to stand still, be careful about the child in your belly." That's it, just boil the medicine and bring it up. "
Wen served the Nanhua County Lord with medicine, and after seeing the Nanhua County Lord rest, he went back to his room. Biqiu, who was waiting in the room, hurriedly stepped forward to beat her legs, and couldn't help but complain a little: "The young lady is pregnant, and she has been standing for so long...... " finally knew that she didn't bring the lord of Nanhua County with her.
Wen shook his head, turned his head and instructed Bichun: "Go and inquire, why is the county lord suddenly unhappy these days?" Originally, the lord of Nanhua was so happy when he heard that she was pregnant, he didn't even let her go every day, as long as she raised the fetus in the house, and she was smiling every day. But in the past two days, I suddenly stopped smiling again, otherwise, according to the situation a few days ago, even if this medicine was useless, I would not have asked someone to smash the medicine hall when I opened my mouth.
Bi Chun went out for a long time, and waited for Wen's nap to get up before coming back: "The slave maid went to talk to Sister Pearl for a while, and I heard that the county lord sent a letter to the eldest young master of Jingli a few days ago, and received a reply yesterday. Sister Pearl also said that Amber is very courteous in front of the county lord these days......"
Among the four first-class girls around the lord of Nanhua, Pearl is the most silent, but she is extremely careful. Because her brother had received help from the Wen family, she had some dealings with Bichun on weekdays, and would give vague advice from time to time. Bi Chun just went to look for her, waited for a long time before she came out on duty to rest, and said a few words vaguely.
Bi Chun is a shrewd person who knows the beginning and the end, and Pearl only connected Jiang Wu and Amber for a while, and she understood: "I'm afraid that the county lord will send a letter to the capital, and he also said that he wants to give amber to the eldest young master......"
"Husband probably didn't agree," Wen leaned against the head ......of the bed and said leisurely, with a slight smile in his eyes. Although the mother-in-law of the Nanhua County Lord is difficult to serve, Jiang Wu has been married for several years, and has always firmly kept her original promise to her parents, and has been very protective of her in front of the Nanhua County Lord, and has politely refused the Nanhua County Lord's offer of concubines several times.
This time, the lord of Nanhua specially brought her out of the capital to bring up the matter of amber, if she didn't agree, she would be jealous, if she agreed, Jiang Wu would have no excuse to refuse. Who knew that there was no endless road, and she was diagnosed as pregnant at this moment, which put the lord of Nanhua in an embarrassing place.
"Amber must have mentioned that in front of the county lord again!" Bichun hated the authentic.
With the temperament of the lord of Nanhua, it is a great joy for his daughter-in-law to be pregnant, and when he is happy, he is afraid that he will forget about Amber, if it weren't for Amber himself to remind him, the Lord of Nanhua will not think about it again for a while. When he returned to the capital, with Jiang Wuhu in front of him, Amber would not be able to enter no matter what.
Wen Shi was silent for a moment and said, "I just pretend to be unwell." The county lord has a somewhat moody temper, but in fact, he can't resist his husband. Amber instigated the county lord like this, and if one of them did not make the county lord upset, I was afraid that she would be unlucky. "The moodiness of the lord of Nanhua is not only for his daughter-in-law, but especially for his subordinates. If amber asks too much for self-pampering, it may not have good fruit to eat.
Bi Chun was also relieved when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The county lord really doesn't have anything to do with the eldest young master and the second young master......
Wen Shi smiled slightly and sighed: "You go and tell the people in the kitchen that the medicine must be boiled on time every day and asked the county lord to drink it." In addition, when the second brother comes back, invite him to come over, that is, he can persuade the county lord. After all, he came out to look for the county horse, and he just went out to play, so he smashed the medicine hall, if it was passed back to the capital, the county lord was not afraid of anything, but the husband was now an official, and he was only afraid that he would be affected by it. Those people in the Yushitai have been looking for people with their eyes open all day long, let alone such a big handle. "
Bi Qiu was stunned and said: "The county lord is the most favored by the Queen Mother, who dares to join our family?" "
Wen shook his head: "There are people in the Yushitai who are not afraid of death. What's more, this is their duty, even the emperor and the queen mother can't let them be convicted for their words, why don't they dare to participate? "Her mother's family is a clear stream, and she naturally knows that scholars sometimes start to be ruthless, and they are not afraid of death, not to mention demotion and the like.
