Aunt Hai choked. After Taohua got married, she was the princess of the county, and after entering the palace, she only needed to pay a big tribute to the queen mother and queen. Of course, the Queen Mother and the Queen don't like her, but nominally the Queen Mother is her mother-in-law, and the Queen is a concubine.

Jiang Xi saw that Aunt Hai was speechless, and immediately pursued after him: "You dare to slander the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother like this behind your back, it's so audacious!" ”

Taohua had already stood up when Jiang Xi was speaking, and when she saw that Aunt Hai was choked by Jiang Xi, she couldn't help but snicker in her heart, and came over to make a round and said: "I think it was Aunt Hai who said this when she was training the palace people on weekdays, and she definitely didn't mean to slander the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother." ”

Aunt Hai was slapped by the Jiang family's father and daughter on the second day of her arrival, and at this time, she didn't admit it, and she didn't admit it. If you nod, it is equivalent to saying that you are teaching the future princess of the county with the attitude of the palace people, which is a crime. But if you don't agree, you will be guilty of the queen mother and the queen, and the crime will be even heavier. After weighing the two sides, he had to say to Taohua: "It's the old slave who is confused, and please ask the girl for the sake of the queen mother, don't blame." ”

After she moved out, Taohua could only smile and stop saying anything.

Although Jiang Xi was still angry in his heart, he also knew that people couldn't help but bow their heads under the eaves, so they had to accept it when they saw it, beckoned his daughter to the side, said Jiang Yanhua's words with a calm face, and couldn't help complaining: "What kind of good thing is this, she hurried over to endure hardship." ”

Taohua pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry." Tell her to wait a few days, this is not the time to come and learn the rules. ”

Jiang Xi looked at his daughter with a little puzzlement, but when he saw Taohua winking at him, he knew that his daughter was definitely going to toss this Aunt Hai, so he nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I'll go and tell her to wait a few more days." ”

Aunt Hai kept standing aside with a face, and when she saw Jiang Xi leave, the lines on her face were about to change from 8:20 to 7:25, and she said in a long voice: "Girl, this can't be done." ”

Taohua didn't ask her what it was, and walked to the original place and said with a smile: "Go on, how does my aunt see what I did with this blessing?" ”

Aunt Hai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, only to feel that this Jiang family girl was like a needle in Mianli, she only felt that she was empty when she used her strength, and she would be poked by a needle if she used her strength too much, which was really difficult to deal with. But fortunately, she still has the Queen Mother Yi on her head, and she has to toss her with a bone in the egg.

Jiang Yanhua listened to Jiang Xi's words, and although she replied respectfully, she didn't believe it in her heart, and when she returned to the room, she inevitably complained to the Cao family: "I'm afraid my sister doesn't want me to go at all, right?" ”

Cao Shi asked Bai Guo to inquire, and said in horror: "I heard that when the eldest girl didn't rest from morning to night, she knelt for most of the day yesterday, and today there are two bruises on her knees. This, this is also too frustrating. ”

Jiang Yanhua said in disbelief: "Really? My sister is not a person who is willing to be angry. ”

Cao snorted: "That's the person who was rewarded by the Queen Mother, and she is the Queen Mother and her mother-in-law, what can your sister do if she is stubborn?" I heard that when these palace people teach the palace rules, they still have to fight. ”

Jiang Yanhua frowned and said: "That's the sect palace person, my sister is the future princess of the county, how dare she fight." But when I heard that the rules were so harsh, I couldn't help but be a little discouraged, "Then, let's wait a few more days......

This is six or seven days, Taohua almost didn't leave the yard, and every day was to learn all kinds of palace etiquette. Jiang Xi was so irritable that he couldn't even read the lonely book, and he wanted to break through several times, but in the end he was still stopped by the old lady Jiang: "Sister Tao has her own way." How could she be at the mercy of the people of that palace? ”

Jiang Xi looked anxious: "But that old pious woman is holding the queen mother everywhere to press Sister Tao." I heard Mint say that Sister Tao'er knelt on her legs with blue and purple patches, and her legs and feet were swollen at night. ”

Old lady Jiang said unhurriedly: "Since Mint said so, you should go outside and say it, and always let others know Sister Tao'er's hard work." ”

"What's the use of that?" Jiang Xi punched the table, "No matter what you say outside, Sister Tao still has to learn these rules." ”

Old lady Jiang sighed: "The rules must be learned. After all, Sister Tao is going to marry into the royal family, and King Anjun has always been suspicious of the Queen Mother, if she doesn't learn the rules well, Sister Tao will have one more handle in the palace in the future. Why do you think she's so honest these days? ”

