Huiyi Tea Store asked and knew that it was not very far away, the young man hit the horse over, and the guy at the door was very eye-catching, and when he saw him stationed on the horse, he was busy running forward to lead the horse for him: "Childe wants to see tea?" Inside, please. "

"I heard that you have a new tortoiseshell tea here?" The boy did not dismount. He had never seen any tea in Beijing, and when he said that he drank tea, naturally someone bought it and served it with both hands, if it weren't for this flower tea that he had never heard of, he would not have come to a place like a tea shop at all.

"Yes, yes." The Jiangnan area is rich in silk, and even the guys in the tea shop know three points, so they can naturally see that the robe on this young man's body is expensive, and the embroidery is even more fine, so he immediately nodded with a smiling face: "This is the new flower tea produced by the trumpet this year." This tortoiseshell flower into medicine is also called Fushou grass, after drinking after the cellar tea, it can soothe the liver and stomach, calm the nerves and help sleep...... "Dulu said a bunch of benefits.

The young man laughed when he heard it: "So, it's actually medicinal tea?" "

"Okay, it's here." The guy smiled and said, "Although this tea has some medicinal effects, it has no medicinal gas, just a floral fragrance and a tea fragrance, although it is rich but refreshing." Originally, the tea is cold, and women are afraid of cold and stomach when they drink more, but this tortoiseshell flower regulates the spleen and stomach, the two complement each other, and it is harmless and beneficial to drink, and it can also regulate the obesity caused by spleen deficiency, which makes people light. "

"That's a lot of air." The young man waved his hand, "Qingzhan, go get a catty." "

Qingzhan is the tea boy, and when he heard this, he went into the tea shop, and after a while, he walked out with a paper box and said, "Childe, this tea is not cheap." Just such a box costs twelve taels of silver. "

The guy followed behind and hurriedly explained: "Little brother will know when he goes back and knows that the tea leaves used for the trumpet are all good Ming Qian tea, and this tea alone is afraid that it will not cost seven or eight taels of silver for a catty." Coupled with the work of frying the lavender cellar, and the price of the tortoiseshell flower, it is not to be concealed, only because this tea is new, and the shopkeeper wants to promote it, so he only sets a thin profit. If you add this box and the jar inside, the trumpet really won't make anything. I just hope that next year, the tortoiseshell flowers will bloom more, and more tea will be made, so that the cost can be diluted and some interest can be earned. "

Qingzhan snorted and said, "You really don't know your business history." If you don't make money, can you drink the northwest wind in your tea shop? You don't have to say a lot, if this tea is good, my wife likes it, so I can't buy it again. If it's not good, I'll drop the tea at your door. "

The guy laughed and said, "Little brother just go back." Look at the son is also a connoisseur of tea, good or not, you can know as soon as you taste it. If you don't think it's good, just take it back. "

The young man smiled, turned the horse's head and said, "Qingzhan, let's go." Of course, he tasted this tea in Huishan Temple, and thought it tasted good, and his mother would probably like it, so he came to buy it. What Qingzhan said about throwing tea Yunyun is just a scare for the guys who talk too much.

The three of them rode back to the post house, and when they arrived at the door, a maid greeted them: "My second master Heng, but I'm back, the county lord has asked several times." "

The young man hurriedly dismounted and smiled: "How to work Sister Amber came out." How is Mother today? "

Amber is sixteen or seventeen years old, tall, with a long face, and a pair of phoenix eyes that are very flexible. Where is the dirt rubbed on this clothes, Qingzhan doesn't know how to dust it when he sees it. "

The young man patted his shirt casually and said, "It's just that I sat on the mountain." I went to say goodbye to my mother. He took the tea and wine from Qingzhan and walked inside with a gust of wind.

Wuxi is a rich place, and the post house is built more elaborately than other places, like a small garden. When the county lord arrived, the entire post house was naturally sealed, and it was only for the county lord and his party to live, which was very spacious and comfortable.

This young man is Jiang Heng, the second son of the lord of Nanhua, he carried the tea all the way to the residence of the lord of Nanhua, and without waiting for Amber to come over to open the curtain for him, he lifted the curtain and went in: "Mother." "

The lord of Nanhua is already in his early forties, but he is well maintained on weekdays, and he looks like only about thirty people. Because of some gastrointestinal discomfort for several days, he only ate some vegetarian porridge and vegetarian dishes, and he lost some weight a little, and was leaning on the Luohan bed to talk to a young woman. Jiang Heng plunged into it, quickly stood on his feet and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law." "

This young woman is Jiang Heng's sister-in-law, Wen Shi, the wife of Jiang Wu, the son of the Jiang family, who was sitting on the stool diagonally, and when she saw her uncle coming in, she also quickly got up: "The second brother is back." Mother was thinking about it just now. "