Bi Qiu blinked and said, "But the slave maid heard that now the Yu family is very powerful, and everyone is called Yu Banchao." It is also said that the officials in the court now listen to the elder of the pavilion, since this is the case, how can anyone participate in our eldest young master? "
"Shhhh The affairs of the court, when will it be your turn to talk to me. "
Biqiu was in pain and didn't dare to speak again. Wen's brows furrowed, and he also said: "You have been so reckless since you came, you only taught a lesson a few days ago, and today you committed it again-"
Before the words were finished, Bi Qiu was so frightened that she knelt down: "Young lady, the slave knows that she will say the wrong thing, so she doesn't speak outside these days, and only says it in front of the young lady." "
Wen also knew that since the incident at Huishan Temple, Biqiu had indeed been like a saw-mouthed gourd for the past few days, and she was even more stuffy than before. In the end, she was a girl who grew up serving her since she was a child, and she could only wave her hand and say, "You get up." Remember your words, and if you don't know what you can and can't say outside, don't say a word at all. Let's all go out, and I'll rest alone for a while. "
The two maids withdrew together. Bi Chun rebuked Bi Qiu a few more words, and then went to the kitchen to order his subordinates, leaving Bi Qiu in the outhouse to wait for Wen's summons.
The room was quiet, and Wen leaned on the pillow, where could he sleep.
Biqiu is a stupid girl, and she only hears the words passed on by the Jiang family, so she only knows that the descendants are powerful. Indeed, the two generations of kings ascended the throne with the help of the Yu family, and the name of the half dynasty is well known, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition.
But Wen is a Hanlin girl, I don't know anything else, the history books were read with my father. Relatives are powerful, and sooner or later there will be disasters. Not to mention anything else, Jinshang was not born to the Queen Mother, but was born to a maid in the Queen Mother's palace, and her mother died when she was eight years old, and she was raised to her knees by the Queen Mother.
is not a biological mother and son, and the queen mother is powerful, and even the queen is the niece of the queen mother. In this way, the former dynasty and the harem are all controlled by the Yu family, what does the emperor feel in his heart?
Wen's usually doesn't think much about this kind of thing, but today even Biqiu, an ignorant girl, can say that she is out of the middle of the dynasty, which shows that everyone in the world knows but does not know the emperor, in this case, will the emperor be willing? On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly, even if it is a maternal uncle, let alone a pro-......
Wen felt a headache, raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows. In the past two days, due to the illness of the lord of Nanhua, she has not rested well, and now when she thinks of this, she feels even more irritable, so she has to call Biqiu in and rub her temples, which makes her a little sleepy.
Half-asleep and half-awake, Wen vaguely heard movement outside, half-closed his eyes and said, "What's the matter?" "
The answer was Bi Chun: "Don't worry, young lady, it's fine." It was the second young master who came back and was persuading the county lord to use medicine. The second young master also brought back a bottle of aloe vera oil and put it on the temple of the county lord, saying that it was cool and refreshing. The county lord used it and said okay, and the second young master also brought two bottles to the young lady. "
Wen opened his eyes and saw that there were two small white porcelain bottles, and when he opened the stopper, there was a faint and slightly bitter breath coming out, which was not as choking as ordinary medicinal oil, but it was very comfortable to smell: "Where did the second young master get it from?" Fortunately, with his persuasion, the county lord is always in a better mood. "
Bi Chun thought the same way, and said with a smile: "The second young master has always made the county lord happy. The slave and maid went over, looked at the county lord and smiled, and said that the young lady didn't have to go over, and that dinner would be used by herself in the house. There is a second young master in the county lord's place. "
"Since the second brother is here, it's not easy for me to go over." Wen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, "You also rubbed a little bit of that medicinal oil for me, my head was uncomfortably swollen." Look at this year's Mid-Autumn Festival is going to be in Wuxi, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the county lord's illness is cured, and my baby is stable, so it's better to return to the capital sooner. "
Not only the three masters and servants of the Wen family are looking forward to the Nanhua county lord getting better soon, but even the first cadres in the Huichun Hall and even the Wuxi County Yali are all looking forward to the medicine to get rid of the disease and send the county lord back to the capital as soon as possible. It's a pity that the sky always fails to fulfill people's wishes, and five days later, the Rejuvenation Hall was smashed again.