Jiang Xi said dejectedly: "I just feel sorry for her - even if you learn the rules, you don't have to be so harsh at all." ”

Old lady Jiang picked up the book again: "This is natural." The people in that palace are here to toss Sister Tao - look, when Sister Tao has almost touched those rules, there will naturally be a way to rectify her. You just go outside to spread the news, as a father feels sorry for his daughter, it is also appropriate to go outside to give her some bone-setting medicine. ”

Jiang Xi turned his head and went out. Now he is the emperor's pharmacist, and some people recognize him when he goes out, so he runs around, this store picks medicine, and the shop chooses wine for a long time, and it spreads outside: the Jiang family girl learns the rules and learns that her knees are bruised, Jiang Pharmacist feels sorry for her daughter, and personally comes out to match the bone-setting medicine wine - Speaking of which, the Jiang family's bone-setting wine is said to be a family secret recipe, and it is quite famous in the Jiangnan area, and now Jiang Pharmacist has run away from half of the capital, and he doesn't want any bone-setting wine in any medicine hall, so he has to match it personally, I'm afraid the Jiang family is secret, There are indeed some doorways.

As a result, the Jiang family's medicinal wine was originally only sold in the Jiangnan area, so it gradually entered the market in the capital area, which is a later story.

This matter soon spread into the palace, and the queen has been holding back in the palace these days, and she has long been bored and full of anger, and she can't help but be happy when she hears the news: "Really? That slut is usually very tough, but now he has been treated by Aunt Hai? ”

The palace man who came to report the news smiled and said: "Aunt Hai was rewarded by the Queen Mother, and she specified that she wanted to teach her the rules, what did she dare to do?" Born as a medical girl, the rules of the palace are naturally not understood, and the queen mother just pinched her weakness, and no one can say what is wrong. I heard that the bone-setting wine bought outside now doesn't work, and Pharmacist Jiang is looking for good medicinal materials all over the capital and dispensing the medicine himself, which can be seen that it has been rectified very badly. ”

The queen couldn't stand up with a straight smile: "It's a pity that the palace can't see it with your own eyes." At this time, it is not easy to summon her into the palace. ”

Next to him, Zhao Neijian offered advice: "If Niangniang can't see it with her own eyes, she can also send a palace person to see it." Let's just say that the Jiang family is diligent in learning the rules, and Niangniang sent someone to reward and encourage her, which no one can pick out. I asked someone to see it, and I came back and said that it was the same as listening to my mother. ”

Last time, Zhao Neijian proposed to point Taohua to the king of Anjun as a concubine, although it was later confirmed that Shen Shu did not dislike the Jiang family as they thought, but for the queen, the Jiang family could not enter the palace anyway. Although Zhao's idea did not achieve perfect results, it was not bad, so the queen still kept him by his side to serve.

Zhao Neijian himself also knew that the idea of the last time was almost self-defeating, although the queen still used him, but the queen mother may be a little dissatisfied with him. With this sense of crisis, he naturally redoubled his attention to the queen. In the past few days, the queen has been depressed in order to avoid Zhao Chongyi, and Zhao Neijian is racking his brains to think about how to make the queen happy, but it happened that Jiang Shi bumped into him, if he didn't seize this opportunity, he would be a fool.

The queen really felt good, and said with a smile: "In this case, I will send someone to go." Didn't you say that you were looking for good medicinal herbs? The palace rewarded her with some medicinal materials that invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis. Go to the Imperial Pharmacy and get some - what medicine is the cure for this? ”

These palace people didn't understand, so the queen said: "Go and ask the people at the imperial pharmacy, and pick up the good ones." She learns the rules so diligently, and this palace is not that stingy person. ”

The palace people were busy, and after a while, they came back with a large bag of herbs, and said with a smile: "The people from the imperial pharmacy listened to the words of the slave and maid, and picked up seven or eight kinds of medicines, all of which invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis." Xiang got closer to the queen and said with a smile, "That Jiang He also picked up a special five-spirit fat." ”

The Jiang He she said was an attendant of the imperial pharmacy, and he had been in the palace for some years, and he was quite medicative, but he was pressed by the chief eunuch of the imperial pharmacy and was not allowed to come out. Seeing the opportunity this time, he hurriedly came up, and added this flavor of five spirit fat in addition to the instructions of the chief eunuch.