Jiang Heng saluted his sister-in-law, and then sent the paper box and wine jug in his hand to the lord of Nanhua County, and said with a smile: "Huishan Temple has not run in vain today, not only brought back the Huiquan wine, but also tasted the emerging flower tea in Jiangnan." "

The lord of Nanhua County was recovering from his illness, and his spirit was still a little lacking, but when he saw his beloved little son coming back, he also had a smile on his face, and said in his mouth: "After a wild day, Keken is back." This is because I was afraid of being scolded, so I brought these things back to gag my mouth? "

Wen Shi was busy laughing and said: "Huishan Temple is far away, according to my daughter-in-law, I would rather come back later than run fast on the road." Besides, this is tea and wine, which shows that the second brother is filial and knows that his mother loves these. "

When it came to horseback riding, the lord of Nanhua had no opinion: "You are right. Heng'er, haven't you ever ridden a fast horse on the road? "

"No, never." Jiang Heng smiled and unscrewed the lid of the wine jug and handed it to the Lord of Nanhua, "Mother smells this." "

The lord of Nanhua also loves to drink, and there is a lot of good wine hidden in his home in the capital, and he praised it when he sniffed it deeply at this moment: "It's really good wine!" It is clear and mellow, and its flavor is long. Let's try a cup tonight. "

Wen was a little hesitant: "Mother is still taking medicine......"

The county lord of Nanhua waved his hand impatiently: "I'm all right today." You also saw that I used the honey pork ribs at noon, and there was no discomfort in the afternoon. At the beginning, Na Langzhong also said that it was nothing more than unadaptable. You don't have to take that medicine at night, it's not bad. "

She is the same in the Jiang family, and the Wen family can only listen. However, Jiang Heng smiled: "Mother still finished the medicine." This wine can't be spoiled, and it will be the same if you drink it tomorrow. Besides, when the mother is in good health, the son will accompany you to Huishan Temple, eat their vegetarian food and drink this Huiquan wine, and then use the Huiquan water to cook a cup of tea after the meal, which is to enjoy it. "

The lord of Nanhua only listened to the words of the little son, so he put the wine jug, and pointed to the box and said, "What kind of tea is this?" "

Jiang Heng opened the paper box and saw two white tin tea cans inside, and Wen praised first: "This jar is elegantly made." I've never seen this flower painted on it. "

Jiang Heng pointed and said, "This is the tortoiseshell flower." According to the tea shop, this flower can be used as medicine, what is it called Fushou grass, which can soothe the liver and stomach, calm the nerves and help sleep. Today in Huishan Temple, there are pilgrims in the courtyard to cook this tea, I smell the fragrance is very good, ask the monks to taste a handful, but it is indeed a floral tea, there is no taste, so when I come back, I went to the tea shop to buy some and brought it back. Mother and sister-in-law both tasted it. "

The lord of Nanhua nodded and said: "The strange girls say, what kind of flower tea are you drinking here in Wuxi, presumably this is it." Since it is said that it is for the stomach, the eldest daughter-in-law will take a can, and if it is good to drink, she will buy some and bring it back when she returns to the capital. "

Wen thanked him and took the tea and handed it to the maid to take it. Since the little brother-in-law is back, her sister-in-law should also avoid suspicion, and was about to retire, Amber came in from outside and said with a smile: "County Lord, the county commander sent someone to send a basket of crabs." "

"Crabs?" The lord of Nanhua likes to eat crabs the most, and this time he came to Jiangnan in July, and half of them came to the crabs, "Take it and take a look." "

It was Mrs. Su's side who came to deliver the crab, and as soon as she came in, she saluted the lord of Nanhua County first, and then asked her mother-in-law to lift up a bamboo basket of crabs: "This is this year's new crab, it just came up from the lake in the morning, and all the ones picked up are the umbilicus." At this time, the crab is not as fat as in August, but the taste is fresh, please taste it. There is also a jar of Huadiao wine, which has been stored for five years, and it is suitable for crabs......"

The bamboo basket is not big, and there are twenty crabs in it, but all of them are not small, although they are tied with straw ropes, they still keep spitting white foam, and the top is covered with wet lotus leaves, which is obviously just delivered.

"Thank you lady for bothering." The lord of Nanhua was very happy, and with a wave of his hand, Amber took a heavy purse and rewarded it, "In a few days, when I am free, please ask your wife to accompany me to the incense." "

As the lord of Nanhua, it is already a grace to be willing to let the wife of a seven-grade county order accompany her out. Luo Mei hurriedly responded, but she was a little worried in her heart - her wife had just been diagnosed as pregnant, and the fetus was less than three months old. But when she came, she had to be instructed, and she knew that the lord of Nanhua County was not in a good temper, so she didn't dare to say more, so she withdrew after thanking the reward.