The queen was a little puzzled: "Five spirit fats? ”

The palace man covered his mouth and smiled: "Niangniang, these five spirit fats sound good, but in fact, what kind of rat feces are they." Jiang He said that this thing is excellent for blood circulation and blood stasis. ”

The queen suddenly realized, clapped her hands and smiled: "Okay, good, this Jiang He has a heart!" Send it, send it immediately! Just tell the Jiang family, don't let down the heart of the palace. "Before, the Jiang family used what kind of luminous sand and moon sand made the Queen Mother and Cheng Enbo nauseous enough, and even after she heard what white cloves were, she didn't dare to use the face-slapping medicine. Now that feng shui is taking turns, it's time for her to send something like rat dung to add to the Jiang family.

It is naturally much more convenient for the palace people in the queen's palace to go out, and they can arrange for carriages and horses to leave the palace with the brand of Fengyi Palace. The carriages and horses went out here, and the news was reported to the emperor.

The emperor was talking to Shen Shu, and when he heard the news from Eunuch Du, he couldn't help but smile contemptuously: "Sure enough, I jumped up." Glancing at Shen Shu, he smiled, "Jiang's calculations are accurate, it can be seen that you are worrying in vain." ”

Shen Shu coughed dryly: "The emperor doesn't make fun of his younger brother." Although Jiang's calculations are accurate, they have indeed suffered a lot these days. ”

"She's a person who can bear it." The emperor praised, "Don't worry, when the people from the Haigong come back, I will naturally point out a good past to teach her." ”

Shen Shu hurriedly bowed: "That brother thanked the emperor for the Jiang family first." ”

The emperor smiled and waved his hand to get him up: "How is Yu Ling now?" ”

"It's not a big deal, but the medicine I used before hurt me a little, and I have to recuperate for a month or two. It's just that the younger brother saw that his spirit was quite sluggish, and Taohua - Jiang said that he always had to figure it out by himself, medicine could cure the disease, but not the heart. In a few days, Jiang will go to check his pulse again. ”

"If I were him, I would have been depressed for a few days." The emperor said lightly, "Although there are all parents in the world, it is also chilling to act like this. That's it, I can afford to wait, let Jiang slowly recuperate for him. ”

Shen Shu bowed his head and agreed, hesitated for a moment and said, "Then those people in Shandong ......"

A Sichuan character pattern appeared between the emperor's eyebrows: "I don't want to kill these people, but-" But since Yu Rui is right, then these people are capital crimes.

"My brother has an idea. This year's Queen Mother's 59th birthday, although it is not a full birthday, but it is also a nine, and it is time to hold a holy birthday festival. ”

The emperor's eyes flashed: "You mean, take the opportunity of the Queen Mother's holy birthday to pardon the world?" "It's just that Shengshou is not a whole life to forgive the world, which is a bit too much.

Shen Shu shook his head: "Naturally, it's not to forgive the world." However, this incident also started from the concealment of the disaster by officials a few years ago, and there is a reason for forgiveness. It is better to take this opportunity to go from beheading to exile. ”

The emperor pondered for a while: "If this matter is mentioned by you, the Yu family will definitely oppose it, and even the Queen Mother will refuse to celebrate the Holy Birthday Festival." "It's not uncommon for the Queen Mother to have a long life, in fact, women are afraid of their birthdays when they turn twenty, because it will always remind them that they are one year older, not to mention the Queen Mother's current age.

Shen Shu also frowned: "How is Zhao Shangshu?" "He has just been promoted by the emperor, can't he help?

The emperor smiled coldly: "Now that Zhao Chongyi still has a dragon fetus in his belly, how can he be willing to go against the Yu family." ”

Shen Shu's lips moved, and he swallowed the words back. The emperor saw it at a glance and said with a smile: "You want to ask, when will the queen do it?" ”

Shen Shu lowered his head and coughed in embarrassment. How do you say this, is that the emperor's flesh and blood, is there so much to look forward to Zhao Chongyi's miscarriage?

The emperor smiled coldly: "It is absolutely impossible for this child to be born." I already knew. ”

Shen Shu could only be silent at this time, and after seeing that the emperor was no longer talking, he said in a low voice: "In the year when the emperor was established, although the Spring and Autumn Period was in full bloom, he had no children for a long time, and it was useless to have a son......."