Here, the lord of Nanhua looked at a basket of fat crabs and was very satisfied: "This Su family is quite hearted. Take water and raise it well today, just tomorrow when you don't use medicine, it's good to eat crab. "

The Su family's crabs, the Jiang family also got a basket at this time, and there were as many as twenty. Although the size is not comparable to that of the Lord of Nanhua, the taste is not bad.

Cao Shi looked at the crab and said, "This basket costs a few taels of silver." What can I find to give Mrs. Su a return gift? "

Taohua was also very happy to see the crab: "Eating crabs should be accompanied by soju, there is also a green plum soju brewed last year at home, ask someone to take a jar out, everyone will have a cup tonight." Do you return the gift - return the pickled plums to a jar, and if the lady eats well, say again, there is still one at home. "

It was the second-class maid next to Mrs. Su who came to deliver crabs to the Jiang family, and she smiled when she heard Taohua's words: "My wife often says that Miss Jiang is the most careful and considerate, and it is true." Madame was happy when she woke up early this morning, and she used to be the most favorite crab, but now this crab has just been sent in, and she vomits when she smells it. The meat was untouchable, and the greens felt tasteless, so I took a plate of balsamic vinegar for lunch before sending it down, and ate the sour grapes on the shelf. Now the slave maid has taken the girl's jar of pickled plums back, and the lady will definitely like it. "

Cao Shi hurriedly smiled and said: "Sour and spicy girl, Madame has been sour for a long time, this baby must be a big fat boy!" "

Everyone said so at the time, and the Su family naturally looked forward to Mrs. Su getting a man in one fell swoop, and the maid smiled after listening to Cao's words: "I borrowed my wife's good words." "I took the pickled plums and said goodbye.

That night, the Jiang family washed half of the crab, steamed it in the upper drawer, put it on the ginger balsamic vinegar, and served it with green plum soju, and ate it happily. Although Jiang Xi was happy, he still said: "This thing is cold, you sisters can't eat more." Raise it horizontally and vertically, and eat it again tomorrow. This crab can be eaten until September, and sometimes you must not eat too much in one moment. Use more ginger vinegar and drink a sip of wine, which can dispel the cold. "

Jiang Yanhua drank very shallowly, and his face turned red after two sips of soju, and he said with a smile: "This soju is a bit rushed, not as sweet as the Huiquan wine I drank at noon." "

Jiang Xi smiled: "That's rice wine, naturally sweet." It's just that the crab is cold, so you still have to make soju to wash it. "

Cao Shi hurriedly joked: "It's a pity, I originally wanted to taste this Huiquan wine, but their sisters specially brought it down the mountain." "

Jiang Bohua was young, and Jiang Xi didn't allow him to eat crabs. Because he was afraid that he would be greedy, Taohua specially asked the kitchen to make taro dumplings to coax him, and at the moment he was sitting next to Taohua to eat dumplings, and after listening to some words half-incomprehensibly, he raised his head and said, "Brother Bai, also drink." "

Taohua smiled and pinched his chubby face, and dipped his chopsticks in some wine for him to lick. Before the Cao family could stop it, Jiang Bohua had already spit out his little tongue and shouted with a wrinkled face.

Jiang Xi laughed, Cao's heart was so distressed, but after looking at Jiang Xi's face, he didn't dare to say anything. The meal was about to be finished, and there was a voice outside, Bai Guo went out to take a look, and walked in with a letter: "Master, it's the capital that came to give the Mid-Autumn Festival gift." "

Jiang Xi sends Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to Beijing every year, but Jiang Jun usually gives New Year's gifts, and when he suddenly said what Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to give, Jiang Xi felt a little strange, and said while opening the letter: "Call him in." "

The horizontal and vertical rice has been used, the people have collected things, Cao took the opportunity to take Jiang Bohua to the corridor to eat, Taohua looked at the letter on Jiang Xi's hand, and saw that it only said that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and the old lady Jiang received the festival gift sent by Wuxi, and missed Jiang Xi's family very much. After that, there is a thin gift list, but it is just something in the capital, and to be honest, it is not worth the extra trip.

Jiang Xi swept the letter at a glance, and couldn't help but glance at his daughter, this must be something happened in the capital, it is not good to write it on the letter, so it can only be relayed by the sender.

Sure enough, the person who came in didn't come to give a New Year's gift every year, but a young man in his twenties, knelt down, saluted Jiang Xi and Taohua, and called himself Babao. This name Jiang Xi knows, it is Jiang Jun's cronies around him in recent years.

"But what's going on at home?"

Seeing that there was no one else in the hall except Jiang Xi and Taohua, Babao said: "Don't dare to hide it from the second master, it's our eldest girl in the palace who lost her child." Although Jiang Xi has not returned to the capital for ten years, the two sides have communicated, and the capital also knows that the second room is the third girl Taohua's house, so although he feels that these words should not be said in front of the girl who has not left the cabinet, he can't let Taohua avoid it.

Jiang Xi was taken aback: "What did you say?" It's Sister Mei - when! "If you lose your child, do you mean you have a slippery tire?

Babao said: "It was June, Jieyu Niangniang went for a walk in the garden, was startled by a cat, and had a miscarriage. "

"The eldest sister should have been five or six months pregnant at that time, and there must be a palace maid to supervise her when she goes out, how can she be frightened by a cat? What's more, is the big sister afraid of cats? "

Babao bowed his head and said, "The third girl is not bad at all. But at that time, a palace maid was pounced on by a cat, scratched her face, and fell down and brought down Jieyu Niangniang......"

"Who had the cat?" Momoka asked.

"Yes, from the Queen's Palace. Originally, he was locked up in the room, but he said that it was a spring, but the little eunuch was not optimistic, so he ran out. He also said that there was some incense in the sachet that the palace maid carried, and the cat would pounce on her and catch her when she smelled it. "

"So in the end, I killed the little eunuch and the palace maid?" Momoka sneered.

Babao lowered his head: "Yes." is the eldest girl, and she was complained by the queen, saying that the master was pregnant, and the slave maid still carried incense on her body, which shows that the eldest girl is not effective in controlling her subordinates. Because our eldest girl is not the lord of the first palace, we also punished Liu Zhaorong Niangniang, the lord of Xiangyan Palace, which made Zhaorong Niangniang dissatisfied with the eldest girl......"

Jiang Xi sighed heavily. There are many concubines in the emperor's harem, but there are not a few heirs, all because of the open and secret struggle between these concubines, it is not easy to get pregnant safely until they give birth, even if they give birth to an heir, it is difficult to say whether they can live to adulthood. The most hateful thing is that something happened but it was difficult to catch the culprit, one was not good, and he was accused of not being able to keep the dragon seed.

"The queen is too arrogant!" Taohua couldn't help but pat the table, "The emperor still doesn't have a son, doesn't he value the eldest sister's baby?" If the queen blatantly harms the royal heir like this, he's—"

Jiang Xi waved his hand and stopped his daughter's words: "The queen mother is the niece of the queen mother, her father is still the elder, half of the court is the power of the Yu family, and an unborn child...... "I don't know if it's a man or a woman, and where can I shake the queen."

Momoka pursed her lips and stopped talking. Because the Jiang family was offended in the palace, Jiang Xi never liked to mention those things in the court at home, so she only knew that the queen was the niece of the queen mother, and she really didn't know that the descendants had already occupied half of the court. No wonder the queen is so unscrupulous, and she doesn't allow other concubines to have children if she has no children.

Babao hung his head and said, "The eldest master said the same thing. Fortunately, the eldest girl is still young and has taken care of her body, so she will have a chance in the future. It's just that the position of the eldest girl, there are no good medicinal materials in the palace, and the medicinal materials in the capital are expensive, so the eldest master called the little one to come over, and asked the third master to help find some medicinal materials to replenish the body and go back. "

Don't look at the palace that there are both hospitals and pharmacies, in fact, those are all on the surface, and the inside is the same as other places, they are all high and low. Jiang Meihua used to be pregnant with the dragon species, so she naturally had a good doctor and good medicinal materials to use to her best, but now she has a miscarriage, and she is dissatisfied with the concubines in her palace, and she is afraid that all the uses will be shoddy. If you look for medicine in the capital, one is expensive, and the other is that the Jiang family has not been able to treat medicine for many years, and I am afraid that there is no way. However, it is convenient to find medicine here in Wuxi Pharmacy, at least you can get something real, and it is much more comfortable to eat.

"It's not a problem." Jiang Xi agreed, "After Sister Mei's miscarriage, someone from the Tai Hospital always came to diagnose the pulse, but what prescriptions were prescribed and what medicines were used?" Did you say what is the condition of Sister Mei'er's body? "Even the medicine that tonifies the body can't be used casually, you have to look at Jiang Meihua's physique.

Babao shook his head: "After the eldest girl had a miscarriage, those people in the palace also became perfunctory, and the prescriptions prescribed were all prescriptions for replenishing qi and blood after childbirth, and they didn't even change the amount." The old lady went to inquire, and the prescription prescribed before the miscarriage said that the eldest girl was a little hot. But now I can't go into the palace to check the pulse of the eldest girl......"

Jiang Xi sighed: "The body was hot before, but I don't know if there has been any change after this miscarriage." Let's find some mild herbs...... You go down first, stay here for a few days, and I'll go looking for medicinal herbs. "