The emperor said coldly, "I'm not in a hurry. This one can't be born, and it's not the right time. Wait a little while......" he turned his head to look out the window, "I'm going to find a woman who doesn't use her children as a bargaining chip to give me a few children." ”

Shen Shu followed and glanced out the window. He was not very familiar with the terrain of the harem, and he didn't know what palaces were in the direction that the emperor was looking at, and which concubines lived. However, this was not something he could talk about, so he just respectfully silenced for a moment before bringing up the topic just now: "Is there any other candidate for the emperor?" ”

Those who propose the Holy Birthday amnesty must have a little weight. The emperor is not completely unarmed now, but some of them are not in Beijing, and those in the capital have too low official positions. For a while, I really couldn't think of any suitable person, and finally said: "If there is really no candidate, let Jiang Langzhong come." "The weight of the five products is a little worse, but if you add the support of others, maybe it's okay. But the trouble is that the Jiang family has a close relationship with Shen Shu, and it is proposed by Jiang Jun, which is no different from Shen Shu.

"These days, I think again." Holy Birthday is the end of June, and there is still time. The emperor put this matter aside for the time being, and instead joked about Shen Shu: "It's Jiang Shi and Lu Li soon, you might go to watch the ceremony?" ”

This is clearly a joke. No fiancé went to see his fiancée's and his wife's ceremony. Shen Shu couldn't help coughing dryly: "The emperor made fun of his courtiers again." The younger brother really wants to go, but it doesn't work ......."

The emperor laughed: "Take it." ”

Eunuch Du immediately held a flat box, and the emperor took it and handed it to Shen Shu with his own hands: "You can go now." I said that it was my reward. ”

Shen Shu opened the box, and there was a green jade flute in it. The jade quality is not eye-catching, but there are a few pieces of jujube red on the light green color, as if forming a peach blossom. Shen Shu took a closer look, and saw that there were cracks as thin as cow's hair on the jade pipe, and he was taken aback: "This is - ancient jade?" ”

The emperor smiled slightly: "It's about the Han Dynasty." It's not bad. "The jade has been in the ground for a long time, and there will be all kinds of colors, and the quality of this jade is not too good, but this color is to his liking.

Shen Shu held the box and bowed: "Brother thank the emperor for his favor." ”

The emperor waved his hand: "That's it, you go back." "This flute has been in his hands for many years, and it was originally intended to be worn by the woman who likes peach blossoms when she was canonized, but it is no longer needed.

At this time, the Jiang family had already ushered in the queen's reward. Jiang Xitie's face was blue, and he didn't even want to deal with the servant in front of him. What kind of reward, the palace people who came to pass on the reward insisted on looking at Taohua's kneeling injury, it was obvious that he came to see the show.

"Girl, please stay." The palace people saw it and said goodbye with satisfaction, "The queen mother knows that the girl is very diligent in learning the rules, and she is very relieved. Those medicinal materials are good, and the five spirit fats are specially selected by the imperial pharmacy, and the girl must not live up to the painstaking efforts of the queen's mother, if it is used up, just say, the mother will definitely reward it again. ”

"Thank you, Auntie, for the trip." Taohua understood when she heard it, and she only felt funny, "Please thank my mother for your love on my behalf." Niangniang has always been in the Defan harem, and if I can get a word of praise from Niangniang, I will go out to talk in the future. "Think you can disgust her by sending a five-spirit grease? It's a joke, how can a person who studies Chinese medicine be disgusted by this. But today, the palace maid came well, so that everyone outside knows that the queen is very satisfied with her attitude of learning the rules, so if there is anything in the future, even the queen mother will not be able to criticize her for not paying attention.

The palace maid didn't hear the meaning of Taohua's words, and only felt that the words "Defan Harem" were a little wrong. Of course, this sentence is good to praise the queen, but she, the master, has been childless in the harem for ten years, and it seems that she can't be attached to a German word.

However, although she felt that it was wrong, the palace maid could not say that the queen mother was not a Defan harem. She glanced at Taohua twice, and saw that the Jiang family girl seemed to have lost some weight, and her face was a little haggard, but her eyes were still bright and her smile was very bright, and she couldn't tell whether she was sincere or false when she said this, so she nodded indiscriminately, got into the carriage and left.

Taohua saw that the people were gone, so she turned her head and smiled at Aunt Hai: "Sure enough, my aunt taught me well, and even the queen praised me for being diligent." ”

The corners of Aunt Hai's mouth twitched. She didn't believe that the girl of the Jiang family couldn't see what the queen meant, but she understood in her heart that she still said this, it seemed that she was tossed enough by herself, and she wanted to soften?

She pondered in her heart, but her face rose and said, "The girl can't slack off." The queen mother is so concerned, and the girl has to be more diligent. ”

It is said that after she came to Jiang's house, her food and clothing were good, and she also assigned a little maid to serve her. Except for the first day, Jiang Shi was a little stubborn, and he has been honest in the past few days. In this case, if the Jiang family knows each other better and sends some gold and silver things, she will be more relaxed? Queen Hengzhi has also come to see it, and if she tosses it like this, she can also give it to the Queen Mother, right?

Aunt Hai was thinking about it, when Taohua suddenly stumbled under her feet. Because there are no maids to serve when learning the rules on weekdays, of course, there is no one to support him at this time, so Taohua pounced directly on Aunt Hai.

The power of this pounce is not very large, but coincidentally, a bead at the end of the extremely long wooden bead chain worn by Taohua happened to be on the side of Aunt Hai's abdomen.

This wooden bead chain was specially made by Aunt Hai for Taohua to wear. She said that the most important thing in the palace is the pilgrimage on the first day of the new year every year, when the internal and external women must invade the palace early, wear a full set of commanding clothes, and bow down.

It's a lot of physical work. The full set of costumes of the women is quite weighty, especially Taohua is the princess of the county, the crown alone weighs a few catties, and the clothes on the body are also embroidered with gold and beads, as well as thick cloud shoulders, and it takes a little physical strength to toss all morning.

Of course, Taohua doesn't have these costumes yet, but this doesn't prevent Aunt Hai from letting her practice early. In order to increase the weight, she specially collected all the wooden beads of the Jiang family's curtains and braided them into a long string and hung them all around Taohua's neck. Because the number of wooden beads was not enough, I also got some irregularly shaped wooden blocks. Now the thing at the end of the bead chain is said to be a string of beads, but it is actually a pendant with a round end and a pointed end. Taohua pounced, and the tip of the pendant hit Aunt Hai.

Aunt Hai only felt a sore feeling. The sensation was sharp, but it was short-lived, and as soon as Momoka stood up straight, the pain almost dissipated. She pressed her hand suspiciously, but she only felt a dull pain, as if she was not hurt.

"I've bumped into my aunt." Taohua stood up straight, as if she didn't know that the wooden beads had reached Aunt Hai, and pulled the placket for Aunt Hai with a smile, "My legs are a little weak, and I didn't stand firm." ”

Aunt Hai felt that this was a sign of weakness, and weighed the weight between the queen mother and gold and silver in her heart, and still softened her tone a little: "It's tiring to learn the rules, and the girl insists on it." "When she didn't see the real money, she couldn't let go, but she could give the Jiang family a small hint, "In the past, in the palace, the slave maid didn't talk big, there were such sensible little palace maids, holding the silver and begging the aunt to teach the rules, just to be polite in front of the master." The girl is naturally different from those people, but she can learn the rules well, but she will also benefit for a lifetime. ”

The palace maids stipulated that they could go out of the palace and go home at the age of thirty, but from the time they entered the palace in their teens to the time they left the palace at the age of thirty, many people could no longer find their own home. Even if she could go home, what else could a thirty-year-old woman do? Even if you get married, you can only be a steproom. Not to mention that they have been isolated from the outside world for too long, and it is very difficult for them to adapt.

Therefore, the palace people like gold and silver, and if they leave the palace in the future, if they have some silver in their hands, their lives will be better. Even if you don't leave the palace, it's good to have silver in your hand.

Aunt Hai is not a very face-catching figure in Shouxian Palace, and she didn't go out of the palace because her parents died at home, and she didn't want to live in the hands of her brother and sister-in-law. However, in the future, when you are old, you will no longer be able to serve your master, or if your master dies, you will have to find a home for yourself after all, which will naturally require money.

She did a good job this time, and the Queen Mother might reward her with something, but it shouldn't be too much. However, the Jiang family should be able to produce more gold and silver. If the Jiang family knows each other and the things she takes out are rich enough, then she doesn't need to toss the Jiang family hard, as long as she can go back and communicate with the Queen Mother.

Aunt Hai was thinking about it, when she suddenly felt a slight pain in her lower abdomen, and then she grunted a little in her abdomen, and a wave of stool came to her.

"Girl, go back to the courtyard." The palace people in the palace must maintain their gait even when they are in a hurry, and Aunt Hai has naturally received such training. But this time she was so anxious that she was able to walk freely at first, and when she arrived, she was as anxious as a spark, and as soon as she entered Taohua's courtyard, she went straight to the room.

Mint said inexplicably: "What's going on?" ”

Taohua smiled meaningfully: "People have three urgency......"